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Tighty mentioned a picture quiz later in the week so here's another number quiz to tide us over. I think Ironside is doing a farcical reveal on Tuesday for the born again RSQ and so I'll keep this open until Wednesday  and make my own effort at a reveal on Wednesday early evening, it can't be that hard can it ?

1. Alan Hansen, played for Scotland and won many medals with Liverpool in his career - add the sum of his winners medals for Liverpool in the League, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup to his number of Scotland Caps for the full international side.

2. Derek Jeter's final MLB season for the New York Yankees was 2014 - how many RBIs (Runs batted in) did he achieve in his final season ?

3. Damon Hill was a successful F1 driver in the 90s. How many Grand Prix wins did he notch up ?

4. Bob Nudd won the last of his 4 World Freshwater Anglian Championships in 1999 in Toledo, Spain. What was the weight of his catch (answer in lbs)

5. Roger Federer has the longest men's winning streak on a Grass court - how many matches was he undefeated for ?

6. Spiridon Louis, innit, won the Men's Olympic Marathon held in Athens in 1896. Stopping to down a glass of wine half way through the race, what was his winning time in minutes ?

7. Middleweight Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson had a winning streak that lasted from 1943-1951 - how many bouts did he go undefeated ?

8. In June 2010 Super James Dempsey won the Bracelet for the $1500 entry Pot Limit Holdem at the WSOP - how much did he win (answer in $000's please).

9. My chums and I often muse that a Polo Handicap is one's ticket to the world - add the length and width of a polo field together and give me the answer in Yards please

10. Peter Sagan has won the points classification of the Tour De France in 7 of the last 8 Tours, what was his points total for his latest win in 2019 ?

All the best and good luck

In for a little more masochism.

3 brave souls so far but we've got a few days - hopefully people will get it done while they're pretending to work tomorrow and Tuesday

Nice one Nirvana, will send over tomorrow.

Wow, I actually think I know three of these. Obviously Bobby Nudd's is a shoe in, good old Nuddy.

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Saying that, Isn't this the guy who won the Sports Personality of the year because of a phone scandal and they declared it null and void? Or more to the point the BBC declared his votes null and void? Or am I thinking of something totally different?

Yes, that was him. Angling Times campaigned for him, BBC got upset.

Correct, I know a lot about the Nudd now. Quite interesting spending time reading about random people that I'd only vaguely heard of in some cases.

2 days to the reveal, we've got 9 in so far - potential Scotty's HoF points to be earned too !

About 24 hours to go, numbers are still low so would be nice to see a few more entrants before tomorrow evening. Will close it off about 6pm and do the answers about 7.30pm ish.

Cheers

i will send my guestimates tomorrow

 ;bump;

In, complete guess work by me in all of these, hoping to not be last lol

It's looking like an elite field with a couple more in today. Still 5 hours to get entries in. The more the merrier

If it's just me and Iron I quite fancy my chances of a podium finish.

Here we are then, glass of red, scores notionally ready. No pictures to enliven things like the cracking job done by Bergeroo but hopefully some interesting info along the way.

So, let's crack on

Question 1.  Alan Hansen, played for Scotland and won many medals with Liverpool in his career - add the sum of his winners medals for Liverpool in the League, FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup to his number of Scotland Caps for the full international side.  

In his Liverpool career he won 17 medals. He didn't actually play in the 81-82 League cup final but he played in every round, so while people often slur this giant with claims he won 16, he has 17 medals including an incredible 8 league wins.

For such a gifted player it seems farcical but he only won 26 full Scotland caps.

Answer is 43 and here's how we guessed:

Karabiner…   69
Arbboy……           49
Juperjiper…..   89
Rubbish2407   44
Pokerpops…   92
KarmaDope   50
TightEnd……   75
Dacorb……..   88
celtic……           77
bergeroo…..   100
scotty2hatty   98
bunnydas8888   88
Ironside…..   40
robbiebox….   109
4KSuited……   88
blatch……           44

So, Round 1 and Rubbish and Super Scot Ironside must have buried away the memory that he didn't win as many caps as most of us would think

Rubbish2407   1
blatch………   1
Ironside…….   3
Arbboy………   6
KarmaDope   7
Karabiner…   26
TightEnd……   32
celtic…………..   34
Dacorb……..   45
bunnydas8888   45
4KSuited……..   45
Juperjiper…..   46
Pokerpops…   49
scotty2hatty   55
bergeroo…….   57
robbiebox…….   66

Slurp

Welcome back blatch?

