TDF Weekly Trivia Contest (Week 1) - Germany

[Emulsfier]

Woops i forgot. Sorry.

[vizIIsto]

11 people played in this first week. Most of you did it on the Friday evening when I shared the quiz.

First off, here are the answers to all the questions:

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• 1: Who was the first German player to participate in a World Championship?
  
  Answer: Bernd Hebecker (1993 BDO WC)

• 2: When Unibet became new sponsors of the 2018 Premier League, they released a video where they pranked two top darts players by suggesting 'improvements'. Since this was the first edition to have a German hosting, one of the suggestions was for the players to wear lederhosen. Name both players that were pranked.
  
  Answer: Michael van Gerwen & Peter Wright

• 3: Which men's player holds the most German Open titles?
  
  Answer: Gary Anderson with 3 titles

• 4: What age was Max Hopp when he debuted at the World Championship?
  
  Answer: 16 years

• 5: Name two players to have played PDC tournaments under both the German and Croatian flag.
  
  Answer: Dragutin Horvat & Robert Marijanovic

• 6: The PDC World Cup of Darts is known for being held in Germany most editions. But in 2020, because of pandemic regulations, the tournament was hosted in another country. Which country?
  
  Answer: Austria

• 7: In 2012, Denis Ovens had to retire his first round match due to injury. Which German player received a bye into the second round because of that?
  
  Answer: Kevin Münch

• 8: Name a celebrity to have won Die Promi-Darts WM, a promotional tournament held in Germany after the PDC World Championship.
  
  Possible answers: Tim Wiese/MarcelScorpion/Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht/Pascal Hens/Kevin Großkreutz

• 9: Last year saw Gabriel Clemens on a fairytale run to the semi-finals. But he's actually not the first German to reach a World Championship semi-final. In fact, his predecessor did it two years in a row! Name this player.
  
  Answer: Michael Unterbuchner (at the BDO)

• 10: What's the name of the German Master of Ceremonies often present at events held in Germany?
  
  Answer: Philip Brzezinski OR Elmar Paulke (I intended for the answer to be Philip Brzezinski, as he has been MoC at most recent events, and Elmar is in the first place a commentator/presenter, but since Elmar has also had this role in the past, I decided to accept either as long as you could remember their last name)

• 11: Name the only German player to have participated in a women's BDO World Championship.
  
  Answer: Irina Armstrong

• 12: This year's German Pro Tour events were held in Halle 39 in Hildesheim. But for the previous three years, they were held in another German town, with less than 15,000 inhabitants. Where?
  
  Answer: Niedernhausen

Now here is a table showing which questions everyone answered correctly (and some remarkable incorrect ones)

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#	The Thorn	dartsdirect81	robson	ChrisW	Safc	DeepFriedRat	Malanax	Dfc180	TheMalteseDart	Rogg	oche balboa
1	Wrong	Wrong*	Wrong*	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong
2	Right	Right*	Right*	Right	Right	Right	Right*	Wrong	Wrong*	Wrong	Right*
3	Wrong	Wrong*	Wrong*	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong*	Hitler	Wrong	Wrong	Right
4	Right	Wrong*	Right	Wrong*	Right	Right*	Wrong*	Wrong	Wrong*	Right*	Right
5	Right	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Right*	Right*	Wrong*	Wrong*	Wrong	Right*	Wrong*
6	Right*	Right	Wrong	Wrong	Right*	Right	Wrong	Right	Right*	Wrong	Right*
7	Wrong	Right	Right*	Wrong	Right*	Right	Dunno	Right*	Wrong	Right*	Right
8	Right*	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Right*	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong
9	Right*	Wrong	Wrong	Clemens	Right	Right	Dunno	Hitler	Right	Right*	Right
10	Right	Wrong	Wrong	Wrong	Right	Right*	Dunno	Hitler	Right*	Wrong	Hans Klaus
11	Right*	Wrong	Wrong	Right*	Right	Wrong	Dunno	Wrong*	Wrong	Wrong	Right*
12	Panama	Wrong	Ilfracombe	Wrong	Right*	Right	Dunno	Hobbit land*	Wrong	Wrong	Right

If there is an asterisk (*) next to someone's answer, that means they picked that as one of their bonus questions.

Now let's see who is 'der Meister' of the first week of TDF Weekly Trivia Contest!

ㅤDeepFriedRat - 37 points (9 correct)
ㅤThe Thorn - 33 points (8 correct)
ㅤSafc - 32 points (9 correct)
ㅤRogg - 25 points (4 correct)
ㅤoche balboa - 22 points (8 correct)
ㅤTheMalteseDart - 14 points (3 correct)
ㅤrobson - 10 points (3 correct)
ㅤChrisW - 9 points (2 correct)
ㅤdartsdirect81 - 6 points (3 correct)
ㅤDfc180 - 6 points (2 correct)
ㅤMalanax - 4 points (1 correct)

Congratulations DeepFriedRat on becoming the initial champ!

Some more stats:
- The toughest question was Question 1. No one answered it correctly.
- The easiest question was Question 2. 8 out of 11 answered it correctly.
- Overall, 39.4% of answers were correct.
- DeepFriedRat scored 28 points with their bonus questions, meaning that 70% of answers their opponents gave on DFR's bonus questions were wrong.
- The efficiency champion this week is Rogg, scoring 6.25 points per correct answer.

[The Thorn]

Well done all. Thanks Viz this was great

[Dfc180]

There's a chance I was drunk when I did mine, which might explain the Hitler answers

[ChrisW]

FFS Clemens!
Well played DFR.
Bring on week 2.

[vizIIsto]

FFS Clemens!
Well played DFR.
Bring on week 2.

Yeah, you named the one player the question told you was not the answer.

[ChrisW]

FFS Clemens!
Well played DFR.
Bring on week 2.

Yeah, you named the one player the question told you was not the answer.

And only used two jokers. I'll get the hang of it. I like the scoring rules.

[dartsdirect81]

Panama

[vizIIsto]

Panama

I see you have made yourself familiar with The Classics.

[dartsdirect81]

Panama

I see you have made yourself familiar with The Classics.

Have I?

[vizIIsto]

Panama

I see you have made yourself familiar with The Classics.

Have I?

One of my many meltdowns on this forum

[dartsdirect81]

Well played me

[oche balboa]

Nice. Look forward to the next weeks questions