I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable providing the full name for option 6 without additional context or hints.

1. Sports Prehilanth
• There are 20 questions in it.
ALL THE BEST.

2. Question 1.
• X is a very famous tennis player . After whom the logo of Australian
open was dedicated. X had a very beautiful serve and a very elegant
style of play. X is also known for his politeness and fair play.
• An award is also given annually to the players which is named after him
for fair play and sportsmanship.
• ID X

3. Question 2
• It is a bowling machine famously used in England to improve it’s
batsmen’s play against spin. It was invented by Henry Pryor in a barn
in Wales. It recreates spin bowling in such a way no other bowling
machine does. It is most famous for helping Andrew Strauss score two
hundreds in the 2005 Ashes , when he handled Warne reasonably
well. But it still didn’t stop him being bowled behind his legs , even
wonder machines have limits😊😊.
• What is the machine called??

4. Question 3
• He is a very famous hockey player . He is also considered by many
to be the best hockey player produced by India after Major
Dhyanchand. His dribbling skills were the best during his times.
• He has also won the last Olympic medal for India, and is best
remembered for scoring the winning goal of the tournament.
• He hails from VARANASI itself.
• Last year he was in the news for a very unfortunate reason .
• WHO IS HE??
• Image follows

6. Question 4
The above photo is from a James Bond movie . Why it is in a sports quiz?
ID the person on the right and his claim to fame.
From which sport is he related to?

7. Question 5
• The photo which is shown besides is a very famous
photograph of a very famous football club .
• The club has a very huge fan following even today.
• The above team was going to become only the 3rd
team to win their domestic league title 3 times in a
row, but due to a very infamous incident it couldn’t be
achieved.
• The team was also nick named ____ _____ because of
their immensely talented youngsters and their
charismatic manager.
• FITB and also name the incident.

8. Question 6
• He was born at Weymouth , in England. He later moved to Oberhausen, in
Germany. He became very famous during his stay in Oberhausen at a very
young age.
• Following his rise to fame , a businessman in Carballino, a community in
Galicia , collected about 30,000 euros as his “transfer fee” to Fiesta del Pulpo
festival.
• His career started during the EURO CUP 2008, but it ended shortly after the
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP.
• His health declined during late 2010 and unfortunately he died on 25th
October 2010.
• To pay tribute to him Google dedicated it’s “doodle” on 17th June 2014 during
the FIFA WORLD CUP 2014.
• WHO WAS HE??

9. Question 7
• Identify the sport.

10. Question 8
• CONNECT:
1. Alan Budikusuma
2. Poul Erik Larsen
3. Ji Xinpeng
4. Taufik Hidayat
5. Lin Dan
6. Chen Long
. THIS IS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF A VERY SPECIAL ACHEIVEMENT.

11. Question 9
• ID X
• X became a National junior champion in his 1st Nationals in1994 .
• He qualified to represent India in 2012 London Olympics in Men’s 50m Rifle Prone
event.
• X qualified for the finals of Men’s 50m Rifle Prone event with a score of 595.
After six rounds X was at joint fourth with eight other shooters. However, there
was a shoot off between the nine tied shooters, in which scored 51.6 and
finished fourth in the shoot off, thereby qualifying for the final round as he
finished 7th overall. In the final he scored 104.1 and with a total of 699.1 he
finished fourth, 1.9 points behind the bronze medal winner Rajmond Debevec of
Slovenia.
• X also won Arjuna award in 2012.
• Recently he was trolled by Sachin Tendulkar’s fans on Twitter, after he mocked his
eligibility to get Bharat Ratna.
• Image follows

13. Question 10
• X is known for her charitable work, and is patron of over 200
organisations. X is also known for equestrian talents;
• At the age of 21, X won the individual title at the European Eventing
Championship, and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the
Year in 1971. For more than five years, X also competed with the
British eventing team, winning a silver medal in both individual and
team disciplines in the 1975 European Eventing Championship,
riding the home-bred Doublet. The following year, X participated
in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of the British
team and won a silver medal in Equestrian.
• X was the only contestant in the Montreal Olympics who didn’t
undergo ‘Sex Test’ .
• ID X

