2. PATTERN & RULES
• 8 Rounds on 8 different topics will be shown on a grid
• The 1st ranked team from the prelims will get chance to choose first,
followed by 2nd ranked team and will go on until the last topic is left
for 8th ranked team to pick
• There will be an advantage for the team in the particular round which
it will choose…
• Each topic will have 8 questions
• Pounce is valid in every round (10 sec window)
3. SCORING
• For every correct on a Direct Q : +10 and for pass : +5 ; NO NEGATIVE
• For Pounce : +10 and -5 consistently
• Advantage : (Not for LVC Round)
• The team which choses a topic, will get ONE chance on a pass (apart from pounce
attempt) to double their points..
• E.g. if team 3 choses CRICKET, and the direct Q is for Team 5, and team 5 doesn’t
answer, on a pass, team 3 can attempt to double the pass points which means if
correctly answered, Team 3 will get 10
• MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN !!!! LETS PLAY !!!!
4. TOPICS OF THE FINAL
LVC MIXED BAG -1
SOCCER WORLD CUP
INDIA BUSINESS OF SPORTS
MIXED BAG-2 CRICKET
END
5. L V C
• 8 pictures will be shown
• All the 8 have something in common
• Though it’s a non- exhaustive list
• To crack the connect, each team will get 1 chance
• The team which choses LVC topic will get 2 chances
15. ANSWER of L V C
• Footballers who played for multiple countries
• 1 ---- Michel Platini- France and Kuwait (friendly)
• 2 ---- Nacer Chadli- Morocco and Belgium
• 3 ---- Alfredo Di Stefano- Argentina, Colombia and Spain
• 4 ---- Ferenc Puskas- Hungary and Spain
• 5 ---- Thiago Motta- Brazil and Italy
• 6 ---- Jermaine Jones- Germany and USA
• 7 ---- Luis Monti- Argentina and Italy
• 8 ---- Diego Costa- Brazil and Spain
Home
16. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 1
• Written by Tony Britten, and is an adaptation of George Frideric
Handel's Zadok the Priest. The chorus contains the three official
languages English, German, and French. It is about three minutes
long, and has two short verses and the chorus.
• What ?
19. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 2
• After finishing 4th in 1970 Commonwealth Games, he won Gold (the
first champion from his country) in 1972 Olympics by setting a world
record. He missed 1976 Olympics and a thrilling showdown with
Edwin Moses as his country boycotted the games
• Due to political turmoil in his country, he fled to another country as
refugee. From there, PUMA rescued him and he lived in Germany
working for them for next 3-4 years before returning back to his
country. He died at the age of 47
22. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 3
• “Strokes of Genius” is a book written by L. Jon Wertheim depicts the
iconic match which according to the author :
• “ Essentially, the match was an infomercial for everything that is right
about the sport--a festival of skill, accuracy, grace, strength, speed,
endurance, determination, and sportsmanship. It was also the
encapsulation of a fascinating rivalry, hard fought and of historic
proportions.”
23.
24. ANSWER Q 3
The epic 2008
Wimbledon Mens
Final between
Nadal and Federer
25. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 4 : From The ECONOMIST dated May 7th, 1988
• “ An improbable Balkans summit took place last week in, of all
places, Cardiff, in south Wales. It was between the presidents of the
Bulgarian and Turkish weightlifting federations. They indeed had
weighty business to discuss: a likely Olympic gold medal and the
troubled relations between Bulgaria and Turkey “
• What was the reason of this improbable summit ?
26.
27. ANSWER Q 4
• To decide which country between Turkey and Bulgaria would Naim
Suleymanoglu represent
28. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 5
• After 2002 Austrian GP, the Ferrari F1 Team was fined USD 1 Million
for violating a Formula One Sporting Regulation
• What did Ferrari do ??
29.
30. ANSWER Q 5 : Inappropriate PODIUM behavior
• During the race, Ferrari asked Barrichello to slow down and let
Schumacher win- at the podium ceremony, Schumacher handed
Barrichello the trophy and asked to stand at No 1 position on the
podium which violated Article 170 of F1 Sporting Regulations
31. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 6
• Hal Connolly and Olga Fikotova
• Jan Frodeno and Emma Snowsill
• There are in total 11 instances when something happened in
Olympics history. They are part of those 11. But their achievement is
something particular. What ??
32.
33. ANSWER Q 6
• There are 11 Olympic married couples who have won gold medals for
different nations, but only Connolly/Fikotova and Frodeno/Snowsill
won them at the same Olympics
• Hal Connolly and Olga Fikotova in Melbourne 1956
• Jan Frodeno and Emma Snowsill in Beijing 2008
34. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 7
• The Maurice Podoloff Trophy is given annually to one player in this
professional sports league, who is chosen by a vote by a group of
people mainly consisting of sports journalists and broadcasters. Who
is awarded the trophy ?
