Conducted under the aegis of QuNITe NIT Jamshedpur

1. THE SPORTS QUIZ

2. RULES-
• 20 QUESTIONS.
• EACH QUESTION CARRIES 1 POINT.
• PART POINTS FOR TWO PART QUESTIONS.
• QUESTION NO.’s 5, 10, 15, 20 are star marked.

3. Q1. ID the word X?
• The word “X" comes from an Old French word meaning "leisure", with the oldest
definition in English from around 1300 being "anything humans find amusing or
entertaining".
• Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling;
hunting; and diversions, including ones that require exercise. Roget's defines the noun
as an "activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including
diversion and recreation.

5. Q2. CONNECT-

7. Q3. CONNECT-

9. Q4-
• The X is a cricket ground located in the capital city of
Queensland state in Australia. It was nicknamed X because
of the locality it was situated in. A suburb which owes it’s
name to whirling water effect called wooloon.
• Although many have said that the name owes it’s origin to
the supreme record of the Australian cricket team at the
venue. To throw in the hostile crowd and the conditions of
express pace, bounce and swing, the ground represents an
absolute cauldron where only the toughest survive.

11. Q5.* CONNECT-

13. Q6. Origin of which cricketing term?

15. Q7. CONNECT TO A SPECIAL FEAT ( NE) -

17. Q8. CONNECT-

19. Q9. GIVE ME THE NAME OF THIS AVATAR AND
PERSONALITY IT IS BASED ON-

21. Q10.* CONNECT-

23. Q11. CONNECT-

25. Q12. ID THE BLACKED OUT NAME-

27. Q13.
• His name is Oscar Gutiérrez, we
better know him with a different
name, something which suits his
mysterious avatar. What is this
guy popularly known as.

29. Q14.

31. Q15.* CONNECT TO A PERSON-

33. Q16.

35. Q17.

37. Q18.

39. Q19.

41. Q20.*
• Just a few years ago a small time sportsman from the eastern state of Jharkhand died at
the tender age of 29 due to acute pancreatitis.
• But his memory has been kept alive by one of his friends in the form of a technique that
has become immemorial in the history of this game.
• Id the person and the technique.

42. ANSWERS COMING UP……..

43. Q1. ID the word X?
• The word “X" comes from an Old French word meaning "leisure", with the oldest
definition in English from around 1300 being "anything humans find amusing or
entertaining".
• Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling;
hunting; and diversions, including ones that require exercise. Roget's defines the noun
as an "activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including
diversion and recreation.

44. ANS-
• SPORTS

45. Q2. CONNECT-

46. ANS-

47. Q3. CONNECT-

48. ANS-

49. Q4-
• The X is a cricket ground located in the capital city of
Queensland state in Australia. It was nicknamed X because
of the locality it was situated in. A suburb which owes it’s
name to whirling water effect called wooloon.
• Although many have said that the name owes it’s origin to
the supreme record of the Australian cricket team at the
venue. To throw in the hostile crowd and the conditions of
express pace, bounce and swing, the ground represents an
absolute cauldron where only the toughest survive.

50. ANS-
THE GABBA

51. Q5.CONNECT-

52. ANS-
• STEVEN
GERRARD

53. Q6. Origin of which cricketing term?

54. ANS-
• MANKADING

55. Q7. CONNECT TO A SPECIAL FEAT ( NE) -

56. ANS-
• MAN OF THE MATCH
WINNERS IN WC FINALS

57. Q8. CONNECT-

58. ANS-
• VIVIAN RICHARDS

59. Q9. GIVE ME THE NAME OF THIS AVATAR AND
PERSONALITY IT IS BASED ON-

60. ANS-
• SUPER V

61. Q10. CONNECT-

62. ANS-
NICKI LAUDA

63. Q11. CONNECT-

64. ANS-

65. Q12. ID THE BLACKED OUT NAME-

66. ANS- MARIA SHARAPOVA: LIST OF AFFECTED
PLAYERS AS A RESULT OF BAN ON
MELIDRONATE DRUG.

67. Q13.
• His name is Oscar Gutiérrez, we
better know him with a different
name, something which suits his
mysterious avatar. What is this
guy popularly known as.

68. ANS-
• REY MYSTERIO

69. Q14.

70. ANS-

71. Q15. CONNECT TO A PERSON-

72. ANS-
• BILLY BEANE

73. Q16.

74. ANS-

75. Q17.

76. ANS-
• BABE RUTH

77. Q18.

78. ANS-

79. Q19.

80. ANS- HERO ISL

81. Q20.
• Just a few years ago a small time sportsman from the eastern state of Jharkhand died at
the tender age of 29 due to acute pancreatitis.
• But his memory has been kept alive by one of his friends in the form of a technique that
has become immemorial in the history of this game.
• Id the person and the technique.

82. ANS-
• Santosh Lal and Helicopter Shot.