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 Post subject: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:22 am 
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This is a gift to all of you who would like to see the return of Sports IQ as much as I do. Sorry there's no graphics to make it perfect but there should be enough in the questions themselves to regain the experience. I will put the answers at the end. Enjoy! :D

Round 1 - Coin Flip
1) Ryan Hunter-Reay --- 1. Auto Racing 2. Soccer
2) Tim Lincecum throws: --- 1. Left handed 2. Right handed
3) Joe Dumars --- 1. Center 2. Guard
4) Ernie Els --- 1. South Africa 2. Zimbabwe
5) Mike Mularkey --- 1. Jaguars 2. Titans
6) Li Na --- 1. Golf 2. Tennis
7) Columbus Blue Jackets --- 1. Eastern Conference 2. Western Conference
8) Chris Wondolowski --- 1. FC Dallas 2. San Jose Earthquakes
9) Baltimore Stallions --- 1. CFL 2. USFL
10) Randy Wittman --- 1. Hornets 2. Wizards

Round 2 - Profiles (sorry, no pictures)
1) Which Major League Baseball player has had his number retired by 3 different teams?

1. Rod Carew
2. Carlton Fisk
3. Greg Maddux
4. Frank Robinson
5. Nolan Ryan

Follow-up: He is currently principal owner, president, and CEO of what team?

1. Angels
2. Astros
3. Mets
4. Rangers
5. Royals

2) Who was the #1 overall pick in the 1989 NFL draft?

1. Troy Aikman
2. Steve Atwater
3. Eric Metcalf
4. Barry Sanders
5. Derrick Thomas

Follow up: At what school did he begin his college career?

1. Miami (Fl)
2. Missouri
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas A+M
5. USC

3) Which NCAA men's college basketball team is the last one to lose 2 consecutive championship final games?

1. Arizona
2. Butler
3. Florida
4. Kansas
5. Michigan

Follow up: Who is the current head coach of that team?

1. Steve Alford
2. Jim Larranaga
3. Lorenzo Romar
4. Brad Stevens
5. Jay Wright

Round 3 - Box Score (guess the asterisk letters)

1) He is the new manager of the Cleveland Indians. [ _ _ _ * _ ] [ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ ]

2) This team hosted Game 1 of the WNBA Finals. [ _ _ _ _ _ * _ _ _ ] [ _ * _ _ ]

3) He won last week's NASCAR race at Charlotte. [ _ * _ _ _ ] [ _ _ * _ _ _ ]

4) He won last week's Frys.com Open golf tournament. [ * _ _ _ _ ] [ _ _ _ * _ ]

5) He threw six touchdown passes in an NFL game last week. [* _ _ _ _ ] [ _ _ _ _ _ _ *]

6) The U.S. men's soccer team beat this team in Kansas City last Tuesday. [ _ * _ _ _ _ _ * _ ]

7) She won last week's WTA tennis tournament in Austria. [ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ ] [ _ * _ _ _ _ _ _ ]

8) This building is the new home of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. [ _ _ _ * _ _ _ _ ] [ _ _ _ _ _ *]

9) He recently hit two late inning home runs in a playoff victory over the Baltimore Orioles. [ _ _ _ *] [ _ * _ _ _ _ ]

10) In NCAA football, formerly undefeated West Virginia lost big to this team. [ _ _ _ _ *] [ * _ _ _ ]

Round 4 - Overtime

1) 200_

1. Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup
2. Tom Brady is Super Bowl MVP for 2nd time
3. Dwight Howard is NBA #1 overall draft pick
4. Red Sox defeat Cardinals in World Series

2) 197_

1. Penn makes NCAA men's basketball Final Four
2. Tracy Austin wins U.S. Open of women's tennis
3. Mike Flanagan wins Cy Young Award
4. Sugar Bowl: Alabama 14, Penn State 7

3) 198_

1. Kansas City Kings move to Sacramento
2. Bernhard Langer wins the Masters golf tournament
3. Marvin Hagler defeats Thomas Hearns in Las Vegas
4. Wayne Gretzky wins his first Conn Smythe trophy

4) 199_

1. Davey Allison wins the Daytona 500
2. Olympic Winter Games are held in Albertville
3. Bryce Harper born
4. Orlando hosts NBA all star game

5) 193_

1. Omaha wins the Preakness Stakes
2. Jay Berwanger wins the Heisman Trophy
3. Lions defeat Giants in NFL championship
4. Babe Ruth plays baseball for the Boston Braves

6) 200_

1. New York Mets first game at Citi Field
2. Seattle Sounders join MLS
3. Rafael Nadal wins Australian Open
4. Cardinals defeat Eagles in NFC championship

