2. ROUND 1
ā¢ Infinite bounce and pounce
ā¢ +15/-10 on the pounce
ā¢ 10 on the bounce
ā¢ Discretion to give part points lies with the
quizmaster
3. Q1.
ā¢ X is considered by many to be the greatest speed skater
of all time. In his homeland Norway, he was considered
as big icon Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen, the
two explorers.
ā¢ Over his entire career he set 14 records and many others
which was not considered because the International
Skating Union considered him a professional.
ā¢ An award is named after him is given out for the most
outstanding skating performance of the season, which
consists of a replica of his statue by the Oslo Skating
Club
ā¢ The Award or his name please.
6. Q2.
ā¢ The 2008 Singapore Grand Prix involved and
incident called Crash Gate, where two drivers
were involved. They were teammates, one of
them crashed in order to provide sporting
advantage to his teammate. The teammate who
gained the advantage was Fernando Alonso,
name the other teammate, who also happens to
be the son of former world champion.
9. Q3.
ā¢ This very famous sportsperson is a keen Skier and
a football player, though he admits heās lazy and
often sleeps till noon.
ā¢ āIāve recently started playing for a football team
here in X,ā he says. ā I play at left back where I
can do least damage. I am a Real Madrid fan but
little less of one since the signing of Gareth Bale.
It was too much money and I donāt get it.
ā¢ Identify the sportsperson who can pretty much do
as he pleases.
12. Q4.
The top 5 of the list consists of:
ļ§ X(2013-14)- 7
ļ§ Inter Milan(2006-07)- 5
ļ§ Manchester United(2000-01)- 5
ļ§ Olympique Lyon(2005-06)- 5
ļ§ Barcelona(1997-98)- 4
ļ§ What is this list about and X?
15. Q5.
X was born in Port Elizabeth in 1980. He holds
the record for highest batting average in
ODIās(for player with more than 20 innings) by a
huge margin. His average is 62.67 compared to
Michael Bevanās second best 53.58. His 259*
against Canada in 2006 made a particular record.
Identify.
18. Q6.
ā¢ In words of Y (in the pic.) "X was well known
tennis player in the junior circuit. I was two
years junior to him, and we used to play
against each other all the time. I remember this
one time when he defeated me in straight sets,
but I gave him tough competition".
Y added āXās best part was his court coverage,
he had an amazing backhand as well.ā
Give X and Y?
22. Q7.
ā¢ Nadezhda Ilyina competed for the Soviet
Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in
Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metres where
she won the bronze medal with her team mates
Inta KļimoviÄa, Lyudmila Aksyonova and
Natalya Sokolova. She died in a car accident in
December 2013.
Her daughter also won bronze medal in
Olympics in another sports in 2012 Olympics.
Name Nadezhda Ilyina's daughter?
28. Q9.
ā¢ First time we saw "X" in a movie was in 1997.
She acted in few movies down the year.
However her big break will be in movie "Y"
where she gets to play "Z". Z is one of India's
most prominent women athlete and her
achievements include a world championship
bronze and a commonwealth gold. Identify
X,Y and Z?
31. Q10.
ā¢ This is a toy used to pacify the crying babies in
_____. The sound it makes gives it its name.
What is itās significance to modern day football?
34. Q11.
ā¢ The Track & Field Athlete of the Year award is
given to track and field athletes by Track &
Field News magazine, an American sports
magazine. A panel of international track and
field experts organized by the magazine selects
the winners. Only two male won in thrice. Carl
Lewis is one of them. Who is the other?
37. Q12.
ā¢ He served in Indian Air Force from 1964 to
1974 as a pilot, and participated in the Indo-
Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971. He is
associated with SAI SERVICE, one of the
largest dealership of Maruti and Bajaj
passenger vehicles in India. During the tenure
of P.V.Narasimha Rao, he served as the
Minister of State for Railways from 1995-96.
ā¢ Who I am talking about?
42. ROUND 2
ā¢ All answers to be written down
ā¢ Differential scoring
ā¢ 5n points for each correct answer, where n=
number of teams giving an incorrect answer
43. Q1.
X scored goals for fun for both his country and
clubs he played. He scored in all the 6 major
tournament he participated for his country. His
father was a master baker and he himself
completed an apprenticeship in baking. You
can find his bakery in his home town. Identify
him?
48. Q3.
FITB
ā¢ Modern Pentathlon is an Olympic Sport. It
includes five events. They are
1. Pistol Shooting
2. ____ ______
3. 200M Freestyle Swimming
4. Show Jumping
5. 3km Cross Country Run
49.
50. Q4.
ā¢ Steffi Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles.
Her 22 singles titles is second all-time behind
Margaret Court (24), and marks the record for
most Major wins by a tennis player (male or
female) since the introduction of the Open Era
in 1968.
She also won one doubles grand slam title.
Which grand slam and who was her partner?
51.
52. Q5.
ā¢ X was one of the most gifted Danish badminton players
who won numerous major titles in the 1960s and 1970s.
His play was marked by great power, tenacity and
tactical astuteness. A versatile player, he shone in all 3
formats: menās singles, menās doubles and mixed
doubles.
