The prelims of the Sports Quiz conducted as a part of the Fresher's Inferno on 6th August 2017 by Vinamra Rai and Siddhartha Srivastava.

1. Fresher’s Inferno 2017
Prelims
By: Vinamra Rai
Siddhartha Srivastava

2. Rules
● Every 5th question is starred and will be used to break ties if they occur.
● Please refrain from cheating.
● Two Teams with the highest score from each pool will qualify.

3. Question 1
Gallaudet University was among the first schools intended for
the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. In 1892,
Gallaudet University quarterback Paul D. Hubbard realized
that his hand signals could be read by opposing players, a
particular concern when Gallaudet played other schools for
the deaf. This lead him to invent what commonly seen
technique used across all sports?

4. Question 2
This man won 555 matches
consecutively, the longest
winning streak by any athlete in
top-level professional sports as
recorded by Guinness World
Records.
Simply write down which sport
he played.

5. Question 3
ICF-approved pieces must have a diameter of no more than
3.18 cm and no less than 3.02 cm. The pieces must be
between 7 and 9 mm thick.
The pieces have a plain, rounded edge. The mass of the
pieces must be between 5.0 and 5.5g.
What am I describing?

6. Question 4
X polo is a Mongolian variant of the sport polo. It is played on
X instead of on horseback.
Originally invented in the early 2000s as a tourist attraction,
the sport is as of 2006 reported to have attracted a modest
following in Mongolia.
What is X?

7. *Question 5
Identify the lady
next to Deepika
Karmakar.
Larger image in
next slide.

9. Question 6
X almost moved to Arsenal when he was at Malmo, and the
club even had a shirt made up with his name on the back, but
when Arsene Wenger wanted him to do a trial he said, "X
doesn't do auditions." and hence went on to play for that club.
Identify X.

10. Question 7
Robel Habte came last in 100m Freestyle Rio Olympics with a
time of 1:04:95, while the winner clocked a time of 47.58
seconds a good 17 seconds ahead. Although the Ethiopian
national record is 3 seconds faster than Habte's time but why
still was he given preference over national record holder?
Hint: It’s something very closely associated to Indian Politics.

11. Question 8
AnnMaria De Mars is the first woman from her country to win Gold at the World
Judo Championships, competing in the 56 kg weight class, during the 1984 World
Judo Tournament. Name her more famous daughter who has somewhat upstaged
her by winning a medal in Olympics.

12. Question 9
Who is the player blanked out? They
had beaten Lee Sedol in a widely
publicized match before this.
After the time this screenshot was
taken, they defeated Ke Jie, and
claimed the first rank, after which
they retired.
Larger unhelpful image on next
slide.

14. *Question 10
These are the Major League Baseball
Stats of a very famous baseball
player.
We however, know him in relation to
something that went viral in July-
August 2014.
Name both the player and the thing
that went viral. Part Points.
MLB statistics
Batting average .340
Hits 2,721
Home runs 493
Runs batted in 1,995

15. Question 11
The name of this house
gives a sport its name.
The game may have
originally developed among
expatriate officers in British
India, where it was very
popular by the 1870s
Identify the sport.

16. Question 12
Sometimes a batsman, whilst backing up, leaves the popping crease
before the bowler has actually delivered the ball. Where this has
happened, the bowler may attempt to run the non-striking batsman out in
accordance with the Laws of the game.
The most famous example of this method of dismissal involved X.
Thus, this method is named after X.
Name X.

17. Question 13
Interestingly, the first official record of this game is James II of
Scotland banning the game in 1457, as it was distracting
people from military training for the wars against the British.
The ban on the game was lifted in 1502 when the Treaty of
Glasgow was signed between the Scots and the British.
Which game is being talked about here?

18. Question 14
Simple Question.
This is the course
route for the
Athens Marathon.
If it ends at
Athens, where
does it start from?

20. *Question 15
While BS Chandrashekar was an exceptional bowler, BS
Chandrasekhar had minimal batting skills, finishing with a Test
average of 4.07. He was given a special Gray-Nicholls bat
during the 1977–78 Australian tour to commemorate the four
ducks he scored, including a king pair.
What was the special feature of the bat?

21. Question 16
is a game invented by and in which you
make the rules up as you go along. Rules cannot be used
twice (except for the rule that rules cannot be used twice).
No game is like another. The game may involve
wickets, mallets, volleyballs, and additional equipment as well
as masks.
FITB.

22. Question 17
In tennis, most service faults are awarded to the receiver.
Which is one of the only service faults that is awarded to the
server?

23. Question 18
The three weapons used in fencing are foil, epee and _____.
Unlike the foil and epee, with _____, hits from the entire blade
are valid. Coincidentally, this also applies for a light_____.
What am I talking about?

24. Question 19
This (real) person is said to have hit a 38 under par 34 with 5
hole in ones at this country’s only golf course in 2004. This
accomplishment is 28 shots under the current record. This feat
was witnessed by his 17 bodyguards.
He has also scored a perfect 300 in a game of bowling.
Who am I talking about?

25. *Question 20
In Sep 2015 at Zagreb, who became the first athlete in history
to run sub-10 seconds in a 100 metre race more than 100
times?