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Fortnight 14 – Day 2 Questions
Question #1
PRE-QUESTION NOTE: Today is a Theme Day. Theme days can be overt, or they can be subtle and connected, in such a way that figuring out the theme may help you answer the questions. Good luck.
Give the nickname of the infamous Red Sox pitcher—the franchise’s all-time leader in games thrown by a lefty—who spoke out on topics like school busing and population control, who once threatened to bite off an umpire’s ear, and who, when asked for his opinion on mandatory drug testing, said, “I’ve tried just about all of them, but I wouldn’t want to make it mandatory.”
Question #2
Give the two-word alliterative nickname of the swimmer Alexander Popov, the only man to ever win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle—a nickname that was more famously used for a hockey hall of famer.
Question #3
On Jan. 1, 1967, the Boeing Company was announced as the winner of a national design competition for a new Concorde-like passenger airplane that would travel at speeds up to Mach 3. They were awarded a government contract, but the project was abandoned in 1971 due to a cut in funding and environmental concerns. Despite the failure, the project lives lived on in the nickname of what franchise?
Question #4
Name the town in Florida which is home to more PGA Tour golfers than any other location in America, far ahead of second place, St. Simon’s Island, Georgia.
Question #5
Give the most common name of the fan group represented below, a subset of Raider Nation that sat behind the south end zone at Oakland Coliseum. (Note: this is the name of the fan group, not the team.)
