Finals

1.
Much to the loud chagrin and intense displeasure of old school fans, NFL players
have taken to a ritual that has been around in football for long. If the Guardian is
to be believed then the first instance of the tradition occurred at the Colombes
Stadium in Paris in May 1931 when the French National team gave England a
sound thrashing, 5-2. The victory was epochal because Les Blues had been on
the wrong end of 4-1, 3-1, 3-2, 6-0, 5-1 and 4-1 scorelines in the past. So, what
tradition was born at full time in Paris that day?

X had begun shooting at the age of 14. Having left school at 15, X continued
skeet shooting till he was 23. On his 21st birthday, X stepped up to compete in
Scotland’s Skeet Shooting team for the 1960 Olympics. Eventually, he missed
the team by a point. The world of ____ would have lost a legend had X hit that
clay pigeon that day. If nothing else, X’s mother would have been rather happy
had he qualified because he went on to survive one of the deadliest eras of the
sport, and how!
2.

3.
In a furious outburst after the final MotoGP race of the season in Valencia,
Valentino Rossi accused Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa, 2nd and 3rd
respectively, of bringing the sport into disrepute by effectively allowing a
‘biscotto situation’ by not attempting to overtake race leader Jorge Lorenzo
thereby allowing him to clinch the world championship. Unfortunately, Rossi
only had himself to blame by letting the situation get to this. He had finished
the race in 4th position having clawed his way back from a starting position of
last place on the grid. This was because of a penalty imposed by the Court of
Arbitration for Sport for an incident he was involved in with Marquez in the
Sepang GP. What was this incident in Sepang?

4.
Although the country’s ‘golden generation’ is creating waves in another sport, it
is in sport X where they have caused major waves. With only one player in the
top 50 of the world, the country reached the final of a tournament for the first
time, in 2015, since the inaugural edition of the tournament in 1904.
Incidentally, the winners on both occasions was Great Britain.

5.
Pictured alongside is the 93:20 bar
in the South Stand of which
sporting venue?

6.
From 1978 to 1983 this competition was won by the same team
and Boris Rankov was a member in all those years. Although
Rankov was a bona fide student, this led to the establishment
of the "Rankov Rule“ in this competition, to which the teams
have adhered ever since, that no one may compete more than
four times as an undergraduate, and four times as a graduate.
Which competition?

7. What achievement?
Joe Davis. First official recorded instance Steve Davis. First instance in professional
competition
Aditya Mehta. Only Indian in 116
instances in pro competition

8.
The ‘practice’ started when John Kirwan was appointed head coach in October
2006 much to the annoyance of the general public. Under Kirwan, its most
notable proponents were James Arlidge, Bryce Robins, Shaun Webb, Ryan
Nicholas and Luke Thompson. The ‘practice’ continued even after Kirwan left his
post in 2011. It was the act of one Karne Hesketh that brought worldwide
attention to this practice when he crossed a line in Brighton in 2015.

9.
When Dame Frances Dove returned from her voyage of America in 1890, the
women's campaigner and head teacher of St Leonard's School at St Andrews
introduced lacrosse to her pupils, giving us the beginnings of the women's
game. At the time of institution, the women’s game had rules slightly differing
from the men’s. It was only in 2014, for example, that the lawmakers decided to
unify the field size for men and women. What is the primary difference
between the two genders’ games, one which allows the women’s teams to,
perhaps, be more frugal with their spending on equipment?

10.
Popular legend traces the origin of this tradition to a shotputter, Ralph Rose in
the 1908 Olympics. Legend attributes a famous quote to him and identifies it as
the genesis of the practice. The truth, however, is much less romantic according
to Penn State professor, Mark Dyreson. Dyreson claims that it was on the
insistence of Rose’s fellow Irish origin teammates to rebel against the treatment
of their Irish brethren at the hands of the British that he betrayed from tradition
thereby starting one of his own.
In 1968 when hammer thrower Harold Connolly threatened to break away from
Rose’s tradition the authorities ensured that the decision was taken out of his
hands.

