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The Sports Quiz - finals
Mood Indigo 2012

Format
Round 1 – Written round (6 questions)
Round 2 - Infinite Pounce (21 questions)
Round 3 – Visual Connect
Round 4 – Infinite Pounce (21 questions)

Round 1
Identify the sportsperson on the book cover

Written

6 questions
5 points per correct answer

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1. Roger Bannister
2. Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert
3. Nick Faldo
4. Arthur Mailey
5. Lou Gehrig
6. Duncan Edwards

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Round 2
Clockwise passing

Infinite Pounce

+10 per answer in normal passing
+10 /-10 on pounce

This Australian had a very brief but quite eventful test career of 3
tests in which he scored a very famous century and ended with
an average of 59.75

After his playing days, he continued to be involved with cricket in
another capacity.

Name this England born cricketer.

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Charles Bannerman

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Tennis great Jack Kramer, who was also a successful promoter of
the professional tour, writes in his 1979 autobiography that X
"always knew exactly what was going on with all his amateurs. He
had no children, no hobbies, and tennis was everything to him. X
always said he hated the pros, and he battled open tennis to the
bitter end”
Kramer goes on to say "The minute one of his stars would turn
pro, X would turn on him. No matter how close he'd been to a
player, as soon as he was out of X's control, the guy was an
outcast”

X?

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Harry Hopman

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This was originally named after a young man who tragically died
in the 1950s prompting his father to wear dark glasses every day
after that in tribute.

The name of the father was added when the old man passed
away in the late 1980s.

What, not located in one of the smallest countries in the world,
are we talking about?

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The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari which is in the
Italian town of Imola, and not in San Marino (even though it
hosts the San Marino Grand Prix)

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Name the two people in this Louis Vuitton ad. No half points.

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Michael Phelps and Larissa Latynina

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This is the mascot of an
American Football team.

His name is “Who Dey”

Which team?

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Cincinati Bengals

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Some common terms in which sport?

Back Layout
Front Layout
Sailboat
Ballet Leg
Flamingo
Crane
Split
Knight
Side Fishtail

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Synchronised Swimming

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Sheffield United is to rename one of its stands in honour of the
city's Olympic gold medalist ________

Club owner Kevin McCabe said: “______and her family are
Unitedites and after discussions with them we all agreed that
renaming the Bramall Lane stand after her would provide an
additional sporting legacy from the London Games."

Fill up.

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The club was founded in 1898 by students at the Saint-Servais
High School.

The inspiration for the name was a popular Parisian club at the
time (Champions of France 1894, 1895, 1897, 1898 and 1901).

The names "Excelsior", "Sporting" and "Daring" were
considered, before the name was chosen, winning a vote by one
point ahead of the name "Skill”

Which normal name was chosen?

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Standard Liege

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When he was eight months old he contracted Polio with both
legs affected, the right one severely. He was quoted as saying "I
simply wanted to do things that challenge me."

He represented his country at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Summer
Paralympics. He won a silver in 1984, bronze in 1988, and a
second silver in 1992.

Most of us would not have seen his exploits on the field, but saw
him in another context at the Olympics in 1992

Who ?

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Antonio Rebollo

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This is a statue outside an iconic
sporting venue on the
approximate site of the 1858
match.
Tom Wills is depicted umpiring
behind two young players
contesting the ball. The plaque
reads:
"Wills did more than any other
person as player, umpire, co-writer
of the rules and promoter of the
game – to develop __________
during its first decade.“

Fill in the blank and tell me outside
which iconic sporting venue would
you find this statue

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Australian Rules Football
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

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Equipment used to play which sport?

The name is perhaps familiar
in cricket as well.

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Skittles

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This guy’s test cricket career was limited to just seven matches,
largely because Jack Hobbs was a fixture in the England team
until he was past forty years of age.

His seventh and final Test came 10 days after his world record
performance (which would stand for 44 years) when, at forty-
five, he was picked for the Lord's match against India in 1932.

Who?

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Percy Holmes
Herbert Sutcliffe’s partner in the 555 run partnership

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Scottish Daily Express of Aug 29, 1936,
“Ten twinkling toes of ____X____, Celtic FC’s player from _____,
hypnotised the crowd at Parkhead last night. He balances the ball
on his big toe, lets it run down the scale to his little toe, twirls it,
hops on one foot around the defender.”

Who is X?

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Mohammad Salim

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At the 2012 World Championships which took place in Australia,
this person was understandably the favourite to win given the
home crowd's support.

However, her British arch rival ended up winning and this lady
had to settle for the bronze.

She did get her revenge by winning the gold at the London
Olympics and thus inflicting a home defeat on her arch rival.

Who are we talking about?

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Anna Meares
The rival being Victoria Pendelton

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Frenchmen Thierry Vigneron , Philippe Houvion and Pierre
Quinon , Poland's Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz and the Soviet Union’s
Vladimir Polyakov were involved in a revolving door type
exchange of the World Record in this sport. This went on till May
26, 1984.

What happened on May 26th, 1984?

