Par For The Course Trivia Quiz

Answer: 72

Par is usually determined by distance. Most golf holes are usually a par-four with some having pars of three and five. A par-six is rare and a seven even rarer. Most professional golf courses are designed around a par of 72, consisting of four par-threes, ten par-fours, and four par-fives. Pars of 69-73 are acceptable.

There is no absolute standard or requirement. Where there is a shortage of land, courses will be labelled as "three-par" where the majority of holes, if not all have a par of three making a course with a par as low as 54 possible.

Answer: 12

In ten pin bowling, you score 10 points for knocking down all ten pins with your first ball of the frame. You then add the scores from your next two balls to your score of ten to get a score for the frame. If you roll nine consecutive strikes you get a score of 250 plus the score of your next two balls (from the tenth frame). In the tenth frame you roll two strikes (finalising your ninth frame total at two seventy), giving you a score of 290 BUT you get a third bowl in this frame as you scored a strike. If you scored a twelfth consecutive strike you score a perfect game of 300.

If you get a "300", there is a rigorous certification process necessary to get the score recognised. If the score is recognised, the bowler receives a commemorative ring which can be supplemented with chips for additional 300 scores.

Answer: 147

The maximum break of 147 obtained by alternating potting all 15 reds and 15 blacks (re-spotted) then all the colours in set order, with the black last. This is sometimes known as a maximum, a 147, or verbally as a one, four, seven.

Once very rare, eight maximums were achieved in the 1980s, but 26 were achieved in the 90s and 35 in the 2000s. The 100th official maximum break in professional competition was achieved in the UK Championship in 2013.

Theoretically, if an opponent fouls resulting in a "free ball" situation a higher score is possible: a 148 break was obtained in the qualifying section of the 2004 UK Championship.

Answer: American Football

In rugby league, a try is worth four points, a conversion two points and a field goal one point. In the scenario described, the score would be 13 points. In rugby union, a try is worth five points, a conversion two points and a drop goal three points. In the scenario described, the score would be 21 points.

In American football, a touchdown is worth six points, a kicked conversion one point and a field goal three points. In the scenario described, the score would be 22 points. Note that a team scoring a touchdown can opt for a two point conversion by scoring a second touchdown on a single play from the two yard line.

In the two rugby codes, a penalty goal can be kicked. This is worth two points in league and three points in union. In league, a field goal is rarely used except to break a ties score or to put one side seven points in front (which is more than a converted try which is then required by the opposition).

Answer: Gaelic 3, Australian Rules 6

Gaelic football and Australian Rules football have similar rules, some believe the Australian game developed from Gaelic football. This theory is controversial. The main differences are the ball used and scoring. Gaelic football uses a round ball like soccer, Australian Rules uses a football similar to a rugby's oval ball. Both team score goals when they kick the ball between two upright sticks, but in Gaelic football, to score a goal you have to kick between the sticks AND under the crossbar otherwise you score a point.

The crossbar is absent in Australian Rules, a minor score worth a point is scored by licking between the goal post and a smaller upright post either side of the goal; a goal that is touched by the opposition on its way to through the goal; or by an opposition player carrying or pushing the ball through the goal to stop the attacking team scoring a goal.

Answer: 501

In championship darts, the player must count back from 501 to zero faster than his/her opponent by throwing darts three at a time. However you must finish on a double or bull. The ways to achieve this in nine darts are: Thrown six treble 20s, then
1. Treble 20 (60), treble 19 (57) and double 12 (24)
2. Treble 20 (60), treble 15 (45) and double 18 (36)
3. Treble 17 (51), treble 18 (54) and double 18 (36)
There is a fourth way but it is even more difficult is to score 167 with each set of three darts: treble 20 (60), treble 19 (57) and bullseye (50). There are other combinations but are difficult. Throwing treble twenties is stock in trade. Also of note is if you miss your final double, you need it to be an even number as you are likely to get a 'single" number remaining which needs to be even, if finishing with only one more dart.

Answer: Snowman

Curling, known as chess on ice, is a game where teams alternately slide heavy, polished granite stones (throw rocks) towards a circular target called a house. Each team throws eight rocks, points are scored for the stones closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end. For a team to have eight of its rocks closer to the house than any of its opposition is very rare and is the equivalent of a perfect game in baseball or a score of 300 in bowling.

Answer: No opposing player reaches base

A perfect games is where, in a game that lasts a minimum of nine innings, no opposing player reaches base. It is more than a no-hitter, more than a shutout. It is 27 players at bat and 27 outs (a pitcher cannot allow any hits, walks, hit batsmen, or any opposing player to reach base safely for any reason.

Answer: 1.0 runs / ball

International limited over cricket evolved from the five day game when there was a washed out test match between Australia and England in 1971 though variants could be traced back to India and England in 1951 and 1962 respectively. Numbers of overs per match have been variable but a standardised 50 overs per innings is used for One Day Internationals.
In a 50 innings match there are 300 legal deliveries. A score of 300 means a run rate of 1.0 runs per ball
Early in its development scores of 240 were considered good. This crept up to 260-270 in the next decade, with 300 considered the holy grail with India achieving this goal in 1996. (They had reached 300 in a ODI much earlier but this was a 60 over match). In 1998 Sri Lanka reached 398 against Kenya where previously, the highest total was 348. The 400 barrier was broken in an Australia - South Africa game in 2006 where Australia batted first and reached 5 for 434. Incredibly South Africa chased down that total to be 9 for 438 with a ball to spare.

Answer: 11

A birdie, an American term from "bird" meaning excellent, is one under par so a score of two means par was three.
An eagle, another American tern expanding the "bird" concept is two under par, which with a score of two is a par of four.
An albatross is a very rare bird indeed (pun not intended). It means three under par but it is a British term: Americans tended to favour "Double Eagle". With a hole in one, an albatross means the hole had a par of four. This meant the collective par of the three holes is 11.