Most of the golf questions that have appeared on Jeopardy! — there have been more than 800 in all — would be a snap for the golf-mad users of this site. (Take, for example, this softball from a show that aired last June: Like New Orleans, golfer Ernie Els has this nickname. Come on, Alex, challenge us!) But every so often the show’s writers do cook up a doozy. Here are 11 golf-related questions (to be fair, a couple are really loosely related) that might stall you, if not outright stump you. Answers are below the final clue. Good luck!
MILITARY NICKNAMES & SLANG / $1200
This term for an unidentified aircraft or missile is also used on the golf course
CONTRONYMS / $1200
An advantage in golf or a disadvantage through lack
ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS / $2000
Tiny, sharp teeth give this plant its name, also an elite Florida golf course
SPORTS / $400
This last name of golfer David is applied to what he called a “correction shot”
AMERICA’S GOT TALONS / $1000
A golf tourney was the scene of a catch made by this seabird, also the name of a tiltrotor hybrid aircraft
SHARP (& FLAT) INSTRUMENTS / $1200
An old joke says that golf was invented by the same people who think that music comes out of these
GOLF / $300
Golf ball covers are usually made of this
ADVERTISING / $500
Slogan created in 1921 when a pal of an R.J. Reynolds adman ran out of cigarettes on a golf course
GOLF TALK / $300
“Stretcher Bearer” is a slang expression for one of these golf helpers
SPORTS HISTORY / $600
Rudyard Kipling painted golf balls this color to find them on snow-covered “greens” in Vermont
ENDS IN “SS” / $200
Golfers know it means to lay the club behind the ball in preparation to hit it (not mail it)
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Answer key, from top: What is a bogey?, What is a handicap?, What is Sawgrass?, What is Mulligan?, What is an osprey?, What are bagpipes?, What is a vulcanized rubber compound?, What is “I’d walk a mile for a Camel”, What is a caddie?, What is red?, What is address?
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