UTPT 2019 Game Theory (Sports Quiz) Finals

Varun Krishnamurthy
Memorial Game Theory
Finals

Mad Respect
Written Round
Round 1

Rules
Rules
• In each Q, give both the player and
the incident we are talking about
• +10/0 (parts applicable)
• 6 Questions

1)
“They temporarily tried to keep it in position,” X said, talking about a certain
incident, “The tooth was moving. There was a big crack. There was a bit of risk,
but I thought the risk was worth it. They said, ‘No matter what you do, you
won’t be making it worse. Even if you do, they’re going to cut it open.’ That kind
of confidence egged me on.”
“It was one of the bravest things I’ve seen on the field of play” – Viv Richards
“Cricket has a way of producing inspiring tales of valour for the country and this
ranks at the top” Sunil Gavaskar.
Above are two people talking about the same incident. Who is X and what was
the incident?

2)
“I almost played myself into passing out“, Explained X “I came in and I was
almost dehydrated, and it was all just to win a basketball game. I couldn’t
breathe. My energy level was really low. My mouth was really dry. They started
giving me Gatorade, and I thought about IV.”
Phil Jackson: "This was a heroic effort, one to add to the collection of efforts
that make up his legend."
“I have never seen X as sick as this,” teammate Scottie Pippen said during half
time. “It was to the point, where I did not know if he was going to play.”
What are these people talking about?

3)
“I wish I had an incredible vocabulary to describe the elation I felt,” X said. “The
disbelief. To see the fans jumping up and down - the noise - to be in the center
of all that with your teammates. And to share the moment with Matt Nokes, my
catcher. Every sense in your body is at full speed. You’re just taking it all in.”
“No one wants to be blamed for doing anything to jinx a __-______” Showalter
told SI. “I had to go to the bathroom for the last four innings, but I was afraid to
go.”
Who is X? Why is he arguably the greatest definition of mad respect?

4)
She asked Kérolyi, “Do we need this?”
“X, we need you to go one more time,” Kérolyi told her.
X performed her second _____ and heard another snap from her ankle when
she landed on both feet. “It felt like a bomb went off,”
“Don’t worry,” Kérolyi told her. “You’re going to the podium. I guarantee it.” He
picked her up again and carried her to the podium, where her teammates
helped her to stand and accept the gold.
Who is X and what is being spoken about here?

5)
“Because he beat us all the time we didn’t like him too much” - Adam Scott
“So the sceptic in me said that he is a great showman, even when he was
playing his best golf, back in the day he was milking everything to his advantage.
He used that to psych out players” - Phil Mickaelson
These re quotes of people describing a major event in X’s career which they
believed he faked.
ID X. What event are they describing?

6)
The trainer, Laurie Barnett, rushed onto the pitch, and asked X if he could carry
on. He added that there was "only fourteen minutes left". X said later: "That
was the last thing I remember."
"I will never forget helping trainer Barnett with a dressing room massage to
ease the pain in X's ____ at the end of the Wembley triumph. He put both his
great hands on my shoulders, and said, The pain stabs right through me. Came a
second's pause. Then he added, But it's worth it. I don't care if the pain's like a
red-hot poker. I know I got the Cup medal in my wallet." -Eric Thornton
Who is X? What happened to him during the game?

ANSWER
Anil Kumble, Broken Jaw

ANSWER
Michael Jordan, Playing with a flu

ANSWER
Jim Abott, One Armed Pitcher

ANSWER
Kerri Strug, Broke her ankle while doing a vault

ANSWER
Tiger woods, Won 2008 US Open with a torn ACL

ANSWER
Bert Trautmann, Played with a broken neck

Rules
Rules
• +10/0 on bounce
• +10/-5 on pounce

Q1
Tom Doak, a protégé of fellow legends in the field including Pete Dye and Bobby
Jones (to whom he was a consultant), is well known for his Confidential Guide to
____ _______, which highlights some of the most obscure and strangest of its
kind.
Focusing on minimalism, his designs often incorporate natural elements around
the main attraction and often features sand dunes which take advantage of the
sandy soil for drainage also allowing for the reuse of native elements.
His experience in the Horticulture and Flora culture industry also meant that he
was chosen to restore the world-famous Pasatiempo in 2007.
What specifically does his literature focus on/FITB.

