2014 06 askqance sports and travel prelims for upload

asKQAnce 2014

FLYING DUTCHMEN

Sports and Travel Quiz PrelimsQuizmasters:

Sohan Maheshwar and Venkatesh Srinivasan

The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014

Dedicated to


30 Questions, 40 points

+1 per correct answer/part, NO negatives

Questions 16-25 are two-part Sports-Travel Starred questions for breaking ties

* only if you get both parts

Top 8 teams to the finals

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All the best!

About the Quiz


0* - no points but will be used to resolve ties if stars are equal

• What (dis)connects?

ANSWER…



Dennis Bergkamp – the “non-flying

Dutchman”

KLM’s Frequent Flyer Program – the Flying

Dutchman


1.

• What connects these three cricketers?

ANSWER…



Bowled the first balls in Test, ODI and

T20 Intl. cricket respectively

Alfred Shaw

Graham Mackenzie

Daryll Tuffey


2.

• 19 of the 20 top teams in the FIFA World

Rankings (as of June 2014) are playing in the

FIFA World Cup 2014.

• Which is the only country not to qualify?

ANSWER…



Ukraine


3.

• Fill in the blank in the slogan on this collectible toy

by Mattel, by identifying the person on the right

ANSWER…



Mitt (Romney)


4.

• In which specific category, during a world event in

May 2014 was this record set?

ANSWER…



4x200m Relay World Record


5.

• In this exhaustive list of 6 people for India,

Murlikant Petkar is the first – he did this in

1972 with a world record effort. One of them,

Joginder Singh Bedi had a triple achievement

in 1984. The latest in this list is a Kannadiga.

• What are we talking about?

ANSWER…



Medal winners for India at the

Summer Paralympic Games


6.

• Identify the location from this video of a 1993 race,

widely regarded as the best first lap in the history of

F1 (video removed)

ANSWER…



Donington Park


7.

• The line-up for the 76th edition of a tournament held

in Jan 2014. Which tournament?

ANSWER…



Tata Steel Chess Tournament (or) Corus

Chess Tournament (or) Wijk Aan Zee

Some of the matches were played in the

Rijksmuseum


8.

• "My wife made a lot of iced tea for lunch, and I said, 'Hey

babe, I've got an idea.' You make the iced tea and make a

big pitcher, and we'll just put a little lemonade in it and see

how that works. We mixed it up, and I got the solution

about where I wanted it and I put the lemonade in it. I had it

for lunch after working on the golf course. I thought, 'Boy,

this is great, babe. I'm going to take it when I play golf. I'm

going to take a thermos of iced tea and lemonade.' ” – X

describing the origin of this drink

• X was once in a Palm Springs restaurant and ordered this

drink to his specifications and was overheard by a woman

sitting nearby. "I want an X," she told the waitress. "I want

what he ordered.”

• This drink is also available commercially. Who is X?

ANSWER…



Arnold Palmer


9.

• Andy Gray and Richard Keys were discussing the

upcoming 2010 Ballon D’Or on Sky Sports when

Keys asked Gray about the nominees.

• Gray claimed that the La Liga, when compared to its

English equivalent, did not have the same depth of

quality. He then went on to say something

disparaging about one of the nominees that has

become a footballing joke/meme especially

involving non-EPL players.

• What?

ANSWER…



“Messi would struggle in a cold night at

the Britiannia Stadium”

(marks for cold night in Stoke)


10.

• An extract from The Case of the Borrowed Brunette,

which may have been the first instance of this

phrase, which owes its origin to a sport,

– "So that's it?"

– "That's it."

– "And that's the reason you're jockeying for position

around here instead of bringing your client in and having

her say, 'Look, I made a mistake.'"

– "Of course it is," Mason said eagerly. "What the hell did

you think? That I was going to ______ _____ __ _____?"

– "You have ___ with it."

• Meaning, “To speak without caution, or to leave

oneself unprotected”, identify this phrase

ANSWER…



Lead with your/one’s chin


11.

• This is 26-year-old David Campayo Lleo who

worked for Villarreal as coaching staff of one

of the club’s youth teams.

• Why was he in the news in late April this

year?

ANSWER…



He was arrested for the Dani Alves

banana-throwing incident


12.

• If there was no minimum qualification for

number of matches played, there are only 2

Indian ODI captains who have a 100% win

record.

– X captained India against England in only one

ODI, against England in 2001-02.

– Y captained India 6 times in 2010 and 2011.

• Id X and Y

ANSWER…



X – Anil Kumble

Y – Gautam Gambhir


13.

• Write-up from the Guardian:

• “X is making his debut in a friendly against Hungary, and trots on to

replace Lisandro López. After some tiki-taka, the 18 year-old receives

the ball with his back to goal, midway between halfway line and 18-yard

box. Hungarian defender Vilmos Vanczak is close by as X turns and

heads for goal, his trademark scuttle seen on the international stage for

the first time. One touch, two touches, three touches and then …

Vanczak hits the floor. He holds, he rolls, he clutches. Replays show the

faintest of touches from a flailing arm. Nothing more, nothing less. But

the whistles from the crowd shrill for blood and X’s team-mates look

worried. They surround German referee Markus Merk and argue his

innocence. Protests are shouted and supplications are offered up, but all

are waved away. The red is flashed…

• “..It lasted a mere 44 seconds. X held off the tears until he reached the

dressing room..”

• Who?

ANSWER…



Lionel Messi


14.

• The high-scoring trio of basketball teammates

consisting of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and

Chris Mullin played together for two seasons with

the Golden State Warriors, starting in 1989.

• They had a collective nickname that was a play on a

famous hip-hop group.

