Sports Quiz hosted at my organization EXL Gurgaon

1. Sports Quiz

2. Prelims
12 Questions
Every 3rd question is * marked (to be considered in case of a tie)

3. 1.
• In India, 24th April is a big celebration with respect to sports.
• What is the occasion for that?

4. Happy Birthday Sachin !

5. 2.
Id the legend.

7. *3.
• The term “Grand Slam” refers to the achievement of winning all
four major championships within a single calendar year.
• What is meant by golden slam? Who is the only person to
complete golden slam in a year?

8. Steffi Graf (1988 Australian Open, 1988 French Open, 1988
Wimbledon Championships, 1988 US Open, and 1988 Olympic
gold medal)

9. 4.
• In a 2010 ESPN documentary about World Cup legends,
Ghiggia said, “The Maracana has been silenced by three people:
The Pope, Frank Sinatra and me.”
• “El Maracanazo” is undoubtedly the biggest upset in World Cup
history.
• What is El Maracanazo?

10. 1950 world cup,uruguay beat brazil 2-1 to win
world cup

11. 5.
• Where did Usain Bolt finish in the final race of his career?

12. Usain Bolt fails to finish final race of his career, crumpling to track
during 400 relay

13. *6.
• CWG2018
• Who is he? What record did he create at CWG 2018?

14. 15 years old Anish Bhanwala created history on Friday by becoming
the youngest ever gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games
(CWG) for India in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event.

15. 7.
• Only 2 Asian teams have made it to the quarterfinal stage of
FIFA world cup. One of them is North Korea in 1966 World
Cup in England.
• Who is the other team?

16. South Korea, who further went to the semifinals in 2002 world cup
finishing 4t

17. 8.
“50 million pounds have just been repaid.”
This is one of the most famous lines of commentary in champions
league football. How was 50 million pounds repaid?

18. Fernando Torres goal against barcelona in 2012 semi final led chelsea to final.
Spain star, costed Chelsea a British record £50million when he was signed from
Liverpool in January 2011.

19. *9.
• Amar, Sanjeevani & Gamini are the three variations of which
sport in India?
• Which country has this sports as its national sports?

20. Kabaddi, Bangladesh

21. 10. Id the ‘super’ man.
1)He represented his country in Junior Hockey
2)He represented his country in Junior Football
3) Record Holder of Junior fastest 100mts sprint
4) Record holder of 6 swimming disciplines in School Level
5) He represented his country in Junior Davis Cup
6) Hold a Handicap in Golf
7) U-19 National Badminton Champion
8)Recipient of Mandela Award for Science

22. ABD

23. 11.
• In domestic cricket in India, instead of DL method, what method is used to
settle results of rain-affected matches?

24. The Jayadevan system, also known as the VJD
method

25. *12. Id X & Y

28. Finals
• 18 questions

29. 1.
• WHICH PHRASE ?
• The late Spanish broadcaster Andres Montes is generally credited with
coining the phrase during his television commentary for the 2006 Football
World Cup. Montes used the phrase to describe precise, elegant passing of
the ball. The playing style involves roaming movement and positional
interchange among midfielders, moving the ball in intricate patterns, and
sharp, one- or two- touch passing. It has been described as a “nonsensical
phrase that has come to mean short passing, patience and possession above
all else.”

31. 2.
• Brazil did it in 1966.
• France did it in 2002.
• Italy did it in 2010.
Who did it in 2014?

32. Spain, reigning FIFA world cup winners to go out in 1st round

33. 3.
• Frank Lampard, Dixie Dean, Thierry Henry, Luther Blissett,
Jimmy Greaves, Wayne Rooney and Aguero.
• What unique feature connects them?

34. top scorers for their english club

35. 4.
• Three teams have never been relegated from the Spanish Primera
Division:
• Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and ........................?

36. Athletic Bilbao

37. 5.
On October 9th 2016, history was made in Serie B, when Vicenza
striker Cristian Galano admitted that a corner kick awarded in his
favor should have actually been given as a goal kick. What history is
being referred to?

38. Football's First Ever Green Card
The green card, which is awarded for fair play, is an initiative that the league's
officials announced they were introducing at the beginning of the season.

39. 6.
• X slept with over 5,000 women and had "Sex: breakfast of champions"
embroidered onto his overalls. A queue of British Airways hostesses waited
outside his hotel bedroom door in Japan.
• He married twice and his first wife, model Suzy Miller, left him for actor
Richard Burton.
• Who is being talked about?

40. James Hunt

41. 7. Techniques associated with which sport?
• Punching
• Kneeflipping
• Back pivot
• Back roller
• Beam
• High siding
• Dump track
• Taco
• Biner
• Troying
• Pirouette

42. WHITE WATER RAFTING

43. 8.
• CWG
• This is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a
smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is normally played outdoors (although there are
many indoor venues) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf, or
cotula (in New Zealand).
• It is one of the "core sports" that must be included at each edition of
the Commonwealth Games. With the exception of the 1966 Games, the sport has
been included in all Games since their inception in 1930.
• Identify the sports.

44. Lawn Ball

45. 9.
• CWG
• Only time Tennis was included in the Commonwealth Games is
2010. Australia won 3 gold, with India and Scotland winning 1
gold each.
• Who won men’s single event?

