World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic, like the MLB since 2022, allows for this position, where a player only plays offense, usually batting for the pitcher.
What is designated hitter?
Number signifying the lowest seed in each region of the March Madness bracket. These teams have won 1 time each in men's and women's tournament history.
What is 16?
John Neumann became the 4th bishop of this American city in 1852.
What is Philadelphia?
What is ABC?
Women's basketball legend who aside from being the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history has also won 6 career championships, 3 in college at UConn and 3 professionally for the Phoenix Mercury.
Who is Diana Taurasi?
Wilde, Colman, Rodrigo
What is Olivia?
Type of spy craft from China spotted above Alaska and later shot down by the US government off the coast of South Carolina?
What is a balloon?
The percentage of alcohol in an 80 proof bottle of Tito's Vodka.
What is 40%?
Pitcher Marcus Stroman won WBC MVP for the US in 2017, but in 2023 decided to play for this US territory where his mother was born.
What is Puerto Rico?
She became the first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game when she slammed for the Tennessee Volunteers in 2006.
Who is Candace Parker?
Neumann was present in Rome when Pope Pius IX officially defined the Immaculate Conception, which describes the birth of this Biblical figure.
Who is Mary?
The daughter of Old Hollywood stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, she won her first Oscar for her supporting role in Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.
Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?
Tara Vanderveer is the winningest coach in NCAA women's history, spending her last 36 years coaching at this school.
What is Stanford University?
Bronte, Flair, Gainsbourg
What is Charlotte?
Head coach of the Super Bowl winning Kansas Chiefs, his second of his career, previously winning with the Chiefs after the 2019 season.
Who is Andy Reid?
Whiskey, sweet vermouth and a dash of Angostura bitters make this New York named drink.
What is a Manhattan?
The winner of the first 2 WBCs, this nation is home to Nippon Professional Baseball, the world's 2nd best baseball league that saw the professional debuts of future MLB stars Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani.
What is Japan?
Since moving from arenas to domes, this city's Superdome has hosted the most men's Final Fours, having done so 6 times.
What is New Orleans?
Neumann grew up in the Bohemian city of Prachatitz, approximately 94 miles from Prague, the capital city of the nation it is now a part of.
What is Czech Republic?
Unlike the 1940 Disney version, Best Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio was set in Italy during WWII and featured a depiction of this Italian fascist leader.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
Since 1984, the US Women's National Team has only lost 1 Olympic game - falling 79-73 in 1992 to the Unified Team, comprised of nations from this (at the time) recently dissolved world power.
What is USSR?
Earhart, Dyer, Bullmore
What is Amelia?
Ohio city that was the site of the derailment of a train that was carrying dozens of cars with toxic materials.
What is East Palestine?
The most widely planted wine grape in the world, covering more than 700,000 acres worldwide.
What is cabernet sauvignon?
The island of Hispaniola is split between Haiti and this nation which boasts some of baseball's biggest stars.
What is the Dominican Republic?
Behind stars such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton, this school won 10 championships from 1964 to 1975.
What is UCLA?
Prior to opening enrollment to men and renaming to Neumann College in 1980, the school had been known by this name since its founding by the Sisters of St. Francis in 1967.
What is Our Lady of Angels College?
Winning 4 Oscars, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of an idealistic young soldier who is exposed to the brutal realities of World War I while fighting for this country.
What is Germany?
Considered one of the best women's players of all time during her run with USC in the mid-80s, she was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995 where she was later joined by her brother, Reggie, in 2012.
Who is Cheryl Miller?
Roberts, Watson, Thompson
What is Emma?
The 16th largest bank in the US that failed in March, leading to economic concerns and fears of bank runs at other regional banks.
What is Silicon Valley Bank?
Introduced in 1876 by St. Louis brewers Adolphus Busch and Carl Conrad, this beer is the top seller in the United States.
What is Budweiser?
What is Scotland?
Term used to describe the schools that do not reside in any of the 7 major conferences.
What is mid-major?
A mid-19th century American political party that got its name from their secrecy to outsiders, but was also used as a way to mock their ignorance. The party had a large following during Neumann's tenure as bishop and led anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant riots in which many church's and businesses were burned.
What is the Know Nothing Party?
Last names Kwan and Scheinert shared the Best Director Oscar for their work on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once but they are better known by their shared first name.
Who are Daniels?
Winners of the first 4 WNBA championships, the Comets left this city in 2008 where they had shared the same red color scheme and outer space themed name as their local NBA counterpart.
What is Houston?
Gardner, DuVernay, Max
What is Ava?
How to Get Away With Murder star who became the 18th person to win an EGOT after taking home the Grammy for best audio book in February of 2023.
Who is Viola Davis?
A Moscow mule typically contains vodka, lime juice and this non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.
What is ginger beer?