The logo of the London 2012 Olympics featured the number 2012 in a way that resembled the word "Zion". This irritated some in Israel, who lodged a formal complaint that it too closely resembled the Star of David, a Jewish/Israeli symbol.

2. ROUND ONE
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Infinite bounce (pounce).
13 questions.
+10/-5 on the pounce.
+10/0 direct.
+10/0 pass.
Clockwise.

3. QUESTION 1
• Who is the only Indian to have played in the
German Bundesliga?

4. ANSWER 1
• Vishwanathan Anand
• Apart from being the German national
football league it is also the German national
chess league
.

5. QUESTION 2
• This is the Adidas
Questra ball which
was used in the
1994 Fifa World
Cup.
• It featured a special
Decoration.
• What was the
decoration and why
was it used ?

6. ANSWER 2
• Decorated with stars & moon to mark the 25th
anniversary of the US Landings on the moon.
• 1994 WC was hosted by USA.

7. QUESTION 3
• ______: Radius 23 feet 9 inches (7.24 m), no less
than 3 feet (0.91 m) from edge
• ______: Radius 20 feet 6.25 inches (6.2548 m),
no less than 4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m) from edge
• ______: Radius 6.75 meters (22.1 ft), no less than
0.9 meters (3.0 ft) from edge.
• ______: Radius 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m), no less
than 4 feet 3 inches (1.30 m) from edge
• High School: Radius 19 feet 9 inches (6.02 m).
• This was first imposed in 1984, before which it
didn't exist at all.
• What?

8. ANSWER 3
• The 3-point line in basketball.
• NBA, WNBA, FIBA,NCAA.

9. QUESTION 4
• This is the stadium of X. It has only 3 stands as
the 4th stand would encroach into an
apartment block.
• As a result, the people in the apartments get
to watch some of the worlds best footballers
for free in the comfort of their homes.
• X?
• Stadium pic next slide
• (Hint: After Pounce)

10. • Clue next slide

11. • The man in the photo who now plays for
Swansea in the EPL has played for X.

12. ANSWER 4
• Rayo Vallecano, Madrid.

13. QUESTION 5
• Earlier designs of the X ball included the mesh and bramble, which
are not used any more. The current design is the ________.
• A X ball moving through air experiences two major aerodynamic
forces, lift and drag. ___________ balls fly farther than non_______ balls due to the combination of two effects:
• First, the ___________ on the surface of a X ball cause the
boundary layer on the upstream side of the ball to transition from
laminar to turbulent.
• The turbulent boundary layer is able to remain attached to the
surface of the ball much longer than a laminar boundary and so
creates a narrower, low pressure, wake and hence less pressure
drag.
• The reduction in pressure drag causes the ball to travel farther.
• The United States Patent and Trademark Office's patent database is
a good source of past _______ designs. Most designs are based on
platonic solids such as the icosahedron.
• X? Blank?

14. ANSWER 5
• Dimples on Golf Balls.

15. QUESTION 6
• The ____ stadium has played host to both the
football and rugby world cups in the past.
• The stadium was also frequently used for cycle
races at one time, hence its name.
• It is the largest stadium in its country.
• Which stadium?
• Image in next slide

17. ANSWER 6
• Stade Velodrome (Velodrome = cycling
track),France.
• Olympique Marseille play at home here.

18. QUESTION 7
• X (born July 23, 1976) is a Hungarian chess
grandmaster.
• In 1991, X achieved the title of Grandmaster at
the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest
person ever to do so at that time.
• X has been ranked as high as 8 in the world by
FIDE ratings, and has defeated 9 World
Champions, including Karpov, Anand and Topalov.
• X is a legend of modern chess.
• X?

19. ANSWER 7
• Judith Polgar

20. QUESTION 8
• On July 8th 2010. ESPN carried a one-hour long, special
show, which they called the "The Decision.“
• The show was criticized vehemently, with many
reviews calling it "one of the most tone-deaf interviews
ever, devoid of emotion of any kind."
• The people involved saw a drastic drop in their
popularity ratings; public in Cleveland resorted to open
burning of property.
• One of these people was Jim Gray, the interviewer.
• Who was the other, and what was the "Decision"?

21. ANSWER 8
• LeBron James' move from Cleaveland Cavaliers
to Miami Heat.

22. QUESTION 9
• Commentary:
1. ” And he’s gone”.
2. “And here he is now, about to face the music in
the form of Brett Lee.”
3. “ This is not a good feeling... this cannot be a
good feeling.”
4. “Well whether you’re coming in first or batting
number 11 it’s a terrible feeling!”...
5. “Whey! Well done!”
Funda?