46. Somdev Devvarman

47. 10.
• CWG2018
• Milkha Singh in 1958, Krishna Poonia in 2010 and Vikas Gowda
in 2014. Who is the latest entrant to this coveted list ? Also he
became the first Indian to win a medal in that particular event.
• Id the sports and sportsperson.

48. Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Javelin throw event at the
Commonwealth Games on Saturday after a best throw of 86.47m.

49. 11. Identify the Olympic Sport from this image.

50. 2 rules of race walking- Knee bend and Loss of Surface
contact (in yellow), leading to disqualification (in red)

51. 12.
• X is only the second man (apart form Rod Laver) to win
Wimbledon titles in three different decades. Amongst his other
achievements, he is also the only player to have played in 6
Olympics. He has won 14 grand slam titles.
• Apart from the ATP circuit, he also plays in World Team Tennis
for the Washington Kastles, being on the 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
and 2014 championship teams. They are the only professional
sports team in history to complete back-to-back undefeated
seasons and went on to win 34 matches in a row. He was named
Male MVP for 2009 and 2011 for all of World Team Tennis.
• Identify X.

52. Leander Paes

53. 13. Connect
?

54. Sachin Tendulkar
Debut in same match

55. 14. Connect
• Saeed Anwar
• Shahid Afridi
• Ijaz Ahmed
• Inzamam-ul-Haq
• Yousuf Youhana
• Moin Khan
• Saleem Malik
• Wasim Akram
• Mushtaq Ahmed
• Saqlain Mushtaq
(complete list)

56. Anil Kumble’s 10 wicket haul dismissals

57. 15. In a 1933 test against England a West Indian bowler called Ellis
Achong had Walter Robins stumped off a ball that according to the
bowler ‘pitched perfectly and turned nicely and Robins saw it
coming back at him, he opened his legs and the ball went through’.
On his way back Robins is reported to have said to Learie
Constantine, “Fancy being done in by a bloody ____________”. To
which Learie Constantine is said to have replied: “Do you mean the
bowler or the ball?”
Fill in the blank.

58. Chinaman. (This is supposedly how the term originated in
cricket)

59. 16.
Jason Gillespie scored his first century in his 71st test match.
Chaminda Vaas broke this record when he scored a century in
his 97th.
Who broke Vaas’s record by scoring one in his 118th test?

60. Anil Kumble
• On 10 August 2007, Kumble scored his maiden century, with an innings of
110 not out against England

61. 17.
• I was a prominent opener for my nation. In my greatest innings, I perished
by lofting a catch to Saurav Ganguly off of Sachin Tendulkar, only 6 runs
short of what would've been an awesome and unique record. Later, I took a
short break and took up religion. Who am I?

62. Saeed Anwar. He perished for 194 in an
ODI. He missed out on scoring the first
ever ODI double century by 6 runs.

63. 18.
If
• Hockey : 3-2
• Kabaddi (circle style) : 4-0
• then Cricket : ?
Put the funda and scoreline in cricket.

64. Ind vs Pak in World Cups
11-0

65. Yeh kaun c trophy hai
• 5 questions.
• Each team scores.
• Write answers on paper.
• +5 for tournament/event/sport and +5 for trophy name.

66. 1. ID the trophy. Be very specific.

67. Monaco Grand Prix

68. 2. ID the famous trophy

69. Warne–Muralidaran Trophy

70. 3.

71. Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy

72. 4.

73. Vince Lombardi Trophy (NFL)

74. 5.

75. Wimbeldon

76. Special round
• 6 questions.
• Each team scores.
• Write answers on paper.
• +5 for each correct answer.

77. Dedicated to Sachin

78. 1. This location, world famous for its football club, was the venue of the first
of Tendulkar's hundred hundreds. Name the venue.

79. 2. Tendulkar is a master of records as well. In the Durban Test against South
Africa in 1992, Tendulkar became part of this historic event. What happened
in that match?

80. 3. Where will you find this?

81. 4. This was the first ever series win for SRT as captain. What
did he do to fondly remember this?

82. 5.
• As a child, Tendulkar idolised Sunil Gavaskar and Vivian Richards, but he
imitated this legend X by sporting long hair and a head-band. Identify X.

83. 6. He used to put a one rupee coin on the stumps and say ‘Any one who gets
Sachin out would take this coin - if no one does, Sachin will take it' - Sachin still
treasures the coins he thus earned.
Who is he?

84. Answers

85. 1. This location, world famous for its football club, was the venue of the first
of Tendulkar's hundred hundreds. Name the venue.

86. Old Trafford

87. 2. Tendulkar is a master of records as well. In the Durban Test against South
Africa in 1992, Tendulkar became part of this historic event. What happened
in that match?

88. He became the first cricketer to be dismissed by
the third umpire

89. 3. Where will you find this?

90. Sachin Tendulkar Stand, Wankhede Stadium

91. 4. This was the first ever series win for SRT as captain. What
did he do to fondly remember this?

92. He named his daughter Sara, which rhymes with Sahara
Cup, incidentally his first series victory as captain.

93. 5.
• As a child, Tendulkar idolised Sunil Gavaskar and Vivian Richards, but he
imitated this legend X by sporting long hair and a head-band. Identify X.

94. John McEnroe

95. 6. He used to put a one rupee coin on the stumps and say ‘Any one who gets
Sachin out would take this coin - if no one does, Sachin will take it' - Sachin still
treasures the coins he thus earned.
Who is he?

96. Ramakant Achrekar