General Sports Quiz @ Barefoot 2022 - (Prelims+Final).pdf

Rules
• Total 20 questions.
- Nikhil : 1 – 10
- Somnath : 11 - 20
• Star marked Qs – 1, 5, 10, 11, 15 & 20.
• Marks – Every question carry 1 point.
• In case of two answers, half points will be awarded.
• To break a tie, Star-marked questions will be counted. If
required, Countback method will be applied.
All the very best!!!

1
▣ In a recent popular work of entertainment , employing some facts, some half-truths, and
plenty of distortions, it shows X , a wonder boy hits a six of bowling Y, a legend and twilight
in his career, in an international showdown . But in reality X never hits any six of Y’s
bowling, playing 4 tests and 6 ODIs against each other.
▣ What inaccuracy involving X and Y was shown there?

2.This is the biggest sports complex in Hungary .After which Olympic legend
of the country this arena is named after?

3.What connects these 5 football clubs from Italy, Peru and England with respect to their origins?
7

4
▣ He has been a vocal critic of Putin for
over a decade, even leading the pro-
democracy opposition to him in the
farcical 2008 presidential election. Yet
years of seeing his Cassandra-like
prophecies about Putin’s intentions
fulfilled have left him with a darker truth:
Putin’s Russia, like ISIS or Al Qaeda,
defines itself in opposition to the free
countries of the world.
▣ Name the author of this book, written in
2014 after Putin invaded Ukraine and
annexed Crimea. 8

5
▣ Tom Weiskopf was one of the best-known PGA Tour golfers of the 1970s, although his career
began in the 1960s and extended into the 1990s on the senior tour. His only major came in
the 1973 British Open.
▣ His nickname, namesake of a 1974 disaster movie with an ensemble cast , arose because
he was a very tall player for his era (6-foot-4) and because he was known for having one of
the worst tempers of his era.{image follows}
▣ Which nickname?
9

6
▣ The lady (image follows) seen with Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne,was her country’s
present Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister presently. Her countrey won 8 medals (3
golds,1 silver,4 bronz) till date at the Olympics . Barring one gold medal,she won the remaining
7 medals at the Olympics.
▣ ▣ Identify her.
11

7
▣ He was born in Trinidad, became
the first person from his country to
win a Gold medal in 1988 Olympics.
From 1999 to 2006, he served as
Assistant Coach at the University of
Florida, moving up to Associate
Head Coach in 2006 and Men’s
Head Coach in 2018 - a position he
still holds today. While at Florida, he
has also coached 42 Olympians
who have won a total of 23 medals,
including 11 gold.
▣ Who is this legend, a familiar name
among sports fan across the globe
during Seoul 1988?
13

8. From August 26, 1977 to June 4, 1987, he won every single race he contested, adding a second Olympic gold on
home soil in Los Angeles in 1984 along the way. His world record unbeaten streak lasted 9 years, 9 months and 9 days
and during it, he won 122 races (109 finals).
Whose winning streak, the longest in the history of track is this ?
Aug. 26, 1977 June 4, 1987

9. Which sports are they unsuccessfully bidding for?

10
▣ This building famously made its place in one of the Winter Olympics logo. Various events and
ceremonies take place in the building.
▣ This building however is more famous for an annual ceremony of a global event.
▣ Which world famous ceremony?(image follows)

11.
• Deriving from the Spanish expression for ‘yes’, it was probably seen for
the first time during a match played between Chelsea and Real Madrid
at USA in 2013. Off late, it is also creating a bit of discomfort in some
other sporting arenas.
• During the 2022 Australian Open, Andy Murray said it was ‘incredibly
irritating’; Daniil Medvedev said some in the crowd had ‘a low IQ’; and
Nick Kyrgios even likened the stadium to ‘a zoo’.
• What were the fans exactly doing that made the players a bit angry?
BAREFOOT – 2022 I WHEN PRIDE STILL MATTERED I Q.M. – SOMNATH CHANDA

12.
• February 4, 1952, marked a very important date in
the US Media history as this former Second-
Lieutenant of the US Army was appointed
simultaneously as the Director of Community
Activities for the radio station, WNBC, and the
television station WNBT. About this engagement, it
was said, “It also gives us a chance to combat
communist propaganda by showing there are plenty
of opportunities for Negroes in this country.”
• Who was that Director?

