Sports quiz

RULES
• 20 questions in total.
• Qn nos. 6,8,16,20 are star marked and will be used to resolve ties if any.
• Top 6 teams in the final
• Avoid googling,fixing,betting.
• QM’s decision is final

1.
• This hybrid sport combining two traditional sports was the brainchild of
performance artist Lepe Rubingh, who got this idea while reading a comic
by a French artist Enke Bilal who was instrumental in garnering interest
for the sport by auctioning one of his paintings.
• The marketing agency handling this sport has created slogans as
“A quest for the smartest and toughest man on the planet.”
Name this hybrid sport, by simply joining two distinct sports.

2.ID
______________
_______________,
his hands can’t hit
what his eyes can’t see.

3.
• X is a position in American and Canadian football, and more often than not
is the strategist/captain of the offense. He/She alongwith center
compulsorily make contact with the ball during a game.
• Y is a position in defence ,serving the role of fifth defence back in addition
to 2 cornerbacks and 2 safeties, also the name of that Canadian rock band.
• Z , appearing in rare cases is the sixth defence back after Y, so also has a
name higher in value to Y.
X,Y,Z (ignoring the obvious suffix) are coins struck by United States mint,
whose denomination directly give these names.
0.5 for any two. Full point for all three.

4.#TIAGO
• First Western film to be screened/shown in North Korea, if that wasn’t
baffling enough then its lead ,beating out established players like Luis
Figo and Ronaldo, won the 2002 FIFA's International Football Personality
of the Year Presidential award, the first female to ever receive the honour.
• Which female-centric inspirational film?

*6.
• Dementia pugilistica (DP) is a type of chronic traumatic encephalopathy,
a neurodegenerative disease with features of dementia. It is commonly
referred to as the R syndrome.
• R is effectively the colloquial English two word term referring to the daze
and dizziness encountered during the event.

7.
Followers of this religion swarmed around the Christmas tree on 29th
October,their Christmas eve in their national shirts with pictures of their God
carefully strewn around this tree.
For about 120000 followers of this religion, 30th October 2016 marked the
beginning of 56 AD,the age of their God. One of the god’s names is
D10S,tetragrammaton(visual representation) for dios,Spanish for God.
To be a member of this tribe.you have to pass a baptism ceremony which involves
recreating something against a life size poster of an Englishman staring at you
with disgust.
Who is the God and what’s the baptism ceremony about?(No part points)

*8.#BESTSEATINTHEHOUSE
CONNECT(Exhaustive)

9.
• Toyota Stadium is the current name of a prominent soccer stadium in
Texas after an agreement with Toyota during 2012-2013season.
• It was previously named ______X____ Park for a long period between 2005
to 2012 with fans of the home team at the stadium joking about the
stadium ” If the players turn up 30 minutes late, you get your ticket for
free.”
• Another nickname was The____Y____, a 4 letter word aptly called so.
X and Y. Part points.

10.
• This great cricketer’s birthday falls on August 27. However one group of
fans have also been celebrating his birthday on August 4.For what specific
reason , were they celebrating his birthday on August 4?
Simple explanation to follow the cricketer’s name for full points. No part
points

11.
• U is a strategy devised by Dallas Mavericks coach Don Nelson in the 90s, who
theorized that if an especially bad free throw shooter were targeted every time,
then intentionally fouling him repeatedly might actually yield fewer points per
possession for his team than would playing a typical defense against them.
• The name is a colloquial rhyme rhyming with the center guard against which it
was obsessively used and a basketball slang for foul.
• Since Nelson would be employing the strategy even in the absence of any late-game
need to stop the clock, he would be free to use it with greater than two minutes left
to play. U initially just meant roughing up the player in question but later took its
now prevalent meaning.
• Since the player’s retirement , the name of this strategy is sometimes altered to
reflect the player being fouled.

