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Kolkata Quiz Festival

Sports Quiz

Quizmaster : Saradindu Mukherjee

Content and Research : Sreshth Shah

Rules 1. The Quiz consists of 50 Questions.

2. Each team in the quiz can consist of up to 3 members.

3. In case of ties, number of star marked questions answered

would be considered to break the ties.

4. Question numbers 5,12,16,20,24,32,38,45,50 are star marked

5. Each question is worth 1 point, unless otherwise mentioned.

6. Since the quiz is completely written, the portions underlined

in the answer slide must be written for points to be awarded.

7. Surname as answers will be sufficient as answers, unless

otherwise mentioned in the question. Incorrect first names

but correct surnames would result in no points being

awarded.

8. Accurate spelling is not important as long as the answer

sounds phonetically correct.

1. Chris Martin now has 210 wickets but only 112 runs

in Tests. The only other man to achieve this improbable

double is _________ _________who finished his 58-

Test career with 242 wickets and 167 runs, just fill in

the blank. (Surname sufficient for 1 point)

2. We know that ITF stands for International Tennis

Federation, which other sport‟s governing body also

has the Acronym ITF? (A ball sport, having seven

members each on either team, popular in India and

Pakistan)

3. The best finish by a debut team in the FIFA

World Cup is, of course, Uruguay in 1930 and

Italy in 1934 when they won the World Cup on

debut. But, after 1934, for 2 points (1 point each)

name the two countries which have secured third

place on their FIFA World Cup Debut.

4. Which sport is divided into game periods

called „chukkas‟?

5***** “No dumpings for the sake of it - selectors, coaches and captain must keep their nerve” was an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 13th November 2011. For 1 point, what is the significance of this article?

6. Ice hockey is Canada‟s official Winter Sport. So

what is Canada‟s official Summer sport?

7. The all-time FA Premier League table is a cumulative

record of all match results, points and goals of every team

that has played in the Premier League since its inception

in 1992. In the section of average points per season,

Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are the

top 4. Which team comes 5th on the league? (Hint: It is one of

the three other teams to have played all 19 seasons of the

Premier League)

8. In which sport would you come across the following terms/phrases – Across the face, Anti-freeze, Broomsticking and Hackweight, among others?

9. A non – profit, community – owned sports team is one which

is not privately owned, instead the city or town it is based in,

controls its finances. For example, if a team wants to add a

new, expensive player on it‟s roster, the residents of that place

might have to pay extra taxes or donate money for such trades

to take place. Which is the only non – profit, community –

owned major league professional sports team in the United

States?

10. Out of all ICC recognized official test matches

played till date, there have been eleven teams to have

played test cricket. According to official records, which

team, having played its first Test Match on 14th October

2005, has the worst win percentage?

11. First achieved in 1895, it was last achieved by Mark

Ramprakash a few years ago. In all only 25 have done it so

far with just one Asian in that list. For 2 points, what is

being talked about and who is the Asian?

12*****The initial record was when Japan scored

against Cameroon in 2010 Fifa world cup . It was

broken when Lakers won the 2010 season . The current

record is held with 2011 women's football world cup

finals in which Japan played against Usa . What is the

record ?

13. "For the life of me, I can't understand why [the press]

questioned his sportsmanship. The laws of cricket make it

quite clear that the non striker must keep within his ground

until the ball has been delivered. If not, why is the

provision there which enables the bowler to run him out?

By backing up too far or too early, the non striker is very

obviously gaining an unfair advantage.” Who defending

who? ( no half points )

14. Nottingham Forest's goal keeper in 93, Mark Crossley

saved a penalty that was taken from X. Mark Crossley later

went on to say that this was the save he was most proud

about and also the best save of his career. X played for only

one club during his senior career despite interest from other

clubs and was christened as X God by the fans. Who is this

X?

15. .In the 1924 Paris Olympics, there were a total of 23

perfect tens achieved, one of the highest tallies in

Omypics history. Albert Seguin achieved a perfect ten in

the Sidehorse Vault. The others 22 were from the same

sport. Which, now defunct, gymnastic sport are we

talking about?

