Hit The Homerun JIGISHA 2023

Hit The Homerun
U-25 sports quiz
JIGISHA 2023

• Total 26 questions.
• All questions will be in alphabetical order.
• Star marked Qs – 4, 9, 13, 19, 23, 25.
• Marks – Every question carries 1 point.
• In case of two answers, half points will be awarded.
• To break a tie, Star-marked questions will be counted. If
required, Countback method will be applied.
• And finally QMs are GOD.
• 8 Teams will qualify for the Finals.
RULES

1)
Name the only Engineer who was the Head
Coach of Indian Men's Cricket Team.

2)
Connect the following teams :
Liverpool FC, Benfica, Norwich City
FC, OGC Nice, Tottenham Hotspurs.

3)
This is the logo of which
'sports' organization? /
Associate the logo with a
sports organization.

4)
Which player/athlete has won the most number
of Gold Medals in Paralympics for India?
Identify the event he is associated with? / In
which Event?

5)
'E' started his career as a Handball player. His mother is
recognized as a national champion in heptathlete in the
90s, while his grandfather was a well-known long-distance
runner in his country.
E is currently playing for the European Club,
where his father has also played.
Recognise 'E'.

6)
CA Bhavani Devi becomes the first Indian to
win a Medal in the Asian _______ Championship.
She is also the first Indian to qualify for the
Olympics in this beautiful event.
Name the Sport/FITB.

7)
'G' started his professional career with East
Bengal in 2010. He won the Arjun Award in
2019. 'X' became the first Indian footballer to
feature in the UEFA Europa League.
Who is 'G'?

8)
In 2016, the British bat-making company 'Gray Nicolls'
entered the Indian market to capitalize on the
opportunity which was created by 'Nike' withdrawing
from the sponsorship of Indian cricketers. Several
cricketers got 'Gray Nicolls' stickers on their bats.
'H' was the only member of the Indian women's team to
get this deal.
Identify H.

9)
Identify the Cricket Personality-
> ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004
> Cricket, Commentator, Cricket Analyst, Actor and
Dancer
 Only player to take a Test hat-trick in the first over of
the match.
 He debuted for a Tamil film in 2022 titled "Cobra"
sharing the screen with Tamil stars Chiyaan Vikram
and Srinidhi Shetty of KGF fame.

10)
ID this player who has played for notable clubs like Real
Madrid, Porto, Monaco, and Bayern Munich.
In 2014, he signed with a renowned club in a transfer
deal worth €80 million, which was a record for any
player of his Nation. He was named as the Best Ligue 1
Player in the 2013-2014 season. He was also named the
Bundesliga Rookie of the Season in the 2017-2018
season.

11)
Id the sport.
• This sport is a non contact team sport, having
similarities with basketball and netball.
• This is a mixed gender sport and played
between two teams.
• Hong Kong hosted its first international
tournament, in 2006.
• This sport was invented by a Dutch school
teacher in 1902. So that boys and girls could
play together on equal terms to encourage
teamwork and cooperation.

12)
Id the player
whom we
associate with
“Still I Rise”.

13)
This child suffered from Attention-Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as a child.
As per the doctors, children with ADHD
typically tend to have high energy levels.
To burn off some of his hyperactivity, his
parents often took him to a specific sport.
He is one of the most successful in that
sport. Identify this athlete and his genre of
sports.

14)
He was born in 1968 in Madras, Tamil Nadu.
After that he is now a cricket commentator and
former cricketer who captained the England
cricket team for a while, with his overall
international career. ID him?

15)
Identify the player when he played in Molde, where he put up
remarkable numbers for two years (50 games, 40 goals). He had 67
caps for 23 achievements before joining Manchester United in 1996.
With 29 goals, the "Baby-faced assassin" (as he was known on the
field) has become the player with the most goals when coming on as
a substitute after more than ten seasons. Although the majority of
today's age recognises him for his coaching profession.

16)
Identify the player.
He is best known for
establishing the world record
opening partnership of 413
runs, together with Vinoo
Mankad, against New Zealand
at Chennai.

17)
Name the youngest player to score three
consecutive centuries in ODI cricket in 2013, when
he was just 20 years old. He scored centuries
against Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka in consecutive
matches. He is also the one of fastest cricketers to
reach 1,000 ODI runs, doing so in just 21 innings.
Who is he?

18)
This club was established in 1829 and is the oldest
golf club in India and the first outside Great Britain.
King George V and Queen Mary conferred its title to
the Club to commemorate their visit in 1911. Apart
from golf, it offers tennis courts and a swimming
pool. The Club also maintains a Lawn Bowls Pavilion
in its separate part. Name this club.

19)
“S” was a Cricket enthusiast and promoter of Cricket
in India who has been called the "W.G. Grace of
India" and the father of cricket in Bengal. S also
founded "The Town Club", a cricket club in Calcutta
that played against European teams in the Eden
Gardens from 1895. S was a paternal grand-uncle of
one of the greatest Bengali personalities “X”. X is a
pioneer in another field.
Identify S and X.

