Take this Spurs Quiz - Please

[Kori Ellis]

http://sanantonio.about.com/library/Quiz/bl_spurstrivia_quiz.htm

Please check for any script errors, typos, or whatever for me.

Thanks.

The questions are weird trivia related to each player on the Spurs roster this year.

--Kori

[jaespur21]

Dang i got a Booo rating normally i do well @ these but this was tough....P.S. i got the beno question wrong on purpose to brick something just like him

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Awesome quiz Kori. There's nothing that I can find wrong with it. I feel like a n00b because I got a boooooooooo score. :nerd

[J.T.]

Some of those were pretty tough

[Kori Ellis]

Everyone here always gets high scores on the quizzes, so I had to make harder questions.

Sorry for booing you :lol

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Everyone here always gets high scores on the quizzes, so I had to make harder questions.


:tu There's nothing wrong with a little challenge.

[JPB]

Hard stuff.
I stopped at the second question cos I'm at work and I was starting having headaches.

[Texas_Ranger]

Great quiz.

[ambchang]

The law of random variables came into play, 15 questions, 4 choices each, only 3 I geniunely knew, so I got the 3 I know + 1/4 of the remaining (3) = 6.
BTW, these are tough tough questions.

[Taco]

that quiz is tooooooooo hard

i only got 3 correct

boo Kori!!!! :lol

[mathbzh]

I knew 2 answers, guess two correctly and was lucky for two others.
Hard questions for sure

[Taco]

that quiz is tooooooooo hard

i only got 3 correct

boo Kori!!!! :lol

OK Kori I took your quiz, now take mine

The following Spurs Players have had their numbers retired, Johnny Moore G, James Silas G, Sean Elliot F,George Gervin F, 50 David Robinson. What time did Taco take his shower today?

A) 5:30

B) 6:00

C) 6:30

D) It aint Saturday yet!!!

[CubanMustGo]

"Pretty decent" .... thanks to Wikipedia and NBA.com :lol

And, OBTW Kori, you might want to do something about the featured link on the "San Antonio Spurs Offers (http://sanantonio.about.com/z/js/o.htm?k=san%20antonio%20spurs&d=San%20Antonio%20Spurs&r=http%3A//sanantonio.about.com/library/Quiz/bl_spurstrivia_quiz_results.htm)" page! :downspin:

[Mr. Body]

Practically impossible, but I did get 7 of 15.

[T Park]

6 out of 15 for me

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

4/15
Nice work on upping the difficulty.

[T Park]

the most obscure was the "Who else is from mississippi"

I was like :wtf :lol

[angel_luv]

I got 6 right: questions 1-4 and #6 and #11 - guessed on all of them, except the first which was obvious.

Hard quiz Kori.

[kskonn]

man I thought I did horrible with 7/15 but seeing other scores my ego doesn't feel quite as bad. Truth be told 2 of the questions I got correct were complete guesses.

[angel_luv]

Darn it! If I would have followed my instincts, I would have guessed three more right. Boo!

Took me four tries to get 100%

[Dave McNulla]

it sucks, i only got 40% right. there's no other explanation.

[bdictjames]

4/15. Not so bad as I thought it would be.

[SpursFanFirst]

Got a "Boooooo" as well. I only got 3 right, and truth be told, I really only knew 2 of those, so the 3rd was a guess.
Whew...that was tough. I think I need to take a nap following that.

[mardigan]

I got 4 right, and as someone else stated before, i guessed on two of them, nothing wrong with the quiz except its way to hard

[Kori Ellis]

Good. It's supposed to be hard. :lol

All the other ones, you guys kept getting 90+%.

[Rynospursfan]

Darn it! If I would have followed my instincts, I would have guessed three more right. Boo!

Took me four tries to get 100%

Same thing happened to me. I got 6 of 15.

[ashbeeigh]

4/15 and I usually do alright on the others.

[Supergirl]

Number 13 is missing a question mark.

I sucked it up on this one - only 40%.

[Kori Ellis]

Number 13 is missing a question mark.

I sucked it up on this one - only 40%.

Thanks.
Who is the question about? The questions are randomized each time, so #13 doesn't tell me anything :)

[sprrs]

The one I messed up on was the 3PM....I understood it as Finals....and not playoffs....I would've got seven right :rolleyes

[smrattler]

Damn Kori! Those are obscure to say the least! I usually kick ass on these trivia q's. I got boo'd!

No errors and I don't see any spelling problems. Then again, I don't know how you spell some of those former Netherland players names.

[cherylsteele]

I only got 2 correct......if we based it on this quiz, I would be smarter than a 5th grader.

[cherylsteele]

Tony Parker was selected by the Spurs with the 28th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. In the 2005-06 campaign, Parker become the second player in NBA history to average at least 18.5 points, dish out at least 5.5 assists and shoot better than 54% from the field in a season. Who was the other player to accomplish this feat?

Kori, this is nitpicking....but it should be Parker became, not become. I knew what you meant.
I still would have missed it.

[Samr]

You're going to hate me......




Question: Francisco Elson signed with the Spurs in the summer of 2006 after three seasons with the Denver Nuggets. Elson was born in the Rotterdam, Holland. Which former NBA player was not born in the Netherlands.

Correction: last sentence needs a question mark, not a period.


Question: Bruce Bowen was signed by the Spurs in the summer of 2001. Bowen played in only one minute of one game his rookie season in 1996-97. While on the court in that one minute, what single statistic did Bowen collect?

