Here are the clubs that have completed the continental treble:
- Barcelona (2009)
- Manchester United (1999)
- Inter Milan (2010)
- Bayern Munich (2013)
- Celtic (1967)
- PSV Eindhoven (1988)
- Ajax (1972)
That's 7 clubs.
2. RULES
• 10 questions.
• Infinite bounce and pounce.
• +10/0 on direct or pass.
• +10/-10 on pounce.
3. Q1. The definition of X-ing is: 'emulating a
classic XY goalkeeping save in any random
location'. A tumblr account was opened to
anybody to send in their photos of themselves
re-enacting classic XY saves in their homes,
workplaces and anywhere else they fancy.
And the country Z included the word in a poll to
find out the best new sports word of the year
2013. The way it is pronounced is after the craze
started in honor of Broncos quarterback Tim
Tebow. Give me XY.
6. Q2. The X affair refers to the events that surrounded
several doping scandals, doping investigations and
confessions by riders to doping that occurred during and
after the 1998 Tour de France. The affair began when a
large haul of doping products was found in a car of the X
cycling team just before the start of the race. An
investigation was followed by the opening of a separate
case into the TVM team and the subsequent searching of
many teams during the race. The investigation revealed
systematic doping, and suspicion was raised that there
may have been a widespread network of doping involving
many teams of the Tour de France. Hotels were searched
by police, and a spate of confessions were made by
retired and current riders. Many team personnel were
arrested or detained, and protests were made by riders in
the race. Several teams withdrew from the race. X yenu?
9. Q3. In June, David Nalbandian reached the final
of the Aegon Championships at the Queen's
Club in England for the first time. The match,
against Marin Cilic, became "one of the most
infamous matches in recent years. He led Cilic by
a set but, having been broken to trail 3–4 in the
second, was disqualified to the end of the match
after he did something. It was captured live on
BBC television and the video [went] viral on
YouTube. What did he do? Put funda.
10.
11. ANSWER
He kicked an on-court advertising board
bordering a line judge's chair. The board flew off
its hinges and struck the judge on the
shin, causing blood to pour from a nasty gash.
12. Q4. Sachin Tendulkar played only the fifth ODI of
the 1998 Sahara Cup. He was not even a part of
the Indian squad for the first four ODIs of the
tournament. What was the reason for his
absence?
15. Q5. The stadium of the Spanish club X has only
three stands as the fourth stand would encroach
into an apartment block which starts right
behind the goal.
As a result, the people in the apartments get to
watch football live for free from their homes.
ID X. (Picture on next slide)
19. Q6. X, one of the most decorated players in his
sport, is nicknamed ‘Foetus’. Since the
international body of the sport started handing
out ‘Player of the Year’ awards in 1998, he has
won it four times, a record among men. In
addition to that, he has an Olympic Gold to go
with his two bronzes. Two silvers and a gold
from the World Cups if he gets tired of his
Olympic medals. Who is this legend of sport?
22. Q7. John Kinley Tener was a Major League
Baseball player and executive and, from 1911 to
1915, served as the 25th Governor of
Pennsylvania. He started the tradition of a
Congressional Baseball Game, which is
organized each summer and raises a lot of
money that is donated to charity. The game
began as a casual event among colleagues in
1909 and eventually evolved into one
of Washington D.C.'s most anticipated annual
pastimes. What are teams that contest in this
game?
25. Q8. These are the ten commandments of a religion called the
‘Church of Y’ created by XY’s fans who consider him to be the
greatest player of all time:
1. The ball must not be stained, as ____ has proclaimed;
2. Love football over all things;
3. Declare your unconditional love of football;
4. Defend the colors of Z;
5. Preach the words of "XY" all over the world;
6. Pray in the temples where he preached, and to his sacred
mantles;
7. Do not proclaim the name of X in the name of a single club;
8. Follow the teachings of the Yian Church;
9. Let X be your second name, and that of your children;
10. "No ser cabeza de termo y que no se te escape la tortuga."
(Meaning "don't be a hothead and don't let the turtle escape
you")
XY yaaru?