13.
• Though he couldn’t win the gold,
Avinash Mukund took all the accolades
through his lion-hearted performance
at the 2022-CWG. Amul, like always,
highlighted the achievement with
clever word-play.
• Identify the two words (3, 2) that are
edited out from this ad.
(Clue : 3+2 = 5)

14.
• This alumni of Aydin University in Istanbul,
presently teaches there science and technology
courses.
• Though he is not much known for his sporting
activities, which recent development did make
this African gentleman one of the most
searched person by the sports lovers, across the
globe?

15.
• UEFA Champions League :
* F.C. Porto won in 2003-04 season defeating AS Monaco.
* Inter Milan won in 2009-10 season defeating Bayern Munich.
• UEFA Cup/Europa League :
* F.C. Porto won in 2002-03 season defeating Celtic.
* Manchester United won in 2016-17 season defeating Ajax.
• UEFA Europa Conference League :
* AS Roma won in 2021-22 season defeating Feyenoord.
• To celebrate the above-mentioned triumphs in a very special way, ‘where’
can one find all those happy memories etched together permanently?

16.
• The original motto, expressed in Latin, was coined
by a French Dominican preacher, as a means to
encourage his pupils to get into sports. With time,
the motto got associated with a global event.
• Just before the latest edition of the event, this
gold-winning Olympian (vis) proposed a little
addition to it. Considering the pandemic-induced
condition in most parts of the world, the addition
made lot of sense.
• Who is this Olympian? Which word has been
added?

17.
• Months before the Tokyo Olympics, Goldie, a little gray goat in a
sparkling orange leotard, started to show up in social media with a gold
medal around its neck, doing a signature move.
• Which gold-winning GOAT is being paid a very apt tribute to through
Goldie?

18.
• This Constantinople–born gentleman (vis) was the
son of Lady Edith Margaret who was the first female
champion of the Hastings 1895 chess tournament.
Lady Edith’s son, former Games Editor of the British
Chess Magazine, later represented England in the
Olympiads of 1927.
• His most well known sporting-association has
marked a triumphant first for India in 2022.
• Who was this elderly gentleman? What is being
hinted at in the 2nd para?

18.

• The ‘Tournament East–West Game’ was played for the first time in
1902 between West Coast’s Stanford and Midwestern Michigan, in
presence of 8,000 spectators at Tournament Park which is presently a
private area maintained by the California Institute of Technology. In a
lopsided contest, Michigan routed Stanford 49-0, prompting it to be
replaced with Roman-style chariot races inspired by the literary
classic Ben-Hur. Few years later, the original routine resumed.
• What owes its origin from that game?
19.

20.
• Though 59 is considered to be the gold standard among the
professionals, theoretically 54 is the lowest possible score that can be
achieved. Accordingly, a $54 million bonus has also been announced
for anyone who can reach the magic number of 54 or better.
• What is being described that is causing a lot of discord since the last
few months?

Sachin Tendulkar hits a six of Imran Khan’s bowling shown in The Kashmir Files
▣ X- Sachin Tendulkar.
▣ Y- Imran Khan.
35

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena

3.What connects these 5 football clubs from Italy, Peru and England with respect to their origins?
38

Football clubs with cricketing origins
▣ AC Milan.
▣ Genoa Cricket and Football Club.
▣ Lima Cricket & Football Club.
▣ Sheffield Football Club.
▣ Sheffield Wednesday .
39

