5. Only Olympians to have won
medals in Summer as well as
Winter Olympics
Eddie Eagan, Jacob Tullin Thams, Clara
Hughes, Christa Luding, Gilles Grafstrom,
6. 2. ID the 2. And what important event/exchange did
their chance meeting lead to, in the 1970s?
9. In the 1980 Olympics, because of the boycot by the US
3. and other countries, there were very few teams
participating in the this sport. A late request was sent
to this country which assembled a team with less than
a week before the competition started. Following were
the results of the team’s matches
• Defeated Poland (4-0)
• Drew with Czechoslovakia (2-2)
• Defeated Soviet Union (2-0)
• Drew with India (1-1)
• Defeated Austria (4-1)
The gold medal winning team’s players were each
rewarded with an ox when they returned home from
the 1980 games. Which country/team?
17. Only players to have achieved a
Box Set in their careers (All types
of grand slams – singles and both
doubles)
Margaret Court, Doris Hart, Martina
Navratilova
18. Who?
6.
And this person became the
2nd in history to achieve this
in Feb, 2013. What?
20. Jenn Suhr. 2nd woman to cross the
5m mark (broke Yelena
Isinbayeva’s record)
21. ID this former para swimmer who was the first disabled
7. swimmer to represent India and win a medal in the
World Swimming Championships. In the
Commonwealth Games 2010, he won a bronze
medal, which was India’s first ever aquatics medal in the
Commonwealth Games. He’s the Asian record holder in
the 50m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly.
After the 2012 para olympics, he left swimming to take
up another sport, in which he recently bagged 2 golds at
the Asian level.
24. 8.
In the recently concluded Golf Premier
League, there was a team named Maharashtra
59ers which consisted of Shiv Kapur, Scot
Hend, Angel Cabrera, Ashok Kumar.
In the NBA the Philadelphia 76ers are named
after the year of America’s independence year.
Although it’s not a similar funda, there is a
reason behind the 59 in 59ers. Funda please.
26. 59 is the magic number in golf
(13 under par in a par 72 course)
27. 9.
He started playing polo seriously at
the age of 17 in 1989. During the
span of his polo career, he has been
part of 3 Indian world cup teams –
1991, 1995 and 1998. He is known for
his long hitting, his ability to get to
the ball quickly and carry it with
accuracy and speed.
He is the only Indian polo player to
win an Arjuna Award. He won in
2012.
ID
30. 10. The fundamental principle of the X is based on the
monitoring of selected parameters over time that
will indirectly reveal the effects of doping rather
than attempting to detect the doping substance
itself. It is an electronic record in which the doping
results are collated over a period of time. It was, in
part, responsible for catching Lance Armstrong.
X is likely to be introduced in tennis by the end of
2013 in the wake of the Lance Armstrong scandal.
X?
33. 11.
X, as a national of Armenia won the gold in the 1996 Olympics
in the flyweight category of Greco Roman wrestling. He won
another gold at the 2000 Olympics, this time playing for
Bulgaria in the featherweight category. In the 2004
Olympics, he won the bronze in the lightweight category.
X is a 6 time European champion, a 3 time world champion
and a 2 time Olympic champion. In 2012 he became the head
coach of the Bulgarian national Greco Roman wrestling team.
He was in the news recently ever since the IOC decided to
drop wrestling from the Olympics program in 2020.
39. DIFFERENTIAL
• 6 Questions
• 2n+5 where n=number of teams that
didn’t get the answer
• +10 to whichever team gets at least 5
correct answers
40. X came into the limelight when he was
1. recruited by the giant killers of the 1940s –
Aryan SC. He refused an offer from East
Bengal because he wanted to play for
Mohun Bagan. He topped the goal
scoring charts when India toured Europe in
1948, beating Ajax 5-1 in one of the
matches. He finished as the top scorer in
the Asian Games 1951, which India won.
Arguably the best center forward India
has ever produced, it is said that he has
scored around 1032 goals in his entire
career (official and unofficial games) with
32 hattricks. In a quadrangular
tournament in 1952, X became the first
Indian to score a hattrick in an official
match.
Unfortunately, despite being a legend of
the sports, X was never conferred with the
Arjuna Award.
X?
41. After Federer's 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 loss to Nadal in the
2. 2006 French Open final, X said that
"Federer, today, unfortunately came out with no
balls...you don't find too many champions in any
sport in the world without heart or balls. He might
have them, but against Nadal they shrink to a very
small size and it's not once, it's every time."
X and Rafael Nadal are the only players to have won
2 or more Grand Slams on 3 different surfaces.