37. MIXED BAG -1
• Q 8
• He owns a coffee shop in downtown Austin, Texas called "Juan Pelota
Cafe". The name is a joking reference to his testicular cancer, with the
name "Juan" being considered by some a homophone for "one" and
"Pelota" being the Spanish word for "ball".
• A line of sports clothing from Nike, 10//2, was named after the date
(October 2, 1996) that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer
• Which controversial sportsperson is being talked about ???
40. AUDIENCE
• This Indian First-class cricketer made a 7-ball duck on his debut
against Jammu & Kashmir in a Ranji Trophy match in the 2000-01
season. (That would be the only FC match he played.)
43. SOCCER
• Q 1
• Johan Cryuff : “Fantastic. Fantastic. To do something like that,
spectacular”
• Robbie Fowler : “It wasn’t a great game, to be honest. But even
moments like these, which need not be an incredible goal can be
etched into history “
• Trevor Sinclair : “It was the magnitude of what was done, the risk he
took and what he pulled off. Hell Zlatan at his best couldn’t pull that
off “
48. ANSWER Q 2 : JAMIE VARDY
After being released by
1. SHEFFIELD
WEDNESDAY youth
side, he started his
senior career at
2. STOCKSBRIDGE CLUB
STEELS in 2007, moved
to
3. FC HALIFAX TOWN in
2010 before moving to
4. FLEETWOOD TOWN in
2011 and finally
attaining glory by
joining
LEICESTER CITY in 2012
49. SOCCER
• Q 3
• AFC Liverpool is a semi professional football club formed by 1000
enraged Liverpool supporters in 2008. Nicknamed Little Reds and
Liverpool Jr. , their best performance was finishing 7th in the North
West Counties League Premier Division, 2013–14.
• What is the full name of the club ?
50.
51. ANSWER Q 3 :
AFFORDABLE Football Club Liverpool
57. ANSWER Q 5
• Ronaldinho and Juan Roman Riquelme considered coming out of
retirement to play for tragic club Chapecoense, which was devastated
by the loss of 19 players, as well as a number of backroom staff, in a
plane crash in Colombia
58. SOCCER
• Q 6
• Teams managed by X till date :
• 1989–1990 Atlético
• 1991–1993 Barreirense
• 1993–1995 Espinho
• 2001–2002 Espinho
• 2003–2004 Salgueiros
• 2005- Vitória Setúbal
• 2006- Vitória Guimarães
• 2008–2011 Étoile Lusitana
• 2010–2012 Guinea-Bissau
• 2012–2013 Benfica B
• 2014- Chaves
• 2015–2016 União Madeira
• 2017– ???? IDENTIFY X AND ????
59.
60. ANSWER Q 6 :
• X- Luis Norton de Matos
• Y- India U-17 World Cup team
61. SOCCER
• Q 7 : What are these ?
• The ball is never soiled.
• Love football above all else.
• Declare unconditional love for X and the beauty of football.
• Defend the ___________ shirt.
• Spread the news of X's miracles throughout the universe.
• Honour the temples where he played and his sacred shirts.
• Don't proclaim X as a member of any single team.
• Preach and spread the principles of the Church of X.
• Make X your middle name.
• Name your first son X
62.
63. ANSWER Q 7
• The "Ten Commandments" of the Iglesia Maradoniana-
a religion, created by fans of Diego Maradona
69. Home
• In a planned tribute to Mohun Bagan's memorable win over Yorkshire
regiment on 29th July, 1911 – FIFA decided to honor the path
breaking 1911 Mohun Bagan side by beginning sale of tickets for the
U-17 World Cup at exactly 19:11 hours (7:11 PM) in mid May
72. ANSWER Q 1
Groups of The 2ndedition
of the ConIFA World
Football Cup
held in June 2016.
CONIFA federations
include football
federations that are not
affiliated
with FIFA
73. WORLD CUP
• Q 2 : 3 part Q : Identify her; what record does she hold in World Cup
till date and who is her male counterpart (part points)
74.
75. ANSWER Q 2 : Debbie Hockley
Most Runs scored in World Cup matches till date
76. WORLD CUP
• Q 3
• The first edition was held in 2012 and was named the "Summer
Games“. But in 2014, in its 2nd edition, the tournament (rechristened
as the "Global Games“
• The 2016 World Cup took place in Frankfurt, Germany. The initial
tournament plans involved 25 competing teams, but because of
dropouts, only 21 actually competed. The tournament took place
using a pool-play format, followed by a single-elimination bracket
with all 21 teams. The current champions are Australia, who defeated
the United States 150-130 in the finals.
