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Rules
๏ฎ Each question has a certain number of points that can be scored.
The harder the question, the more points allotted for that question.
๏ฎ The quiz has a total of 10 questions.
๏ฎ Maximum Score : 70
๏ฎ No points will be awarded for partial answers.
๏ฎ Sub Questions carry marks (will be mentioned on slide)
๏ฎ eMail your answers to
athul777@gmail.com
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1.Yummy Bagels!
(a) What is the Golden Bagel awarded for in the world of tennis?
[3 pts]
(b) Who has won it the most number of times? [1 pt]
(c) What is a fry in tennis terminology? [3 pts]
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2.
๏ฎ William Renshaw, a former British tennis player won
6 consecutive Wimbledon titles (7 in total), a record
that still hasnโt been matched (consecutive titles).
However in 1887 he had to withdraw due an injury.
๏ฎ How do we know this injury today? [6 pts]
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3.
๏ฎ IF you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; if you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, and stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, ' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
๏ฎ What significance does this poem have in the world of
tennis? [7 pts]
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4.
๏ฎ Who is the only male tennis player in the Open Era to attain the
World Number 1 ranking without winning a Grand Slam title.
๏ฎ Clue: His nickname was El Chino
[8 pts]
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5.
๏ฎ X is one the very few people to have a positive head to head
record against Pete Sampras. X beat Pete Sampras in the
Semi-Finals en route to his only Grand Slam Victory.
๏ฎ X made a controversial comment regarding equal pay for
women in Grand Slam events, saying, "Eighty percent of the
top 100 women are fat pigs who don't deserve equal pay."
Later, he jokingly clarified his comments, remarking, "What I
meant to say was that only 75 percent are fat pigs.โ
๏ฎ ID X [7 pts]
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6.
๏ฎ X was a major professional tennis tournament (equivalent to a grand
slam) between 1956 and 1959. The tournament was held on the
indoor hardcourts at Los Angeles in 1956, and on the grass-courts of
Forest Hills, New York, between 1957 and 1959. The 1956, 1957, and
1958 tournaments all had a round robin format. The tournament was
picked up again in 1968 for a one off tournament during the open era
and called Jack Kramers Tournament of Champions held
at WembleyArena. ID X. [8 pts]
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7.
๏ฎ After this unusual moment at the US Open, one of the on air
commentators said, โit is remarkable how hard that was hit. I
suppose if you have twins you donโt have to worry about these
things anymore.โ
๏ฎ Who were the two players involved? [5 pts]
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8.
๏ฎ Given the number of marathon matches in men's tennis in
recent times, the ATP has announced some changes to tennis
rules. One of them will be trialed in the first quarter of 2013 on
the Challenger Tour. This change is unlikely to speed up
matches dramatically, but should improve the rhythm of service
games.
๏ฎ Some critics wonder whether this will add an additional factor of
luck to the outcome of points, but others feel it will all even out.
What tiny yet significant change is this? [3 pts]
๏ฎ Question Courtesy Infinite Zounds
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๏ฎ X was held in Bangalore in 2000 and its name was changed to
Y in 2001 (Held in Bangalore).
๏ฎ Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have reached the finals of
this event thrice (1997, 1998 and 2000) but have lost all three
times.
๏ฎ ID X [3 pts]
๏ฎ ID Y [7 pts]
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๏ฎ X is all set to be introduced in the starting of the 2013 season
by the ATP and the WTA.
๏ฎ The development of a handheld device โ a kind of Hawk-Eye
to be for X.
๏ฎ A new rule setting acceptable and non-acceptable levels based
on data gathering and analysis.
๏ฎ Education at large tennis academies, national development
programs and at all levels of junior and lower-tier professional
events.
๏ฎ ID X [9 pts]
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