20)
If you search for the parent body of this sport,
you would stumble across thousands of entries
for what is a modern-day expression for
disbelief.
The sport made its debut in the Olympic program
in 2000. What sport/sporting body was established in
1973 What are
we talking about?

21)
U was born on December 18, 1986, in Islamabad,
Pakistan, and moved to Y country with his family at a
young age. He holds a bachelor's degree in Aviation from
the University of New South Wales and initially had
aspirations of becoming a pilot. In his first Test as
captain, X scored a century against Sri Lanka in 2019,
thus entering in hall of fame with Sunil Gavaskar , Virat
Kohli and others.
Identify U.

22)
Which entity from the Province of Castellon connects
these images?

23)
The sport know as "Eukonkanto" in native language
originated in Finland in the 1800s. It is said to have been
inspired from the acts of a notorious robber, Rosvo-
Ronkainen.
• The official track for international competitions is 253.5 m
with two dry and one water obstacle. The styles permitted
are "fireman", Estonian style and "piggyback".
• In 2015 this sport may have entered the collective Indian
conscience through Bollywood. Identify The sport.

24)
Identify the player from the below picture.

25)
This term is generally used to describe West Brom Albion,
Middlesbrough, Norwich City and Birmingham City among
the better-known clubs. In Germany, where the equivalent
term is
Fahrstuhlmannschaft, the term has been applied to
Arminia Bielefield and FC Nuremberg, among others. What
are we talking of?

26)
Z. First achieved in 1895, it was last achieved by Mark
Ramprakash a few years ago. In all only 25 have done it so
far with just one Asian in that list and who is the Asian?
A certain feat has been achieved by only 25 players till date in the
game of cricket. The list of 25 contains only 1 Asian.
This feat was first achieved in 1895 and the last one to achieve
this feat was Mark Ramprakash in 2011.
ID the Asian who made into this exclusive list.

Answers:
1. Anil Kumble
2. Bird in their logo
3. Chess Boxing
4. *Devendra Jhajharia (2),
F46 Javelin Throw
5. Erling Haaland
6. Fencing
7. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
8. Harmanpreet Kaur
9. *Irfan Pathan
10. X: James Rodriguez
11. Korfball
12. Lewis Hamillton
13. *Michael Phelps and Swimming
14. Naseer Hussain
15. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
16. Pankaj Roy
17. Quinton De Kock
18. Royal Calcutta Golf Club
19. * Sarada Ranjan Ray-S
Satyajit Ray-Y
20. Taekwondo
21. Usman Khawaja
22. Villareal
23. * Wife-Carrying
24. Xabi Alonso
25. * Yo-Yo clubs
26. Zaheer Abbas

• The ‘rounds’ are as follows:--
- Round 1 : Encounter
- Round 2 : Drishyam
- Round 3 : Andaaz apna apna
ROUNDS

Round 1: Encounter
• There will 8 direct questions to eight teams.
• Marks System-
• For every correct answer: +20 Points
• For pounce: +30 Points(for every correct answer)
• -20 Points(for every wrong answer)
• For pass: +10 Points
• No negative for direct questions
** QM's decision will be final.

1)
X is widely regarded as one of the most famous
and greatest athletes in modern history. He was a
dropout from Stanford University. He was the first
billion-dollar sportsman in world history. He is
also a Buddhist. His father was in the army and
named his son X because his fellow soldier and
friend
Col. Vuong Dang Phong was also known as X in
battle field.

2)
M.E Pavri was a doctor, and a famous cricketer
who starred in the Parsees win over Lord
Hawke's XI in 1890. Due to his excellence on the
field and something else that he had in common
with an icon of the times, he was called the
________of the Parsees. Fill in the blanks.

S is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE
titles of International Master (IM) and Woman
Grandmaster (WGM), the first female player in her
country to achieve these titles. Id her.
3
)

4)
The origin of this sport is uncertain, but this sport
has been seen practiced in ancient Egypt, Greece,
and Chinese sculptures, where it was shown that
the Sun and Moon used to play this among
themselves. According to a Tang Dynasty Book,
this sport was used by the Military Commander of
The state of CHU during the Spring and Autumn
period (before Christ) to train warriors. Which
sport?

5)
He is the only player to win all 3 Open-era
season-end finals such as ATP Tour Finals,
WCT Finals, and Grand Slam Cup(ITF). He
also won an Olympic gold medal in doubles.
Tennis magazine ranked him the 11th best
male player from 1965 to 2005. He was also
the coach of Novak Djokovic for some years
beginning in 2013. Who is he?

