Shameless Self-Promotion, september 2011

I'm loving the monthly Pop Quiz so much I just can't stop doing it.

Here's this month's edition, with all the questions (and the answers, naturally) based on stories that appeared in the recently published World Edition of the Golf Course Report. Good luck!

1. The Chinese entrepreneur who wants to build a golf resort in Iceland fancies himself as . . .

a) a once and future king
b) a poet and an adventurer
c) a gentleman and a scholar
d) an officer and a gentleman

2. The only golf course in Tatarstan was built by . . .

a) Alexey Dreev
b) Dmitry Medvedev
c) Rustam Minnikhanov
d) Carl Yastrzemski

3. The “aliens” who've invaded India's golf industry are . . .

a) O'Brien McGarey and Cynthia Dye McGarey
b) Hjorleifur and Hrafnkell Sveinbjornsson
c) Hari and Venkat Challa
d) Michael Sorrentino and Nicole Polizzi

4. An 18-hole golf course will soon take shape in the city known as the “steel heart of the republic.” Where is it?

a) Saltillo, Mexico
b) Magnitogorsk, Russia
c) Ostrava, Czech Republic
d) Gary, Indiana

5. Jack Nicklaus says that he's been given a “special piece of property” upon which he aims to design “an extraordinary golf course.” What's the name of the property?

a) The Ury Estate in Scotland
b) Fanjing Mountain in China
c) Montecristo Beach in Nicaragua
d) Dream Island in Azerbaijan

6. Jeffrey Blume, a golf architect from Texas, is designing a course in a place he describes as “the Wild West.” Where is it?

a) San Vincente, Bolivia
b) Wendeng, China
c) Penticton, British Columbia
d) Syreyka, Russia

7. The Pakistan Golf Federation hopes to build a public golf course in . . .

a) Abbottabad
b) Islamabad
c) Faisalabad
d) Ahmedabad

8. Which course designer said that “the opportunities for golf in China are yet to be fully understood”?

a) Greg Norman
b) Tony Cashmore
c) Howard Swan
d) Andrew Goosen

9. The Omega project in Tamil Nadu, India will include houses, factories, office space, a school, a hospital, and an 18-hole golf course. Who are the developers trying to attract?

a) Japanese auto companies
b) Hollywood movie studios
c) Middle Eastern oil producers
d) Brazilian soccer teams

10. The motto of the Chinese group that wants to build golf communities all over the world is . . .

a) “We are young, we dream big.”
b) “Authentic Finds. Inspired Life.”
c) “Let's do more for society.”
d) “Vacationers of the world, unite!”

Wish you had a cheat sheet? The equivalent is September's World Edition. To get your copy, give me a call at 301/680-9460 or send an e-mail to me at WorldEdition@aol.com.