4
▣ He has been a vocal critic of Putin for
over a decade, even leading the pro-
democracy opposition to him in the
farcical 2008 presidential election. Yet
years of seeing his Cassandra-like
prophecies about Putin’s intentions
fulfilled have left him with a darker truth:
Putin’s Russia, like ISIS or Al Qaeda,
defines itself in opposition to the free
countries of the world.
▣ Name the author of this book, written in
2014 after Putin invaded Ukraine and
annexed Crimea. 40

5
▣ Tom Weiskopf was one of the best-known PGA Tour golfers of the 1970s, although his career
began in the 1960s and extended into the 1990s on the senior tour. His only major came in
the 1973 British Open.
▣ His nickname, namesake of a 1974 disaster movie with an ensemble cast , arose because
he was a very tall player for his era (6-foot-4) and because he was known for having one of
the worst tempers of his era.{image follows}
▣ Which nickname?
42

6
▣ The lady (image follows) seen with Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne,was her country’s
present Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister presently. Her countrey won 8 medals (3
golds,1 silver,4 bronz) till date at the Olympics . Barring one gold medal,she won the remaining
7 medals at the Olympics.
▣ ▣ Identify her.
45

7
▣ He was born in Trinidad, became
the first person from his country to
win a Gold medal in 1988 Olympics.
From 1999 to 2006, he served as
Assistant Coach at the University of
Florida, moving up to Associate
Head Coach in 2006 and Men’s
Head Coach in 2018 - a position he
still holds today. While at Florida, he
has also coached 42 Olympians
who have won a total of 23 medals,
including 11 gold.
▣ Who is this legend, a familiar name
among sports fan across the globe
during Seoul 1988?
48

• The ‘siuuuu’ celebration
of CR7
Answer

Answer
• Jackie Robinson

Answer
• Sab Le

• Who is the original Mo Farah?
Answer

• Jose Mourinho’s new tattoo
Answer

• Thomas Bach & Together / Communiter (in Latin)
Answer

• Simone Biles
Answer

• Sir George Thomas & India’s victory at Thomas Cup
Answer

• LIV Golf Invitational Series
Answer

Rounds
• Total 4 Rounds.
- Somnath : 1 – 2
- Nikhil : 3 - 4
• The ‘rounds’ are as follows:--
- Round 1 : Written (5)
- Round 2 : Infinite Bounce (12)
- Round 3 : Written II (5)
- Round 4 : Infinite Bounce II (12)
All the very best!!!

* Rules *
* Written Round
* 5 Questions on Logos
* Marks -
- For every correct answer : 10 Points
- Full House : 10 Points (Extra)
* No Negatives
Inhi LOGO Ne…

1.
• Founded in 2008 by Ana María Parera and her son, this humanitarian
organisation mostly works in three areas: social integration of
vulnerable minors, care for young people with intellectual disabilities,
and promotion of sports and academic talent. Within two years, it’s
Indian chapter was started in the remote village of Anantapur in Andhra
Pradesh.
• Whose silhouette
can be found in it’s
logo?

1.

2.
• In the 2017–18 season, Charlotte Hornets was the only team in NBA to
have it on their jerseys. Paris Saint-Germain, whose apparel is supplied
by Nike, added it to their 2018–19 UEFA Champions League kits. In
March 2022, the Ateneo Blue Eagles, became the first collegiate team
outside of North America to bear it.
• Subject of several lawsuits, it was originally introduced to promote the
3rd ‘version’ of an iconic product line.
• What is being described?

3.
• Following ‘160 human hours of in-depth consultation’ with local
communities over four months, the logo was created by RBL. Blue and
yellow colour palette was chosen to ‘represent the host city as the
youngest in Europe’, designers said. The bi-coloured gradient lines
strategically connect at 10 important junction points.
• Though appreciated for it’s sleek design, it created a bit of a tiff as Lee
Valley Park (vis) got omitted.
• Which logo is being discussed? What did those 10 junction points
indicate?

3.

4.
• “My dream and my passion has always
been to helping children. That’s why I
got my degree in Child and Adolescent
Development.” – said the founder of the
Pocket Rocket Foundation. It supports
junior athletes in financial need and till
date, provided 55 Scholarships from 22
high schools across 11 different
sporting arenas.
• Who is this founder?

