A set on cheating in sports, conducted in JQEQ WhatsApp group.

1. Hariharan Sivakumar

2. Shocked by the ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary The
Price of Gold, a Brooklyn based pair Matt Harkins and
Viviana Olen raised a few thousand dollars on
Kickstarter to start THNK1994 museum in their
apartment hallway.
They collected artifacts, original works of art, and
video installations, now also produces pop-ups in the
same theme.
What is the theme of this museum?

6. The square shape of the logo background represents
the customs and the rules that define sport. The
colour black evokes neutrality and is the traditional
colour of the referee. The equal sign expresses equity
and fairness. The colour green evokes health and the
field of play.
The “play true” tagline encapsulates core value of the
organization.
This is said to be the meaning behind the logo of
which organization?

8. For the 2009 President’s trophy Nazim Mohammed
was selected to play for L&DCC side as a lead bowler.
While Nazim bowled, when his time came to bat, his
twin brother Zahid (who was not selected to play)
stepped out in his place.
Which evident, opposite characteristic of the identical
twin brothers created suspicion among the
opponents?

10. Tunisian Pentathlon team created the biggest
headlines in 1960 Rome Olympics. Following their
miserable performances in other events, they decided
to sneak the same athlete thrice in all of their three
appearances – presumably thinking their costume
would stop people from noticing.
This devious act in which discipline led to the team
being disqualified from the competition?

12. A.C.R. Messina is a Sicily based Italian football team
that currently plays in Serie D.
After losing their derby against Reggina 3-0 in their
last match of 2005-06 season, they looked to be
mathematically relegated from the top division with
mere 31 points.
Despite finishing the league at 18th spot (a relegation
position), why they were not relegated to Serie B in
the following 2006-07 season?

14. Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is a 2008 documentary
film directed by Christopher Bell, about the use of
illegal substance by athletes in the United States
and how this practice relates to the America’s win-
at-all-cost culture.
What does the asterisk in the title indicate?

16. Grand Tournament is a Sumo Wrestling tournament in
Japan, in which all wrestlers compete in 15 matches and
face demotion if they didn’t win at least eight. Since the
community is very close-knit and wrestlers know each
other well, they fix matches in the fag end of the
tournament to keep their fellow wrestlers in the top
league.
This practice had been mentioned as an example
somewhere in 2005 to demonstrate the use of economic
theory, leading to cancellation of this event for the first
time since 1946.
What in 2005 took this match fixing scandal to headlines?

18. Nearly 30% of participants in Paralympics, especially
athletes with spinal cord injuries, undergo a process
called Boosting where they artificially induce
themselves into a medical emergency called
autonomic dysreflexia.
Considered to be extremely dangerous, this has been
banned by IOC.
How do they induce such a medical condition?
How this helps the athletes in achieving better
performances?

20. a) Whose jersey number
is this (5+0)?
b) What is the reason
behind such a strange
jersey number?

22. Bryan Forgel got the idea for this project in mid-2013
following the aftermath of an infamous confession.
“You can fly and you can have wings, but just don’t
keep pushing the boundaries. If you do, you’re going
to get too close to the sun. Your wings are going to
burn or melt, and you’re going to plummet to the
earth.” Forgel felt this was the story of not only the
confessor but everyone ever involved in such a
practice and hence chose the title.
Which project? Who is the confessor?

24. In the Grenoble Olympics of 1968, competitors were
suspicious of the East German luge team, who would
arrive moments before their event and leave straight
afterwards, and posted quick times in between.
Two of their sleighers were in the gold and silver
medal positions when a technical delegate inspected
the runners on their sleds.
To quicken their pace, they found a way to reduce
friction between the luge blades and ice. What did
they do?

26. Tony Esposito, who is considered to be one of the
greatest ever to play the game, used to sew a
piece of 12*6 inch mesh between his pants during
the 1969 NHL season. Due to the unfair advantage
this gave to his team, it was later made illegal and
banned from the sport.
How this net gave him an unfair advantage?

28. The men’s javelin throw at the 1980 Moscow Olympics
is considered to be a controversial event in which
Soviet athletes Dainis Kula and Aleksandr Makarov
won gold and silver, whereas East German’s Wolfgang
Hanisch ended up with bronze.
It’s widely believed that Soviet officials took advantage
of the stadium design behind the javelin sector layout
to favour their own athletes.
What did they do to aid Soviet throws?

30. American point guard DJ Cooper was asked to do
the dope test so that he could join the Bosnian
national team as a neutralized player in 2019.
Instead of submitting his urine sample, he
submitted his girl friend’s leading to FIBA handing
him a two-year suspension for committing fraud in
doping test.
How did FIBA found out that he submitted his
girlfriend’s urine sample?

32. Fannie de Villiers is a retired South African
cricketer who played international cricket in
1990’s.
While working as a commentator few years ago,
he tipped off Sky Sports cameraman Zotani Oscar
to have a closer look on the game because he
couldn’t believe something happening in the
game as soon as in the 25th over.
What did this led to?