Qutopia Session #10 29/8/15

1. No Fikr,
Khel
A Sports Quiz
Aman Sinha
4th Year CS

2. Format and Rules.
• 3 Written Rounds.
• 2 Dries.
• 1 LVC.
• Points for Written round and LVC mentioned later.
• For Dry Rounds:
• +15/-10 on pounce.
• +10 on direct.
• SURPRISE for the winning team.

3. WRITTEN 1.
• World Boxing Organization associates 10 different
Weight classes for Male Boxers.
2 of them, for example, are Heavyweight and
Middle weight.
• List down the remaining 8 classes that are
recognized for male Boxers.
• +5 for each correct guess.
+5 bonus for getting 5 correct.
+10 for getting all 8 correct.

5. Answer.
• Apart from Heavyweight(81-91) and
Middleweight(69-75) the remaining 8 classes are:
1. Super Heavyweight.(91+)
2. Light Heavyweight(Cruiserweight).(75-81)
3. Welterweight.(64-69)
4. Light Welterweight.(60-64)
5. Lightweight.(56-60)
6. Bantamweight.(52-56)
7. Flyweight.(49-52)
8. Light flyweight. (46-49)

6. CLOCKWISE ROUND
• 10 Questions.
• +15/-10 for Pounce.
• +10 for Direct.

7. Question 1.
• Dennis Rodman is a retired American professional
basketball player. Throughout his career, he has
been attached with a lot of controversies.
• During the promotional tour for his autobiography,
“Bad As I Wanna Be”, he bragged about how he
was soon going to marry a beautiful and intelligent
woman.
• Soon after this announcement he showed up at a
bookstore in a horse drawn carriage . He did
something which may force a lot of people to
“doubt his manhood”.
• What did he do?

9. Answer.
He showed up in a
White Wedding Dress
and announced that he
was going to marry
himself.

10. 2.
• William Web Ellis was an Anglican clergyman, born
in Salford , Lancashire. His father was killed at the
Battle of Albuera in 1811. During his school day, he
was recorded as being a good scholar and
cricketer, although it was noted that he was “rather
inclined to take unfair advantage at cricket.”
• He carried his habit of taking “unfair advantage” in
the field of football, which remains his claim to
fame.
• What “unfair” thing did he do,? What did it give rise
to?

12. Answer
• William Web Ellis supposedly caught the ball in his
arm during a football match(which was legal) and
ran with it(which was not), thus giving birth to
Rugby.
• William Webb Ellis cup is presented to the winners of
the Rugby World Cup.

13. 3.
Connect the three
players.
Bonus 5 points if you
tell me how the third
player is a bit
different from the
remaining 2.

15. Answer
• Players: Anderson Cummins, Kepler Wessells and
Graeme Hick.
• Anderson Cummins (WI and Canada) and Kepler
Wessells (Australia and SA) are the only 2 cricketers
to represent 2 teams in the WC. Graeme Hick was in
the Zimbabwe squad in the 1983 WC, but didn't
play and later went on to represent England in
three World Cups.

16. 4.
The following is an image of Croatia’s medal tally at the Winter Olympics.
What is special about the blurred names?

18. Answer
• All belong to the same family.

19. 5.
• Hall of Famer Dennis Potvin says that the New York
Islanders of the early 1980’s, of which he was a part,
played four games in five nights. This didn’t allow
them rest and recovery time and this is considered
to be the origin of a famous tradition.
• It is suggested that the two Swedes in the Islanders
have been following the practice of a fellow
countryman, from a different sport.
• What tradition are we talking about?
• Additionally, what practice followed by the
aforementioned countryman is said to have
inspired this?

21. Answer
• Playoff Beard.
• Bjon Borg not shaving through Wimbledon.

22. 6.
• Many amateurs refuse to use these based on the
perception that to do so would be unmanly but other
aficionados and professionals use them when required.
Some prefer a screw-on butt extension instead of
resorting to these.
• There are multiple design variants, some of which are not
approved, especially those with a shaft-enclosing rings
or those with wheels at the bottom. Common
tournament use has them available in three forms, two
of them taking their name from their resemblance to
animals and third named ‘Cross’(based on the
appearance).
• What am I talking about?

24. Answer
• These are the Mechanical Bridges used in cue
sports to aid as a bridge when the hand can not
perform the same function.
• They are named Swan(or Giraffe, sometimes), the
Spider and the Cross.

25. 7.
• Radomir Antic is a Serbian football manager,
currently managing Hebei China Fortune in the
China League One. He had a 17 year playing
career before moving to coaching and has
formerly coached the Serbian national team.
• In terms of managerial careers in the La Liga, what
unique distinction does he hold?
• This record is different from the distinction he shares
with Enrique Fernandez Viola in what way?

27. Answer
• He is the only individual to have managed Real
Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
• Viola and Antic are the only ones to have
managed both Barcelona and Real Madrid.