5.
• Highlighting the lofty
ambition of the host state,
what is quite fittingly
placed in the blanked part
of the logo of the
forthcoming 36th National
Games of India?

• Rafael Nadal
Answer

• Jumpman Logo
Answer

• Logo of 2022 Commonwealth Games &
Venues of the Games
Answer

• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Answer

• Statue of Unity
Answer

*
• According to the EU General Court verdict, ‘a well-
known public figure who is regularly seen and
discussed on television and radio’ has been given
the permission to use this logo for his eponymous
brand, over a Spanish cycling company. Marketed
as a premium lifestyle brand that specializes in
creating clothing with high quality and precision
detail, it embodies a strive for excellence.
• Who uses this trademarked logo?

• Lionel Messi
Answer

* Rules *
* 12 Questions (Clockwise)
* Bounce + Pounce
* Marks -
- For Bounce : +10 / +10 Points
- Full Pounce : +10 / -05 Points
* Chimping is allowed
Speak Up & BOUNCE

1.
• After having an eventful career in the Army, Sir Robert Muldoon became
the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand. During one of his official visits
from Wellington to Christchurch, aboard an Air New Zealand flight, sports
loving Muldoon requested the cabin crew to provide a running
commentary of an ongoing contest. As the contest was reaching a
crescendo, every minute detail announced by the pilot was lustily cheered
by the patriotic crowd. Just before the final few seconds, he kept everyone
on tenterhooks. After a long pause, he concluded his role of announcer
with the words - “… And they’re all arguing.”
• What did exactly happen moments before?

• Trevor Chappell bowled
underarm to Brian McKechnie
Answer

2.
• Albert, a premier pitcher of the 1870s, led the
baseball league in victories for each of his six full
seasons as a professional. During his short-but-
glorious career, he always felt the need for better
infrastructure and support. With financial backing
from his mother, he, along with his brother Walker,
started something in 1876, which literally marked
the beginning of a sporting revolution in the USA.
• Still regarded very highly in the sporting world,
what was his surname?

Answer
• Spalding

3.
• On a sunny afternoon on 23rd September, 1995 at the National Sports
Club, New Delhi, something was spontaneously conceived by the
extroverted one, as a ploy to rattle up his quieter partner. Despite their
visible height difference, that particular act, exhibited for the very first
time, not only invigorated the home crowd but also dented their
Croatian opponent’s confidence. Over the years, it ultimately became a
trademark act.
• Which act is being talked about?

• Chestbump of Lee-Hesh
Answer

4.
• Flagged off in Copenhagen, the first three stages of TDF-2022 took place
in Denmark. The remaining part of the tour commenced from a
historical port city in northern France that saw many a skirmishes since
the Middle Ages. Literally meaning ‘Church of the Dunes’, the locality
also got a mention in the famous novel Man in the Iron Mask by
Alexandre Dumas.
• Which city that came back into public memory around five years back
because of a non-sporting reason, is this?

4.

• Dunkirk
Answer

5.
• During the fifth attempt, Fiona May was the first one to find her
checkmark was missing. She jarringly went in with her routine but that
was red-flagged and she was eliminated. Then it was X’s turn. X, shaken
by the missing checkmark issue, luckily found her towel which she left
at some distance from the approach area. Though a little miscalculation
cost her some distance, the attempt ultimately turned out to be a
historic one.
• Dumped by the checkmark but saved by the towel, who is X? Which
grand occasion is being described?

• X = Anju Bobby George.
• She won the bronze
medal at the 2003 World
Athletics Championship.
Answer

6.
• Andrea Fuentes is the most decorated Spanish
swimmer, with 4 Olympic, 16 World
Championship and 11 European Championship
medals. Despite all these, one of the most
talked about feat of this superlady happened at
Budapest’s Tamás Széchy Swimming Complex,
during the 2022 World Championships.
• Eerily similar to an earlier incident in
Barcelona, what did she do?

