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Fortnight 5 – Day 10 Questions
Question #1
In 1972, Jacques Doucet and Claude Raymond were hired as the French language broadcasters for the Montreal Expos. The sponsor of the broadcasts asked them to invent French-language equivalents for baseball terminology, rather than simply using the English terms. What term did Doucet and Raymond translate as “balle papillon” (literally “butterfly ball”)?
Question #2
Name the nation that has won four men’s FIH field hockey World Cups, more than any other nation (though they lost to the Netherlands in the 1990 final match, the one time the Cup was hosted on their home soil in Lahore).
Question #3
When the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals, they were led in the clinching game five by Kawhi Leonard’s 22 points. Name the second- and third-leading scorers for the Spurs that game, both of whom hail from the southern hemisphere.
Question #4
In 1978, Virginia Ruzici became the first woman from Romania to win a grand slam singles championship with her victory at the French Open. One Romanian man had won two grand slam titles before her (no man has since), and one Romanian woman—who Ruzici manages today—would win two grand slams after her. Name both of the other two Romanian champions.
Question #5
In 1916, the Cumberland College Bulldogs allegedly hired a group of professional baseball players from nearby Nashville in an attempt to save the school’s athletic program. With the ringers in place, Cumberland won their next game against Georgia Tech 22-0. The Georgia Tech coach also coached football, and when that season came around, he refused to let Cumberland back out of their scheduled game even though their football team had disbanded before the season. Faced with a potential fine, the Cumberland school manager put together a team of his fraternity brothers, the Tech coach paid them to travel, and in the resulting game, Georgia Tech won 220-0. It was the most lopsided game in college football history, and one Cumberland player was carted off the field with a concussion three separate times. Who was Georgia Tech’s coach?