The Sports Quiz hosted by me and Habil from Team Greymatter at Infosys Technologies, Mangalore on 24th Feb 2016

1. THE SPORTS QUIZ
By
Nishanth & Habil
Team GreyMatter
Venue: Infosys Technologies, Mangalore
Date: 24th Feb. 2016

2. Thanks to..
• All at team Greymatter for the Quizzing experience.
• Infosys Mangalore for having us here.
• Nishanth thanks Sourabh & Karthik for being Great Quiz mates.
• Habil thanks Prieston, Ashish and Nabhan for Quizzing with him.

3. Rules
• The Quiz has a simple format :- Forty Questions on the Buzzer and a
Long Visual Connect.
• The points at stake are indicated against each Question.
• A team can attempt a question just once. However, total number of
attempts per question is two. The second team attempting the
question has half the points (both positive and negative) at stake.
• No Disputes Please!
• For the evening, Quiz master is your god. In God we trust 

4. Buffer Slide

5. 1. Identify +60/-30
• His best Test bowling was 7/98 against Australia in 1969–70, and his
best match figures 10/194 at Perth in 1978–79, also against Australia.
• He is second to Lance Gibbs in terms of maiden overs per test, 16.35
against 16.62. He has bowled 4.2 maiden overs per wicket.
• In 2008, Wisden Cricketers' Almanac named him as one of the five
best cricketers to have not been selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the
Year.
• He said that he has always washed his own clothes, calling it "the best
exercise for your shoulders and fingers"

6. Buffer Slide

7. Answer
Bishen Singh Bedi

8. 2. Put Funda +40/-20
• West Indies v/s Australia, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Dec. 1960.
• Man of the Match: None
• Australia v/s India, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Sept. 1986.
• Players of the Match: Dean Jones & Kapil Dev.

9. Buffer Slide

10. Answer
• These were the only two test-matches to ever end in a tie, in the
history of cricket.

11. 3. ID X +50/-25
• X is one of the few players who scored a Test century at Lords against
England. Although India lost the test, his batting skills were quite
noticeable.
• He also holds the record of the fastest fifty in ODI's for India when he
scored 67 not out in 25 balls at Rajkot against Zimbabwe in 2000.

12. Buffer Slide

13. Answer

14. 4. Connect +60/-30

15. Buffer Slide

16. Answer
• Only Cricketers to score ODI centuries on Birthday

17. 5. Id the logo +40/-20

18. Buffer Slide

19. Answer

20. 6 +60/-30
• Which was the only Communist state apart from USSR and China to
host an Olympic?

21. Buffer SLide

22. Answer
• Yugoslavia

23. 7. Id X +50/-25
The Foreign Secretary in charge of India was recuperating from illness
at Shimla from 1884 to 1894.
Having become conscious of the value of sport as a means to maintain
health, he decided to start a tournament to encourage sporting
competition in India.
Initially it was exclusively an Army cup but over the years it widened its
appeal and opened up to civilian teams, until it became a more open
and conventional sporting contest.
A major administrative change was when the Indian Army passed on
the actual running of the Tournament to a civilian administration in
2006.

24. Buffer Slide

25. Answer
The Durand Cup

26. 8. ID X +50/-25
• X was a professional international cricketer. He was honored as
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1992. His citation states that he had
"outright pace and he generates a disconcerting, steepling bounce
from fuller-length deliveries ... His height and a slender, sinewy wrist
contribute greatly to the final velocity, the wrist snapping forward at
the instant of release to impart extra thrust“
Identify this world-class cricketer.

27. Buffer Slide

28. Answer
Sir Curtly Ambrose

29. 9. +50/-25
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, is a cricket ground in India.
The ground has flood lights and has hosted day-night encounters. It can
hold 40,000 people. It was originally a hockey stadium named after
great Indian hockey player Roop Singh brother of hockey legend Dhyan
Chand.
What historic event did the stadium witness exactly six years ago?

30. Buffer Slide

31. Answer
• Tendulkar’s Double century in ODI.
The first ever ODI 200 on 24th Feb 2010.

32. 10. ID the Logo +50/-25

33. Buffer Slide

34. Answer
The Asian Games

35. 11. Id X +60/-30
The name is derived from a similar event in horse racing, where horses
and riders raced from one town’s X to the next, which were used as
markers due to their visibility over long distances. Along the way, they
inevitably had to jump streams and low stone walls separating estates.
The modern version originated at the University of Oxford sports in
1860 and has been an Olympic event since the inception of the modern
Olympics.
Name the event (X).

