This document contains the answers to 20 sports-related trivia questions. Some of the questions and answers identify famous athletes like Kurt Angle, Shaquille O'Neal, and Fred Perry. Other answers relate to major sporting events like the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the Olympics. The final question and answer identify Roland Garros, the French pilot and WWI flying ace for whom the French Open tennis tournament is named.

1. SPORTS QUIZ PRELIMS
Answers

2. Question 1
Identify the blanked
out part.

3. Ans. Chelsea

4. Question 2
This man was in the news recently. Identify
and claim to fame.

5. Ans. Virender Singh aka ‘Goonga Pehelwan’,
India’s sole medalist at Deaflympics. The 28-yr
old won the gold medal in the 74 kg freestyle
wrestling at the 22nd Summer Deaflympics.

6. Question 3
‘Superbia in Proelia’ translates to ‘Pride in
Battle’. On which football team’s crest or logo
would you find this phrase written ?

7. Ans. Manchester City

8. Question 4
Put the Funda behind the contents of this
banner…

9. Ans. The advertisement banner depicting an all
German final of the Champions League 2013
between Bayern Munich and Borrusia Dortmund.

10. Question 5
Identify the
famous trophy.

11. Ans. Warne-Muralidaran trophy

12. Question 6
What does this Amul ad signify ?

13. Ans. Leander Paes wins the U.S. Open doubles,
2013.

14. Question 7
X competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia
where he won a gold medal in heavyweight freestyle wrestling.
X is also one of the only four people to complete a Grand Slam
in amateur wrestling which is the Junior Nationals, the NCAA’s,
the World Championships and the Olympics.
X is the only Olympics wrestling Gold medalist in the history of
professional wrestling.
Identify X.

15. Ans. Kurt Angle

16. Question 8
Identify the Google Doodle.

17. Ans. Opening Ceremony of the Olympics,
27th July 2012.

18. Question 9
CONNECT

19. Ans. 2010 FIFA World Cup
• It was 19th FIFA World Cup.
• Held in South Africa .
• Spain was champion.
• “Wavin’ Flag” was the official song.

20. Question 10
Connect

21. Ans. These all are under par scores of golf.
OSTRICH - 5 under par
PHOENIX- 6 under par
CONDOR- 4 under par
ALBATROSS- 3 under par
EAGLE- 2 under par

22. Question 11
William Henry Ferguson (1880-1957) is one of the best
known cricket scorers. For 52 years from 1905 until his
death, Ferguson acted as the scorer and baggage man
for Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa and
New Zealand in 43 tours and 208 test matches.
He is often credited with many revolutionary
innovations in scoring. One such graphical innovation,
is seen very commonly by cricket fans on television.
What?

23. Ans. Wagon Wheels

24. Question 12
Whose career path ?
Orlando Magic
LA Lakers
Miami Heat
Phoenix Suns
Cleveland Caviliers
Boston Celtics

25. Ans. Shaquille O’Neal

26. Question 13
He was the last British man who won the Wimbledon in 1936,
before Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets this
year. Identify.

27. Ans. Fred Perry

28. Question 14
Which out-of-favor cricketer’s tweet is this ?

29. Ans. Gautam Gambhir

30. Question 15
What feat did Rahul Dravid achieve in this innings ?

31. Ans. He became the first player to score
hundreds in all test-playing countries.

32. Question 16
X was a FIFA referee in the World Cup qualifier
between El Salvador and the Netherlands Antilles in
1988. Soon after this, X had to retire from football
referring because the FIFA age limit for referees was
lowered to 45. However this allowed him to start his
career as a cricket umpire.
Identify this renowned cricket umpire, infamously
famous for the controversies that he is associated
with.

33. Ans. Steve Bucknor

34. Question 17
This former Italian football player was a part of
a huge controversy in World Cup 2006 and to
commemorate that controversy even a statue
was erected in front of the Pompidou art
museum in Paris in 2012.
ID the Italian footballer.

35. Ans. Marco Materazzi

36. Question 18
Connect
Warriors
Hotshots
Pistons
Smashers
Beats
Masters

37. Ans. Indian Badminton League

38. Question 19
Name the two holding techniques in table-
tennis.

39. Ans. Pen-hold grip and shake-hand grip

40. Question 20
He was a flying ace and was famous for his solo flight across
the Mediterranean without stopping. He fell victim to enemy
fire a month before the end of World War I. Something big is
named after him in the field of Tennis.
Who is he ?

41. Ans. Roland Garros

42. THE END