1. This sports quiz contains questions about various sports topics ranging from boxing to football to the Olympics.
2. The second question is about Lazlo Papp, a Hungarian boxer who became the first to win three consecutive boxing gold medals at the Olympics in 1952.
3. The third question refers to Nadia Comaneci getting the first ever perfect score of 10 at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in the uneven bars event.
2. 1.
SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, APART FROM TASTING WELL WHEN
TAKEN FROM OAK TREES, HAVE BEEN USED TO MODEL ONE
OF THE MOST MEMORABLE VILLAINS IN GAMING HISTORY.
WHO ?
4. 2.
IN 1952, HE BECAME THE FIRST BOXER TO WIN THREE
CONSECUTIVE GOLDS AT THEOLYMPICS. HIS CAREER WAS CUT
SHOT WHEN THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT DENIED HIM AN EXIT
VISA TO PLAY THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. WHICH LEGENDARY
BOXER?
6. 3.
EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
FOLLOWING EVENT
(SUBJECT OF THE VIDEO)
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7. NADIA COMENECI GETTING „PERFECT 10‟
AT THE 1976 MONTREAL OLYMPICS IN
THE „UNEVEN BARS‟ EVENT.
8. 4.
"I KNEW I WAS VERY CLOSE. I DID COLLAPSE AT THE END. IF YOU
DON'T KEEP ON RUNNING, KEEP YOUR BLOOD
CIRCULATING…THE MUSCLES STOP PUMPING THE BLOOD BACK,
AND YOU GET DIZZY. I DID LOSE MY SIGHT FOR A BIT BECAUSE I
WAS CROWDED IN. EVERYBODY RUSHED ON TO THE TRACK."
WHO SAID THIS?
10. 5.
THE ____________IS A MID-ENGINED SPORTS CAR PRODUCED BY
__________ IN ITALY. IT DEBUTED IN THE YEAR 1999 AND CONTINUES
THROUGH THE PRESENT, WITH PRODUCTION AT ROUGHLY 10 CARS PER YEAR.
AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2008, 95__________ HAVE BEEN BUILT. BOTH 2-SEAT
COUPE AND CONVERTIBLE VERSIONS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
SOME EARLY __________ ENGINEERING WAS DONE BY FORMULA 1
CHAMPION, JUAN MANUEL FANGIO. THE CAR WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE NAMED
FOR HIM, THE “FANGIO F1”, BUT THE NAME WAS CHANGED UPON HIS DEATH IN
1995, RENAMED AFTER AN AIR CURRENT IN THE ANDES ABOVE
ARGENTINA(FANGIO‟S BIRTHPLACE).
11. 6.
HE WAS A TENNIS PLAYER. HE WAS WORLD NUMBER ONE
FOR TWO SEASONS. HE WON THE AMERICAN, BRITISH
AND FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE EARNED A CERTAIN
NICKNAME OWING TO HIS BEHAVIOUR ON COURT. HE
STARTED A COMPANY THAT DEALS IN LUGGAGE,
WATCHES, SPORTSWEAR,ETC. ID THE PERSON AND
COMPANY.
13. 7.
WHOSE DEBUT (ODI)
ITS' NOT EVERYDAY THAT ONE ENDS UP
WITH A SCORING SEQUENCE THAT READS
0610400600661166264400661411041
606024100,
LEAVE ALONE ON ODI DEBUT.
15. 8.
THE FIFA X AWARD IS AN AWARD ESTABLISHED ON OCTOBER
20, 2009 BY FIFA AT THE BEHEST OF FIFA
(FÉDÉRATIONINTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION)
PRESIDENT SEPP BLATTER IN ORDER TO AWARD THE PLAYER,
MALE OR FEMALE, JUDGED TO HAVE SCORED THE MOST
AESTHETICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND "MOST BEAUTIFUL" GOAL OF
THE YEAR. X NAME IS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE NEW-
CREATED FIFA GOAL OF THE YEAR AWARD.
"IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF THOSE
FOOTBALLING GREATS WHO HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON OUR
HISTORY. X WAS NOT ONLY A PLAYER WITH IMMENSE TALENT
WHO WON MANY HONOURS, BUT ALSO A REMARKABLE MAN.
FIFA IS THEREFORE DELIGHTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIM BY
DEDICATING THIS AWARD TO HIS MEMORY," SAID BLATTER AT
THE INAUGURATION OF THE AWARD IN BUDAPEST
17. 9.
THE REAL NAME OF THE COMPANY IS ANONIMA
LOMBARDA FABBRICA AUTOMOBILI .
HOWEVER, IT WAS SOON SHORTENED TO
SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN NICOLA R. BOUGHT THE COMPANY IN
1915, HIS SURNAME WAS APPENDED, TO
THE COMPANY NAME. HOW DO WE BETTER
KNOW THE COMPANY?
20. THE CONNECT IS TEAMS THAT MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
DROVE FOR.
FORCE INDIA WAS ORIGINALLY JORDAN F1 WITH WHICH
MS MADE HIS DEBUT.