11.
Who is the current head consultant of the
Golden State Warriors, nicknamed Mr Clutch
in his playing days? What sporting venue is
this statue outside?

12.
The word___ comes from the evolution of the Latin words for ‘together’ and
‘garden’. Thus, ___ is an enclosed garden where young boys of noble birth
learned proper social conduct.

13.
The event ____ is a precursor to the more famous Running of the Bulls. The
event occurs two days before its more famous cousin, just before the start of
the festival at San Fermin. The event was started in 2002 and is supported by
animal welfare groups who object to the more famous race which they believe
glorifies bullfighting. Participants of the event wear plastic horns and red
scarves and run through the streets of the town. So what is this more spectator
friendly event called?

14.
The ___ Games is a multinational sporting event organised
by the ACOLOP similar in concept to the Commonwealth
Games. The first edition of the event was held in Macau in
October 2006. Due to the high expenses, some of the
participating NOCs received financial support from the
Olympic federation of a particular country.

15.
Pictured alongside is a now discontinued sport being played
in the 1904 St Louis Olympics. The sport is a variant of
another sport _____. Even the name is derived by dropping
letters from _____. ____ is credited to be the first Olympic
event in which women participated. However, its tenure was
restricted to a single appearance in Paris. This is because an
official report of the Games declared that it was a game
with “hardly any pretensions to athleticism.”

16.
Pictured alongside is American Hall of Famer
and two time Olympic gymnastics gold
medal winner, Bart Conner. He first met his
bride in the 1976 American Cup
International Meet where they both won
titles. It took 14 years a harrowing escape for
them to meet again and start dating.

17.
The two yellow paddles are used by judges
in a certain sport to caution the
participants. The red is used to disqualify.
What are the two yellow paddles used to
signify?

18.
What change did the ITF implement in 1972 following the advent of colour
television? Although the change is now ubiquitous, it took Wimbledon until
1986 to implement it.

19. Bob Charles, Mike Weir, Phil Mickelson and
Bubba Watson are the only people to do what in
golf history?

20.
An article about this lady in the Daily Mail in 1950 inspired someone to embark
on a journey from Dover to Calais in 1958. Who?

21. What is unique about Dr Satyapal Singh
and Naval Singh’s Dronacharya Awards?

22.
Although the recently concluded Test series between West Indies and Australia
was as lopsided as contests go, the second innings West Indian innings caused a
bit of a flutter on Twitter. With WI being asked to follow on, opener Kraig
Brathwaite got a lot of people excited with his innings which ultimately ended
on 94. For a large part of the knock, he looked set to break a Test record that
has stood 138 years. Eventually, Brathwaite’s knock saw him end up fourth on
the all time list, just behind VVS Laxman.

23.
The word has its origins in an Italian wrestling phrase which was used to
describe the act of tripping someone to gain an advantage. Its usage was
adapted to describe an act in another sport by a Spanish priest in 1561. Today,
the word has come to mean “an opening move meant to gain an advantage.”
What’s the good word?

24.
Julius Yego wrote himself into the history books by winning
gold in the men’s javelin throw in the IAAF World
Championships held in Beijing in August 2015. In doing so,
he became the first Kenyan to win a gold medal in a field
event at a major championship. When asked about his
training back home he spoke about a dearth of coaches in
his home town of Rift Valley. He spoke about seeking
inspiration in two time Olympic gold medallist Norwegian
Andreas Thorkildsen’s technique. What nickname did Yego
earn for his bizarre choice of coach?

25.
Who at his training ground?

26.
During February 2013, this sportsman wrote an open letter congratulating
someone on his decision which “also couldn't come at a more poignant time
because of what is happening in Russia”.
He wrote, “I love you as my little brother and always will. Actually, I just realized
I'm old enough that I could be your father! But no one can take that place. You
may have broken some young ladies' hearts, but time mends all wounds, and if
your journey mirrors mine in at all, those broken hearts will become you
greatest allies!”
Who addressing whom?

