Barefoot U25 Sports Quiz

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
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?

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?

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?

Answer 1
Royal Calcutta Golf Club

Answer 2
Similarity to Rio Olympics logo

Answer 5
Wicket, from Wicked Gate

Answer
Olympia I & Leni Riefenstahl

Answer 14
Sailing (do not accept yachting)

Answer
555 – Streak of Jahangir Khan in squash
as well as opening partnership of Sutcliffe
and Holmes

Answer
Newcastle United & Sunderland FC

Answer 17
Otis Davis
Milkha Singh

Answer 19
Owner of Leicester City

Answer 21
Richard Kettleborough – Umpire of the
year for last 2 years

Answer 22
Holding Grand Slam wins in all 3 surfaces

Answer 23
Hopman Cup, named after Aussie Harry
Hopman

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?

Finals!
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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

4
On the following slide, you will find examples
of some of his work.
a) Who is he?
b) Why have we heard of him in the past few
months?

Answer
James Erskine
Director of “Sachin: A billion dreams”

5
Viktor Chizhikov, accused the designer of
the polar bear mascot for the 2014 Sochi
Olympics of plagiarism. Chizhikov noted that
it’s facial features were all taken from his
creation, saying "they just pumped him up
and made him fatter".
It was claimed to be the grand son of
Chizhikov’s creation.
What was Chizhikov ‘s creation?

Answer
Misha/Mishka.
Mascot of 1980 Moscow Olympics.

6
Along with Ice Hockey, members of the
Armed Forces in Kashmir are also part of
which sport? Although similar to ice
hockey, it does not use a puck, but instead
a ball. The goal size has dimensions
similar to a field hockey goal and has some
other minor differences. India took part in
this sport in the 2011 Asian Games.

7
“Being plagued with injury, and after undergoing
seven surgeries from 1992-1994, he was forced to
retire from his sport. However, he isn’t the type of
man to give in and, in a resolute response to his
specialist saying that he’d never represent his
country again, he went on to play basketball for
England and just missed out on an England Rugby
7s cap – yet more evidence of his ability to excel at
almost any discipline!”
Excerpt from the ABOUT section of whose
webpage? He is now a motivational speaker.

Answer
Derek Redmond (famous for injuring
himself in the sprint and later having his
father carry him to finish line)

8
On January 12th 1967, West Indies led by
Gary Sobers came to Chennai to play India
led by Pataudi. The start of the much
anticipated match though, was delayed
due to a crisis that didn't involve cricket.
The match was allowed to continue only
after an announcement was relayed across
the city and the stadium. What
announcement/What happened?

Answer
MGR was shot – and announcement was
that he was still alive

9
The Nazis believed that classical Greece
was the forerunner to the modern
German Reich movement and wanted to
emphasise their links together. Also
wanting to expand their influence in south
and central Europe, what tradition did
they start?

Answer
They started the Olympic Torch Relay.
Hence, the route started in Greece, and
passed through Austria and Hungary,
before entering Germany

10
Around 1650, Charles Kirby, a needle
maker by profession, invented what is
now known as the Kirby bent. This
invention, is still used today in both
sporting as well as non-sporting versions
of this activity. What did he invent?

Answer
Improved version of the fishing hook. His
was a distinctive shape of hook with the
offset point. This is widely used even today
and is called the Kirby bent

11
Probably non exhaustive - Connect

Answer
Olympians whose children are Pro Tennis
players
(Bubka Jr, Paes, Agassi)

12
In what large sporting equipment /
contraption / device/ structure would you
find a table, a vert, a transition, a flat, a
coping and an extension?

Answer
Half Pipe (used in X Games)

13
He was the first Indian to score a Test
century overseas, with 112 at Old Trafford
in 1936. He had a long career, starting in
1930 and continuing until 1963-64. In
between there were numerous Ranji Trophy
finals for Holkar, but just 11 Test
appearances. These were spread over almost
20 years and finished with India's first
victory, by an innings, over England at
Madras in 1951-52.
Identify this cricketer and how is he
immortalized by BCCI?

Answer
Syed Mushtaq Ali,
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - Domestic
Twenty20 cricket championship

14
There’s been a shocking increase in patient deaths
simply because empty hospital beds cannot be found
in time, or if found, the patient can’t be located. To
solve this program through efficient tracking and
matching, a GE Healthcare team worked with Mount
Sinai hospital in New York on a pilot programme
called AutoBed, which sought to solve this problem by
better managing Mount Sinai's beds. The result was a
research paper titled “Automated Bed Assignments in
a Complex and Dynamic Hospital Environment”. Co-
author of the paper, Dave Toledano’s words, "In a
typical hospital room - if you put a male in bed, you
need to put a male in a second bed, and it eventually
becomes a game of ______.
What is Dave comparing the problem to?

Answer
Home stadiums are all named after
owners of the team
Turner Field (Atlanta Braves), Wrigley
Field (Chicago Cubs), Jacobs Field
(Cleveland Indians), Busch Stadium (St.
Louis Cardinals), Kauffmann Stadium
(Kansas City Royals) , Pune Warriors (
Subrato Roy stadium )

16
The Billie Awards, named after legendary
tennis player Billie Jean King, honours
media excellence in the portrayal of girls
and women in sports and physical activity.
It is given in four categories -
breakthrough and innovation,
entertainment, journalism and
outstanding journalist. What won the
award in the entertainment category in
2008?

