Nirma Sports Quiz 2014

1. Horizon'2014
Prelims
QM: Anubhav Chatterjee
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2.  25 Questions.
 In-case of tie-breaker star mark question will
decide the winner.
 No negative for an incorrect answer.
 Electronic gadgets to be switched off.
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3. Q1.
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4.  Q2.Identify the 2 players?
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5.  Q3*…..”Then there was a man who had
knowledge of football and he knew practically
everybody. So I met him and he suggested some
players‟ name and together we formed a team in
the early 1950s,calling it the Bombay Dynamos
football club after the famous Moscow team.Our
team had six members who represented
Maharashtra including one who represented India
at the Olympics”…..Identify the person who
owned the team?
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6.  Q4. There are 2 reasons for its origin:
1) This particular colour X was chosen as A was X
in colour.
2) B needed it in different sizes, and they had to
be the same colour, but the supplier only had that
quantity in X, because X was his least popular
colour.Identify X ,B, A and whats the whole story?
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7.  Q5. It was a keen interest in football that initially
prompted Vasudev to conduct friendly ties
between the local youth and the crew of ships
calling at Mormugao Port. The ties were
conducted in local paddy fields, and largely
attended, for football is one addiction most Goans
share. As his industrial empire grew to new
heights, he crystallized his penchant for football in
an organized fashion and formed the club in
1956.Identify the club?
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8.  Q6. Sheth Chinubhai Chimanbhai, leading
industrialist and former Mayor of Ahmedabad,
went out of his way to hire the world renowned
architect Charles Correa to design this structure.
The structure played host to Swarnim Gujarat
fest, golden jubilee celebrations of the foundation
of Gujarat state, on April 30 to May 1, 2010.
Identify?
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9.  Q7. Whose initiative?
 The initiative is taking place in partnership with
Vodafone and if that sounds an odd pairing it
actually makes sense: X wants to get the idea to
as many women as fast as she can, so those who
cannot get to the classes can get the self-defence
tips via internet or SMS apps. It‟s technology as a
force for good and it‟s important to X because
time is valuable: her home-state has one of the
highest rates of violence against women in India.
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10. Q8*.Identify the magazine behind the
boardgame?
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12.  Q9.Identify the sports played below.
 Speedsolving
 one-handed solving
 blindfolded solving
 multi-blindfolded solving
 solving with feet
 solving in fewest moves
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13.  Q10.Identify the brand?
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14.  Q11. Fugly is an upcoming Bollywood movie. The
film is directed by Kabir Sadanand. It is produced
by Grazing Goat Productions, owned by Akshay
Kumar and Ashvini Yardi.Identify the Olympian
who will be making his debut in this movie?
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15.  Q12*. It is a multinational multi-sport
event organized by The Association of
Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees
(Portuguese: Associação dos Comités Olímpicos
de Língua Oficial Portuguesa, ACOLOP), which
was founded on June 8, 2004, in Lisbon. The
ACOLOP is a non-governmental organisation
consisting of 12 members, whose main purpose
is to strengthen the unity and cooperation of its
members, through sport.The multi-sport event
was held in Goa in Jan‟14.Identify the event?
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16.  Q13.Identify the logo?
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17.  Q14. I used to always field at silly point or point,
where the rays of the sun were always very
strong and my neck would burn. So, I started
wearing a handkerchief, but it was uncomfortable.
I later moved to …..that has now become my
style.
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18. Q15.Identify the lady?
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19.  Q16.Who owns the production house “Tyrannic
Productions”?
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20.  Q17*. Calcutta Cricket Club,founded in
1792,sponsored a Grand Match of Cricket
between Old Etonians and a team drawn from the
lesser members of the East India Company.This
match is notable for two first:the first hundred
scored on Indian soil by Robert Vansittart and
another thing.What is it?
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21.  Q18.Profile of a player?
 He took ten wickets in an innings for North v
South at Lord's. All were bowled - still a unique
feat in first-class cricket. He opens his "cricket
and cigar" shop at London. 1859 he played in
the USA and Canada on the first overseas tour
by an English team.
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22.  Q19. The cup is of Indian workmanship,
approximately 18 inches high, the body is finely
engraved with three king cobras forming the
handles. The domed lid is surmounted by an
elephant which is, it is said, copied from the
Viceroy's own stock. The inscription on the Cup's
wooden base reads the name of the
tournament.The cup is awarded to the winner of
the annual Six Nations Championship match
between England and Scotland. Identify the cup?
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23.  Q20.Whose resume?
1. Trainee Manager - Woolworths, 1970-3.
2. Trainee Departmental Manager - Bing Harris
Sargood, 1973-5.
3. Sales Manager - Shawn Sports, 1975-78
4. Professional contracted cricketer for Notts
County Cricket Club, 1978-87.
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24.  Q21. He won his first gold in the 1976
Montreal Olympics while still in college, where he
practiced six hours a day and studied until 2 a.m.
most nights. Later, while working at General
Dynamics Corp. as an engineer, he ran from 6
a.m. to 2 p.m., and then put in a full workday from
3 to 11 p.m. Now working as Chairman of
Laureus, a nonprofit foundation that brings sports
and education to children in developing
countries.Identify this 3 times Olympic medallist?
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26.  Q23*. He wanted to be a dentist. He dropped out of
dental school and became one of the most famous
athelete of all time. It started at a YMCA summer
camp. "I came home from the first day of camp
upset because I didn't want to make arts and
crafts—little earrings—all summer," he says. "So
my mom asked if I could do more swimming, and I
got picked to be on the swim team. It was total
chance."After his retirement, he eventually became
a real-estate developer and helped start several
companies, including a prepaid-phone-card venture
that went public and was later acquired by AT&T.
He was a licensed stockbroker for several years
and still manages a portfolio of private-equity
investments.Identify the Sportsperson?
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27.  Q24. “Not only is he well-known and recognised
by the vast majority of Brazilians, he also seems
to have built up a rapport with football fans and is
a popular figure, even gaining his own
affectionate nickname „tatu-bola‟.This was said by
Thiery Well,Fifa‟s marketing director about
whom?
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28.  Q25. . It started with a shop near Lille, France in
1976 by Michael Leclerq. It expanded
to Germany in 1986, Spain in 1992 and
the United Kingdom in 1999.In India,it has stores
in Bangalore,Thane,Ahmedabad & Pune.Identify
this sporting retail giant?
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