Challenge the Stupid Sportswriter 2007: Week 3

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d43830f6-7d8e-447a-9c2a-e015cf5e194e.jpg Milton Bradley questioned the legitimacy of what goes on with Fred Roggin's "The Challenge," and see what happened to him?
The thing he should be upset about is how easy the "rapid fire" question segment got for those playing live at Barney's Beanery.
We agree, they needed to dumb down the questions based on the fact no one (hardly) got past five right the first two weeks. But here was a series of true-false asked to one female contestant:
In hockey, they use a ball?
In NASCAR, the drivers always turn left?
Luge is an Olympic sport?
Motoball is an Olympic sport?
You can play tennis with either hand?
What a shock when she won.
I'll give you name of a team, you give me the city, he said to another guy.
Another stunner. Dude got 'em all right.
"Let me say what's up to Petros and Money!" he said afterward.
A smart man on many fronts. Except Money wasn't in the studio. Just Petros.
Third guy also won a dinner.
"True or false: The Dodgers play in the National League?"
The guy gulped before he said true.

Anyway, for Week 3, I believe it's the first time I got every question correct. None were wrong for a dreaded 0. So chalk me up for an all-time best 260 points for third place, only 10 points out of first. Again, this is despite the delay of playing on DirecTV through the Tivo. There's 40 points possible per answer, and I only got that once even though I clicked onto the right answer immediately at least five times (and only got the 40 points once). That's my handicap for the others to take advantage of.
Over the season, I'm in seventh place with 630 points. The lucky red balls are working.
(Not that I'm paying that much attention, but Richel Rogin .... 20th place in the overall standings ... c'mon, you can do better .... )
Here's how it played out Sunday:

Question 1: Which quarterback led the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl 35?
A) Steve McNair
B) Tony Banks
C) Maury Povich
D) Trent Dilfer

Question 2: You make the call (A clip of Green Bay's Brett Favre throwing a pass, having it batted back at him, he catches it and throws it again, the pass sailing out of bounds).
A) Incomplete pass
B) Muff
C) Incomplete forward pass.
D) Ineligible player downfield

Question 3: What NFL coach was once an assistant at USC?
A) Mike Shanahan
B) Joe Gibbs
C) Mike Holmgren
D) Fred Rogers

greene_maurice2.jpgQuestion 4: Southland resident Maurice Greene won two gold medals at which Olympic Games?
A) Sydney
B) Athens
C) Atlanta
D) Cheyenne

Question 5: (Audio question): Which major league baseball player is singing this song?
A) Scott Spiezio
B) Barry Zito
C) Jason Giambi
D) Ben Broussard

Question 6: Who is the first unseeded player to win a men's title at Wimbledon?
A) Pat Cash
B) Donald Rumsfeld
C) Boris Becker
D) Michael Stich

Question 7: Before being drafted by the Expos, Gary Carter signed a letter of intent to play which sport at UCLA?
A) Volleyball
B) Football
C) Water polo
D) Basketball

23_dodgers3med.jpgQuestion 8: Which NBA team drafted Dodgers pitcher Mark Hendrickson?
A) Sacramento Kings
B) Cleveland Cavaliers
C) New Jersey Nets
D) Philadelphia 76ers

The answers:
DSC_0009%20bobble%20Head%20Catching%20as%20EXPOS%20on%20white%5B1%5D.jpgA1: D: Dilfer. Got it right. Got 40 points. Povich? How many knuckleheads took that choice. It's not like you needed to make it that easy. Why not throw in Kyle Boler to make people think an extra second?
A2: C: Incomplete forward pass. The rule is you can only throw one pass from behind the line of scrimmage. Farve threw two. Therefore ... I got it right. Got 35 points. Finally, got one right on these NFL rules question. A muff? No, but nice word to throw out there.
A3: B: Joe Gibbs, with McKay in the late '60s and early '70s. Got it right. Got 35 points. Fred Rogers? Now it's getting really, really idiotic. But it forces the test taker to look at the name, think about it a second, and then move on. It's a hurdle that should be easy to get past, but it's so ridiculous you have to look at it and laugh.
A4: A: Sydney. Got it right. Got 35 points.
A5: A: Spiezio. It was a loud, hard rock song, so guessed right. Got 30 points.
A6: C: Becker, in 1985. I hesitated, but got it right. Got 25 points.
A7: B: Football. He said he signed a letter of intent out of Sunny Hills High in Fullerton to run the wishbone for Pepper Rogers in 1972. Got it right. Got 35 points. You mean UCLA didn't try to sign him to play baseball?
A8: D: 76ers. I waited until one answer was eliminated -- I thought it was the Nets, but then it disappeared -- before I took the Sixers and got it right. He was their second round pick in '96. Got 25 points.

The top 10 scores win tickets to the Oct. 18 Clippers' preseason game against Phoenix.
Kinda makes it a waste to do so well, doesn't it?

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