Weird sports rules
In baseball, this rule allows the batter to be called out on a routine popup to prevent the defense from intentionally dropping the ball.
What is the infield fly rule?
This celebrity briefly hosted a network game show before becoming a household name for an unrelated reason.
Who is Ryan Seacrest?
This particle has a negative electric charge.
What is an electron?
A clean guitar riff and a count-in launch one of the most enduring pop-punk anthems of the 2000s.
What is All the Small Things?
After a lifestyle downgrade, a man installs a firmware patch that unexpectedly voids the warranty on free will.
What is Upgrade?
In tennis, if a ball breaks during a point by the server hitting it, the point is handled this way.
What is the point is replayed?
This NBA wing has started fewer than half his career games but has played on at least five playoff teams.
Who is Danny Green?
If an object’s velocity is constant, this quantity must be zero.
What is acceleration?
A bright piano riff and instantly singable hook open this Drake song that crowds still yell every word to.
What is Best I Ever Had?
A wealthy orphan responds to childhood trauma by funding a paramilitary organization.
What is Batman (any of them)?
In the NFL, a team can attempt this rare scoring play after a fair catch.
What is a fair catch free kick?
This actor gained critical acclaim in a horror film before becoming a Marvel lead.
Who is Florence Pugh?
The pH scale measures how acidic or basic a substance is, from 0 up to this number.
What is 14?
A high-pitched falsetto and doo-wop beat kick off this classic sing-along that everyone knows but often can’t name.
What is Sherry by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons?
A father races across multiple countries after receiving text alerts announcing the end of civilization.
What is Greenland (1 or 2)?
In golf, when you declare a ball unplayable, you can move your ball one clublength, move the ball in a straight line between the flag and the ball, or this.
What is re-hit the previous shot?
This U.S. political figure served as Speaker of the House during the 1990s.
Who is Newt Gingrich?
This process explains how mountains are formed through the movement of Earth’s plates.
What is plate tectonics?
A spoken-word intro and sharp synth hit make the first 10 seconds unmistakable in this Taylor Swift song.
What is Blank Space?
A corporate security assignment on a distant moon ends with the employee switching sides (in multiple ways) and leading a local uprising.
What is Avatar?
In pickleball, this is the official rulebook name for the area commonly called “the kitchen.”
What is the non-volley zone?
This American grandmaster has challenged for the World Chess Championship multiple times.
Who is Fabiano Caruana?
This molecule is often called the energy currency of the cell.
What is ATP?
A pulsing synth riff and reverb-heavy drums define the instantly recognizable opening of this 2010s indie-pop hit.
What is Midnight City?
A large-scale engineering effort becomes a case study in risk management failure.
What is Titanic?