12.
• Similar to stands in cricket being named after cricketers as a form of tribute,
grandstands or more precisely, the corners in Formula One circuits follow a
similar naming style.
• Most notable example of this is seen in the Albert Park track in Melbourne at
the Australian Grand Prix where a total of 16 F1 racing drivers have been
remembered.
• Interestingly the final corner/s which normally result in the tense, close
finishes has been named after which fierce rivalry from the late 80s.
Name the final two corners.

14.B?
• Step 1
Collect scorecards from five previous rounds of _____. Make sure they include slope and
rating information.
• Step 2
Work with one scorecard at a time. Subtract the ________ rating from the score.
• Step 3
Multiply the total from the previous step by 113.
• Step 4
Divide the result from the previous step by the slope number of the _______. The result is
known as the differential.
• Step 5
Repeat Steps 2–4 for the other four scorecards. When finished, select the lowest differential
and multiply it by .96. The resulting number is your _______B_______.
The sport is a dead give-away.

15.PERHAPS TOO EASY,WHOSE TRAIL IS THIS?
ALSO ID THE MISSING IDENTITY(NO PART POINTS)
?

*16.#GOOGLY
What is the commonality between the following:
a)First ever T-20 International in the world
b)First ever Tie in ODI cricket
c) Youngest Ever International cricketer in the
world?

18.WHO SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT?(NO P.P)
• "I am against women made to do a certain thing while men are not. It's
more of a man-woman thing. It should be avoided in sport. You are after all
inviting sportspersons to compete in your land,“
• Speaking of her discomfort beyond the sport she said “I would be
uncomfortable both ways. Even as a tourist in Iran I would not want to be
part of something I don't believe in. How can I? I am an adult and citizen of
a sovereign nation,"

19.
• H is arguably one of the greatest forwards in basketball and a special three point
shooter, showing his mastery at the three point shoot-out contests at the All star
games,but what really sets him apart are his trash talking skills.
• On a game on Christmas Day against the Indiana Pacers, before the game H told Chuck
Person that he had a Christmas present waiting for him. During the game, when Person
was on the bench, H shot a three-pointer on the baseline right in front of Person.
Immediately after releasing the ball, H turned to Person, “Merry f**king Christmas!”,
and then the shot went in.
• This was no doubt inspired by Person (nicknamed the “Rifleman”) stating prior to the
game at a press meet that “The Rifleman is Coming, and He’s Going _____R___.”
• R is an activity, a game basically and also a pun on H’s name.H?

• LHS- BULL, the inner red section is the bull’s eye.
• RHS- SPIDER

6.
• Dementia pugilistica (DP) is a type of chronic traumatic encephalopathy,
a neurodegenerative disease with features of dementia. It is commonly
referred to as the R syndrome.
• R is effectively the colloquial English two word term referring to the daze
and dizziness encountered during the event.

8.#BESTSEATINTHEHOUSE
CONNECT(Exhaustive)

• These were the cricketers at the non-strikers' ends
when Ravi Shastri, Sir Gary Sobers, Yuvraj Singh,
Herschelle Gibbs and Jordan Clark struck 6 sixes in
an over off the respective bowlers in a FC match.

10.
• This great cricketer’s birthday falls on August 27. However one group of
fans have also been celebrating his birthday on August 4 since 2008.For
what specific reason , were they celebrating his birthday on August 4?
Simple explanation to follow the cricketer’s name for full points. No part
points

• The Don was born on August 27,1908.100th year would be
August 27th,2008.When they applied 99.94% (or a ratio on that
drift),it worked out to August 4,2008.

Indian football players playing for European Clubs.
Mohammed Salim, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu,Baichung
Bhutia,Sunil Chhetri and Subrata Pal

Steps to calculate a golf HANDICAP

• Bengaluru FC,
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya/Air Force Club

16.#GOOGLY
What is the commonality between the following:
a)First ever T-20 International in the world
b)First ever Tie in ODI cricket
c) Youngest Ever International cricketer in the
world?

