PRELIMS of the Open Sports Quiz at St Stephen's College, Delhi.

2. PRELIMS

3. Let‟s start off with the quiz the way Zaheer did in the 2003
World Cup Final. 1
 By picking up an Oscar nomination for Best Picture last
year, Moneyball became the third baseball movie to do so.
 Baseball is now tied second in the list of sports which have
movies based on them nominated for the top prize by The
Academy.
 Quite simply, which sport tops the list?

4. X, one of the most decorated players in his
sport, is nicknamed „Foetus.‟ Since the 2
international body of the sport started handing
out Player of the Year awards in 1998, he has
won it four times, a record for the men.
In addition to that, he has an Olympic Gold to go
with his two bronzes. Two silvers and a gold from
the World Cups if he gets tired of his Olympic
medals.
Who is this legend of sport?

5. Identify the two sides playing. 3

7.  The BAMBI awards are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to
recognise excellence in international media and television "with vision
and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year,“ 4*
both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, they are the oldest media
awards in Germany.
 Franz Beckenbauer has won the award five times. Other notable
winners are Sophia Loren(nine time winner), Celine Dion, Christoph
Waltz and Georgio Armani.
 X, hailing from one of Germany‟s neighbouring countries, was a man
who was adored by the public last year. He, along with a host of other
rubbish names(Bieber, One Direction) won a BAMBI last year.
 The BAMBI jury awarded the award to X in the „Millenium‟ category.
Explaining its decision, it said, “X has not only broken three world
records but also created a global media event that fascinated all
generations on an unprecedented scale.”
Who was this media darling of 2012?

8.  After the incident that shot X to fame, X began the life of a celebrity.
X starred in a feature film, The Spy with the Cold Nose, and
appeared on Magpie, Blue Peter and many other TV shows. He
5*
was made _____of the Year, awarded a year's free supply of food
and there were offers to visit Chile, Czechoslovakia and Germany.
 After a few years, however X‟s luck ran out. X was found hanging
from the branch of a tree. Corbett, an „accomplice‟, buried X in the
back garden of the house in Lingfield, Surrey, that the „incident „
money had bought.
 Who is X? And how is X embedded in sporting history?

9.  Shown below(and in the next slide) is a rather wonderful looking lady
with her fella’s face blanked out. This lady is the daughter of a pretty
popular (or unpopular, depending on how you look at it) football club
6
president. The fella was actually a player of the club until very recently.
His departure has sent the country‟s gossip column writers into working
overtime. Everyone wants to know how the couple is going to maintain
their relationship now.
 Tell me who the fella is. And who this wonderful lady‟s father is.

11.  The moniker for holes 11,12 and 13 of the Augusta National Golf Club
was given by Herbert Warren Wind in a Sports Illustrated article in 1958.
That was the Masters where Arnold Palmer earned his first major
championship with the help of a ruling that, even decades later, runner-
7
up Ken Venturi was still challenging.
 The ruling allowed Palmer to exploit a rule, the interpretation of which
was poor, that, in effect, Palmer was allowed to play the ball twice but
counted as once. This was due to a heavy night‟s rain in Augusta the
night before. Palmer went on to win the Masters in spectacular fashion.
 Wind‟s inspiration, apparently, came from a jazz record titled “Shouting at
the____”.

12.  The rules say that those applying for citizenship to this country must
have lived in the country for five years with absences of no more than
450 days, including three months within the past year.
8*
 Now, the guy, X, had tried for 15 years to gain citizenship to the country
only to be denied it because he flouted the aforementioned rule
repeatedly owing to the nature of his profession.
 A rather momentous achievement, sometime in the mid-
noughties, caused the country‟s erstwhile Home Secretary, Charles
Clarke, to intervene and fasten the process.
 A Home Office spokesman said Mr Clarke had used discretionary
powers to review the case, and "it was decided X deserved to be
granted citizenship".
 So, who is this X person?

13. FITB. 9

14. 10

15.  As part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations, the CCI assembled a CCI
XI, sometime in 1987-88, to play a match against a Pakistan XI 11
captained by none other than Imran Khan. The CCI team comprised
stalwarts such as Mohammed Azharuddin and Roger Binny amongst
their ranks.
 The match was not an official international match. In fact, on the day
of the game a couple of Pakistani players decided to spend the day
in bed rather than play. The Pakistani team asked a couple of CCI
youngsters to field instead. The erstwhile Mumbai U-19
captain, Kushroo Vasania, and X were asked to step in.
 Rather interesting because X would go on to earn caps for India
later.
 Who is this future Indian Test player?

