I have decided to start preparing quiz questions and this is my first attempt and its is a beginner's level quiz. Just to see how good I am at framing questions.

1. CRICKET QUESTIONS

2. 1.) Fill in the Blank
If MS Dhoni: Hon. Lt. Colonel
and Kapil Dev: Hon. Lt. Colonel
then, Sachin Tendulkar: _________

3. Ans: Group Captain in the Indian Air Force

4. 2.) When Virender Sehwag was dismissed
for 175 against Bangladesh in the
opening match of WC 2011, Ravi
Shashtri in the commentary box said to
Sunil Gavaskar, “The last time someone
made 175 in a World Cup game we were
still playing.” Which innings was he
referring to? (Batsman, Opposition, Year)

5. Ans: Kapil Dev v. Zimbabwe in 1983

6. 3.) Playing in Peshawar, Mark Taylor in only the
first innings of the match declared the
Australian innings when he himself was on
334. He could have gone on to break Lara’s
record of 375. Why did Taylor declare his
innings at 334*?

7. Ans. He did so to honour Don Bradman’s record
for the highest individual score by an
Australian batsman. Matthew Hayden later
broke that record so the record currently stands
at 380 for an Australian player.

8. 4.) Who are X and Y. “I still don't know
from where did X come to take that catch.
When X was running back waving to
nearest fielder to get out of his way, I
knew my time was over” - Y

9. Ans. X-Kapil Dev, Y-Vivian Richards.
He is talking about the catch which Kapil Dev
took of Madan Lal’s bowling in the final of the
1983 cricket world cup to get rid of him.

10. 5.) Complete the list.
Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Mohinder
Amarnath, David Boon, Wasim Akram,
Aravinda De Silva, Shane Warne, Ricky
Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, __________.

11. Ans. Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Recipients of man of the match award in cricket
world cup finals till now.

12. 6.) I was a prominent opener for my nation.
In my greatest innings, I perished by
lofting a catch to Saurav Ganguly off of
Sachin Tendulkar, only 6 runs short of
what would’ve been an awesome and
unique record. Later, I took a short break
and took up religion. Who am I?

13. Ans. Saeed Anwar. He perished for 194 in an
ODI. He missed out on scoring the first ever
ODI double century by 6 runs.

14. 7.) Who is the only cricketer to be a part of
an under-19, a 50 over and a 20-over
cricket world cup winning teams.

15. Ans. Yuvraj Singh

16. 8.) Which stadium is this? When the match-fixing
scandals began to emerge in the late
1990s, X's star began to wane, and although
nothing was ever proved, sides started to move
away, and in 2001 the Indian government
banned the national side from playing there.
Between April 2003 and February 2010, the
venue hosted no internationals. In spite of that
the record for hosting the most number of One
Day Internationals is still in its name. Which
stadium?

17. Ans: Sharjah International Stadium

18. 9.) Complete the list.
Martin Crowe, Sanath Jayasuria, Lance
Klusner, Sachin Tendulkar, Glen
Macgrath, ________.

19. Ans. Yuvraj Singh.
Recipients of man of the tournament award in
cricket world cups since 1992. The award was
not given before that.

20. 10.) Jason Gillespie scored his first century
in his 71st test match. Chaminda Vaas
broke this record when he scored a
century in his 97th.Who broke Vaas’s
record by scoring one in his118th test?

21. Ans. Anil Kumble against England in 2007.

22. TENNIS QUESTIONS

23. 11.) This tournament was conceived in 1899 by
four members of the Harvard University tennis
team who wished to challenge the British to a
tennis competition. The tournament was
designed by Dwight F. Davis of the Harvard
team. The 1st match was held between USA &
Great Britain at the Longwood Cricket Club in
Boston in 1900. By 1905, it expanded to
include Austria, Belgium, France, Australia &
New Zealand. Which tournament?

