Tennis Quiz -- Don't Google, please (answer as quickly as you can)

[drwood]

Inspired by MagicianofPrecision's thread. Please don't look up the Internet or other references prior to taking the quiz...I promise that I didn't use the internet or other sources in creating it. This quiz is hard (I think), so don't feel bad if you don't get many right.

Quiz:
1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: How many slams was it?

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

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[tudwell]

1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: How many slams was it? 7 slams

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

 

[TheMagicianOfPrecision]

Inspired by MagicianofPrecision's thread. Please don't look up the Internet or other references prior to taking the quiz...I promise that I didn't use the internet or other sources in creating it. This quiz is hard (I think), so don't feel bad if you don't get many right.

Quiz:
1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: How many slams was it?

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

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1. D) Rafael Nadal, 5 Slams.
2. E) Thomas Muster?
3.F) None of the above...?
4.A) Jimmy Connors
5.E) Patrick Rafter? (1 or 2 weeks i think)

Great thread drwood!

 

[Deleted member 25923]

Quiz:
1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: 3 slams

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

Answers in bold

 

[jamesblakefan#1]

Quiz:
1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: How many slams was it?

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

If you want me to create similar trivia pieces, please let me know. Thanks .

 

[Deleted member 25923]

Damn it, i'm not going to edit, but my Bonus for the most slams question is wrong. I did it as most slams won in a Year prior to reaching number one.

 

[TheMagicianOfPrecision]

Damn it, i'm not going to edit, but my Bonus for the most slams question is wrong. I did it as most slams won in a Year prior to reaching number one.

Yeah That was wilander...but overall its rafa right? with 4 fo and 1 wimby

 

[tudwell]

Great quiz, drwood. I thought Sampras made number one without winning a slam in the previous year, but I wasn't sure (and for some reason thought number 2 was about the only player prior to Rios) so I went with Lendl. Oh, well.

And Magician, Wilander's 7th and final slam - the 1988 U.S. Open - gave him the number one ranking for the first time.

 

[TheMagicianOfPrecision]

Great quiz, drwood. I thought Sampras made number one without winning a slam in the previous year, but I wasn't sure (and for some reason thought number 2 was about the only player prior to Rios) so I went with Lendl. Oh, well.

And Magician, Wilander's 7th and final slam - the 1988 U.S. Open - gave him the number one ranking for the first time.

Damn,well of course...i sat up in the middle of the night watching it with my dad, 8 years old

 

[drwood]

Answers (honor system, please):

1. E (Wilander)
Bonus: 7 slams
- Becker and Nadal are second with 5 slams

2. F (Sampras)
Sampras first became #1 in the spring of 93 w/o having won a slam over the previous 52 wks -- the first to do this since Lendl. People forget this b/c he went on to win Wimby and US Open that year. Even Sampras at the time felt guilty about surpassing Courier when he hadn't won a Slam in so long (at the time Courier had 4 vs. 1 in slams c/w Sampras)

3. E (Wilander)
Wilander won 2 on grass (83, 84 Aus Open), 3 on clay (82, 85, 88 French), and 2 on hardcourt (88 Aus Open, 88 US Open)
- People forget that Aus Open was on grass until 88; Laver never won a hardcourt slam

4. C (Hewitt)
- He did it in 2002

5. E (Rafter)
- Was only #1 for one week in his career

Let me know if you want me to do this again. Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 25923]

Ah, didn't realize Wilander had 2 Aussie opens. And i didn't read number 2 carefully enough.

 

[drwood]

Great quiz, drwood. I thought Sampras made number one without winning a slam in the previous year, but I wasn't sure (and for some reason thought number 2 was about the only player prior to Rios) so I went with Lendl. Oh, well.

Thanks for the positive feeback

 

[TheTruth]

Inspired by MagicianofPrecision's thread. Please don't look up the Internet or other references prior to taking the quiz...I promise that I didn't use the internet or other sources in creating it. This quiz is hard (I think), so don't feel bad if you don't get many right.

Quiz:
1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: How many slams was it?

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

If you want me to create similar trivia pieces, please let me know. Thanks .

Uh, no.

J/K, it's a great quiz, but too hard for me. I can't wait for the answers though. Very well put together.

 

[Jinx]

drwood already posted the answers... post number 10

 

[kOaMaster]

nice quiz, but got the wilander questions twice wrong...

 

[nfor304]

Inspired by MagicianofPrecision's thread. Please don't look up the Internet or other references prior to taking the quiz...I promise that I didn't use the internet or other sources in creating it. This quiz is hard (I think), so don't feel bad if you don't get many right.

Quiz:
1. Who won the most grand slam titles before reaching #1 for the first time?
A. Boris Becker
B. Bjorn Borg
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. Pete Sampras

Bonus: How many slams was it?

2. Before Marcelo Rios in 1998, who was the previous player to reach #1 for the first time without having won a Slam during the prior 52-week period?
A. Andre Agassi
B. Boris Becker
C. Jim Courier
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Thomas Muster
F. Pete Sampras

3. Who has won at least 2 Slams on each of the following surfaces: hardcourt, clay, grass?
A. Bjorn Borg
B. Rod Laver
C. Roger Federer
D. Rafael Nadal
E. Mats Wilander
F. None of the above

4. Before Roger Federer, who was the last player to be ranked number one every week of a calendar year?
A. Jimmy Connors
B. Stefan Edberg
C. Lleyton Hewitt
D. Ivan Lendl
E. Rafael Nadal
F. Pete Sampras

5. The player with the shortest career reign as #1 in the world (measured in number of weeks) as:
A. Juan Carlos Ferrero
B. Yevgenny Kafelnikov
C. Carlos Moya
D. Thomas Muster
E. Patrick Rafter
F. Andy Roddick

If you want me to create similar trivia pieces, please let me know. Thanks .

1.Nadal
2.Lendl
3. None
4. Hewitt
5. Rafter. 1 Week.

 

[roysid]

Answers (honor system, please):

1. E (Wilander)
Bonus: 7 slams
- Becker and Nadal are second with 5 slams

2. F (Sampras)
Sampras first became #1 in the spring of 93 w/o having won a slam over the previous 52 wks -- the first to do this since Lendl. People forget this b/c he went on to win Wimby and US Open that year. Even Sampras at the time felt guilty about surpassing Courier when he hadn't won a Slam in so long (at the time Courier had 4 vs. 1 in slams c/w Sampras)

3. E (Wilander)
Wilander won 2 on grass (83, 84 Aus Open), 3 on clay (82, 85, 88 French), and 2 on hardcourt (88 Aus Open, 88 US Open)
- People forget that Aus Open was on grass until 88; Laver never won a hardcourt slam

4. C (Hewitt)
- He did it in 2002

5. E (Rafter)
- Was only #1 for one week in his career

Let me know if you want me to do this again. Thanks!

That was a nice one and a lot of trick questions The Sampras one, The 2 slams one. Do it again