4. Write Bros
8 questions
5 points per correct answer
Bonus of 10 for getting all 8 correct
Topic – Fashion/Accessories in Sport
5. Following an operation in 1999 for Glaucoma, he was
exempted by the FIFA to use Diamox (containing
Acetazolamide) along with the accessory that we have come
to associate him with. This accessory has prompted a variety
of reaction from rival players, with Jaap Stam once saying, :
“Come on, we’re playing football, you haven’t got time to go
skiing”.
Who/What accessory?
6. Pictured is a still from Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring-summer
2010 collection for the luxury brand Hermes.
Who/What served as the inspiration for this collection?
Image in the next slide.
8. Who?
How did the thing seen on
his forehead land him in
trouble sometime in the
1970s?
9. The Slovenia National team away jersey that debuted at WC
2010.
What nickname was given to the team’s kit due to its
similarities to the attire sported by a fictional character?
10. Tradition demands that the winner can take the X with him,
but is supposed to bring it back the following year and then
leave it at Y after the next champion is crowned. The one
exception was in 1962, when '61 champ Z took his X back
home to South Africa, much to the annoyance of the
chairman Clifford Roberts. “Next thing you know there was a
call from Mr. Roberts“, Z later recalled. "[He said] Have you
got the X?' I said, 'Yes, I do.' He said, 'Well, no one ever takes
the X away from here.' And I said, 'Well, Mr. Roberts, if you
want it, why don't you come and fetch it?'“
X ,Y and Z please.
11. Pictured is Alex Auld of
Montreal Canadiens
honouring one of the
greatest moments in
NHL History on his
mask.
What?
13. After scoring Tottenham’s opening goal in a 3-0 win at home
to Bolton earlier this season, Gareth Bale took off his left
boot and held it up displaying it to everyone.
Why did he do this? OR What was special about these boots?
15. Following an operation in 1999 for Glaucoma, he was
exempted by the FIFA to use Diamox (containing
Acetazolamide) along with the accessory that we have come
to associate him with. This accessory has prompted a variety
of reaction from rival players, with Jaap Stam once saying, :
“Come on, we’re playing football, you haven’t got time to go
skiing”.
Who/What accessory?
17. Pictured is a still from Jean Paul Gaultier’s spring-summer
2010 collection for the luxury brand Hermes.
Who/What served as the inspiration for this collection?
Image in the next slide.
20. Who?
How did the thing seen on
his forehead land him in
trouble sometime in the
1970s?
21. John Lever
The Vaseline Incident, one of the first high-profile
‘manipulation’ acts of the cricket ball by a bowler
During the Chennai Test in 1976-77, the English physio put
Vaseline-impregnated gauze into the eyebrows of the
bowlers . This would channel the sweat down the side of the
eye, as opposed to allowing it to go into the eyes. John Lever
had a habit of taking sweat and in the process he mixed the
Vaseline-impregnated gauze with some of the sweat on his
brow. He found himself with a slippery hand and hence
decided to get rid of the gauze. He took it off his eyes and put
it down at the base of the stumps in front of the umpire. This
was picked up by the umpire, who recognised that it was a
foreign substance which is not allowed as per cricketing laws.
22. The Slovenia National team away jersey that debuted at WC
2010.
What nickname was given to the team’s kit due to its
similarities to the attire sported by a fictional character?
24. Tradition demands that the winner can take the X with him,
but is supposed to bring it back the following year and then
leave it at Y after the next champion is crowned. The one
exception was in 1962, when '61 champ Z took his X back
home to South Africa, much to the annoyance of the
chairman Clifford Roberts. “Next thing you know there was a
call from Mr. Roberts“, Z later recalled. "[He said] Have you
got the X?' I said, 'Yes, I do.' He said, 'Well, no one ever takes
the X away from here.' And I said, 'Well, Mr. Roberts, if you
want it, why don't you come and fetch it?'“
X ,Y and Z please.
26. Pictured is Alex Auld of
Montreal Canadiens
honouring one of the
greatest moments in
NHL History on his
mask.
What?
30. After scoring Tottenham’s opening goal in a 3-0 win at home
to Bolton earlier this season, Gareth Bale took off his left
boot and held it up displaying it to everyone.
Why did he do this? OR What was special about these boots?
33. On the 29th of Nov 2009, The Independent carried a story
with the headline - ______, Woods, Federer: The curse of
Gillette. This was a nod in the direction of the infamous curse
associated with the brand wherein sports stars related to the
brand got into trouble. In Nov 2009, Tiger Woods crashed his
car following an argument with his wife and Roger Federer
was knocked out of the ATP World Tour semi-finals by 6th
seeded Nikolay Davydenko.
