The prelims and the finals of The Sports Quiz conducted by Mind Ripple as a intra university quiz in August 2011

1. Preliminary
Round
Thursday, October 13, 2011

2. 1. Which athlete has appeared for the
maximum no. of times on the cover
Sports Illustrated?

3. 2. The football team of which country
known as the La Celeste is the smallest
country by population to have won the
FIFA World Cup?

4. 3. Identify this famous player.

5. 4. In which stadium would you find
this?

6. 5. Identify this great footballer after
whom the Golden Glove trophy in FIFA
WORLD CUP is named.

7. 6. Players in which game are known as
paddlers?

8. 7. Which former cricketer now seen
frequently as a TV commentator was
known as Nashwan?

9. 8. Identify this famous sports
personality

10. 9. Which team won the Constructors
Championship in F1 in 2010?

11. 10. What was the name given to the third and
the most famous match between Joe Frazier and
Muhammad Ali for the Heavyweight
Championship of the World fought at Araneta
Coliseum in Quezon City, Manila?

12. 11. Identify this famous event in tennis
history.

13. 12. Who defeated Michael Phelps at
the recently concluded Swimming
World Championships in the 200 m
individual medley event with a world
record time?

14. 13. Identify this great cricketer

15. 14. Which English Premier League side
is known as The Latics?

16. 15. Who holds the record for most
gold medals earned by a female
athlete in a single track meet?

17. 16. Identify this beautiful sportsperson

18. 17. Which La Liga team plays its home
matches at the Mestalla?

19. 18. Who is the present captain of the
Indian Hockey Team?

20. 19. With which sport would you
associate this trophy?

21. 20. Give the name of the movie

22. Answers
• 1. Michael Jordan, famous NBA star
• 2. Uruguay
• 3. Petra Kvitova, the Wimbledon Champion
• 4. Father Time at Lords Cricket Stadium
• 5. Lev Yashin
• 6. Table Tennis
• 7. Nasser Hussain
• 8. Dirk Novitzki, MVP at the NBA finals
• 9. Red Bull Racing
• 10. Thrilla in Manila
• 11. Battle of the Sexes
• 12. Ryan Lochte
• 13. Farookh Engineer
• 14. Wigan Athletic
• 15. P T Usha
• 16. Tania Sachdeva
• 17. Valencia
• 18. Rajpal Singh
• 19. Badminton
• 20. Clip from the movie Escape to Victory starring Pele and Bobby Moore

23. THE FIRST TOUCH

24. 1. Identify this all time tennis
great.

25. 2. Who was posthumously
awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz
(star of excellence), a high
ranking civil award in Pakistan for
his contribution to Pakistani
cricket?

26. 3. Identify the person standing
on the left of Tiger Woods

27. 4.Which were the first Olympic
Games to have live television
coverage?

28. 5. Identify the logo

29. 6. Which Indian shooter was
nicknamed ‘Goldfinger’ by the
volunteers of the 2006
Commonwealth Games for his
standout performance ?

30. Audience Question
Identify this gorgeous Olympian

31. Answers
• 1. Rod Laver
• 2. Bob Woolmer
• 3. Jack Nicklaus
• 4. 1936, Berlin Olympics
• 5. Logo of Serie A, the Italian Football League
• 6. Samaresh Jung
• 7. Stephanie Rice, multiple medal winner at
the Beijing Olympics

32. INCIDENTAL

33. 1. Speaking about his most famous race, he says: “Going
into the stadium for the final, I was quite relaxed but when I
saw my rivals, tension mounted. And with each minute it
increased. I drew lane five with the South African Malcolm
Spence to my left and the German Manfred Kinder on my
right. I was going strong till about 250 meters. But then I
slowed down a bit. I thought the pace was very fast and I
would fizzle out in the end if I continued at that speed. At
that point I even looked back or maybe it was just a side-
glance. But that fraction of a second decided my fate. One
by one they all caught up with me…” – Name him.