On to question 2 which was - Derek Jeter's final MLB season for the New York Yankees was 2014 - how many RBIs (Runs batted in) did he achieve in his final season ? 

One of the all time greats and after nearly 20 years at the top not surprising his record tailed off slightly in his last season but still notched up a decent 50 RBIs

Our first duck of the game and a fair few knowledgable guesses
Karabiner…   89
Arbboy………   45
Juperjiper…..   113
Rubbish2407   44
Pokerpops…   20
KarmaDope   50
TightEnd……   60
Dacorb……..   90
celtic…………..   123
bergeroo…….   130
scotty2hatty   100
bunnydas8888   42
Ironside…….   40
robbiebox…….   65
4KSuited……..   99
blatch………   51

Very solid scores at the top. Usual suspects Rubbish, Karma, Arb and Tight end interspersed with the rank outside Ironside, Celtic in his normal position and Bergeroo holding things up.


blatch………   2
Rubbish2407   7
KarmaDope   7
Arbboy………   11
Ironside…….   13
TightEnd……   42
bunnydas8888   53
Karabiner…   65
Pokerpops…   79
robbiebox…….   81
Dacorb……..   85
4KSuited……..   94
scotty2hatty   105
celtic…………..   107
Juperjiper…..   109
bergeroo…….   137

It's question 3. Damon Hill was a successful F1 driver in the 90s. How many Grand Prix wins did he notch up ? 

He didn't race for that many years and is a man of varied interests. Still, in his time, he won enough to be the 14th winningest GP driver of all time with 22 career wins.

Lots of answers very close in this one with 4Ksuited's novel guessing method hitting a home run

Karabiner…   19
Arbboy………   28
Juperjiper…..   23
Rubbish2407   27
Pokerpops…   40
KarmaDope   18
TightEnd……   20
Dacorb……..   150
celtic…………..   37
bergeroo…….   23
scotty2hatty   15
bunnydas8888   42
Ironside…….   40
robbiebox…….   13
4KSuited……..   22

Round 3 leaderboard and Karabiner should be checked for nosebleeds, can he scrape into the top 6 like his beloved Arsenal ? Early days

KarmaDope   11
Rubbish2407   12
Arbboy………   17
Ironside…….   31
TightEnd……   44
Karabiner…   68
bunnydas8888   73
robbiebox…….   90
4KSuited……..   94
Pokerpops…   97
Juperjiper…..   110
scotty2hatty   112
celtic…………..   122
bergeroo…….   138
Dacorb……..   213

Aah question 4 about Nudders, the Nudster, Nudling  - Bob Nudd won the last of his 4 World Freshwater Anglian Championships in 1999 in Toledo, Spain. What was the weight of his catch (answer in lbs)

Pretty sure no one would expect to know much about this and an interesting subject as winning catch weights vary so much year to year. In 1990 he won his 1st world title with a catch of 6lbs - but in Toledo the fish were jumping out of the water and he caught a huge 119 lbs of fishes.

Here's what you all thought

Karabiner…   189   70
Arbboy………   69   50
Juperjiper…..   13   106
Rubbish2407   44   75
Pokerpops…   65   54
KarmaDope   99   20
TightEnd……   123   4
Dacorb……..   44   75
celtic…………..   76   43
bergeroo…….   230   111
scotty2hatty   20   99
bunnydas8888   52   67
Ironside…….   40   79
robbiebox…….   78   41
4KSuited……..   111   8

Round 4 sees a slight surge from 4k, Ironside looking one paced, clever cloggses in top 4 spots

KarmaDope   31
TightEnd……   48
Arbboy………   67
Rubbish2407   87
4KSuited……..   102
Ironside…….   110
robbiebox…….   131
Karabiner…   138
bunnydas8888   140
Pokerpops…   151
celtic…………..   165
scotty2hatty   211
Juperjiper…..   216
bergeroo…….   249
Dacorb……..   288

Question 5 was Roger Federer has the longest men's winning streak on a Grass court - how many matches was he undefeated for ? 