X won the 1982 French Open as an unseeded
player. He holds the record for fewest attempts to
win a Grand Slam(3).
He also helped his country reach 7 consecutive Davis
Cup Finals in the 1980s.
X?
42. 3.
The origin of this phrase is thought to originate from Revelation 13:18 (KJV):
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
These words are usually thought of as pointing to some specific man who
fits into the prophecy in the previous verses. _____ _____ _______. It’s 666.
Now, if you understand the prophecy, figure out who this man is. One
popular interpretation in ancient times was that Nero Caesar was the man
whose number is 666.
In ancient Greek and Hebrew, every letter of the alphabet also served as
a numeral, and thus had a numerical value. Consequently every
word, phrase, or name had a numerical value which was the sum of the
letter values. And it was believed that one could learn something about
the essence of a god or a man by looking at the number of his name, and
comparing it to words and phrases that have the same number.
The first recorded use of this phrase is in Dickens’ Bleak House, published in
1853.
In modern day sports, this phrase is a slang used, mainly in basketball and
American football when a particular person is constantly
countering/defending/attacking successfully an opposition player. In
such a case, the first person is said to ______ the other person’s ______
43. 4. Irina Aleksandrovna Viner - ________ is the head
coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team.
She trained the Russian team which won the 2012
Olympics gold in the Group All Round. She’s also
trained numerous Olympic and World Champions in
Rhythmic gymnastics. Her husband is the Uzbek
born Russian X who is also the President of the
International Fencing Federation. However, recently
he’s been in the news for different reasons. X?
44. 5. X holds the distinction of having
competed at Wimbledon under four
different nationalities. In 1938, at the age
of 16, he started for his native
Czechoslovakia. A year later, following
the German invasion and occupation of
Czechoslovakia, he officially represented
the Protectorate of Bohemia and
Moravia. After WWII, he started at
Wimbledon as a Czechoslovakian but
chose to defect 1949 to Egypt in
1949, before becoming a British citizen in
1959. To date he is the only player of
African nationality to have won the
Wimbledon.
A former world no.1 in tennis, he was also
a silver medalist in ice hockey at the 1948
Olympics wherein he scored 9 goals in 8
matches. He also won the World
Championships in 1947 with the
Czechoslovakian ice hockey team.
45. 6. X – the national sport of Russia was a precursor to modern
ice hockey and is still a popular sport in some European
and Asian countries. With football and X being dominant
sports in parts of Europe, it was common for sports clubs to
have both popular X and football sections, with athletes
playing both sports but during different times of the year.
Example being Nottingham Forest Football and X
Club, now Nottingham Forest FC. X was a demonstration
sport in the 1952 Olympics, but never became an official
Olympic Sport.
X is unofficially called Russian hockey in Russia, as they see
themselves as the creators of the sport. Due to the ice
hockey becoming an Olympic sport, many X players
started playing ice hockey instead, to get play
internationally.
As of 2012, the International Federation of X has 29
members, including India.
<Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSP83S83Mc>
X?
47. X came into the limelight when he was
1. recruited by the giant killers of the 1940s –
Aryan SC. He refused an offer from East
Bengal because he wanted to play for
Mohun Bagan. He topped the goal
scoring charts when India toured Europe in
1948, beating Ajax 5-1 in one of the
matches. He finished as the top scorer in
the Asian Games 1951, which India won.
Arguably the best center forward India
has ever produced, it is said that he has
scored around 1032 goals in his entire
career (official and unofficial games) with
32 hattricks. In a quadrangular
tournament in 1952, X became the first
Indian to score a hattrick in an official
match.
Unfortunately, despite being a legend of
the sports, X was never conferred with the
Arjuna Award.
X?
50. After Federer's 1–6, 6–1, 6–4, 7–6 loss to Nadal in the
2. 2006 French Open final, X said that
"Federer, today, unfortunately came out with no
balls...you don't find too many champions in any
sport in the world without heart or balls. He might
have them, but against Nadal they shrink to a very
small size and it's not once, it's every time."
X and Rafael Nadal are the only players to have won
2 or more Grand Slams on 3 different surfaces.
X won the 1982 French Open as an unseeded
player. He holds the record for fewest attempts to
win a Grand Slam(3).
He also helped his country reach 7 consecutive Davis
Cup Finals in the 1980s.
X?
53. The origin of this phrase is thought to originate from Revelation 13:18 (KJV):
3. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
These words are usually thought of as pointing to some specific man who fits
into the prophecy in the previous verses. _____ _____ _______. It’s 666. Now, if
you understand the prophecy, figure out who this man is. One popular
interpretation in ancient times was that Nero Caesar was the man whose
number is 666.
