18 questions sports quiz with answers

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• Players of the game of Go often use jargon to describe situations on
the board and surrounding the game. Many of these technical terms
have been borrowed from Japanese, mostly when no short
equivalent English term could be found. So, there exists a truly
inspired and original move, which balances startergy and tactics to
turn a losing game into a winning one. Considered to be singular,
this move is of such rarity that a full time Go player might play a
single such move in a lifetime. The term comes from the Japanese
word Kami no ltte and an example of such a divine move is found in
the Game 4 of a match between Leo Sedol Vs Alpha Go.
• What sporty nickname does this move has, which is considered as
some sort of symbolic revenge against the English in the Falklands
War?
Q1
Quiz De Mela 2020 || FAIRPLAY – The Sports Quiz

• And the answer is...

• THE HAND OF GOD!!!

• At the age of 15, Fanny Sunesson won the Swedish Mother
and Daughter Championship in 1986, that triggered her
interest to make a career in this sport. The same year, she
decided to get an insight, and thus started her career as a
volunteer but, later was able to persuade Jaime Gonzalez and
has never looked back since. She soon joined Howard Clark
during the 1980s before Nick Faldo asked her to join up with
him at the end of 1989. It was with Sunesson, that Faldo
reached the peak of his career within a period of nine years.
Sunesson, is the first woman to have won a major and the
only female inductee in the Hall of fame of this particular field.
• What sporting career had she chosen for herself?
Q2

• Caddy

• Founded in 1871 by William Russell in Connecticut, this company was a
renamed branch of the Olds Baking Company. Located on the Kossuth
street, where nearby schoolchildren played around and yelled _______
to alert others to avoid it, this company was one of the principal food
suppliers to the Yale university.
• Having associations with some vague “skilled person” theory of origin,
the name of this company was picked up and commercialized by
Wham-O, after a spelling amendment to avoid trademark infringement
to endorse their product, that carries a U.S. Design Patent D183,626.
• What product/item are we talking about that traces its origins from a
fun activity that captured the attention of the Morrison Couple after a
Thanksgiving Day Dinner in 1937?
Q3

• Frisbee

• 7 June 1975 can be considered as one of the most mesmerizing days in
the field of cricket as it witnessed an impeccable series of
achievements/feats/first instances, listed as follows :
1. On this day, at Lord’s the first match of Prudential World Cup was
played.
2. This match witnessed a smashing innings of Dennis Amiss, who
scored 137 runs in just 147 balls, thus initiating his record and making
him the first ever batsman to achieve a certain feat.
3. It was also the first time that a team would score 300 or more runs
in an ODI match.
• Moreover, X, a West Indian Cricketer who was awarded Wisden
Cricketer of the Year in 1991 is the only known person apart from
Amiss to have achieved this feat.
• Who and What feat?
Q4

• Desmond Haynes
• Only players in ODI cricket to have
scored a century in both their debut
and last match.

• In 2006, Patrick Ferrari, team Coach of the local Swiss club FC
Echichens, who had no relations to this player’s eponymous
employers, told the Swiss newspaper Blick : “We hope that he’ll
help save us from relegation” as the team was languishing at the
bottom of their regional third division league. This player
apparently turned down the chance to make his UEFA
Champions League debut by refusing to play for San Marino
champions SS Murata. However, in 2008 the Swiss Football
Association appointed this long-time resident as the country’s
ambassador for the 2008 UEFA Championship.
• Identify this player.
Q5

• Michael Schumacher

• Barbara Kingslover’s 1998 novel ‘The Poisonwood Bible’, is a
best-selling novel about a missionary family, the Prices, who in
1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of
Kilanga. As the story unfolds, there are certain segments
which signify the usage of a particular place that was initially
named after King Baudouin in 1952 by a ‘monster’ to subdue
the protestors. Having a maximum capacity of 80,000, he
used the underground chambers as prisons but at the same
time, to gain international recognition and legitimacy, used
the upper portion for a specific purpose.
• If a myriad of political prisoners were locked downstairs, what
was happening above?
Q6

• Rumble in the Jungle

• The story began in 1998 when the Danish Handball player,
SØren Rasmussen, conceived an idea while brainstorming
new travel opportunites. Although the idea seemed too
exclusive and unrealistic, Søren along with Thomas Thomsen
and Peter Fredberg with some help from the founder of
Culturestone Events, identified the ideal location for the
activity.
• Organised by Søren’s travel agency Albatros Travels every
year on the third Saturday of May since 1999 with an initial
indugence of 350 people, what are we talking about?
Q7

• The Great Wall Marathon

• The Hainsworth company in the United Kingdom has been
manufacturing baize since 1783, making it one of the oldest
manufacturers for the fabric. It is a coarse woolen/cotton cloth
which was traditionally used for clothing but is often used to
cover the slate and cushions and was also found as a writing
surface, particularly on 19th century pedestal desks.
• The surface finish of baize is not very fine and thus increases
friction which is a factor in its most famous use. In Mansfield
Park by Jane Austen, she refers to this “green” fabric.
• What is its most famous use or where do we come across this
fabric ?
Q8

• Billiards Tables

• London’s financial industry has boomed since the deregulation of
British financial markets (the Big Bang) in the 1980s under the Thatcher
government but has also become dominated by foreign
companies, especially American investment banks, rather than
British firms (a result opposite to the original intention of the
reforms). The analogy is typically used to mark a debate over
whether it matters if an industry is primarily domestically owned if
easing of foreign ownership restrictions allows the economy to
benefit from foreign investment and increased global
competition.
• What nickname is given to this phenomenon of success of foreign
financial firms in London analogous to the success rate in the
sporting arena?
Q9

• Wimbledon Effect
• As foreign players are more successful in the championship than the native
players. In modern times, Britain has produced very few Wimbledon
Champions such as John Lloyd, Jeremy Bates, Andy Murray etc.