7) 199_

1. Pat Hurst wins Kraft Nabisco
2. France hosts World Cup soccer
3. Real Quiet wins Kentucky Derby
4. Comets defeat Mercury in WNBA finals

8) 196_

1. Chargers win AFL championship
2. Parnelli Jones wins Indianaolis 500
3. Loyola (Ill.) win NCAA men's basketball title
4. Chicago Zephyrs become Baltimore Bullets

Round 5 - Match Point

1) Match the NFL Hall of Famer with his position

1. John Hannah --- A. Cornerback
2. Steve Largent --- B. Defensive Line
3. Lee Roy Selmon --- C. Left Guard
4. Jan Stenerud --- D. Placekicker
5. Emmitt Thomas --- E. Wide Receiver

2) Match the NCAA basketball team with its 2012 conference

1. Delaware State --- A. Colonial
2. Georgia State --- B. MEAC
3. Indiana State --- C. MVC
4. New Mexico State --- D. OVC
5. Tennessee State --- E. WAC

3) Match the NASCAR driver with his number

1. Greg Biffle --- A. 11
2. Kyle Busch --- B. 16
3. Denny Hamlin --- C. 17
4. Kevin Harvick --- D. 18
5. Matt Kenseth --- E. 29

4) Match the MLS team with its home stadium

1. Philadelphia Union --- A. BMO Field
2. Portland Timbers --- B. Buck Shaw Stadium
3. Real Salt Lake --- C. Jeld-Wen Field
4. San Jose Earthquakes --- D. PPL Park
5. Toronto FC --- E. Rio Tinto Stadium

5) Match the 2012 Tour de France rider with his native country

1. Tejay Van Garderen --- A. Australia
2. Bradley Wiggins --- B. Canada
3. Peter Sagan --- C. Slovakia
4. Cadel Evans --- D. United Kingdom
5. Ryder Hesjedal --- E. United States

Here are the answers for today's game. Score yourselves at home (sorry no timer for partial credit questions - you can judge your score for yourself). Give yourselves 3 points for each in Round 1 and 5 points for each in Round 2 and 3. For Round 4, give yourselves 5 points for the first clue, 4 points for second clue, 3 points for third clue, and 2 points for fourth clue. You get partial credit if you miss the answer by 1 or 2 years as well. For Round 5, you get 2 points for each correct answer and 2 bonus points if you get all 5 correct.

Round 1: 1) 1. -- 2) 2. -- 3) 2. -- 4) 1. --5) 1. -- 6) 2. -- 7) 2. -- 8) 2. --9) 1. --10) 2.
Round 2: 1) 5. -- 1F) 4. --- 2) 1. --2F) 3. --- 3) 2. --3F) 4.
Round 3: 1) R C (Terry Francona) 2) S Y (Minnesota Lynx) 3) L W (Clint Bowyer) 4) J X (Jonas Blixt) 5) A S (Aaron Rodgers) 6) U L (Guatemala) 7) T Z (Victoria Azarenka) 8) C R (Barclays Center) 9) L B (Raul Ibanez) 10) S T (Texas Tech)
Round 4: 1) 2004 -- 2) 1979 -- 3) 1985 -- 4) 1992 -- 5) 1935 -- 6) 2009-- 7) 1998-- 8) 1963
Round 5: 1) 1-C, 2-E, 3-B, 4-D, 5-A --- 2) 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-E, 5-D --- 3) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-E, 5-C --- 4) 1-D, 2-C, 3-E, 4-B, 5-A --- 5) 1-E, 2-D, 3-C, 4-A, 5-B

I hope that this was challenging and fun and I hope I got all of my facts right. Maybe this game will inspire others to write Sports IQ games too (I'm looking at you, Buzztime :idea: )


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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:12 am 
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Sorry, I only understand how to answer multiple choice questions. Those rounds are way too confusing. I had to quit halfway through the second round.


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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:20 am 
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Nicely done. I like the idea of us Sports IQ fans writing games for each other, so I will probably give it a shot sometime soon. I'm not getting my hopes up that this will inspire Buzztime to do anything, however.

Although to be honest it has been a nice change to have my Mondays completely free for the first time in 6 years.


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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:41 pm 
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Jethro wrote:
Nicely done. I like the idea of us Sports IQ fans writing games for each other, so I will probably give it a shot sometime soon. I'm not getting my hopes up that this will inspire Buzztime to do anything, however.

Although to be honest it has been a nice change to have my Mondays completely free for the first time in 6 years.


Also you can get your studies done faster as well, Matt.

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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:03 pm 
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Had a great game going this week until the last two questions in the matching round clobbered me over the head with soccer and cycling.