28. 8.
• According to the rules of golf, a player may
concede his opponent’s next stroke at any time.
Called a gimme, this is one of the many polite
peculiarities followed, nowadays primarily in match
play tournaments.
• Essentially, one concedes if the ball is too close to
the hole, since their opponents would make it
anyway, and once offered, a gimme must be
accepted.
• In the 1920’s, when the PGA Championship was a
match play tournament, what tactic did Walter
Hagen, a five time winner, employ with gimmes?

30. Answer
• At the start of the match, Hagen would very
generously concede putts, even those that were
three or four feet away.
• Later, when it came to crunch time, golfers would
no longer have any rhythm to make short putts, an
d Hagen wouldn’t concede at the time.
• He won on a playoff twice in 1927 just by using this
tactic, as both his opponents missed a three foot
putt.

31. 9.
• The subject of a George Plimpton article in Sports
Illustrated, Hayden Siddhartha ‘Sidd’ Finch, a rookie
baseball pitcher, was introduced this way- “He ‘s A
Pitcher, Part Yogi And Part Recluse. Impressively
Liberated From Out Opulent Lifestyle, Sidd’s Deciding
About Yoga”.
• He could pitch a fastball at an amazing 168 miles per
hour, far above the record of 103 mph. He attended
Harvard University and then went to Tibet to learn “yogic
mastery of mind-body”, which was the source of his
pitching prowess.
• Who/What is was Sidd Finch? The public were given an
obvious clue to figure it out. What Clue?

33. Answer
• Sidd Finch was fictional and part of an elaborate
April Fools Day prank for the April 1, 1985 issue of
Sports Illustrated.
• The ‘He ‘s A Pitcher, Part Yogi And Part Recluse.
Impressively Liberated From Out Opulent Lifestyle,
Sidd’s Deciding About Yoga’ spells out HAPPY
APRIL FOOLS DAY as an acrostic.

34. 10.
• Clovis Acosta Fernandes, seemed as the
Independent put it, “on the verge of trudging back
to his house and burning everything yellow and
green.”
• However, he handed the object that he had
brought along to a girl nearby, reportedly saying,
"As, you can see , it is not easy, but you deserve it,
congratulations!”
• So, how do we know Clovis Fernandes?

36. Answer

37. WRITTEN 2.
• The Laureus World Sports Awards is an annual
award ceremony honoring remarkable individuals
from the world of sports along with the greatest
sporting achievements throughout the year.
• Since its inaugural ceremony in 2000, only 8 people
have managed to win The Laureus World
Sportsman of the year award.
• List all the 8 people.
+5 for each correct answer.
+5 bonus for getting 5 correct.
+10 bonus for getting all correct.

39. Answer.
• Tiger Woods(2000,2001)
• Michael Schumacher(2002,2004)
• Lance Armstrong(2003)
• Roger Federer(2005,2006,2007,2008)
• Usain Bolt(2009,2010,2013)
• Rafael Nadal(2011)
• Novak Djokovic(2012,2015)
• Sebastian Vettel (2014).

40. ANTICLOCKWISE
ROUND
• 10 Questions.
• +15/-10 on Pounce
• +10 on direct.

41. 11.
• What feat, similar to the one achieved by Mario
Zagallo of Brazil in 1970 and by Franz Beckenbauer
of West Germany in 1990 with regards to
international football, was achieved as a result of
the 2015 World Cup Cricket Final?
• Who achieved that feat, which in turn is only the
second cricketer to do so.
• Name the first cricketer for bonus 5 points.

43. Answer
• Darren Lehmann, coach of Australia's winning
squad, became the second cricketer to win the
World Cup both as player and coach, emulating
compatriot Geoff Marsh. Zagallo & the Kaiser did so
with the FIFA World Cup.

44. Question 12.
• Morocco was supposed to host the 2015 Africa Cup
of Nations football tournament in Jan 2015, but
declared its refusal to do so in Nov 2014. This
resulted in the Confederation of African Football
also taking out Morocco from the tournament. Why
did Morocco pull out of hosting?

46. Answer.
• It said it feared visiting fans from some parts of
Africa could bring Ebola to the country.

47. Question 13.
• Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of France was well
ahead of his competitors in the 3000m
steeplechase at the European Athletics
championships 2014 in Zurich. He went on to finish
the race first. However, he was stripped of his gold
medal, because of a certain mid-race antic.
• What did he do to get kicked out?

49. Answer
• He took of his shirt, in an act of early celebration,
which is a breach of code

50. Question 14
• Argentina had bitter beginnings at the 2014 FIFA
World Cup when they displayed this banner before
a friendly against Slovenia ahead of starting their
World Cup campaign. The whole team was placed
under investigation for violating article 60 of the
"FIFA stadium and security regulations" and article
52 of the "FIFA disciplinary code"
• What did the Argentinian team convey to the world
with the banner, which the British certainly didn’t
like?