6)
This club was initially founded as Philips Eftal to serve
the recreational needs of the giant electronics
company, Philips in 1910. However, financial turmoil
and strikes led to the death of the team. Finally, on 31st
August 1913 Philips organized massive celebrations and
sports competitions in light of the centennial defeat of
the French in the Napoleonic Wars and the team was
revived again. How do we know them today?

7)
He was just a young boy when he heard
comparisons between himself and the legend. This
was the origin of his nickname, by which he
became known. Initially, he didn't even know who
the legend was. He was part of the Champions
League winning team in 1993, scored 33 goals, and
has seen 3 of his sons play international football.
Identify this famous footballer born in Kibi.

8)
According to an NBC executive Dick Ebersol, this iconic Olympic
moment almost didn't happen. According to Ebersol, Billy
Payne, the head of the organizing committee of the event,
wanted a hometown hero to perform the act. Ebersol argued
that although Payne's choice had an Olympic bronze to his
name, he had fathered five illegitimate kids and was no pre-
eminent Olympic figure. Ebersol then went on to propose the
name who would eventually get the nod. Payne argued that the
perception of him was that of a 'draft dodger. It was only after
four months of lobbying that Ebersol had his guy and the world
of sport its iconic moment.

Ans: Muhammad Ali’s Iconic Olympic
Torch Lighting Moment

Round 3: Andaz Apna apna
• There will be 8 choices for the teams.
• Teams will choose their topic as whoever is at the highest
point will get a chance to choose the 1st topic and so on.
• Marks System-
• For every correct answer: 20 Points
• For pass: +10 Points
• No negative for direct questions and passes

Eight topics are:
• Olympics
• Ancient Games
• Bengalee in Sports
• Indian in Sports
• World Sports
• Current Affairs
• QM's Choice
• eSports

1) Olympics
This photo was taken in
the opening ceremony of
the 2000 Summer
Olympics , Sydney.
Which country's flag is
this?

Ans-
This was the first time when both
North Korea and South Korea
participated in the Olympic Games
under a single flag and name 'Korea'.

2) Ancient Games
Norman Pritchard was an Anglo-Indian who was born and
brought up in Calcutta, India. He moved to England in
1900 and competed in the AAA Championships as a
member of the London Assembly Constituency and the
Bengal Presidency Assembly Constituency. His
performance in these games earned him a place at the
Olympics where he won two silver medals.
Name the two events in which he received the medals.

Ans-
200 meters Flat Race and 200 meters
Hurdles

3) Bengalee in Sports
“You need to have a target in life,” he said. “Many like to
go to the gym to impress girls. I wanted to fight (to
achieve in weightlifting) as my family background was not
too good.”
This was the statement from the Man from Bengal, who
lifted a Games record of 313kg to win the gold medal in
the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Name the athlete and in which Event did he excel?

Ans-
Achinta Sheuli, 73 kg Men's
Weightlifting.

4) Indian in Sports
This ad was published by Food Indian Dairy Cooperative
Society Amul.
What incident is referred to here? Also mention the year.

Ans:
Salman Khan named as Goodwill
Ambassador of Indian Contingent
in Rio 2016 Olympics

5) World Sports
The longest tennis match
lasted for 11 hours and 5
minutes and was
contested over three
days between 'A' and 'B'
at 2010 Wimbledon.
Name the two players.

Ans-
John Isner and Nicolas Mahut,
at the 2010 Wimbledon.

The victory at Berlin marked India’s first-ever gold
at the 'Z' world championships in any category.
India emerged victorious with a score of 235-229,
demonstrating their prowess and precision in the
sport by defeating Mexico in the Final.
Name the Sport and the event.
6) Current Affairs

Ans-
Archery, Women's Compound Archery

7) QM's Choice
These four superstars have a
Great achievement in the
Kolkata Derby. They are the
only players who have
achieved this feat. Can you
mention the 'exclusive
achievment'?

Ans-
Only four players - Goutam Sarkar, Prasanta Banerjee, Dulal
Biswas and Renedy Singh - have captained both sides in a
Kolkata derby. An interesting similarity is that all four had
been the captain of the East Bengal side first and then went
on to lead the Bagan side later in their career.

8) eSports
Arguably the birth of esports took place on October 19, 1972,
when 'M' held the Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics for the game,
Spacewar, on the PDP-1 computer.
The tournament had three categories: Free for all, Team
Competition, and Single Competition.
With 'M' students as participants, 'X' went home with the Free For
All championship title, and the top prize, a year’s subscription to
Rolling Stone magazine.
Mention X and M.

Ans-
X= Bruce Baumgart
M= Stanford University

Round 2 : Drishyam
• There will 8 direct questions to eight teams.
• Marks System-
• For every correct answer: 20 Points
• No negative for direct questions

1.Identify the Kid.
Bigger picture in next slide.

2.Identify this famous personality behind Tiger Woods.

3.Identify the voice and whom he is talking about.

4.Identify the incident commentators talking about

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