Who/What was the third (and probably the most infamous)
person/incident that the completes the headline?
36. Sometime in the 60s, while he was dining at Legal Seafood
Restaurant in Boston, X was approached by a waitress who
had noticed him smoking. "Sorry, sir," she said, "no smoking”
X smiled and directed her to look at the menu. She did so -
and was amused to see a notice which read: "No cigar or pipe
smoking, except for X”
X please.
39. Who is the guy singing?
What famous reply did his opponent (at whom this song was
directed) give him during the face-off?
42. “From a tactical point of view I think we can see that number 6,
Franky Vercauteren, is looking to track back and support his full
back. From his position he’s trying to steer __________ down
the line and prevent him from coming aside and hurting them.
It is also possible to justify the position of the the follicly
supreme number 10 Ludo Coeck, who is cutting off a route
inside for _________. After that it is quite clear that tactics,
formation and indeed common sense have gone out the
window, they’ve all been replaced with the blind fear that only
the great players can inspire in an opposition team”
What is being described here?
45. The credited world record for the ‘longest’ golf putt ever
made (ball was in motion for 9.232 miles) is held by Jose
Maria Olazabal and was made on the eve of the first day of
1999 Ryder Cup.
How was this record achieved?
47. The Europe team took The Concorde from London to Boston
and featured a makeshift putting green. Olazabal’s sent in a
150 foot putt that travelled the length of the cabin in 26.17
seconds to land in the cup at the first attempt. With
Concorde traveling at 1,270 mph, the ball was actually in
motion for 9.232 miles.
48. “This was in the first innings of the final Test at the Brabourne Stadium in
1973. I had spent most of the day fielding at silly point. As you know, Vishy,
like his brother-in-law Sunny, is very short, and even bent in half I would
find myself staring right into their eyes! Apart from being a really good
player, Vishy is also a very nice man. When he reached his hundred, my
actions were totally spontaneous. I < blanked out > . The Brabourne
Stadium absolutely erupted - they loved it. It was this sort of involvement
that they looked for, since cricket had long been perceived as too prim and
proper. Wherever I go in India I am reminded of what happened on that day
in Bombay. It is an extra-special memory I have of a special cricketer and a
wonderful ground in a great city”.
Who is speaking? What did he do?
51. Excerpt from an ESPN report on the Tim Tebow Rule, the 2010 NCAA
proposal to ban all words, logos, numbers, or other symbols on players'
eye blacks. The rule was named after Tim Tebow (of then Florida Gators)
who gained who hurt religious sentiments with citings on his eye blacks.
“For instance, after Tebow scrawled _______ on his eye black for the 2009
BCS Championship Game, 94 million people Googled it. Sure, it's possible
that these searches resulted from millions of simultaneous discoveries of
______on the drink cups at In-N-Out Burger. But it's far more likely that
Tebow is responsible for bringing the most attention to this verse since the
glory days of X’s ________ campaign”
FITB. Also, who is X?
56. Amazon - Combines the powers of the Queen and the Knight.
Chancellor - Combines the powers of the Rook and Knight.
Grasshopper - Moves along the same lines as a Queen and lands
on the square immediately beyond that of the hurdle.
Night/Knight Rider - Moves any number of 2,1 cells (i.e., Knight
moves) in the same direction.
Taxi - Moves without capture one step forward or backwards,
captures one square diagonally forwards like a Pawn. When in the
second rank can move one, two or three steps forward or one
backwards.
Odysseus - Move depends on the file where it is located: It moves
as a Rook on files a and h, as a Knight on files b and g, as a Bishop
on files c and f, as a Queen on file d and as a King on file e.
57. This is the Levy Mwanawasa stadium (next slide) in Ndola,
Zambia, built with the assistance of Chinese funding and
construction on the site of a former stadium that was used
mostly for football matches and served as the home for
ZESCO United Football Club. The former stadium was
demolished in 1998.
The question, however, is what was the name of the old
stadium?
61. At the 1998 Canadian Open, during an interview, Monica
Seles was asked if she could speak French. Seles said she had
been trying to but hadn't found the time. The interviewer
then suggested that maybe Monica should find herself a
nice, French boyfriend to teach her. Seles smiled and replied,
“Yeah, like X”. This was a reference to the French Open final
where X famously gave his victory speech in French –
“Excusez-moi, je parle francais comme une vache espagnole”
(which means “I'm sorry, I speak french like a spanish cow”).