• She rescued American swimmer Anita Alvarez after she fell
unconscious and sank to the bottom of the pool during the
women’s solo free event final.
Answer

7.
• In 1937, Dacca Sporting Association became the first Indian side to
defeat a European club when they won against London’s Islington
Corinthians. Few years later, on their proposal for a tournament, WIFA
pledged to donate a shield in memory of one of their former
presidents, A.C. Hinrichs. Few of the influential members had some
other plans and accordingly, another name got added with Hinrichs.
But mysteriously, when the tournament actually started, name of
Hinrichs got completely omitted.
• Which tournament/trophy?

• Santosh Trophy
Answer

8.
• This chain of taverns (vis) where one ‘may enter at his/her own risk’, was
founded in 1934 by William Sianis, a Greek immigrant. It came into notice
during the 1944 Republican National Convention in Chicago when a
signboard saying ‘No Republicans Allowed’ was placed in front of its door.
That cheeky publicity stunt ultimately resulted in the place to be packed
with Republicans.
• In the very next year, Sianis came into much bigger news, courtesy his
favourite pet Murphy. The unfortunate chain of events that followed,
finally came to an happy end in 2016.
• What was the issue?

8.
Inside the Tavern Front Door of the Tavern

• Curse of the Billy Goat
Answer

9.
• About 50 kms to the south of Calicut, Melady used to be a small village.
The huts predominate but almost all the ‘pacca’ houses had spacious
compounds. One such house was owned by the local shop keeper E.P.M.
Pythal.
• Interestingly, in southernmost part of their compound alone stood a
jackfruit tree which was considered to be a very good omen. Keeping
that in mind, Pythal decided to change their family name.
• Who is the most famous member of that family?

• P.T. Usha
• (The newly coined family name was – Pillavallakandi
Thekeparambil. It literally translate to : Pillavalla – Jackfruit
tree; Kandi – Compound; Thekeparambil – Southernmost part.)
Answer

10.
• Hebrew Orphan Asylum, at Amsterdam Avenue almost got finalised
before a stretch of land, located very near to the Coogan's Bluff, was
purchased from William Waldorf Astor. Construction, using ‘an
extremely hard and durable concrete developed by Thomas Edison’,
started soon after.
• Which iconic venue, given interesting nicknames - ranging from
‘Cathedral’ to ‘Zoo’, was thus built?

10.

• Yankee Stadium
Answer

11.
• This promising high-jumper, ranked #7 in the world by the Track and
Field News, had a great run at the West Coast Relays Meet. He
tied Charlie Dumas, who would later won gold in the 1956 Melbourne
Olympics for the USA and became the first person to clear 7 feet.
Unfortunately, that athlete couldn’t pursue his jumping any further.
• Curiously enough, putting good use of his jumping ability, he won his
only Olympic gold in 1956.
• Who? Why he couldn’t lengthen his jumping career?

11.

• Bill Russell & at that point of time, they were allowed to play
only one sport.
Answer

12.
• Boxing has given the English language many
phrases/idioms. One among those originated from
the old rules compiled by Jack Broughton (vis).
• A line was scratched or marked at the centre of the
ring. At the beginning of every round, each fighter
had to put his toes up against that marked line to
prove his fitness to continue with the fight.
• Which phrase /idiom did originate thus?

• Up to the Mark
Answer

*
• In 2007, Arsenal beat Liverpool 3-1 at Anfield to
knock the defending champion out of the FA Cup. For
the ‘Gunners’, midfielder Tomas ‘Tom’ Rosicky and
goalmachine Thierre Henry were on target.
• On the very next day, The Sun reported it with a
simple-but-punny headline, highlighting the duo. The
interesting part was, breaking away from tradition,
the headline was printed in a cartoon-style font.
• What was the headline? Or, the headline was a pun on
‘which duo’?