34. 2. This match was described as the
“Miracle on Grass” and was profiled in
the book “The Game of Their Lives”
which was later made into a movie.
Identify this match which is considered
as one of the greatest upsets in sports
history.

35. 3. Chandu Borde, Polly Umrigar, K.N.Prabhu are
among those who “contributed” in a certain way.
This has led to something being commemorated
on
3rd February annually, particularly at Eden
Gardens
What?

36. 4. An inspiring speech by Obdulio Varela was the
motivation behind the winning team’s stunning
performance. His most memorable line was,
“Muchachos, los de afuera son de palo. Que
comience la función”, which could be translated as
"Boys, outsiders are to be disregarded (literally,
"made of wood"). Let the show begin". This match
has been termed as Maracanazo. What am I
talking about?

37. 5. Barrichello said "To win, it was very, very, very good.... I
got to the last corner, I didn't know what to do and nothing
has been said. Michael was just very kind to, you know, let
us finish equally. I guess I pointed a little bit in front, but,
you know, what can we say?" Schumacher said "The end
of the race was not planned... We tried to cross the line
together but failed by a tiny bit and in fact we did not know
who had won until we got out of the cars. I just felt Rubens
deserved to win this race.”
What controversial rule changes were introduced in F1
following the above mentioned incident?

38. 6. Why did the gold and bronze medal
winners, Tommie Smith and John
Carlos respectively raise their fists
during the presentation ceremony in
the 1968 Olympics at Rome?

39. Audience

40. Answers
• 1. Milkha Singh, when he was 4th in the 400m at the 1960 Olympics. He missed
out the bronze in a photo finish
• 2. USA beat England 1-0 in the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Considered as one of the
biggest upsets in sports, the English on reading the newspapers thought that the
news had been printed wrongly.
• 3. Nari Contractor was hit by a Charlie Griffith bouncer which ended his career.
Cahndu Borde, Polly Umrigar and K N Prabhu donated blood to Nari Contractor
after he suffered severe injuries. The WBCA organises a blood donation camp
annually in remembrance of the tragic incident.
• 4. Brazil being defeated by Uruguay in 1950 FIFA World Cup final, when a
Brazilian win was an almost certainty. The Brazilians had printed gold medals
with the names of their players and commemorative stamps and speeches in
anticipation of their victory.
• 5.Team Orders were banned in F1 races after the fracas in 2002 Austrian GP. Were
illegal till 2010, they have been made legal this year.
• 6. Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in support of the Civil Rights
Movement in USA.
• 7. Iconic Photograph of the Bodyline Series

41. Gear
Up

42. 1. These are excerpts from an article by Sanjay
Manjrekar on Cricinfo. Fill in the blank from the
article.
We cannot under-estimate the massive effect the _______has had
on the game. It has changed the equation between bat and ball
more than pitches have done, for it took away from the fast bowler
his greatest weapon - the ability to induce fear
Ian Chappell related to me how he and Ian Healy once sat down to
debate which was the better Australian side - Chappell's or
Waugh's - by discussing a hypothetical match between the two.
"Is this match going to be played with _______or
without_______?" was the first question Healy raised, because he
felt it would have a great bearing on the contest

44. 2. At the second Wimbledon in 1878,
what innovation- similar to the act of
firing a missile in a high trajectory-
did Frank Hadow employ to beat the
net heavy game of W. Spencer
Gore?

46. 3.Made from fibre glass,
polyurethane, foam rubber and
plastic, this piece of equipment is
commonly used in many sports. Its
main use is to protect the tibia which
is largely exposed along its anterior
medial surface. Identify this vital
piece of equipment.

48. 4. This system raises the vehicle’s centre
of gravity and reduce the amount of
ballast that is available to balance the car
so that it is more predictable while
turning. The technology is based on a
concept postulated by Dr Richard
Feynman which used flywheel energy
storage for transfer of energy. Identify
this technology.