RENAULT BOUGHT OVER THE ERSTWHILE BENETTON
TEAM WITH WHICH MS WON 2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE DROVE WITH FERRARI DURING HIS MOST
SUCCESSFUL RUN AND NOW HAS MADE HIS COMEBACK
WITH MERCEDES GP.
23. 12.
IN THE 1908 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES, THE
FINALISTS IN THIS EVENT WERE TWO 8-MAN
TEAMS OF BRITISH POLICEMEN, FROM LONDON
(WHO TOOK GOLD) AND LIVERPOOL (SILVER). A
THIRD TEAM OF BRITISH POLICE TOOK THE
BRONZE MEDAL BY DEFAULT, WHEN THEIR
SWEDISH OPPONENTS DIDN’T BOTHER TO TURN
UP FOR THE MATCH. WHAT NOW DISCONTINUED
SPORT WAS THIS?
25. 13.
BACK IN THE 1890'S THREEENGLISHMEN-AN
EMPLOYEE IN A LACE FACTORY NAMED KILPIN, A TRAVEL
AGENCY NAMED ALLISON AND A COBBLER NAMED DAVIES
PUT THEIR PROPOSAL TO TWO BUSINESSMEN - EDWARDS
AND NATHAN. THEY WANTED TO START A SPORTS TEAM.
EDWARDS, PRESIDENT DESIGNATE, WAS NOT KNOWN
FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND HE ACCEPTED ONLY BECAUSE,
DAVIES THE COBBLER, OFFERED A FREE WORKFORCE
AND LEATHER TO MAKE THE PLAYERS' BOOTS. THEY
NAMED IT _________ CRICKET AND FOOTBALL CLUB.
NAME THE CLUB?
27. 14.
BILL BROWN BY __________
__________, AUSTRALIA V INDIA, SYDNEY,
IAN REDPATH BY CHARLIE GRIFFITH, AUSTRALIA V WEST
INDIES, ADELAIDE,
DEREK RANDALL BY EWEN CHATFIELD, ENGLAND V NEW
ZEALAND, CHRISTCHURCH,
SIKANDER BAKHT BY ALAN HURST, PAKISTAN
V AUSTRALIA, PERTH,
FILL IN THE BLANKS AND NAME THE MODE OF DISMISSAL.
29. 15.
DURING CONSTRUCTION, THIS FOOTBALL STADIUM HAD
NOT ADOPTED AN OFFICIAL NAME, AND SO BECAME
KNOWN TO FANS SIMPLY AS THE WEARMOUTH OR
MONKWEARMOUTH STADIUM. THE NAME EVENTUALLY
ADOPTED IS A REFERENCE TO A MINER'S LAMP,
RECOGNISING THE FACT THAT THE STADIUM IS BUILT ON
TOP A COAL MINE, AND THAT MANY THOUSANDS OF THE
CLUB'S FANS, PAST AND PRESENT, HAVE WORKED IN THE
REGION'S MINES. TO EMPHASISE THE FACT, A GIANT
DAVY LAMP (FIRST INTRODUCED IN THIS AREA) IS
LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE BOX OFFICE, ADJACENT TO
THE STADIUM.
NAME THE CLUB AND STADIUM.
31. 16.
THIS ROCK BAND GETS ITS NAME FROM
A RULE FROM GULLY CRICKET. THEIR
ALBUMS HAVE BEEN ______ ____ ____,
ELEVEN, BRING IT ON, AND THEIR MOST
FAMOUS SINGLE IS CAN‟T BOWL, CAN‟T
THROW. NAME THIS BAND WHOSE LEAD
VOCALIST IS RICHARD CHEE QUEE.
33. 17.
THIS FOOTBALLER WAS ONCE SET OFF BY THE REFEREE
IN A MATCH AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACE AND ON HIS WAY
OUT KICKED AN ABUSIVE CRYSTAL PALACE FAN. IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE CALLED LATER HE ENTERED THE
ROOM, SAT DOWN AND SAID IN A SLOW AND DELIBERATE
MANNER; "WHEN THE SEAGULLS... FOLLOW THE
TRAWLER... IT'S BECAUSE THEY THINK... SARDINES WILL
BE THROWN... INTO THE SEA" AND PROMPTLY WALKED
OFF. NIKE ONCE RAN ADS THAT SAID – " '66 WAS A
GREAT YEAR FOR ENGLISH FOOTBALL. ______ WAS
BORN." HE HAS ALSO PLAYED THE ROLE OF THE FRENCH
AMBASSADOR IN ELIZABETH. NAME THIS FOOTBALLER.
35. 18.
THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME X ARE
BLINKY, PINKY, INKY, CLYDE AND X. IN SOME
VERSIONS OF THIS HUGELY POPULAR GAME,
THE CHARACTERS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS
OIKAKE, MACHIBUSE, KIMAGURE AND
OTOBOKE; THE NAME X REMAINING NEARLY
THE SAME IN ALL VERSIONS. THE GREAT
SUCCESS OF THIS GAME SPAWNED A NUMBER
OF SEQUELS, ALL RETAINING X SOMEWHERE IN
THEIR NAME. THE GAME HAS BEEN VOTED THE
#1 VIDEO GAME OF ALL TIME. WHICH GAME AM
I TALKING ABOUT?