17
One major theory that these are present
was due to the geography and topography
in Scotland. The landscape was desolate
for large parts, and low-lying holes would
form. These were sheltered from the other
windswept areas and sheep would often go
to them, enlarging the size and robbing
them of grass.
What is this the explanation for?

Answer
Bunkers in Golf Courses

18
American bantamweight weightlifter
Charles Vinci set a world record and won
the gold during the 1956 Games. With
around fifteen minutes to go before the
final weigh-in, he found himself
overweight about 200 grams over the
weight limit. What did he do next, that
allowed him to qualify to participate in
time?

Answer
He cut off his hair, and reached the correct
weight!

19
At the Chicago Century of Progress fair in
1933-34, Katharine Curtis’s team, called
The Modern Mermaids, gave a much
heralded display to the audience. What
term was coined by Olympic gold winner
Norman Ross, to describe their
performance?

20
Jarno Sarinen was another famous Flying
Finn, known however in the field of
motorcycle racing and Moto GP. He died
racing at Monza along with Renzo Passolini
in 1973 and the crash coupled with a few
others over the next year led to a complete
ban of motorcycle racing at Monza till 1981.
His popularity can be seen with the number
of kids named Jarno in the 70s and 80's
(Jarno Trulli comes to mind) . what was his
everlasting legacy, something he developed -
that most of you would have seen?

Answer
he was the first person to use the hang off
style of racing/riding, with the knees close
to the ground while turning.

21
According to folklore, the city got its name
from a legend involving a mythical giant who
lived near the river Scheldt. He exacted a toll
from those crossing the river, and for those
who refused, he severed one of their hands
and threw it into the river. Eventually, the
giant was slain by a young hero named
Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and
flung it into the river. This legend was
immortalized in the medal given to athletes
for the Olympic Games. Which city is this?
(images next slide)

Answer
Antwerp. Its name comes from Ant
Werpen which means Hand throw in
Dutch.

22
Aussie Trenton Oldfield was allowed to
stay in UK in 2013 after spending six
months in jail for a 2012 incident and after
his appeal against deportation back to
Australia was won by him in the courts.
Which annual event did he famously
dangerously disrupt in 2012, to bring to
light the problems associated with
“elitism” and his protests against it?

Answer
Oxford – Cambridge Boat Race

23
Whose (first blank) website would you be
visiting if you read the following lines on one
of their pages? ID the second blank as well.
“The partnership between _____
and _________ dates back to 1978. This
date marks the beginning of a privileged
association between two partners driven by
the same pursuit of excellence and upholding
tradition.”

24
"To do a X" is a modern metaphor now sometimes
used in sports and otherwise to explain a sudden, last-
minute failure of teams or a sportsperson to complete
an expected victory. Its rise is from a 1956 event in
horse racing
. For example: “Manchester city won't do a X and lose
the title after beating Man Utd” or “Lewis Hamilton
surrendering the championship having led Kimi
Raikonnen by 17 points with just two races remaining
was a X calamity” . Another example occurred ahead of
the 2011 Irish election when Sean Gallagher’s
campaign came undone in the final television debate,
his fall from grace was another X moment.

Answer
Devon Loch: Devon Loch (was a racehorse that is
probably best remembered for his involvement in the
1956 Grand National, when owned by Queen
Elizabeth. Having won two races already that year and
finishing a good third-place at Cheltenham that
season, Devon Loch was well-fancied for the Grand
National, and his progress was helped when the
favourite and a previous winner fell early on. At the
race climax, with only ten horses still running, Devon
Loch was on the final stretch, in front of the royal box
just 40 yards from the winning post and with a five-
length lead, when he suddenly, and inexplicably,
jumped into the air and landed on his stomach,
allowing E.S.B.to overtake and win.

25
Connect the following four American
Football teams:
Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans,
Jacksonville Jaguars & Detroit Lions

Answer
Only teams to never make it to the SUPER
BOWL

26
JW Foster invented running spikes in 1895
and founded JW Fosters & Sons. His
grandsons, Joe and Jeff Foster, renamed it
with a name in a African dictionary; hence
the spelling. Which company, and where
was it founded in England?

Answer
Reebok, Bolton (therefore Bolton’s
stadium was called the REEBOK
STADIUM)

27
In 1976, Formula 1 came up with new regulations
to have a smaller frontal area, which would
reduce drag. Derek Gardner, Tyrell's chief
designer, developed the Tyrell P34 as a result. It
has become arguably one of the most recognized
designs in Formula 1 history.
It first ran in the Spanish Grand Prix, and had its
first major triumph when Jody Scheckter won the
Stockholm Grand Prix. After design flaws were
noticed, it was phased out after the next seasons.
What was unique about its design?