14. Question 11
• Identify the term
• A strategy where a boxer limits himself to the ropes initially , allowing
their elasticity to absorb the weight of the rival’s blows .The opponent
, punch exhausted , can’t defend effectively later in the fight and
becomes relatively easy to defeat.
• This strategy was famously used by Mohamad Ali in his famous fight
against George Foreman , ie; RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE in 1974.
• The tactic was earlier used by Archie Moore , who called it “The
Turtle” . Manny Pacquiao , Micky Ward and Floyd Mayweather have
also used it

15. Question 12
• An extra helping of injury time when Manchester United is losing . It is
phenomenon that began when Alex Ferguson was in charge, say critics of
this club: his teams were allegedly allowed more minutes than others to
salvage or win tight games .
• A study commisioned by the BBC discovered that United was given more
time when it was losing than when it was winning. But it also found a
similar bias towards other big clubs in the Premier league.
• Referees denied that it existed , but on reflection , one of them , Graham
Poll , admitted the pressure at a big club could affect officials
psychologically . While critics say it’s cheating , fans reckon it’s no worse
than gamesmanship.
• What is the phenomenon or the ‘term ‘ used??

16. Question 13
Picture on the right side is of a very famous athlete Naim
Suleymanoglu.
• He died in November 2017 due to liver cirrhosis.
• He is also famously and more popularly known by his
nickname ________ ___________.
• What is his nickname??

17. Question 14
• Connect: Be specific...
1. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
2. Kepler Weasels
3. Roelof van der Merwe
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Luke Ronchi
6. ___ _____ (I would give the name only if none of the team blocks
hints)
THE ABOVE LIST IS NON- EXHAUSTIVE

18. Question 15
• The game shown here was played between Donald Bryne and then 13
year old Bobby Fischer in Rosenwald memorial tournament.
• The game has a very important role in the history of chess prodigies.
• This iconic game was won by Bobby Fischer unexpectedly. Hence it is
also referred to as “The Game of the century”.
• It was a stunning masterpiece of play performed by a boy of 13
against a formidable opponent.
• In this game Fischer did something extraordinary for which it is very
famous.
• WHAT EXACTLY DID HE DO?

19. Question 16
• The player in the picture is Besik Kudokhov.
• He was a champion wrestler and has won 4 gold medals in Wrestling
World Championships. He also won a silver medal at the London
Olympics 2012 in 60 kg category.
• On 29th August 2016, a report indicated that a retested sample for
Kudokhov taken at the time of 2012 Olympics 60 kg freestyle Wrestling
event had returned a positive result (later disclosed as
dehydrochloromethyltestosterone)
• He was stripped of his silver medal by IOC. And it was decided to give
the medal to the bronze medallist X in that same event. However X
refused to take up the silver medal from IOC.
• ID X and Why did he refuse to take his silver medal??

20. Question 17
• FITB and give the connect:
1. Coca cola cup
2. Worthington cup
3. ______ ___
4. ______ ___ ___
5. EFL cup
6. Carabao cup

21. Question 18
• This stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques
Herzog , Pierre de Meuron , Stefan Marbach and Ai
Weiwei . The stadium was designed to host ______
______ . This stadium will again be used in 2022 for a
similar event .
• The stadium due to its beautiful architecture has
attracted tourists from all over the world .
• This stadium was also the venue of the 4th quarter of the
international paegents awards.
• Jackie Chan was the first artist to hold a Pop concert at
the stadium.
• FITB and also tell the name of this famous stadium.

22. Question 19
Id the logo of the company.
Why it has a sport connect??

23. Question 20
Id her .
What is her recent claim to
fame?
Think of some swimming event
of December 2017

24. That’s all folks...

25. ANSWERS....

26. Question 1.
• X is a very famous tennis player . After whom the logo of Australian
open was dedicated. X had a very beautiful serve and a very elegant
style of play. X is also known for his politeness and fair play.
• An award is also given annually to the players which is named after him
for fair play and sportsmanship.
• ID X

27. Stefan Edberg.

28. Question 2
• It is a bowling machine famously used in England to improve it’s
batsmen’s play against spin. It was invented by Henry Pryor in a barn
in Wales. It recreates spin bowling in such a way no other bowling
machine does. It is most famous for helping Andrew Strauss score two
hundreds in the 2005 Ashes , when he handled Warne reasonably
well. But it still didn’t stop him being bowled behind his legs , even
wonder machines have limits😊😊.
• What is the machine called??

