Finals conducted for IIM Bangalore on August 7, 2021

1. SPORT-O-MANIA Finals

2. Round I
List it
10 Blanks
+5 for each correct answer
100 seconds to list them all down
Bonus Points
+10 if you get all 10 correct
+5 if you get 8 or 9 correct

3. This sport has been part of the Olympics programme since 1904. It has been contested in every
edition since, except for 1912 when Swedish prohibited it. The most successful athletes, A, B and
C have all won 3 gold medals each. B and C are from the same country, D which made its
Olympic debut in 1900.
E is also from D, and is known for an unique double at the 1976 Olympics. E’s nephew,
represented F in Tokyo 2021.
F has hosted the Summer Olympics once – the year G’s gold medal winning streak in Hockey was
halted at 6 by H.
G & H in a unique first had its athletes, I & J finish 1st and 3rd in the qualifying heats of a track and
field event in the ongoing Olympics.
Give me A-J.

4. A - Laszlo
Papp
B - Teofilo
Stevenson
C - Felix
Savon
D - Cuba
E - Alberto
Junatorena
F - Italy G - India
H -
Pakistan
I - Neeraj
Chopra
J – Arshad
Nadeem

5. Round II
Finite Pounce
Pounce shall remain open till one team
pounces on a private message or QM
announces it to be closed
+20/-20 on Pounce
+10 on regular passing
Questions to pass from team
A-H

6. 1. This cricketer entered the
record books in 1999 when he
batted for 1015 minutes in a
Ranji Trophy game. It was the
longest first-class innings of all
time.
His presence in a match next
year though debunks a
popular myth.
What are we talking about?

7. Anurag Thakur didn’t
captain Himachal
Pradesh in his only First
Class game
This is Rajeev Nayyar

8. 2. These Olympic
medalists have only
ever run in a race
together once.
When/what race
was that?
Why do none of
them have a finish
time for that event?

9. Ineos 1:59 Challenge
They were all pacemakers for Eliud Kipchoge

10. 3. Recently, after being criticised for a decision
which was most definitely not his, this footballer
responded on Twitter saying he did offer to do
‘this’
What could have gone against him though that
he wasn’t a regular at ‘this’ for his club either,
something that made over 100000 FPL managers
transfer him post Game Week 12 last season?
Who is the player, and what are we talking
about?

11. Jack Grealish and he
stopped taking
penalties for Aston
Villa – he was
speaking after he
wasn’t one of the
designated penalty
takers in the EURO
final

12. 4. Riding a ______ would
generally stem from a sense of
unfulfillment. However, this
record-breaking athlete rode
______ to win her first 5 of 12
Olympic medals.
Fill in the missing blanks,
where in, both words are the
same, except in the second
case, it’s a proper noun.

13. Gigolo; that was the
name of Isabelle
Werth’s horse from the
1992-2000 Olympics

14. 5. Recently Puma informed a national
team that they were asked by the
Game’s governing body to remove 2
stars from their jersey, causing a major
uproar in that country.
Which national team is this, and what's
the dispute all about?

15. Uruguay Football Team
The 2 Olympic titles aren’t
considered as World Cups and
thus FIFA has asked for them to
be removed

16. 6. British hip hop artist, Craig David
was trolled during the 2016 as well as
the current Olympics with people
making edits to his Wikipedia page –
referring to him as part of the Great
Britain archery team.
The reference here is a set of famous
lyrics from one of his hit songs, which
sound similar to what is seemingly a
non fussy role in that sport.
What role is this, that he fictionally
undertakes at the Olympics?

17. Bow Selector,
reference –
Bo! Selecta

18. 7. This medalist from 1948 Winter Olympics, fed
up of his country’s oppressive regime resorted
to seeking citizenship elsewhere.
He found support in a particular African country
which wanted him to play for them. That didn’t
happen though, and unfortunately, he realized
how grave the situation was when he was
asked to report for army conscription.
Who is he? And which African country, because
of him can boast of a first?

19. Jaroslav Drobny; Egyptian (1st African)
to win Wimbledon Men’s Singles title

20. 8. She recently won a medal in an
event, making her the first from
her country to do so since this
other iconic sportsperson in 1988.
What event? And who is the
athlete whose feat she emulated?

21. 3m Springboard;
Greg Louganis

22. Round III
Finite Bounce 2
Pounce shall remain open till one team
pounces on a private message or QM
announces it to be closed
+20/-20 on Pounce
+10 on regular passing
Questions to pass from team
H-A

23. 1. Picked as the 131st pick of this
NBA Draft, he refused to play in
the league.
He however went on to do
decently otherwise, top scoring in
3 Olympic tournaments and
eventually receiving the Olympic
Order of Merit in 1997. Who is he?