28
What distinction do the following three
racers share?

Answer
Only 3 people revealed as STIG in Top Gear
1 – Ben Collins
2 – Perry McCarthy
3 – Michael Schumacher

29
This expression meaning “to make the
grade” has a sporting origin. It originated
in the London Prize Ring Rules of 1839,
under which a round of a prize fight ended
when a fighter was knocked down. After a
30-second interval, he would be given
eight seconds to get to a mark in the
middle of the ring. If he failed he had not
_______ and was beaten. Fill in the
blank. (Not a one-word answer.)

30
Whose name have I
blanked out? (owner
from 1984-85)

31
Matt X was born on October 20, 1971 in
Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia. He is an
actor and producer, known for Ghost
Rider (2007),Salute(2008) and The
Writer (2005). He has been married to
Rebecca X, who has also acted in these
movies. However, he is also famous for
being the nephew of an famous Australian
sportsperson, after whom he made on of
his movies. Who/last name?

Answer
Peter Norman - Salute is based on the
Black Power Salute of 1968

32
Between which two teams is the trophy
named after India's first bowler to take 5
wickets in a test innings played between?
And name the bowler while you’re at it.

Answer
The trophy named after Mohammad
Nissar is a 1 match First Class game played
between the winners of Ranji Trophy and
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the premier FC
tournaments in India and Pakistan.

Answer
WW II ace Erwin Rommel and Pakistan’s
Saeed Anwar – both nicknamed Desert
Fox

34
X played in the capacity of vice-captain in the 1948
Olympic Games. He was the captain of the Indian
team at 1952 Helsinki Olympics Games. The
Indian team won a gold medal on both occasions.
X was a member of numerous organizations that
include All India Council of Sports, Railway Board,
Rifle Association of India and Wild Life Protection
Committee of Uttar Pradesh. On March 27, 1978,
he died of a gunshot wound from his own weapon.
He had committed suicide owing to being plagued
by personal problems.
Who is this sporting legend?

35
Last year, it shot in to controversy with the
National Geophysical Research Institute
stating that what was valued at close to Rs 3
lakh in 1988 was now worth just Rs 70000,
suggesting that someone had swapped the
original and replaced it with an inferior
trophy. The cup was given to the winner of
one of India’s oldest tournaments and was
donated in the 1930s. The tournament
though was first held in 1911. The trophy
itself was a valued possession(made of 24
carat gold). Which trophy?

36
Vic Darchinyan is an Armenian Australian
professional boxer and former three-division
world champion, having won eight titles in
three different weight classes.
Another Australian has taken on world
flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan in a
promotional bout in Sydney back in 2006.
About the bout, Darchinyan said “He can
hold a punch. I did not go very hard because
he is not a boxer, but he is fit, I can see.”
Whom did he fight?

37
This phrase appears frequently in
drama/literature and is as much a stock device of a
stage highwayman, as a parrot and peg leg are for
a stage pirate.
It isn't an invention of literature though and has a
basis in historical fact. It must have been well-
established in the language by 1714, as Alexander
Smith included it then in his reference work “The
history of the lives of the most noted highwaymen”
for a kind of action that doesn’t involve much
movement, yet achieved the desired result. What
three word phrase, a commentators favorite to
sometimes help describe a way a batsman plays?

38
John Andrew Henderson & Co.is credited
with the first succesful attempt of the
flower Clematis hybridising in 1835. As it
produced some of the best pineapples in
the land, the company was renamed to
Pine Apple Place Nursery. A three and a
half acre plot, it also produced some of the
best tulips in England. How has it been
immortalized?

Answer
MCC bought this place in 1887 and this is
why Nursery End at Lord’s is named so.

39
It makes a biblical appearance in the Gospel
of St Matthew. The parable goes –A man
sows his field with good wheat. In the night,
the man’s enemy sows the field with darnel, a
variety of the plant, which attacks wheat like
a weed.
We however see it as a blend of two varieties
Aberelf and Aberimp.
Where do we see this member of the plant
kingdom and identify the specific plant?

Answer
Grass at wimbledon, Ryegrass

40
The 2011 Canadian GP, which took place
on June 12th, created 3 notable records,
at the end of which Jenson Button won
the race. One of the records was Button
taking six pit stops to win the race (the
most by any F1 race winner). What were
the other two records broken during the
course of the GP?

Answer
Most number of times Safety car deployed
(six times)
Longest race – 4 hours and 4 minutes

41
This person was the first
to achieve something, in
1930. Nobody else has
managed to do it (the
achievements’
constituents have
changed since then),
though a few have done it
in another sport. Who?
What achievement?

Answer
This is Bobby Jones, who won a “Grand
Slam” for the first time, in golf, by
winning all the 4 major trophies at that
time : The US Open, British Open, the US
Amateur and the British Amateur
championships. Today of course its the US
Open, British Open, Augusta Masters and
the PGA Championship. Nobody else has
achieved it in golf.

The last question:
There are five more quizzes coming up:
Up next: the WAGS-FAD quiz
After: The Olympics Quiz
Tomorrow: Football Quiz, Cricket Quiz,
Sports Quiz
Thank you all!

42
In ice hockey, what two-word term is used
to describe the situation where one team
gets a player sent off for a foul, and the
other team holds a numerical advantage?
The term is used in cricket as well, in the
post 2000s era.

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