Pretty sure that this record will never be beaten, Fed may be the GOAT but our competitors may have forgotten that other Grass court tournaments exist so while Super Rog was winning Wimbledon from 2003-2008 he was winning other Grass court matches - incredibly, the undefeated run was 65 matches. Pokerpops slurs the great man and we've found a sport Rubbish isn't so good on,  but overall some pretty good guesses here


Karabiner…   49
Arbboy………   39
Juperjiper…..   39
Rubbish2407   18
Pokerpops…   12
KarmaDope   61
TightEnd……   40
Dacorb……..   42
celtic…………..   45
bergeroo…….   47
scotty2hatty   48
bunnydas8888   47
Ironside…….   40
robbiebox…….   31
4KSuited……..   111

Half way and KD doing incredibly well chased by the no surprise contender, Tighty.

Congested mid table and with some big potential swings to come I think Dacorb, Bergeroo, Juper Jiper and scotty are still literally on the edge of their seats believing they may still have a chance

KarmaDope   35
TightEnd……   73
Arbboy………   93
Rubbish2407   134
Ironside…….   135
4KSuited……..   148
Karabiner…   154
bunnydas8888   158
robbiebox…….   165
celtic…………..   185
Pokerpops…   204
scotty2hatty   228
Juperjiper…..   242
bergeroo…….   267
Dacorb……..   311

Question 6. Spiridon Louis, innit, won the Men's Olympic Marathon held in Athens in 1896. Stopping to down a glass of wine half way through the race, what was his winning time in minutes ? 

Loved reading this story, what's not to like about a man who stops to down a glass of red mid-race. Anyway, some extraordinary answers to this one - you can judge the extraordinary ones :-) Nearly forgot the answer - 179 mins, about the time an average club runner would come home in these days. Ironside, KD and Tighty going with the round 3 hours and coming so close

Karabiner…   199
Arbboy………   150
Juperjiper…..   96
Rubbish2407   270
Pokerpops…   200
KarmaDope   180
TightEnd……   180
Dacorb……..   145
celtic…………..   143
bergeroo…….   210
scotty2hatty   135
bunnydas8888   350
Ironside…….   180
robbiebox…….   189
4KSuited……..   222

it was between 20 and 30 he was always pulled out injured

No change at the top, Ironside and Karabiner looking nailed on for top 6 and it's a big deal for Robbiebox as he joins the top 6

KarmaDope   36
TightEnd……   74
Arbboy………   122
Ironside…….   136
Karabiner…   174
robbiebox…….   175
4KSuited……..   191
celtic…………..   221
Rubbish2407   225
Pokerpops…   225
scotty2hatty   272
bergeroo…….   298
Juperjiper…..   325
bunnydas8888   329
Dacorb……..   345

I overestimated the wine stop

Much worse at Cricket. That's an hell of a record. Never thought it would be any more than three tournaments.

Yep, it wasn't just about selection

Yep, don't think I could have guessed over 25 or so

Sorry slight delay, need to top up this Rioja

ffs farce i was finshed by this time yesterday

I'm back, had to roll a fag as well

time wasting

Question 7. Middleweight Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson had a winning streak that lasted from 1943-1951 - how many bouts did he go undefeated ? 

They fought a lot back then, 200 or so pro fights, 100 or so amateur fights. Got out of the gate in his pro career going 40 undefeated before losing to Jake La Raging Bull and followed his first defeat with an even longer winning run - an amazing 91 wins

Karabiner…   29
Arbboy………   22
Juperjiper…..   25
Rubbish2407   97
Pokerpops…   30
KarmaDope   79
TightEnd……   45
Dacorb……..   58
celtic…………..   21
bergeroo…….   37
scotty2hatty   25
bunnydas8888   26
Ironside…….   40
robbiebox…….   44
4KSuited……..   66

Going back to question 1 and I can still remember Fergie dropping him for Mexico 86. I remember thinking that there had been a massive mistake as Liverpool had just won the double? Looking back, I guess that's the day Man Utd decided they must have Fergie as manager. Makes sense now.