24. Oscar Schmidt

25. 2. Christian Klien’s contact with the wall on lap one of
the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix could possibly be the most
expensive crash in F1 history.
It wasn’t because of the car though - something was
added to the vehicle to promote something fictional,
which went missing.
Its ironic because the incident is similar to what they
were promoting.
What work is being talked about here?

26. The Jaguar F1 team
was running with one-
off sponsorship from
the Ocean’s 12 film and
as part of the deal, the
two cars were fitted
with stunning £150,000
diamonds
The one on Klein’s car
was never recovered

27. 3. Pyotr Tchaikovsky passed away in
November, 1893.
However the musician and his works
continue to be revered – for what
unique one-off would sports fans have
heard one of his works repeatedly
recently?

28. ROC Anthem

29. 4. He is the latest entrant in
a list which features 5 more
sportspersons. The unique
entry is of this woman.
What list are we talking
about?
Also what makes her
achievement stand out?

30. Eddy Alvarez has just won a medal in
both summer and winter Olympics
Christa Luding-Rothenburger is the only
one who achieved this in the same year

31. 5. Recently, Ishan Kishan became the first Indian
to score a 50 on both his ODI and T20I debut.
However, another batsman came very close to
achieving this feat – except his T20I debut was
washed off. In the next match he played, he
scored a 50. His most telling contribution though
came in a unique ‘event’ which followed the
game – who are we talking about? Also what
was this follow up?

32. Robin Uthappa
The bowl out
against
Pakistan

33. 6. Connect the
stadium to the
marriage of
Olympic
champions Olga
Fikotova and
Harold Connolly.

34. Emil Zatopek spoke to the then
Czechoslovak president Antonin
Zapotocky and helped Olga Fikotova
get a permit to marry Harold Connolly
He laid the foundation stone of the
athletics track at Salt Lake Stadium in
Kolkata

35. 7. 40,000 fans were interviewed
before the decision was taken
– what you see in the picture is
what is being cited as the
rationale behind the suggestion
apart from the votes of the
fans.
What much talked about
change are we talking about
here?

36. Cleveland Indians
became Cleveland
Guardians

37. 8. The only other time this
happened was in 2002, and
the reason cited for the invite
to South Korea was the same.
What 2nd happened earlier
this year, one which made
this player the first to achieve
a unique double (first part
was achieved in Jan-Feb
2019)?

38. Qatar played the CONCACAF Gold Cup
(only 2nd time an Asian team was invited
because they were hosting the WC
later)
Almoez Ali is the golden boot winner in
2 continental competitions in the same
cycle

39. Round IV
2 Themed
Rounds
Three Questions each
Each of the three questions are connected
by a similar theme
10 Points for each correct answer
+10 if you get all 3 correct
Answers need to be sent to the QM via
personal chat

40. 1.1 When this event was
introduced in the Olympic
programme, the athlete in
picture was the first to win
gold. Since then, only once
has a non-Asian been to
the top of the podium.
Who(the non-Asian), and
in what year?

41. 1.2 This venue shares
its name with the
country’s only gold
medallist at the
Olympic Game.
It’s not named after
the sportsperson
though – but both
proper nouns derive
themselves from the
same source.
What's it called?

42. 1.3 This is a picture
from the ongoing
Tokyo Olympics.
The man in frame
with a silver
medal here has
won one more
Olympic medal.
Who won silver
then?

43. THEME - Gold Medalists who pipped
Indians to silver

44. 1.1 Carolina Marin

45. 1.2 Al Maktoum Stadium

46. 1.3 Vijay Kumar

47. 2.1 Wrought by British
silversmiths of the
Victorian period, this
trophy has been awarded
since 1866.
If you look up the most
successful winners of this,
you are likely to come
across these athletes,
which isn’t true ofcourse.
What is it called?

48. 2.2 The presentation
of this trophy is
usually
overshadowed by a
tradition initiated by
this person in 1936.
What event is this
trophy contested
for?

49. 2.3 To preserve the
name of an entity,
secretary GAJ Rothney
decided to withdraw
all the money they had
and re-use it. What
was the result? What
entity is this?

50. THEME – Sporting Trophies

51. 2.1 The Wimbledon Cup

52. 2.2 Indy 500

53. 2.3 Calcutta Cup