Would be good to see some cricket questions - especially as the 4-yearly World Cup is happening right now! There's a mania going on that networks like cnn and fox like to pretend ain't happening...
I know nothing about cricket but would love to watch a few matches - my love affair with Midsomer Murders has peaked my interest after seeing the game played several times in different episodes. It appears that the ICC has sold exclusive programming rights in the US to the Willow channel, which is only available through paid subscription.
just a note: more than one Manchester club has won the Premier League title. Manchester City has won the title 4 times. Perhaps requiring at least a 'U' for Manchester United would be a thought.
Sorry to say that, but you should really make this quiz less american... Why not remove the college questions (and premier league in soccer as someone suggested) and add other sports like rugby or cycling?
I may try to create some other quizzes, but probably not about sport. Which doesn't mean that I don't like sport and taking quizzes like this one. I'm sure you understand that it's rather frustrating for a Belgian that half of the answers of a quiz named "All time sports champions" are about mostly american sports. I'm just asking for slight adjustments. As for cycling, I understand your point of view, but Armstrong is not the only cyclist in history... if you change your mind, you could include Eddy Merckx or the country who won the most world championships, something like that ;).
Williams just won her 23rd Grand Slam and passed Steffi Graf, but still behind Court. Different eras, of course. Federer though now has 18 and has extended his slam lead.
Margaret Court's record is not relevant anymore. Winning grand slams before the Open Era is not even close to an equivalent effort as winning a grand slam today.
The problem with having rugby on this sort of quiz is that there've only been four winners of the World Cup so it wouldn't be that much of a challenge.
Thanks for making the quiz, but I'm not sure why the NHL is given such short shrift here. Scotty Bowman's 9 Cup Championships rank up there with other big league coaches records, and Henri Richard's 11 Cup wins as a player is tied with Bill Russell for most big league championships for an individual player.
Bleh. I wrote "Phelphs". Not accepted. And when I know how to write something there's 21975129083 other options accepted. I feel like I always manage the one that isn't.
I don't object to the inclusion of women's college basketball, but suggesting it warrants equal measure to the men's game is a little disingenuous. The men's game is vastly more popular. I just looked it up: in 2019, 19.6 million people watched the men's final. 3.7 million watched the women's. That's not even close.
Not sure why the other big 4 sports get the player with most titles added and not hockey. The Pocket Rocket Henri Richard with 11 cups should be on this list.
Plenty of countries use 'soccer', it's not just the US. Canada, Ireland, Australia, NZ, South Africa, all use it to one degree or another. It also used to be commonly used in Britain until about the 1990s (although never official or as frequently used as 'football', it was still used often enough within the sport by players, managers, in the press, and by sections of the public).
It is short for 'association football', and is a shorthand term to differentiate that sport from rugby football. Originally a term used in the UK, it spread to other countries (USA, Philippines, South Africa, and a few others) where it became the primary word used for the sport.
Great Quiz for US-based users. Not a criticism but its difficult to get more than 1 point on many JetPunk Sport quizes if you're not from US.
I dont blame JetPunk as most users of the site are probably based in the US. But it would be nice option if JetPunk had a filter/drop-down to select if the user is US or Rest of the World based. Then use that info to determine how many points you get. Or at least then provide some stat info to figure out what a good score is for non-US users. Otherwise the scores are always going to look disappointing.
For tennis grand slams, either change it to specify "singles" grand slams, or change the answer for men to Roy Emerson (28) and the number for Court to 64.
Also, it's odd that when there is a tie, you ask for both names for men's (singles) grand slam wins, but either of the two for most super bowls by a team.
I think women's sports should have a larger part in this quiz. They aren't as widely followed, unfortunately, but I think Women's World Cup (I'm American, sue me) and perhaps women's basketball (WNBA, NCAAW) could be included.
The problem is that, as you said, that they simply are nowhere near as popular as men's sports, besides a few exceptions. I don't think many people could name a single WNBA or NCAAW team, and I don't really know how popular the Women's World Cup is outside the U.S. (and it's not even that popular within the U.S. compared to other sports). Nobody would get those answers.
Very America centric. Could had more global sports instead like cricket, rugby and volleyball instead of American college leagues, no one outside of America would care for.
With his win at this year's Australian Open, Rafael Nadal is now the only man to have won 21 Grand Slams. Federer and Djokovic are no longer record holders.
The Premier League (or Premiership) started in 1992. That answer of 13 incorporates all wins after that (there were 7 top division wins before).
The Champions League also started in 1992. Up until then it was a straight knock-out competition between the national champions and the holders. Oddly, the Champions League incorporated non-champions. But the answer of 13 is not right - it should be either 7 (there were 6 before the ECL) in line with the Premier League thinking or the wording should be European Cup/Champions League titles.
Really, since football wasn't invented in 1992, only money was, the two clues should be 'European Club Champions' and 'English League Champions' or something like that, and the answers 13 and 20 respectively.
(Though I do agree with Camus's argument earlier that there isn't a strong case for including the English top flight over La Liga, Serie A, or the Bundesliga).
Cycling was on here before. The level of whining about Lance Armstrong's inclusion was epic. Personally, I've written off the whole sport as tainted.
Rugby would probably be a good addition.
Serena should be on the list here.
Even in Philippines the half of the country call it football.
I dont blame JetPunk as most users of the site are probably based in the US. But it would be nice option if JetPunk had a filter/drop-down to select if the user is US or Rest of the World based. Then use that info to determine how many points you get. Or at least then provide some stat info to figure out what a good score is for non-US users. Otherwise the scores are always going to look disappointing.
Also, it's odd that when there is a tie, you ask for both names for men's (singles) grand slam wins, but either of the two for most super bowls by a team.
The Champions League also started in 1992. Up until then it was a straight knock-out competition between the national champions and the holders. Oddly, the Champions League incorporated non-champions. But the answer of 13 is not right - it should be either 7 (there were 6 before the ECL) in line with the Premier League thinking or the wording should be European Cup/Champions League titles.
Really, since football wasn't invented in 1992, only money was, the two clues should be 'European Club Champions' and 'English League Champions' or something like that, and the answers 13 and 20 respectively.
I think the best wording would be this:
English First Division / Premier League Titles:
20 - Manchester United
UEFA European Cup / Champions League Titles:
15 - Real Madrid
(Though I do agree with Camus's argument earlier that there isn't a strong case for including the English top flight over La Liga, Serie A, or the Bundesliga).