53. Answer.
• The banner stated "Las Malvinas son Argentinas",
which translates as "(the Falkland Islands) are
Argentinian", referring to the controversial dispute
with the United Kingdom over the territory.

54. Question 15
• Several participants at the 2014 Tour de France
complained about a social media phenomenon
that added to the physical dangers of the
competition. In this case, a non-participant could
potentially cause a self-inflicted form of injury due to
something which has become a huge craze
amongst people in recent years. What were the
cyclists and the Tour de France organizers worried
about?

56. Answer.
• About spectators turning their backs to the riders
attempting to take a 'selfie', while being very close
to them and thus not being prepared for any
potential mishaps.

57. Question 16.
• Daniel Dobson, a British man, was arrested at the
2014 Australian Open on charges of 'courtsiding' -
this charge was withdrawn in March 2014, due to
lack of evidence. In summary, Dobson (who works
for a company called "Sporting Data") was
accused of using a device sewn into his shorts to do
something, which could be considered illegal in
Australia. The first ever case of its kind, what is
'courtsiding'?

59. Answer
• There is a lag between a sporting event happening
and its data being relayed to the outside world (via
technical systems or broadcasts), which includes
official betting agencies. The fear of 'courtsiding' is
that people watching from courtside may send out
data about the match within this lag, that helps
some get an unfair advantage.

60. Question 17
• In January 2014, the Indian state of Goa hosted the
third edition of the Lusophony Games, an
international multi-sport event. The event was to be
held towards the end of 2013 in keeping with a four-
year cycle, but eventually happened in January.
Scheduled to be next held in Mozambique in 2017,
which countries are eligible to participate in these
games?

62. Answer
• Those who are Portuguese-speaking i.e. have a
Portuguese past.

63. Question 18
• In March 2013, a series of ads for the Ford Figo car
surfaced. It turned out to be an ironic piece of
copy: senior people at JWT (the creative agency
behind the ads) had to quit amidst a lot of
controversy. The ads depicted the likes of former
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and Paris Hilton at the
wheel with some of their potential problems
gagged and bound in the 'spacious boot' of the
car. The third ad in this series showed Michael
Schumacher with Sebastian Vettel, Fernando
Alonso and Lewis Hamilton at the back.
• What was the controversy about this ad?

65. Answer.
• The campaign had the tagline “Live your worries
behind”.

67. Question 19.
• What you see in this visual is, literally, at the centre
of something that caused a great deal of
controversy and consternation in India during the
end of October 2012. Where would you see this
logo, and during which event was this seen in India,
causing all the hullabaloo?

69. • This is the logo in the middle of the Italian Navy's
flag. During the Indian Grand Prix of 2012, Ferrari's
team decided to sport this on their cars, because
they wanted to show support to two Italian naval
marines held in Kerala on charges of killing two
fishermen.

70. Question 20
• The final of this year's Ryobi Cup (Australia's
domestic one day cricket competition) ended in an
exciting tie between South Australia and Tasmania,
with the former being declared champions on the
basis of finishing higher in the league phase.
Tasmania, chasing, needed 2 off the last ball, but
could only manage a single off a bye.
• Why did Ricky Ponting, the non-striker on that ball,
get booed by the crowd?

73. Answer
• Ponting took off his pads before the ball, so as to
run freely (and faster) if needed. The crowd thought
it was against the spirit of the game to do so.

74. WRITTEN 3.
• There are 5 8-bit football pictures.
• Just write down the context/situation/player-
specified in the Question.
• +5 for each correct answer.
• +10 bonus for getting all right.

75. 1.

76. 2.

77. 3.

78. 4.

79. 5.

81. 1. Drogba scoring the
penalty that won Chelsea
2012 Champions League.

82. 2. Peter Cech lifting
Lampard after his record
203rd goal for Chelsea.

83. 3. Deshorn Brown taking a
selfie with Messi after
Jamaica’s loss to Argentina .

84. 4. Cheikhou Kouyate scores
the opening goal in Cech’s
debut for Arsenal.

85. 5. Vucinic celebrating his
penalty with his pants off
against Pescara .

86. Long Visual Connect.
• 8 Pics.
• All of them form a exhaustive list of something.
• Marks for guessing the theme mentioned on
individual slides.

87. +80/-40

88. +70/-35

89. +60/-30

90. +50/-25

91. +40/-20

92. +30/-15

93. +20/-10

94. +10/-5

96. +5/0 for the connect.
• 1. Gubby Allen
• 2. Ray Illingworth
• 3. Keith Miller
• 4. Vinoo Mankad
• 5. Ian Bothom
• 6. Garry Sobers
• 7. Andrew Flintoff
• 8. Stuart Broad.

98. Answer.
• These are the only 8 players to feature on both the
batting and bowling honour boards of Lords.

100. THAT’S ALL.
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• THANK YOU !