You must be a similar age to me +/- 10 years because I can remember that clearly now you mention it

It's a procession but a few tucked in nicely behind the leaders



KarmaDope   48
TightEnd……   120
Ironside…….   187
Arbboy………   191
4KSuited……..   216
robbiebox…….   222
Rubbish2407   231
Karabiner…   236
Pokerpops…   286
celtic…………..   291
scotty2hatty   338
bergeroo…….   352
Dacorb……..   378
Juperjiper…..   391
bunnydas8888   394

I was 22 and into Football a lot more than I am now. I honestly thought the Scottish FA were going to make an announcement that they had made a huge mistake and Hansen was in the squad and they would drop someone.

My favourite question as I've always been huge fan boy. In June 2010 Super James Dempsey won the Bracelet for the $1500 entry Pot Limit Holdem at the WSOP - how much did he win (answer in $000's please). 

Was in Vegas this year but not at the time James won. What a thrill to live life vicariously. 9 days after this momentous win, the former member of mmm Mob and sharky 5/10 limit player on Tribeca in the day, came 2nd in the $10k Hi/Lo for a little over $300k. Bigger wins followed in other tournaments before he became bald and a commentator. For the bracelet though, a mere $197k, around 3 % of his staking bill for the series


Karabiner…   379
Arbboy………   208
Juperjiper…..   160
Rubbish2407   195
Pokerpops…   600
KarmaDope   200
TightEnd……   198
Dacorb……..   37
celtic…………..   567
bergeroo…….   620
scotty2hatty   600
bunnydas8888   500
Ironside…….   40
robbiebox…….   179
4KSuited……..   444

wtf this answering 40 to all the questions is kinda working

Big swongs

A few had your kind of policy too, I tried 31 the other day, didn't work too well but good for you. There'll be dancing in the streets and white sausage butties all round if you can bring this home

That sorted the men from the boys. A gimme for poker involved people like KD and Tighty and Arb to some extent (he definitely used to play).

A gap has opened up after Robbie in 5th - how's it gonna end, the suspense aint killing anyone



KarmaDope   51
TightEnd……   121
Arbboy………   202
Rubbish2407   233
robbiebox…….   240
Karabiner…   418
Juperjiper…..   428
Ironside…….   444
4KSuited……..   463
Dacorb……..   538
celtic…………..   661
Pokerpops…   689
bunnydas8888   697
scotty2hatty   741
bergeroo…….   775

recount please i am on 344 not 444

OK, so question 9. My chums and I often muse that a Polo Handicap is one's ticket to the world - add the length and width of a polo field together and give me the answer in Yards please.

Quite a few problems with visualisation amongst our entrants - a football pitch is say 110 x 50 or so yards, horses are big and fast so it's gonna be quite a bit bigger but how much bigger. Rubbish knew it was about 10 acres but struggled to convert, this into yards. Well, its 300m yards long and 160 yards wide and at the end Charles wins - answer is 460 yards.

Celtic came up with something like a snooker table size, little tiny horses, quite a few others went about footie pitch size.

Karabiner…   140
Arbboy………   175
Juperjiper…..   140
Rubbish2407   600
Pokerpops…   600
KarmaDope   475
TightEnd……   475
Dacorb……..   180
celtic…………..   67
bergeroo…….   280
scotty2hatty   120
bunnydas8888   250
Ironside…….   440
robbiebox…….   340
4KSuited……..   222

top farcing this make sure ironside isnt in top 6 by adding 100 to his score

For real ? Let me check

187+157

Sustained, made you 257 away rather than 157 on the poker winnings, sorry about that and glad you were here to correct

KarmaDope   51
TightEnd……   121
Arbboy………   202
Rubbish2407   233
robbiebox…….   240
Ironside…….   344
Karabiner…   418
Juperjiper…..   428
4KSuited……..   463
Dacorb……..   538
celtic…………..   661
Pokerpops…   689
bunnydas8888   697
scotty2hatty   741
bergeroo…….   775

phew

So after 9 questions here we are. Ironside, one minute pause to check your score, you're doing well - will KD or Tighty reveal a hitherto unspottable weakness on the last question. Unlikely but we can travel in hope, keep it going robbiebox


