4. Dry 1
▪ 16 questions on the Pounce
▪ +10/0 for direct/pass
▪ +10/-5 on the pounce
5. Q1
The story goes that whenWalker Smith Jr. was 15 years old he tried to
enter his first tournament but was told that he needed to obtain an
Association ofAmerican Universities membership card. Since one
needed to be 18 to get the card, he borrowed his friend X's birth
certificate. He prefixed the wordY to X after a lady in the audience
compared him to something.YX is how we all know him.
Who ?
8. Q2
The ____ was an annual endurance contest held in Finland from 1999 to 2010. Some
rules of the contest were:
▪ Ordinary swimsuits must be used. Pant legs in men's swimsuits may be up to 20
centimeters long, and women's shoulder straps may be up to 5 centimeters wide.
▪ Hair that reaches the shoulders must be tied into a ponytail.
▪ Touching the skin and brushing is prohibited.
▪ Competitors must not disturb each other.
▪ Competitor must sit erect, their butts and thighs on the bench.
▪ Competitors must wash themselves beforehand, and remove any creams and
lotions.
What contest is this ?
11. Q3
Sometime in 2006 Mark Pettini reached his hundred for Essex against
Leicestershire in the last match of the season in 24 minutes, of 27 balls.
That put him level with Glen Chapple as the scorer of the equal-fastest
hundred by balls faced, but Chapple's ton for Lancashire against
Glamorgan at OldTrafford in 1993 took only 21 minutes. Murray
Goodwin's century for Sussex against Middlesex at Southgate in July
2006 took only 25 minutes, but 32 balls. All these innings, however, are
relegated to footnotes in the first-class records.
Why so ?
13. “Joke Bowling”
▪ non-regular bowlers sending down full-tosses and long-hops to give
away cheap runs to set up a declaration so that there could be a
result in the match
14. Q4
This scenario, seen often in chess endgames, takes its name from the
German word meaning “compulsion to move”.When a player is “in
_______” any possible move will worsen his position.
World champion Emanuel Lasker is credited with using the term for the
first time (in English) in a 1905 issue of Lasker’s Chess Magazine.
What term ?
17. Q5
Since the beginning of the modern Olympics in 1896, this has
happened only three times.
▪ Mexico City 1968,
▪ London 2012
▪ and
▪ Sochi 2014.
What ?
19. Olympic logo lacking distinct drawn
elements
▪ Mexico City and London, however, used lettering that resembled
artwork.
20. Q6
The 1972 Ashes test match at Headingley, dubbed the “_______ Test” because
the pitch had been infected by a fungus following a freak storm a few days
earlier leaving it damp, entirely grassless and mottled.
Richard L Duble, Turfgrass Specialist atTexas Cooperative Extension,
mentioned that ____Blight is a disease caused by the fungi ___ roseum and
___ tricinctum. The disease usually affects cool-weather grasses but ends up
ruining the occasional warm-weather grasses too. If the infection spreads and
the disease progresses, the grass dies as the crown and its root tissues are
ruined.
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28. Q8
On the right is the limited edition
hockey sticks that were released by
Adidas in recognition of this drag
flick specialist who was the top
scorer in the 2010 Hockey World Cup
in New Delhi and also a silver
medalist at the Athens Olympics.
He was to play for the Delhi
Waveriders in the 2013 edition of the
Hockey India League but had to pull
out at the last minute due to injury.
Who ?
34. Q9
OJ Mayo andVince Carter were the originators of the idea sometime
during the 2013 season in an effort to revive their season. Dahntay
Jones, Chris Kaman and Jae Crowder soon agreed to be part of it. Dirk
Nowitzki is suspected of a violation while it was difficult to tell whether
rookie Crowder actually violated it.
What was this idea that is not uncommon is other sports as well ?
37. Q10
▪ 17 arrests
▪ 1 successful battle with throat cancer
▪ 5 suspensions
▪ 2 suicide attempts
▪ 15 bans from snooker’s governing body
▪ 1 enduring feud with DennisTaylor
▪ 2 world snooker championships in 1972 and 1982
The CV of which professional snooker player ?
40. Q11
In the next slide you will see the winners of the 2011 edition of the
Rosmalen Grass Court Championship,held in Netherlands, with their
trophies.
Why do the trophies look the way they do ?
43. UNICEF
The tournament was (starting
2014 it will be theTopshelf
Open) sponsored by UNICEF
and hence the trophies
incorporated children’s
drawings.
