Question of the day

[lifes2short]

bugger, what about tennis, baseball, golf, cricket, football, badminton

 

[zagatoes30]

I know Badminton is faster than you think but I Golf is the fastest, so my guess is

Golf, Badminton, Tennis, Basketball, Football

 

[lifes2short]

I know Badminton is faster than you think but I Golf is the fastest, so my guess is

Golf, Badminton, Tennis, Basketball, Football

it's just not cricket??

 

[JonW]

bugger, what about tennis, baseball, golf, cricket, football, badminton

Nope - still 100% wrong

I know Badminton is faster than you think but I Golf is the fastest, so my guess is

Golf, Badminton, Tennis, Basketball, Football

Correct - Badminton is considerably faster than you think. However, this is the only correct bit in your answer...

 

[zagatoes30]

OK lets try again and this time include Cricket

Badminton, Golf, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Football

 

[zagatoes30]

it's just not cricket??

Doh!!!

 

[daverichardson]

badminton is the odd one out
no ball

 

[JonW]

OK lets try again and this time include Cricket

Badminton, Golf, Cricket, Tennis, Basketball, Football

Ok - now we’re getting there. Top 2 are correct

1) Badminton (493km/h highest speed shuttlecock)
2) Golf (340 km/h highest recorded serve ever)

Rest are not right yet, and I asked about Baseball not Basketball...

 

[zagatoes30]

Ok - now we’re getting there. Top 2 are correct

1) Badminton (493km/h highest speed shuttlecock)
2) Golf (340 km/h highest recorded serve ever)

Rest are not right yet, and I asked about Baseball not Basketball...

Doh must read every word but I struggle to class Baseball as a sport, it's just a long game of rounders

 

[zagatoes30]

OK one last guess based on previous answers

Badminton, Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Football, Cricket

 

[JonW]

OK one last guess based on previous answers

Badminton, Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Football, Cricket

close enough - order of 4th and 5th not quite right. Correct answer is (all speeds in Km/h)

1) Badminton (493)
2) Golf (340)
3) Tennis (263)
4) Football (211)
5) Baseball (174)
6) Cricket (161)

Would you ever have guessed that a badminton shuttlecock is the fastest recorded object in sports? While testing out new racket technology in 2013, Malaysia’s Tan Boon Hoeng set a new world record with a 493 km/h smash. The fastest recorded hit during competition belongs to China’s Fu Haifeng, who managed to smash a 332 km/h shot during the 2005 Sudirman Cup.

Over to you Zag

 

[allandwf]

I'll guess on the fact that racquets are sprung, so badminton, tennis, golf, baseball, cricket, football. Oops too slow!

 

[zagatoes30]

OK similar theme

What is the longest throw of an object by a person without any velocity-aiding feature and what was it?

 

[lifes2short]

my wife with the crockery whilst I'm legging it down the garden

 

[daverichardson]

A brick over the Grand Canyon

 

[zagatoes30]

A brick over the Grand Canyon

Like the idea but was gravity not a velocity aiding feature?

 

[JonW]

OK similar theme

What is the longest throw of an object by a person without any velocity-aiding feature and what was it?

Paper airplane?

 

[jonny]

or a frisbee-type thing?

 

[montravia]

Someone dropped a spanner when outside the ESA space station

 

[zagatoes30]

Paper airplane?

Good idea but afraid not