Are you Ready for Some Foosball? Quiz

Answer: Soccer

The "Friends" episode is number 18 in season two, "The One Where Dr Ramoray Dies", and Phoebe is responding to Chandler's request for a game. I should add that Phoebe opens the quote with "No. This game is grotesque" and closes with "Ah, hello, human rights violation". Foosball's alternate names are Table Football or Table Soccer.

A standard table will feature two teams of eleven foosmen each. Each of these foosmen is fitted on a rotating bar and they're used to kick a round ball into an opponent's goal. Goals are situated at either end of the table.

There are eight rows of players on the table. The first two rows at either end represent the defenders for the two teams involved. There is usually one player (goalie) on the back row and two on the second last. Moving a row toward the centre of the table is a set of forwards or attackers for the opposing team.

This row generally carries three foosmen. The middle rows represent the midfield for the teams and holds up to five players.

Answer: Four numbered arches at the end of the table

Sjoelen is also known as Dutch shuffleboard and is played on a two metre (6.5 foot) table. The game, which draws influences from bagatelle (a variant of billiards), the arcade game skeeball and, to a lesser extent, pin-ball and mini-golf, requires a player to slide 30 discs down the table through the arches of four numbered channels. These arches, from left to right, are worth 2, 3, 4 and 1 points. The discs that do not find their way (entirely) into the arches are then returned to the player for a second and, finally, a third turn. Cleverly the scoring is designed so that it is more advantageous for a player to place discs into all four channels rather than just the higher scoring ones. One set of discs in each channel (arch) allows the player to double his score for those four discs. For example, if a player manages to get two discs into each channel and an extra three discs into the three point arch he will score a total of 49 points: One disc in each channel equals 2+3+4+1 (total 10) which is doubled for 20 points. As he's completed this twice, it means 40 points. The other three discs in arch 3 are counted singularly as three points each for an additional tally of 9.

Answer: Fixed wooden pins on the table

The aim in bagatelle is to get a set number of balls past fixed wooden pins (or wickets) into pockets. Skilled players will be able to angle or ricochet the balls off these pins into the holes. The game was originally created to imitate the sport of bowling using a narrower version of the billiard table. The problem was that so much time was wasted re-setting the pins so they became fixed on the table and the rules were changed accordingly.
In 1871 the British inventor Montague Redgrave created a much smaller version of the game. Instead of a ball he used a marble and small metal pins instead of wickets. The cue stick was replaced by a spring launcher and a plunger. If you're thinking that that sounds familiar to something you've seen in an arcade it should. Redgrave's machine is widely recognised as being the father of the modern pinball machines.

Answer: Golf

There a many versions of this sport as a table game and one of the most popular is the "Strokes" game which incorporates nine holes on a four foot by four foot table. The ball is replaced by a carom (disc) which is shot, using a cue stick, toward its designated hole. Players take turns to play their shots and the first to complete the nine holes is the winner.

There are, however, traps on the board to catch the wayward strokes. Depending on the type of trap, these can penalise the player one or two strokes or an entire hole. Mark Twain once remarked that "golf is a good walk spoiled", now we barely need to walk.

Answer: Playing figures were flicked at the ball

Adolph really worked hard to get his table game to be as close as possible to the real action on the playing field. A player had to flick the base of his figurine toward the ball to make progress across the playing surface. Provided the figurine touched the ball the player retained possession. There are two big buts here - first he could only use the same figurine three times in succession and, second, if his figurine knocked the ball onto an opponent's player, possession was lost. The only figurine that isn't flicked is the goalie (goalkeeper) who is attached to a rod fitted underneath the back of the goal. A shooting line is installed halfway between the centre line and the goal line and the player's ball needs to be past this line before they are able to take a shot on goal.
In case you're wondering what the introduction to this question is all about, it is the title of a song by the British band Half Man, Half Biscuit, which was written as homage to Peter Adolph's attempts at realism with his game. He went further than creating a game with a two team rivalry by creating hundreds of teams both real and fictional. There is also a wide range of accessories including grandstands, linesmen, crowds, ball boys and even streakers.

Answer: True

The typical air hockey table will have some form of machinery installed to blow air through a series of tiny holes on the playing surface. The whole purpose of this is to reduce friction and increase the speed of the game. To reduce costs and maintenance, a number of tables are sold with just a slick playing surface and no air device. Technically, this is not an air hockey table but it is still marketed as such.

The object of the game is to hit a puck past an opponent's defence and into their goal, which is a slot at their end of the table.

The first player to score seven goals is the winner. A plastic mallet is used to propel the puck across the table and a player is not allowed to strike or touch the puck with any part of their body.

Answer: Shuffleboard

Table Shuffleboard is played on tables that vary in length from 9 feet to 22 feet and are sprinkled with fine silicon beads to reduce friction. Small weighted pucks are slid (shuffled) by hand across the surface from a set end to the other with the aim to score points. Points are gained by stopping the puck within scoring zones that stretch across the table.

But beware the gutter. Go into one of these and they will not score. Each player will have four pucks and, whilst the aim is to score with them, they can also be placed strategically on the table to protect other pucks in play or to knock the opponent's puck off the table. The quote in the question comes from the Matthew Robbins directed, 1987 film "*batteries not included". (Please, no notes about the grammar in the title. That is how the title is recorded in IMDB).

Answer: Bar Billiards

The holes on the surface of the table each carry a point value. These will range from ten points for the most accessible to two hundred points for the most difficult. There are three pegs (bars) to guard the higher scoring holes - two white pegs are placed on either side of the one hundred point hole and the passage to the two hundred points is blocked by a black peg.

There are seven white balls used in game play and one red. All can be potted but any pot of the red ball is worth double its value. Players play their shot from one end of the table. If they fail to pot a ball, the break is over. If they commit a foul, the break is over. If they knock over a white peg, the break is over. If they knock over the black (uh-oh), not only is the break over but they will also lose all their points. Generally a time limit is imposed on each game, usually around fifteen minutes, at which time a bar is engaged within the table that prevents the balls from coming back into play.

Answer: Cricket

The playing field for Subbuteo Cricket is usually made from a green coloured cloth or carpet and is spread out on a table. Scoring zones ranging from one run to four are mapped out on the cloth. The further the zone is from the batsman the greater the scoring reward.

The bowling side will place ten men in various positions on the field with the team's eleventh person, the bowler, being placed at the one end of the pitch. (Note: the pitch and the field are separate, with the pitch being in the centre of the field).

The bowler's location can be shifted along a line at his end of the pitch prior to each delivery. Delivery is conducted by placing the ball, a small steel ball bearing, into a release mechanism which is either spring loaded or gravity controlled.

The batsman is a spring loaded figurine. He is located at the opposite end of the pitch to the bowler and his positioning and the angle of his bat is determined by the player before the ball is released. The batsman hits the ball into a scoring zone to register runs but if he hits it into a channel at the base of the fielder he is deemed to be dismissed "caught".

A batsman can also be dismissed by being bowled or by hitting his own wicket.

Answer: Lawn Bowls

The miniature version is called table bowls and a kit will contain a jack, a set of bowls and a special chute or ramp on which the bowls are delivered. Unlike the outdoor version of the game in this variant the player is not allowed to provide his bowl with any physical propulsion. Where the bowl finishes up on the table is entirely dependent upon the angle at which the ramp is set and how high on the chute the bowl is placed.
It is estimated that the origins of the indoor version date back to Victorian times, a period renowned for converting many outdoor activities to parlour games. Since then the game has enjoyed a resurgence that players in Queensland (Australia) are known to conduct World Championship tournaments using a specially built eight foot long table.