School spirit: a Seminole and a Gator take an exam on history, math, vocabulary and some PGA Tour facts that might surprise you

Golf Digest, Sept, 2003 by Craig Bestrom

JEFF SLUMAN                                   CHRIS DiMARCO

                                1

Answer: I think it    Florida State used to   Answer: It's coed now?
was 1947, and it      be a female-only        I thought it was still
was a good move for   institution. What       female-only, the way
most of the guys      year did it go coed?    they play football.
who went there.  [1]  Answer: 1947            I'll say 1960.      [0]

                                2

Answer: I know it     What is former Florida  Answer: Goodness
begins with an O,     football coach Steve    gracious! I don't
but that's all        Spurrier's middle       know ... God?
I know.        [1/2]  name?                   (Half a point for humor)
                      Answer: Orr             [1/2]

                                3

Answer: Can I ask     What is the golf term   Answer: Concentration?
my wife? She's a      for focal dystonia?     [0]
physician.... I       Answer: The yips
give up.
[Told answer.]
The yips? Well, I
haven't had them
yet.             [0]

                                4

Answer: 250 yards.    A golf ball travels     Answer: OK, that's 750
If I get that wrong   15 feet in a tenth of   divided by 3 ...
I might as well       a second. How many      250 yards. And I got
just kill myself.     yards will it travel    it quick, too.
[Sluman's degree      in five seconds?        [1]
is in finance.]  [1]  Answer: 250 yards

                                5

Answer: St.           What is the oldest      Answer: Santa Fe,
Augustine. You        city in the             New Mexico
I didn't get          United States?          [0]
an education at       Answer: St.
Florida State?   [1]  Augustine, Fla.

                                6

Answer: I've got      Heading into            Answer: The stats
her by three yards,   Colonial, whose         probably say it's
according to the      average driving         Annika, but there's no
stats. But I want     distance was            way she can outdrive him.
to see it for         longer: Sluman's        He's hitting it pretty
myself.          [1]  or Annika               long--sneaky long.
                      Sorenstam's?            [1/2]
                      Answer: Sluman, 278.6
                      to 275.4

                                7

Answer: It's either   According to the        Answer: Is it
me or Corey [Pavin],  PGA Tour guide,         Mike Weir? No?
but I'm not 140       which player            What's it say he
anymore. I'm in the   weighs the least?       weighs? [Told 155.]
high 140s, and I'd    Answer: Hidemichi       Wow, Weir is sneaky
like to get down      Tanaka, at 136          heavy.
to 145.          [0]  (Sluman is listed       [0]
                      at 140.)

                                8

Answer: Name          Name the judges on      Answer: I've got this
somebody who cares.   the TV show             one: Simon Cowell,
Isn't there some      "American Idol."        Paula Abdul
Simon guy who's       Answer: Paula Abdul,    and Randy ...
a rough judge?   [0]  Simon Cowell and        Randy Jackson.
                      Randy Jackson           [1]

                                9

Answer: Renegade!     What's the name         Answer: That's a horse?
Yeah, baby! That's    of the horse that       I thought it was a pony
what I'm talking      Chief Osceola rides     or a donkey. It's got
about!           [1]  at Florida State        a jackass on top,
                      football games?         so it's gotta be a
                      Answer: Renegade        donkey, right?
                                              (Another half point
                                              for humor) [1/2]

Total: 5 1/2               Sluman wins               Total: 3 1/2