National Level Online Sports Quiz organized by BrainVista, the Quizzing club of GIM Goa.

2. A centre-forward, he represented Maharashtra for several years in the National Hockey
Championships. He also played for a long time in his career for Tata Sports Club in regional
hocket tournaments. Identify him.
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3. Connect
• Hint: It’s not Real Madrid
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4. • X won it in June 2001 and his Y came second. On March
2002 Y won it and X second. In total this happened 5
times when first and second positions were shared
amongst them. Name the event and the pair of brothers
we are talking about?
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5. Connect
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6. Connect
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7. The following excerpt is taken from a interview at the
Australian Open post match conference.
Identify X.
To be the very best, like no one ever was,” X said.
When the interviewer didn’t immediately grasp what X said, X responded:
“That’s a Pokemon quote, I’m sorry, that’s the Pokemon theme song. But,
yeah, to be the very best, and go as far as I can go.”
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8. What is the record set by the
Goalkeeper of Egypt in the recent
FIFA World Cup?
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9. Connect
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10. Connect
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11. 10.
• Having made many accolades in
swimming to his name, this man
had an experience of many
professional roles during his
lifetime. In the process he also
practiced and developed a
conventional sport which is
widely recognized today. Name
the person and the sport
developed.

12. Carrying an interesting history alongside during Civil War in the
nation, this entity considered to be the most valuable was melted
into a shot and was buried to prevent it from getting discovered
during 1860s. It is so valuable that even the winners do not get to
touch it and they receive replicas. Name the entity and where is it
awarded now.
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13. X’s nickname Y, which features on his shirt, dates back to
his childhood. His grandparents, due to a resemblance
to the character from his favorite Japanese cartoon
programme, first gave it to him as a child. The footballer
has a tattoo on the right arm inscribed that translates
roughly to XY in the Latin script.
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14. Connect
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15. X started his trademark Y in 2009 after being too lazy.
His Y has appeared in songs and on T-shirts. The X
illustrates project, by designer Filip Peraic, is about
illustrating the Y profile of X in a variety of styles and
techniques. It is hard to not recognise this basketball
player.
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16. On 10th march, thousands of Italian fans turned up to a match to pay tribute
to an incident that took place a week earlier. X’s fans have been shown and
are paying tribute to X. Identify X.
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17. X used to practise a lot during the night after his duty hours; he
used to wait for the moon to come out so that the visibility in
the field improved, as there were no floodlights during his era. A
statue of this legend is erected in Vienna depicting his control
over the sport. Name X.
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19. 18.

20. There’s team X which marked it’s first pole position in F1
but subsequently could not attempt to win due to it’s
withdrawal from the race start. Since the institution of half
a 1000 mile race, this event witnessed lowest number of
finishing entries that has ever been seen in Open wheel
Motor Sports event at Y. Identify X and Y.
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21. The following picture shows the first alliance between
players of a certain sport. Identify the year of the event.
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22. This game was originated in Warwickshire in 1830s and a league
was created 65 years later in Huddersfield. This is a referee of the
game that is talked about. What is the referee signaling in the
following photo and what is the game?
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23. X was a former Italian football player was a part of a huge
controversy in World Cup 2006 and to commemorate that
controversy even a statue was erected in from of the
pompiduo art museum in Paris in 2012. Identify X.
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24. ‘X’ fought ‘Y’ on 12th March in Liverpool. It has been said that ‘X’ had
done something strange while preparing for the bout against ‘Y’
who had been unbeated in all 3 of his professional fights before.
However, that didn’t seem to help ‘X’ much as he was knocked out
by ‘Y’ in the third round, who maintained his unbeaten record.
Identify ‘X’ & ‘Y’ .
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25. This organisation has its roots in the early 1900s. There wasn’t any possible symbol
to choose other than the “------”, to inculcate the distinction of all those provinces
as well as make sure it did not make the British feel left out.
This organisation uses the same logo to this day.
Identify the organisation.
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26. Connect25.