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Fortnight 9 – Day 2 Questions

Question #1

In a rant for the ages in which he referenced a “cowardly betrayal” and a “shocking act of disloyalty,” one man made a written guarantee that his team would win a title “BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’.” Name both the man who wrote the letter and the font in which it was posted online. (To reiterate: Your answer must contain a person and a font.)

Dan Gilbert, Comic Sans

Basketball

Question #2

What was the nickname of James George Snyder Sr., the bookmaker and prognosticator who lost his job on CBS’ NFL Today program in 1988 for making racist remarks to an interviewer?

Jimmy the Greek

Football

Question #3

In a 2009 Mariners pre-game broadcast, a former journeyman third baseman turned commentator predicted that a Seattle utility player would hit his first home run that day, and that it would come in his second at-bat off a 3-1 fastball from Brian Tallet and land in the second deck. Amazingly, plus or minus a second deck, he was exactly right. Name either the commentator or the player.

Mike Blowers, Matt Tuiasosopo

Baseball

Question #4

“You will lose,” “I cannot be defeated,” “I defeat all men,” and “soon I defeat real champion” are the first four of the nine total lines uttered by a certain character in a well-known film. In one of his other five lines, he references an element from the periodic table. What was the element?

Iron

Racing & Combat

Question #5

Name the seer who received death threats from his own people and was offered official state protection by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero after correctly predicting that Spain would win its semifinal World Cup match against Germany in 2010. This reluctant prophet was also accused by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of “spreading western propaganda and superstition.”

Paul the Octopus

Soccer