NITRUTSAV 2010 Sports Quiz Prelims by Prateik Mahapatra

1. SPORTS QUIZ – PRELIMS.

2. 1. This is the only player to play in both football
and cricket world cups. Name him.

3. 2. The big three for Miami heat comprise of
LeBRON JAMES, ……………………. &…………………………

4. 3. The May Day stadium in Pyongyang is the
largest stadium by capacity in the world.
Which is the second largest?

5. 4. Connect - 51.2-23-53-10
16.4-04-37-9

6. 5. This country played in the first two cricket world
cups with a name and then never played with that
name. Name the country?

7. 6. FIND THE MISSING PERSONALITY
• Vasily Dimitrov
• Alexei Levski
• Lev Zograf
• Clara Ivanova
• Ivan Volkov
• Pyotr Vulchanov
• ________

8. 7.Second to Anand?? He’s gone higher
1 Garry Kasparov 2851 July, 1999
2 X 2826 July, 2010
3 Vishwanathan Anand 2817 March, 2011
4 Veselin Topalov 2813 July, 2006
5 Vladimir Kramnik 2809 October, 2001
Identify X

9. 8. Identify

10. 9. ‘A’ and ‘B’ were the greatest of their
kinds. Identify them
1) A.H. Albut (1892–1900) 12) Walter Crickmer (1937–45)
2) James West (1900–03) 13) ‘A’ (1945–69)
3) Ernest Mangnall (1903–12) 14) Wilf McGuinness (1969–70)
4) T.J. Wallworth (1912) 15) ‘A’ (1970–71)
5) John Bentley (1912–14) 16) Frank O'Farrell (1971–72)
6) Jack Robson (1914–21) 17) Tommy Docherty (1972–77)
7) John Chapman (1921–26) 18) Dave Sexton (1977–81)
8) Lal Hilditch (1926–27) 19) Ron Atkinson (1981–86)
9) Herbert Bamlett (1927–31) 20) ‘B’(1986–)
10) Walter Crickmer (1931–32)
11) Scott Duncan (1932–37)
10)

11. 10. The NZ rugby team are called the ‘All blacks’,
their hockey team is called the ‘Black sticks’,
their cricket team is called the ‘Black Caps’.
What is their football team called?

12. 11. Which sport would you be competing in if
you were in a Velodrome?

13. 12. Peter Schmeichel is a Manchester United
legend. This man revolutionized the art of
saving the ball from going into the net. He
popularized a “style” of goalkeeping or rather
you can call a “type” of saving. Name the save.

14. 13. The Tour De France encompasses many
different routes over different nations. It
basically passes through two different mountain
ranges. NAME THEM.

15. 14. The only team from Canada that plays its
basketball in NBA is…….

16. 15. What are these?
• Ashburton Grove
• Boleyn Ground
• Eastlands

17. 16. Indians have reached the finals of the All
England Open Badminton Championships
thrice.
• Pullela Gopichand won it in 2001. The
legendary Prakash Padukone also won it in
1980.
• Who was the third player?

18. 17. CONNECT