• Give the collective nickname

ANSWER…



Run TMC

after the initials of Tim Hardaway, Mitch

Richmond and Chris Mullin.


FINA, the Fédération Internationale de Natation, is the

world governing body for five disciplines – Swimming,

Diving and Synchronised Swimming are three of them.

Name the other two disciplines (0.5 each)

15.

ANSWER…



Water Polo

Open Water Swimming


*16.

• One of the nicknames for city X comes from a call

during an NBA game.

• It happened accidentally, in a first-season game against

the Lakers. With X in the middle of a second-quarter

rally, Jim Barnett swished a long jump shot – probably a

3-pointer if the rule had existed in those days – and out

of Bill Schonely’s mouth came “___ ____– all right!”

• At the next time-out, Schonely’s scorekeeper, Jeff

Wohler, nudged him. “Hey, where did that come from?”

Schonz responded, “I don’t know – it just came out.”

Wohler said, “Well, leave it in.”

• Give the city and nickname.

ANSWER…



Portland

Rip City


*17.

• The name of this town derives from “Town on the

River Tone”.

• In ODI cricket history, something has occurred only

twice. Once in Hyderabad and the other in this town.

Both instances had a player in common.

• Name the town and the player.

ANSWER…



Taunton – From ‘Tone Town’

Only instances of 300+ partnerships in ODIs.

The player in common was Rahul Dravid


*18.

• Krzywy Domek is an irregularly-shaped building built

in 2004 and one of the main tourist attractions in this

seaside town in Poland.

• A world sporting event was held between 7–9 March

2014 in this town.

• Identify the town and the sporting event.

ANSWER…



Sopot in Poland

IAAF World Indoor Championships


*19.

• The RubberDucks are a minor league baseball team

based in this town. From 1997 to 2013, they were called

the _____ Aeros.

• The nickname "RubberDucks" refers to the town's history

in the rubber industry, in particular as the birthplace of

tire and rubber companies such as Goodyear, Firestone,

Goodrich and General Tire.

• Longtime Esquire writer Scott Raab wrote a 2011 book

called The Whore of ____:One Man’s Search for the Soul of

X which details his anger and rage at a famous decision

made by a resident of this town.

• Id X and the town

ANSWER…



Akron

X – LeBron James


*20.

• This city is the capital of the autonomous region of

Madeira. It was named by settlers after the local

word for the Fennel plant, which grew in

abundance here. It is today known for its beaches

and the vibrant nightlife.

• Two sportspersons were born here – the more

famous one played for clubs like Andorinha,

Nacional and Sporting CP in his youth. The other

person played/plays for teams in New South Wales,

Sydney, Glamorgan, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and

Hyderabad, among others.

• Identify the city and the lesser known player.

ANSWER…



Funchal

Moises Henriques

The other is of course, Cristiano Ronaldo


*21.

• The first elected President of his country, he founded a city named after himself, which served as the capital of his country from 1948-1976. Name him or the city.

• What sporting event happened at the Araneta Coliseum in this city, in 1975?

ANSWER…



Manuel Quezon / Quezon City

The Thrilla in Manila boxing match

between Ali and Frazier


*22.

• This iconic hotel is 90-years old, and is owned

by Diageo. It hosted the G8 summit in 2005.

Its location lends the name to a landmark

agreement that was signed here in 1977.

Name the hotel.

• What sporting event will happen here in Sep

2014?

ANSWER…



Gleneagles Hotel

Ryder Cup


*23.

• Identify this 2nd time occasion (and the

location)

• What lofty tagline, has this city trademarked

since the early 1980s, which it continues to

use in its tourism campaigns?

ANSWER…



1928 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz

Top of the World


*24.

• Identify the stadium, a record-breaker of

sorts

• What is the official / constitutional capital

of the country where this stadium is located?

ANSWER…



Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz at an

altitude of 3,637 metres (11,932 feet) above

sea level, making it one of the highest

professional stadiums in the world.

Bolivia’s capital is Sucre


*25.

• This is the “Trooping the Colours” ceremony

that happens every year on a particular day at

Horse Guard’s Parade off Whitehall, London.

Which day?

• Which sport was played at this venue during

the 2012 London Summer Olympics?

ANSWER…



The monarch’s birthday

Beach Volleyball


This is the title cover of a collection of photographs from a 1904 event, commemorating an 1803 event. Identify the place where this event was held

26.

ANSWER…



St. Louis

The 1904 World Fair commemorating the

1803 Louisiana Purchase


Identify the place

27.

ANSWER…



Pietermaritzburg


Called heong peng, their literal meaning is “fragrant

biscuits“. Identified closely with a town in Malaysia,

these biscuits are deliciously flaky, with a sweet palm

sugar filling, and a common souvenir for tourists

visiting this erstwhile tin-mining city. Identify the place

28.

ANSWER…



Ipoh


This 1875 painting shows an 1835 event – a farmer called

John Batman signing a purported treaty with the locals,

through which he acquired 500,000 acres of land, including

a key geographical entity. The entity was named by his

surveyor John Wedge, who asked local aborigines what they

called the entity, and got a response ‘_____ ____’, meaning 'it

flows‘. Identify the entity.

29.

ANSWER…



Yarra River


In the early 1600s, a young nobleman, Dudley Lord North, noticed the reddish waters of a spring seeping from the ground, while he was returning on horseback to London.

Lord North drank the water to quench his thirst and feeling rejuvenated, declared it to be health-giving to all his friends and acquaintances.

This is the story of the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring, and thereby the town that came about, which is known as a major Spa destination in England today. Another feature of the town, is the pretty colonnaded walkway known as the Pantiles.

Identify the town.

30.

ANSWER…



Royal Tunbridge Wells

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