In ancient Greek and Hebrew, every letter of the alphabet also served as a
numeral, and thus had a numerical value. Consequently every word, phrase, or
name had a numerical value which was the sum of the letter values. And it was
believed that one could learn something about the essence of a god or a man
by looking at the number of his name, and comparing it to words and phrases
that have the same number.
The first recorded use of this phrase is in Dickens’ Bleak House, published in
1853.
In modern day sports, this phrase is a slang used, mainly in basketball and
American football when a particular person is constantly
countering/defending/attacking successfully an opposition player. In such a
case, the first person is said to ______ the other person’s ______
56. 4. Irina Aleksandrovna Viner - ________ is the head
coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team.
She trained the Russian team which won the 2012
Olympics gold in the Group All Round. She’s also
trained numerous Olympic and World Champions in
Rhythmic gymnastics. Her husband is the Uzbek
born Russian X who is also the President of the
International Fencing Federation. However, recently
he’s been in the news for different reasons. X?
59. 5. X holds the distinction of having
competed at Wimbledon under four
different nationalities. In 1938, at the age
of 16, he started for his native
Czechoslovakia. A year later, following
the German invasion and occupation of
Czechoslovakia, he officially represented
the Protectorate of Bohemia and
Moravia. After WWII, he started at
Wimbledon as a Czechoslovakian but
chose to defect 1949 to Egypt in
1949, before becoming a British citizen in
1959. To date he is the only player of
African nationality to have won the
Wimbledon.
A former world no.1 in tennis, he was also
a silver medalist in ice hockey at the 1948
Olympics wherein he scored 9 goals in 8
matches. He also won the World
Championships in 1947 with the
Czechoslovakian ice hockey team.
62. 6. X – the national sport of Russia was a precursor to modern
ice hockey and is still a popular sport in some European
and Asian countries. With football and X being dominant
sports in parts of Europe, it was common for sports clubs to
have both popular X and football sections, with athletes
playing both sports but during different times of the year.
Example being Nottingham Forest Football and X
Club, now Nottingham Forest FC. X was a demonstration
sport in the 1952 Olympics, but never became an official
Olympic Sport.
X is unofficially called Russian hockey in Russia, as they see
themselves as the creators of the sport. Due to the ice
hockey becoming an Olympic sport, many X players
started playing ice hockey instead, to get play
internationally.
As of 2012, the International Federation of X has 29
members, including India.
<Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwSP83S83Mc
>
X?
73. Cricketers named after cricketers
Kenny Benjamin after Charles Griffith
Neil Fairbrother after Neil Harvey
Colin Croft after Everton Weekes
Nick Knight after Hedley Verity
Nick Compton after Denis Compton
Rohan Gavaskar after G Viswanath, Rohan Kanhai, ML
Jaisimha
74. INFINITE BOUNCE
• 12 Questions
• Counter Clockwise
• +10/0
• 4 Pounces per team
• +10/-5 on the pounce
• One cannot pounce on one’s own direct
75. This scoring system was developed by Dr. Frank
1. Barney Gorton _____ to deter golfers from giving
up on their round after just one or two bad holes. It
involves scoring points based on the number of
strokes taken at each hole. Unlike traditional scoring
methods, where the aim is to have the lowest
score, under _______ rules, the objective is to have
the highest score. The score is calculated for every
hole according the following scoring pattern. FITB.
Points Strokes taken in relation to par
+8 points Albatross (3 strokes under par)
+5 points Eagle (2 strokes under par)
+2 points Birdie (1 stroke under par)
0 points Par
−1 point Bogey (1 stroke over par)
Double bogey or worse (2 strokes or more over
−3 points
par)
78. 2. Angelo Siciliano was a professional bodybuilder, the developer of
a bodybuilding method and its associated exercise program that
was best known for a landmark advertising campaign. He took
the name “_______ _____" after a friend told him he resembled the
statue of _____ on top of a hotel in Coney Island and legally
changed his name in 1922. As a youth, Siciliano had a bully kick
sand into his face at a beach; at this time in his life, also according
to the story, he weighed only 97 pounds (44 kg). Humiliated, the
young Siciliano joined the YMCA and began to do numerous
exercise routines.
His eponymous company was founded in 1929 and continues to
market a fitness program for the "97-pound weakling".
The print ads that were released were usually entitled “The Insult
that Made a Man out of Mac”, “The Insult That Turned the Chimp
into a Champ” etc. Sample print ad on the next page.
The ads and the company were so popular that they were
referenced or parodied numerous times in songs, comic and films.
