Prelims of Sports & Entertainment Quiz @ Akshayam

1. SPORTS ENTERTIANMENT
QUIZ – Prelims

2. 0.Identify the blanked out cricketers(2*1)

3. 1.Connect*

4. 2.
This version of a popular sport started in Uruguay in 1930.
In Brazil, this version developed on the streets of São Paulo,
and, eventually, a rule book was published. The sport began
to spread across South America, and its popularity ensured
that a governing body was formed under the name of
FIFUSA in 1971, along with the World Championships.
The first World Championships were held in Río de Janeiro,
with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay.
Which version ?

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6. 4. Quotes by which artist
“Scarlett, you are undeniably cute, but if you
think Soda Stream is building bridges towards
peace you are also undeniably not paying
attention. You could have been forgiven for
thinking that here was a young woman of
strength and integrity who believed in truth,
human rights, and the law and love.”

7. 5. Put funda and the occasion

8. 6. This movie is based on life of two
Indian sportsperson. ID?

9. 7. Who is the player who features on the
Australian Open logo

10. 8. A “famous” bollywood personality who holds
the distinction of being the first Indian singer to
perform at Wembley stadium and Heineken
Music Hall. He had started his career in
production house which produced TV serials
such as Andaz and Amar Prem. His debut album
and debut movie share the same name. ID and
his debut movie?

11. 9.
This sport originated in Sri Lanka. It is wildly
popular in SE Asia. The world governing body
of the sport was formed in 1988 in Chennai.
Which sport?

12. 10. He attended Pretoria boys high school and
played rugby union in the school’s team. He had
played rugby and water polo at the provincial
level. He also took part in the club Olympic
wrestling. ID the sportsperson?
Hint :

13. 11.Titanic is the second hollywood movie to
garner 14 Oscars. Another American film was
nominated for 14 Oscars almost half a century
before. Name the movie

14. 12. The song was inspired by a newspaper
article the lead singer had read about a high
school student who shot himself in front of his
English class. The original music video was
directed and produced by Chris Cuffaro but MTV
later rejected the music video, and released
another version directed by Mark Pellington
instead, which won the MTV best video of the
year. Identify the song or the band

15. 13. “I felt it was a great point for me. I felt like
pulling my pants down. What's bad about it?
They tried to destroy the match. All of the
people who run the sport, they have no clue. It's
a pity that the tennis is really going down the
drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse
and worse. There has to be a radical change, and
I hope it will be really soon.“
"I was too busy with my own problems. Roddick
won something, I think. He was in the final
against, what was that guy's name again?"

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The minimum weight of ___ to be carried is 49
kilograms. If ___ weighs less than 49 kg, ____ will
be burdened with a rucksack containing
additional weight to bring the total load to be
carried up to 49 kg.
2. All participants must enjoy themselves.
3. Each contestant takes care of his/her safety
and, if deemed necessary, insurance.
These are few of the 11 rules of which sport?

17. 15. J.R.R Tolkien died in the year 1973. There is a
very curious relation between his year of death
and his novel, The Lord of The Rings. What is it
?

18. 16. Tennis, Chess, Horse racing, Baseball, Golf. It
is an exhaustive list. Connect them

19. 17.Connect
"When Ivo goes back with the ___, the ___;
Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud,
The great crowd will feel proud,
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the ___, the ___;
And the rest coming home with the ___."

20. 18.WHO ??
• Although famous for totally different profession, she enjoys
enviable academic records.
• Studied French, Japanese, German and Arabic.
• Her high school paper, "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the
Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar", co-authored with
scientists Ian Hurley and Jonathan Woodward, was entered in
the Intel Science Talent Search.
• In 2002, she contributed to a study on memory called "Frontal
Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-
Infrared Spectroscopy" during her psychology studies at
Harvard. (This got her a defined Erdős–Bacon number)
• Also a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism
and counterterrorism.

21. 19*
• What connects 'Kate','Kate's Dirty Sister',
'Luscious Liz', 'Randy Mandy', 'Kinky Kylie',
'Abbey' and 'Hungry Heidi‘ .. Latest one being
Suzie !!!
List may not be exhaustive.

22. 20* .“Cut my veins open and I bleed _____________
red.”
What is in the blank space and name the
player. Who said this?.

23. 21
In London 2012, at an event more famous in
this part of the world for its venue than the
actual event itself – saw action on the opening
day of the Olympics The final saw an
unexpected victor – with Michelle Frangilli
winning it for Italy – with literally the last
action of the event. What event? And What
venue?

24. Minimilaistic Posters

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