9. Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri’s playstyle has been often described as
“conservative” and “particularly difficult to beat”. This careful nature
means he also often loses opportunities to convert an advantage into a
win – the sole reason behind his nickname X. One example of his
conservative nature would be his streak of 14 draws at the 2016
Candidates Tournament held in Moscow, Russia. This streak also was
the inspiration behind Chess24.com’s April Fool’s piece on Giri writing
a book titled “My 60 Memorable Draws” (a play on Bobby Fischer’s My
60 Memorable Games).
Give me X.
Q1
10. The Soviet-Afghan war was a nine year old war fought between
insurgent groups against the Soviet Union and Afghanistan between
1979 and 1989. The war is also referred to as “the Forgotten War.”
A well known cricketer that debuted under the shadow of his older
brother (but later went on to make a name for himself) was
nicknamed Afghan in the dressing room inspired by the same
historical event.
Who?
Q2
11. This famous NBA legend, more popularly known as X, got his
nickname after a particularly dominant high school performance in
which he dropped 38 points, 20 rebounds and 19 assists in a 30
point blowout. After the match, a local sports writer came up to him
and said that he had to give him a nickname. Since ‘Dr J’ and ‘Big E’
were already taken, he said he was gonna call him X and the rest is
history, despite the fact that his devout mother found the nickname
X to be blasphemous.
ID X.
Q3
12. Brett Lee is famously nicknamed “Bing” after an Australian chain
of electrical shops called Bing Lee. However, he has a less famous
nickname coined at a 2000 ODI game by the captain at the time
who read out a portion of the teamsheet as Shane Lee, Ian Harvey
and “X”.
What is his less famous nickname?
Q4
13. Adam Jones is a former American football cornerback and return
specialist who played in the NFL for 12 seasons. Jones' mother
gave him his nickname when he was a child, saying that he
would change direction as fast as a certain video game character.
What nickname?
Q5
14. A certain tennis player gets his nickname from this Russia ruler of
the 1500s.
Who?
Q6
15. A certain race driver that drove for a top team X in 2020 remarked upon
his burgeoning nickname, Mr _____ ___ _______: “It sounds like a dance
move! I don’t know – if the inside was free, I’d take it… People defend,
so I have to go ______ ___ _______. It’s not really [always been my style],
I’d say it’s a X thing; the car’s good on the brakes so we can use that to
our advantage pretty well. I mean, the tracks we’ve been going to have
also been pretty nice for those kind of moves too.”
The same driver crashed into the Formula 1 championship winner that
year in the opening race in Austria in an overtaking attempt,
unsurprisingly, trying to go _____ ___ _______.
FITB.
Q7
19. “My wife made a lot of iced tea for lunch, and I said, ‘Hey, babe, I’ve
got an idea. You make the iced tea and make a big pitcher, and we’ll
just put a little lemonade in it and see how that works.’ We mixed it
up, and I got the solution about where I wanted it and I put the
lemonade in it,” he recalled in an interview. “I had it for lunch after
working on the golf course. I thought, ‘Boy, this is great, babe. I’m
going to take it when I play golf. I’m going to take a thermos of iced
tea and lemonade.’ ”
ID the speaker.
Q1
22. The ‘92 Olympics USA basketball team nicknamed “Dream Team” was
outfitted by Reebok. This was a problem for Nike’s star athlete Michael
Jordan who refused to wear any competitor’s apparel. As he was not
allowed to take part in the medal ceremony without wearing the Reebok
jacket, Jordan found a solution which no American could criticise.
What did he do?
With the above incident coming to public light again due to the recent
release of The Last Dance documentary, Reebok took advantage of the
publicity and re-released the USA jacket from 1992. However they made a
slight design tweak.
What design change?
Q2
24. He held the flag on his shoulder
Reebok switched the logo from right to left
Q2
25. NFL over the past few years has introduced stricter taunting rules,
which fine the players excessively and even suspending them.
Tyreek Hill, one such victim of this rule was fined for his action
(shown in image). But Tyreek didn’t give up. He worked with a
sports gear company called Grip Box and came up with a solution.
What solution?
Q3
28. Anders Boesen is a former professional badminton player. He has
represented Denmark in international tournaments such as in
World Championships, Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and European
Championships. At the age of 30, Anders Boesen completed his
medical studies and later he finished his surgical training
subspecialized in arthroscopic surgery and sports traumatology.
Sometime in mid-2021, him and his brother Morten (also a former
badminton player turned doctor) came into light for certain heroics.
What heroics?
Q4
30. They were the team physicians who saved Christian Eriksen during
his heart attack during Euros
Q4
31. X had previously been convicted for felonies such as counterfeiting,
carrying a concealed weapon and three drunken driving assault by the
state of Michigan. But his most famous conviction came late in 2004 for a
felony assault charge. This charge was a result of a lengthy and expensive
investigation by Oakland county police department. The county prosecutor
said that despite the incident having multiple camera angles to record the
incident, catching the main culprit X was a resource hungry operation that
took many man hours. What incident was this?
X's name can be worked out as he has a famous namesake who is ironically
from Indianapolis Indiana. Perhaps if our criminal had realised the fault in
his stars and had held himself back, tragedy could have been avoided.
ID X.
Q5
34. This is the Wimbledon honours board for female winners. The board
followed a certain practise which is not seen in the men’s board. The
practise was dropped this year
What inconsistency is seen?
Q6
37. Female winners are listed by their husband’s initials if they were
married at the time
Q6
38. Sometime in early April 2021, Industria Galda de Jos, a club in the
3rd tier of Romanian football contacted a local website to publish
the news that their manager Stefan Fogorosi had been fired from the
job. The decision seemed bizarre since Fogorosi had been on the job
for only three games albeit lost all three. Fogorosi didn’t turn up for
the job after reading the news as well. However it was later revealed
that the club did not intend for this to happen.