Q2
This is a snippet from an article talking about a rule change that had to come
into effect because of Wayne Gretzky.
“It just didn't seem fair to have the first pick make that much difference in a
draft. In 1985-86, when Gretzky had 215 points, he finished 74 points ahead of
Mario Lemieux! In 1981-82, a 212-point season, he was 65 points ahead of Mike
Bossy. That was just too much to overcome, forcing rules to be changed.”
What was the rule that had to be enforced?

ANSWER
Wayne Gretzky had to be split into Gretzky goals and Gretzky
assists in fantasy league.

Q3
The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual award ceremony honouring
individuals and teams from the world of sports along with sporting
achievements throughout the year.
It is held in Monaco, with Roger Federer winning the best sportsperson award
the most number of times. There are various other fields such as Team of the
year, best comeback of the year, best Sporting moment of the year.
The best Sporting moment of the year 2018, was won by ___________, who
faced hell a couple of years ago from the award when they were all but
decimated, and went on to make a miraculous comeback in the following year
when they were assured of a slot in the first division league of their country.
Ironically, they lost the comeback of the year to Roger Federer, but they
breakthrough to first division from the abyss of complete failure was hailed by
the sporting community.
FITB

Q4
A tradition made famous by football, is a sign of utmost respect between
players of opposing teams, is believed to have originated in 1931, when France
beat England for the first time. The French players were so ecstatic they asked
the English players if they could have their _______ as keepsakes. The English
obliged.
This tradition has permeated into Basketball as well, because of X’s final year
playing the sport. Due to a bitter rivalry between X and Y, X was scared that Y
would reject his proposal of performing the aforementioned tradition.
X and Y were also invited to 2019s All-Star game as it’s their last year in the
sport
ID X, Y and the tradition

ANSWER
Jersey Swapping
X - Dwayne Wade
Y - Dirk Nowitzky

Q5
Fans of this tradition rich team are treated to one of the last remaining such
entities at their home stadium during every home game. The entity is question
requires some three operators who sit a little inside of left field and work hard
to make sure the entity is serving it's purpose as up to date as possible. Green
16 inch squares and Red 12 by 16 inch squares with numbers on them are used
to signal the state of them game. The entity which was installed in 1934, has
undergone various remodelling to keep it up to date and at it's base lies another
sacred attraction for the fans of this team, a high left field wall named X.
What is the entity, something of a dying breed in the modern day game? What
is the name of the sacred left field wall a favourite target for right handed
players

ANSWER
Manual Scoreboard
Green Monster

Q6
Bill Leckie is an award-winning Scottish Journalist who currently writes a column
for the Sun. His most recent work revolves around the recently concluded FIFA
World Cup in Russia, covering the enthralling spectacle while also tracking the
introduction of new technology and the notorious response it received
throughout the tournament.
What then did he decide to title his work, cleverly borrowing from a literary
classic on an ill-fated conquest and the nature of human life, and deftly noting
that at least this version “has a happier ending for the French.”

Q7
It seems almost impossible that two cities, at a distance of 11,178 kilometres
(and a flight time of 15 hours, 40 minutes) will have grounds named after the
same person.
Both grounds have a rich tradition, have hosted famous semi-finals featuring
heartbreaks of hosts, and are probably the most iconic grounds in either
country.
X was founded in 1900 or 1902 — sources vary — by Harry Ryan, a blacksmith.
He called it Ryan’s Folly. It was later renamed after George ____, who “lent his
name to a city he never visited and a sports ground he never knew existed”.
It is usually believed that Y is named after Emily ____ (according to some
sources). Maybe it is only fitting that the grounds would be named after an
author of that stature: _______’s favourite son and her greatest author was,
after all, a mere three when Y was established.

