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From: M L Wadsworth on 13 Jan 2010 10:06 I would like to thank the hundreds of subscribers who entered the Christmas Quiz, especially those who complained last year that they had to email me for the questions and those who complained that the Quiz always contained Rules questions. Unfortunately their entries and most of the others must have got lost in the ethernet because only four entries reached me. However, the plus side is that it has saved me from having to award the extremely valuable prize I had in mind J Before I give the answers, my thanks to those who entered: Andy Neal; Janet & Chris Homer (joint entry); Pat Williams and Paul Schmitz-Josten. It is becoming increasingly difficult to set quizzes where the answers cannot easily be obtained in minutes from the web using a search engine. In fact, Paul Schmitz-Josten was kind enough to give his web address sources where he found them. I am glad to say I managed to pose four questions where a search engine was not a lot of help: Q 8. How many **holed** regulation golf balls can a regulation golf hole contain if the hole is 4 inches deep and has a regular flagstick of 0.625 inches centred in the liner: a) With the flagstick in the hole? b) With the flagstick removed? [I must check my answer again when the snow has gone as Pat Williams' answer was too close for comfort � however, if he is right and I am wrong, it will not change the winner.] Q 10. a) When did a lot of ladies cease to be ladies and (b) why? [I am pleased to say this stumped everyone except Janet Homer, who was so busy espousing her view on why ladies should now be called women, she forgot give an answer to (a)!!] Q 13. What did the organisers of the Open Championship do at Royal Lytham & St. Annes in 1926 for the first time? [Only Andy Neal found this one, or maybe knew it from a previous quiz.] and Q 20. How many golf clubs world-wide have a Royal title? [I apologise for the question being a bit vague but my entrants all appeared to understand what I was getting at. Unfortunately, the webpage I think most would have gone to is actually wrong. Although the Royal Household GC, Windsor Park, like many other clubs (Royal GC, Bahrain; Royal Tara GC, Ireland; Down Royal GC, N. Ireland; Oak Royal G &CC, Lancashire to name but a few) has Royal in its title, it is not a golf club which has been granted Royal patronage. It is a nine-hole course for the staff of the Royal Household at Windsor Castle. My source was the R&A Handbook which lists 61: The Curragh, Hong Kong and Singapore Island Clubs having relinquished their Royal titles for various reasons.]
From: Janet Homer on 13 Jan 2010 11:08 Malcolm The 'views' I put forward were not mine but the explanations given to us by the EWGA - though that don't excuse me from forgetting to actually answer the question - I bame encroaching senility not avid feminism....:-)). Love & peace J "M L Wadsworth" <CUTmalTHEcolmwadsworth(a)btintCACKLEernet.com> wrote in message news:vvidnV5ytfv9fNDWnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >I would like to thank the hundreds of subscribers who entered the Christmas >Quiz, especially those who complained last year that they had to email me >for the questions and those who complained that the Quiz always contained >Rules questions. > > Unfortunately their entries and most of the others must have got lost in > the ethernet because only four entries reached me. > > > > However, the plus side is that it has saved me from having to award the > extremely valuable prize I had in mind J > > > > Before I give the answers, my thanks to those who entered: > > Andy Neal; > > Janet & Chris Homer (joint entry); > > Pat Williams and > > Paul Schmitz-Josten. > > > > It is becoming increasingly difficult to set quizzes where the answers > cannot easily be obtained in minutes from the web using a search engine. > In fact, Paul Schmitz-Josten was kind enough to give his web address > sources where he found them. > > > > I am glad to say I managed to pose four questions where a search engine > was not a lot of help: > > Q 8. How many **holed** regulation golf balls can a regulation golf hole > contain if the hole is 4 inches deep and has a regular flagstick of 0.625 > inches centred in the liner: > > a) With the flagstick in the hole? > > b) With the flagstick removed? > > [I must check my answer again when the snow has gone as Pat Williams' > answer was too close for comfort - however, if he is right and I am wrong, > it will not change the winner.] > > > > Q 10. a) When did a lot of ladies cease to be ladies and (b) why? > > [I am pleased to say this stumped everyone except Janet Homer, who was so > busy espousing her view on why ladies should now be called women, she > forgot give an answer to (a)!!] > > > > Q 13. What did the organisers of the Open Championship do at Royal > Lytham & St. Annes in 1926 for the first time? > > [Only Andy Neal found this one, or maybe knew it from a previous quiz.] > > and > > Q 20. How many golf clubs world-wide have a Royal title? > > [I apologise for the question being a bit vague but my entrants all > appeared to understand what I was getting at. Unfortunately, the webpage I > think most would have gone to is actually wrong. Although the Royal > Household GC, Windsor Park, like many other clubs (Royal GC, Bahrain; > Royal Tara GC, Ireland; Down Royal GC, N. Ireland; Oak Royal G &CC, > Lancashire to name but a few) has Royal in its title, it is not a golf > club which has been granted Royal patronage. It is a nine-hole course for > the staff of the Royal Household at Windsor Castle. > > My source was the R&A Handbook which lists 61: The Curragh, Hong Kong and > Singapore Island Clubs having relinquished their Royal titles for various > reasons.] > >
From: M L Wadsworth on 14 Jan 2010 04:48
"Janet Homer" <Janet(a)teeoldlinksgolf.com> wrote in message news:hikr5e$u1o$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Malcolm > > The 'views' I put forward were not mine but the explanations given to us > by the EWGA - though that don't excuse me from forgetting to actually > answer the question - I bame encroaching senility not avid > feminism....:-)). > > Love & peace > J You are right of course, but "More appropriate to refer to Women than Ladies in the 21st century. " was so you! :-) Regards, Malcolm |