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QMs: Thejaswi Udupa and Venkatesh S

*1. While many people believe his doctorate was honorary, it was not. He earned it after four and a half years of work under Dr. David M Kopp for his thesis titled 'The Duality of Humor and Seriousness in Leadership Styles.' Who?

Answer is…

AnswerDr. Shaquille O’Neal

2. Identify the man in the picture, a 1976 Olympic Gold winner.

Answer is…

AnswerBruce Jenner, who won the gold medal for

decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics

3. What is the subject of this critically acclaimed book?

Answer is…

AnswerFootball hooliganism

4. In 1959 Alan Sillitoe (one of the Angry Young Men) wrote a story about Colin, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a blue-collar area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime who turns to a particular sport for succour.

In 1962, the story was adapted to film starring Sir Tom Courtenay in the lead role. The story has influenced many songs as well, most notably the one you hear here.

Name the common title shared by the story, film, and song.

[AUDIO REMOVED: song by Iron Maiden]

Answer is…

AnswerThe Loneliness of the Long Distance

Runner

*5. A common practical joke played by this cricketer the first time he meets someone is to deliberately say something completely incomprehensible that the other person would mistake for his accent, and bursting into loud rambunctious laughter after the few seconds of uncomfortable silence that follows.

Who?

Answer is…

AnswerChris Gayle

6. This foul-mouthed perfectionist claimed to have played first team football for the legendary Scottish club Rangers F.C., but there is no proof and Rangers historians insist that he was nothing more than a young lad who tried out with the team but failed to make the cut because of a weak knee.

Who?

Answer is…

AnswerGordon Ramsay

7. On the same lines as the 4-minute mile, what time limit is now being touted as the holy grail for the sport of marathon?

Answer is…

Answer2 hours

8. Identify the two people playing basketball in this home video. [VIDEO REMOVED]

Answer is…

AnswerJohn LennonMiles Davis

9. Exhaustive list. Thankfully short. What?

• Francisco Lazaro (Portugal), Marathon (1912, Stockholm)• Nicolae Berechet (Romania), Boxing (1936, Berlin)• Knut Jensen (Denmark), Cycling (1960, Rome)

Answer is…

AnswerPeople who died in competition at the

Olympics

*10. He helped Hitler win the vote for the Berlin Olympics. To return the favour, Hitler gave his construction company the contract to build the German Embassy in USA. This was the first of the many controversies he was involved in over a four-decade period. Who?

Answer is…

AnswerAvery Brundage

11. Identify the sport [VIDEO REMOVED]

Answer is…

AnswerKickball

12. This statue in Carpi, Italy shows this athlete in a much better light than what we are used to seeing him in photographs. Who?

Answer is…

AnswerDorando Pietri

13. In field hockey and soccer, it is ‘goalkeeper’ – what is the equivalent in ice hockey and lacrosse?

Answer is…

AnswerGoaltender

14. Identify this athlete taking part in the archery event at the Stoke Mandeville Games.

Answer is…

AnswerAbebe Bikila

*15. What 4-lettered sporting term was originally spelt ‘hockey’?

Answer is…

AnswerOche (the throwing line in darts)

16. What significant rule change did IAAF make in the sport of high jump in 1936?

Answer is…

AnswerThat athletes did not have to clear the bar

leg-first.

17. For what specific reason did the USA boycott the 1980 Moscow Olympics?

Answer is…

AnswerUSSR’s invasion of Afghanistan

18. In 2010 MCC established new Honours Boards for both batting and bowling. The entries as on date are:

What are these honours boards commemorating?

Year Batsman Runs1912 C Kelleway 102  W Bardsley 164

Year Bowler Runs2010 S.R. Watson 5-40

  M.J. North 6-55

Answer is…

Honours Boards for achievements in neutral tests at Lord’s (Aus vs SA and Aus vs Pak)

Answer

19. This person’s connection to India goes beyond inbound flights or plans to set up budget hotels. His father was Goan, studied at La Martiniere school in Kolkata, played cricket and football at Mohun Bagan and hung out at "Calcutta Sporting Club" with Vece Paes. An accountant by training, he is today the principal owner of multiple sporting teams, apart from the ASEAN Basketball League. Who?

Answer is…

• Tony Fernandes, who also owns stake in the QPR and the Caterham F1 teams

Answer

*20. Five athletes from India made it to the finals of the athletics events in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Two were Chand Ram and Vandana Rao.

Name the other three who all hail from the same state (no part points)

Answer is…

PT Usha, Shiny Abraham and MD Valsamma – the 4*400 women’s relay race team along with Vandana Rao

Answer

21.

Two golfers were among the winners of the Laureus Awards 2012 for achievements in 2011

In the “Breakthrough” category was a 23-year old who won a major tournament last year with a record score.

In the “Comeback” category was a 42-year old who won a major tournament after 20 years of being on the circuit.