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Sergei Bubka burst onto the scene
and broke Vigneron’s world record
and continuously held the World Record
since then till date

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Arnold Jacob ________ was one of the four children of a Russian
Jewish immigrant from Minsk

He got his famous nickname because of his flaming hair and fiery
temper

Who?

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‘Red’ Auerbach

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This guy spent 6 years at the professional Swedish top division
club Kalmar, where he got to play alongside legendary players
like Jan Ove Waldner and the experience did a world of good to
his game.

Between 1998 and 2000, when he was in the midst of a purple
patch, he defeated the 1996 Olympics singles gold medalist and
the bronze medalist.

Name this person who won four men's national singles titles and
two Commonwealth doubles gold medals.

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Chetan Baboor

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Who is that being given the
Cuban flag by Fidel Castro?

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Felix Savon

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Originally, back in 1880s, they used to play in dark inky blue

In the early 1900s, the kit was changed for a tour to England

A nickname to refer to the team was also coined for the first time
on this tour

Which team?

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New Zealand Rugby Team

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This is an equestrian event where a single horse and rider
combination compete against other combinations across the
three disciplines of dressage, cross-country, and show jumping.

It was previously known as Combined Training, and the name
persists in many smaller organizations.

What event?

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Eventing

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Three demands were made
− The match should continue until one player wins 10 games,

without counting the draws.
− There is no limit to the total number of games played.

− In case of a 9–9 score, champion retains his title and the prize

fund is split equally
At a conference held in 1974 during the Nice Olympiad, the
delegates voted in favor of the 10-win proposal, but rejected the
other two proposals, and limited the number of games in the
match to 36
What was the result of all this?

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Bobby Fischer forfeit his title

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Round 3
Visual Connect

5 slides

Points mentioned on the slides

One attempt per team per slide

Not exhaustive

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Death on the field / death while playing /death in competition
Nodor Kumaritashvili – Luge
Wilf Slack – Cricket
Hank Gathers – Basketball
Tom Simpson – Cycling
Wouter Weylandt – Cycling
Miklos Fehrer – Football
Dajiro Kato and Shoya Tomizawa – Moto GP
Cristiano Junior – Football
Raman Lamba – Cricket
Marc Vivien Foe – Football

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Round 4
Anti- Clockwise passing

Infinite Pounce

+10 per answer in normal passing
+10 /-10 on pounce

In early twentieth century the predominant technique was called
the "Continental" (because it was practiced by Germans rather
than the British)

This involved several successive flips which is why it gained a
reputation as clumsy, slow, and nonathletic

Hence the alternate technique comprising a swift coordinated
movement was adopted by the early federations of this sport as
the official movement.

Which sport?

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Weightlifting
The Clean and Jerk replaced the Continental

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Previously the only American Olympic gold medalist in this sport
was Albertson Van Zo Post who won his gold at the 1904 Summer
Olympics

The next winner was a woman who won Golds at the 2004 and
2008 Olympics

This lady of Lithuanian heritage was the flag bearer for the USA
at the 2012 London Olympics.

Which sport?

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Fencing

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In motorsport, this term refers to a race similar to autocross with
a set distance filled with obstacles to covered within a particular
time.

The name is a typical Anglo-Indian expression, usually referring to
a social and sporting club in the Indian subcontinent as well as in
East Africa.

What term?

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Gymkhana

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This sartorial idea originated with Clifford Roberts

Many believe it is because he wanted patrons visiting to be able
to readily identify members.

Until 1967, the chief suppliers were Brooks Brothers and since
have been made by Hamiltons.

What?

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Green Jackets at Augusta

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For its March 3, 1980 issue, Sports Illustrated ran a cover with just
a photograph by Heinz Kluetmeier, without any accompanying
captions or headlines.

Kluetmeier said, “It didn't need (any cover language). Everyone
knew what happened.”

What was on the cover?

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The Miracle on Ice
photograph

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The tournament has been won by only three countries in its
history and is named after the founder of a sport’s federation in
the country of origin of this tournament

This trophy awarded at this tournament is designed to depict an
ancient structure and an item intimately linked with the sport

Which tournament?

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Sudirman Cup

The trophy represents the
Borubodur temple and a
shuttle cock

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In 1970, this sportsman wrote a memoir

The book covers his life as a young teenage criminal, his
reformation in prison, his years in sport, his struggle with the
mafia, and his jealous obsession with his wife Vickie.

What is the name of this book? Also who wrote it?

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‘Raging Bull’ by Jake la Motta

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This ground has always been owned by the Duchy of Cornwall
and the Surrey County Cricket Club was set up in 1845

In 1868, this ground hosted the first game of the Aboriginal tour
to England

Test cricket was first played here in 1880

What then was the biggest event this ground hosted up to 1892?

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The FA Cup final – The Oval

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Who talking about his short-lived first class cricket career?

“ I started playing cricket in 1943, when I was in Chabildas High
School, then I played club cricket for New Hind Sports Club and
for Young Maharashtra XI, this was in 1945. After that I for Gul
Mohar Mills and Bombay Port, I also played one firt class game,
for All India State Bank, in the Moin-Ud-Dowla tournament in
1964. After that, I didn't make much progress.”

