Week 5 – Quiz: Golf in Literature, Film, and Media

Let’s see what we remember from this week!

1) What do P.G. Wodehouse's golf stories reveal about early 20th century British society? *

Nothing – they are just entertainment

They reveal the social world of the Edwardian and interwar upper-middle class – its assumptions, anxieties, and humor – through th elens of golf as a shared cultural obsession

They reveal the technical difficulties of early golf equipment

2) How can a golf film be analyzed as a historical text? *

It cannot – films are fiction, not history

By examining what cultural anxieties, aspirations, and social conditions the film reflects, regardless of whether it is historically accurate

Only by checking whether the golf depicted is technically accurate

3) What has social media and digital media done to golf's relationship with new audiences? *

Reduced golf's reach by moving it away from television

Expanded golf's reach to younger and more diverse audiences through platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, while creating new tensions with traditional golf media

Had no significant affect on golf's audience demographics