Sports Quiz conducted at the V Quiz meet at Trivandrum on 21 October 2017.

1. V QUIZ TRIVANDRUM
'There is only V in a Team'
SPORTS QUIZ
SHIBIN AZAD
21 OCTOBER 2017

2.  1)Gustavo Vargas, one of the founders of the company
had served as a pilot to Evo Morales. Miguel Quiroga who
was flying the plane was also a stakeholder for the flight
charter company ‘LaMia’. As per a report, he wanted to
save on the fuel and did not refuel properly which led to
the tragedy. Which tragedy am I talking about?

4.  2) He is a seven-time NBA
champion, winning three with
the Chicago Bulls and two with
the San Antonio Spurs as a player,
and two with the Warriors as a
head coach. Kerr has the highest
career three-point percentage
(45.4%) for any player with at least
250 three pointers made in NBA
history. He became the first rookie
coach to win a championship
since Pat Riley in the 1982 NBA
Finals. Identify him and the team
that he currently is the head coach
of.

5.  Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors

6.  3) Nicknamed El Chino ("The Chinese") and El zurdo
de Vitacura ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the
first Latin American player to reach the top position on
the ATP singles rankings in 1998. He achieved this
distinction without having won a Grand Slam singles
tournament and as of now, is the only male player to have
held the No.1 ranking and not won a grand slam. Who is
the player in question?

7.  Marcelo Rios

8.  4) The Currywurst is sold in Volkswagen factories located in US,
China and India as well. The dish is very popular among the fans
of a certain football club due to its connections with Volkswagen.
Identify the club.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3jT6K0kI3E

10.  5) Identify the sport being played. It literally means “Coconut
Snatcher” in the local language.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHjEQSYofoY

11.  Yubi Lakpi

12.  6) The recent success of the national football team is
attributed to the fact that they now have access to a
football field throughout the year. They achieved this by
using geothermal energy to heat the field. They recently
became the smallest nation to qualify for the finals of the
FIFA World Cup. Which country is this?

13.  Iceland

14.  7) Global Association of International Sports Federation(GAISF)
writes on its website, “X Sports requires great physical and mental
exertion, strength and endurance are required to lift, hold and
spin the body. A high degree of flexibility is needed to contort,
pose, demonstrate lines and execute techniques.”
 Which activity’s governing body was granted the ‘observer status’
as a sport by GAISF?

16.  8) Eddie Hall has become the first Briton in 24 years to be
crowned the World’s Strongest Man as he beat runner-up
Hafthor Julius Bjornsson in May 2017. Hall, who is nicknamed
The Beast – made history by winning the competition in
Botswana. Bjornsson has never won the competition despite
finishing as runner up three times and third place a further
three times. How do we better know Bjornsson?

18.  9) Identify the film based on
the youngest girl to climb
Mount Everest at 13 years
and 11 months. Her
surname means
“filled/fulfilled/fullness”

20.  10) What is the latest mandatory safety addition in Formula 1 cars
from next year called? It can be seen around the sun or moon and
is usually caused by refraction through ice crystals in the
atmosphere.

21.  Halo

22.  11) What is the name of the fitness test shown in the
video? It is also the name of a toy consisting of
an axle connected to two disks, and a string looped
around the axle.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwYx62e2VJI

24.  12) Esteghlal FC is one of the most successful Asian Clubs
based out of Iran. It was formed in 1945 and took its present
name after the Iranian Revolution and the name means
“independence”. Inspired by this club, another club was
started in 2007 in Dushanbe. Why is this club in news in India?

26.  13) West Block Blues is the name by which the supporters of
this club are known. They are named after the parking
position in their home stadium, which the fans themselves
imaginatively calls “The Fortress”. Which club is this?

28.  14) One of the first instance of
sportspersons featuring in ads in
India was in 1938 when two
Mohammedan Sporting players-
Noor Mohammed and Jumma Khan
featured in an ad for the Indian Tea
Market Expansion Board. The first
cricketer to feature in an
advertisement was when the player
shown in the picture endorsed
“Bathgate Liver Tonic” in 1941.
Identify

29.  Col. CK Nayudu

30.  Anti-Clockwise

31.  1) Ryder cup captains of Europe and USA recreated an iconic
moment from 41 years ago when the legendary Arnold Palmer hit
a drive off this place. From where did they hit the drive?

34.  2) Which recently started league are these teams a part of?
 Gujarat Kings, Chennai Strikers, Hyderabad Hustlers, Bengaluru
Buddies and Delhi Dons

36.  3) In 1955, Emmett Till—a 14-year-old African-American visiting
Mississippi from Chicago—was murdered after whistling at a white
woman. A 13 year old boy was shown Till’s pictures by his father to
remind him what happened to an innocent black person, an innocent
child, whose only crime is the color of his skin. Only money and lots of
it- could win black people the respect of white America. He then
became obsessed over two things-his body and attention. He
exercised constantly by racing the school bus and swore off anything
that hurt his health.
 Who was this boy?

38.  4) Explain the title of the book.

39.  Australia defeating American Samoa by 31-0

40.  5) Why was the club named 1904?

41.  S, the 19th letter of the alphabet, paired with D, the 4th
letter, making 1904 an iconic name for San Diego soccer

42. 6) He was born in United Punjab's Narwana town in 1940 and played
his first Ranji Trophy game for South Punjab in 1958-59. He also
represented Delhi and Haryana. His tally of 640 wickets in 123 games
at 17.15 in Ranji games is a record unlikely to be broken. Identify him.

43.  Rajinder Goel

44.  7) This happens when the ball stays in its own pitch mark, leaving
it in a crater. Due to its resemblance to a breakfast item, what is it
popularly called?

45.  Fried Egg

46.  8) She has been the Women's World Chess Champion three times,
the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female
player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster and is the third
woman ever to be rated among the world's top 100 players,
after Maia Chiburdanidze and Judit Polgár. She lost her Women’s
title in Chess only because she declined to defend it. She held
Carlsen to a draw in April 2017 as well. Identify.

47.  Hou Yifan

48.  9) What is this alter-ego of Calvin called? His name was often
repeated in the cricket commentary circles for quite some time
till July 15, 2017.

49.  Tracer Bullet

50.  10) Echo Fox, a professional started by former 3 NBA player and 3
time champion Rick Fox was recently acquired by New York
Yankees. This is not the first deal of its kind. 76ers have invested
in Team Dignitas. What field is Echo Fox active in?

51.  E-Sports

52.  11) Identify the occasion

53.  Launch of the film ‘83

54.  12) The word is used in Russia to describe a team when
they play with creativity and flair. The red design
represents the design of a Russian Ruby and the
metaphorical jewel of the game. What is the word?

56.  13) Hodder and Soughton is a trade name of Hachette. In 2014, they
published a book which entered the Limca Book of Records for
being the best selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-
fiction categories. In India, it broke the record set by Walter
Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs for being the most pre-ordered
book in its genre. Which book did they publish?

58.  14) From 1947 onwards, East Bengal under their efficient
secretary Jyotish Chandra Guha, built a formidable team
with outstation recruits. All their five forwards were from
South India-P Venkatesh, Appa Rao, PB Saleh of Kerala,
Ahmad Khan and KP Dhanraj. How were they known
amongst the fans?

59.  Pancha Pandavas