Name both

Answer is…

• Rory McIlroy• Darren Clarke

Answer

When the whistle blows and the floodlights glowThen the X fans will put on a showWhen the stands vibrate and the rafters ringWe'll be doing the bouncy, and you'll hear us sing

I am a blue nose, loyal and trueI'm proud to wear the red white and blueStrong as a rock with standards highI am a teddy bear till the day I die

Now the greatest game is on new year’s dayWhen the boys in the hoops come along to playBut we'll send them homeward shedding their tearsAs they hear this chorus ringing in their ears

22. Fan Song of which football club? “the boys in the hoops” are their rivals – name them as well

Answer is…

• Glasgow Rangers

• Celtic F.C.

Answer

23.

Air Marshal Nur Khan, as the head of the PCB helped organise the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India & Pakistan.

However, he is better remembered for his stint as head of the Pakistan Hockey Federation.

What was his enduring legacy to hockey, which took shape in 1978?

Answer is…

• Champions’ Trophy Hockey Tournament

Answer

24. Evolving from tennis, table tennis took off in 1900, and at this juncture, Jaques and Son were just one of several manufacturers producing versions of Ping Pong / TT.

Which well known brand/company got a patent for TT under the trade name of ‘Whiff Whaff’?

Answer is…

SlazengerAnswer

Rev. Frank Marshall: “Oh, fie, go away naughty boy, I don't play with boys who can’t afford to take a holiday for ____ any day they like!”

Miller: "Yes, that’s just you to a T; you’d make it so that no lad whose father wasn’t a millionaire could play at all in a really good team. For my part I see no reason why the men who make the money shouldn’t have a share in the spending of it."

*25. An 1890s cartoon lampooning what eventual split?

• The split between Rugby Union and Rugby League (amateurs and pros)

Answer

26.

In 1983, who became the only player to win a boy’s Grand Slam?

He is also the only player ever to win both ATP Player of the Year (1990, 1991) and ATP Doubles Team of the Year (1986).

Who? What achievement? (2 points)

Answer is…

• Stefan Edberg

Answer

27.

“Modern Pentathlon Gets a Little Less Penta” – was a headline from the New York Times in November 2008, because of a rule change / combination change in the event, somewhat mirroring another event in the Winter Olympics.What was the change?

Answer is…

• Shooting and running combined into a single event, like the biathlon in Winter Olympics where cross-country skiing and rifle shooting is one single event

Answer

1. _______________, Hungary

2. Yifan Hou, China

3. Anna Muzychuk, Slovenia

4. ________________, India

5. Xue Zhao, China

World Top 5 list in a sport. Fill in both the blanks

28.

Answer is…

• Judith Polgar

• Koneru Humpy

Answer

29.

At the age of 48, representing Slovenia she missed qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics by 0.28 seconds. This would have been her record 8th Olympics appearance.

She already holds the record for the maximum appearances (7) by any woman track & field athlete, winning 3 silver and 6 bronze medals, while representing another country.

Who?

Answer is…

• Merlene Ottey

Answer

30*.

An artist’s impression of a plane crash at the hill of Superga that killed almost all the team members of the leading Serie A club at the time, which had been the last to win the title before WW II.

Which club?

Answer is…

• Torino FC

Answer

31.

The Grewal Sports Association sponsors and runs a hockey academy for schoolboys, apart from promoting various other sports.

What did the doyen of the group, Inder Singh Grewal start in 1933 that continues to this day, at a location 15 kms south of Ludhiana? Name the event and the location

Answer is…

• Kila Raipur Rural Olympics

Answer

32.

In the recent Anand-Gelfand match, if the rapid games had not been able to produce a result, the next tiebreak would have been two blitz games.

If these had also been tied, a method would have been employed where White would have been given 5 minutes and Black 4 minutes. If the game was drawn, then the player of the Black pieces would be declared champion.

What 10-letter word, signifying that it was the ultimate end game describes this?

Answer is…

• Armageddon

Answer

33.

This is the Adidas Silverstream, the official ball of the Euro 2000. The title and design of this ball were dedicated to the rivers of the host countries, to which they owe their prosperity.

The locals nicknamed these waterways “silver streams” due to the way their surfaces sparkle brightly in the early morning sun.

Who were the co-hosts?

Answer is…

• Belgium• Holland / The Netherlands

Answer

34.

“It was a wish on my part to do something as a tribute to the memory of my great father. I thought if he was first in something then I should also be first in something related to cricket. The chance came to me when I was asked to do the cricket commentary for a match in Indore”

The lady making this quote was captain of the Madhya Pradesh women’s team in the 1970s and later became the world’s first woman cricket commentator when she broadcast the MCC vs Bombay match at Indore in 1977.

Name her / her father

Answer is…

• Chandra Nayudu, daughter of CK Nayudu

Answer

*35.

Only these two sportspeople in India have won the ‘triple’ of the Arjuna, Khel Ratna and Dronacharya Awards. Name both

Answer is…

• Cdr. Homi Motivala• Pullela Gopichand

Answer

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