23. ANSWER 9
• This was during Ajit Agarkar's drought of 7
ducks in a row during 1999-2000.
• Above is the 5th instance, the commentary
reflecting Bill Lawry‘s happiness that he
survived the first ball after 4 previous golden
ducks.
• FYI: Agarkar got out the next ball in the 5th
instance.

24. QUESTION 10
• This occurrence was termed "embarrassing" by the
officials involved, but at the same time forgiven
considering the circumstances.
• One of them said- "It simply wasn't our fault. It was a
technological limitation."
• Spectators were miffed as well, as they were forced to
listen to the ongoing microphone commentary for
score updates.
• However, programmers from IBM were called, and the
problem was fixed, ensuring smooth proceedings the
next day.
• What am I talking about?

25. ANSWER 10
• The scoreboard problem at the marathon Isner vs
Mahut match at Wimbledon 2010.
• The scoreboard was programmed to handle a
maximum game score of 47- 47, and when that
was passed, it went blank.
• The chair umpire had to update the crowd
regarding the score.
• The problem, however, was fixed the next day, as
the match continued to a result, with Isner
winning 70-68 in the final set.

26. QUESTION 11
• The Italian term
oriundo comes from
the Latin verb oriri
(orior), "be born",
and is related to
Orient.
• Some of the more
famous recent oriundi
include Mauro
Camoranesi, Pablo
Osvaldo, Cristian
Ledesma.
• Who is an oriundo?

27. ANSWER 11
• Players with a different nationality playing for
Italy due to Italian ancestry.

28. QUESTION 12
• In 1977, both Vitas Gerulaitis and Roscoe
Tanner won their first Men's singles Grand
Slam titles.
• But both were at the same tournament.
• What the hell?
• Full funda.

29. ANSWER 12
• In 1977, the Australian Open was held twicein January and then in December, due to some
rescheduling.
• 1977 remains the only year to have had 5
grand slams, 3 of which were on grass!

30. QUESTION 13

31. ANSWER 13
• This is Gilles Villeneuve, father of 1997 world
champion Jacques Villeneuve who died in a
collision during the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.
• The other photo is that of Circuit Giles
Villeneuve, the racetrack for the Canadian
Grand Prix which was named in his honour.
• Gilles is also a Canadian.

32. ROUND TWO
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Identify the sportsperson.
Written round.
7 questions.
Open to all teams.
+5/0.
+10 bonus on getting all 7 correct.

33. QUESTION 1

34. QUESTION 2

35. QUESTION 3

36. QUESTION 4

37. QUESTION 5

38. QUESTION 6

39. QUESTION 7

41. ANSWER 1
• James Blake

42. ANSWER 2
• Arjun Atwal

43. ANSWER 3
Dani Jarque

44. ANSWER 4
• Colin Miller

45. ANSWER 5
• Ellis Achong
• First “China”man

46. ANSWER 6
• Nadia Comaneci

47. ANSWER 7
• Casey Stoner, MotoGP Racer

48. ROUND THREE
THE OLYMPIC ROUND
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Infinite bounce (pounce).
10 questions.
+10/-5 on the pounce.
+10/0 direct.
+5/0 pass.
Anticlockwise.

49. QUESTION 1
• I am regarded as one of the greatest sprint freestyle swimmers of
all time. I won both the men's 50m and 100m freestyle events in
Atlanta and Barcelona.
• I gifted my 100m Atlanta gold to my coach because “I have a title
and I'm on the paper, but, you know, Gennadi hasn't gotten
anything from Atlanta or from Barcelona.” "But I know how much
this particular medal means for him, is worth for him.“
• I was stabbed in the abdomen with a knife during a dispute with
three street vendors. The knife sliced my artery, grazed one of my
kidneys and damaged the pleura, the membrane that encases
the lungs. I had an emergency surgery and spent three months in
rehabilitation.
• Who am I?

50. ANSWER 1
• Alexander Popov
• Four golds and Five Silver
in Olympics
• Popov held the world
record for the long course
men's 50 m freestyle with
21.64 s for almost 10
years, until it was broken
by 0.08 s in 2008 by
Australian Eamon
Sullivan.