Answer
• Tom and Thierry /
Tom and Jerry

Round 3
Sports in Entertainment

* Rules *
* Written Round
* 5 Questions
* Marks -
- For every correct answer : 10 Points
- Full House : 10 Points (Extra)
* No Negatives

1
▣ He was a great sports fan. He practiced boxing and football (he was a goalkeeper). He had
witnessed fights from Carlos Monzon, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and even five
fights from Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas. He also played a key role in the birth of the PSG in
1973. Since 1970, he had come to Roland Garros every day.
▣ Who was this sports fan?

2
▣ Person in left shown in the next slide , played the person in the middle in a 1951 Hollywood
film directed by the person in right. The director , a Hungarian by birth and was born as Manó
Kertész Kaminer. He was also a member of the Hungarian gold medal winning Sabre
fencing team at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. But, his name was not officially
mentioned in the 8-member gold medal winning team. He later directed classic films from the
silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was
prevalent.
▣ Identify all of them .{image follows}
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3
▣ Her connections with Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials made her the subject
of controversy before, during, and after World War II. During her amateur skating career,
she performed often in Germany and was a favorite of German audiences and of Hitler
personally. Controversy appeared first when she greeted Hitler with a Nazi salute at the
1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and after the Games she accepted an
invitation to lunch with Hitler at his resort home in nearby Berchtesgaden, where Hitler
presented her with an autographed photo with a lengthy inscription.
▣ Who ?{image follows}
90

4
▣ People know him as a legendary Hollywood actor, but he was also a great professional racer,
winning big races at an age when many people are afraid to drive at all. His racing story began
at the age of 46 . He accepted the role of racecar driver Frank Capua in the movie Winning. By
his own account, he turned down two parts that offered more money because Winning offered
him the chance to drive a racing car. In 2007, he crossed the finishing line in fourth place at
the Watkins Glen International racing circuit, the number on his car, 82, symbolized his age.
▣ Name this celebrity racer.
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5
▣ On the closing day of the Munich Olympics in 1972, the torch was extinguished, the lingering
waves of joy of Olympic competition and camaraderie merging with countervailing waves of
sadness. According to the book, Secret Olympian: The Inside Story of the Olympic Experience,
athletes left the closing ceremony and gathered in the Olympic Village. And as the athletes
struggled with their mixed and roiling emotions, a anti war song unified them all.
▣ Following the closing ceremony, the athletes returned to the Village and converged on the
discotheque. The song was played several times with its poignant relevance. Fencer Susie
Murphy’s overriding memory of Munich was a touchingly united scene with athletes of all
nations singing along to the song in one unified voice, arms round each other’s shoulders, in
defiance of the atrocity.
▣ Which July 1969 single which became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during
the 1970s,am I talking about?

2
▣ Person in left shown in the next slide , played the person in the middle in a 1951 Hollywood
film directed by the person in right. The director , a Hungarian by birth and was born as Manó
Kertész Kaminer. He was also a member of the Hungarian gold medal winning Sabre
fencing team at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. But, his name was not officially
mentioned in the 8-member gold medal winning team. He later directed classic films from the
silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was
prevalent.
▣ Identify all of them .{image follows}
101

Burt Lancaster
Jim Thorpe
Micheal Curtiz

3
▣ Her connections with Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi officials made her the subject
of controversy before, during, and after World War II. During her amateur skating career,
she performed often in Germany and was a favorite of German audiences and of Hitler
personally. Controversy appeared first when she greeted Hitler with a Nazi salute at the
1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and after the Games she accepted an
invitation to lunch with Hitler at his resort home in nearby Berchtesgaden, where Hitler
presented her with an autographed photo with a lengthy inscription.
▣ Who ?{image follows}
104

4
▣ People know him as a legendary Hollywood actor, but he was also a great professional racer,
winning big races at an age when many people are afraid to drive at all. His racing story began
at the age of 46 . He accepted the role of racecar driver Frank Capua in the movie Winning. By
his own account, he turned down two parts that offered more money because Winning offered
him the chance to drive a racing car. In 2007, he crossed the finishing line in fourth place at
the Watkins Glen International racing circuit, the number on his car, 82, symbolized his age.
▣ Name this celebrity racer.
107