28. Q9. The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, also
known as "Spygate" or "Stepneygate", was one the most
controversial incidents in the history of motorsport. It
subjected of legal action in Italy and an FIA investigation.
An FIA hearing into the matter took place on 26 July 2007
but did not result in any penalty for X, however a second
hearing took place on 13 September 2007, and by then in
receipt of compelling evidence resulted in several
penalties for the team. The most important of these were
the team's exclusion from the 2007 Constructors'
Championship and a record-breaking fine of $100 million
(USD).
Following information from X allegations were
subsequently made during November 2007 by the FIA
against the Y F1 team . These allegations were also the
subject of an FIA investigation, with an FIA hearing taking
place 6 December 2007. Y were found guilty of breaching
the same regulation as X, but were not punished.
Give me X, Y and put funda.
29.
30. ANSWER
X – McLaren
Y – Renault
The original case involved allegations made by
the Ferrari F1 team against a former employee,
Nigel Stepney, concerning the theft of technical
information.
Renault F1 team were summoned to answer a
charge of possession of confidential information
relating to the 2006 and 2007 McLaren F1 cars.
31. Q10. This is a list of Indianapolis 500 drivers and
their preferences. Put funda.
32.
33. ANSWER
A long-standing tradition of the Indianapolis 500
is for the victor to drink a bottle of milk
immediately after the race. And these are the
fat content preferences given by the drivers.
35. • +2 for every right answer.
• +20 bonus if you get more than 23 right.
36. A is a footballer who played for club B and got
transferred to club C for a record price of 24mn pounds
in 2007. B won their first European cup in 1971 playing
against C at Athens. In 2013 B also replaced D as the
best club in the world according to IFFHS ranking. B's
rival E is owned by a Pakistani named Shahid Khan.
Surprisingly E has a statue of F outside its stadium who
has no relation with the club or the sport. A currently
plays for club G whose unbeaten league run of 53
games came to an end with a loss against H. An Ex-
player I from A's country is currently the coach of the
Indian National Football team. An IPL style football
league is being organized in India by J where a former
Indian Cricket team captain K is set to own a team along
with a famous European football club L. K belongs to
the city M where a former Australian cricket captain N
runs a rehabilitation centre for children afflicted by
leprosy or whose parents are victims of leprosy.
37. Another Australian O, has won five Olympic gold
medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three
gold and two silver medals, was the most successful
athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics held at city P
where Q was the Indian flag bearer. Q regarded as one
the best of his generation also made his film debut in
2013 Ashok Kohli's R, a socio-political thriller. Q and S
were the only two sportspersons who was awarded with
2014 Padma Bhushan by Indian government. S coaches
T who lost in quarterfinals of 2010 Asian games at
Guangzhou where Indian swimmer U won a medal after
24 years for India in swimming in the 50m butterfly
category. A premier Hockey league (now defunct) team
V based in U's state had W has their captain. W one of
the iconic Indian Hockey player, is right now the
manager of Indian National Hockey team. W returned to
play for X in the world series hockey played in India. X is
owned by Bollywood hero Y, who shares his surname
with a prominent quizzer Z in quizzing circuit.
41. RULES
• 11 questions
• +10/0 on direct and pass.
• +10/0 on pounce.
• 3 strikes throughout the round.
42. Q1. X is a former Australian tennis player. He had
a minor career in modeling and starred in
American reality show ‘Age of love’. His career-
high singles ranking was World No. 8. Being
ranked above 150, he reached 2003 Wimbledon
final and eventually losing to Roger Federer. In
May 2009, X declared that all his money was gone
and that he will lose his home of residence. In a
writ lodged with the Supreme Court on 15 May
2009, it is alleged X took out a loan through his
company Mergis Pty Ltd which he personally
guaranteed. X yaaru?
45. Q2. A X is a sports player who loses a match in
the qualifying round of a knockout tournament,
but who then enters the main draw when
another player withdraws after the tournament
has started because of illness, injury or other
reason. The X then enters the main draw,
normally in place of the withdrawn player. This
can only happen before all players in the main
draw have started their first match in the
tournament.