36. Buffer Slide

37. Answer
Steeplechase

38. 12. +60/-30
He was British Chess Champion in 1923 and 1934 and became an
International Master in 1950. He reached the Wimbledon Men’s
Doubles semi-finals in 1911.
However, he was most successful in Badminton, having won the All
England Championships 21 times (4 Singles, 9 Doubles, 8 Mixed
Doubles).
Who is this polymath, after whom the Badminton World Men’s Team
Championships Cup is named?

39. Buffer Slide

40. Answer
Sir George Alan Thomas

41. 13. Identify +50/-25
This 3-time Amateur World Champion won his first World Amateur
Billiards Champion title in 1977 and followed it up with the World Open
Billiards Champion title in the same year.
In 1978, he became the first amateur to break the barrier of 1,000
points, creating a new amateur world record by scoring 1,149 points.
He refused the Padma Shri in 1981, contending that a certain cricketer
was offered the Padma Bhushan and he deserved it too.
He was eventually bestowed with the Padma Bhushan in 1983.

42. Buffer Slide

43. Answer
Michael Ferreira

44. 14 +60/-30
Which league do the following teams play in?
• Bangalore Warhawks
• Mumbai Gladiators
• Kandy Skykings
• Pune Marathas
• Kolkata Vipers
• Delhi Defenders
• Pakistan Wolfpak
• Colombo Lions

45. Buffer SLide

46. Answer
• Elite Football League of India (EFLI)

47. 15. +50/-25
Baron Noel-Baker was a British politician, diplomat, academic, an
outstanding amateur athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament.
He carried the British team flag and won an Olympic silver medal at the 1920
Summer Olympics.
He was an academic early in his career. He was appointed vice-principal of
Ruskin College, Oxford in 1914, and elected a fellow at King's College,
Cambridge in 1915.
During World War I, he organized and led the Friends' Ambulance Unit
attached to the fighting front in France, in association with the British Red
Cross for which he received military medals from the UK, France and Italy.
What Unique distinction does he have?

48. Buffer Slide

49. Answer
• The only Olympic Medalist to receive a Nobel Prize. (Nobel peace
Prize 1959)

50. 16. ID +60/-30
While Noel-Baker may have been the only Nobel-winning Olympic
medalist, this mathematician was not far off. Though he didn’t win the
Nobel, his brother and his nephew did. An excellent footballer, he
played in Denmark’s first official international football match at the
1908 Olympics. The team beat France 17–1 (an Olympic Record) en
route to a silver medal. So popular a footballer was he that when he
defended his doctoral thesis, the audience was reported as having
more football fans than mathematicians.

51. Buffer Slide

52. Answer
• Harald Bohr
• Brother:- Niels Bohr
• Nephew:- Aage Neils Bohr

53. 17. +40/-20
• XY is arguably one of the greatest sporting legends of India. He owns
the Captain's Eleven restaurants in Chandigarh and Patna.
He established a company Y Musco Lighting Pvt Limited in partnership
with Musco Lighting to install floodlights in major stadiums and sports
venues in India. Floodlight projects include PCA Stadium, GCA
Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, Barabati Stadium, Sector 16 Stadium.
• ID XY

54. Buffer Slide

55. Answer

56. 18. ID +50/-25
X was born in Princes Town, Trinidad. He is of Indian descent, with his
parents both having been born in India.
At the age of 19, X moved to Madras, India, where he earned his
Masters degree in Economics at the University of Madras, while also
beginning his cricket career.
In 2008, he was appointed the first head coach of the Deccan Chargers
franchise in the Indian Premier League.
He also coached the Khulna Division cricket team in the Bangladesh
Premier League, where he helped Dwayne Smith and Andre Russell
further their cricket skills. He has also been the coach of the Barbados
Tridents.

57. Buffer Slide

58. Answer
• Robin Singh

59. 19. Identify X +60/-30
X specialized as a pace bowler. His most notable bowling accomplishment occurred
when he took a hat-trick in a One Day International (ODI) against India.
During the final stride of the delivery his bowling arm used to displace air behind
the umpire in such a manner that it would make umpire’s shirt flutter.
His most notable "accomplishment" as a batsman is that he once held the world
record for Test ducks. He was often subjected to good natured ridicule regarding
this from his teammates and the general public due to his feeble efforts.
This went as far as a tie being manufactured featuring numerous ducks to
celebrate his world record. He launched a duck caller for hunters on the back of his
record. The duck callers were not very successful though!
However, he did have some batting “prowess”. His most “famous” innings was
when he contributed 14 in a 106-run partnership for the tenth wicket against
England, to save the match. He was dropped from the team after the match.