27.
The rules of which Olympic discipline do not permit the use of flash
photography, cell phones and smoking in its playing arena?

NZ born rugby players emigrating to Japan

No physical contact allowed in women’s
lacrosse

USA never dip their flag during
Olympic march past

Lusophony Games for Portuguese
speaking nations

Only lefties to win majors in golf

Mihir Sen became the first Indian
to swim across the English Chanel

Only Drona Awards for para sports

Charles Bannerman’s record for highest
%age of runs scored in a Test innings

CS Santhosh; First Indian to compete in the
Dakar Rally

1. What’s the good word?
The word used for a cyclist who decides to break away from the peloton in
order to attack comes from the Arabic word for ‘dynamite’. The French have
modified the word to identify the person who “puts a bomb under the race to
go off on attack” or the adventurer of the race.

2.
In the semifinals of the 1980 Olympics, a Hungarian boxer, Istvan Levai, ran
around the ring for three rounds. He was awarded a bronze medal for his track
and field efforts. So what first did he achieve in the process?

First boxer to last three rounds against Teo
Stevenson in the Olympics

3.
The team’s nickname comes from the phrase les habitants, a term that was
once used to describe the early settlers of seventeenth century and eighteenth
century New France, the predecessor of what eventually became the province
of ____. In fact, the team was specifically instituted in December 1909 as an
alternative to the predominant English clubs in the area, such as the Shamrocks,
the Wanderers and the Victorias.

4.
The term ‘___drome’ was coined by a Russian journalist Alexey Popov to
describe the characteristic ennui of someone’s works. Since getting into the
game in the 1990s, ____’s works have generated great debate amongst people
in the field. People like Anthony Davidson and Clive Bowen have repeatedly
defended ___ by saying that he understands the modern needs of the sport
better than anyone else. Others like Popov have accused him of blandness and
killing the excitement in a sport that has seen a definite wane in its popularity in
the past few years.

5. What first did he ‘achieve’?
The Piano Cemetery is a book by Portuguese author José Luís Peixoto. Set in the
working-class district of Benfica in Lisbon, The Piano Cemetery tells the story of
a family, and especially of the hopes and fears of the fathers who pass the baton
of the generations on to their sons. The Lazaro family are cabinet-makers who
would rather be piano-makers. They have a carpentry shop in the Benfica
district of Lisbon and there at the back is the 'piano cemetery‘, piled high with
broken-down pianos that provide the spare parts needed for repairing pianos all
over the city. The true story of one of the two narrators, a father and son duo
name Francisco Lazaro, is woven into a rich narrative of love and dashed hopes.
A part of the narrative of the younger Fransico happens while he struggles in
competition during his event in the 1908 Stockholm Olympics.

First person to die during/as a
consequence of Olympic competition

6. What are these objects?
The picture shown alongside is from an auction in
Sotheby’s in December 2010. The two framed pieces
of paper, drafted on Dec 21 1891, were purchased
for $4.3m by a David Booth, a businessman based in
Texas. Booth decided to put the objects on display in
a museum in his alma mater, Kansas University. A
more fitting resting place there could not be.

“Original” rules of basketball
handwritten by James Naismith

7.
The ____ method is a system used in a sport since the 1980s. Prior to its
development, one of the legs of the sport used a time trial system. The advent
of the _____ method enabled the leg to switch to a pursuit race system in which
the first person to cross the line would be declared the winner. The switch to a
pursuit race made the event more viewer friendly. The method is named after a
Norwegian who finished with a couple of medals in World Championships in
1954 and 1958. His best finish in the Olympics was in the 1960 Games where
he ended up 11th.