Correction: last sentence, right after the comma, change "what" to "which." "Which" is more specific, because it asks the reader to chose a statistic from the following given group, as opposed to "what single statistic [out of all possible statistics]."


Question: The Spurs signed Brent Barry on July 15th, 2004. Brent has three brothers who have all played professional basketball. Two of them are Jon and Drew. Who is the third?

Correction: Change order of the second sentence to reflect proper structure, "Brent has three brothers, all of whom have played professional basketball."


Question: Tony Parker was selected by the Spurs with the 28th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. In the 2005-06 campaign, Parker become the second player in NBA history to average at least 18.5 points, dish out at least 5.5 assists and shoot better than 54% from the field in a season. Who was the other player to accomplish this feat?

Correction: Change the second sentence to reflect use of the past tense, "Parker became the second player...."


Question: Fabricio Oberto signed with the Spurs in the summer of 2005. In a game in November of 2006, Oberto went 11-for-11 from the field against the Phoenix Suns. Who holds the NBA record for most field goal attempts in a game without a make in NBA history?

Correction: Omit "in NBA history" from the last sentence, as "the NBA record" already implies that the feat is historical. Also, I am not sure here, but do you actually mean to say "Who holds the NBA record for most field goal attempts without a miss?" Maybe not.


Question: Tim Duncan was selected by the Spurs with the first pick of the 1997 NBA Draft. He had a career-high 25 rebounds in a 67-65 victory over the Miami Heat on February 1st, 2003. Who had the second most rebounds for the Spurs that game?

Correction: Second sentence, change "victory over" to "victory against." You don't win over (on top of) someone, you win against them.





But I scored a 3 out of 15, so take the above corrections with a grain of salt.

[I love Tony Parker]

I thought this was a message board NOT ENGLISH CLASS! I dunno I think i might be in tha wrong place WHO GIVES A FUCK WHERE A QUESTION MARK GOES OR A PERIOD OR ANY OF THAT SHIT!!! AS LONG AS WE KNOW WHAT THA FUCK THA PERSON IS TALKING ABOUT THEN DONT CORRECT EVERYHING THEY SAY!!! "SOME PEOPLE HAVE 2 FEEL LIKE THEY KNOW IT ALL JUST TO FEEL IMPORTANT"

[Samr]

^^^Because it is published, available for public consumption, and it has Kori's name and face to it. In the professional world, especially in the world of writing and publishing, "what's on the inside" does not count at all. What counts is if your product is unique, compelling, inspiring; something that makes readers what to subscribe to YOU. Your product is your reputation, and you must guard it at all costs.

It is not called English class. It is called taking pride in your work, and having it will take you far.

[Kori Ellis]

...

Thanks. I input it in the middle of the night and didn't check for typos, etc before going to bed. That's why I asked in the initial post for you guys to check it. Thanks.

[Kori Ellis]

Correction: Omit "in NBA history" from the last sentence, as "the NBA record" already implies that the feat is historical. Also, I am not sure here, but do you actually mean to say "Who holds the NBA record for most field goal attempts without a miss?" Maybe not.

No, I meant what it says .. without a make.

[Kori Ellis]

Correction: Second sentence, change "victory over" to "victory against." You don't win over (on top of) someone, you win against them.

"victory over" is proper in sports writing (according to guides/books).

You are definitely correct about the other things. I'll change them later tonight.

Thanks again.

[50 cent]

I got an 8 out of 15. I feel good after reading this thread, but a few were guesses.

[SequSpur]

15 out of 15 again...

wtf? Are you going to make something challenging one day?

[picnroll]

7. I though I'd get a prize and I scroll down and it's a booo. Heartless.

[Horry For 3!]

Tony Parker was selected by the Spurs with the 28th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft. In the 2005-06 campaign, Parker become the second player in NBA history to average at least 18.5 points, dish out at least 5.5 assists and shoot better than 54% from the field in a season. Who was the other player to accomplish this feat?

If you want it to be perfect, you could change become to became.

[Horry For 3!]

Nevermind, Samr already posted the corrections.

[Horry For 3!]

Damn, that quiz was pretty damn hard. I got 7 right.

[Horry For 3!]

dang, way harder than the one before... I only got 3...

I'm not really up on Britney Spears trivia... :rolleyes
I thought Spears was from Louisiana

[efrem1]

Kori:

Couldn't you have put Bo Diddley as the answer since he was born there as well as Spears? McComb should be famous for Bo and not Britney.

[sabar]

Jeez those were some obscure facts. I like following the NBA and it's players, but not that much http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smilol.gif

[rwb]

Wow, that was tough. Got 7/15 and only due to the law of averages. I also thought Spears was from Louisiana.

And yes, Kori asked for input including typos, so lay off Samr. Good job!

[wildbill2u]

Everyone here always gets high scores on the quizzes, so I had to make harder questions.

Sorry for booing you :lol
One reason for some of the higher scores on past quizzes is that early posters would put in some comment like "I forgot what Sean Marks looked like" or such--and later quiz takers could pick up on the info.

Of course, I NEVER would do such a thing.:rolleyes

[SenorSpur]

Practically impossible, but I did get 7 of 15.


Same here. And I thought I had it "goin' on" for a while there.

Good stuff, Kori.

[SenorSpur]

Wow, that was tough. Got 7/15 and only due to the law of averages. I also thought Spears was from Louisiana.



So did I. Kentwood, LA to be exact. That question really threw me.