Sports Quiz 2012 - Buzzer Round

1. Buzzer Round

2. 1. What is the name given to bilateral rugby tests
between England and Australia?

3. Answer Follows

4. Also called ‘The Ashes’

5. 2. What sport connects?

6. Answer Follows

7. Fencing; Both Olympic fencers
Bob Anderson – Fight choreographer for Star Wars;
performed the Darth Vader stunts
Pal Schmitt – ex-president of Hungary impeached
recently

8. 3. Many of the already existing stadiums/arenas in
London will be used for events during the London
2012 Olympics. The basketball finals and
gymnastics (artistic and trampolining) are
scheduled to be held in a famous complex that will
be known as the North Greenwich Arena through
the course of the Olympics.
Where are these events going to be held?

9. Answer Follows

10. O2 Arena

11. 4. Graham Poll, considered to be
one of the best English referees
was widely recognized as the prime
candidate to officiate in the finals
of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
However an incident in the Croatia
vs Australia group game resulted
in Poll retiring from refereeing
international tournament finals.
What led to this?

12. Answer Follows

13. He cautioned Josep Simunic thrice before sending
him off

14. 5. The Frances Pomeroy Naismith award given out in college
basketball is named after basketball inventor James Naismith’s
daughter-in-law. Past winners include players like the ones in pic.
Who is it specifically awarded to?

15. Answer Follows

16. Shorter than average players who excel despite size.
(6.0 ft or shorter)

17. 6. Why was Michael Jordan fined $5000 per game for a
period in 1985? Who picked up the tab?

18. Answer Follows

19. Jordan was fined for wearing the newly released Air
jordans as they were against the NBA code of wearing
white sneakers. Nike more than gladly paid the fines
for him

20. 7. This minor league baseball team (logo in pic)is
based in Georgia, U.S.A. Id.

21. Answer Follows

22. Augusta Greenjackets

23. 8. How does the
design of the trophy in
pic incorporate a piece
of history from the
bilateral test cricket
between the two
countries that play it?

24. Answer Follows

25. Frank Worrell Trophy
contested between
Australia and West Indies.
Ball from the Tied test in
Brisbane used in the trophy

26. 9. R. Norris Williams : American
tennis player. Best known for
victories at U.S Championships in
1914 and 1916. Also on the
victorious American Davis Cup
team and Olympic mixed doubles
gold medalist
Karl Howell : American tennis
player. Runner-up in men’s
doubles Wimbledon. Won the
Davis cup with Norris Williams
What 1912 event connects the two?

27. Answer Follows

28. Both Titanic survivors

29. 10. X was the second highest wicket taker (Tied with Madan
Lal) in the 1983 world cup behind Roger Binny, having
bagged 17 wickets. However it was discovered many years
later that one of the wickets taken by his teammate in a first
round match was actually taken by X, thereby tying him for
the top spot. However official scorecards do not reflect this.
Who is this bowler?

30. Answer Follows

31. Asantha De Mel

32. 11. This former international cricketer is the son of Anglo-
Indian parents; Bruce from Chennai and mother Mary from
Kolar Gold Fields. He is nicknamed ‘Sarfaraz’ because of
similarities between his bowling style and Sarfaraz Nawaz’s.
ID.

33. Answer Follows

34. Stuart Clark

35. 12. Starting 2012-13, winners of test series between England and New
Zealand are going to receive the X-Y trophy, named after Kiwi and
English batsmen X and Y respectively who have been successful in
bilateral ties in the 90s and 2000’s. What is the name of the trophy?

36. Answer Follows

37. Astle-Atherton trophy

38. 13. Who are their more famous fathers? (Clue: Its all
in the name)

39. Answer Follows

40. Sergei Bubka – Tennis player. Son of Sergei Bubka – Pole Vaulter. George
Foreman – Boxer. Son of George Foreman - Boxer

41. 14. Which sport’s name derives from the term
‘association’ because the laws of the game were
first codified by the association in England in
1863?

42. Answer Follows

43. Soccer/ Football

44. 15. Brief biography of X
British badminton, tennis and chess player
Twice British Chess Champion
21 time All-England Badminton Champion (most ever counting singles and
doubles)
Co-founder of International Badminton Federation
Id X

45. Answer Follows

46. George Alan Thomas (Of Thomas Cup)

47. 16. The last Champions league final in which this happened was in 1984
when Liverpool played AS Roma.
The next time this will happen when Bayern play Chelsea in the finals
this year.
What?

48. Answer Follows

49. Finalist playing on home ground.
1984 final happened in Rome.

50. Audience Q
In the Monaco Grand Prix in 2005, the Red Bull
Racing team were involved in a specific
marketing campaign that lasted through the race.
What were they promoting ?

51. The Star Wars movie