What were the intentions of the club?
Q7
41. Viv Richards seemed unimpressed by the message delivered in such
an unorthodox manner. "It's like in a football match … if you are
losing 5-0 and you score a goal in the 90th minute, you shouldn't be
running around jumping for joy," he said on BBC's Test Match
Special. "I wouldn't be happy with that. I set my standards a bit
higher. I'm glad he got the motivation to get himself going."
Michael Holding thought that he should be fined. If nothing else,
here was further evidence that cricketers lie when they say that they
never read the papers or listen to the TV and radio.
Put funda.
Q8
45. Q1
X is a title shared by autobiographies of two great
sportspersons.
The first is by a recently retired player who had been playing for
nearly two decades, quietly persevering at a game which
brought her little recognition. A remarkable sportsperson who
has led the team from the front and propelled the gentlemans’
game for women to the centre stage.
The second is by a player who is a two-time Olympic gold
medalist and NBA Hall of Famer. Simply put, without him, there
are no championship banners—let alone six—hanging from the
United Center rafters.
46. Q2
X and Y is a phrase associated with the parameters of
precision a bowler should ball. Both need to be in tandem
and perfect for a perfect delivery.
Glenn Mcgrath’s autobiography is X and Z, where Z is
word obtained from modifying to indicate toughness
needed in life.Y
What is his autobiography titled?
48. Q4
X is a novel written by Rainer Maria Rilke It is a collection of 10
letters to his friend, who communicated with the famous poet
seeking advice on his poetry among other things.
Nadia Comaneci’s autobiography derives its name from from X and
changes just the last word to indicate her profession.
What is her autobiography titled as?
49. Q5
Andrea Pirlo is considered one of the greatest of all time. A visionary
playmaker who won the world cup and much more. He is
considered a great thinker and very appropriately names his
autobiography after a quote of another thinker - Rene Descartes.
What is his book titled?
56. In March 2022, on an asphalt slab in front of a wooded home, Gov. Jay
Inslee signed into law a bill which made X the official sport of Washington.
Inslee was surrounded by paddles, community members and longtime fans
of the sport. The signing took place on the original home-based court
(formerly a badminton court) on the shores of Bainbridge Island, where the
game was conceived in 1965.
When X was invented, the other instrument used to play it was borrowed
from sport Y. The sport Y was invented with the intention that it curved
easily for the creator’s 12 year old. The said child and his friends called the
homerun as “whiff”
ID X and Y.
Q2
59. On May 27, during a game between New York Yankees and Tampa
Bay Red Devils, the normal game coverage on their social media
channels was put on a pause. The concerted arrangement was done
in light of recent events in USA. The Rays’ post said of the change,
“...This cannot become normal. We cannot become numb. We
cannot look the other way…”. What events had taken place?
Instead of normal game coverage, the social media pages of both
teams put out posts about something else. What did they post
instead?
Q3
62. In London during the Second World War, ________ was used as an
ARP station and was bombed; It was reopened in 1946.
In 2006, redevelopment of the place started to convert it into
apartments, in a project known as “________ Square”, with 650
properties built on the site. A major part of the new project is a large
communal park.
In May 2006 all properties in the North, East and West Sections had
been taken. The apartments were ready by 2010.
Which famous London Site?
Q4
65. This is one of the most famous rules in all of sports, so strict that the referee can
force players to change under threat of disqualification from the tournament. In the
past, many of the sport's top players have found themselves on the wrong end of
this rule.
It's believed that the rule stems from the 1800s, when this sport was played
primarily at social gatherings, particularly by women. The sight of sweaty patches
was considered to be inappropriate, hence a particular practice was adopted to
avoid embarrassment. This practice is very strictly followed even today.
In fact a certain player who is treated as royalty for his reputation in the
tournament was found guilty of breaking the practice in 2013 because of the
smallest of violations. Put funda as to what the practice is, what was the
violation?
Q5
67. All white rule for players in Wimbledon, Roger Federer's shoe sole was
orange and he had to change that to avoid disqualification
Q5
68. The owner John L Taylor said that the
name of this arena comes from the
region which was partially created by
the filling in of fen marshes. What
arena?
The stadium opened to play on April
20, 1912. However the newspaper
coverage of the opening was
completely overshadowed by some
unfortunate event a few days back.
Put Funda.
Q6
71. This men’s sport equipment underwent a redesign on 1st April 1986
because of the increased numbers of a certain ambiguous outcome
and the protests that followed. The notably high world record, set by
X, also raised questions as to whether this sport was capable of
safely being held within a stadium infield. The new equipment was
redesigned so the centre of gravity was moved 4cm forward. The
surface area in front of the centre was reduced while the surface area
behind the centre of gravity was increased, aiding the equipment to
turn into relative wind. The women’s equipment followed suit with
the redesign in 1999.
Who is X, the holder of an eternal world record?
Q7
74. It isn't absurd for referees to be subjected to hate for the decisions they take
on football pitches. However, a certain Spanish referee was subjected to a
surprisingly unusual amount of flak from journalists. The articles and
radios would profess - "Franco is truly bad." "Franco just massacred
Sevilla." "Everyone is blaming Franco."
Put funda as to why.
Following this, a certain decisive action was taken by the government
which has given rise to referee names like Franco-Martinez in this case,
Hernandez-Hernandez and Mateu Lahoz. The journalists no longer had
much reason to criticise Angel Franco.
What decisive action?
Q8
76. His name “Franco” was being used to criticize the Spanish dictator
at the time
It was mandatory to refer to the referees using their mothers and
fathers surnames
Q8