Round 1) 30 points
Round 2) 30 points (did anyone else get the pictures this week?)
Round 3) 44/50 - didn't get Azarenka or Blixt until 2.0 points each
Round 4) 35/40 - Got 1998 and 1963 on the second clue for 4.0 and got 2009 on the last clue for 2.0
Round 5) 46/60 - nailed first three; got stadiums for 4 and cyclists for 6

Total of 185

Was impressed by the perfect score coming out of Florida this week.
Those guys couldn't have done any better if they had written this game...


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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:10 am 
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STATS (DJ) joined CANES (James) and I at JF Kicks on Saturday night for The Season. He asks me if I've been on Scaratings. I said yeah...I was on earlier. "Did you see my post?" I said nope...I can go look though. He said Forgetaboutit...and told me he wrote his own SIQ game. He asks James and I the questions noted....I'm sure he'll correct me if I misremember my score.
First round...I think I missed 4 questions...though I blame that on poor visualization skills and trying to answer too quick so we could focus on The Season. ;) 18/30.

2nd round...had to wait for him to say all the names. Think I bled a little on getting to Nolan Ryan...but since it's all our nothing :P Nailed the rest for 5's...though I had to wait til he said all of the coaches for Butler as the beer was flowing smoothly. 8-) 30/30...48/60 overall.

3rd round...and I say I'm going to do poorly as I'm not following to all the sports as closely as I should since SIQ is no more. Francona, Lynx, and Bowyer are all 5's. Frys.com Open? That's why I have STATS and HUTCH around... :lol: 0/5. Rodgers and Guatemala for 5's. Azarenka (another STATS and HUTCH question) and Barclays Center...0/5. Ibanez and Texas Tech salvage the round with 5's. Of course...that is if I can spell everything correctly...and STATS knows how well I do that (Novak Djokovic?) :D Of course...I think I could have salvaged some points if I had a visual with letters. I think I'd have gotten about 40/50 for the round...70/110 overall.

Round 4...2004...thanks for the nod to the Lightning DJ :) 5/5. Got 1979 on Flanagan...3/5. 1985...I think I started here...and went elsewhere...before coming back to 1985. 3/5. 1992...4/5. 1935 on Berwanger...4/5. 2009 was 2/5 as I think I was earlier til the Cardinals clue. 1998 on World Cup...4/5. 1963 was 0/5 as I think I was on 1969...though I didn't think STATS would use 9 again. 26/40....96/150 overall.

Round 5...NFL HOFer with position? 12/12. NCAA team with conference? After asking STATS to repeat the schools and conferences between questions, got 12/12. NASCAR driver with his number? And you lead off with Denny? You da man STATS!! :D 12/12. At this point in time...STATS lets out this sinister laugh and I know the last two rounds will be challenging. :o MLS teams with stadiums? After having him repeat the teams and stadium names a few times...I think I only got 2 of the 5 (STATS?) or was it 3? I'll stick with 2 for now...4/12. Cyclist with country? After making STATS say them a few times...I get 3...6/12. 46/60 for the round...142/210 for the game.

Nicely written game STATS. Of course, with all the discussions we've had over SIQ games...I should have known you'd throw MLS and cycling questions out there.



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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:51 pm 
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STATS wrote:
Round 4 - Overtime

1) 200_

1. Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup

Sure, sure, open up old wounds for this long-suffering Flames fan :cry:

Still, I like the idea of players writing SIQ games, and I salute you STATS for the effort in writing a quite excellent and challenging game. Maybe I'll attempt to tabulate my score later

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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
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At least the little weasel didn't take away your 15 minutes of fame as soon as you raised the Cup :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: I saw the little troll at the 1996 playoff game against the Cryers, and to borrow hospitalities from Bo, I should have kicked him square in the nuts!! The Lightning still hasn't visited the White House... :x

pengwn wrote:
STATS wrote:
Round 4 - Overtime

1) 200_

1. Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup

Sure, sure, open up old wounds for this long-suffering Flames fan :cry:

Still, I like the idea of players writing SIQ games, and I salute you STATS for the effort in writing a quite excellent and challenging game. Maybe I'll attempt to tabulate my score later


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 Post subject: Re: Sports IQ 10/20 - DJ's game
PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:40 pm 
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UCFHCY wrote:
At least the little weasel didn't take away your 15 minutes of fame as soon as you raised the Cup :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: I saw the little troll at the 1996 playoff game against the Cryers, and to borrow hospitalities from Bo, I should have kicked him square in the nuts!! The Lightning still hasn't visited the White House... :x

pengwn wrote:
STATS wrote:
Round 4 - Overtime

1) 200_

1. Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup

Sure, sure, open up old wounds for this long-suffering Flames fan :cry:

Still, I like the idea of players writing SIQ games, and I salute you STATS for the effort in writing a quite excellent and challenging game. Maybe I'll attempt to tabulate my score later

Ah, for the good old days of John Ziegler :?

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