All these happened for the first time in Women’s cricket.
First ever T20 International occured between New Zealand and England in
2004 (Ladies cricket).
The first ever tied match in ODI cricket was between New Zealand and
England (Ladies cricket) and the youngest ever International Cricketer is
Ms. Sajida Shah, who was 12 years and 4 months young, which is a record.

18.WHO SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT?(NO P.P)
• "I am against women made to do a certain thing while men are not. It's
more of a man-woman thing. It should be avoided in sport. You are after all
inviting sportspersons to compete in your land,“
• Speaking of her discomfort beyond the sport she said “I would be
uncomfortable both ways. Even as a tourist in ____ I would not want to be
part of something I don't believe in. How can I? I am an adult and citizen of
a sovereign nation,"

HEENA SIDHU ON PULLING OUT OF ASIAN
AIRGUN SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP IN IRAN
DUE TO HIJAB RULE

ROGER FEDERER
• Sang “We Are The Swiss”, during a Davis Cup event in 2008-9.

• 4 rounds
• A to Z
• #ThrowbackThursday
• Good’Ol Pounce Bounce
• Long Connect
• Points scheme will be said as we progress.

A-Z
• An A is a beverage of iced tea and lemonade named after a legendary American golfer A.
He played on six B teams, a biennial golf competition recently concluded in Hazeltine
National Golf Club. C is a trophy in sailing affectionately called Auld Mug, which in its
heydays was contested between USA and GBR,similar to B(B is between Americas and
Europe). Also a participant in C is Australia which conceded the D,2-3 to England.
The only crcketer to have played for both India and England is E,who belonged to royalty
and died while playing F. The modern game of F is derived from Manipur.Also hailing
from Manipur is Rio Olympian G, her sport being closely associated with a sports award in
India.The last footballer to have received this award was H,currently playing for a club
which made history by reaching finals of AFC cup.Former manager of this club was I,who
started his career as a trainee at J and was part of the FA-Youth Cup in 1995.
One of the current drivers for Red Bull Racing is K, who is from Australia recently in news
for his quirky shoe drinking celebration. L has won the Australian Open a record 6
times,a similar holder of such a record is Spaniard M.

Also from Spain is N, current gold medallist in women’s badminton.Speaking of K’s
celebration,another famous celebration was the bare hairy chested celebration by O against
Arsenal in a FA Cup semi-final.Closer home,Ganguly did this celebration at Lord’s Cricket
Ground,the Mecca of English cricket which was the host for the sport P during London
Olympics,the 30th Olympiad.
32nd Olympiad is going to be held in Q. Surprisingly R,the national sport of Bangladesh is a
popular sport in Q having featured in movies and animes.In the recently concluded R world cup,
India defeated S in the semi-final. T ,the current owner of the reigning Premier League
champions,whose current coach is U is from S.
U coached the country V in the 2013-14 season which upset Portugal to be crowned champions in
Euro 2004. W ,a Portugese footballing legend was the president of the Premier Futsal .X, a one
club man at Manchester United was the marquee player for the Bengaluru franchise.Y,from
Bangalore is a 10 time billiards world champion and was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in
2005.The frst sportsperson to have been conferred this award was Z,India’s first grandmaster and
chess legend.

ANSWERS
• 2 points for each right answer. A bonus 20 for a full house.
• A-Arnold Palmer K- Daniel Riccardio
• B-Ryder Cup L-Novak Djokovic
• C- America’s cup M-Rafael Nadal
• D-Ashes
• E-Pataudi Sr.
• F-Polo
• G- BombalyaDevi Laishram
• H-Sunil Chhetri
• I-Ashley Westwod
• J-Manchester United

• N-Carolina Marin V-Greece
• O-Ryan Giggs W- Luis Figo
• P-Archery X-Paul Scholes
• Q-Tokyo,Japan Y-Pankaj Advani
• R- Kabaddi Z- Vishwanathan Anand
• S- Thailand
• T-Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
• U-Claudio Raneiri