ANSWER
X - Eden park
Y - Eden gardens

Q8
X forever changed the way chess is played with his revolutionary theories, X did
away with the Romantic era of chess—a period when unsound attacks and
flashy sacrifices were the norm—and substituted a more scientific and analytical
way of playing.
In 1866, he defeated the then world champion and proclaimed himself world
champion. Nevertheless, he defended his title ably. X played his match against Y
of Russia via cable. X was in New York, and Y was in Havana. New York police
arrested X as a spy because they misinterpreted his chess moves as spy-talk.
The use of technology to play long-distance chess took a weird turn when X
supposedly claimed that he used a telephone to call God and beat Him at chess,
even after giving him an extra pawn.
ID X

ANSWER
Wilhelm Steinitz, Father of modern Chess

Q9
John __ ____ was the heir to the family fortune, a Prominent American family,
who founded its fortune on the gunpowder business. He wanted to compete in
Olympics in the pentathlon in the 1968 games in Mexico. He however came in
second to last in the trials for the Olympic team that year.
After giving up on his own athletic ambitions, he created Team X to train
potential Olympians in swimming, wrestling, pentathlon and triathlon to win a
gold medal.
What followed was a story of success, eccentricity and subsequent murder which
marks one of the most talked about cases in America.
Simply ID X

Rules
Rules
• ID the player based on their
respective tattoos
• +5 for each player
• +10 if you get all

5) To celebrate this sportsman’s glorious
career, Nike Sportswear designed him
a bespoke NSW Destroyer Jacket.
On a standard varsity jacket, letters
and patches would be sewn on but
when it came to this jacket, it was
decided to use some of his tattoos and
mirror these on the destroyer jackets
exterior. To make it authentic Nike
Sportswear involved the sportsman’s
tattoo artist Christian Wagner to guide
them and fashion designer Julia
Hederus to help translate his tattoos
onto the fabric of the jacket.

ANSWER
1. Raheem Sterling
2. Mike Tyson
3. Ryan Lochte
4. Conor McGregor
5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
6. J R Smith
7. Mark Clattenberg
8. Kevin Peterson

Round Robin
Written Round
Round 4

Rules
Rules
• 10 Questions
• +6/0
• +10/-5 on stake.

Q1
X, most commonly known as Y (the bird) is an English
Skier who represented Great Britain in 1988. Though,
he was Britain's first ever skier since the Olympics in
1928, he fared poorly in the Olympics, finishing last
in both 70m and 90m, his nearest competitors had
nearly double his score.
Because of this, the IOC came up with the rule called
Y rule which requires Olympic hopefuls to compete
in international events and be placed in the top 30%
or the top 50 competitors, whichever is fewer.

Q2
In 2012, X came to India at the request of one his
sponsors quicksilver, while there, he visited the
Gandhi museum and performed 60% of his most
famous accomplishment to a pumped and excited
crowd. The entire tour was documented and was
uploaded on his YouTube channel RIDE. Apart from
his athletic prowess, X is also widely recognised for his
video game presence and his apparel line.
Identity X and what is his biggest accomplishment?

Q3 The X which is one of the rarest shots in golf was first hit
by Gene Sarazen in 1935. This led to a golf term that was
made in America, used only in America, where it was
called the Double ___. This nomenclature led to a furious
response from the golf community and it didn't make any
sense.
"It's an X" Padraig Harrington said,. "There's no such thing
in life as a double ___. You don't refer to animals like
that."
The nomenclature has also been described as a apt
definition of American Mathematics as it doesn't really
add up.
What is X the name by which it is called in most of the
world?
Why is it an apt definition of American Mathematics?

Q4
After much troubles in the early 21st century, the city in
question finally managed to land a basketball team,
despite their poor performance, they hold the
distinction of being one of the only NBA teams to wear
their city name in their logo. Due to the heavy French
influence in the city, the logo of the team also features a
corrupted version of __ _ _ which they call a Bird _ __.
Identity the team and the other team from another
sport that also has the blank as it's logo.

Q5
After the new franchise was formed, because the owner,
Art Modell decided to relocate his old franchise, and he
reached a deal with the city of X to move his team in
1996. Since the old franchise did not allow the new team
to use the colours and the name of that franchise, focus
groups, a telephone survey, and a fan contest were all
held to help select a name for the new franchise. Finally,
a fan contest drawing 33,288 voters picked "Y," a name
that alludes to the famous poem, by a very famous
American Poet and writer Z. This was chosen because Z
spent a considerable part of his life in the city of X. He
died mysteriously in X and is buried there.
Give me the team name XY. Who is Z?

Q6
X, star player of the NHL and the team is question is
widely considered a modern day great. Having scored
102 points in his debut season and being the rookie of
the year, fans began to liken him to Wayne Gretzky.
The next season he led the NHL with 120 points and
won the Art Ross trophy. Since then, he has continued
to improve and has risen to become as good as Gretzky
himself.
What 3 word moniker has thus come to describe X
which fans think is apt considering his likeness to the
GOAT?
Who is X?

