The document provides rules for a 25 question quiz competition, including that it will have starred tiebreaker questions and sudden death if needed. It notes that googling answers will lead to disqualification. The passage then provides a short biography of Muralikant Petkar, an Indian soldier wounded in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. The questions that follow provide details about various people and events in sports.

2. Rules –
• 25 questions. One point per question.
• Part points wherever applicable.
• 21-25 are starred questions and shall be used to settle ties. Subsequently, sudden
death to be used.
• Googling will lead to disqualification.
• It is good to be atheist, but today, your QMs are God.

3. Muralikant Petkar was a jawan of the craftsman rank in the Indian army, and is a living
hero of the 1965 war against Pakistan. Wounded in the war due to bullet shots, he
suffered irreversible injuries that forced him to end his career as a soldier.
Apart from his heroism in 1965 war why is he famous?
1.

5. India’s first Paralympic medallist (gold)

6. Guy Edwards is a former racing driver from England. Edwards participated in 17 World
Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1974 and scored no
championship points.
He was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal in 1976 for his brave act on the racetrack in
one of the GP in which he was last to complete the race.
What brave act which he carried out with 3 other drivers?
2.

8. Rescued Niki Lauda from his burning car at Nurburgring along with 3
others-Brett Lunger, Harald Ertl, Arturo Merzario

9. This logo(pic) was recently unveiled by the government of X when they became the
sponsor of Y.
Give X and Y.
3.

12. Odisha Government, Indian Hockey team

13. Sukhbir was a bus conductor in DTC. In 2016, Delhi Government recommended a
promotion for him. However, according to DTC service rules, out-of-turn promotions are
possible only if the employee has an impeccable annual confidential report over previous
three years, which Sukhbir did not have. So he was not promoted for some time.
But later Delhi Government interfered and finally he was promoted in January 2017.
So why was Sukhbir promoted?
4.

15. He is Sakshi Malik’s father

16. X was first used in international hockey in 1975 instead of Y. Later X was also used in 1976
Olympic hockey games and this was the first time India was not able to win medal in
hockey since 1928.
X has been cited as one of major reason for the downfall of Indian by many experts and
Sardara Singh as he said that "hockey players in India are introduced to X for the first time
at the age of 19 or 20 and find it hard to adapt.“ While according to Balbir Singh Sr. “For
the Indian style of hockey, for dribblers, X is very good as it became easier to control the
ball.”
Give X which is now mandatory for all international tournaments and for most national
competitions.
5.

18. Astro Turf

19. Give a two word connect that is more popular in racquet sports:-
1. Bridge –To win all 13 tricks on one deal of a card game
2.Baseball – Home run with all 3 bases occupied , thereby scoring four runs
3.Rugby Union – One national team defeating all others in annual rugby union series.
6.

21. Grand Slam

22. Milkha Singh:The Flying Sikh:General Ayub Khan
X:The Flying Bird Of Asia:Y
Give X and Y.
7.

24. Abdul Khaliq
Jawaharlal Nehru

25. A certain practice was retroactively used for the first four Super Bowls. It became official
in Super Bowl V and has been used for all subsequent Super Bowls upto Super Bowl LII,
with the sole exception of Super Bowl 50 in 2015. What practice?
8.

27. Using Roman Numerals for numbering

28. What three word moniker connects the following sportspersons?
Bill Corbus – Handegg player
Johnny Tapia – Boxer
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – Norwegian former footballer
Stephen Curry – Basketball Player
Marco Antonio Barrera – Seven time world champion boxer
Karim Abdel Gawad – Egyptian Squash Player
9.

30. Baby-faced assassin

31. He began playing volleyball late in life (pictures follow), not until 1969 (when he was 32
years old).
He helped form the International Volleyball Association (IVA) in 1975 as a team owner. He
ended up trying to keep the league afloat. His star appeal was great enough that he was
able to get the IVA’s All-Star Game televised on NBC.
For his efforts, though, he was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame, and thus is one of
the few people to be part of the Hall of Fame in two sports. Identify this person.
10.

34. Wilt Chamberlain

35. Considering the football club that it represents, its name is quite
appropriate.
Identify the name of the mascot.
11.

37. Romulo, mascot of Roma

38. Gavin Larsen of New Zealand formed a part of their slow medium attack in the 1992
cricket WC. Larsen, it was said, “Always Delivered”. What was he aptly nicknamed thus?
12.

40. The postman

41. This is an image of the Parish Church in Maranello, Italy. The bells of this church toll for
two occasions – one of them being regular church services. What is the other?
13.