60. Buffer Slide

61. Answer
• Danny Morrison :-P

62. 20. Identify +50/-25

63. Buffer Slide

64. Answer
• Waldi the Daschund. Mascot of the 1972 Munich Olympics.

65. 21 +50/-25
In 1999, he was elected to the State Duma as the representative for the
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, an impoverished region in the Russian
Far East. He started the charity ‘Pole of Hope’ to help the people of
Chukotka and in December 2000, he was elected governor of Chukotka
replacing Alexander Nazarov. In 2003, he was named ‘Person of the
Year’ by Expert, a Russian business magazine. This was a title he shared
with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Who is he?

66. Buffer Slide

67. Answer
• Roman Abramovich

68. 22 +50/-25
It was the 10th of September, 2000. The Italian Grand Prix at Monza had
gotten over and Michael Schumacher had recorded his 41st grand prix
victory. At the subsequent press conference, he famously broke into
tears upon being asked a question.
What was the reason for his tears?

69. Buffer Slide

70. Answer
• He was asked about his feelings upon equaling Ayrton Senna’s record
of 41 wins.

71. 23.Connect +60/-30

72. Buffer Slide

73. Answer
• Battle of the Sexes

74. 24 List of….? +40/-20
Theresa Rogers
Holly Sampson
Emma Rotherham
Joslyn James
Devon James
Kalika Moquin
Raychel Coudriet
Julie Postle
Cori Rist
Rachel Uchitel
Jaimee Grubbs
Loredana Ferriolo
Jamie Jungers

75. Buffer Slide

76. Answer
• Tiger Woods’ mistresses

77. 25. +60/-30
On 4 May 1949, the Fiat G212CP carrying almost the entire ‘X’ football
team after a farewell match for Xico Ferreira in Lisbon crashed into
Superga hill killing 31 people aboard including 18 players. ‘X’ was first in
their country’s top division football league with four games to go. They
won the remaining 4 games and the league with their youth team
playing against teams who fielded their youth players out of respect
themselves. The then ‘X’ team was popularly known as ‘Y’. Id X and Y.

78. Buffer Slide

79. Answer
• X-Torino FC
Y-Il Grande Torino

80. 26. +50/-25
On October 24, 2004, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 in the
English Premier League to end their 49-game unbeaten run. This match
was however marred by controversy. Confrontations between the
players and managers ended up making the headlines on the papers
the next day with one Arsenal player (supposedly Cesc Fabregas) being
accused of throwing a pizza at Sir Alex Ferguson. The confrontation was
dubbed as “pizzagate” by sections of the media and the game itself
came to be known as “X” in the British press.
Id X.

81. Buffer Slide

82. Answer
• Battle of the Buffet

83. 27. What is the significance of this place?
+60/-30

84. Buffer SLide

85. Answer
• The hotel where Ayrton Senna was staying the night before the fateful
Imola GP.

86. 28. +40/-20
• In 2008, Flavio Briatore was forced to resign as the manager of the
Renault F1 team following an incident. What was this incident?

87. Buffer Slide

88. Answer
• Race fixing scandal at the Singapore GP

89. 29. Identify +50/-25

90. Buffer Slide

91. Answer
• Luca Badoer. Former racer and Ferrari test driver that returned to
competitive Formula One to replace Felipe Massa after his accident in
2009.

92. 30. +40/-20
• On May 12, 1984, an exhibition race was held at the Nurburgring
circuit featuring former and future world champions like Jack
Brabham, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost and young Ayrton
Senna amongst others. This exhibition race was a special one for the
track.
• What made it so special?

93. Buffer Slide

94. Answer
• First race at Nurburgring since Niki Lauda’s crash in 1976

95. 31. +50/-25
• Geoff Hurst is a former English striker who has played for clubs like
West Ham, Stoke City and West Brom. Carli Lloyd is the current FIFA
Women’s player of the year and is a midfielder for the USA women’s
football team.
• What unique distinction do they share?

96. Buffer Slide

97. Answer
• Only players to score a hat-trick in the final of a FIFA World Cup

98. 32. +40/-20
• AC Milan have retired the #3 jersey in honour of a legend of the club,
Paolo Maldini. The jersey could, however, make a return at the club
under a particular condition. What is that condition?