16.  A senator Marco Rubio from Florida introduced a bill in
12
the US Congress sometime in July of 2012. Speaking
about the matter he said that he felt that his country‟s
athletes are being „effectively punished‟. He said that the
matter is an example of the "madness" of the US tax
system, which he called a "complicated and burdensome
mess".
 A picture of the bill is shown in the next slide. Just tell me
what Mr Rubio is so pissed about.

18.  The title X is the unofficial and usual name given to the „Maillot
à pois rouge’ wearer in a cycling road race. It is considered 13*
to be a very prestigious title even though the colour of the
jersey suggests otherwise.
 Past Tour de France winners of the title include Eddy Merckx
and Bernard Hinault.
 The 2012 Tour de France winner was the Frenchman Thomas
Voeckler.
 What is the title?

19. 200m Hurdles and 200m.
14
Give me a household sports
quizzing name.

20.  The word X coming from Seljord dialect of the Norwegian
word for “slightly inclining hillside and track after skis” is
15
usually suffixed to the names of existing sports to give a
variation of that sport.
 One of the variations was even an Olympic sport at 2012.
 Good word please.

21.  This sort of financial suicide has happened at the
16
tournament just the three times, 1991, 1997 and 2004. On
each occasion, seating has been made unreserved and
readily available and tickets have been made
inexpensive, thus, allowing those with limited means to
access the tournament. Thus, the practice is known
as___________.
 FITB

22. The man on your right went by the name Alfréd Hajós and the one on the left
was Walter W. Winans. They won two Olympic golds and a silver apiece.
17
They are the only two people to have done what? Or, how are their triumphs
unique from other Olympic medal winners‟?

23. Identify this legend from the 18
world of motorsport.

24.  The Arjuna Award for Boxing in 1966 was given to a
man who was right in the middle of a streak which saw 19
him win the National Championship in his weight
category a record 11 times.
 After retirement from his Army job, the Awardee did not
lose his passion for his sport and went on a sojourn to
kindle interest in the sport in his domicile state. He went
from village to village scouting for talent and to
persuade parents to send their wards to him for honing
their talents.
 So, what have this two time Asian Games gold
medalist's post retirement efforts culminated in?

25.  Shirt numbering customs in football say that the right back of a team
should wear the no.2 jersey. And that the centre half/back wear the
no.4 or 5 jersey.
20
 Sergio Ramos adheres to the custom while playing for Real.
However, ever since he was called up for the national side in 2008
he‟s donned a seemingly odd shirt number, especially for a defensive
player.
 What is the reason for this oddity?

26.  It started with San Francisco 49ers running back, Garrison Hearst way
back in 1999. Barry Sanders, running back for the Detroit Lions, was 21
next. The same year it happened to Dorsey Levens of the Green Bay
Packers.
 Peyton Hillis was eventually asked to leave his side, Cleveland Browns
right after his breakthrough year with them in 2011 after it happened to
him.
 What happened to these gentlemen?

27.  Since the IAAF started handing out the Athlete of the Year prizes in
1988, an American or a European has won either the male or the
female prize every year barring one(2003) Predictably, both were
22
Africans.
 The male athlete, X has two Olympic Golds to his name, both coming
at the same edition of the Olympics. In addition to his achievements as
an athlete he won an award for humanitarian effort from the IAAF in
1996. Post retirement in 2006, X was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador. Today, he is an today an Ambassador for Peace and
Sport, a Monaco-based international organization, as well as a
member of its "Champions for Peace" club, a group of 54 famous elite
athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport.
 The female athlete, Y, is a two time Olympic High Jump Silver
medalist. She won Gold at the Paris World Championships, the major
athletics event of 2003.
 For full points, give me X and Y.

28. CONNECT 23

29. Both gentlemen pictured below serve in the
Ladakh Scouts regiment of the Army. One 24*
name added to this embarrassingly short list of
two constitutes an exhaustive list. Give me that
name.

30. Answers follow

31. Let‟s start off with the quiz the way Zaheer did in the 2003
World Cup Final. 1
 By picking up an Oscar nomination for Best Picture last
year, Moneyball became the third baseball movie to do so.
 Baseball is now tied second in the list of sports which have
movies based on them nominated for the top prize by The
Academy.
 Quite simply, which sport tops the list?

32. BOXING

33. X, one of the most decorated players in his
sport, is nicknamed „Foetus.‟ Since the 2
international body of the sport started handing
out Player of the Year awards in 1998, he has
won it four times, a record for the men.
In addition to that, he has an Olympic Gold to go
with his two bronzes. Two silvers and a gold from
the World Cups if he gets tired of his Olympic
medals.
Who is this legend of sport?