24. Ans. Davis Cup

25. 12.) In 1990, X became the youngest-ever
French Open champion at the age of
16. X went on to win eight Grand Slam
singles titles before his/her 20th birthday
and was the year-end World No. 1 in
1991 and 1992. But X had to take a
sabbatical for reasons not under his/her
control. Who is X?

26. Ans. Monica Seles. On April 30, 1993 she was
the victim of an on-court attack, when a man
stabbed her in the back with a 9-inch-long
knife.

27. 13.) What is a “Triple Crown” in tennis?

28. Ans. Winning singles, doubles and mixed
doubles titles at the same Grand Slam
event.

29. 14.) What is a “Career Boxed Set” in
tennis?

30. Ans. The Career Boxed set is winning the
singles, doubles and mixed doubles at all
the four Grand Slams. Only three female
players Maragret Court, Doris Hart and
Martina Navrathilova have been able to
achieve this. No male player has ever
achieved this.

31. 15.) Which tennis player is known by the
nickname “The Genius”? She announced
her retirement just 40 days after her
Wimbledon victory in 2013.

32. Ans. Marion Bartoli. She has an IQ of 175, 15
points greater than Albert Einstein.

33. 16.) If Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
were known as the “Indian Express” who
are known as the “Indo-Pak Express”?

34. Ans. Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq
Quereshi.

35. MISCALLENEOUS

36. 17.) Complete the list Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore, Karnam Malleswari, Leander
Paes, _________.

37. Ans. K D Jadhav.
Lone medal winners for India at that
Olympics in individual events.

38. 18.) Why the fraction 1/100 would be
remembered by Milkha Singh and P T
Usha possibly for the rest of their lives?

39. Ans. Milkha Singh lost the bronze medal
by 1/100th of a second, in the 400
meters final at the 1960 Summer
Olympics.
P.T.Usha lost the bronze medal by 1/100th
of a second, in the 400 metres
hurdles final at the 1984 Summer
Olympics.

40. 19.) Gagan Narang, Vijay Kumar, Saina Nehwal,
Mary Kom, Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar
were the medal winners for India at the 2012
Olympics.
On their return, of all the cash prizes and
accolades which they received, Vijay Kumar
and Yogeshwar Dutt were awarded something
additional by the Central government for their
performance at the Olympics which the others
were not awarded. What and why were the
others not awarded?

41. Ans. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
Others had already won the award at
previous instances.

42. 20.) Complete the list.
Kishore Biyani (Future Group); Kosmik
Global Media; Radha Kapoor (DO IT
Sports Management); Rajesh Shah;
Sumanlal Shah (Insurekot Sports); Veera
Sports; Ronnie Screwvala (Unilazer
Sports); ___________.

43. Ans. Abhishek Bachchan.
Owners of the team franchises in the
recently concluded first Pro Kabaddi
League.

44. 21.) What significance does the numbers
38-27-36 have for India in the world of
sports?

45. Ans. India’s medal tally at Delhi
Commonwealth Games, 2010. 38 gold,
27 silver and 36 bronze. India stood 2nd.
This is India’s best performance till date
at the Commonwealth Games.

46. 22.) In 2007, who was awarded India's
second highest civilian award, the Padma
Vibhushan, making him/her the first
sportsperson to receive the award in
Indian history.

47. Ans. Viswanathan Anand

48. 23.) The modern game of ______, though
formalised and popularised by the British,
is derived from Manipur, where the game
was known as 'Sagol Kangjei', 'Kanjai-bazee',
or ______. It was the anglicised
form of the last, referring to the wooden
ball that was used, which was adopted by
the sport in its slow spread to the west.

49. Ans. Polo

50. 24.) Which countries are the first and the
last in the ‘Parade of Nations’ at the
opening ceremony of the Olympics?

51. Ans. Greece is always the first because of
its historical status as the progenitor of
the Olympics.
The host nation is the last.

52. 25.) It is said this game was created in
India, by a 13th century poet-Saint
Gyadev.
The original name of the game was
“Paramabhadham”/”Mokshapath”.

53. Ans. Snakes and Ladders.