Gundersen Method in Nordic
Combined

8.
When a company called Sofil was brought on board as a sponsor of the event in
1947, it greatly displeased a 22 year old called Louis Bobet. Sofil was a company
that made artificial yarn for clothing. Think of it as a forerunner of Lycra. Their
sponsorship of the event resulted in Sofil’s product being mixed with the
traditional wool. Bobet, being an idealist, absolutely refused to entertain this
deviation from tradition. He argued that the new ‘product’ was unnatural and
would cause distress to him, especially in hilly and dusty areas. What
sacrilegious act did Bobet commit?

Refused to wear the Yellow Jersey

9.
In July 2015, the CEO of Burger King announced a steep
growth in sales for Q2 of the year. He attributed the growth to
the focus on new items on the menu, speeding up of
remodels of restaurants and bold new marketing strategies.
One of these marketing strategies was the presence of the
company’s mascot, The King, in a high profile event in May for
which they dished out close to $1m.

Part of Mayweather entourage in
Pacquiao

10.
Although racing fans believe the superstition to be dating back to before the
1910s, most are unable to offer a plausible theory for it. In 1910, Lee Oldfield
drove his car off the track in the New York State Fair killing several bystanders in
the process. A decade later, Gaston Chevrolet was killed in a race in Beverly
Hills, California. The two events gave birth to a Nascar superstition that reached
its peak between the 1920s and 1950s. Drivers today, however, have their hands
tied by sponsorship deals and are forced to break away from the tradition.
Darrel Waltrip, for example, successfully drove for teams sponsored by
Mountain Dew and Gatorade. Dale Earnhardt Jr drove for Amp Energy. Most
famously, Danica Patrick spoke out against the superstition and drove for
GoDaddy. What superstition?

Green cars are unlucky in the
Nascar

11.
Four miles into a race in 1967, KV Switzer noticed a “a big, huge man with bared
teeth all set to pounce.” The man kept trying to rip the bib Switzer was wearing
and asking Switzer to get out of the race. Fortunately for Switzer the man, Jock
Semple, was promptly barged out of the way by one Arnie Briggs, a hammer
thrower weighing 235 pounds. So what was Jock Semple’s cause for grief?

First woman to compete in the
Boston Marathon

12.
On 9th September 1945, French driver Maurice Trintignant sat in his Bugatti
T35C on the start line at the Bois de Boulogne circuit for the first post war race
in Europe. Trintignant had carved out a handy reputation in the late 1930s by
winning the 1939 Grand Prix des Frontières in Chimay, Belgium, in the very
same car in which he sat on the grid in Paris six years later. After that win,
Trintignant had hidden the car in order to keep it away from Nazi hands,
Midway through the race, however, he was forced to retire from the race. On
hearing the reason for Trintignant’s demise, race winner Jean Pierre Wimille
nicknamed Trintignant Le Pétoulet. So what was the reason for Trintignant’s
retirement?

– Pictured alongside is X receiving the
2015 edition of the ‘Beauty of
Football’ award presented by
Gazzetta Della Sporto, an Italian
newspaper. The award, named
after Y, was presented to X for
“investing so much into ___ and
acting with dignity even as the club
collapsed.” Given the nomenclature
of the award it was perhaps a little
controversial of X to be displaying
his allegiance to the Rossoneri at
such a public event.
13.

Roberto Donadoni; Giacinto
Fachetti

14.
In 2000, the UWW instituted a rule that required participants to engage in a
minute long clinch at the end of a scoreless first period. Participants are
required to either execute a scoring move in the stipulated minute. In case a
move is not made, participants are required to keep the clinch unbroken for the
whole minute. What unthinkable event did a violation of this newly instituted
rule lead to?

Aleksander Karelin’s first Olympic
loss

15.
It is wrongly believed that the hour long public display of emotion on show from
the vanquished in Britta Heidemann’s semi final in the London 2012 Olympics
was a sign of protest, or as BuzzFeed’s Kevin Lincoln described it, “the filibuster
of ____.” The truth of the matter is that the vanquished was merely following
one of the more archaic bylaws of the sport which states that a participant
leaving the field of play implies acceptance of the judges’ decision.