29. Merlyn

30. Question 3
• He is a very famous hockey player . He is also considered by many
to be the best hockey player produced by India after Major
Dhyanchand. His dribbling skills were the best during his times.
• He has also won the last Olympic medal for India, and is best
remembered for scoring the winning goal of the tournament.
• He hails from VARANASI itself.
• Last year he was in the news for a very unfortunate reason .
• WHO IS HE??
• Image follows

32. Mohamad Shahid.

33. Question 4
The above photo is from a James Bond movie . Why it is in a sports quiz?
ID the person on the right and his claim to fame.
From which sport is he related to?

34. Harold Sakata. He was a weightlifter.
He won a silver medal in weightlifting in London
Olympics, 1948.

35. Question 5
• The photo which is shown besides is a very famous
photograph of a very famous football club .
• The club has a very huge fan following even today.
• The above team was going to become only the 3rd
team to win their domestic league title 3 times in a
row, but due to a very infamous incident it couldn’t be
achieved.
• The team was also nick named ____ _____ because of
their immensely talented youngsters and their
charismatic manager.
• FITB and also name the incident.

36. Busby Babes.
Munich Air Disaster

37. Question 6
• He was born at Weymouth , in England. He later moved to Oberhausen, in
Germany. He became very famous during his stay in Oberhausen at a very
young age.
• Following his rise to fame , a businessman in Carballino, a community in
Galicia , collected about 30,000 euros as his “transfer fee” to Fiesta del Pulpo
festival.
• His career started during the EURO CUP 2008, but it ended shortly after the
2010 FIFA WORLD CUP.
• His health declined during late 2010 and unfortunately he died on 25th
October 2010.
• To pay tribute to him Google dedicated it’s “doodle” on 17th June 2014 during
the FIFA WORLD CUP 2014.
• WHO WAS HE??

38. Octopus Paul

39. Question 7
• Identify the sport.

40. Sepak Takraw

41. Question 8
• CONNECT:
1. Alan Budikusuma
2. Poul Erik Larsen
3. Ji Xinpeng
4. Taufik Hidayat
5. Lin Dan
6. Chen Long
. THIS IS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF A VERY SPECIAL ACHEIVEMENT.

42. They are the gold medal winners in men
singles event in badminton in the OLYMPICS.

43. Question 9
• ID X
• X became a National junior champion in his 1st Nationals in1994 .
• He qualified to represent India in 2012 London Olympics in Men’s 50m Rifle Prone
event.
• X qualified for the finals of Men’s 50m Rifle Prone event with a score of 595.
After six rounds X was at joint fourth with eight other shooters. However, there
was a shoot off between the nine tied shooters, in which scored 51.6 and
finished fourth in the shoot off, thereby qualifying for the final round as he
finished 7th overall. In the final he scored 104.1 and with a total of 699.1 he
finished fourth, 1.9 points behind the bronze medal winner Rajmond Debevec of
Slovenia.
• X also won Arjuna award in 2012.
• Recently he was trolled by Sachin Tendulkar’s fans on Twitter, after he mocked his
eligibility to get Bharat Ratna.
• Image follows

45. Joydeep Karmakar

46. Question 10
• X is known for her charitable work, and is patron of over 200
organisations. X is also known for equestrian talents;
• At the age of 21, X won the individual title at the European Eventing
Championship, and was voted the BBC Sports Personality of the
Year in 1971. For more than five years, X also competed with the
British eventing team, winning a silver medal in both individual and
team disciplines in the 1975 European Eventing Championship,
riding the home-bred Doublet. The following year, X participated
in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal as a member of the British
team and won a silver medal in Equestrian.
• X was the only contestant in the Montreal Olympics who didn’t
undergo ‘Sex Test’ .
• ID X

47. Princess Anne ; the daughter of Queen
Elizabeth ll

48. Question 11
• Identify the term
• A strategy where a boxer limits himself to the ropes initially , allowing
their elasticity to absorb the weight of the rival’s blows .The opponent
, punch exhausted , can’t defend effectively later in the fight and
becomes relatively easy to defeat.
• This strategy was famously used by Mohamad Ali in his famous fight
against George Foreman , ie; RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE in 1974.
• The tactic was earlier used by Archie Moore , who called it “The
Turtle” . Manny Pacquiao , Micky Ward and Floyd Mayweather have
also used it

