GolfHos

1. Guess the significance of a number. Subject matter can be anything, but should be based on common knowledge. Nothing too esoteric.
2. Refrain from using Google/Wikipedia.
3. Sports records don't have to all-time best. They can be records that have stood for many years but have recently been broken.
4. Some numbers may have multiple correct answers so even if your response isn't what the submitter of the clue intended, it could still be correct.
5. If you answer correctly, post the next clue.

Let's start with a can of corn:

755

The pre-steroid  homerun mark

Post a clue, homeboy.

215

Number of Norwegian Black Metal albums purchased in North America last year.

Number of bones in the human body that you're born with (before all the bones in your skull fuse together)?

nope, i kept it baseball related.

Most hits in a season?

nope


let's go with a slightly easier one then.

1406

wow. tough crowd.

88
(college sports)
 ;D

Damn it.  Too slow.  I knew that one.  :sad3:

Most points scored in a Div IA football game?

I was going to guess most career RBIs but was too slow as well.

no idea.  not what i had in mind and a quick google check shows it isn't the most.

ok, i give up. someone else take over.  i honestly thought some of those were easy

88-

btw, followup for gleeks  NCAAF  guess on 88
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916_Cumberland_vs._Georgia_Tech_football_game
 [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock] [sm_shock]

Holy crap! GT didn't throw a single pass in that game.

OK. Next clue. Change it up a bit.

29029

If that's what I think it is,  I learned it as 29028  in school .

Tom Brady career passing yards.

 

 

 

 
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UCLA's BBall win streak.

I knew that before getting to page 2 of this thread. I just saw Aske's answer.

Adrian Dantley ruled!

ding.

I think it increases a little bit every year.

532-

 :finger: ;)

Correct. The number is probably different for each method used to measure it.

OK. Fuzzy's up.

24,901.55

OR

24,859.82

The dollar amount the national debt goes up per second.

Circumference of the Earth (in miles) around the equator and longitudinally through the poles?

 ;D

Could be, just not what I had in mind.

gleek FTW!!!!

 8)

the name of such a shape ?

WAG  ;D

I actually thought the bulge around the equator was much bigger.

OK.

Next:

212

Dude this is trivia for numbers, not shapes. Try to keep up.  :P

egg

boiling point of water.   {edit} degrees fahrenheit.

(outside of elevation in Utah)

Fahrenheit degrees at which water boils.

+1 for proper grammar
-1 for posting late

O.K. Dr. I actually needed to look this one up.

oblate ellipsoid or geoid

I have some numbers that may not be recognized by J6P but aske might nail them.  ;D [sm_devil]


14164.53
5048.62

all time highs of  djia and crapdaq.

Yet, I think I once heard that the Earth is closer to a perfect sphere than anything that humans are able to create/machine. The tallest mountain is only 6 miles high and the diameter is around 8,000 miles. That's pretty amazing from a tolerance standpoint.

 [sm_thumbsup2]

 ;D

9.975
(not gymnastics or other judged sports score)

The actual diameter of a vinyl LP album as referenced by Aerosmith saying now whip out your big 10 inch record of a band that plays those blues

LOL I was just about to say Nadia Comaneci's all-around score in the 1976 Summer Olympiad.

[sm_shock] not what i had in mind. and certainly not universal !  [sm_devil]

 :sad3:

Yeah, I suck at this.

I'll give it a shot. The world record long jump in yards?

nope
 ;D

Well, I was damn close!

I should leave this to the nerds but isn't this the max warp speed of some goofy ass Star Trek/Star Wars space vehicle?  :)

The first 100m time to break the 10 second barrier?

correct, maximum sustained warp speed by a Federation ship in television/film  canon

 ;D

No offense nerds. I am one as well. It's just that I hate knowing stuff like that when I can't remember where I put my keys some mornings.

Are you *feces*ting me? No Federation ship can achieve Warp 10, but that POS Bird of Prey in STIV can?

Next two are related:

1191

2025

delegates needed for nomination

.11000111001

Time (in sec) it takes for sound to travel 1 mile?

The Fire Rate on a Pub/Tavern, Massive Construction with Dual Supply Sprinkler System in a Metro area that doesn't require Re-Insurance support??

nope, that would be just under 5 seconds
 ;D

nope

btw, quit thinking so traditionally you decimal freaks

When you turn it upside down does it spell BOOBS??

Then don't use a DECIMAL point!!!

LOL.  but didn't you notice it was all 1's and 0's

The year Christopher Marlowe died in binary.

Yep.

(sorry for the absence. putting kids to bed.)

someone take over.

the answer was

???

1789

Didn't the French have some involvement with that year??

Oui.

French revolution?

Oui. Start of. Your turn.

Ok here goes.

238

Atomic mass of the most common isotope of uranium.

Suck it! your up

The High Jump World Record in centimetres??

92,956,000

Miles from earth to sun?

Yup, or 1 astronomical unit.

8.3

 ;D

Inches of rain at your house over the last 2 days.

So how does this represent Seven of Nine?

No, I don't think we even got an inch.

There are 2 answers I am thinking of.

it's (within .01%) the binary representation of .77777777777777777777777777777777777777777    (which is 7/9)
 8)

here's 2 quasi related ones

4.75×10²⁰

4×10²⁴

The national debt and the the money spent last year by BushCo.

lol.

actually, im surprised you didn't know those

I ain't that smart, I ain't no college gaduate.

I'll have to give some thought.

Six of one.  Half a dozen of the other. 

Give or take.

lol, answers were

4.75×10²⁰

world energy use  / year   (in Joules)

4×10²⁴

world solar energy available / year  (in Joules)


the point being approx +/- just a bit  ....  1% land (or water) dedication with a process of net 1% energy conversion/transport efficiency could power the world's {current} energy demand.   interesting stuff.  or not ?

Why do you hate gas station attendants?

(http://www.oac.cdlib.org/affiliates/images/csdhi/kt0290182t/hi-res/18018-12.jpg)

 8)

I would use solar power, initial cost is high. If and when we build a new house I might seriously consider it. I mean Texas gets a lot of sun.

First rule of Trivia Club:

while it may not be common knowledge, it should be !
 [sm_devil]

You got pwn3d and you know it.

 ;D

nope
 ;D

Did anybody get this one?

We all think it involves (wishful thinking regarding) Spanky's unit, and no one wants to touch it.

OK I'll give that to you.

8.3 file format (or anything ****ual that made me laugh)

4 by 2.  (NFL)

Here's one:

25 x 25 x 25 (Hint: related to one of Aske's posts today.)

terry bradshaw and  joe montana .  tom brady surrenders [sm_devil]

LOL

That works, but I was thinking of something less "accomplished".

buffalo bills 1990-1993

x 2?

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x 2?
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2nd place, 4 times in a row ?

You got it,

You're just over thinking it.

Bills and Queens 4 SB appearances no wins.

The speed of sound?

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