34. Jamie Dwyer

35. Identify the two sides playing. 3

37. Real Madrid v/s Regal Barcelona

38.  The BAMBI awards are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to
recognise excellence in international media and television "with vision
and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year,“ 4
both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, they are the oldest media
awards in Germany.
 Franz Beckenbauer has won the award five times. Other notable
winners are Sophia Loren(nine time winner), Celine Dion, Christoph
Waltz and Georgio Armani.
 X, hailing from one of Germany‟s neighbouring countries, was a man
who was adored by the public last year. He, along with a host of other
rubbish names(Bieber, One Direction) won a BAMBI last year.
 The BAMBI jury awarded the award to X in the „Millenium‟ category.
Explaining its decision, it said, “X has not only broken three world
records but also created a global media event that fascinated all
generations on an unprecedented scale.”
Who was this media darling of 2012?

39. Felix Baumgartner

40.  After the incident that shot X to fame, X began the life of a celebrity.
X starred in a feature film, The Spy with the Cold Nose, and
appeared on Magpie, Blue Peter and many other TV shows. He
5
was made _____of the Year, awarded a year's free supply of food
and there were offers to visit Chile, Czechoslovakia and Germany.
 After a few years, however X‟s luck ran out. X was found hanging
from the branch of a tree. Corbett, an „accomplice‟, buried X in the
back garden of the house in Lingfield, Surrey, that the „incident „
money had bought.
 Who is X? And how is X embedded in sporting history?

41. PICKLES. The dog who
recovered the stolen Jules
Rimet Trophy.

42.  Shown below(and in the next slide) is a rather wonderful looking lady
with her fella’s face blanked out. This lady is the daughter of a pretty
popular (or unpopular, depending on how you look at it) football club
6
president. The fella was actually a player of the club until very recently.
His departure has sent the country‟s gossip column writers into working
overtime. Everyone wants to know how the couple is going to maintain
their relationship now.
 Tell me who the fella is. And who this wonderful lady‟s father is.

44. Fella: Alexandre Pato
President/Dad: Silvio Berlusconi

45.  The moniker for holes 11,12 and 13 of the Augusta National Golf Club
was given by Herbert Warren Wind in a Sports Illustrated article in
1958. That was the Masters where Arnold Palmer earned his first major
championship with the help of a ruling that, even decades later, runner-
up Ken Venturi was still challenging.
 The ruling allowed Palmer to exploit a rule, the interpretation of which
was poor, that, in effect, Palmer was allowed to play the ball twice but
counted as once. This was due to a heavy night‟s rain in Augusta the
night before. Palmer went on to win the Masters in spectacular fashion.
 Wind‟s inspiration, apparently, came from a jazz record titled “Shouting at
the____”.

47. AMEN CORNER

48.  The rules say that those applying for citizenship to this country must
have lived in the country for five years with absences of no more than
450 days, including three months within the past year.
8
 Now, the guy, X, had tried for 15 years to gain citizenship to the country
only to be denied it because he flouted the aforementioned rule
repeatedly owing to the nature of his profession.
 A rather momentous achievement, sometime in the mid-
noughties, caused the country‟s erstwhile Home Secretary, Charles
Clarke, to intervene and fasten the process.
 A Home Office spokesman said Mr Clarke had used discretionary
powers to review the case, and "it was decided X deserved to be
granted citizenship".
 So, who is this X person?

50. FITB. 9

52. 10

53. INDIAN ODI GROUNDS
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi.
Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur.
DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai.
Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad.
Sawai Man Singh Stadium, Jaipur.

54.  As part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations, the CCI assembled a CCI
XI, sometime in 1987-88, to play a match against a Pakistan XI 11
captained by none other than Imran Khan. The CCI team comprised
stalwarts such as Mohammed Azharuddin and Roger Binny amongst
their ranks.
 The match was not an official international match. In fact, on the day
of the game a couple of Pakistani players decided to spend the day
in bed rather than play. The Pakistani team asked a couple of CCI
youngsters to field instead. The erstwhile Mumbai U-19
captain, Kushroo Vasania, and X were asked to step in.
 Rather interesting because X would go on to earn caps for India
later.
 Who is this future Indian Test player?

56.  A senator Marco Rubio from Florida introduced a bill in
12
the US Congress sometime in July of 2012. Speaking
about the matter he said that he felt that his country‟s
athletes are being „effectively punished‟. He said that the
matter is an example of the "madness" of the US tax
system, which he called a "complicated and burdensome
mess".
 A picture of the bill is shown in the next slide. Just tell me
what Mr Rubio is so pissed about.

