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- 1. SPORTS QUIZ IIT-BHUQuiz Club
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- 5. *2. Id X andY. This is the photo from the 2004 Athens Olympics. In which sports the two Indians were representing India.
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- 7. 3. X was alegendary American baseball player who was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association. He was the only surviving child of his parents and shared a very special bond with his mother. He was popularly nicknamed ‘The Iron Horse’ as he played for 15 years continuously with the New York Yankees with a total of 2130 consecutive matches, without missing a single one in between. Something special happened on his 36th birthday which made him very popular outside the world of sports?
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- 11. 5. Id this nationallevel shooter.
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- 13. 6. If the husbandrepresented India in Olympics in hockey and the son represented India in Olympics in Tennis, then in which sport the wife represented India in Olympics?
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- 15. *7. The latest recipientof this trophy are the UBC Kainakary group captained by Chambakulam Chundan. Which Indian sporting event?
- 16. ANS The Nehru BoatRace.
- 17. 8. He was theyounger brother of Dhyan Chand, the most celebrated player in Indian hockey and widely regarded as the greatest hockey player ever. While Dhyan chand has a hockey stadium named after him, he has a Cricket stadium named after him. Who?
- 18. ANS Roop Singh Roop SinghStadium, Gwalior.
- 19. 9. Id the grandprix track.
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- 21. *10. Whose latest tweets? The#WorldCup was pretty good, right? Here are some of my favourite bits. Thanks for all the love. #ballin I guess this now makes me a #WorldCup legend so here I am with more #WorldCup legends: Kaka, Beckham & Zico. #ballin Thanks to all of you for following and supporting me. I've had a ball. Best. Ever. #WorldCup. #ballin Extra-time. I don't want this to stop. I'm going to see if FIFA will let us play the 2018 #WorldCup now. #ballin
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- 35. 17. In 1984, thisformer NFL coach and TV analyst XY had to be coaxed by EA Sports execs into lending his name to the game. He's glad he did. In 2013, the 25th edition of the Y NFL franchise (XY Football before 1993) was released. To date, it has sold 85 million copies and brought in more than $3 billion in revenue. XY‘s licensing deal has helped push his net worth north of $100 million. The franchise is updated each year and is the best-selling sports video game of all time in the US. Identify the person XY or the game franchise.
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- 37. 18 The race wasfirst organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto it is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation.The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except for when it was stopped for the two World Wars.
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- 39. *19. Winners of whichsporting event get these as mementos? Roughly $5000 a piece, the winning team can typically present rings to whomever they choose, including usually, but not limited to: players (active roster or injured), coaches, trainers, executives, personnel, and general staff.
- 40. ANS The Super Bowlring is an award in the National Football League given to the winners of the league's annual championship game
- 41. 20. “Just enough educationto perform” is an album by the band Stereophonics. It is the favourite album of a sports personality which led him to make this tattoo. Id him.
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- 43. 21. Until 2013 thewinners of X was decided solely based on the outcomes of the format that is used to decide the winners on the more famous variant of X, Y. Starting 2013 the winners are decided on a points system while also including two more formats. The name X has been used since 1998 even though this was not first time this event took place.
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- 47. 23. Versions of whichgame. 20 to 1 Around the world Cricket Fives Halve it Killer Shangai Ranger
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- 49. 25. This sporting eventis held in 3 cities in India. The first edition took place in 2012 in Mumbai, Srinagar & Delhi, while in 2013 it took place in Mumbai, Jaipur and Delhi. The year 2013 marks the debut of John Abraham as the brand ambassador. It is in affiliation with the world governing body of the sport and is sponsored by Godrej Eon. The categories of the event are Full, Half, Green, Champions and International. This event is a spin off of a more famous event. Which event?
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- 51. 26. The Russian OlympicTeam Arrived 12 Days Late to The 1908 London Olympics because of the poor communication between the countries. Why?
- 52. ANS As it turnsout, England had been using the Gregorian calendar, the one that we use today, for over a century and a half. Unfortunately, Russia was still using the Julian calendar—a pretty dated way to keep track of the days!
- 53. 27. X was astar of Indian athletics in the 1960s and the 1970s. Being 6'7", he dominated the Indian hammer and discus throws for several years. He became a Double gold medalist in discus throwing in the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games holding the Asian Games record of 56.76 metres. He was a silver medalist in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston and in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran. He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He contested the 2013 Delhi Legislative elections on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket, but lost. Either tell me his name or tell me the claim to fame. (pic on the next slide)
- 55. ANS Praveen Kumar Sobti PlayedBheem in Mahabharat
- 56. 28. ID him orhis claim to fame.
- 57. ANS Jigoro Kano theinventor of Judo
- 58. 29. In Japan, avidgolfers buy insurance to protect themselves on the course, however, it’s not for what you might think. They purchase it because of something else. The policy covers them for a party worth up to $3,000, for the low price of $65 a year. What is the insurance for?