16*****This event is advertised as "The most exciting two minutes in sports" and also as "The run for the roses”. which derby?

17. RadioShack was the last (or latest) team that Lance Armstrong represented. The previous one has a Kazakhstan connect. Which was the first?

18. There is an image of the Bon Marche store in Paris in

the next slide(Larger picture next slide). What from the

World of Sports was sold here for the first time?

19. X is a term used in multiple sports and it borrowed

from the French word for re-fishing . It denotes the fact

that if a good athlete fails it make it to the next round by a

very small margin it promotes him to the next round . It

was used in 2006 rugby world cup qualifications but later

removed . It is used in cycling , rowing , martial arts and

baseball . What is the term ?

20*****The person on the extreme right in the image ( larger

picture following slide ) trained Matt Damon for his role in the

movie Invictus, where he plays the role of Francois Pienaar.

For 2 points, identify the person on the extreme right and also

write down what was unique about him, something which

caught attention in 1995?

21. The central boss depicts the figure of Sophrosyne, the

personification of temperance and moderation, seated on a chest

with a lamp in her right hand and a jug in her left, with various

attributes such as a sickle, fork and caduceus around her. The four

reserves on the boss of the dish each contain a classical god,

together with elements. The reserves around the rim show

Minerva presiding over the seven liberal arts: astronomy,

geometry, arithmetic, music, rhetoric, dialectic and grammar, each

with relevant attribute. The rim of the salver has an ovolo

moulding. The remainder of the surface is decorated with gilt

renaissance strapwork and foliate motifs in relief against a rigid

silver ground. Where would you see this?

22. Just identify the sport they are playing. (Larger image, next

slide)

23. Most NBA teams tend to have their names end with an

„s‟, with the exception of Miami HEAT , Utah JAZZ ,

Orlando MAGIC and one more team.Which is the fourth

team?

24*****He scored 10, 10, 10, 9, 8 ; 10, 10, 10, 0, 0 ; 10,

10, 9, 9, 8 ; and 10, 10, 10, 9, 7 in Pistol Shooting and

was placed 21st out of 42 competitors. His bullet holes

were clustered together in the center of the target, but the

Judges decided that one bullet had missed the target

altogether. But he maintained that two of his bullets must

have gone through the same hole. The end result-- he was

placed 5th overall. Experts agree tat he could have won

the gold medal otherwise.

Who ?

25. FastCAM Replay LLC and DEL Imaging Systems

LLC developed a system of slow-motion cameras to be

used during Tennis matches to replay close or

controversial line calls . The system was first used at

the 2004 US Open and was widely popularised by CBS

networks .

What was the name given to this technology ?

26. This term is generally used to describe West Brom

Albion, Middlesbrough, Leicester City and Birmingham

City among the better-known clubs. Manchester City

were derisorily described as such till a few years back.

In Germany, where the equivalent term is

Fahrstuhlmannschaft, the term has been applied to

Arminia Bielefield and FC Nuremberg, among others.

What?

27. Only two people in NBA History have won Rookie

of the Year award as well as Most Valuable Player in

the same year. One is Wes Unsled, who is the other?

28. Which team gets its name from the fact that many gold

miners moved to X in the year Y during the gold rush? Just

name the team.

29. In 1983 , in the first ever international cricket ODI

at this venue X ,Gordon Greenidge got the news that

his young daughter had passed away. However because

the next flight out of this city was not until the end of

the match , he came out to open the innings and his

team won the match with all wickets intact. Identity the

venue X.

30. William Morgan was born in NewYork and was

part of the YMCA. His inspiration to start X was when

he met James Naismith who was impressed with his

idea . X was initially meant for senior citizens because

it was slow paced but now its played by everybody .

Give me X.

31. At the age of 15 he was given an offer to train with

Rangers FC. . He was present when the Dunblane

massacre took place that a guy named Thomas Hamilton

walked into a primary school and shot down the primary

school kids and he also wrote in his autobiography that

his mom gave a lift to Thomas . During the 2006 FIFA

worldcup he stated " I would support any team other

than England “. Which sportsperson is being spoken

about?