THROWBACKTHURSDAY
• 6 pictures from the Rio Olympics.
• 10 for every correct answer. No negatives
• No full house

1
Who is the swimmer with the
massive lead?How many medals
did she end up with?(P.P)

2.
Silver medallist in Rio,what is his
nickname or how did he train himself?

3.
Whose long standing record
was broken?

4.IDENTIFY ANY 5 CARTOON/GAMING CHARACTERS SHOWN IN THIS
PROMO(5 POINTS FOR 4 IDENTIFIED,10FOR 5)

5.CONNECT THIS PIC TO AN IRISH CULTURAL CELEBRATION FOR
5.FOR A FULL 10,ALSO WRITE THE TV SHOW EFFECT.(P.P)

6.CONNECT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

MR. YOUTUBE MAN,LEARNT JAVELIN
THROWING FROM YOUTUBE

• CAPTAIN TSUBASA
• HELLO KITTY
• PACMAN
• MARIO
• SONIC
• PIKACHU
• DORAEMON

• St. PATRICK’S DAY
• STAR TREK, Water actually gold but shows up as green on new-fangled
color TVs.

• FIRST AND LAST GOLD MEDAL AWARDED RESPECTIVELY AT RIO
OLYMPICS,COINCIDENTALLY BOTH FROM US.
• Only 5 if “first and last gold medal by U.S team”

GOOD’OL POUNCE BOUNCE
• 12 questions in all, 6 clockwise and 6 anti-clockwise.
• +10/-10 on a pounce.
• +10/0 on a direct.
• +5/0 on a pass.

1.
• When asked by a little boy on why X wears them, he quipped, “It is a
universal colour. They have to go through a lot and whenever we meet
them, they still have a big smile on their faces. Imagine, at one time, they
are in Siachen’s -50o C and in another time, they are in Rajasthan’s 50+o C
weather. This is the reason why I love wearing. I try to wear some _______
_______ to show that we are with them”
• Who is the speaker X and
• These are his reasons for wearing what (Fill up the two blanks)?

2.
• Zhuang Zedong, a former player told more of this story: "The trip on the bus
took 15 minutes, and I hesitated for 10 minutes. I grew up with the slogan
'Down with the _________imperialism!' And during the Cultural Revolution, the
string of class struggle was tightened unprecedentedly, and I was asking myself,
'Is it okay to have anything to do with your No. 1 enemy?”.
• The above confession hints at the frosty relations between two countries which
underwent a huge shift due to a sporting interaction, facilitated by both the
leaders of the respective countries visiting each other’s nation during the 70s.
• This interaction benefited the sporting world as ________became an Olympic
sport in 1988 and also benefited one of the nations economically
• Simply.name this cultural interaction……..best seen in a 1994 film.

3.
• The ice hockey league in Russia,Kontinental Hockey League is one of the
strongest hockey leagues in Europe boasting of 29 top class teams taking
part and comes second only to NHL in popularity and quality of plays.
• What is the name of the trophy that is awarded to the winner of the 16 team
play-off at the end of a regular season…trophy is named so as the last
possible game of the inaugural KHL season would take place on April 12,the
anniversary of a very signficant event in Russia’s history?

GAGARIN CUP, that is
Yuri
GAGARIN in the
centre.

4.
• Sort of an ice-bucket challenge before it was cool,this sporting tradition
began in American football out of a New York Giants player’s idea of letting
out steam on his hard-nosed coach.
• Synonymous with sporting celebrations at the end of game with multiple
sports now, this tradition has crept big time into prop-betting with people
betting on the colour of the mixture to be dunked.
• Some teams use different mixtures suitably due to prevailing sponsorship
agreements with other companies.
• What is this tradition called?

