The common theme appears to be "game changers" or pivotal moments in sports history.

1. Fresher’s Inferno 2017
Mains
By: Vinamra Rai
Siddhartha Srivastava

2. Rules
● Quizmaster’s decision shall be considered final.
● In the case two members of the team attempt to answer a question,
the first answer shall be considered.
● If you Pounce on a question, your hand must be raised until the
Quizmaster indicates he has seen your hand raised. Once you pounce
on a question, you can not take it back. (Will be explained later.)
● Scores will be shown after every round.
● Calvin and Hobbes comic strips act as safety slides.

3. Shut up and Pounce!
10 Questions.
Infinite Bounce Clockwise.
+20/-10 on the Pounce. +10/0 on the Bounce

4. Question 1
X is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who
failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to
the next round, in a similar way as wild card system works out.
X was in the news due to a certain person in 2008.
Name both X and the person. Part Points

5. Safety Slide

6. Answer
Repechage.
This allowed Sushil Kumar to win
Bronze in the 2008 Beijing
Olympics, even though he lost in
the first round.

7. Question 2
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?

8. Safety Slide

9. Answer
Snooker

10. Question 3
What?
Moet: Before 2000
Mumm: 2000-2015
Chandon (different from the other three in a particular
manner): 2015-2017
Carbon: 2017-now

11. Safety Slide

12. Answer
Podium Spray Drink partners in F1

13. Question 4
+1 = Bogey
0 = Par
-1 = Birdie
-2 = Eagle
-3 = ?

14. Safety Slide

15. Answer
Albatross

16. Question 5
In their last appearance in a major tournament, they
were managed by Jimmy Murphy, and were knocked
out in the quarterfinals by a single goal scored by
Pele, who became the youngest goal-scorer in World
Cup history. Their talisman helped them qualify for
the 2016 Euros, ending 58 years of wait. Which
nation is this?

17. Safety Slide

18. Answer
Wales

19. Question 6
Candidates have to be in year 9 and 10, have no exams, should be able to
give priority to training, should be physically fit, and also understand that
absence for any reason lasting two weeks or longer may result in failure to
qualify for further training. In order to qualify for full training, students must
pass a written test on the rules, be able to run at a sustained pace for 12
minutes, be able to complete a circuit and then stand still for 3 minutes,
show good speed in shuttle runs and pass tests of hand/eye co-ordination.
Who are these “chosen ones”?

20. Safety Slide

21. Answer
Ball boys and girls at Wimbledon

22. Question 7
In 2002 IOC president Jacques Rogge condemned this sport's competitors
as presenting the wrong image, claiming that it was ugly and bad for one's
health. A study in the early 2000s published later by economist Stephen
Levitt also showed that the sport was prone to corruption and match fixing.
Name the sport.
And though this sport originated in Japan, 3 out of the four highest ranked
players are from Mongolia.

23. Safety Slide

24. Answer
Sumo Wrestling

25. Question 8
Connect:
Eddie Eagan (United States), Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway),
Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), and Clara
Hughes (Canada).

26. Safety Slide

27. Answer
Only athletes to have won medals at both Summer and
Winter Olympics

28. Question 9
Johann Muehlegg was a cross-country skier, who was expelled from
German ski federation for being a nutcase. He accused the head
coach of "damaging him spiritually", he always carried a flask of holy
water with him and only trusted his Portuguese Cleaning lady.
Well he finally got Spanish citizenship and went on to win 3 golds at
2002 Salt Lake, Winter Olympics. Later, it was found out that he
used performance enhancing drugs and was stripped of his medals.
How was the cover blown?

29. Safety Slide

30. Answer
It was later found out that holy water wasn't that holy.

31. Question 10
Canada’s national winter sport is understandably, Ice Hockey.
What is Canada’s national summer sport?

32. Safety Slide

33. Answer
Lacrosse

34. “If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why
do they keep score?”
10 Questions based on Quotes.
Infinite Bounce Counter-Clockwise.
+20/-10 on the Pounce. +10/0 on the Bounce

35. Question 1
Which legendary player said these:
1. "In 1969, I gave up women and alcohol-it was the worst
20 minutes of my life."
2. On David Beckham - "He cannot kick with his left foot, he
cannot head a ball, he cannot tackle and he doesn't score
many goals.

36. Safety Slide

37. Answer
George Best

38. Question 2
Which legendary athlete landed himself in controversy when
he said,
"All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own
determination, but it's impossible to think that being
descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the
generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited
descendants like me — I believe there is a superior athletic
gene in us"

39. Safety Slide

40. Answer
Michael Johnson

41. Question 3
Which famously outspoken athlete said
“I ain't got no quarrel with them VietCong. No VietCong ever
called me n*****”
when he was asked to serve in the Vietnam War?

42. Safety Slide

43. Answer
Muhammad Ali

44. Question 4
“It’s not important how we play. If you have a Ferrari and I
have a small car, to beat you in a race I have to break your
wheel or put sugar in your tank.”
Who possibly could say this?

