The Ridiculously Difficult Sports Quiz

[dethwing]

Germany

[mith]

Italy

[Qaqaq]

Argentina

[mith]

France

[Agamemnon]

URUGUAY

[mith]

I don't have the slightest idea after those.

[Agamemnon]

Aw c'mon mithy!

[mith]

Well I'm not going to guess (beyond France, which I only guessed because I know they won 4 years ago) if he's going to make it -3 for wrong answers. Gotta protect my lead.

[casinopete]

I have no lead to protect, so I will come to Aga's aid.

The Vatican!

[Agamemnon]

Just guess anything so I can run mad and grab the last few
(I laugh at the 'France' guess)
Pah!

[Agamemnon]

Yay! Well done sir!
Czechoslovakia

[mith]

heh, as if old bean needs any help to get the rest of these points.

[Highest Prime]

Note that the question on page 4 has changed. Not only the number of years but the number of teams was typed incorrectly! Must be Friday afternoon.

mith +4 for Brazil (7 appearances) and Italy (5); -3 for France (only in 1998)
deth +2 for Germany (7)
Qaqaq +2 for Argentina (4)
Aga +2 for Uruguay (2)
5 down, 3 to go. Only a couple of these are all that challenging.

[mith]

[Agamemnon]

Look, cut the crap and throw a guess into the ring.
I'm rousing to make up on my points after that bad Baseball round thingy.

[One Skunk Todd]

Spain?

[Agamemnon]

THE NETHERLANDS

[Agamemnon]

Technically speaking, there could be 2 answers left. One real answer as to the way the question was put, and one 'dodgy' answer from the 1950 final where the final stage consisted of a 4 team round robin.

[casinopete]

Mongolia!

[Agamemnon]

Am I allowed to answer again?

[mith]

Yeah.

[Agamemnon]

Thanks mith......HUNGARY

[One Skunk Todd]

Venezuela?

[Agamemnon]

Being pedantic, One could say Sweden as being a valid answer as they appeared in the final round robin group in 1950, and also as beaten finalists in 1958.

[Duphrates]

Aaawwwwww, ask the question, when I'm not around, why don't you? B@$t@rd$

[Highest Prime]

Sorry, meant to post question 6 this weekend but found myself too busy.

As might have been expected, Aga cleaned up the remainders of Question 5 and leapt into contention with 12 points on the round. The 8 teams were:

Brazil (7 finals appearances)
Germany (7)
Italy (5)
Argentina (4)
Uruguay (2)
Holland (2)
Czechosolvakia (2)
Hungary (2)

notwithstanding the 1950 round-robin which it might be argued served as Sweden's first finals 'appearance' (they also made the final match in '58).

Scores after Round 5:
mith 29
Quailman 21
Agamemnon 9
Duphrates 5
Qaqaq 5
dethwing 2
Sparhawk 2
kevinatilusa 2
Elayne 2
cuban smoker -1
Trojan Horse -2
casinopete -4
One Skunk Todd -5

Question 6 appears right below. Or will, in a minute.

[mith]

Bah, minute, eh?

[mith]

[Highest Prime]

OK, I guess we'll see who's had their caffeine this fine morning (or, in the case of the blokes on the other side of the pond, who's into their second pint).

(6) Name the 15 events that make up the modern Olympic decathlon and pentathlon. (Include distances where appropriate.)
(+1 per decathlon event, +2 per pentathlon event, +3 bonus for last; -1 per wrong answer)

[Quailman]

Pentathlon: Fencing

[edit: more specifically, epee]

[This message has been edited by Quailman (edited 05-19-2003 09:47 AM).]

[Duphrates]

Decathlon : Long Jump

[mith]

Decathlon: Discus

[Quailman]

Decathlon: Pole Vault

[Quailman]

Decathlon: Shot Put

[mith]

Decathlon: High Jump

[Quailman]

Pentathlon: Equestrian - (Dressage?)

[mith]

Doesn't count Quail, we hit the four-in-a-row limit.

[Quailman]

Bummer.

[Duphrates]

Decathlon : 100m

[mith]

Decathlon: 1500m