• GATORADE SHOWER/BUCKET/BATH/DUNK

5.
• David Attenborough was one of the foremost officials in BBC during the
60s.He wanted to start a new show to demonstrate the superior aspects of
colour TV technology and found this particular sport fitting enough.
• This sport was in a constant state of neglect but with the launch of this
show its popularity boomed eventually garnering the largest TV audience
in Britian by 1985.
• Which sport did he choose?

6.
• During a press conference before the ____(championship)_________ in ____(place)______
in November 2011, Chinese men’s team national coach, Liu Guoliang, was asked how he
regarded the threat from Germany. He answered that Germany was good but that the
country he respected the most was still _________.
• The answer may be considered as being a polite comment, paying respects to the host
but it also did show a mark of reverence to a small country in northern Europe which,
from time to time, has overshadowed the huge country of ______ in its national sport.
• Unquestionably, without ____X_____ this would not have happened. Without X, _______
would have had no world champions because it was X, who back in 1944, started to
produce their own ___(sport)____ equipment; always with the aim to do better and
better, until they became number one.
• Identify X and the country……most of you guys would have seen X equipment n the
college. (No P.P in pounce)

7.
• The President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument, sometimes
shortened to President Lincoln's Cottage, is a national monument on the
grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement
Home.
• The Cottage isn’t usually considered “unusual” but it is certainly unique! As
are the other attractions that will be featured, including Titanic Memorial, The
Maine Lobsterman Statue, Theodore Roosevelt Island, and the National
_____X____Museum to name a few.
• Lincoln probably played this game as is depicted in the political cartoon in the
next slide

• Bagatelle,the
old
• name of which
game ,
• all of us have
played this
• when bored in
our child childhood.
•

8.
• A match in 1967 National Football championships,the game started late due
to malfunctioning of Lambeau Field X system,which was first used in
Goodison Park.
• The match was between Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys.The
atmosphere was hostile for players,spectators as snow froze on the field and
even the musicians struggled to play the opening song with a few admitted
to hospital.
• Packers won it 21-17. Dallas head coach Tom Landry told NY Times “It was
terrible out there,terrible for both sides.”
• This match stood out for this reason and was given an unique name.Also
identify X?

9.
• Excerpts from a Telegraph article,
• After a frustrating start to the season, the 53-year-old's behaviour has been erratic,
apparently lashing out at his players privately and publicly. To make things worse, a
theory has developed among rival fans, social media commentators and the sports press
that X's life has taken a distinct, characterful turn.
• X, they claim, has morphed into Y. A-ha.
• First posited by Matthew Syed in the Times in 2013, it's an observation that's gathered
steam over the last few months, thanks partly to internet snipes and, chiefly, X's own
antics. The __________manager's extended living arrangement as a chance to redraw
comparison between he and the fictional broadcast behemoth, claiming X is "following in
the footsteps" of Y by choosing to stay in a hotel.
• Similarities include…
He lives in a hotel,He’s got a Lynn(Y’s assistant in the show),Nothing is ever his fault,
Cars are his escape,Same taste in music.
Y was played in the eponymous show by British comedian Steve Coogan.X and Y

10.
• The Nazis believed that classical Greece was the forerunner to the modern
German Reich movement and wanted to emphasise their links together.
Also with the intention of expanding their influence in south and central
Europe, what tradition followed till date and adds excitement to the
countdown did they start at the Berlin Olympics?

OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY
• Route originated from Greece,passing through Austria and Hungary finally
stopping at Germany