32******This is the list of jersey number‟s of Team

India‟s squad when they won the 2011 Cricket World Cup,

with the exception of one member of the squad. which

jersey number is missing? (No points for indentifying the

cricketer)

3 ,5 ,7 ,10 ,12 ,13 ,14 ,18 ,24 ,27 ,34 ,36 ,48 ,64 , (?)

33. Ken X is known for his strict team selection as one can

make into his team only if their grade in more than 2.3 and

is best known for benching his MVP due to his poor

academic performance . Ken claims that his best moment

was when he carried the torch during the 2002 winter

Olympics and now is currently with a slamball team . How

do we know him better?

34. Which sports related term is derived from Scottish

Gaelic and Irish words meaning "to poke, punch or

deliver a blow"?

35. Specific Connect Please, for 2 points.

Tea Olive

Pink Dogwood

Flowering Peach

Flowering Crab Apple

Magnolia

Juniper

Pampas

Yellow Jasmine

Carolina Cherry

Camellia

White Dogwood

Golden Bell

Azalea

Chinese Fir

Firethorn

Redbud

Nandina

Holly

36. She was in the news last year because she did

something unique. What? (Larger image in the next

slide)

37. Bilal Yusuf Mohammed was born on 7 April 1983 in

Boulogne-sur-Mer and raised in a low-income

neighbourhood on the fringes of the city. When he was

two years old, he and his family were involved in a car

accident in his hometown, colliding with a truck. He

suffered serious facial injuries that resulted in over one

hundred stitches as he was thrown against the windshield.

Lesser known facts about whom?

38*****FC Barcelona won the Champion‟s league by beating

Manchester United . FC Barcelona also won the Champion‟s

league by beating HSV Hamburg. in which sport did FC

Barcelona beat Hamburg?

39. Charles Hollis Taylor, called “Chuck” Taylor, was

an American basketball player who was very fond of a

particular shoe brand from it‟s very introduction in

1917.

In 1921, he walked into the brand‟s main outlet

complaining of sore feet. He somehow eventually

landed a job there.

He made numerous suggestions that helped boost the

sales of the brand. He worked as a salesman and

ambassador, promoting the shoes around the United

States.

In 1923 his signature was added to the logo patch of the

brand. Which brand?

40. Trivia maybe? In 2010, Steve Hodge, the former

English footballer, released his autobiography. What is the

name of the autobiography?

41. simply identify. (Larger image in next slide)

42. what was the first officially NAMED Summer Olympic

Mascot?

43. What started off with Nancy Yeargin and ended with Helena

Sukova?

44. Zadok the priest

And Nathan the prophet

Anointed Soloman, king

And all the people

Rejoiced, Rejoiced, rejoiced.

And all the people

Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced.

And all the people

Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced.

God save the king

Long live the king

God save the king

May the king live forever

Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen

Amen, amen, alleluia, amen.

How do we know this better today?

45*****It was founded on October 30, 1998 in the city of

Rosario. But it wasn't until the year of 2001 that they had their

first gathering. They now reportedly count 80,000 members

from more than 60 countries around the world.

It could be seen as a type of syncretism. It's clear that the

passion between the different members is what glues them

together. As Alejandro Verón, one of the founders tells us “I

have a rational religion and that’s the Roman-catholic church,

and I have a religion passed on my heart, passion, and that’s

_____ ______”

It‟s members count the years from 1960 and use as one of the

names of god the term „D10S‟, What is it ?

46. Nicknamed, El Chino or Chinaman, who is the only

male player in the Open Era to have been World No. 1

while NEVER managing to win a Grand Slam singles

tournament in his career?

47. Which was the first non capital city to host the Modern

Summer Olympics?

48. He wrote a number of books, including ‘The Olympic Games’ and ‘ The Rome Olympiad, 1960. He also served as the timekeeper for Roger Bannister’s historic 4 minute mile run. Who is this person?

