Touchdown II - The Sports Quiz at Chai Pe Quiz by Rajaji

TOUCHDOWN - II
researched and set by anand r.

RULES
● 20 questions - Written.
● Part points wherever applicable.
● Hope you can all quiz today the Matt Busby Way!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
● Chai Pe Quiz.
● Ashwin Menon.
● Suraj Menon.

1
● Hockey pucks are made using vulcanized rubber, and have a thickness
of 1 inch, a diameter of 3 inches, and weigh between 5.5 to 6oz. They
are incredibly hard and can cause serious damage on contact, during
gameplay.
● During the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, a controversial fan of the
Washington Capitals, who had left the career that made her famous,
was hit by an errant puck injuring a particular extension of her’s ,
leading to its damage necessitating surgery.
● Who?

2
● This, quite appropriately, is the pre-match ceremony for
which NBA team?

3
● The 1936 Berlin Olympics Pole Vault contest was a close one. Out of the five finalists,
Earle Meadows cleared a jump that the other four couldn’t, eliminating one person in the
process. The other three had a jump-off in which one person was eliminated, leaving two
Japanese youngsters with assured podium positions.
● Both young men were students, Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe. More importantly, both
were friends. And so – to general astonishment – they refused to compete further. They
wanted to share the honours. But eventually they had formally declared a silver medal
winner and bronze medal winner to their dissatisfaction.
● Even though the judges separated the friends using a silver and bronze medal, they
returned home and made amends to reflect their friendship and their equal contributions
towards making the country proud.
● What did they do?

4
● In the Bojack Horseman episode “Amelia Earhart Story” when
Bojack is complaining about Mr. Peanutbutter being given too
much attention and credit for doing his own stunts he
references that people think he is like a former American
gymnast, a member of the Magnificent Seven, who was known
for her determination and perseverance. She is remembered
for her iconic image with a certain Bela Karyoli.
● Who? What image?

5
● In Apocalypse Now, Lieutenant Commander Bill Kilgore
(played by Robert Duvall) uses the call sign “Big Duke 6”.
● This is actually a homage to Duke Kahanamoku, a
Hawaiian competition swimmer, who created waves at the
Olympics, winning five medals.
● What is he known to have popularized?

6
● The Rondesbosch Boys’ High School, in suburban Cape
Town, is said to be the only school in the world to have
produced cricketers to turn out for 4 different countries.
● If Gary Kirsten (among others) played for SA, and Ralph
Coetzee turned out for Ireland, who are the players who
played for England and Netherlands?

ANSWER
● Jonathan Trott
● Michael Rippon

7
● The creation of this uniform lies in the fact that it did not
carry the idea of national identity in its form pre-1950. To
change this they held a national contest to design a new
uniform for themselves which would later turn out to be
their identity throughout the history of the sport.
● So, what exactly ended up being designed, something with
an avian reference?

8
● An underdog, in a sporting context, is someone who is expected
to lose in a particular fixture to the top dog. Whenever an
underdog wins, it has been known to have caused an upset, a
famous example being the Miracle On Ice fixture in 1980 Lake
Placid.
● According to a study, underdogs are always supported due to
various reasons. One reason supposedly is due to a parable
found in the beliefs of the people.
● What?

9
● When this young player, beginning his career chose this particular
number, he jokingly remarked that he wanted them to symbolize four
balls and wanted to express what it means to have balls: strength and
determination.
● The Jewish community in his country was unhappy with the choice of
the number because they thought it represented HH for Heil Hitler,
which was in line with a notorious part of the history of this player’s
country.
● Which player? What number choice did he make?

10
● In baseball, the bats are subject to hard hitting (and most
often the anger of the player using it) leading to the bats
breaking or splintering.
● In Japan, where these bats are made out of a rare type of
wood known as the Aodamo wood from Hokkaido, people
are looking to convert these broken bats into something
useful rather than keeping them as memorabilia.
● What application do they find for it?

11
● This team’s owner while looking for a name for the
franchise wanted to indicate the fact that this city was the
meat capital of the world.
● Another claim suggests that the owner appreciated the
toughness of these creatures and considered naming the
team after the people who tame and kill these creatures in
a particular context.
● Which team?

12
● The Guardian, recently took a look at famous landmarks which can be
viewed from stadiums:
● The King Baudouin Stadium hosts the home games for a national side
which has been performing brilliantly with its golden age of players.
Which team?
● From this stadium, an architectural landmark designed by Andre
Waterkeyn along with Andre and Jean Polak for the World Fair which
took place in this city in 1958, can be seen. What monument?

13
● What moment from 2013 is being recreated by using
LEGOs?

ANSWER
● Andy Murray winning the 2013 Wimbledon

14
● In a sporting context, this term is used to refer to a situation
where an individual or a team has achieved far greater success
than what was expected from them.
● This term came into widespread usage in 1950, when the City
College of New York turned out to be unexpected Champions of
the NCAA Basketball Championship and a creation directly
related to the term for their glittering success, was released in
the same year.
● What is the term?

15
● The Immortal Game was a chess game played by Adolf
Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851 in London,
during a break of the first international tournament. The bold
sacrifices made by Anderssen to secure victory have made it
one of the most famous chess games of all time. Anderssen
gave up both rooks and a bishop, then his queen, checkmating
his opponent with his three remaining minor pieces.
● Where were these moves re-enacted in 1982?

16
● What is the inspiration behind this appearance of
Gunnersaurus in this comic by David Squires?

17
● This former cricketer, known for his amazing dismissal of
an Indian player during the 2007 World Cup, works as a
jailer in his country.
● The beefy spinner, also took the wicket of Kumar
Sangakkara and also features in the top five of an
unfavorable list for cricketers.
● Who? What list does he feature in?

ANSWER
● Dwayne Leverock, Heaviest cricketers

18
● Riyad Mahrez, after scoring the winning goal against
Tottenham Hotspurs pointed his fingers towards the
heaven as he celebrated.
● Demarai Gray removed his jersey unveiling a t-shirt which
carried an emotional tribute.
● What was the reason behind these celebrations?

19
● A study by the University of Nebraska found that performing this
particular action increases the balls velocity by 4 percent
without compromising a player’s oxygen consumption, heart
rate, or energy expenditure. This action also apparently
stabilizes the core, allowing extra force to travel through the
arms.
● More importantly, players who perform this action have an
advantage because this masks the sound of contact.
● What action are we talking about?

20
● The Lowry Hotel had a special guest check-in on the 1st of July 2016.
As the tenure of his stay extended, a certain section of the city’s
residents grew increasingly worried about this person’s future.
● A development that took place January 25, 2018 came as a lottery to
the hotel, since it would mean they’d have business worth 1.4m
pounds. But this cannot be considered a huge amount considering it
would be just enough to maintain this guest’s most prized asset for
around 7 an a half weeks.
● Who is was this guest?

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