11.#FOXES
• Brawn GP – prior to the 2009 Formula One season, the team, who in previous season was Honda Racing
F1, a fully factory supported team with lacklustre results despite a $300 million budget and staff of 700,
before the team pulled out.
• One of the weakest teams in the roster,the team to the shock of everyone began its season with Jenson
Button and Rubens Barrichello scoring a 1–2 victory respectively from pole,then winning its following 5 of
its 6 races .
• By the end of the season, they managed to score an extra two victory by Barrichello was enough for the
team to take the constructor's championship and put himself in contention for the driver's championship
with Button managing to take the driver's title.
• All this in a season that began without certainty of winning, losses of 270 jobs following its first Grand Prix
to survive and managing with only three cars as opposed to eight on better funded teams.
• What term ,used to refer to situations in which competitors achieve far greater success than would
reasonably have been expected,tend to gain much media and fan attention as they move closer to the
championship game at the end of the tournament.comes from a well-known European folk tale embodying a
myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward.
• Just recall news headlines from 2015-16 EPL season

12.
• Fans Of Saint Etienne believe that they could have won rather than lost
the 1976 European Cup final 1-0 to Bayern Munich hadit not been for
_________.
• The match saw two shots from saint Etienne,,a 20 yard shot and the other
a header, denied a goal due to __________.
• Id the blank.

LONG CONNECT
• 6 questions,all fall under a common theme.
• Points for the final guess given in each slide
• 5 for maximisers..a total of 30. no full house bonus.

1.+60/-30
• The X ruling declares that citizens of countries which have signed European
Union Association Agreements have the same right to freedom of work and
movement within the EU as EU citizens. Thus any restrictions placed on their
right to work (such as quotas setting maximum numbers of such foreign
players in sports teams) are deemed illegal under EU law.
• In practice the decision has allowed English county cricket clubs to employ the
services of a multitude of overseas cricketers, especially from South Africa. Faf
Du Plessis famously turned down the X agreement and it has served him well.

2.+50/-25
• Aorangi Terrace, commonly known as “________", alongside a series of other
nicknames, is a mostly grassed banked area in the grounds of the All England
Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club where, during the annual Wimbledon tennis
championship, crowds of people without showcourt tickets can watch the tennis
matches live on a giant television screen at the side of No. 1 Court. The terrace
is also the main site for spectators to eat picnics.
• During television broadcasts of matches, cameras often sweep over the area,
and sports journalists frequently conduct vox pops and interviews with
members of the crowd. If you’re a Wimbledon fanatic,feel free to right its
current name.

+40/-20
• Most common surgery undergone by baseball pitchers is the
_____X________surgery , a surgical graft procedure in which the ulnar
collateral ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with either a tendon from
elsewhere from the patient's own body, or the use of a tendon from the donated
tissue of a cadaver.
• Some baseball pitchers believe they can throw harder after ulnar collateral
ligament reconstruction than they did beforehand. As a result, orthopedic
surgeons have reported that parents of young pitchers have come to them and
asked them to perform the procedure on their un-injured sons in the hope that
this will increase their sons' performance.

+30/-15
• As news of ___X___’s death filtered through, social media was flooded with
video clips of the _____. Olsson,the poor defender has seen it back many
times but is still left surprised. “I do not understand how he did it. It was a
fantastic sequence,” he said. “I thought I was going to take the ball. I still
cannot understand. Now when I see the video, every time I think I have got
the ball. When he is about to kick the ball I am sure I am going to take it,
but every time he surprises me. I loved everything about this moment.”
about a famous ‘74 WC incident.

+20/-10
• ______X_______ (RUS)
• Yamilet Peña (DOM)
• Fadwa Mahmoud (EGY)
• Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)
• _______Y_______
X is clue for the theme connect.ID list for maximiser

CONNECT:EPONYMS IN SPORT I.E SPORT
TERMS NAMED AFTER SPORTSPERSONS
• KOLPAK, from Slovak handball player Maros Kolpak
• Henman Hill/Murray Mound from Tim Henman,British player in the 90s.
• Tommy John Surgery,after Tommy John who was the first to undergo this
surgery
• Cryff turn ,Johan Cryff.
• Produnova vault after Yelena Produnova.
• Dilscoop after Tilakaratne Dilshan.

THANK YOU
With contrbutions from Kushal Sheshagiri,Subhadeep Sarkar and Anantha
Sir.

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