The prelims for the Varun Krishnamurthy Memorial Game Theory Sports Quiz held as a part of Under the Peepal tree 2022 by RV Quizcorp.

1. Prelims
GAME THEORY
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VARUN KRISHNAMURTHY MEMORIAL

2. Rules
PRELIMS 25 questions, 25 points
Star (*) Q’s to resolve ties
QM’s decisions are final
No negative marking
Top 8 teams in finals
No googling

3. Earlier this year, 18-year-old Fermin Lopez Martin opened the
scoring for Barcelona's Juvenil A team with a brilliant bicycle kick.
However after the goal, he chose to celebrate in a way which
annoyed Barcelona - who edited the action out of all the posts.
The same action that was very prevalent in the crowd at the
Australian Open and was called irritating by Andy Murray - what
action?
Q1

4. CR7 Siuuu
A1

5. In 2021, 14 de Musical, a musical about the life of legendary sports
person opened. The show, which premiered on Sept. 25, tells the story
of the rise of the person from a scrawny kid juggling a ball on the
sidewalks of a working class neighborhood to the mercurial attacker
who led the “clockwork orange” and subsequently led a revolution at
Barcelona as the manager in the 90s.
ID the subject of the musical.
Q2

6. Johan Cruyff
A2

7. Last month, ahead of his first game since getting promoted to a captain
in his team, Adidas launched these special edition shoes.
ID the player.
Q3

8. Ben Stokes
A3

9. In 1870s, in the United States, if a baseball game was
postponed due to bad weather, the teams would reissue
tickets for the crowd who could come in at a later day to watch
a game. This practice led to origin of an idiom.
What idiom?
Q4

10. Taking a raincheck
A4

11. Daryl Morey was the first GM in NBA history to have a non
traditional basketball background. He was a computer science
graduate who came from EY Parthenon. He is credited in
bringing the data analytics revolution to the NBA by
transforming the way the Houston Rockets played with their
iso-heavy, 3-point barrage style of play with the help of
advanced statistics.
This earned their style the term X, an pun on it’s creator, Daryl
Morey and the title of a pathbreaking book released in 2003.
ID X
Q5

12. Moreyball
A5

13. These are methods for improving a certain aspect of cars, especially at a
certain race track. What aspect? Which race track?
Q6

14. A6

15. To increase downforce of the car, at Monaco GP
A6

16. In 2019, India were playing an ODI against NZ on a bright day
when suddenly play had to be stopped. Most stadiums around
the world are designed to never face this problem.
What was the reason from stoppage of play? (image on
next slide)
Q7

17. Q7

18. Excessive sunlight
A7

19. Adidas created a custom mask as shown for one of its star athletes. The
mask is inspired by the athlete’s celebration. ID the player.
Q8

20. Paulo Dybala
A8

21. ID the sport whose notable incidents are shown below
Q9

22. Tug of War
A9

23. ● Indonesia
● China
● Malaysia
● Denmark
● Japan
● India
These are the only countries to ever win a certain competition in its 73 year
history. Which trophy?
Q10

24. Thomas Cup
A10

25. In November 2020, before a playoff game in the PSL, players of both teams
got together pay tribute to someone.
Who did they pay tribute to?
Q11

26. Dean Jones
A11

27. Who did Lazio announce in this manner?
Q12

28. Maurizio Sarri
A12

29. Who are these ads about?
Q13
A)

30. Who are these ads about?
Q13
B)

31. A13
Mirabai Chanu

32. A13
Lovlina Borgohain

33. Diana Taurasi is a professional basketball player for the Phoenix
Mercury in the WNBA. Her penchant for scoring in crucial situations,
combined with her caucasian descent has given her a nickname, coined
by an NBA legend himself.
What nickname?
The nickname also proved useful when she had to play a role in a 2021
star studded project, headlined by LeBron James.
What project?
Q14

35. White Mamba
Space Jam 2
A14

36. The ball involved in this pass would be auctioned for $518,628. But then
after a second announcement in 40 days, the buyer requested to void the
sale.
Why did the buyer not want to buy the ball anymore?
Q15

37. Tom Brady retiring and unretiring
A15

38. At the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, Eric Heiden put on a show for
the ages. He won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set
four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic
Games. Heiden is the only athlete in the history of speed skating to have
won all five events in a single Olympic tournament and the only one to
have won a gold medal in all events.
However his incredible hall was not the the highlight of the games.
What overshadowed his performance?
Q16

39. Miracle on ice
A16

40. Headquarters of which “sports” organisation in Stamford, Connecticut,
which is known for lots of chairs and tables being broken.
Why did this building need to have some games played here in 2020?
Q17

41. WWE HQ
A17

42. When asked about this contraption, Bruce Oxenford said, “A lot of guys
have asked me if it will become commercially available and I've spoken
with Gray-Nicolls about it already. I showed them the first prototype
and they're working on something similar.”
“Paul Reiffel called me Batfink and Joe Root said I look like Captain
America, so I've had that sort of stuff, but it's also been overwhelmingly
positive.”
What device is he talking about?
Q18

43. Umpire safety shield
A18

44. Pictogram of which sport at the Olympics 2022?
Q19

45. Diving
A19

46. The first of this now extinct Olympic event was considered a part of gymnastics—
appeared at the inaugural modern Olympics in 1896 and was also the most intense.
The equipment used was 14 meters high, just shy of 46 feet. It would never again
come close to that height, with the next-highest coming in more than 13 feet
shorter.
The 1896 competition originally had to be postponed due to darkness, but when it
was brought back the next morning, a whole five people showed up to compete.
Only the two Greek competitors fully completed the competition, with Nikolaos
Andriakopoulos taking first place in 23.4 seconds. Standings were supposed to be
based on both time and style (L- hold), but sadly the rules for how style was
evaluated have not survived. In the instances where this event was contested for
individual medals but not the all-around, ranking the gymnasts solely on time
proved less of a problem.
What event/competition is being spoken about?
Q20

47. Rope climbing
A20

48. “X and Y” is a really famous dessert served at one of the most prestigious
annual event. It is reported that 140,000 X and 10,000 liters of Y were
served during the 2015 edition of the event. X is a harbinger of summer and
being a perishable food, it was available only during a very short period of
time which luckily happened to coincide with the duration of the event.
According to the Independent, X and Y were first served together in 1509,
when Cardinal Thomas Wosley paired them at a banquet during Henry
VIII's reign. The combination stuck and nearly 400 years later was among
the offerings at the first edition of this prestigious event in 1877.
ID X and Y.
Q21

49. X: Strawberry and Y: Cream
A21

50. Shown here is the image of Australian-American former professional basketball
player Leroy Loggins who played in the National Basketball League from 1981 until
2001. However, his rather unfortunate claim to fame came last month as a result of
a tragic incident involving someone who we know from a completely different sport
altogether. Put Funda as to why he was in the news last month.
Q22

51. Andrew Symonds nicknamed Roy
A22

52. What jersey number does Sarfaraz Khan wear to honor his father
Naushad Khan?
Q23

53. 97 (nau-saat)
A23

54. A couple of years back, Soul caps released a special variant of a cap for
swimmers. The cap aimed to solve an issue for a specific community.
However, ahead of the olympics last year, the FINA banned the use of such
caps at competitive events saying that the caps did not fit “the natural form
of the head” and to their “best knowledge the athletes competing at the
international events never used, neither require … caps of such size and
configuration”.
What problem did Soul caps aim to address?
Q24

55. Swimming caps for afro hair
A24

56. What is this chess endgame called?
Q25

57. Rookrolling
A25