Season 7, Day 21 - "Take Me Out to the Ball Name"
Season 7, Day 21 - "Take Me Out to the Ball Name"
It's battle week, and today's quiz is inspired by the Battle of Monmouth.
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About today's quiz
NOTE: ON TODAY'S QUIZ, PART OF EACH CORRECT "BASEBALL NAME" IS A WORD/TERM ASSOCIATED WITH BASEBALL, E.G. MOLLY PITCHER (THE BASEBALL PART MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE LAST NAME)
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Battle of Monmouth
The Battle of Monmouth was an American Revolutionary War battle that was fought on June 28, 1778 near New Jersey's Monmouth Court House. It was the war's last major battle in the north and resulted in a stalemate. It's also the source of the legend of Molly Pitcher (usually identified as Mary Ludwig Hays or Mary Hays McCauley), who's said to have brought water to thirsty soldiers during the battle. Aaron Burr distinguished himself in the battle, but also established himself as an adversary to George Washington when he openly defended Major General Charles Lee, who Washington had relieved of command and court-martialed for disobeying orders during the battle.
Season 7, Day 21 - "Take Me Out to the Ball Name"
NOTE: ON TODAY'S QUIZ, PART OF EACH CORRECT "BASEBALL NAME" IS A WORD/TERM ASSOCIATED WITH BASEBALL, E.G. MOLLY PITCHER (THE BASEBALL PART MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE LAST NAME)
[Q1] BEFORE BREAKING OUT IN A BIG WAY ON "TED LASSO," JASON SUDEIKIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PORTRAYALS OF POLITICIANS LIKE THIS "BASEBALL NAME" WHO'S ONE OF ONLY THREE PEOPLE IN HISTORY TO BE ELECTED GOVERNOR OF ONE STATE AND U.S. SENATOR FOR A DIFFERENT STATE
[Q2] THIS "BASEBALL NAME" WHO DIED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1910 IN PROUTS NECK, MAINE WAS A POPULAR SEASCAPE PAINTER AND LONGTIME ILLUSTRATOR FOR "HARPER'S WEEKLY"
[Q3] THOUGH NYC-BASED FINANCIER JAMES BUCHANAN BRADY WAS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS LEGENDARY APPETITE — ONE RESTAURANT OWNER DESCRIBED HIM AS "THE BEST 25 CUSTOMERS I EVER HAD" — HE GOT THIS 2-WORD "BASEBALL NICKNAME" (ALSO THE TITLE OF A 1935 FILM ABOUT HIS LIFE) FROM HIS PENCHANT FOR WEARING FLASHY JEWELRY
[Q4] THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO NOW OWNS THE RANCH NAMED FOR THIS "BASEBALL NAME," THE ENGLISH NOVELIST WHO LIVED THERE WITH HIS WIFE FRIEDA VON RICHTHOFEN (A DISTANT COUSIN OF THE WWI GERMAN FLYING ACE KNOWN AS THE RED BARON)
[Q5] IN 1858, THE WORLD'S FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE WAS LAID BETWEEN IRELAND AND NEWFOUNDLAND BY THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, WHICH WAS CO-FOUNDED WITH TWO BRITISH PARTNERS BY AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN WITH THIS "BASEBALL NAME"
Season 7, Day 21 - "Take Me Out to the Ball Name" — docs.google.com Please submit by Sun. Jul 31 11:59 PM ET
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Alex