51. QUESTION 2
• This olympic champion
is holding two flags.
Who is she and what is
this flag?

52. ANSWER 2
• The Australian Aboriginal Flag is a flag that
represents Indigenous Australians. It is one of
the official "Flags of Australia", and holds
special legal and political status, but it is not
the "Australian National Flag".

53. QUESTION 3
• In which Olympic event
would you find these ?

54. ANSWER 3
• Race Walk

55. QUESTION 4

56. ANSWER 4
• This map shows the countries which
boycotted the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympic
games.
• 1976- Because the African countries wanted
South Africa and Rhodesia banned.
• 1980, 1984- The cold war nations boycotted
each others games.

57. QUESTION 5
With a population of 152.5 million people, it is the most populous nation not to
have won a medal at the Games. Though no one from the country usually manages
to qualify for the Olympics, the wildcard process manages to ensure that the
country is represented.
Syque Caesar (in pic) will be a
wildcard in London this year. He is
a student at the Univ. of Michigan
and his father used to pay for the
national football team of his
country. His father adopted the
name Caesar because he was the
first child in the country born via
Caesarian section.
Which country did Syque Caesar
represent at London 2012?

58. ANSWER 5
Bangladesh

59. QUESTION 6
• When the sport originated, initially the ‘horse’
was used. However, after a series of accidents in
2000, citing safety reasons, it was decided that
the horse would be replaced. The company
Jansen Fritsen, had came up with an alternative
in the mid 1990's. This was used for the first time
in 2001, and it was found to be much safer.
• What name was given to the alternative and what
sport are we talking about?

60. .
ANSWER 6
• Tongue ( Gymnastics). The original sport was
Vaulting Horse.

61. QUESTION 7
• What does this represent?

62. ANSWER 7

63. QUESTION 8
• Which country did the logo of
the London 2012 Olympics
irritate, stimulating them to
lodge a formal complaint to the
International Olympic
Committee and why?

64. ANSWER 8
• The Iranian government
argued it represents a
veiled pro-Israeli
conspiracy. Iran lodged
a complaint and
threatened to pull out,
but the IOC quietly
dismissed the complaint
and Iran didn’t pursue
the matter further.

65. QUESTION 9
• In 1948, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann of Stoke
Mandeville Hospital hosted a sports
competition for British World War II veteran
patients in the hospital. The first games were
called ___________.
• Till 1960, this event was open to war veterans
only, after which it was called by its present
name.
• What ?

66. ANSWER 9
• Paralympic
Games
+5 if you can give me the name
of this person.

67. QUESTION 10
• The building shown in the next slide which
was opened by Queen Victoria in 1871, and
named in memory of her late husband.
• The world's leading artists from several
performance genres have appeared on its
stage and it has become one of the UK's most
treasured and distinctive buildings.
• Connect this building and the Olympics.

69. ANSWER 10
• ”The Albert” – official
football for the London
Olympics.
• ‘The Albert’ has an
interpretation of cockney
rhyming slang where he
proposed the London iconic
landmark ‘The Albert Hall’
could mean ‘Ball’.

70. ROUND FOUR
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13 questions.
Infinite bounce (pounce).
+10/-5 on the pounce.
+10/0 direct.
+10/0 pass.
Clockwise.

71. QUESTION 1
• --------------------- and Sampras are the only
men to have won Grand Slam singles titles as
a teenager, in their 20s, and in their 30s.
• Sampras throughout his career modeled
himself after "those classy Aussies".
• Identify which one “among those classy
Aussies” shares this record with Sampras?

72. ANSWER 1

73. QUESTION 2
• Salem Mohammad Motorwala Yusuf is
an umpire who has been active mostly
in first class cricket.
• His decision to call a medium pacer for
suspected action had far reaching
impact in the history of cricket.
• This is what Yusuf had to say: “In his
second over, I must have called him four
times, After calling him, he came and
asked me, ‘What is wrong?’ I told him, ‘I
have doubts about your action“.
• What resulted?

74. ANSWER 2
• Anil Kumble started bowling leg spin.

75. QUESTION 3
• Only 4 Indians have been crowned champions
at the Australian Open. Mahesh Bhupathi and
Leander Paes are two of them.
• ID the other two.