Who is X?
64. “A long time ago, a year ago or something like that, I was looking for
John Green, the guy who threw beer at me. So, I tweeted, 'I need to find
John Green's number. Anybody who can help me find John Green's
number, I can take you to lunch.' So, one guy helped me find it ...So, I
called John Green's house and I say, 'Excuse me, ma'am, can I speak to
John please?'
She says, 'Who's this?'
I said, ‘X’
‘X who?’
I said, ‘XY’.
She says, 'No!You can't be serious ...'
Then, I spoke with John, and me and John spoke like we knew each other.
I said, 'Hey, John, what's up?'
He said, 'Hey, X, how you doing?”
XY talking in a radio interview about a fan named John Green who made
him (in)famous. Just identify XY.
68. This location erected to mark
the centenary of Christian
theologian John Wesley’s
death became world famous
on 10 Jan 1946 for a particular
reason.
Which location? Why?
Why did it create headlines in
1966 for a sporting reason?
70. Westminster Central Hall/Methodist Central Hall in London,
hosted the first meeting of the UN General Assembly.
The Jules Rimet Cup was on display here in early 1966 when
it was stolen and retrieved later by Pickles.
71. “________ - who loved the game of billiards and was an
exceptional aficionado of the game while playing it with little
skill - enjoyed composing on the table as well, rolling balls in
geometric patterns across it while working. To observers it
might have seemed as though he was interested in the
patterns themselves; it delightfully turns out that what he was
really looking at were the changing reflections in the surface of
the balls”.
Excerpt from a thesis that explores the possibility of billiards
being the inspiration for the works of a famous person. Who?
Still in the next slide.
76. Who won the Gold Medal in the women’s 100 metre frestyle
event at the 1984 Olympics?
79. Pictured is a 2009 art installation in Brooklyn based on the
1968 Mexico City Olympics. The installation had a full-scale
window drawing, a sculpture, a meditative drawing, and
digital prints as its components. The art project is gets its
name after small metal souvenir boxes that were distributed
during the Games. The boxes had the following inscription:
_______ ____ ________, _______ Especial para Batir Records
(______ ____ ________, Special ______ for Breaking Records).
FITB Or What did these boxes contain?
Picture in next slide.
82. The Air of Mexico
Mexico is situated at 7,350 ft above sea level and the thin air
contributed to a lot of new world records being established
at the 1968 games in the track and field events
85. This earned Souness the nickname "Ulubatli Souness" after
Turkish hero Ulubatli Hasan, who died placing an Ottoman
flag over the Walls of Constantinople,thereby inspiring the
troops to victory during the 1453 Siege of Constantinople.
86. Video from the 2008 martial arts film The Forbidden Kingdom.
The martial arts style employed by Jet Li involves the use of
whip-like/circular motions to deflect direct attacks, following
it up with precise attacks to the opponent's vital spots.
The martial arts form gets its name from the fact that it
utilises the fighting style employed by an organism X.
Name X/the martial arts form.
Video in the next slide.
90. • The 2011 Stanley Cup was won by the Boston Bruins, beating
the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the Finals. This
resulted large scale violence and riots in Vancouver, with CBC
News reporting damages exceeding $4 million which was
worse than the riot that followed the Canucks loss in Game 7
of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. 2 Canucks fans, Scott Jones
and Alex Thomas, who were returning after the game got
caught up in the riots and this became probably the most
memorable aspect of an otherwise sad day in the office for
the Canucks.
• What did these fans do?
93. AZED
8 variables
2.5 points per variable
10 bonus points for getting all 8 correct
94. Juan Curuchet and Walter Perez of Argentina are the
reigning Olympic Gold medallists in a team event A
that takes its name from the venue B, that played
host to the first ever indoor professional American
football game. NHL franchise C, the first one in the
United States to win the Stanley Cup, is based out of
B. B hosted 2 famous events in March 1971 and
September 1974, with the third event in the series
happening in a city D in Oct 1975. D also hosted the
second edition of a regional sporting event E in the
early half of the 1950s.
95. The nation with maximum medals at this 1950s
event hosted the first Winter Olympics outside
Europe and North America at a city F, which at that
time was the largest city to have held the Winter
Games. This city, once again, was one of the hosts
to a global sporting event in the early noughties, by
holding 3 matches of the event. The first of these 3
matches saw a unique record G established by H,
the only other person to have achieved this record
being Tomas Skuhravy.