50. 5. The scissors, western roll, and the straddle were the
techniques used in high jump till the 1960s until the game
was brought to the new century by a young innovator from
Oregon State University. Taking advantage of the raised,
softer landing areas by then in use, he added a new twist to
the outmoded Eastern Cut-off. He directed himself over the
bar head and shoulders first, sliding over on his back and
landing in a fashion which would likely have broken his
neck in the old, sawdust landing pits. Identify the technique
named after its innovator who had set the world record with
this technique in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.

51. ANSWERS
• 1. Helmet
• 2. The Lob shot in Tennis
• 3. Shinpads or Shinguards used in Hockey,
Soccer, Ice hockey etc
• 4. Kinetic Energy Recovery System
• 5. The Fosbury Flob invented by Dick Fosbury

52. TIKI TAKA

58. Answers
• 1. Connect between the four teams.
All four teams have nicknames based on animal
and birds
Ivory Coast Football team- The Elephants
South African Rugby Team- The Springboks
New Zealand Cricket Team- The Kiwis
Australian Hockey Team – The Kookaburas

59. • 2. Walter Samuel, Argentine and Inter Milan
defender is known as ‘The Wall’.
Rahul Dravid is also known as ‘The Wall’
Music in the background- Another Brick in the
Wall from the Pink Floyd album ‘The Wall’
The connect is ‘The Wall’

60. • 3. The silhouettes of Stefan Edbarg (tennis
player), Harry Valdon (golf player), Jerry West
(basketball player) have been used in the
logos of Australian Open, European Tour and
NBA.

61. • 4. All given photos are inspirations for the
Olympic mascots

62. Platypus,
echidna and
kookaburra-
inspiration
for syd,
millie, oly
Terracotta model –
inspiration for
Athena, the mascot
of 2004 olympics
Huwa, the Abstract fig- 1996 olympics
mascot of
2008
Olympics

63. The Penultimate Test

64. 1. Club Atlético Peñarol is the third
most successful club in the history of
Copa Libertadores having won it 5
times. It plays its home matches in the
largest stadium of its country. Identify
the nationality of the club.

65. 2. May El-Khalil, the founder of Beirut
Marathon won the Laureus Sport for
Good Award in 2011. Who won this
award in 2004 along with the Mathare
Youth Sport Association?

66. 3. This is the description of the Gold medal match of the 1936 Berlin Olympics
by the Special Correspondent of The Hindu. Fill in the blank.
Every member of the team was feeling the strain of the defeat to the ______ in
the practice match, and no one was in his usual self. I never saw a hockey
team from India, where the game is definitely of a superior standard compared
to the rest of the world, being so obsessed on the eve of the match. The
players were nervous as to what the result of the match would be, which was
heightened by the feeling that the burden of the country's honor was on their
shoulders. The game was played at a fast pace and was packed with thrilling
incidents. The ______ undercut and lifted the ball, but the Indian team
countered with brilliant half-volleying and amazing long shots. Twice Dara
attempted to score but was declared offside. Dhyan Chand discarded his
spiked shoes and stockings and played with bare legs and rubber soles and
became speedier in the second half. The vigorous ______ attacks were
brilliantly saved by Allen and Tapsell. The goal scored by Weiss of ______ was
the only goal scored against the Indians throughout the tournament. The whole
Indian team put up a splendid display. Dhyan Chand and Dara impressed by
their combination, Tapsell by his reliability and Jaffar by his tremendous bursts
of speed.

67. 4. This team competes along with
Australia and New Zealand for the
coveted Tri-nations Cup annually. They
are currently ranked third in the world.
Percy Montgomery is the highest
scorer of all time for this team. Which
super successful team am I talking
about?

68. Answers
• 1. Uruguay
• 2. Indian Cricket Team
• 3. German Hockey Team
• 4. South African Rugby team
Connect between the answers
Uruguay Football Team. Indian Cricket Team,
German Hockey Team and South African Rugby
Team have won the World Cups of their
respective sports in their home