It is rare for a X to win an Association of Tennis
Professionals tournament; Francisco Clavet did it
in 1990 in Hilversum, Christian Miniussi in 1991 in
São Paulo, Sergiy Stakhovsky in 2008 in Zagreb
and Rajeev Ram in 2009 in Newport. In total,
seven men have done it from 1978 through 2010.
48. Q3. X played in the Bombay Triangular in
1911.
Bill Ashdown played in 1914 for Gerry
Weigall's XI against Oxford University.
X played in the Ranji Trophy in 1946.
Bill Ashdown played for Maurice Leyland's XI
against the Rest of England at Harrogate in
1947.
X and Bill Ashdown are the only known people
to have achieved this “feat”. ID X and give me
“feat”.
49.
50. ANSWER
Prof DB Deodhar
Only people to play first class
cricket before the First World
War and after the second
world war.
51. Q4. X’s Magic Football is a series written by
the player blanked out in the picture. He cited
Roald Dahl’s BFG as his inspiration to write a
book for young readers. The series follows X,
who’s the leader of his gang and is also the
captain of his football team. He’s written three
books so far – X vs the Pirate Pillagers, X vs the
Rowdy Romans and X vs the Cowboy’s Crew 1.
ID X. (Picture in the next slide)
55. Q5. At the 1998 Canadian Open, during an
interview, Monica Seles was asked if she could
speak French. Seles said she had been trying
to but hadn’t found the time. The interviewer
then suggested that maybe Monica should
find herself a nice, French boyfriend to teach
her. Seles smiled and replied, “Yeah, like X”.
This was a reference to the French Open final
where X famously gave his victory speech in
French – “Excusez-moi, je parle francais
comme une vache espagnole” (which means
“I’m sorry, I speak French like a spanish cow”),
Give X.
59. Q6. Only two instances of what?
(pictures in the next slides)
60.
61.
62.
63. ANSWER
Only two matches where teams lost despite
scoring more than opposition, thanks to D/L
method.
64. Q7. Wolves boss McCarthy said: "They are
outrageous comments from X. I would expect
better from a man heading that organisation,
that's for sure.”
Lord Herman Ouseley, chairman of football's
equality group said "To say X's comments are
unhelpful is an understatement. They're
disbelieving."
Tony Pulis said: "I'm amazed that he has come
out with the comments, but the big question is
who is actually going to take him to task.“
X yaaru? What are these people talking about?
67. Q8. X 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?
70. Q9. In 1903 - Ville-d'Avray.
From 1904 to 1967 - Parc des Princes.
From 1968 to 1974 - Vélodrome de Vincennes.
Every year since 1975 - X.
Give X and put funda.
73. Q10. The X Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling
Machine, commonly known as the X Grill, is an
indoor, electrically-heated grill manufactured
by Spectrum Brands. It is promoted by
former boxing champion X. Since its introduction
in 1994, over 100 million X grills have been sold
worldwide. The connection between the boxer
and the grill came about soon after X's comeback
in 1994 at the age of 45 when he regained the
heavyweight world championship. He was well
known for eating two reduced-fat hamburgers
before every match, which made him a good
candidate for spokesperson for the fat-reducing
grill. X yaaru?
87. LIST IT WITH A TWIST
• +5 for every right answer and -2 for every
wrong one.
• +20 bonus for getting all right.
• Five minutes time.
88. Male tennis players to have won
more than 5 grand slams in the Open
Era(1968-present).
89.
90. • Roger Federer _/_
• Pete Sampras
• Rafael Nadal
• Bjorn Borg
• Jimmy Connors
• Ivan Lendl
• Andre Agassi
• John McEnroe
• Mats Wilander
• Stefan Edberg
• Boris Becker
• Novak Djokovic
91. LIST IT
• +5 for every correct answer.
• No negatives.
• +20 bonus for getting more than 10 right.
• Five minutes time.
92. Clubs to have completed the continental
treble(Their country's top tier league and a
major secondary competition and the
continental championship, all within a single
season).
93.