KarmaDope   66
TightEnd……   136
robbiebox…….   360
Ironside…….   364
Rubbish2407   373
Arbboy………   487
4KSuited……..   701
Karabiner…   738
Juperjiper…..   748
Dacorb……..   818
Pokerpops…   829
bunnydas8888   907
bergeroo…….   955
celtic…………..   1054
scotty2hatty   1081

This is the end. Beautiful friend the end.

And finally, one of the greatest annual events, someone asked what they would miss this year and on reflection I might put the TDF in No 1 if it doesn't take place - I'm not a keen cyclist or follower but I love the spectacle of the Tour, just like the Masters or Wimbledon.

So Q10 was about a true great and living legend - Peter Sagan has won the points classification of the Tour De France in 7 of the last 8 Tours, what was his points total for his latest win in 2019 ? 

I've watched the tour a lot and would have had no idea except he won - took him until stage 3 in last year's tour to claim the Green Jersey and of course it was never off his back after that.

Some WAGs (wild ass guesses) in this one

Karabiner…   1999
Arbboy………   2500
Juperjiper…..   90
Rubbish2407   409
Pokerpops…   120
KarmaDope   300
TightEnd……   250
Dacorb……..   65
celtic…………..   324
bergeroo…….   350
scotty2hatty   500
bunnydas8888   1600
Ironside…….   340
robbiebox…….   288
4KSuited……..   1111

TdeF used to be my favourite sporting event of the year

i even own cycling manger games for about the past 10 years (including last year)

last 3 years just could't watch the tour as its all about hte best chemists now

so atleast this question i had a rough idea about

Aah the answer you say - 316 points

Ironside is Joint 3rd with Robbie, well done chaps, rubbish maintaining the overall good knowledge and scoring and should accrue some HOF points. Swingy last question so sorry to those from 6th down, hard to know whether to make questions guessy or something you might be able to work out.

KD and Tighty confirming the form with good all round knowledge and exceptional scores.

Thanks to the few that were here - main aim was to while away a couple of hours and so mission accomplished.

Cheers



KarmaDope   82
TightEnd……   202
Ironside…….   388
robbiebox…….   388
Rubbish2407   466
Juperjiper…..   974
bergeroo…….   989
Pokerpops…   1025
celtic…………..   1062
Dacorb……..   1069
scotty2hatty   1265
4KSuited……..   1496
bunnydas8888   2191
Karabiner…   2421
Arbboy………   2671

was it that few hum

great quiz thank you

Great questions. A few surprising answers. Still amazed at Federer's win streak. That must have been 15 Tournies in a row?

Thanks for some more amusing distraction Glen.

I knew that last question was going to be a complete shot in the dark for most people - especially me.

Excellent reveal too.

Thanks Nirvana, my horror run continues. Questions were tricky.

Fucking hell, wasn't expecting that.

Thanks for questions Glenn, I suppose I'd better run one of these. If someone wants to put one up in the meantime plz do as I dont have any questions, yet.

Least I can't ask everyone to name an Avenged Sevenfold album this time... rotflmfao

Thanks for running, a very tough 1 quiz for me even without cricket questions lol.
Can't believe how far away I was in the Sugar Ray Robinson question, I've read his autobiography ffs, also misread Damon Hill question

Good stuff nirvana.

If ever I feel the urge to do another of these I’m going to lay down in a darkened room until it passes.

I've felt like this in everyone I've tried so far. We can keep trying though 😊

Haha. I know what you mean but right now, I think I've got more time on my hands than I've ever had so I'm gonna keep trying to win one.

Wow, surprised I wasn't last! Thanks for running

was a great quiz. Somehow I achieved mid table. Saved by the cycling. For the fishing one I had no idea if it was for one fish, lots of fish, how long it would be allowed for him to catch said fish...

I did at leat beat one Toby.

Oh I’ll still throw in some guesses, I just won’t be running one for a while.