- 59. ANS It is calledHole in One insurance. They purchase it because if they get a hole-in-one, they have to buy gifts and drinks for their friends.
- 60. 30. This is thelogo of a minor league basketball team that plays in Augusta, Georgia, as a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The reason behind the name of this team is related to the thing that is given as a reward to the winners of The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters or The US Masters, one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, it is the first of the majors to be played each year. Unlike the other major championships, the Masters is held each year at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club, a private golf club in the city of Augusta, Georgia, USA. (pic on the next slide)
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- 63. 31. During lunch withcommissioner Pete Rozelle in 1966,Tiffany & Co. vice president Oscar Riedner made a sketch on a cocktail napkin of what would become the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The original trophy was produced by Tiffany & Co. in Newark, New Jersey Others have since been handcrafted by the company in Parsippany, New Jersey. How do we better know this as?
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- 65. 32 This is anAmerican biographical sports drama film directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay written by Tom McCarthy. The film is based on the true story of baseball pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel who were discovered by sports agent J.B. Bernstein after winning a reality show competition.
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- 67. 33 Similarly to theGumball Rally, a transcontinental road race run on public roads. Crossing checkpoints as fast as possible scores you points. Committing vehicular manslaughter by running over innocent pedestrians also scores you points. Depending on your definition of "winning," you must score the most points, murder the most pedestrians and then also plow your car into the President of the Fascist United Provinces, and usurp his power. What race am I talking about?
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- 69. 34. At a timewhen Grand Prix racing was the dominant form of motorsport throughout Europe, this was designed to present a different test. Instead of focusing on the ability of a car company to build the fastest machines, this would instead concentrate on the ability of manufacturers to build sporty yet reliable cars. This encouraged innovation in producing reliable and fuel-efficient vehicles, because the nature of endurance racing requires cars that last the distance and spend as little time in the pits as possible.
- 70. ANS The 24 HourLe Mans
- 71. 35. Guidelines regarding clothingrules of X: No solid mass of colouring Little or no dark or bold colours No fluorescent colours Preference towards pastel colours Preference for the back of the shirt to be totally white Preference for shorts and skirts to be totally white All other items of clothing, including hats, socks and shoe uppers to be predominantly white
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- 73. 36. Human crush resultedin the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others. The incident has since been blamed primarily on the police for letting too many people enter the stadium. It remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history, and one of the world's worst football disasters. Name the disaster or the two teams involved. (pic on the next slide)
- 75. ANS Hillsborough Disaster Liverpool andNottingham Forest
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- 77. ANS Common Scores inGolf Eagle Albatross Birdie Humphrey Bogart nicknamed as Bogey
- 78. 38. In soccer orEuropean football, a player is ______ when an opponent kicks the ball between his or her legs. According to Peter Seddon's Football Talk: The Language & Folklore of the World's Greatest Game, the verb is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary as "arising in the 1870s which in Victorian slang came to mean 'to be tricked or deceived, especially in a manner which makes the victim look foolish.'“ (pic on the next slide)
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- 83. 40. Other kids' gamesare all such a bore! They've gotta have rules and they gotta keep score! _______ is better by far! It's never the same! It's always bizarre! You don't need a team or a referee! You know that it's great, 'cause it's named after me! ______ is a nomic or self-modifying game, a contest of wits and creativity rather than stamina or athletic skill. FITB.
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- 85. 41. __X__ fans attemptedvarious methods over the years to exorcise their famous curse. These included placing a __X__ cap atop Mt. Everest and burning a Yankees cap at its base camp; hiring professional exorcists and Father Guido Sarducci to "purify" Fenway Park; spray painting a "Reverse Curve" street sign on Storrow Drive to change it to say "Reverse the Curse"; and finding a piano owned by ___Y___ that he had supposedly pushed into a pond near his Sudbury, Massachusetts farm, Home Plate Farm. What is this curse about/called? X? Y?
- 86. ANS Curse of theBambino X- Red Sox Y- Babe Ruth
- 87. 42. Purists of thesport claim that it was started in 1997 in Leicester, England, by resident Phil Shaw in his back garden. Shaw came home from what he recalls as a hard day in a Leicester knitwear factory. Preferring the idea of an evening out rock climbing, he decided to combine the two activities into a new extreme sport. In June 1999, Shaw, who uses the nickname "Steam", embarked on an international tour to promote the activity. In this sport people take ____ to remote locations and do ______. Some locations where such performances have taken place include a mountainside of a difficult climb; a forest; in a canoe; while skiing or snowboarding; on top of large bronze statues; in the middle of a street; underwater; in the middle of the M1 motorway; whilst parachuting; and under the ice cover of a lake. The performances have been conducted solo or by groups. Which extreme sports?
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