Round 4

* Rules *
* 12 Questions (Anti-Clockwise)
* Bounce + Pounce
* Marks -
- For Bounce : +10 / +10 Points
- Full Pounce : +10 / -05 Points
* Chimping is allowed
Speak Up & BOUNCE 2.0

1
▣ One of his early works, Open Veins of Latin America (1971), received an unexpected
publicity boost in 2009 when Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela, thrust a copy into the
hands of the US president, Barack Obama, at a summit meeting in Trinidad. Obama read
it, which was not altogether surprising, as an English version, subtitled Five Centuries of
the Pillage of a Continent, had been available on US campuses since 1973.
▣ Name the author, one of the great writers of Latin America; his unusual and idiosyncratic
works served to illuminate the history and politics of the entire continent.
▣ Among his last and most well-regarded books was a wonderful account of Latin American
football, Football in Sun and Shadow (1999). The book described about a mercurial
forward , one of the greatest ever as: Nobody saw a wild wolf on the field. Disguised as an
old woman, his fangs and claws hidden, he strolled along, making a show of showering
innocent passes and other works of charity. Meanwhile he slipped unnoticed into the box.
The net was bridal veil of an irresistible girl. In front of the open goal he licked his chops.
And in one fell swoop he stood naked, then bit.
▣ Name the forward.
116

Eduardo Galeano
Gerd Muller.
118

2
▣ The two items ( image follows) got the elusive
recognitions in two global events in 1912 and 1924
respectively. Thus two creators found themselves in an
exclusive category for an achievement which cannot be
repeated again.
▣ Which achievement ?
119

Only two person won the Olympic medal in regular category
and Arts category.
▣ Walter Winans won the first ever Olympic gold medal for
sculpture in 1912 Stockholm Olympics.
▣ Alfréd Hajós' stadium design won a silver medal in the
category of intellectual achievements at the 1924 Paris
Olympics
122

3
▣ After leaving high school, she was torn between studying and playing tennis, but managed to
do both at Stanford University, California. Deciding not to pursue Billie Jean King's
encouragement to become a professional player, she went on to gain a PhD in astrophysics
(1978). In June 1983, she became the first American in a certain feat. She did her best to
dampen the media excitement surrounding her achievement claiming that there was nothing
different about it because it included a woman, while refusing to accept a bouquet of flowers
after the achievement, since flowers were not offered to her five male companions.
▣ Who was she ( image follows) ?
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4
▣ Born to a wealthy family, with her father being the owner of a cinema chain, she was
kidnapped for ransom on the 12th January 1978 by three gangsters led by Jean Daniel
Nieto. For 74 days she was held prisoner—most of the time in a coffin-like wooden
box—while her father negotiated her ransom. Her father bargained the kidnappers down
to $925,000—about half their original price. Hoping to prevent the family from paying,
police had the family assets frozen. But the father diverted the recent blockbuster
receipts from his theaters, while his wife, Anna, 42, a volatile ex-actress, sold some of
her jewelry and borrowed her servants’ life savings.
▣ Who was this 18 year-old who, later in 1992 , became the fifth and last woman
exclusively to do something but her stint was short-lived, spinning six times in practice
at her first attempt in qualifying?
▣ The receipts from which blockbuster running successfully full house at the theatres,
was given to the kidnappers by her theatres chain owner father ?

Giovanna Amati
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
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5
▣ In the image on the next slide, Ramanathan Krishnan looks on as X, the then Minister of
Industries, Labour, Cooperation, Power, Transport and Commercial Taxes in the then
Madras State, greets Y at the all-India hard court tennis championship at the Egmore
Stadium in 1962. Krishnan won the first set 19-17 but they shared the trophy after bad light
stopped play.
▣ X later held much more prestigious administrative posts in his life.
▣ Y, a 3-time Grand Slam Singles winner and is the last man to have completed the triple
crown at a Grand Slam tournament, which he managed on two consecutive occasions, in
1959 and 1960 US Open.
▣ Name X and Y( image follows).