58. US Olympic medallists‟ prize money
and the medal itself are considered
„taxable income‟

59.  The title X is the unofficial and usual name given to the „Maillot
à pois rouge’ wearer in a cycling road race. It is considered 13
to be a prestigious title even though the colour of the jersey
suggests otherwise.
 Past Tour de France winners of the title include Eddy Merckx
and Bernard Hinault.
 The 2012 Tour de France winner was the Frenchman Thomas
Voeckler.
 What is the title?

60. King of the Mountain

61. 200m Hurdles and 200m.
14
Give me a household sports
quizzing name.

62. Norman Pritchard

63.  The word X coming from Seljord dialect of the Norwegian
word for “slightly inclining hillside and track after skis” is
15
usually suffixed to the names of existing sports to give a
variation of that sport.
 One of the variations was even an Olympic sport at 2012.
 Good word please.

64. Slalom

65.  This sort of financial suicide has happened at the
16
tournament just the three times, 1991, 1997 and 2004. On
each occasion, seating has been made unreserved and
readily available and tickets have been made
inexpensive, thus, allowing those with limited means to
access the tournament. Thus, the practice is known
as___________.
 FITB

66. PEOPLE’S SUNDAY

67. The man on your right went by the name Alfréd Hajós and the one on the left
was Walter W. Winans. They won two Olympic golds and a silver apiece.
17
They are the only two people to have done what? Or, how are their triumphs
unique from other Olympic medal winners‟?

68. Only people to have won medals
for Sports and Art events at the
Olympics.
 Mr Winnans won a gold and a silver in shooting
competitions and a gold for his sculpture An
American Trotter in 1908 and 1912.
 Alfréd Hajós won a couple of golds in swimming
events at the 1896 Games and a silver for co-
designing a stadium at the 1924 Olympics.

69. Identify this legend from the 18
world of motorsport.

70. Sebastien Loeb

71.  The Arjuna Award for Boxing in 1966 was given to a
man who was right in the middle of a streak which saw 19
him win the National Championship in his weight
category a record 11 times.
 After retirement from his Army job, the Awardee did not
lose his passion for his sport and went on a sojourn to
kindle interest in the sport in his domicile state. He went
from village to village scouting for talent and to
persuade parents to send their wards to him for honing
their talents.
 So, what have this two time Asian Games gold
medallist‟s post retirement efforts culminated in?

72. Capt Hawa Singh started the
Bhiwani Boxing Club(BBC)

73.  Shirt numbering customs in football say that the right back of a team
should wear the no.2 jersey. And that the centre half/back wear the
no.4 or 5 jersey.
20
 Sergio Ramos adheres to the custom while playing for Real.
However, ever since he was called up for the national side in 2008
he‟s donned a seemingly odd shirt number, especially for a defensive
player.
 What is the reason for this oddity?

74. In memory of his friend
and, then, teammate at Sevilla, Antonio
Puerta who died after suffering a heart
attack during a game in 2007.

75.  It started with San Francisco 49ers running back, Garrison Hearst way
back in 1999. Barry Sanders, running back for the Detroit Lions, was 21
next. The same year it happened to Dorsey Levens of the Green Bay
Packers.
 Peyton Hillis was eventually asked to leave his side, Cleveland Browns
right after his breakthrough year with them in 2011 after it happened to
him.
 What happened to these gentlemen?

76. The Madden Curse

77.  Since the IAAF started handing out the Athlete of the Year prizes in
1988, an American or a European has won either the male or the
female prize every year barring one(2003) Predictably, both were
22
Africans.
 The male athlete, X has two Olympic Golds to his name, both coming
at the same edition of the Olympics. In addition to his achievements as
an athlete he won an award for humanitarian effort from the IAAF in
1996. Post retirement in 2006, X was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill
Ambassador. Today, he is an today an Ambassador for Peace and
Sport, a Monaco-based international organization, as well as a
member of its "Champions for Peace" club, a group of 54 famous elite
athletes committed to serving peace in the world through sport.
 The female athlete, Y, is a two time Olympic High Jump Silver
medalist. She won Gold at the Paris World Championships, the major
athletics event of 2003.
 For full points, give me X and Y.

78. Hicham El Guerrouj Hestrie Cloete

79. CONNECT 23

80. ALL NICKNAMED ‘MOZART’
Yannick Noah: The Black Mozart
Magnus Carlsen: The Mozart of
Chess
Jan Ove Waldner: Mozart of
Table Tennis

81. Both gentlemen pictured below serve in the
Ladakh Scouts regiment of the Army. One 24
name added to this embarrassingly short list of
two constitutes an exhaustive list. Give me that
name.

82. Indian contingent at the 2010
Winter Olympics at Vancouver

83. Stick around for Jeopardy, folks!