3. Budweiser sent 644 beers to 160 goalkeepers after Messi
broke Pele’s record of most number of goals for a single club
4. 2
This rule became popularized by the American Basketball
Association after its introduction in the 1967–68 season. ABA
commissioner George Mikan stated that this "would give the
smaller player a chance to compete in the game and open up
the defense to make the game more enjoyable for the fans.”
During the 1970s, the ABA used this, along with the slam
dunk, as a marketing tool to compete with the National
Basketball Association (NBA). The NBA itself adopted this 12
years later, and it holds to this day. What rule?
6. 3
This historic event took place on 6 May 1954 during a meet
between British AAA and Oxford University at Iffley Road
Track in Oxford, watched by about 3,000 spectators. With
winds up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) before the event,
Roger Bannister, a doctor, had said twice that he favoured not
participating; he would try again at another meet. However,
the winds dropped just before the race was scheduled to
begin, and Bannister did take part. What feat did he achieve
on that day, which was considered by many athletes and even
scientists to be physically impossible?
8. 4
With all the buzz surrounding DeepMind and the Lee Sedol vs
AlphaGo match being touted as AI’s most promising
breakthrough in the field of sports and mind games, recent
reports indicate that an automated system, dubbed as ‘The
Turk’, was adept at playing chess. Constructed and unveiled in
1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress the Empress
Maria Theresa of Austria, the mechanism appeared to be able
to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent, as
well as perform the knight's tour, a puzzle that requires the
player to move a knight to occupy every square of a
chessboard exactly once. How was the Turk so good at the
game of chess at a time when such automation was impossible
to think of?
9. The Turks were manually operated from inside, usually by the
top rated chess player at the time
10. 5
Born in Renfrew, Scotland, X began his career with local club
Renfrew Juniors before joining Queens Park. The goalkeeper joined
Tottenham Hotspur and was a member of the 1921 FA Cup Final
winning side. He featured in 26 matches in all competitions for the
Lilywhites. After leaving White Hart Lane in 1922 he moved on to
Wigan Borough where he competed in a further 39 games, before
briefly returning to Scotland to play for Armadale before ending his
career with American Soccer League team New Bedford Whalers.
However X resurfaced into the news due to a pure coincidence due
to the exploits of Nigerian actor Adetomiwa Edun, who is otherwise
known for his roles as Sir Elyan in the television show Merlin and
Marcus Young in Bates Motel other than X. Who is X?
12. 6
Comprising of 16 teams competing in 8 different games in an
Olympics style format, the ‘X’lympics has grown in popularity
since its inception in 2016 by a YouTube channel Jelle’s X
runs. Jelle remarked that even though the Xs are inanimate,
the competition is so intense that the viewers often become
emotionally invested in the games and that is what makes this
idea a success. The YouTube channel grew to 200k
subscribers in no time, owing to Jelle’s creativity in using Xs to
perform different tasks. ID X
14. 7
On 28 June 2012, X went missing. He would usually be driven
back to his home in Corby, Northamptonshire, but his driver
had chosen to stay in London. This incident caused a "global
outcry" with significant coverage in the media leading to X
being named "the world's most notable ___” and "one of
Britain's best-known ____s”. Employed for just 2 weeks a year
as a part of making one of the greatest sporting events happen
every year, X came into prominence once people started
realising the value of his work. ID X, who is one of the events’
main mascots every year.
16. 8
“To say all hell broke loose would be an understatement. The
action was uncalled for, given the situation to tie the match,
McKechnie was an unrecognised batsman, Trevor Chappell
had taken 2-8 in the final over and the ball was going through
at unpredictable heights.”
What was the 1981 incident being referenced to here, in a
Herald Sun article?
18. 9
In 1983, McMahon purchased Capitol Sports, the parent
company of ___, from his father and associates Gorilla
Monsoon and Arnold Skaaland. In an interview with SI, he
remarked ‘In the old days, there were tournaments all over
the country, each with its own little lord in charge. Each little
lord respected the rights of his neighboring little lord. No
takeovers or raids were allowed. There were maybe 30 of
these tiny kingdoms in the U.S. and if I hadn't come out and
done this, there would still be 30 of them, fragmented and
struggling’. McMahon’s work today still remains one of TV’s
most watched programmes and took very little time to break
into primetime television. What did he invent?
20. 10
Known for his numerous comical shows and movies, X made a
surprise appearance as part of Sir Simon Rattle’s The London
Symphony Orchestra in the closing ceremony of the 2012
Summer Olympics. However, X later revealed that the whole
performance to be mimed so as to help Rattle go on with his
usual performance and to avoid any confusion. ID X.
26. 13
Initially, this record was set when Japan scored against
Cameroon in the 2010 FIFA world cup which was soon broken
when basketball team Los Angeles Lakers won the 2010 NBA
title. The current record was set in the 2014 FIFA World Cup
after Germany won 7-1 in the semi-final of the tournament
against the favourites, Brazil. Which record are we talking
about?
33. 16
FastCAM Replay LLC and DEL Imaging Systems LLC
developed a system of slow-motion cameras to replay
close/controversial calls during Tennis matches. First used in
the 2004 US Open, what was the name given to this
technology? Who was it named after?
35. 17
Lots of arguments have come about a risky shot played by X.
Although some believed that X was the one who pioneered
the shot, records showed that the shot was indeed played first
by Zimbabwean cricketer, Douglas Marillier who was known
for his unorthodox batting style, thus enabling him to play this
particular shot. ID X/shot
37. 18
It was initially known by its three-word name before King
George V and Queen Mary conferred the title ‘Royal’ to it
during their visit to India in 1911. “Its” website calls itself the
home of a particular sport in India. What am I talking about?
39. 19
David Attenborough was a top official in the BBC in the
1960s. He was looking to start a new show to display the
superior aspects of the colour TV. He found that a particular
sport ideal for this purpose. Before BBC started telecasting
this sport, it was barely thriving and not gaining enough
audience. However by 1985, it was the biggest sporting event
in Britain. Which sport?
41. 20
Early radio commentators helped listeners follow the
progress of football games by notionally dividing the pitch into
eight rectangles to describe the action. It is claimed that a
certain English phrase came as a result of this practice during
a match between Arsenal and Sheffield United in 1927. Which
phrase?