• When you hear the surname, every die-hard cricket fan remembers the more
famous person and cricketer, who played for England from 1954-1974 and was
the first player to appear in 100 Test Matches, which came against Australia in
1968. However, being his eldest son, X followed a good season with Kent and
was included in the England squad for the tour of India in 1984-85 and he
made his Test debut in the Bombay Test match. Captain David Gower asked
him to bowl, and in the fourth ball of his over, he bowled Indian all-rounder
Kapil Dev, which made him the 19th England Bowler to take a wicket in his first
over. He went on to play 6 Tests and 3 ODIs for England, even captaining
England in the fourth Test of the five-match series against the West Indies in
1988 in the infamous “summer of four captains”.
• Apart from his debut, other instances of his India visit are driven by a
completely different purpose. Who is this cricketer? What was the reason of
his second/later India visits?
Q10

• Chris Cowdrey ; Pro Kabaddi League Auctioner

• Having been associated with James Bond movies since 1995, it
made its debut in the movie “Golden Eye” as the producers
wanted to update the image of the fictional super spy to a
more distinctly sophisticated “Euro” look. Another possible
reason for the change was that the previous associators
didn’t believe in product placements and thus the
‘conservative’ competetor found no benefit for itself and
stepped down.
• What are we talking about?
Q11

• OMEGA (Omega Seamaster Quartz Professional)
• The official time keepers of the Olympics

• The entire procedure for this drill is stated as follows :
Begin setting around the circle, until each player sets the ball.
While keeping the ball in the air, have each player take one step
back. Go around the circle again, and after everyone has set the
ball, take another step back.
If the ball drops, the group has to start over. Everyone can touch
the ball more than once, but they cannot step back until
everyone has set the ball at each stage.
• What is this drill called that even shares its name with a slang
term associated with Volleyball?
Q12

• Popcorn Drill

• The La Liga club have had an image of the creature in their crest for
the past 100 years ans is now one of the most recognised in the
football world. But a re-design to launch their centenary
celebrations has angered executives of an American Corporation,
who attempted to take legal action, claiming infringement over
their trademark. However, a spokesman said : “"We are not going
to stop using the X because the corp. says it, there is no commercial
brand that has a worldwide exclusive on Xs. When this club played
with a X in the chest, in the United States they were chasing bison.“
• The crest has included a X since the club was formed in 1919 as it
even featured on the coat of arms of the city. The current style of
presentation was first used in 1921 – 18 years before the Corp. used
it in 1939.
• Which club? What was the controversy?
Q13

• Valencia FC ; The new ‘bat’ on their crest was extremely
similar to the Batman logo, prompting DC to cry out in protest

• Based on the 2008 John Carlin book “Playing the Enemy”, X is a
2009 biographical sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and
talks about the events during the 1995 world cup of a certain sports
where the home team was not expected to perform well as the
team had returned to international forum after the dismantling of a
system of institutionalised segregation. However, they end up being
the world champions and the person instrumental behind this
achievement used the sports as a tool to unify his people. ESPN
even broadcasted a documentary titled “The 16th Man” than
highlighted the contribution of the person in the world cup.
• Identify X. Which sport? Who was the 16th Man?
Q14

• Invictus ; Rugby ; Nelson Mandela

• Charles Vinci, the record breaking
American weightlifter found himself 200
gms too heavy despite some last minute
running and sweating before the weigh-
in for the bantamweight (56 Kg)
category in weightlifting at the 1956
olympics. He did something that went in
his favour, and went on to win the first of
two straight gold medals.
• What did he do?
Q15

• He shaved off his hair in order to fit in that category

• When X signed with Brooklyn Nets in
2014, the New York Times called it
"perhaps basketball’s most celebrated
and scrutinized 10- day contract.”
Soon, his number 98 jersey became the
top seller on the league’s online store.
In a 2013 SI interview, he had decided
to wear number 98 in honour of a
certain Matthew Shepard who was
killed in 1998.
• Who is X? What other announcement
did X make in the same interview that
drew attention of the world sporting
community?
Q16

• Jaime Collins ; First Openly Gay NBA Player

• Though its origin is unknown but it was present in 1847 during
the opening ceremony. In 1999, diagnosed with heartwood
fungus, it was given a lifespan of 10 years. However, on 8
January 2005, it met its fate due to natural factors. In
preparation, an alternative was introduced by E.W Swanton
but couldn’t make the same name as the previous player and
had to spend most of the time outside the field Said to have
brought unbelievable changes in the rules of cricket, who is
this fielder, who is said to have missed only four catches
during his career?
Q17

• St. Lawrence Lime Tree

• The list comprises of many chemical, non-living and living
entities. Some have been cited as below
Batteries, Hats, Toilet Paper, Beach balls, Skittles, Snow balls,
Phallic Balloons, Rats, Octopus, Cat fish, Blow up dolls and Old
Men.
• What does this list describe?
Q18

•Stuff Thrown by Fans During Sporting Events

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