MYG will like this one

Or anyone else for that matter

When playing golf, I took my first shot, which lands 200 yards due north of the tee and 210 yards due west of the hole. How far is it from hole to tee?

Taking its name from the daughter of Tantalus in Greek mythology, which element is a widely used low temperature superconductor and has atomic number 41?

I think the second one is something that sounds like numbum or something similar?

Maybe

Triangle hypotenuse 290 yards
The element used to be the transition metal Columbium later called Niobium similar to Tantalum atomic number 73 ( this one lost its i near the end ;cf Aluminium in American speak).

Those were questions posed on University Challenge