99. Buffer Slide

100. Answer
• If one of Maldini’s sons make it to the first team at AC Milan

101. 33. +40/-20
• Boris Becker won his first ever Wimbledon Men’s singles title in 1985.
What was so unusual about this victory?

102. Buffer Slide

103. Answer
• He was younger than the Boys’ singles winner that year, Leonardo
Lavalle.

104. 34. +60/-30
• Guenter Parche is a former toolmaker who now lives in a retirement
home in Nordhausen, Germany. What is he known for in the sporting
world?

105. Buffer Slide

106. Answer
• Stabbing Monica Seles

107. 35. +60/-30
• Michael Chang did it in a 4th round clash against Ivan Lendl at the
1989 French Open. Martina Hingis did it to throw Steffi Graf off her
game in the final of the 1999 French Open. What is being spoken
about?

108. Buffer Slide

109. Answer
• Serving Underarm

110. 36. +50/-25
• The bout pitted the 25-year-old undefeated world heavyweight
champion and overwhelming favorite, George Foreman against the
32-year-old challenger and former heavyweight champion
Muhammad Ali. It took place in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DR Congo).
Muhammad Ali surprisingly knocked Foreman out in the 8th round.
This bout was famously known as “X”. Id X.

111. Buffer Slide

112. Answer
• Rumble in the Jungle

113. 37. +50/-25
• The longest ever match in Tennis history took place at Wimbledon,
2010 and it lasted for 11 hours and 5 minutes of play over three days
with the final set comprising of 138 games. Name the players involved
in this historic match.

114. Buffer Slide

115. Answer
• Nicolas Mahut and John Isner

116. 38. Put Funda +50/-25
• Ali Bin Nasser: “My assistant did not raise his flag. Moreover, for three
years, at the end of every year, he would write me a little note that
always said the same thing: ‘My brother, my colleague, there was only
the hand of Shilton.’ After that he stopped writing. He had to revise
his view of the goal,”
Bogdan Dotchev: “Bin Nasser was just not prepared well enough to
referee such an important game. And how could he be? After all he
used to be in charge of some games between camels in the desert.”

117. Buffer Slide

118. Answer
• Hand of God

119. 39. +40/-20
• Jennifer Capriati defeated Serena Williams 2-6 6-4 6-4 in the
quarterfinals of the 2004 US Open. This match ended with a
controversial final set which saw a new change brought into Tennis?
What?

120. Buffer Slide

121. Answer
• Use of Hawkeye for refereeing decisions.

122. 40. What is this about? +60/-30
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done
them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is
no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive
to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the
end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with
those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

123. Buffer Slide

124. Answer
• The “Man of the Arena” speech by Theodore Roosevelt that Nelson
Mandela presented a copy of to Francois Pienaar before the 1995
Rugby World Cup to inspire the South African team. In the movie
based on the story, Mandela is shown to have presented Pienaar with
a copy of the poem ‘Invictus’.

125. Long Visual Connect
• The LVC Contains 8 clues on 8 successive slides.
• The stakes for cracking the LVC at each stage are indicated on the
particular slide.
• POINTS ARE ONLY FOR IDENTIFYING THE CENTRAL THEME.
• NO POINTS FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS/PEOPLE IN EACH SLIDE.
• If You feel you know the answer, write it on a piece of paper and draw
the attention of the quiz masters. DONOT SHOUT THE ANSWER.
• Only ONE attempt per team per Slide.
• Kindly clarify your queries prior to the start of the round.

126. Buffer Slide

127. Slide 1 +200/-100

128. Slide 2 +150/-75

129. Slide 3 +100/-50

130. Slide 4 +70/-35

131. Slide 5 +60/-30

132. Slide 6 +50/-25

133. Slide 7 +40/-20

134. Slide 8 +20/-0

135. And the Answer is

136. Buffer Slide

137. Answer
People after whom major sporting trophies are/were named.
1. Yuri Gagarin – Gagarin cup (Kontinental League Ice Hockey)
2. Dwight F Davis- Davis Cup
3. Sultan Azlan Shah- Hockey
4. Larry O’Brien Jr- NBA Championship Trophy
5. Jules Rimet – Football world cup Trophy (1930-1970)
6. Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji – Duleep Trophy
7. Maharaja Ranjithsinhji – Ranji Trophy
8. Allan Border & Sunil Gavaskar – Border-Gavaskar Trophy

138. That’s all Folks!