49. The record for most consecutive fifties in World Cup Cricket games is shared by the following people for 4 consecutive fifties. Graeme Fowler - 1983 X – 1987 David Boon – 1987-1992 Sachin Tendulkar – 1996 Sachin Tendulkar – 2003 Graeme Smith – 2007 Yuvraj Singh – 2011. Who has been blanked out?

50*****Lots of arguments have come about regarding

TN Dilshan being credited with the risky scoop shot,

Dilscoop. But, it was first pioneered by another batsman,

almost a decade before Dilshan did. Who?

END OF QUIZ! Answers to be given out after this!

1. Chris Martin now has 210 wickets but only 112 runs

in Tests. The only other man to achieve this improbable

double is _________ _________who finished his 58-

Test career with 242 wickets and 167 runs, just fill in

the blank. (Surname sufficient for 1 point)

Answer : Bhagwat Subramanya

Chandrasekhar

2. We know that ITF stands for International Tennis

Federation, which other sport‟s governing body also

has the Acronym ITF? (A ball sport, having seven

members each on either team, popular in India and

Pakistan)

Answer : Throwball

3. The best finish by a debut team in the FIFA

World Cup is, of course, Uruguay in 1930 and

Italy in 1934 when they won the World Cup on

debut. But, after 1934, for 2 points (1 point each)

name the two countries which have secured third

place on their FIFA World Cup Debut.

Answer : Portugal and Croatia

4. Which sport is divided into game periods

called „chukkas‟?

Answer : POLO

5*****“No dumpings for the sake of it - selectors, coaches and captain must keep their nerve” was an article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 13th November 2011. For 1 point, what is the significance of this article?

Answer : Peter Roebuck‟s LAST ARTICLE

6. Ice hockey is Canada‟s official Winter Sport. So

what is Canada‟s official Summer sport?

Answer : LACROSSE

7. The all-time FA Premier League table is a cumulative

record of all match results, points and goals of every team

that has played in the Premier League since its inception

in 1992. In the section of average points per season,

Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are the

top 4. Which team comes 5th on the league? (Hint: It is one of

the three other teams to have played all 19 seasons of the

Premier League)

Answer : Aston Villa

8. In which sport would you come across the following terms/phrases – Across the face, Anti-freeze, Broomsticking and Hackweight, among others?

Answer : Curling

9. A non – profit, community – owned sports team is one which

is not privately owned, instead the city or town it is based in,

controls its finances. For example, if a team wants to add a

new, expensive player on it‟s roster, the residents of that place

might have to pay extra taxes or donate money for such trades

to take place. Which is the only non – profit, community –

owned major league professional sports team in the United

States?

Answer : Green Bay Packers

10. Out of all ICC recognized official test matches

played till date, there have been eleven teams to have

played test cricket. According to official records, which

team, having played its first Test Match on 14th October

2005, has the worst win percentage?

Answer : ICC World XI

11. First achieved in 1895, it was last achieved by Mark

Ramprakash a few years ago. In all only 25 have done it so

far with just one Asian in that list. For 2 points, what is

being talked about and who is the Asian?

Answer : Zaheer Abbas,

100 First Class ceturies

12*****The initial record was when Japan scored

against Cameroon in 2010 Fifa world cup . It was

broken when Lakers won the 2010 season . The current

record is held with 2011 women's football world cup

finals in which Japan played against Usa . What is the

record ?

Answer : Most tweets for a Sporting game

13. "For the life of me, I can't understand why [the press]

questioned his sportsmanship. The laws of cricket make it

quite clear that the non striker must keep within his ground

until the ball has been delivered. If not, why is the

provision there which enables the bowler to run him out?

By backing up too far or too early, the non striker is very

obviously gaining an unfair advantage.” Who defending

who? ( no half points )

Answer : Don Bradman, Kapil Dev

14. Nottingham Forest's goal keeper in 93, Mark Crossley

saved a penalty that was taken from X. Mark Crossley later

went on to say that this was the save he was most proud

about and also the best save of his career. X played for only

one club during his senior career despite interest from other

clubs and was christened as X God by the fans. Who is this

X?

