Quiz Thread

by McLaren Thu 25 Feb 2016, 12:30 pm

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.

by I'm never wrong Mon 04 Apr 2016, 8:18 am

Paul Casey?

by kwinigolfer Mon 04 Apr 2016, 9:50 am

Not Paul Casey . . . . .

by Bob_the_Job Mon 04 Apr 2016, 11:40 am

You said British and "similar fashion".. not exactly the same....hmmmm Martin Laird winning the API to get an invite?

by kwinigolfer Mon 04 Apr 2016, 11:50 am

Bob,
No and Yes!

Martin Laird won the Valero Texas Open in 2013 when it was played immediately prior to The Masters. Funky dates that year, something to do with not playing "Houston" on Easter or some such wrinkle.
But Martin Laird is correct, and he DID win the API to secure an invite, but that tournament was not played immediately prior to Augusta.

by Bob_the_Job Mon 04 Apr 2016, 12:24 pm

I got it right! Very Happy

For the wrong reason Doh

by McLaren Wed 06 Apr 2016, 2:49 pm

From Gmac

Name the song, the year of the songs release and Masters champ of that year?

https://twitter.com/Graeme_McDowell/status/717705103856242689

And a bonus point for identifying WTF accent he has. Worse than ever.

by I'm never wrong Wed 06 Apr 2016, 3:04 pm

Well the song is "Everything she does is magic" by The Police, but as to year and who won the Masters that year, no idea.

by SmithersJones Wed 06 Apr 2016, 3:40 pm

79, Fuzzy?

by Davie Wed 06 Apr 2016, 3:43 pm

Was 81 when Tom Watson won I think

by kwinigolfer Mon 02 May 2016, 12:14 am

Who is the oldest living Grand Slam (tennis) winner?
Clue: 92 years young.

by McLaren Mon 02 May 2016, 8:48 am

Sue Barker?

by kwinigolfer Mon 02 May 2016, 10:33 am

Very clever Mac, How old would that make Cliff Richard?

by McLaren Tue 03 May 2016, 5:26 pm

Clue time kwini.

by kwinigolfer Tue 03 May 2016, 6:44 pm

His two Grand Slam Singles titles were won on grass.

by McLaren Tue 03 May 2016, 7:15 pm

Kwini

Weren't Wimbledon, US open and Aussie open all played on grass back in them days?

by kwinigolfer Tue 03 May 2016, 7:37 pm

by Davie Tue 03 May 2016, 8:10 pm

I was going to say Ken Rosewall but even he's 10 years too late

by kwinigolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 1:39 pm

Don't think anyone got that, so my turn again:

Which four goalies have conceded 600 Premier League goals?

by McLaren Tue 13 Sep 2016, 1:45 pm

Just going to pick players who will have played a lot of games.

David James
Brad Friedel
Shay Given
Nigel Martyn

by kwinigolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 1:50 pm

Two out of Four Mac,

Keep trying,

by 1GrumpyGolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:13 pm

David Seaman?

by kwinigolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:16 pm

665: David James
653: ?
613: ?
603: Shay Given

So, not Nigel Martyn or Brad Friedel, and not David Seaman.

by 1GrumpyGolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:19 pm

Mark Schwartzer (sp?)

by kwinigolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:24 pm

653: Schwarzer

Nice going chaps, one to go.

by hend085 Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:30 pm

Robinson?

by kwinigolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:44 pm

Not Mrs Robinson's boy . . . . . . . .

by super_realist Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:46 pm

Schmeicel?
Flowers?

by MustPuttBetter Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:47 pm

Jaaskleinan (spelled wrongly i'm sure) ?

by MustPuttBetter Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:49 pm

Tim Howard?

by kwinigolfer Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:52 pm

MUSTPUTTBETTER!!!!
You da man!

Jussi's let in 613. Interesting that three out of four are non-British, not sure I'd've guessed that.

clap

by MustPuttBetter Tue 13 Sep 2016, 2:59 pm

I'll leave Mac to pose the next one as he got 2 out of the 4

by JAS Wed 14 Sep 2016, 4:14 am

Royal Cinque Ports, Royal Portrush, Princes?

Brilliant...just answered a question from Feb, didn't realise this thread was months old :-/

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 7:17 am

Who has the most career fedex points?

by I'm never wrong Wed 14 Sep 2016, 8:56 am

I don't think this is the correct answer, but what about Hunter Mahan? Only as he qualified for all of them prior to this year, didn't he?

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 9:05 am

INW

I actually don't know the answer but your reasoning seems sound. Hopefully kwini or some of the other more knowledgeable posters can chip in.

by MustPuttBetter Wed 14 Sep 2016, 9:41 am

Got to be Tiger Woods surely?!

Might be difficulty to answer properly because I assume you don't get points for winning the Tour Championship itself

by pedro Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:02 am

Weren't points playoff points inflated / reset a few years ago? At least there'll be apples and bananas.

by kwinigolfer Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:04 am

Good question but never seen anything on records being kept.
Doubt it's Woods though; Mahan or Mickelson might be good guesses, Snedeker too. And DJ.
May do some arithmetic when haven't got anything better to do.

pedro,
Correct, but might still be interesting.

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:12 am

The points have been tweaked and play offs are inflated but it could still be interesting. Would also be good to compare regular season vs play off form.

As kwini said googling doesn't get you this stat. It doesn't seem to be on the PGAT site or anywhere available with a quick search.

by Davie Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:12 am

Furyk maybe?

by pedro Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:14 am

Agree, could be interesting. Obviously there's some correlation with owgr but not 100%.

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:16 am

Pedro

Our man CHIII is probably the sort of guy a lot higher up the fedex points won since its inception compared to how many OWGR points he has won in that same period.

by MustPuttBetter Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:23 am

Hmm, format fiddle looks like it was in 2009.
In 2007, Woods had 123,000 points. 2008, Singh had 125,000 points.
Compared to 2015 when Speith had 4,000 points and 2014 when Horshell had 4,750.
Woods also collected 4,000 in 2009. I don't really see how it can't be him but I wait to be corrected

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 10:31 am

I guess we could disregard 08/09 if they had crazy points compared to the following seasons.

mustputt, maybe you should offer up a question that can actually be answered. As mine is a bit of duff for this game.

by westisbest Wed 14 Sep 2016, 11:22 am

Vijay Singh

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 1:24 pm

westi did you mean to post that in the conversation about cheating golfers?

by westisbest Wed 14 Sep 2016, 2:28 pm

No, googled your question about who had the most career FedEx points.

by McLaren Wed 14 Sep 2016, 2:33 pm

Is VJ the answer? Post a link to what you found.

by westisbest Wed 14 Sep 2016, 2:54 pm

Having trouble posting the link Mac, but in wiki said he had 125,101.

by westisbest Wed 14 Sep 2016, 2:59 pm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Cup

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