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Ramakant Achrekar

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The words scrolled across the bottom of the television screen,
catching the eye of one very interested observer at the Riviera
Tennis Club in Los Angeles. “Wait a second,” Bill Scanlon told his
friends. “Somebody just had a ______?”
For 29 years, only Scanlon had achieved perfection on a tennis
court. For 29 years, he had waited — hoped, actually — for
someone to duplicate his feat.
“Maybe then, people would start to realize how astonishing it
is,” Scanlon said in an interview Sunday. “Mine was the only
one, a freak accident for 30 years.”

What words scrolled across the bottom of the screen?

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News of Yaroslava Shvedova’s Golden Set in Wimbledon
2012

Bill Scanlon is the only other person to have achieved
this

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This watch company was founded in 1902 in La Chaux-de-
Fonds, Switzerland. The manufacture's motto was ______
Lente (Latin for 'Hasten slowly')

This company is currently the official time keeper of The Tour de
France, The Tour de Suisse and The Tour de Romandie

The actions of a team sponsored by this company 14 years ago,
brought it back into the news this year following revelations of a
similar nature

Which company?

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Festina

The Festina cycling team doping scandal of 1998 came
back into the news following the Lance Armstrong
drama

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This guy won 6 medals in the 1984 Olympics - 3 golds, 2 silvers
and 1 bronze

He had a fairly important part to play in the 2008 Olympics,
though not as a participant

He also owns a company that sponsored a number of his
country's athletes in the 2012 Games

Who?

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Li Ning

Lit the Olympic flame in 2008 and his company
sponsored a number of Chinese athletes in London 2012

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He has broken 20 seconds for the 200 metres 24 times. The only
other man to have done this is Usain Bolt

In the 1994 Commonwealth Games, he won gold in the 200 m and
bronze in the 100 m. His time of 19.97 seconds in the 200 metres
is the current Commonwealth Games record

He is the world indoor record-holder for 200 metres, with a time
of 19.92 seconds set in 1996

Who?

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Frankie Fredericks

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This guy made his debut for the Indian Hockey team in 1966, and
participated in the Pre-Olympic tournament held in London the
next year. Further, he played in the Olympic Games Mexico 1968
and delivered a brilliant performance although the Indian Hockey
squad stood at 3rd spot at the event

His biggest moment came in 1975 when he captained the Indian
Hockey team to the World Cup victory

Who?

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Ajit Pal Singh

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“The glide” was invented by an American and dates to back to
1951

In 1972 Aleksandr Baryshnikov used, for the first time, “the spin”
invented by his coach Viktor Alexeyev

In 1976 Baryshnikov went on to set a world with his spin style

Which sport?

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Shot put

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This guy began his wrestling career at the age of eight in Soviet
Armenia. He became Armenian junior champion on three occasions. In
1994 he arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, to compete in the Stockholm
Junior Open, which he won. He defected from the Armenian national
team and joined the Swedish team in 1998

This double World Champion (in the 76 kg and 84 kg weight classes)
also won a silver medal at Athens 2004

He also won the bronze match at the 2008 Summer Olympics but was
stripped of the same when he protested by placing the medal in the
center of the mat and walking away.

Which controversial athlete?

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Ara Abrahamian

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During the funeral service of Malcolm Marshall at the Garfield
Sobers Gymnasium in Barbados, his coffin was carried by five
West Indian captains on its way to be was buried at St
Bartholomew's Church

Which former West Indian fast bowler, by then a man of God,
administered the last rites ?

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Reverend Wes Hall

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In 1993 this sportsperson started ‘Courir pour le plaisir’, a 5km run
for women in Casablanca that has since become the biggest
women’s race held in a Muslim country with up to 30,000 women
run through the streets.

She said: “I wanted to bring women outside to feel the power of
sports together. It’s like a mini-revolution. I have a very strong
belief that sports can impact life forever. My life can be divided into
the time before I won gold and the time after. Those 54.61 seconds
totally changed my life.”

Name the sportsperson.

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Nawal el-Moutawakel

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One of Kevin Keegan's more embarrassing moments in the
commentary box. What is the event being talked about?

Keegan: “I didn't think he had done that much wrong. He was
being held...he was being fouled first. I mean it's...”
Parry: “An elbow.”
Keegan: “Yeah Alan, but he was pulling his shirt!”

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Leonardo’s horror foul on Tab Ramos in 1994 world cup

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Name this controversial
athlete who, during her career,
collected a remarkable 16
world records in outdoor
sprints, as well as 14 world
records in indoor events.

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Marita Koch

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This guy was a dominant national amateur champion for more than
a decade, won the amateur world championship twice, in 1958 and
1964

He won his first national title in 1950, defeating T. A. Selvaraj in the
final. During the next sixteen years, he won the amateur National
Billiards Championship twelve times.

In 1958, he won the World Amateur Billiards Championship held at
Great Eastern Hotel in Calcutta. This was followed up by another
world title in 1964 in New Zealand.

Who is this legend?

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Wilson Jones

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