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Barefoot U25 Sports Quiz

The document contains the rules and questions for the Barefoot Quiz Festival Sports Quiz for under-25s held on June 11, 2016 in Kolkata, India. It includes 25 multiple choice questions across a variety of sports topics, with questions about cricket, chess, football/soccer, Olympics, and more. Scores will be tallied and the top 8 will qualify for the finals.

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Barefoot Quiz Festival Sports Quiz (U25) Sreshth Shah June 11, 2016 Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata
Acknowledgments: Divyanshu Gandhi Rithwik K Abhi Bhattacharjee
Rules 1. Remember the eligibility criteria! 2. 25 Questions, 5 thru 14 are starred 3. Highest 8 scores qualify to the finals
1 It was known by its 3 word name, before one word was added as a prefix to its name when King George V and Queen Mary conferred the title _____ to it during their visit here in 1911. Its current location is actually its third location since its inception and is their website calls themselves the home of a particular sport in India. What am I talking about?
2 The Telluride Foundation, based out of Colorado is a multi-venture organization which has come under the sporting radar in the recent past, due to what reason?
3 1998–00: 0 wins, 6 losses, 0 jigos 2000–02: 55 wins, 29 losses, 0 jigos 2002–04: 67 wins, 32 losses, 0 jigos 2004–06: 64 wins, 23 losses, 0 jigos 2006–08: 122 wins, 52 losses, 0 jigos 2008–09: 72 wins, 23 losses, 0 jigos 2009–10: 74 wins, 14 losses, 0 jigos 2010–11: 18 wins, 5 losses, 0 jigos 2014-16: 67 wins, 4 losses, o jigos a)Who’s career record is this? b)Who did he lose to in the highlighted portion?
4 The earliest recorded reference to this sport was found in Someshvara Chalukya's classic Manasollasa. Although known to have been practiced in medieval Maharashtra and Hyderabad, the sport didn't become visible in practice and in record until the 18th century when it was revived by Balambhatdada Deodhar, the fitness instructor of Peshwa Baji Rao II during the reign of the Peshwas. Identify the sport.
5 The ______ ____ is an important feature in John Bunyan's 17th century novel The Pilgrim's Progress. As the first stage of the journey of Christian to the Celestial City, it is the entrance to the King's Highway. What one word term owes its origin to this feature?
6 After whom are the following moves named in the following three categories: - Uneven bars: Uprise/clear hip to handstand, half turn to L or mixed L grip - Balance beam: Jump forward with 1/2 twist to back pike salto - Floor exercise: Split leap with a full turn to land in a split
7 The team’s weird spelling comes from the fact that it is spelt like that in French. It is the longest continuously operating professional team worldwide in this sport. It is also the most successful team in the history of the sport. Which team is this?
8 Identify the 1938 film & its director.
9 He was once ranked among the world's top 50 contract bridge players, and played in an exhibition match before the Shah of Iran. With Charles Goren, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. He was also both author and co-author of several books on bridge and licensed his name to a bridge video game; initially released in an MS-DOS version and Amiga version in 1992, the game is still sold in Windows and mobile platform versions. Who?
10 David Attenborough was a top official in the BBC in the 1960s. He was looking to start a new show to demonstrate the superior aspects of color TV technology. He found a particular sport ideal for this purpose. This sport was languishing in obscurity at that point, but with the launch of this show, its popularity exploded. By 1985, it had the biggest TV audience for a sporting event in Britain. Which sport did he choose?
11 She won a bronze medal in the French National Aquatic Championships when she was just 15-years-old, in 1971. “Synchronized swimming might also have more in common with politics than you think. It was synchronized swimming that taught me: Grit your teeth and smile” – she said. Rare pictures in the next slide, who is this person?
12 City of London Police has dominated this sport in the Olympics – having won gold in 1908 (London), silver in 1912 (Stockholm) and regaining gold in 1920 (Antwerp), when the GB team in this sport comprised only of members from the force. In 1908 – when they first took part and won, GB team 2 (Liverpool Police) got silver and GB team 3 (Metropolitan Police) got bronze. Which sport?
13 In which sport do teams have to try and come close to the house? The sport gets its name from a particular equipment’s motion.
14 In which olympic sport (one accepted answer) would you use the terms – reefing and furling?
15 - Connect
16 Which two football teams play in the Tyne-Wear derby?
17 The finals of this Olympic event saw the top 4 participants shatter the previous olympic record. It needed the help of the automatic timing imager to decide the winner (one of the earliest example of using a photo finish technology to decide a result). The photo finish was iconic and featured on the cover of Life Magazine few months later. Name any of the participants in the event.
18 The 2017 edition of which sports tournament will be held at Maputo, Mozambique? The first edition was held in Macau.
19 In his spare time he is an avid polo player and owns the VR Polo Club in Bangkok. He was also the president of Ham PoloClub in London between 2008 and 2012. Till 2013 his last name was Raksriaksorn before the King of his country bestowed him with the honorary title, seventeen letters long, which means light of progressive glory. Presence of his company can be seen in airports around the world. What’s his sporting connection?
