Trivia! #9

In 2017, the U.S. women's national team in what sport threatened to boycott the World Championship over equal pay and working conditions?

• Soccer
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Hockey

What spongy snack cakes were relaunched in 2013 with the tagline, "The Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever"?

• Ding Dongs
• Ho Hos
• Zingers
• Twinkies

Who was the World Series MVP in 2013, posting a 0.688 batting average for the Boston Red Sox?

• Dustin Pedroia
• Manny Ramirez
• Clay Buchholz
• David Ortiz

The New York Excelsior, Los Angeles Valiant, and Boston Uprising teams play in what e-sport league?

• League of Legends Championship Series
• Dota 2 Pro Circuit
• Overwatch League
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive League

Who directed Selma, 13th, and When They See Us?

• Steven Spielberg
• Ava DuVernay
• Kathryn Bigelow
• Spike Lee

What Fox sitcom, which aired from 2011 to 2018, featured a recurring joke about a complicated game called True American?

• The Big Bang Theory
• Friends
• New Girl
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine

What team lost the 2011 MLB World Series to St. Louis, after being a strike away from its first title in the 9th and 10th innings of Game 6?

• New York Yankees
• Boston Red Sox
• Chicago Cubs
• Texas Rangers

Who beat Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open tennis final to become the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam title?

• Ryuki Miki

• Ai Sugiyama

• Kimiko Date

• Naomi Osaka

What does the "M" stand for in the commonly used gaming abbreviation MOBA?

• Magic
• Massive
• Multiplayer
• Master

What breed of dog was Kabosu, the face of the 2013 meme known as doge?

• Golden Retriever
• Labrador Retriever
• German Shepherd
• Shiba Inu