Q 01/05

What is Tiger Woods's real first name?

A) Elton

B) Edrick

C) Eldrick

D) Earl

Answer · why

C) Eldrick

Woods's given name is Eldrick, chosen by his mother because it begins with E for Earl and ends with K for Kultida.

Q 02/05

The nickname 'Tiger' honours a friend of his father's from which country?

A) South Vietnam

B) Thailand

C) South Korea

D) The Philippines

Answer · why

A) South Vietnam

The nickname honours Colonel Vuong Dang Phong, a South Vietnamese Army officer known as Tiger who fought alongside Earl Woods in the Vietnam War.

Q 03/05

In which California city was Tiger Woods born?

A) Anaheim

B) Cypress

C) Long Beach

D) Pasadena

Answer · why

B) Cypress

Woods was born in Cypress, California, and learned the game at the nearby Navy Golf Course in Los Alamitos, where his father, a retired Army officer, ...

Q 04/05

His mother Kultida came from which country?

A) Vietnam

B) China

C) Malaysia

D) Thailand

Answer · why

D) Thailand

Kultida Woods was born in Thailand and met Earl Woods in Bangkok in 1968 while he was stationed there; Tiger coined 'Cablinasian' for his mixed herita...

Q 05/05

As a two-year-old, Woods putted against which comedian on The Mike Douglas Show?

A) Johnny Carson

B) Jackie Gleason

C) Bob Hope

D) Bill Cosby

Answer · why

C) Bob Hope

Two-year-old Tiger putted against Bob Hope on The Mike Douglas Show in October 1978; a year later he shot 48 for nine holes at the Navy course.