The highest point of his career was when he beat Rudy
Hartono in the final of the All England championship in
1975, beating his 7 year hold on the title (a period in
which X himself lost 2 finals to him).
He also won 3 mixed doubles titles at All England.
However, he ended his own life in June 1983 at the age
of 38, after experiencing personal difficulty in coping
with family and financial problems.
56. Answers
1. Jurgen Klinsman
2. SIX Fours in an over in International Cricket
3. Epee Fencing
4. Gabriela Sabatini And Wimbledon 1988
5. Svend Pri
6. Highest number of balls faced in an innings across
formats: Hutton for tests(847 balls), Sharma for 50
over ODIs (173 balls)and Watson for t20is(71
balls)
58. ROUND 3
ā¢ Infinite bounce and pounce
ā¢ +15/-10 on the pounce
ā¢ 10 on the bounce
ā¢ Discretion to give part points lies with the
quizmaster
59. Q1.
ā¢ Trinity Youth were a church-sponsored football
club in _______and they played admirably all
across Germany. However, the players were
annoyed as their games were evaluated and
controlled by Parish priests who had no
acquaintance with football. Eighteen of those
unhappy players decided to break up their
association with the church and instituted a new
club.
ā¢ Identify the Club.
62. Q2.
ā¢ Vishal Ladwa is a 23 year old Indian Origin
player at Manchester University. Though the
sport is not very popular in England, he
managed to form a team at whatever institute
he went to. Due to his passionate approach to
the sport he is often called ā David Beckham
of Xā. To sum it all he is also the captain of
English X team.
ā¢ Name the sport X.
65. Q3.
ā¢ At the 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final held
in Monte Carlo, Russiaās Tatyana Kotova won
the gold in the long jump event. In 2013,
however, her samples collected during the
2005 World Championships in Helsinki were
re-tested and found to contain traces of banned
substances.
Consequently, the IAAF disqualified her gold
medal on account of doping. What
happened as a result of this?
68. Q4.
The setting: Athens 2004, 200m freestyle final
The prominent competitor ā X, Y and Z.
X was desperate to prove his detractors wrong after a
shock defeat to Y the last time they met, when he was
heavily favoured to win. Y, the sportās quiet , unassuming
competitor was out to show that his victory over X was
not fluke. Despite this not being his favourite event, Zā¦
was around.
X came first, Y came second and Z surprisingly came
fifth. Thus ended the ārace of the centuryā. Id
69.
70. ANSWER
ā¢ X- IAN THORPE
ā¢ Y- PETER VAN DEN HOOGENBAND
ā¢ Z- MICHAEL PHELPS
71. Q5.
ā¢ On July 2008, a football charity match termed āGoal4Africaā
was played with two all star sides- one named āEduā captained
by Clarence Seedorf and the other named āCationā captained
by Michael Ballack- facing each other. Some other prominent
players who featured were Dida, Robin Van Persie, Mark Van
Bommel and Gennaro Gattuso. Footballing celebrities were
not the only big names though as Michael Schumacher also
played for Seedorfās side.
Among all these stars, a relatively lesser known player playing
for āEduā scored a brace- goals in the 28th and 68th minute,
which included a first time left footed half volley past Dida-
and also initiated a move that led to Schumacher scoring a goal
in the 64th minute. Who?
80. Q8.
ā¢ He appeared for India against Ceylon in an
unofficial Test at Ahmedabad in 1964-65
where he took 4 for 33 in the second innings.
Thereafter, the presence of the "Indian spin
quartet", especially Bishen Bedi who bowled
in a similar style, restricted his appearances for
India.
ā¢ Holds the record for most wickets in Ranji
Trophy, India's premier first class competition,
83. Q9.
ā¢ X is an Australian diver. He is the 2008
Olympic champion in the 10 m platform,
having received the highest single-dive score
in Olympic history. He is the first Australian
male to win an Olympic gold medal in diving
since Dick Eve at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
ā¢ Either give me that score or X.
86. Q10.
X headed the sporting reforms of his country is difficult to
believe. Despite his undeniable brilliance on the field, heās
not necessarily considered particularly wise off it. The
law, named after X, sought to modernise the countryās
sports industry. Salient features include:
ā¢ Forcing professional clubs to observe business laws and
pay taxes
ā¢ Allows clubs to organise their own leagues, breaking
the monopoly of official organisation
ā¢ Apply labour laws to athlete-club relations
WHO?
90. Q11.
#Ashes2015
ā¢ And it turns out the architect of the blow-up between X and Y was
none other than Michael Hussey.
ā¢ As Y who was 19 at that time recalls
ā¢ āI had a famous incident with him in the Durham nets. I remember
Michael Hussey asking me to bounce X ā to which I wasnāt going to
say no.
ā¢ āI let him have one, heās gloved it, and he didnāt give me the best of
looks.
ā¢ āNext ball, Hussey said: āGive it him againā, so Iāve bumped him
again, and this time heās absolutely smoked it, picked up the ball,
threw it back down the wicket at me, called me a ānet heroā, and said
that he would like to have a go at me.
ā¢ Identify X and Y?