94. • Santos
• Ajax
• Celtic
• PSV
• Barcelona
• Inter Milan
• Manchester United
• Bayern Munich
• Cruz Azul
• Defence Force
• Englebert
• Vita Club
• MC Algiers
• Hearts of Oak
• Al-Ahly
• Espérance
• Auckland City
• Waitakere United
96. +30/-15
Q1. X is a former professional American
football player. He was a notable college
football player for The Pennsylvania State
University who earned a retrospective place in
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association 100th anniversary list of 100 most
influential student athletes. As a professional
player, X was a member of the New York
Giants and the original Fearsome Foursome of
the Los Angeles Rams. He played in the Pro
Bowl twice. X yaaru?
97. +25/-12
Q2. X is a former American football quarterback.
He played college football for the University of
Alabama under coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and his
assistant, Howard Schnellenberger, from 1962–
1964, and professional football in the American
Football League(AFL) and National Football
League(NFL) during the 1960s and 1970s. X was
an American Football League icon. He played for
that league's New York Jets for most of his
professional football career, and finished his
career with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams. He was
elected to the Hall of Fame in 1985. Give me X.
98. +20/-10
Q3. Shortly after his departure from X, Y
became captain of the ______ national beach
football team. Y has continued his interest in beach
football games in southern Asia and at the
Inaugural Kronenbourg Beach Soccer in 2002, in the
city of Brighton. He managed the _____ team which
won the inaugural FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in
2005 in Rio de Janeiro. He also coached the 2006 FIFA
Beach Soccer World Cup _____ national team, which
finished in third place. In the 2007 World Cup, X was
again successful, taking _____ to fourth place. The Cup
was held in _____ for the first time in the 2008 World
Cup; however, X was unable to make the top four after
losing to Italy in the quarter finals. Give me X and Y.
99. +15/-7
Q4. X left Leeds United early in the 1990–91 season after losing his
first-team place to youngsters David Batty and Gary Speed, as well
as new signing Gary McAllister – much to the disappointment of the
Leeds fans – in order to seek regular first-team football. To this day,
he remains a hugely popular figure with the Leeds fans; X has a
Leeds United badge tattooed on his leg (after having helped them
to the 1989–90 Second Division championship). X also showed his
passion for the club when he returned to Leeds fo Lucas Radebe's
testimonial in 2006.
His former Wimbledon manager Dave Bassett signed him
for Sheffield United on his exit from Elland Road, before selling him
to Chelsea a year later. After just one year at Stamford Bridge, he
was on his way back to Wimbledon in the early stages of the 1992-
93 season, when the FA Premier League had just been formed. He
helped Wimbledon equal their best ever league finish in 1993-94,
when they finished sixth the Premier League. Three seasons later,
he contributed to another strong season for the club, who reached
the semi-finals of both cups and finished eighth in the league.
Who’s X?
100. +10/-5
Q5. X played football as a linebacker both in college
and professionally. He started his college career in 1966
at Long Beach City College, where he did not play in
1966 due to an ankle injury suffered when he tripped
over a curb surrounding the running track while
warming up for practice with another linebacker, Paul
Snow. He then transferred and played for San Diego
State University, becoming a letterman in 1968 and
1969. This led to a brief professional career with
the Oakland Raiders, where he played 7 games in 1970
and one game in 1971. He joined the BC Lions of
the Canadian Football League in 1971 and played until
1973, 18 games in total. He retired in 1974. ID X.
101. +5/0
Q6. X was a regular in the Indian cricket team between
1992 and 2000, playing 15 Test matches and 196 One Day
Internationals. He was regarded as one of the best fielders
in the Indian team in his time. One of his most memorable
innings was his cameo in the 1996 Cricket World
Cup quarter-final against arch rivals Pakistan when he
blasted 45 off 25 balls, including 40 from the final two overs
by Waqar Younis. X, along with Mohammed Azharuddin,
holds the record for the highest one day partnership record
for the 4th and 5th wicket, set against Zimbabwe and Sri
Lanka respectively.
X's cricketing achievements were later overshadowed by a
5-year ban for match-fixing. The ban was later quashed by
the Delhi High Court on 27 January 2003, making X eligible
to play domestic and international cricket.
X yaaru?