82. WORLD CUP
• Q 5
• On 28th February 1988, a 50 over match was played between teams
representing Australia and West Indies. While the Windies team was
represented by the likes of Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs and Jimmy
Adams, the Australian side also boasted of Stuart Law and Alan
Mullaly. What is the significance of this match played at Mildura City
Oval, Victoria ?
83.
84. ANSWER Q 5
• The 1st ever match in the history of U-19 Cricket World Cup
• The 2 teams were Australia Young Cricketers & West Indies Young
Cricketers. The tournament back then was known as McDonald's
Bicentennial Youth World Cup
85. WORLD CUP
• Q 6
• Indian sportsperson Abhishek Verma on 24th October 2015 created
history by winning the first ever silver medal in the World Cup Final of
this sport held in Mexico City. Verma was beaten by Turkey’s Demir
Elmaagcli in the summit clash.
• Which Sport ?
88. WORLD CUP
• Q 7
• Formestane is a type I Steroidal Aromatase inhibitor used in the
treatment of endocrine-dependent advanced breast cancer. It also
acts as a prohormone to 4-hydroxytestosterone which is an active
steroid which displays weak androgenic activity. How did this benefit
an Indian (and India) in January 2014?
89.
90. ANSWER Q 7
• The long jumper Anju Bobby George was awarded a gold medal for
her 2005 World Athletics Final performance in Monte Carlo following
the disqualification of Tatyana Kotova of Russia by the International
Association of Athletics Federations for testing positive for
formestane, a substance banned by WADA
91. WORLD CUP
• Q 8
• After the 1938 World Cup final, Antal Szabo of Hungary said :
• “I may have conceded 4 times but at least I saved their lives”
• Why did he said so ?
92.
93. ANSWER Q 8
• When Italy reached the finals of 1938 World Cup Football, the players
received a threatening telegraph from Benito Mussolini with a simple
instruction : “WIN OR DIE “
• Antal Szabo of Hungary was the opposition goalkeeper and the final
result was 4-2 in favor of Italy. Thus he said so
94. AUDIENCE
• He was born in Nairobi, Kenya. He had a dream of playing Test Cricket.
So he migrated to England. But did not get chance to play for national
team. So he migrated to another country and played World Cup for
them and became hugely popular by doing something which
revolutionized the game. Who is he and what did he do ?
97. INDIA
• Q 1
• This champion holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Colorado. He is
the CEO of _______ Futuristics. He is also the brand ambassador of State-
run Steel Authority of India Ltd. and also a member of Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Sports Committee since 2010.
• In March 2017, he opened up about a neurological medical condition he
has been suffering since 2014. One of the after-effects of the disease was
tremors that made it difficult for him to perform
100. INDIA
• Q 2
• Born on 17 April 1961, he is the most coveted Indian professional player of the
sport he played and dominated the sport throughout much of the 1990s
• He has announced plans to compete in the Olympic Games for India when the
sport will finally be admitted in.
• He runs a private travel agency in Ahmedabad and Mumbai called Raag Travels,
alongside promoting a venture called Olympic Gold Quest, with Prakash
Padukone, committed to supporting Indian sportspersons with Olympic medal-
winning potential
103. INDIA
• Q 3
• X , a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna winner, got her first kit gifted by Bollywood
actor, Nana Patekar in 1993. She became World No 1 in 2002 and won her
first World Cup Final in Milan in 2003
• Apart from her sporting skills, she is also part of government selection
panel for some of the top notch sports award, both on state & national
level such as Shiv Chatrapati Award, Arjuna Award and Dronacharaya
Award.
• She has done a guest appearance in Marathi film Bokya Satbande. She has
walked ramp twice for fashion designer Vikram Phadnis. She has been
teaching blind students.She regularly writes for different newspaper and
magazines Identify X
108. ANSWER Q 4 : NORMAN PRITCHARD
• The picture is from the 1921 movie “The Black Panther’s Club”
• The person on the right is Norman Trevor, the name he took for his
acting career
• Pritchard was the first Indian-born athlete to participate in
the Olympic Games. He won two silver medals at the 1900 Summer
Olympics in Paris
114. ANSWER Q 6
• Captain Roop Singh Bais- a legendary Hockey player himself and
brother of Dhyan Chand
• The statue is situated at Captain Roop Singh Stadium at Gwalior
117. ANSWER Q 7
• Mohammed Salim
• 1st ever Indian Player to play for an overseas club when he played for
Scottish club Celtic in 1936. He played for few matches but soon came
back to Kolkata feeling homesick and rejoined Mohammedan
Sporting
118. INDIA
• Q 8: 3 part Q : Identify her; what first did she achieve and who is her
male counterpart (part points)
119.
