Quiz Thread

[McLaren]

First topic message reminder :

I am sure the exists somewhere already but the idea is that you post quiz questions for the rest of us to tackle.


To get us going I will go for a gentle question from yesterdays pointless.

The concept of pointless is that the question is given to 100 people before the show, and each correct answer is accompanied by the number of people in the 100 test group who gave that answer.

The more obscure answer score lower points and are therefore better.


The question was,

Name any UK golfer who has represented Europe in the Ryder cup since 1979? Can anyone get a pointless answer. I will restrict this to one name per poster.

[Davie]

Good stabs all so far - though Alli, Lalana and Jagielka all fall into my "more recent" category.

I always found people thought of Gazza or Bobby Moore for E!

Fashanu is good for U and I don't know of any others

Don't bother too much about E but we still need an O and the more challenging I and A from before the last few years .. I have a suspicion Kwini may be the only one to get the bonus for the original A!

[kwinigolfer]

Jimmy Melia?
Peter Bonetti
Ken Shellito
John Atyeo
Salako
Dorigo
Ehiogu?
I'll go with one of the great pre-Gascoigne entertainers for my E: Johnny Byrne

[Davie]

My faith in Kwini was justified! Jimmy Melia was the difficult A before the days of Lalana etc. I think Melia won one cap though I've not checked

Bonetti good too - the only I that I know of

Salako and Dorigo were the two Os I was thinking of - not sure of the others

[McLaren]

kwini
Your knowledge of football is supreme.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Kwini

can't believe I missed Bonetti though...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_England_international_footballers_%28alphabetical%29

All of them are correct.

[kwinigolfer]

I can only say that it helps to be ancient enough to have seen most of these guys play . . . . . .

Two other top players from one's youth are Tony Macedo (goalie of the fine Johnny Haynes Fulham teams late 50's/early 60's - might have played for Gibraltar, not sure but was mildly surprised he hadn't played for England) and Tony Marchi (wing-half for Spurs behind Blanchflower & Mackay).

[LadyPutt]

Let's go back to the house price debate. This makes a big house in Elie look cheap. I'm not sure your income stretches to living there:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-52151686.html

Blimey - that's cheap for London! How about this for size  - right near where I work:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-43449052.html

[McLaren]

Which seven English players have missed in World Cup penalty shoot outs?

[Roller_Coaster]

Waddle
Southgate
Ince
Pearce
Batty

Then 2 from google?

[Mad for Chelsea]

2006: Lampard, Gerrard, Carragher I think.
98: Ince and Batty
90: Pearce and Waddle

Southgate was Euro 96 BTW.

[McLaren]

MFC

Correct.

Now you post a question.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Tennis 2011 saw a remarkable year from Novak Djokovic, but also of dominance from the top 4 (Djokovic, Federer, Nadal and Murray). Of all ATP tournaments that year in which at least one of the top 4 was playing, only one tournament was won by a member outside the top 4. Who won that tournament? (bonus point if you can say which tournament it was)

[kwinigolfer]

MfC,
I follow the circuit closely and have no idea! Not google-free anyway. My two best guesses were two years adrift . . . . .

[McLaren]

MFC

Del Potro?

[super_realist]

I'd guess Soderling.

[Mad for Chelsea]

Sorry, tricky question, but couldn't think of any other off-hand.

SR is correct with Soderling (it was in Rotterdam, where Murray crashed out in R1 in his then usual post-AO flunk).

over to you

[raycastleunited]

Which seven English players have missed in World Cup penalty shoot outs?

Which English players have scored in World Cup penalty shoot outs? It's not a longer list than those who missed!

[McLaren]

During my career I was a team mate of Vincent Kompany, Brad Friedel, Duncan Ferguson, Jurgen Klinsmann & Louis Saha. Who am I?

[MustPuttBetter]

I wanted to say Ugo Ehiogu and, even though that question's now finished, I will

[McLaren]

One from Kwini


Complete the WGC sequence:
McIlroy
Lowry
Knox
. . . . . .

[1GrumpyGolfer]

Isn't that being determined this weekend?

[McLaren]

Yes.

[1GrumpyGolfer]

Ah, I see, rhetorical and hopeful from Kwini. I hadn't read his thread when I posted my response.

[kwinigolfer]

Mac,
No clues for the Kompany etc question?
Thinking there's a trick in there somewhere; Tim Howard?
(Incidentally Tourettes Tim does a very creditable job on Prem commentaries from time to time on NBC TV.)

[McLaren]

Kwini

I think he played with Big dunc while at Newcastle.

[Nay]

During my career I was a team mate of Vincent Kompany, Brad Friedel, Duncan Ferguson, Jurgen Klinsmann & Louis Saha. Who am I?

Didi Hamann?

All though i cant think of a Louis saha link

[1GrumpyGolfer]

LL could they have played together at Fulham?

[Nay]

I dont know if hamann has ever played for Fulham, i know saha played for newcastle briefly.

[1GrumpyGolfer]

Hamann was definitely at Newcastle so it could have been them rather than Fulham. Fulham was just a guess at the link

[kwinigolfer]

I think you cracked it Grump, nice one!

[McLaren]

Hamman is correct.

clue was too easy

[Nay]

Who is the only player to score a hat trick in the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League for the same club?

[McLaren]

Dwight Yorke?

[Nay]

No

[kwinigolfer]

Andy Cole?

[Nay]

Not Andy Cole either i'm afraid

[McLaren]

Rooney?

[Mad for Chelsea]

Didier Drogba? I'm sure he scored one in the CL against Levski Sofia, and he must have scored one or two in the prem, not sure about FA cup though?

[Mad for Chelsea]

or Cristiano Ronaldo? he must have scored a few in his time for man u...

[Nay]

Not Ronaldo, rooney or drogba.

[Mad for Chelsea]

someone more left field then...

didn't Giroud score a hattrick in the CL recently? could well have scored one in the prem too, not sure about FA cup?

Alan Shearer? He'll almost certainly have some in the Prem and FA Cup, and played the odd CL season, not sure if he scored a hattrick though...

[Mad for Chelsea]

ok as not knowing was driving me crazy and I feared I would never sleep I cheated and googled the answer. I would never have guessed that in a million years...

[BlueCoverman]

Me too MFC...good question and good luck to anyone still trying to work it out!

[kwinigolfer]

Mike Newell?

[1GrumpyGolfer]

Nope, google or a family member will be the only ones to know that.

[Nay]

None of the above sorry

[beninho]

Tino asprilla?

[Nay]

Its not Asprilla

If no ine has by lunch i will give a clye

[MustPuttBetter]

Paul Scholes?

[MustPuttBetter]

Oh gees, I've cheated with google too now and no, no one's getting that

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