44. Q12
According to the International Olympic Committee and the media, this
country withdrew its bid to contest the 2014Winter Olympics due to
severe earthquake near the proposed venue city just before the official
announcement. However, they are in the bidding race for the 2026
Winter Olympics which if they win would result in a major 'first' in the
Winter Olympic history. Name the venue and the significance.
47. Q13
The club was founded on 7 September 1893 as ____Cricket & Athletic Club. In
its earliest years, it principally competed in athletics and cricket. Association
football was secondly practised. Since the club was set up to represent
England abroad, the original shirts worn by the organisation were white, the
same colour as the England national team shirt. At first Italians were not
permitted to join as it was a British sporting club abroad. ___’s activities took
place in the north-west of the city in the Campasso area, at the Piazza d'Armi.
On 10 April 1897, the footballing section of the club, already existing from
1893, became predominant thanks to James Richardson Spensley.It was
among the oldest in Italian football at the time, the only other founded clubs
were four inTurin.
Which club?
53. Q15
X is a pressure group, established in 2005.
The proposal has the backing of the ruling political party in the parliament,
and was raised by the nation’s First Minister, again in 2011.
Exceptions to this very fundamental rule which was amended in 1995 include
Puerto Rico, Hong Kong and Palestine.
For X’s efforts to achieve fruition, it requires three more national sporting
Federations apart from those for Football and Rugby to be recognised.
What is X?
And what is that very fundamental rule?
55. Campaign for a Scottish Olympic Team (C-
ScOT)
Section 31.1 of the Olympic Charter states that to be considered a
country a nation must be "an independent State recognised by the
international community".
The Olympic Charter also requires there to be at least five national
sporting federations, recognised by the international federations of
an Olympic sport
56. Q16
X became a professional tennis player at age 17 by entering theTennis
Club of Milan in 1955. In 1960 he won the title of the Italian Champion
over Nicola Pietrangeli. He also competed in the Davis Cup, counting
five victories in singles and one in doubles in a total of fifteen matches.
X founded Sandys S.P.A.(later renamed after X), a sportswear company
and started designing sportswear for sports such as ski, fitness,tennis,
golf and sailing, as well as leisure wear. Its sponsorship list includes
athletes like Jimmy Connors,Martina Navratilova, David Nalbandian
and SachinTendulkar,and Ian Bell. However, their biggest deal till date
has was signed on November 2009. Name the brand and the athlete
who signed the deal.
59. Written 1
▪ 8-bit football
▪ Explain the context/situation/player – specified in question
▪ 5 questions – +5 per question
▪ +10 on getting all correct
▪ <time frames were orally given during the quiz>
67. Artur Boruc tries to be cheeky
English Premier League, Arsenal
vs Southampton.
The Southampton goalkeeper
Artur Boruc tried to show some
skills instead of clear the ball.
Olivier Giroud took advantage of
the situation, stole the ball and
scored forArsenal.
69. Nicklas Bendtner flashes branded
underpants
Nicklas Bendtner celebrates his
goal in the match between
Denmark and Portugal, for the
Euro 2012.
The striker was fined in £80,000
for flashing the Paddy Power-
branded waistband of his
underpants.
73. Stefan Kießling’s ghost goal
Bundesliga, match between
Bayer Leverkusen and
Hoffenheim.
After a corner and Stefan
Kießling’s header, the ball
finds its way through the side
nets and enters the goal.
75. Mirko Vucinic
Some players take off their
shirt when celebrating a goal,
but MirkoVucinic (Juventus),
after scoring a penalty goal
against Pescara, decided to
take his pants off.
79. Q1
Due to the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NewYork Liberty
were kicked out of their home at Madison Square Garden and forced to
play at Radio City _____ Hall on July 24, 2004.The architecture of the
venue only restricted something that is usually a norm in normal
basketball matches.
80. Q2
The 2013 PresidentsCup Matches were held October 3–6 at Muirfield
Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north ofColumbus.
The selection of Muirfield as the 2013 tournament site was taken as a
tribute to golfing great ___ , who designed the course. ___ has said that
his involvement as tournament host for the 2013 Presidents Cup
"probably will be my last involvement in anything significant in the
game of golf".
Which golfing great? And what very unique distinction does Muirfield
get to hold after hosting the Presidents Cup in 2013?
81. Q3
Stadium Australia, known for sponsorship reasons as ANZ Stadium,
serves as a multi-purpose stadium. It is an approved ground for
international cricket and has also been listed as a stadium in the 2015
CricketWorld Cup. It also serves as the home ground for the Big Bash
team.
What was the original purpose of the stadium ?