120. ANSWER Q 8
• Subbaraman Vijaylaxmi
• India’s first Women Grandmaster
• Her male counterpart :
Home
121. BUSINESS OF SPORTS
• Q 1
• He entered in two competitions in 1958 , but failed to qualify for
either of them.
• He and business partner Flavio Briatore also owned the English
football club Queens Park Rangers between 2007 and 2011
• The Forbes World's Billionaires List of 2011 ranked him as the 4th
richest person in the United Kingdom
• In early 2004, he sold one of his London residences in Kensington
Palace Gardens, never having lived in it, to steel magnate Lakshmi
Mittal for £57.1 million
126. ANSWER Q 2 1. John Henry Davies- the first
shareholder of Manchester
United along with 3 other
businessmen
2. Avram Glazer and Joel
Glazer- present Chairman of
the club
3. The Newton Heath Football
Club team- before John
Henry Davies invested in
the club and changed its
name to Manchester
United, the club was named
Newton Heath Football
Club
130. BUSINESS OF SPORTS
• Q 4
• While X was the undisputed champion, he said of Y :
• “Y is a wretched, slimy, reptile. This is supposed to be my 'black
brother', right? He's just a bad man, a real bad man. He would kill his
own mother for a dollar. He's ruthless, he's deplorable, he's greedy ...
and he doesn't know how to love anybody.“
• X, Y ??
133. BUSINESS OF SPORTS
• Q 5
• X’s lesser known brother is also involved in sports administration as
the head of the State Squash Rackets Association, President of
the Indian Olympic Association and the chief of World Squash
Federation
• T K Ramanathan, coach and father of Ramanathan Krishnan noticed X
when he was just 16 and said "If you want to win against this kid, you
will have to defeat him. He will never give up and lose."
139. BUSINESS OF SPORTS
• Q 7
• The event lived up to revenue expectations, generating somewhere
between $300 million and $400 million in gross revenue according to
early estimates, which would surpass Super Bowl XLIX. Due to the
possibility of high demand, viewers were encouraged to pre-order the
PPV: a HBO representative reported that the event had attracted
more pre-orders than any other PPV event in the broadcaster's
history
142. BUSINESS OF SPORTS
• Q 8
• This family-owned and operated business venture was started by Bill
France Sr. in February 1948. HQ-ed in Florida, Brian France, grandson
of Bill France is the current CEO. In 2013, the annual revenue was
estimated to be $1.1 billion and since 2013, the management decided
not to disclose its figures any more
• It ranks second in professional sports franchise in terms of television
viewers over 150 countries
145. AUDIENCE
• The venture came about when Richard Kirtley noticed that this place bore a
striking similarity to The Oval in London. "I was struck that it was perfectly cricket
field-sized and I assumed they must use it as a pitch," he said. "So I asked a few of
the locals, but no-one had ever thought about doing it. That's when I came up
with the idea. I came back and floated it to a few people I knew, and it's grown
from there.”
• Richard, who captained Cardiff Cricket Club, had requested Nottingham Forest
Football Club fitness coach Ryland Morgans to get him into shape. "It's always a
cliché, but it really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To be able to make a
difference and take part in something like this is why we're doing it.
• After the match, the group of 50 celebrated the record with a giant bottle of
champagne, toasting the Queen on her 83rd birthday, followed by cups of tea
146. TEAM TENZING playing
against TEAM HILLARY at the
GORAK SHEP Plateau at an
altitude of 16945 feet –
the so called EVEREST
Cricket match
Home
147. MIXED BAG -2
• Q 1
• She never took a formal lesson as a youngster, but learnt tennis by
playing against boys and men starting when she was five. She once
said: "To me, tennis was more of an art than a sport" and she showed
so in her dresses designed by the irrepressible Ted Tinling. In 1964,
she astonished Wimbledon spectators by wearing a white dress with
a shocking pink lining that showed whenever she served or made a
typically acrobatic shot. Who?
148.
149. ANSWER Q 1 : Maria Bueno, the first South
American player to win Wimbledon in 1959
153. MIXED BAG -2
• Q 3
• This Olympian owns a men’s sportswear line named FIVEG which he
started collaborating with the Ruia Group (not the infamous one)
• Who is this legendary Olympian and why such a brand name ??
154.