37. 19.
“TRAINEE, INTERMEDIATE, CAPTAIN,
HONOR, CHAMPIONSHIP” AND “B LEVEL,
A LEVEL, AA LEVEL, HONOR LEVEL AND
EVANS SCHOLAR” ARE TWO ALTERNATIVE
RANKING SYSTEMS USED IN WHICH
PROFESSION?
39. 20.
WHAT COMMONLY USED TERM IN A
PARTICULAR SPORT COMES FROM HORSE
RACING, WHERE THE NUMBER ONE
STARTER STARTS ON THE INSIDE NEXT TO
THE INSIDE ____?
40. THE BLANK IS POLE, AND THE
TERM IS, OBVIOUSLY, POLE
POSITION!
42. THE INTER MILAN VS AC MILAN MATCH
IS KNOWN AS THE “DERBY DELLA
MADONNINA” IN HONOUR OF ONE OF THE
MAIN SIGHTS OF THE CITY OF MILAN, THE
STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY ON THE TOP
OF THE DUOMO, WHICH IS USUALLY
CALLED “MADONNINA”.
44. THIS IS THE ALLIANZ ARENA IN
MUNICH. IT IS LIT UP IN RED
WHEN BAYERN MUNICH PLAY, IN
BLUE WHEN 1860 MUNICH PLAY
AND IN WHITE WHEN IN USE BY THE
GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM.
46. THE TURKISH WORD FOR LIGHTHOUSE (WHICH
IS WHAT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS)
ISFENER AND THAT FOR GARDEN (PIC SHOWS
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON)
IS BAHCE, WHICH IS HOW FENERBAHCE GOT
ITS NAME. THEY PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT
THE SUKRU SARACOGLU STADIUM, NAMED
AFTER THEIR FORMER CHAIRMAN, WHO WAS
ALSO THE PRIME MINISTER OF TURKEY.
47. 24.
THE EXACT ORIGINS OF ITS USE ARE UNKNOWN, ALTHOUGH
THERE ARE MANY THEORIES. A POSSIBLE THOUGH UNLIKELY
THEORY IS THAT HORSE RACES DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE AMERICAN MIDWEST WERE
FOLLOWED BY LARGE PUBLIC MEALS AND THAT A CERTAIN
ITEM RESEMBLING IT WAS USED TO SIGNAL THAT THE MEALS
WERE READY AND RACING SHOULD COME TO AN END.
ANOTHER ORIGIN THEORY CLAIM IS THAT THE ITS EARLIEST
KNOWN USE WAS FOR 19TH CENTURY BICYCLE RACES IN
FRANCE.
A MORE LIKELY EXPLANATION IS THAT A ONE WITH A HIGH
CONTRAST WOULD BE MORE CONSPICUOUS AGAINST THE
BACKGROUND OF A CROWD, ESPECIALLY WHEN EARLY RACES
WERE RUN ON DIRT TRACKS .
48. THIS IS THE ORIGIN BEHIND
THE WAVING OF THE
CHEQUERED FLAG AT THE
END OF RACES
50. NELSON MANDELA AND THE
FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN
RUGBY CAPTAIN FRANCOIS
PIENAAR. THIS BOOK WAS
MADE INTO “INVICTUS” BY
CLINT EASTWOOD.
51. 26.
__________IS A TRADITIONAL CENTRAL ASIAN TEAM
SPORT PLAYED ON HORSEBACK
IN AFGHANISTAN, UZBEKISTAN,
TAJIKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN,
NORTHERN PAKISTAN AND KAZAKHSTAN. THE STEPPES'
PEOPLE WERE SKILLED RIDERS WHO COULD GRAB
A GOAT OR CALF FROM THE GROUND WHILE RIDING A
HORSE AT FULL GALLOP. THE GOAL OF A PLAYER IS TO
GRAB THE CARCASS OF A HEADLESS GOAT OR CALF AND
THEN GET IT CLEAR OF THE OTHER PLAYERS AND PITCH
IT ACROSS A GOAL LINE OR INTO A TARGET CIRCLE OR
VAT.
57. THE GOLDEN TEAM OR THE MAGICAL
MAGYARS, THE HUNGARY NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM OF
THE 1950S HELD IN ESTEEM TO BE THE GREATEST
NATIONAL SIDE EVER IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.
BLANKED OUT ARE THE NAMES OF THE PLAYERS WHO
REPRESENTED THAT TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES FERENC
PUSKÁS, SÁNDOR KOCSIS, NÁNDOR HIDEGKUTI,
ZOLTÁN CZIBOR, JÓZSEF BOZSIK AND GYULA GROSICS.
THEY ARE WIDELY BELIEVED TO HAVE RE-INVENTED
FOOTBALL IN THE POST WORLD WAR II ERA, AND ARE
CONSIDERED TO THE GREATEST TEAM TO NEVER WIN THE
FIFA WC.