82. Q4
On the next slide you will see photos of theTournament of Champions,
a squash event that has been taking place at a certain venue starting
1995.
Identify the venue
83.
84. Q5
▪ This is a multipurpose stadium which opened in 2001 and mainly
serves as the home ground of a football team. It has previously
played host to the 2004 UEFA Champions League final, 2007
Speedway Grand Prix, the opening game of the 2010 IIHFWorld
HockeyChampionship between Germany and United States and also
a few FIFA World Cup games. It has both a retractable roof and a slide
out pitch which makes this possible. It has also been host to concerts,
including the Rock im Port festival in 2012.
▪ Which stadium and which football team plays there ?
86. Q1
Due to the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NewYork Liberty
were kicked out of their home at Madison Square Garden and forced to
play at Radio City _____ Hall on July 24, 2004.The architecture of the
venue only restricted something that is usually a norm in normal
basketball matches.
88. Q2
The 2013 PresidentsCup Matches were held October 3–6 at Muirfield
Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north ofColumbus.
The selection of Muirfield as the 2013 tournament site was taken as a
tribute to golfing great ___ , who designed the course. ___ has said that
his involvement as tournament host for the 2013 Presidents Cup
"probably will be my last involvement in anything significant in the
game of golf".
Which golfing great? And what very unique distinction does Muirfield
get to hold after hosting the Presidents Cup in 2013?
89. Jack Nicklaus
The course is the only one in the world to host a
▪ Ryder Cup (1987),
▪ Solheim Cup (1998) and,
▪ a President’s Cup (2013).
90. Q3
Stadium Australia, known for sponsorship reasons as ANZ Stadium,
serves as a multi-purpose stadium. It is an approved ground for
international cricket and has also been listed as a stadium in the 2015
CricketWorld Cup. It also serves as the home ground for the Big Bash
team SydneyThunder.
What was the original purpose of the stadium ?
91. Its original purpose was to serve as the
Olympic Stadium for the 2000 Sydney Olympics
92. Q4
On the next slide you will see photos of theTournament of Champions,
a squash event that has been taking place at a certain venue starting
1995.
Identify the venue
95. Q5
▪ This is a multipurpose stadium which opened in 2001 and mainly
serves as the home ground of a football team. It has previously
played host to the 2004 UEFA Champions League final, 2007
Speedway Grand Prix, the opening game of the 2010 IIHFWorld
HockeyChampionship between Germany and United States and also
a few FIFA World Cup games. It has both a retractable roof and a slide
out pitch which makes this possible. It has also been host to concerts,
including the Rock im Port festival in 2012.
▪ Which stadium and which football team plays there ?
97. Dry 2
▪ 15 questions on the Pounce
▪ +10/0 for direct/pass
▪ +10/-5 on the pounce
98. Q1 (2)
We all know about the Zoe Goss dismissal of Brian Lara in the 1994
Bradman XI vsWorld XI match in Sydney (pic next slide).
Apart from Lara, she also dismissed another player X who was one of
theWisden Cricketers of theYear in 1989 and has also worked as an
assistant coach of his national team.
Incidentally X was also instrumental in Goss’ dismissal off the bowling
ofY.
102. Q2 (2)
The Goddess and the AmericanGirl is a dual biography of two famous
female tennis players; one a French great idolized as The Goddess and
the other a US prodigy.They were responsible for revolutionizing tennis
and in the process virtually invented the concept of celebrity athlete.
< images follow>
106. Q3 (2)
A member of three Olympic gold medal winning teams he is reputed as
the best center forward in the history of the game.
He holds the record for the most goal scored by an individual in an
Olympic Mens Hockey final scoring 5 in the finals of the 1952 Helsinki
Olympics.
He was also one of the 16 iconic Olympians chosen to be honoured as
part of the Olympic Museum Exhibition during the 2012 London
Olympics.
Who?
109. Q4 (2)
This is the prototype of a device named
AdapTap that was developed by a team
of University of Notre Dame researchers
in order to help with a particular job that
has been done by humans called
“tappers”.Their strategic placement,
flexibility and soft, tactile ends are
intended to painlessly do their job.
What’s the job ?
112. Q5 (2)
This is artist Greg Speirs talking about the origin of one of his creations:
“......The 1992 Lithuanian BasketballTeam represents what happens in
freedom…people excel.The struggle of the Lithuanian team struck a chord with
me so I decided to come up with an image which I believed represented them. I
came up with the _________ because it symbolized the team, like a Phoenix
rising from the ashes and coming up from nothing, and rising up to overcome the
obstacles, which are represented by the hands blocking the shot in the image.