76. ANSWER 3
• Sania Mirza and Yuki Bhambri

77. QUESTION 4
• James William Thomas "Jimmy" Hill OBE (born 22 July
1928) is an English association football personality. His
career has taken in virtually every role in football, including
player, union leader, coach, manager, director, chairman,
television executive, presenter, analyst and match official.
• Jimmy Hill , as the Manager of Coventry City Football Club ,
commissioned a change to the stadium for the benefit of
the fans watching the game. However , this proved to be
extremely unpopular, and had to be partially rolled back.
• However , The Taylor Report published in 1990 , advised
the change suggested by Jimmy Hill to be made mandatory
across all Premier league Stadiums.
• What was the change suggested by Jimmy Hill and what
was the Taylor report?

78. ANSWER 4
• All Seater Stadia.
• Hillsborough Disaster.

79. QUESTION 5

80. ANSWER 5
• Double handed bat

81. QUESTION 6
• The center of percussion is the point on an
object where a perpendicular impact will
produce translational and rotational forces
which perfectly cancel each other out at a
pivot point, so that the pivot will not be
moving after the impulse.
• With respect to sports, how is the centre of
percussion commonly known as?

82. ANSWER 6
• Sweet spot.

83. QUESTION 7
• Before 2012, Fred Perry was the last British
player to win a senior title at Wimbledon.
• He achieved this in the year 1936.
• Who was the next British player to win a
senior title at SW19?

84. ANSWER 7
• Jonathan
Marray.
• He won the
doubles title
with Fredrik
Nielsen one
day before
Andy Murray
became the
singles
champion.

85. QUESTION 8
• Funda?

86. ANSWER 8
• 21 Tee Salute.
• Golfer Payne Stewart's Death.

87. QUESTION 9
• This is a biography of a woman
known as the “Queen Mother
of American Tennis” or “Lady
tennis” for her lifelong
participation in and promotion
of women’s tennis.
• Identify her, and also tell me
what she did to generate
international interest in
women’s tennis.

88. ANSWER 9
• Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, who instituted the
Wightman Cup, for women players from the
US and UK.

89. QUESTION 10
• What gets its name from the name of its main
sponsor, a lottery company shown below?

90. ANSWER 10
• The Norwegian football league Tippeligaen.

91. QUESTION 11
• X about Y:
• “He scores goals like runs in cricket”
• ID X and Y.

92. ANSWER 11
• X- Don Bradman.
• Y- Dhyan Chand.

94. ANSWER 12
• Only players to have won back to back UCL
with two different teams
• Samuel Eto’o - Barcelona & Inter
• Gerard Pique - Manchester United &
Barcelona
• Paulo Sousa - Juventus & Borussia Dortmund
• Marcel Desailly - Marseille & A C Milan

95. QUESTION 13
• X is a new team in World Superbike
Championship.
• X’s rider Dan Linfoot finished a remarkable third
at the final race of the World Superbike
Championship in Magny Cours, France on 7th
October 2012.
• The other rider is Florian Marino of France.
• X’s website lists Y as part of the management,
while actor Nagarjuna Akkineni has been
mentioned as a director.
• Y?

96. ANSWER 13
• M S Dhoni co – owns MSD RN Racing Team.

97. ROUND FIVE (FINAL ROUND)
LONG VISUAL CONNECT
• Points as displayed in the slides.
• Write down your answer.
• Exhaustive list.

98. +50/-25
Vigor Lamezia
Campania Puteolana

99. +40/-20
Cagliari
Napoli

100. +30/-15
Fiorentina

101. +25/-10
Atletico Madrid

102. +20/-10

103. +10/0

104. +5/0
A S Monaco

105. • Clubs managed by Claudio Ranieri

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1986–1987 Vigor Lamezia
1987–1988 Campania Puteolana
1988–1991 Cagliari
1991–1993 Napoli
1993–1997 Fiorentina
1997–1999 Valencia
1999–2000 Atlético Madrid
2000–2004 Chelsea
2004–2005 Valencia
2007 Parma
2007–2009 Juventus
2009–2011 Roma
2011–2012 Internazionale
2012– Monaco

107. TIEBREAKER

108. G X is a 2010 Bollywood action-drama film written,
directed and produced by Chandan Arora. The film
had a theatrical release in cinemas throughout
India on 5 February 2010. It also premiered
on YouTube the same day, thus becoming the first
ever Indian film to premiere on YouTube
internationally on the same day as its domestic
theatrical release.
The film's main protagonist's character was based
on the life and times of a real-life Y whiz from the
slums of Malavni named Suryakant.

109. X- Striker
Y- Carrom