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Fortnight 8 – Day 4 Questions

Question #1

What spice is most closely associated with the act of kicking (or dribbling) a ball between an opponent’s legs?

Nutmeg

Soccer

Question #2

The “Triple Gold Club” in hockey is reserved for players who have won an Olympic gold medal, a World Championship gold medal, and the Stanley Cup. The first members were inducted in 1994, and today there are 29 members from four different countries. Name *two* Triple Gold players, and the two must be from different countries. (Your answer should consist of two names. Again, the players must be from different countries, but you don't have to specify the country in your answer.)

Sweden: Tomas Jonsson, Mats Naslund, Hakan Loob, Peter Forsberg, Nicklas Lidstrom, Fredrik Modin, Niklas Kronwall, Henrik Zetterberg, Mikael Samuelsson. Canada: Rob Blake, Joe Sakic, Brendan Shanahan, Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Eric Staal, Jonathan Toews, Patrice Bergeron, Sidney Crosby, Corey Perry, Jay Bouwmeester. Russia/USSR: Valeri Kamensky, Viacheslav Fetisov, Igor Larionov, Alexander Mogilny, Vladimir Malakhov, Pavel Datsyuk. Czech Republic: Jiri Slegr, Jaromir Jagr.

Hockey

Question #3

In early October 2020, the Baseball Writers Association of America voted to remove the name of Major League Baseball’s first commissioner from the league MVP plaques. Name the commissioner, who, per the BBWAA, “notably failed to integrate the game” in his long tenure.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Baseball

Question #4

Matt Rambo and Zed Williams are among the stars of an American sports league that held its first season in 2019. Thus far, they are the only two winners of the Jim Brown Most Valuable Player Award. What sport do they play?

Lacrosse

Obscure

Question #5

According to the creators at Rovio Entertainment, the inspiration for the antagonists in a certain incredibly popular game was, of all things, the 2009 swine flu pandemic. Name the game.

Angry Birds

Games