The image is one of breaking out of oppression symbolized by the <something>
finally <doing something>.This was my interpretation in 1992 and the real
meaning of the image. It’s not a <something> at all, but this <something>
represents rebirth and a new life…… “
What is this creation that is a historic piece in Lithuanian basketball culture ?
115. Q6 (2)
He played club cricket as an opening batsman for five years in the '90s before finger
injuries started to endanger his burgeoning career gigging in various bands around
Melbourne. Now he teaches guitar. By any measurement, he's one of the unsung heroes of
the game.
His partiality towardsTest and ODI is as much a philosophical one as to do with
practicalities. He says the newest format is "mildly entertaining when it's on but there's
obviously a different vibe about it… I certainly don't dislike it to any great extent but it's
clearly an inferior type of cricket."
His early interest in cricket was kindled by the sight ofAustralia's mid-'80s one-day
international clashes againstWest Indies.
Who be this ?
118. Q7 (2)
Nick Newlife staked a bet of £1,520 on _______ at odds of 66/1 back in 2003.
The punter, from Oxford, died in February 2009 at the age of 59, denying him
the chance of seeing his long-range wager come to fruition.
But bachelor Mr Newlife made arrangements in the event of his death by
stating in his will that any proceeds from the outstanding bet should go to
Oxfam.
The charity Oxfam thus earned 101,840 pounds ($158,000) from a bet it didn’t
even make.
What did/does the bet state?
120. The bet states that Federer must win a
seventh title by 2019.
121. Q8 (3)
The first Russian Open Games featured more than 200 athletes from more
than 10 countries competing in Moscow from Feb. 26 through March 3 (this
year) wisely filling the attention gap between theWinter Olympics and the
start of Paralympics .The Games will feature 8 competitions, in badminton,
basketball, futsal, skiing, swimming, table tennis, tennis and volleyball.
There were also demonstrations of sports that are not included in the
competitions (martial arts, arm wrestling, different styles of dance, figure
skating, and others). However, it faced a minor hiccup on the first day when
certain group of activists hurled smoke bombs at the venue disrupting the
proceedings in the first day.
What was special about the games that invited the attention?
124. Audience
For the 2014 games in Sochi, 100,000 free Xs were provided by the IOC
for the 6,000 athletes in attendance (a rough average of about 16 Xs
per athlete); for the 2012 games in London, 150,000.
Despite seemingly large numbers, several instances have occurred
where smaller orders have resulted in shortages. Sydney famously
only provided 70,000 Xs but ran out, discovering the need to order
20,000 more.
What could X be? And where exactly would the Xs be used/provided?
127. Q9 (2)
David Haroldsen says the placement "authentically tells the story of
who we are rather than just being another brand that is visible with all
the others that exist.We believed we would have more value with the
symbolic placement with occasional pop-up moments within the
game."
What is this all about?
132. The All Blacks team had finally won the World Cup
after an agonizing wait of 24 years. Defeated
France 8-7 in the final.
133. Q11 (2)
This is the list of winners of a certain event. As you can see the event was not
held in 2008.
What is this a list of and why was the event not held in 2008 ?
136. Dakar Rally
▪ The 2008 edition was cancelled after terror threats from anAl-Qaeda
affiliate organisation.
137. Q12 (2)
The Old Firm is the collective name for the Glasgow clubs Rangers and
Celtic. Which other derby in the Northern Hemisphere is culturally
similar to the Old Firm?
Funda? (5+5)
139. The Kolkata Derby
A majority of the Mohun Bagan supporters represent the ‘nativist’
population (similar to Rangers FC) and a majority of the East Bengal
fans represent the ‘immigrant’ population (similar to Celtic FC)
140. Q13 (2)
The X-Y Marathon is an annual marathon race held in May along and
on the ____ Pass.
Since it first inception in 1999, the race has grown to several hundred
participants. Aside from the main marathon, a half marathon, 10 km
and 5 km runs were also held up until 2012. 2013 marked the debut of a
8.5km "fun run", replacing the 5 and 10 km distances.The course is
much tougher than traditional marathons with participants challenged
by 5,164 stone steps and many steep ascents and descents.
Which Marathon?
145. Bus journeys taken by FC Barcelona and FC Lyon to play their CL ties
after the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland (2010)
146. Q15 (2)
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson is a retired American baseball outfielder
who played in the Major League Baseball from 1973 to 2003. He is widely
regarded as the sport’s greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He also holds
the major league for career stolen bases, runs scored, unintentional walks
and lead off home runs for which he has been nicknamed the “ _________”.
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