Q7
It has always featured a ________, usually on a blue
and white striped shield, although the crossbar was
replaced with a _________ branch at some point after
the club's move to the _________. The X(bird) was
chosen because the public house in which the team
used to change kept a pet X in a cage.
One suggestion is that the name was bestowed on
them by their rivals, because of the large baggy
trousers that many fans wore at work to protect
themselves from molten iron in the factories and
foundries of the Black Country
The second paragraph gives you a nickname of the
club. This clubs ground shares its name with the
branch the X is perched on.
What is the clubs name and it’s ground?

Q8
Nicknamed "The Big Unit" X has played around 22 seasons
from 1988 to 2009, for six teams, primarily for the Seattle
Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks. X has been working
as a professional photographer for a while now, rekindling
the passion that he developed while majoring in
photojournalism in college.
X came up with a clever logo for his photography website ,
honouring one of the most iconic moments of the five-time
Cy Young Award winner's career.
ID X and put funda on the website logo.

Q9 Paul curtis a local artist is the creator of one of the
most famous attraction in this city. In 2017,
appearing out of nowhere this became one of the
most famous graffiti in the city because of a flood of
social media posts with people posing in front of the
graffiti. This gave them an opportunity to transform
themselves into the bird. (pic on next slide)
Right around the corner on the same street X was
immortalised, with hand on his heart, by Akse, an
English graffiti artist already famous for Stephen
Hawking, David Bowie and Muhammad Ali portraits.
This time around the main orchestrator was X ,as he
has brought the entertaining brand of ________ –
or should we say the ‘heavy metal’ ________ – back
at helm coupled with the desire and intensity the
club was lacking for all these years.
ID the bird and X

Q10
The Pictures shown are equipment used in a
particular sport that involved the bird shown.
The sport is apt keeping in mind what the bird in
question does to obtain food.
Name the sport. What is this sport about?

ANSWER
Tony Hawk, 900 degree spin

ANSWER
Albatross
Eagle is two under par, but an albatross is 3 not 4

ANSWER
Pelicans :New orleans
fiorentina

ANSWER
Baltimore Ravens
Edgar Allen Poe

ANSWER
Pittsburg Penguins
X – Sydney Crossby
The next one

ANSWER
Throstle
Hawthorns
Westbrom

ANSWER
Rhandy Johnson
While Cy Young was pitching he hit a dove and it died.

ANSWER
Liver Bird
Jurgen Klopp

ANSWER
Falconry
Hunting with birds of prey

Rules
Rules
• 13 parts
• +3 for each
• If you get all +1 bonus

Q1
_____ _____ is a species of extremely venomous snake, native to parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. It
is also A's moniker as he's known to slither across the court and has a "killer instinct". If you
were to take a "controversial delicacy" in our country as a verb, you would know A to have
shared this with his former teammate B. On removal of the first letter from B's name, C, a
player known for his "lazy brilliance". C is known to have succumbed to D far too often, rather
comically, in his life. E is the first person to have been ruled D by a person not on the field
whose jersey number is hidden in his name. Another famous individual with the same jersey
number is F, touted as the next G, as they shared jersey number and home country. G is well
known for his antics and use of the wrong limb in his sport. On removal of the Egyptian sun god
from G's surname, you arrive at a religious figure. The small sized Italian translation of this
figure is a renowned rivalry. One of those teams, H is only behind I on the number of European
Championship. I is also a well known club in another sport, whose teen sensation, J crossed the
Atlantic to their American counterpart. J's nickname K alludes to the main “performer” in a
sport popular in country he used to play in. Upon translation of K's competitor in Hindi and
appending what is referenced as a "red cherry" in cricket you would end up with a word that
almost sounds like ________.