X - R Venkataraman, 8th President of India.
Y - Neale Fraser.
133

6
▣ He earned a doctorate in mathematics in
1926. He became a computer science
professor at Tilburg University in 1964. He
became World Champion in 1935 by
defeating the then titleholder Alexander
Alekhine and served as FIDE President
from 1970 to 1978. He is the only World
Chess Champion to be served as the
President of FIDE.
▣ Name the Chess player.
▣ He was supposedly the inspiration for the
mild-mannered alter ego of a super-hero .
Name the super-hero.
▣ 134

▣ Max Euwe.
▣ Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent.
136

7
▣ A total of eleven national titles in a 12-year long career between 1951 and 1963, and including
the coveted triple crown, a sweep of the singles, doubles and mixed titles as a 20 year old, in
only her second Nationals in Lucknow in 1952. Her haul from the Indian Nationals consisted of
three singles (1952, ’53 and ’58), six doubles (1952, ’53, ’55, ’57, ’58 and ’63) and two mixed
doubles (1952 and ’57) crowns. She was a key member of the Indian team that participated in
the first-ever Uber Cup in 1956-57.
▣ Name the "good-tempered, well-disposed“ player seen with Gregory Peck ( image follows)
137

8
▣ He grew up in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He had dreams of becoming an Olympic
swimmer and was a top U.S. junior swimmer in the 400 freestyle. His sister Tricia competed in
the 1988 Olympics. When Hurricane Hugo destroyed his local pool in 1989, he was forced to
practice in the ocean. He later said swimming lost its appeal because there were no
competitions at this time. He switched to another sport and became one of the greatest in that
game.
▣ Who is this one club legend, played 19 seasons for his team and helped them to win 5 titles?
His team never won any title before or after his playing era. ( image follows)
▣
▣
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9
▣ On July 26, 1952, this person died of cancer, which generated shock in a large part of the
society, immense and deep pain in the popular neighborhoods. There was mourning for 30
days and it is estimated that about three million people approached the coffin to say goodbye
to the person. A famous football club was renamed after the deceased person from 1952-
1964. In 1964, the club’s name was changed to its current avatar by which we know today.
▣ Who was that person after whom the club was so named?
▣ The club was most famously associated with a genius who managed the club from September
2019 to November 2020.
▣ Name the club founded as Gymnastics and Fencing Club.
145

Eva Peron.
Gimnasia y Esgrima .
147

10. If you scroll down the Wimbledon Ladies Singles winners’ gallery, we see such unique instances where both the
winner and presenter{princess} shared the same first name. This happened only twice, in 1969 and in 1970 respectively
. Name them.
148

▣ Princess Ann handed over the Wimbledon trophy to Ann Jones .
▣ Princess Margaret handed over the Wimbledon trophy to Margaret Court.
150

11
▣ In a bid to make the posters corresponding to
the 21 sports on the 1972 Olympic programme
as appealing as possible to all cultures, they
were designed using photographs. Particular
care was taken to select the most typical still
shots for each sport, and work was done to
filter out and simplify the shapes and colours
in order to capture the essence of each image.
Nearly 30 international artists like R. B.
Kitaj, Tom Wesselmann, Friedensriech
Hundertwasser, Victor Vasarely, Serge
Poliakoff, Allen Jones, and many others were
commissioned by the Olympic organizers for
this project.
▣ Which famous British artist made this poster
for the diving section.

12
▣ They set 26 world records and won 5 Olympic gold medals between them and harvested a pile
of medals for the Soviet Union from the late 50’s until they both mysteriously retired from
international competition before the 1966 European Championships under a cloud of suspicion.
But as the world records and medals continued to pile up for this siblings the whispers and
rumors kept growing.
▣ What misgendered nickname sarcastically was given to them by the Western media behind
their backs? (image follows)

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