Name of the company or the person?
82. 3.
X is considered to be the greatest checkers player ever.
He was world champion from 1955–1958 and 1975–1991.
He never lost a World Championship match, and lost
only seven games in his entire 45 year career. He
withdrew from championship play from 1958–1975.
Upon X’s retirement, the American Checkers Federation
thought it worthless to call someone else the World
Champion. As a solution, the ACF granted X the title of
World Champion Emeritus.
X?
91. The only four players in basketball history to win an
NCAA championship and an NBA Championship in
consecutive years.
Bill Russell (1956-San Francisco Dons) and (1957-Boston
Celtics).
Henry Bibby (1972-UCLA Bruins) and (1973-New York
Knicks)
Billy Thompson (1986-Louisville Cardinals) and (1987-Los
Angeles Lakers)
Earvin Johnson (1979-Michigan State Spartans) and (1980-
Los Angeles Lakers)
94. Only instance in modern day first class/international
cricket where a batsman was dismissed hitting the ball
twice.(in 2004)
95. 7.
There is a pill in front of you. It is a performance-enhancing
drug, illegal, but undetectable. It will guarantee you success in your
chosen field: whether that is as a writer, a film star, a banker, a
musician, or a sportsman. It will make you be the best in the world
at whatever it is you want to do. But there's a price. It is also
guaranteed to kill you in five years.
This is X. Every two years from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s
researchers put that question to a group of elite athletes. The reward
on offer was an Olympic gold medal. Invariably, around 50% of the
athletes decided to take the pill. That statistic is often cited as proof
of how unhinged athletes can become in the pursuit of success.
98. 8.
The most cynical stretching of the laws took place in the much quieter
surroundings of Worcester, when Brian Rose, captaining Somerset,did
something which enraged the spectators.
Somerset travelled to Worcester knowing that under the rules of the
competition they would qualify for the quarter-finals as long as they did
not lose by a heavy margin. Even if they won, Worcester (and
Glamorgan, who were seemingly assured of an easy win over Minor
Counties South) could only finish on the same number of points as
Somerset; they needed a conclusive victory to overtake Somerset by virtue
of a superior strike-rate, which was used to separate teams on level points
Rose realised that what he was planning was likely to cause an outcry, and
checked with Donald Carr, the secretary of the Test & County Cricket Board
(the forerunner of the England & Wales Cricket Board), whether it was
legal. The reply came that while it was within the laws as they stood, it was
certainly against their spirit and that there would be "repercussions".
What did he do?
101. Rose won the toss, batted, and after one over - a maiden
bowled to him by Vanburn Holder, which included a no-
ball - he declared at 1 for 0. Worcestershire took 10 balls -
with Glenn Turner scoring two singles - to win a game
that lasted 18 minutes, including the statutory 10-minute
break between innings.
102. 9.
This structure,located in the St. Andrews' Golf Course(regarded
as the home of golf)has become an important cultural icon in
the sport of golf.The bridge itself is extremely small; at its
furthest extents it measures about 30 feet long, eight feet wide
and six feet tall, in the style of a simple Roman arch.
Originally built at least 700 years ago to help shepherds get
livestock across, it has the modern photographic advantage of
great backdrops on three sides: the course’s grand Royal and
Ancient Clubhouse and Hamilton Hall on one, often a packed
grandstand of enthusiasts on another, and rolling hills facing
the North Sea, on the last.Over the years it has become
customary for champions of golf to publicly show some sort
of homage or respect to the small and unimposing structure.
106. 10.
____X's_____ nickname was "Slammin' Sammy." He was
admired by many for having the so-called "perfect
swing," and generated many imitators. He was famed
for his folksy image, wearing a straw hat, playing
tournaments barefoot, and making such statements as
"Keep close count of your nickels and dimes, stay away
from whiskey, and never concede a putt.“ and "The
three things I fear in Golf most are lightning,Ben Hogan
and a downhill putt". Give X.
109. 11. This player was one of the most feared men to shoot
against in the 70s. He was 7-2 and a massive afro that
made him look even taller. During his career he recorded
over 1,700 blocks with the Bulls, Spurs, and the Celtics.
Before coming to the NBA he played 4 seasons with the
Kentucky Colonels of the ABA.
128. Sports terms named after
sportspersons
(Mario) Mendoza line
Gordie Howe Hattrick
Bernard Bosanquet – bosy/googly
Marillier shot (now more popular as the Dilscoop)
Ruthian (home run)
Van Dam lift
Ali Shuffle
Bosman ruling
Fosbury Flop
Mankading