45. Safety Slide

46. Answer
Jose Mourinho

47. Question 5
1. "The people voted for me. Now they want me to share the prize with
Pele. I'm not going to share the prize with anybody."
2. "Pele should return to the museum."
3. "He took the wrong pill. Instead of taking the pill for before bedtime,
he took his morning pill. He got confused. I suggest that next time he
takes the right medication and that he changes his doctor."
Who is this?

48. Safety Slide

49. Answer
Diego Maradona

50. Question 6
“The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.”
Who said this?
His name is associated with a very famous sports video game.

51. Safety Slide

52. Answer
John Madden

53. Question 7
“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical
ability, it was my mental ability.”
This person won gold in the Decathlon in the 1976 Olympics at
Montreal. This quote also helps explain why this athlete did
something.
Identify the person who said this.

54. Safety Slide

55. Answer
Bruce/Catilyn Jenner

56. Question 8
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player
plays where the puck is going to be.”
The first quote is the most famous quote of this person. However, the
second quote will help you identify who this man is.
Name the person who said these.

57. Safety Slide

58. Answer
Wayne Gretzky

59. Question 9
“I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.”
Simple.

60. Safety Slide

61. Answer
Mike Tyson

62. Question 10
“If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?”
“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”
“A team that thinks it’s going to lose is going to lose.”
The trophy which the winner of the Super Bowl is named after the man
who said these quotes. Name him.

63. Safety Slide

64. Answer
Vince Lombardi

65. G.O.A.T.
10 Questions based on Famous events and people in Sports.
Infinite Bounce Clockwise.
+20/-10 on the Pounce. +10/0 on the Bounce

66. Question 1
After the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the reliability and
objectivity of the scoring system of this sport was brought into
question, which lead its to the sport’s governing body, the FIG,
controversially changing the code of points in 2006.
A prominent point of dissent was that this change abolishes
one of the hallmarks of the the sport.
What is the hallmark being talked about here?

67. Safety Slide

68. Answer
A perfect 10. The FIG is the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique.

69. Question 2
From which famous game
is this position from? Hint:
From this position, Black
moves Be6.

71. Safety Slide

72. Answer
The Game of the Century. Fischer’s famous Queen sacrifice

73. Question 3
In an era where no other swimmers used to do this, Mark Spitz used to. When
asked why he started this practice, he stated he did it because a coach in college
said he couldn’t. He decided it was a “good-luck” piece.
Mark Spitz also recounts how in the Munich Olympics in 1972, a Russian coach asks
him whether this practice hinders him in swimming. He replied that it in fact helps
him swim. The Russian coach frantically translates Mark Spitz’s reply for the other
coaches, and the following year, every Russian swimmer is following that practice.
What “practice” am I talking about?
Image on next slide

75. Safety Slide

76. Answer
Sport a Mustache

77. Question 4
Although X is an extremely famous player in different sport, he is
also a huge fan of football. In fact, some 7 years ago he used to hold
10% shares of the La Liga team RCD Mallorca which he later sold off.
X claims that when Y was just 17 years old and used to play for
Mallorca, he was so mesmerized by his playing style that he urged
Real Madrid President Florentino Perez to sign Y. Real Madrid did
buy Y and he proved to be a smart investment. Identify X and Y.

78. Safety Slide

79. Answer
X - Nadal
Y - Marco Asensio

80. Question 5
X almost moved to Arsenal when he was at Malmo, and the club even had
a shirt made up with his name on the back, but when Arsene Wenger
wanted him to do a trial he said, "X doesn't do auditions." and hence never
went on to play for that club. Identify X.

81. Safety Slide

82. Answer
Zlatan Ibrahimovic

83. Question 6
This historic event took place on 6 May 1954 during a meet between British AAA
and Oxford University at Iffley Road Track in Oxford. X had said twice that he
favoured not running, to conserve his energy and efforts to do Y; he would try
again at another meet. However, the winds dropped just before the race was
scheduled to begin, and X did compete, achieving Y.
Another event of the same magnitude was attempted this year by 3 athletes
sponsored by Nike. While the event did not occur, the athletes came closer than
anyone has ever before.
Name both events. No part points

84. Safety Slide

85. Answer
The Sub-four minute mile by Roger Bannister.
The Sub-Two hour Marathon

86. Question 7
Ayrton Senna funeral was a star studded affair - with
celebrities, politicians and sportsmen from all over the world
attending. Two notable absentees were Ecclestone and
Mosley. Ecclestone did not attend as he was not invited. What
was Mosley’s reason for not attending?

87. Safety Slide

88. Answer
He went to Roland Ratzenberger's funeral.

89. Question 8
This feat was first achieved in 1875 and was not repeated till
48 years later. Statistics released by the CSA, the governing
body, reveal that only about 7% of those who attempt this feat
are able to complete it. What feat are we talking of?