155. ANSWER Q 3 : Sir Steven Redgrave – 5
Olympic Gold Medals
156. MIXED BAG -2
• Q 4
• Considered as a bright Golf prospect, he won the Sportstar Open Golf
tournament in 1996. His mother, Lalitha, was one of the first golfers
from South Indian links to win nationally. His marriage to Rupa
merged two of city’s well- known business families. And that merger
created a lot of controversy some years back in a completely different
arena
• Who is he ?
162. MIXED BAG -2
• Q 6
• In 2012, after seeing X on a edition of '60 Minutes' (an American TV
programe), director J. J. Abrams offered him a small role in his then
upcoming film "Star Trek Into Darkness" (which released in 2013).
• He had to say no, not because he didn't want to act, but because a
permit to allow him to work in the USA could not be arranged in time.
The role was of an alien from the future, who played the same sport
as this person.
• Who is this sportsperson??
165. MIXED BAG -2
• Q 7
• Who was nominated twice for a Grammy Award in the category of
'Spoken Word Album' (1963) and 'Best Recording for Children' for the
album 'The Adventures of ___ and His Gang vs. Tooth Decay‘ (1976)?
168. MIXED BAG -2
• Q 8
• A world No 2 at his sport, Ross Norman vowed “One day X will be
slightly off his game and I will get him”.
• That day took a long time to come but eventually came in 1986
• Who is X ?
169.
170. ANSWER Q 8
Home
X- Jahangir Khan
Ross Norman of New
Zealand was
speaking of
defeating Jahangir
Khan which
eventually happened
during the Final of
the World Open in
1986
171. CRICKET
• Q 1
• X used to play cricket for MCC between 1899 and 1907
• His highest score was 43 vs London County and he had only 1 FC
wicket under his name
• Y was an English cricketer and also umpired for X’s 1st FC Match
• Y was a fast bowler and X’s appreciation of Y’s lethal yorker made
their bond stronger and their popular association
• X and Y ???
172.
173. ANSWER Q 1
• X- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Y- William Mycroft
174. CRICKET
• Q 2
• While Bill Brockwell, Jack Brown, C.B. Fry, Tom Hayward and Archie
Mclaren shared the honors in 1895
• Syd Gregory, Dick Lilley, K.S. Ranjitsinhji, Tom Richardson and Hugh
Trumble shared this in 1897
• Who in 1896 ?
175.
176. ANSWER Q 2 : W G GRACE
• The sole entrant in WISDEN top 5 Cricketers of the year list in 1896
180. CRICKET
• Q 4
• I grew up in the mining town of Ballarat and moved to England when I
was 12
• My test career lasted only four matches in 1997 and at the beginning
of 1998, I achieved greater success in ODIs, playing in 35 matches
from 1996 to 1999, also captaining the national team
• I retired in 2004 and made a brief return to Twenty20 cricket in 2007,
playing in eight matches for Essex
• I also took up boxing and MMA professionally. After I went bankrupt, I
also took up cage fighting in attempt to garner some money
183. CRICKET
• Q 5
• He is Ernie Jones from Australia
• He was known as 'The man
who bowled a ball through
W. G. Grace's Beard' and
was reputed to have
broken Stanley Jackson's ribs
But Cricket history remembers him for a different achievement. What ?
184.
185. ANSWER Q 5
•He was the first bowler to be called for
throwing in a Test match.
186. CRICKET
• Q 6
• ______________, Ian Redpath, Derek Randall, Sikander Bakht (Tests)
• Brian Lackhurst, Grant Flower, Peter Kirsten, _______________ (ODIs)
• Connect and name the 1st and the most recent player to have
suffered this in International cricket
187.
188. ANSWER Q 6
• MANKADED cricketers in International Cricket
• Bill Brown by Vinoo Mankad (Tests) was the 1st victim in 1947
• Jos Buttler by Sachitra Senanayke (ODIs) was the last victim in 2014
192. CRICKET
• Q 8
• Season 1 Man of Tournament : Ian Harvey (Indian Series) and Ibrahim
Khaleel (World Series)
• Season 2 Man of Tournament : Rana Naved ul Hasan (Indian Series)
• Who was Man of Tournament in World Series ?
193.
194. ANSWER Q 8
•There was no Man of the Tournament of the
World Series tournament as it was cancelled
halfway due to the Mumbai terrorist attacks
Home
195. AUDIENCE
• Where would one find this verse cut out from Melbourne Punch
magazine of 1 February 1883 which reads: When Ivo goes back with
the___ , the ___; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return; The
welkin will ring loud, The great crowd will feel proud, Seeing Barlow
and Bates with the ___, the ___; And the rest coming home with the
___