20 Who?
21 The person in the picture bowled for hours to Sachin in the nets when Sachin played for Yorkshire. Since then he has always maintained a close friendship with Sachin. Identify him.
22 Post the shifting of the location of the US open from Forrest Hill to Flushing Meadows, there was another change involved which gave Jimmy Connors, a rather peculiar yet amazing achievement, post him winning the title in 1978. Chris Evert only got a partial achievement after she won in 1978. What achievement is this, something on the lines of a career grand slam?
23 List of most successful countries in which event? The event now acts as a precursor- it was named in honour of someone who led his country to 15 wins in his sport between 1938 to 1969.
24 According to the WSJ, “the most misspelt name in sports is this guy. In fact his name isn’t very complicated. It’s just that the "y" goes before the "a” in his first name and people get that bit messed up. Ever since articles started appearing about a high-scoring kid from Illinois's Richards High School, there have been 6,480 stories that erroneously spelled his first name wrong. That represents 4.3% of all the articles on Factiva that have mentioned the star—the highest percentage in our sample.” Who is this now fading, once superstar?
25 The word X comes from the French word meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small roman coin. It originally meant the side of dice with only one mark. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' . But X was often used in a different context and slowly its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied more generally as a person proficient in their field, especially a sporting field. Whats the good word?
Answers!
1 It was known by its 3 word name, before one word was added as a prefix to its name when King George V and Queen Mary conferred the title _____ to it during their visit here in 1911. Its current location is actually its third location since its inception and is their website calls themselves the home of a particular sport in India. What am I talking about?
Answer 1 Royal Calcutta Golf Club
2 The Telluride Foundation, based out of Colorado is a multi-venture organization which has come under the sporting radar in the recent past, due to what reason?
Answer 2 Similarity to Rio Olympics logo
3 1998–00: 0 wins, 6 losses, 0 jigos 2000–02: 55 wins, 29 losses, 0 jigos 2002–04: 67 wins, 32 losses, 0 jigos 2004–06: 64 wins, 23 losses, 0 jigos 2006–08: 122 wins, 52 losses, 0 jigos 2008–09: 72 wins, 23 losses, 0 jigos 2009–10: 74 wins, 14 losses, 0 jigos 2010–11: 18 wins, 5 losses, 0 jigos 2014-16: 67 wins, 4 losses, o jigos a)Who’s career record is this? b)Who did he lose to in the highlighted portion?
Answer 3 Lee Sedol AlphaGo
4 The earliest recorded reference to this sport was found in Someshvara Chalukya's classic Manasollasa. Although known to have been practiced in medieval Maharashtra and Hyderabad, the sport didn't become visible in practice and in record until the 18th century when it was revived by Balambhatdada Deodhar, the fitness instructor of Peshwa Baji Rao II during the reign of the Peshwas. Identify the sport.
Answer 4 Mallakhamba
5 The ______ ____ is an important feature in John Bunyan's 17th century novel The Pilgrim's Progress. As the first stage of the journey of Christian to the Celestial City, it is the entrance to the King's Highway. What one word term owes its origin to this feature?
Answer 5 Wicket, from Wicked Gate
6 After whom are the following moves named in the following three categories: - Uneven bars: Uprise/clear hip to handstand, half turn to L or mixed L grip - Balance beam: Jump forward with 1/2 twist to back pike salto - Floor exercise: Split leap with a full turn to land in a split
Answer 6 Produnova
7 The team’s weird spelling comes from the fact that it is spelt like that in French. It is the longest continuously operating professional team worldwide in this sport. It is also the most successful team in the history of the sport. Which team is this?
Answer 7 Montreal Canadiens
8 Identify the 1938 film & its director.
Answer Olympia I & Leni Riefenstahl
9 He was once ranked among the world's top 50 contract bridge players, and played in an exhibition match before the Shah of Iran. With Charles Goren, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. He was also both author and co-author of several books on bridge and licensed his name to a bridge video game; initially released in an MS-DOS version and Amiga version in 1992, the game is still sold in Windows and mobile platform versions. Who?
Answer 9 Omar Sharif
10 David Attenborough was a top official in the BBC in the 1960s. He was looking to start a new show to demonstrate the superior aspects of color TV technology. He found a particular sport ideal for this purpose. This sport was languishing in obscurity at that point, but with the launch of this show, its popularity exploded. By 1985, it had the biggest TV audience for a sporting event in Britain. Which sport did he choose?
Answer 10 Snooker
11 She won a bronze medal in the French National Aquatic Championships when she was just 15-years-old, in 1971. “Synchronized swimming might also have more in common with politics than you think. It was synchronized swimming that taught me: Grit your teeth and smile” – she said. Rare pictures in the next slide, who is this person?