90. Safety Slide

91. Answer
Crossing the English Channel

92. Question 9
An issue with the use of X is that, since the report of the X is carried to the
competitors at the speed of sound, which takes about 3 milliseconds to travel one
metre, positions nearest the X hear the report a few milliseconds before further
positions. This issue is exaggerated in races where the runners begin in a stagger,
putting a significant distance between the nearest and furthest runners. To avoid
this problem, the X is in all major competitions wired with a microphone that
transmits the sound virtually instantaneously to loudspeakers directly behind each
competitor.
What is X?

93. Safety Slide

94. Answer
Starter Pistol

95. Question 10
In 1952, Barrister Balasaheb Khardekar, principal of the
Rajaram College, mortgaged his home for Rs 7,000 with the
Maratha Bank in Kolhapur.
Why did he do this?

96. Safety Slide

97. Answer
To fund KD Jadhav’s trip to the Helsinki Olympics where he eventually won a
bronze medal, and became the first Indian to win an individual medal.

98. The Game Changer.
10 Questions with a common theme. Words in Bold go
towards the common theme.
Infinite Bounce Clockwise.
For each question: +20/-10 on the Pounce. +10/0 on the
Bounce
Points on each slide for guessing the theme

99. +200/-180
From the start of national competitions the clubs were seen as
representatives of two rival regions in _____: Catalonia and Castile,
as well as of the two cities.
The rivalry reflects what many regard as the political and cultural
tensions felt between Catalans and the Castilians, seen by one
author as a re-enactment of the _____ Civil War.

100. Safety Slide

101. Answer
El Clasico

102. +180/-160
This lineup (image on the next slide) is from a France vs Germany friendly held at
Stade de France, Paris on 13th November, 2015. France went on to win the match
2-0, after goals from Giroud and Gignac.
Although France quite comprehensively defeated the world champs, but this date is
unfortunately remembered for something else which happened near the stadium
while the match was still in progress which overshadowed the joy of victory. Which
incident?

103. Doesn’t offer any help in
getting to the answer, it’s
here just for the sake of it.

104. Safety Slide

105. Answer
November 2015,
Paris terror attacks.

106. +160/-140
The 1994 Goodwill Games were held in Saint Petersburg
(Leningrad), in the first competition since the Soviet Union had
been replaced by fifteen independent republics.
What was the purpose of the games?

107. Safety Slide

108. Answer
The event – designed to
improve Soviet Union –
United States relations over
the Cold War period

109. +140/-120
X was born in Belgrade. He is famously known for his various
impersonations. He can impersonate sports stars such as John
McEnroe, Maria Sharapova and Andre Agassi among many
others.
He has also represented Yugoslavia in the Junior Davis Cup.

110. Safety Slide

111. Answer
Novak Djokovic

112. +120/-100
X, initially nicknamed “El Pescadito” is a retired footballer from Guatemala. He has
played for five MLS clubs, namely LA Galaxy, FC Dallas, Toronto FC, Philadelphia
Union and D.C. United, scoring 88 goals in 182 regular matches and 16 in post-
season matches and also holds the record for most goals in MLS post-season. He
was also awarded MLS’s most valuable player in 2002 season. Identify X.

113. Safety Slide

114. Answer
Carlos Ruiz

115. +100/-80
The Fight of the Century is the title boxing writers and
historians have given to the boxing match between WBC/WBA
heavyweight champion X and Y held at Madison Square
Garden, Manhattan.
Identify X and Y.

116. Safety Slide

117. Answer
X - Muhammed Ali
Y - Joe Frazier

118. +80/-60
A football match that took place on 9 July 2006 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin,
Germany was the matter of much controversy.
Three British media newspapers claimed to have hired lip readers to determine
what X had said.
What incident am I talking about?

119. Safety Slide

120. Answer
Zinedine Zidane was sent off in his
last-ever match, for headbutting Italy's
Marco Materazzi's chest in retaliation
to Materazzi's verbal provocation.

121. +60/-40
The UEFA Euro 2008 final was held at Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria. Spain
went on to win the title, thanks to Torres’s goal during the 33rd minute, thus
defeating Germany. Moreover, Spain also became the first winning team since X in
1984 (It was also X’s first Euro Cup win), to have won all of its group matches.
Identify X.

122. Safety Slide

123. France

124. +40/-20
X was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest
players of all time. A prolific forward, he scored 84 goals in 85 international
matches for Hungary, and 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish
leagues. Identify this legendary footballer who was born in Budapest, Hungary.

125. Safety Slide

126. Answer
Ferenc Puskás

127. +20/-10
X, born in Chicago, Illinois is a seven-time World Champion with World Wrestling
Entertainment and is known as "the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the
modern era". He retired from WWE in 2014 and is now a mixed martial artist.
Identify X.

128. Safety Slide

129. Answer
Phillip Jack Brooks aka CM Punk

130. Still didn’t get the Connect?! Damn.

131. Answer (Connect)
All are the famous chess openings named after places.
1. Catalan
2. Paris
3. Leningrad
4. Belgrade
5. Guatemala
6. Manhattan
7. Berlin

132. And the winner is...

133. Thank you.