Answer : Matt Le Tissier

15. .In the 1924 Paris Olympics, there were a total of 23

perfect tens achieved, one of the highest tallies in

Omypics history. Albert Seguin achieved a perfect ten in

the Sidehorse Vault. The others 22 were from the same

sport. Which, now defunct, gymnastic sport are we

talking about?

Answer : Rope Climbing

16*****This event is advertised as "The most exciting two minutes in sports" and also as "The run for the roses”. which derby?

Answer : The Kentucky Derby

17. RadioShack was the last (or latest) team that Lance Armstrong represented. The previous one has a Kazakhstan connect. Which was the first?

Answer : Motorola

18. There is an image of the Bon Marche store in Paris in

the next slide(Larger picture next slide). What from the

World of Sports was sold here for the first time?

Answer : The Olympic Flag

19. X is a term used in multiple sports and it borrowed

from the French word for re-fishing . It denotes the fact

that if a good athlete fails it make it to the next round by a

very small margin it promotes him to the next round . It

was used in 2006 rugby world cup qualifications but later

removed . It is used in cycling , rowing , martial arts and

baseball . What is the term ?

Answer : Repochage ( the same rule which allowed Sushil

Kumar to come back in the Olympics)

20*****The person on the extreme right in the image ( larger

picture following slide ) trained Matt Damon for his role in the

movie Invictus, where he plays the role of Francois Pienaar.

For 2 points, identify the person on the extreme right and also

write down what was unique about him, something which

caught attention in 1995?

Answer : Chester Williams, only black member of the 1995 winning SA team

21. The central boss depicts the figure of Sophrosyne, the

personification of temperance and moderation, seated on a chest

with a lamp in her right hand and a jug in her left, with various

attributes such as a sickle, fork and caduceus around her. The four

reserves on the boss of the dish each contain a classical god,

together with elements. The reserves around the rim show

Minerva presiding over the seven liberal arts: astronomy,

geometry, arithmetic, music, rhetoric, dialectic and grammar, each

with relevant attribute. The rim of the salver has an ovolo

moulding. The remainder of the surface is decorated with gilt

renaissance strapwork and foliate motifs in relief against a rigid

silver ground. Where would you see this?

Answer : Venus Rosewater Dish

22. Just identify the sport they are playing. (Larger image, next

slide)

Answer : Gaelic Football

23. Most NBA teams tend to have their names end with an

„s‟, with the exception of Miami HEAT , Utah JAZZ ,

Orlando MAGIC and one more team.Which is the fourth

team?

Answer : Oklahoma City Thunder

24*****He scored 10, 10, 10, 9, 8 ; 10, 10, 10, 0, 0 ; 10,

10, 9, 9, 8 ; and 10, 10, 10, 9, 7 in Pistol Shooting and

was placed 21st out of 42 competitors. His bullet holes

were clustered together in the center of the target, but the

Judges decided that one bullet had missed the target

altogether. But he maintained that two of his bullets must

have gone through the same hole. The end result-- he was

placed 5th overall. Experts agree tat he could have won

the gold medal otherwise.

Who ?

Answer : General Patton

25. FastCAM Replay LLC and DEL Imaging Systems

LLC developed a system of slow-motion cameras to be

used during Tennis matches to replay close or

controversial line calls . The system was first used at

the 2004 US Open and was widely popularised by CBS

networks .

What was the name given to this technology ?

Answer : McEnroe

26. This term is generally used to describe West Brom

Albion, Middlesbrough, Leicester City and Birmingham

City among the better-known clubs. Manchester City

were derisorily described as such till a few years back.

In Germany, where the equivalent term is

Fahrstuhlmannschaft, the term has been applied to

Arminia Bielefield and FC Nuremberg, among others.

What?

Answer : Yo-yo Clubs

27. Only two people in NBA History have won Rookie

of the Year award as well as Most Valuable Player in

the same year. One is Wes Unsled, who is the other?

Answer : Wilt Chamberlain

28. Which team gets its name from the fact that many gold

miners moved to X in the year Y during the gold rush? Just

name the team.