49. Rope- a- dope

50. Question 12
• An extra helping of injury time when Manchester United is losing . It is
phenomenon that began when Alex Ferguson was in charge, say critics of
this club: his teams were allegedly allowed more minutes than others to
salvage or win tight games .
• A study commisioned by the BBC discovered that United was given more
time when it was losing than when it was winning. But it also found a
similar bias towards other big clubs in the Premier league.
• Referees denied that it existed , but on reflection , one of them , Graham
Poll , admitted the pressure at a big club could affect officials
psychologically . While critics say it’s cheating , fans reckon it’s no worse
than gamesmanship.
• What is the phenomenon or the ‘term ‘ used??

51. Fergie’s time...

52. Question 13
Picture on the right side is of a very famous athlete Naim
Suleymanoglu.
• He died in November 2017 due to liver cirrhosis.
• He is also famously and more popularly known by his
nickname ________ ___________.
• What is his nickname??

53. Pocket Hercules

54. Question 14
• Connect: Be specific...
1. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
2. Kepler Weasels
3. Roelof van der Merwe
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Luke Ronchi
6. ___ _____ (I would give the name only if none of the team blocks
hints)
THE ABOVE LIST IS NON- EXHAUSTIVE

55. They are the cricketers who have played for
more than 1 country.

56. Question 15
• The game shown here was played between Donald Bryne and then 13
year old Bobby Fischer in Rosenwald memorial tournament.
• The game has a very important role in the history of chess prodigies.
• This iconic game was won by Bobby Fischer unexpectedly. Hence it is
also referred to as “The Game of the century”.
• It was a stunning masterpiece of play performed by a boy of 13
against a formidable opponent.
• In this game Fischer did something extraordinary for which it is very
famous.
• WHAT EXACTLY DID HE DO?

57. Fischer defeated him only in 21 moves
It is called “Fischer’s 21 move brilliancy”

58. Question 16
• The player in the picture is Besik Kudokhov.
• He was a champion wrestler and has won 4 gold medals in Wrestling
World Championships. He also won a silver medal at the London
Olympics 2012 in 60 kg category.
• On 29th August 2016, a report indicated that a retested sample for
Kudokhov taken at the time of 2012 Olympics 60 kg freestyle Wrestling
event had returned a positive result (later disclosed as
dehydrochloromethyltestosterone)
• He was stripped of his silver medal by IOC. And it was decided to give
the medal to the bronze medallist X in that same event. However X
refused to take up the silver medal from IOC.
• ID X and Why did he refuse to take his silver medal??

59. X- Yogeshwar Dutt
Besik Kudokhov died in a car crash in 2013 , so he
asked his family to retain it as his last memory.

60. Question 17
• FITB and give the connect:
1. Coca cola cup
2. Worthington cup
3. ______ ___
4. ______ ___ ___
5. EFL cup
6. Carabao cup

61. Carling cup
Capital one cup
These are the different names of the English
league cups , according to their sponsors.

62. Question 18
• This stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques
Herzog , Pierre de Meuron , Stefan Marbach and Ai
Weiwei . The stadium was designed to host ______
______ . This stadium will again be used in 2022 for a
similar event .
• The stadium due to its beautiful architecture has
attracted tourists from all over the world .
• This stadium was also the venue of the 4th quarter of the
international paegents awards.
• Jackie Chan was the first artist to hold a Pop concert at
the stadium.
• FITB and also tell the name of this famous stadium.

63. Beijing Olympics
Bird’s nest.

64. Question 19
Id the logo of the company.
Why it has a sport connect??

65. Sugarpova
It is the candy company of Maria Sharapova

66. Question 20
Id her .
What is her recent claim to
fame?
Think of some swimming event
of December 2017

67. Kanchan mala pande, she is a visually
impaired swimmer of India.
• SHE WON GOLD MEDAL IN 200m MEDLEY EVENT IN THE S-11
CATEGORY AT THE WORLD PARA CHAMPIONSHIPS , IN DECEMBER
2017.
• SHE IS THE FIRST INDIAN TO ACHIEVE THIS FEAT.