The flag pictured alongside has mainly been
used in sporting events. It was first used in the
World TT Championships in Japan and the
World Youth Football Championship in Portugal
in 1991. In the Olympics, the flag made its
debut in the opening ceremony in Sydney in
2000. The organising committees of Beijing and
London, however, played spoilsport and banned
the flag from their ceremonies.
16.

1.
The company X was founded by a Scotsman named Alexander MacRae who
emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 1910. MacRae originally named his
company Fortitude and produced socks for the Australian army for the First
World War.
Its products made their debut in the 1932 Olympics when Australian Clare
Dennis set a World Record in the Women’s 200m event despite almost getting
disqualified for “showing too much shoulder.”
True to its roots, the company’s logo incorporates a boomerang in its logo to
pay homage to its Aussie roots.

2.
“I looked at the box scores from the games I enjoyed, games
where they didn't screw around and stall. I noticed each team
took about 60 shots. That meant 120 shots per game. So I took
48 minutes – 2,880 seconds – and divided that by 120 shots. The
result was _____”
What resulted from Syracuse Nationals owner, Danny Biasone’s
research?

3. In which sport is this used?

4.
Although the term ___ ___ is commonly used as a generic descriptor for
this type of device, the name is actually a registered trademark of a
company called Nielsen Kellerman. Before the advent of technology,
people had to rely on megaphones to fulfill the purpose these devices
now do. What are these devices called?

5.
After the Champions League final in 2011, the New York Times ran a piece
about a tradition that Gerard Pique apparently started that day. They argued
that the tradition has long been around in basketball. Specifically, the winners
of the NCAA Basketball Championships always follow the tradition.
It has to be stated that when Everett Case, coach of North Carolina State
University, did it for the first time, sitting on the shoulders of his players, he
didn’t intend to start a tradition that is almost ceremonious in the NCAA finals
today. He was simply ecstatic that the Wolfpack had won the Southern
Conference tournament in 1947.

17.
Pictured alongside is AP McCoy, twenty time world
champion jockey, dishing out advice to a lady who
made her debut on the turf at Newbury Racecourse
in July 2015. She had started riding only in March
after taking up a challenge by betting company,
Betfair, to become an amateur jockey. Who is this
two time Olympic gold medallist who hopes to
feature in the Cheltenham Festival this year.

18.
Henry V Porter first used the phrase back in 1939 during his time writing for the
Illinois High School Association. It was in 1942 that the term gained statewide
popularity when he penned a poem with a name that might belong in a
Shakespeare play:
With war nerves tense, the final defense
Is the courage, strength and will
In a million lives where freedom thrives
And liberty lingers still.
Now eagles fly and heroes die
Beneath some foreign arch
Let their sons tread where hate is dead
In a happy ___________.

19.
An investigation into the incident found that the accident had been caused by
an illegal fuel valve that Benetton had used had no filter. What resulted in the
1994 German GP at Hockenheim, was the driver, pit crew and driver getting
liberally soaked in fuel. The heat from the exhaust or brakes ended up causing a
massive fire. Luckily, of those involved, only the driver was hurt but only with
only minor facial injuries.
Description of which famous photograph?

20.
The ‘______ Eight’ was the name given to seven amateur and one
professional tennis player who signed on to a newly formed
professional tour, World Championship Tennis in 1967-68. The tour
was bankrolled by a wealthy Texan, Lamar Hunt and included within its
ranks, John Newcombe.
The inclusion of X in the group caused a lot of members in the media
to have a right chuckle. They mischievously decided to rechristen the
group, the ‘_______ Seven and X’

The Handsome Eight; Tony Roche

21.
The man pictured alongside is considered to be
one of the greatest weightlifters of all time. Of
Japanese descent, he was born in an internment
camp in Tule Lake during the WW-II. His family
was later relocated to a camp in California. It
was in California that he was introduced to
weightlifting. Humble beginnings of a man who
went on to become the only man to break world
records in four different weight classes.