Answer 11 Christine Lagarde
12 City of London Police has dominated this sport in the Olympics – having won gold in 1908 (London), silver in 1912 (Stockholm) and regaining gold in 1920 (Antwerp), when the GB team in this sport comprised only of members from the force. In 1908 – when they first took part and won, GB team 2 (Liverpool Police) got silver and GB team 3 (Metropolitan Police) got bronze. Which sport?
Answer 12 Tug of War
13 In which sport do teams have to try and come close to the house? The sport gets its name from a particular equipment’s motion.
Answer 13 Curling
14 In which olympic sport (one accepted answer) would you use the terms – reefing and furling?
Answer 14 Sailing (do not accept yachting)
15 - Connect
Answer 555 – Streak of Jahangir Khan in squash as well as opening partnership of Sutcliffe and Holmes
16 Which two football teams play in the Tyne-Wear derby?
Answer Newcastle United & Sunderland FC
17 The finals of this Olympic event saw the top 4 participants shatter the previous olympic record. It needed the help of the automatic timing imager to decide the winner (one of the earliest example of using a photo finish technology to decide a result). The photo finish was iconic and featured on the cover of Life Magazine few months later. Name any of the participants in the event.
Answer 17 Otis Davis Milkha Singh
18 The 2017 edition of which sports tournament will be held at Maputo, Mozambique? The first edition was held in Macau.
Answer 18 Lusophonic Games
19 In his spare time he is an avid polo player and owns the VR Polo Club in Bangkok. He was also the president of Ham PoloClub in London between 2008 and 2012. Till 2013 his last name was Raksriaksorn before the King of his country bestowed him with the honorary title, seventeen letters long, which means light of progressive glory. Presence of his company can be seen in airports around the world. What’s his sporting connection?
Answer 19 Owner of Leicester City
20 Who?
Answer 20 Tom Brady
21 The person in the picture bowled for hours to Sachin in the nets when Sachin played for Yorkshire. Since then he has always maintained a close friendship with Sachin. Identify him.
Answer 21 Richard Kettleborough – Umpire of the year for last 2 years
22 Post the shifting of the location of the US open from Forrest Hill to Flushing Meadows, there was another change involved which gave Jimmy Connors, a rather peculiar yet amazing achievement, post him winning the title in 1978. Chris Evert only got a partial achievement after she won in 1978. What achievement is this, something on the lines of a career grand slam?
Answer 22 Holding Grand Slam wins in all 3 surfaces
23 List of most successful countries in which event? The event now acts as a precursor- it was named in honour of someone who led his country to 15 wins in his sport between 1938 to 1969.
Answer 23 Hopman Cup, named after Aussie Harry Hopman
24 According to the WSJ, “the most misspelt name in sports is this guy. In fact his name isn’t very complicated. It’s just that the "y" goes before the "a” in his first name and people get that bit messed up. Ever since articles started appearing about a high-scoring kid from Illinois's Richards High School, there have been 6,480 stories that erroneously spelled his first name wrong. That represents 4.3% of all the articles on Factiva that have mentioned the star—the highest percentage in our sample.” Who is this now fading, once superstar?
Answer 24 Dwyane Wade
25 The word X comes from the French word meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small roman coin. It originally meant the side of dice with only one mark. Since this was the lowest roll of the die, it traditionally meant 'bad luck' . But X was often used in a different context and slowly its meaning has since changed to mean 'high-quality, excellence'. This connotation has seen the word applied more generally as a person proficient in their field, especially a sporting field. What’s the good word?
Answer 25 Ace
Finals! 42 Questions (21 clockwise + 21 anticlockwise, +10) Limited Pounce of 15 Questions throughout the quiz (+10/-5) Stake opportunity during Bounce (+5 extra/-5): please say stake before answering on bounce *we encourage fair and silent quizzing: you will not be allowed to take your pounce back if I hear anything loudly that suggests you are pouncing or I see you raise your hand*
1 This is Geoffrey Greenidge – he played 5 tests for West Indies and First Class cricket for Barbados and Sussex. With respect to Test Match cricket, what distinction of lasts does he have to his credit?
Answer Last fair skinned cricketer to play for West Indies
2 Reflecting on the incident later in life, he said, “I played 18 years in top football and seventeen times for Sweden but that moment against him was the proudest moment of my career. I thought I'd win the ball for sure, but he tricked me. I was not humiliated. I had no chance. He was a genius” a)Who’s the speaker? b) What is he talking about?
Answer a) Jan Ollson (Sweden) b) The Cryuff Turn
3 This city has become a hotspot for those inclined towards the arts, thanks to a 1997 structure. Seven years later, to celebrate the local football team’s centenary year, artist Dario Urzay was asked to design the team jersey. It wasn’t liked by most, some calling it the ugliest jersey at the time. Artist Urzay deflected the blame saying he was inspired by the creator of that same 1997 structure. Whose works was Urzay inspired from, also the creator of the 1997 structure and identify the team.
Answer Frank Gehry (designer of the Guggenheim, Bilbao in 1997) and Atletico Bilbao