ANSWER
Black Mamba(first blank)
A-Kobe Bryant
B-Shaq
C-Inzamam ul-haq
D-Run out
E-Sachin Tendulkar
F-Messi
G-Maradona
H-AC Milan
I-Real Madrid
J-Luka Doncic
K-Matador
Baseball

Q1
On January 29th, 2013, an exposé by Miami New Times reporter Tim Elfrink sent
the MLB into infamy. Focusing on the Miami sports clinic Biogenesis, Elfrink’s
report highlighted the secret supply of illegal performance-enhancing drugs
(PED) to some of the game’s biggest names.
Thus, what appropriate heading did Elfrink give his book in 2014, referencing a
genre to which only the likes of dog-fighting and gladiatorial games belong but
which fits well into the given context?
Which player, who at the time was the highest paid and ended up facing the
longest ban (of almost 2 years) also featured in the title? (Pic in next slide)

Q2
The reason the team is now associated with this color has a bizarre history.
Initially the club colours were X and Y, the traditional colours of the city it is
based from.
But in 1929, a mistake during the washing of a set jerseys in Arno river given to
the club meant the the the Y dye ran into the X, creating a shade of ______,
with which the club is associated with.
ID the club and their associated colour(FITB)

ANSWER
Fiorentina.
Purple Jerseys

Q3
In 2007, the San Jose Arena was renamed to X after the naming rights were
transferred to a certain company post its acquisition of Compaq who previously
held the naming rights.
The name X was chosen to promote a line personal computers sold by the new
owners and it also refers to certain parts of sports venues where the players
and officials rest when not involved in the play.
Currently the arena plays host to the NHL team San Jose _____ and is aptly
nicknamed as Y, synonymous with a popular business related TV show where
entrepreneurs make presentations to set panel of _____ who then decide
whether to invest in their company.
Give me X and Y.

ANSWER
X - HP Pavilion
Y - The Shark Tank

Q4
Shown here is Zotani Oscar, a cameraman in South Africa. He is famous among
his peers and locals for wearing a suit and a tie at all times at work even in
scorching heat. What is his recent claim to worldwide fame?

ANSWER
He captured Cameron Bancroft rubbing sandpaper

Q5
Rangers legend Nacho Novo bought the Angel Pub in Govan in Glasgow and
renamed it to NN10. This bar has an interesting history.
After hanging up his boots, X bought the pub in 1978, and called it the ______’s
Pub, after himself. He called the downstairs room as the 'Elbow Room' in honour
of his own habit of unsettling defenders with flailing limbs. However, football
was in his blood and he returned to it, forging a very long and a renowned
career in it.
The location of the road is quite ironic. The Pub is located on Y’s Road. He won
numerous trophys and was one of the most successful managers. The pub’s
location is ironic because X’s goal, indirectly was to knock Y’s achievements off
the perch.
Note: The Y road is not named after Y, but they just share the name.
ID X and Y

Q6
X is a scoring technique in the sport of ______. It was first seen in the late 1980s
in Australia. Jay Stacy (former record holder for most caps for the Kookaburras)
is credited as first using the skill in the 1987 Australian ______ Championships in
Hobart.
As X have become more popular, specialist _______ equipment have been
designed to complement the slinging action of the shot. These sticks are notable
for their 'bow' or ‘curve’. In 2005, the International _______ Federation limited
the possible size of 'bows' allowed in international competitions which is now
limited to 25 mm. The reason for this was that sticks with extravagant bows
began to emerge.
Id X

Q7
A certain prolific figure had published the given article(next slide) on the Daily
Mail about a certain sporting event.
He had been commissioned by Lord Northcliffe to write a special report of the
race. “I do not often do journalistic work,” he recalled in his memoirs, “but on
this occasion I was tempted, chiefly by the offer of an excellent seat.”
He also presented the person he described about with 308 pounds and a gold
cigarette case.
ID the writer and the event.

ANSWER
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1908 marathon Dorando Pieti

Q8
8+8 Studio is an architecture studio from Poland. It’s owner and architect is
Krzystof Kotala proposed to build a _______ complex situated offshore in the
Persian Gulf, between the Burj al Arab and the Palm Jumeirah islands in the
United Arab Emirates. It is an extremely ambitious project that has not yet been
put into construction. The architect is however confident of achieving it. What is
this ambitious project

ANSWER
Underwater Tennis Courts

Q9
Green Street House, a stately home is also called the ______ Castle since it
housed one of the most controversial figures in history until their death in 1536.
The grounds of the Castle was used by the the club X as their ground until 2016.
The hunting grounds of ______ is also currently used as a ground. It covered
part of the area on which Willian ________, the sixth Baron constructed a
house. This ‘house’, situated on the banks of the river Thames, is the current
ground of the club Y.
ID X and Y

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