22.
Colin Brown, from Curtin University, argues in his paper Sports, Politics and
Ethnicity that a big factor in the sports’ popularity is its inclusivity towards
ethnic minorities, notably Chinese. The key, Brown argues, to the introduction
of the sport lies in Medan since prior to independence, Chinese were the
largest ethnic group in the area. The remarkable influence of the Chinese, who
have long faced abuse at the hands of the locals, was possible only because the
sport wasn’t as closely correlated to nationalism and its movement as, say,
football. Since their European colonisers had little interest in the sport, the
locals found little symbolism in beating their masters in the game. The lack of
politicization allowed non indigenous people to get more integrated in the
game.

Popularity of badminton in
Indonesia

23. Phil Hill, Jochen Rindt, Mike Hawthorn
and ____ are the only drivers to do what?

Only people to win F1
Championship and Le Mans

24.
Bennie Osler, a Springbok fly half, was the first to use this tactic. He developed it
as a wet weather ruse by punting the ball to the ground with his instep. The ball
would roll unpredictably and cause the defenders to knock-on.
One of the first instances of this kick being used in international games was in
the 1928 series between the All Blacks and South Africa. Heavy rains had
caused the pitch to become unplayable for open play. While trailing 3-0, Osler
received the ball deep in NZ territory and aimed the punt through a gap. He
outpaced the full back and ended up scoring a try.

25.
It was 1981 and a greeter at the MGM was seriously contemplating whether to
spend $20,000 to kill the man who had just entered the casino or just do it
himself. His reasoning was that killing him off made more sense than allowing
him to continue his relationship with his daughter, Rita. And yet it was the
casino greeter who had introduced the two of them when he’d taken her in to
one of his coaching clinics. But there was more to it. 17 years earlier in Chicago,
the casino greeter had worked as a line judge in a match between Ken Rosewall
and his potential victim. His victim had harangued him so viciously all night that
he walked off his chair and refused to work another point.

26.
Pictured alongside is David ____, an American pole vaulter who
finished fifth in the 1992 Olympics.
In the 1980s, he managed to perfect a technique that allowed him to
become the American champion five times, breaking the national
record twice in the process. The technique required incredible skill
which few could emulate, perhaps even adding a new dimension to
the sport. Most opponents, though, thought that the gymnastics of
the act ‘ruined’ the sport. Eventually, the authorities concurred with
his opponents and decided to ban the move.

27.
When Graeme Obree was banned by the UCI in 1994 under mysterious
circumstances his fans wondered whether he would ever return. He
returned with a new bike and a new position tailored for the bike. His
arms were stretched out, his hands about 30cm before the front hub.
The position was quickly adapted by riders in time for the 1996
Olympics. Both 4000m Single Pursuit Golds were won by riders in this
position. Soon after the Olympics, the UCI banned the position by
limiting the extension of the rider’s arms to only 15cm.
What was this position nicknamed due to its likeness to someone else?

28.
Middlesex and Arsenal have always been happy bedfellows. The Compton
brothers had both played for Arsenal in the summer and Middlesex in the
winter of 1952. A 13-a-side benefit match between the two sides was organised
in Aug 1952 at Highbury. The match was telecasted live on BBC in prime time
attracting an audience of several million. At the start of the game, the
announcer at the venue assured the spectators present that the batsmen would
try to keep the ball down but “they can’t promise.”
Why did this benefit match generate such interest?

29.
NY Giants’ inside linebacker for the 1985 season, Harry Carson, says that their
coach Bill Parcells had been winding up nose guard Jim Burt in the week leading
up to the crunch game against the Redskins. A 17-3 win over the Redskins led to
a spontaneous reaction by Burt which shocked Carson and his other
teammates. The next week, Burt let Carson in on the act and a tradition was
born. Burt soon stepped away from what he had started leaving Carson to lap
up the fame.
A suit named Bill Schmidt eventually awarded Carson and Parcells with $20,000
and $120,000 contracts by way of thanks for their efforts.