44. Ferrari winning a Grand Prix

45. Nandos is a South African food chain, that serves Portuguese style peri-peri chicken. To
mark someone’s retirement after his long association with a sports team, Nandos
announced on 8th May 2013 that their restaurants will close at 11:05 instead of 11:00 PM
in a major city in Northwestern England with industrial heritage, as a reference to
something that rival teams have often complained about.
What is the two word term/ Give the funda behind closing 5 minutes late.
14.

47. Fergie Time

48. Among the main ancient games that were inspirations to this are –
• Stichstock
• Aingingein
• Creaothceann
• Shuntbumps
• Swivenhodge
All these sports, as well as the one that was derived from these, used a certain household
article at their core.
What sport was derived from these?
15.

50. Quidditch

51. 16.
When X was playing his first international series after more than 5 years against New
Zealand in 2016, during the 3rd t20 of the series, he was taunted by the announcer, when a
cash register sound was played as the opening audio effect as he came on to bowl. The
NZC CEO had to apologise for their action.
Who is X?

53. Mohammed Amir

54. X’s hacked Instagram account read:-
__X___ says goodbye to __Y___. Players from poor countries like India will no longer be
sponsored by ___X___ as we change our focus towards the Japanese youth.
X and Y?
17.

56. Yonex
PV Sindhu

57. Shown is an image of 72 steps before the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. What are they better known as due to something which happened in 1976?
18.

60. Rocky Steps

61. X was a men's tennis exhibition match that was held on May 2, 2007, between Roger
Federer, the then top-ranked men's singles player, and Rafael Nadal, the then World No. 2
in men's singles. The match was played in Palma de Mallorca, and Nadal ended up winning
7-5, 4-6, 7-6(12-10).
The court for the match was unique in a way. It cost $1.63 million to make and took 19
days to prepare. It was prepared in such a way that the nature of the court would not
influence the result in any way.
What was the match called? / What was unique about the court?
19.

63. Battle of the Surfaces/One side was Grass, the other was Clay

64. Paul D. Hubbard was a student at the Gallaudet University. Gallaudet University was
among the first Universities for deaf and dumb. While being a quarterback, Paul realised
that the usage of sign language could be observed and interpreted by the opposite team.
So to hide and effectively communicate within the team, he invented something that
transcended multiple sports including cricket.
What is Paul Hubbard credited with the invention of, in 1892?
20.

66. The Team Huddle

67. According to a report on The Hindu, Kuttinarayanan was sent to Delhi from Kerala along
with 34 others prior to the opening of the Asian Games in 1982 as per the wish of Indira
Gandhi. Later it was decided to not use the other 34, as the playfulness of Kuttinarayan
won the appreciation of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
He died in 2005 and reports of his death were published in all major newspapers. How do
we better know him?
*21.

69. Appu, the 1982 Asiad Mascot

70. X is one of the world’s oldest active motorsports event, and the oldest in its particular
class. It has been held annually since 1923 near a French town that lends its name to the
race, It is one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world, and represents one
leg of the Triple Crown of Motorsports, the other events being Indianapolis 500 and the
Monaco Grand Prix.
One of the rules unique to the event is that cars must be switched off as they are refueled,
to lessen the fire hazard and also to test the cars on their reliability. It was also the venue
for the first televised instance of the winning driver celebrating by spraying champagne,
when Dan Gurney performed the now-common act.
ID X.
*22.

72. 24 Hours of Le Mans

73. Gold is an upcoming movie directed by Reema Kagti starring Akshay Kumar. Director
Reema Kagti said “It’s a fictional take on what happened. Also, it is not just the golden
victory in ____ we will be looking at, but it will encompass 12 crucial years in India’s
history.”
It is a fictional story set on a backdrop of which true incident?
*23.

76. India’s first Olympic Gold medal as an independent nation in 1948

77. He was to fly back to his home in the city of George on a Friday in May 2002, but was
delayed in traffic. He was further delayed by a stop at his office where he had been
working as an account manager for a year since losing his last job.
He missed his flight.
Ever alert to alternatives, especially those that would save or make him money, he had a
standing arrangement with the charter airline AirQuarius which would allow him to travel
free as a sole passenger on one of its cargo planes. He took the jumpseat next to the
pilot’s and took off.
What happened next?
*24.

79. Hansie Cronje died in the plane crash

80. This poem is part of a project titled “Football Remembers”. This project was undertaken by
the British Council to mark the centenary of a particular event. Listen to the poem, and
give the name (or funda) of the event.
*25.

82. The 1914 Christmas Football Truce

83. SCORES!