30.
The Challenge Belt is a Moroccan leather belt embellished
with a silver buckle and emblems. The belt was donated by
the Earl of Eglinton who stipulated that no winner of
tournament would be allowed to take it home unless
he/she won it three times in a row. In 1870, Tom Morris
won a hattrick of titles and took the belt home. The
authorities had no money to replace the belt.
So, with the help of a few friends, what did they decide to
replace the belt with?

31.
Pictured alongside(top image) is a famous chess game
between Danish GM Bent Larsen and Armenian GM
Tigran Petrosian in Santa Monica, 1966. Larsen ended up
winning the game by memorably sacrificing his queen to
defeat erstwhile World Champion, Petrosian.
Adam Raoof was inspired by this game as it appeared in
one of his favourite tournament books and was played in
the year of his birth. He decided to pay tribute to it by
including a version of it in a 2011 project he was the
technical advisor for.
Unlike the game in the project, Larsen did not say “Check,
and incidentally, mate” after winning. Unfortunately.

Final scene of Sherlock Holmes
and the Game of Shadows

32. Exhaustive list of?
– Wilfried Dietrich in 1960
– Nikolaus Hirschl in 1932
– Ivar Johansson in 1932
– Jan Karlsson in 1972
– August Neo in 1936
– Kristjan Palusalu in 1936
– Daniel Robin in 1968
– Rudolf Svensson in 1924

Wrestlers to win medals in Freestyle and Greco
Roman wrestling events at the same Olympics

1.
X’s involvement on a show began when he refused to make a cameo
appearance and permit a pennant of his team to appear. The show,
nonetheless, went ahead and used the pennant much to X’s dismay.
Much like the real X, the fictional X talked endlessly, regardless of whether
people were listening. On the episode titled ‘The Wink’, the fictional X mentions
a list of people he’s fired, mentioning Billy Martin four times and erstwhile
manager Buck Showalter. The sketch turned out to be prophetic because a few
weeks after the episode X went on to replace Showalter with Joe Torre.

2.
Slaying the Badger is a book by Richard Moore that is about the 1986 Tour de
France. It chronicles the Tour as it ascends into the mountains. Challenging The
Badger, five time Tour champion, is his teammate, X. Over the course of the
race, a rivalry develops between the two teammates. The Badger even attacks X
during the race. When asked why he attacked his own teammate he replies in
almost George Mallory fashion saying “Because he was there.”
Despite his paranoia, X goes on to ride like a champion. In the process, he
becomes the first American to become a Tour de France champion.

3.
Seen on Jesus Quintana’s left hand are three rings. These
rings are given out by the USBC for a special
accomplishment.
Fill up the blank.

4.
Duel in the Sun is a book that tells the story of two American distance runners, X
and Y. It is centered around the story of the two runners leading up to, and during,
the 1982 Boston Marathon.
X, the son of a Cuban expat who fought alongside Castro in the coup against Batista,
is the one who ends up winning the race. After the race, X becomes clinically
depressed and has a telling decline in his immune system. He manages to recover
from his ailments to become a serious figure in the world of coaching.
Y loses the race to X in a sprint finish. He never managed to recapture the glories of
the 1982 race in subsequent seasons. He ends up injuring himself in a farm accident
and is prescribed medication for the pain. Eventually, he become addicted to this
medication.

5.
This team began their NHL life as the Kansas City Scouts. Their
tenure in Kansas City lasted till 1982 when they moved to _____.
After a fan vote, the new team was given its new name.
The name of this team comes from the legend of a lady called
Deborah Leeds. While giving birth to her 13th child, Leeds
experienced a very painful labour in which she invoked Satan. The
child was born with a defect and, thus, the legend was born.
In the episode titled ‘Facepainter’ on Seinfeld, Elaine’s boyfriend,
David Puddy claims to be a big fan of the team. He freaks everyone
out with his tribalism and his face painting. When goaltender Scott
Wedgewood signed for the team, he even paid tribute to the
episode by making a customized helmet of it.

George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld

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