Answer : San Francisco 49ers

29. In 1983 , in the first ever international cricket ODI

at this venue X ,Gordon Greenidge got the news that

his young daughter had passed away. However because

the next flight out of this city was not until the end of

the match , he came out to open the innings and his

team won the match with all wickets intact. Identity the

venue X.

Answer : Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir

30. William Morgan was born in NewYork and was

part of the YMCA. His inspiration to start X was when

he met James Naismith who was impressed with his

idea . X was initially meant for senior citizens because

it was slow paced but now its played by everybody .

Give me X.

Answer : Volleyball

31. At the age of 15 he was given an offer to train with

Rangers FC. . He was present when the Dunblane

massacre took place that a guy named Thomas Hamilton

walked into a primary school and shot down the primary

school kids and he also wrote in his autobiography that

his mom gave a lift to Thomas . During the 2006 FIFA

worldcup he stated " I would support any team other

than England “. Which sportsperson is being spoken

about?

Answer : Andy Murray

32*****This is the list of jersey number‟s of Team India‟s

squad when they won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, with

the exception of one member of the squad. which jersey

number is missing? (No points for indentifying the

cricketer)

3 ,5 ,7 ,10 ,12 ,13 ,14 ,18 ,24 ,27 ,34 ,36 ,48 ,64 , (?)

Answer : Blank (Virender Sehwag‟s Jersey)

33. Ken X is known for his strict team selection as one can

make into his team only if their grade in more than 2.3 and

is best known for benching his MVP due to his poor

academic performance . Ken claims that his best moment

was when he carried the torch during the 2002 winter

Olympics and now is currently with a slamball team . How

do we know him better?

Answer : Carter/Coach Carter

34. Which sports related term is derived from Scottish

Gaelic and Irish words meaning "to poke, punch or

deliver a blow"?

Answer : A puck

35. Specific Connect Please, for 2 points.

Tea Olive

Pink Dogwood

Flowering Peach

Flowering Crab Apple

Magnolia

Juniper

Pampas

Yellow Jasmine

Carolina Cherry

Camellia

White Dogwood

Golden Bell

Azalea

Chinese Fir

Firethorn

Redbud

Nandina

Holly

Answer : Names of the Augusta Masters 18 holes

36. She was in the news last year because she did

something unique. What? (Larger image in the next

slide)

Answer : Represented Australia in Football and Cricket,

Eliza Perry

37. Bilal Yusuf Mohammed was born on 7 April 1983 in

Boulogne-sur-Mer and raised in a low-income

neighbourhood on the fringes of the city. When he was

two years old, he and his family were involved in a car

accident in his hometown, colliding with a truck. He

suffered serious facial injuries that resulted in over one

hundred stitches as he was thrown against the windshield.

Lesser known facts about whom?

Answer : Franck Ribery

38******FC Barcelona won the Champion‟s league by beating

Manchester United . FC Barcelona also won the Champion‟s

league by beating HSV Hamburg. in which sport did FC

Barcelona beat Hamburg?

Answer : Handball

39. Charles Hollis Taylor, called “Chuck” Taylor, was

an American basketball player who was very fond of a

particular shoe brand from it‟s very introduction in

1917.

In 1921, he walked into the brand‟s main outlet

complaining of sore feet. He somehow eventually

landed a job there.

He made numerous suggestions that helped boost the

sales of the brand. He worked as a salesman and

ambassador, promoting the shoes around the United

States.

In 1923 his signature was added to the logo patch of the

brand. Which brand?

Answer : Converse All-Star

40. Trivia maybe? In 2010, Steve Hodge, the former

English footballer, released his autobiography. What is the

name of the autobiography?

Answer : The Man with Maradona‟s Shirt ( accept very

slight variations )

41. simply identify. (Larger image in next slide)

Answer : Sultan Azlan Shah

42. what was the first officially NAMED Summer Olympic

Mascot?

Answer : Waldi the Daschund, 1972

43. What started off with Nancy Yeargin and ended with Helena

Sukova?

Answer : Martina Navratilova‟s Unbeaten Streak

44. Zadok the priest

And Nathan the prophet

Anointed Soloman, king

And all the people

Rejoiced, Rejoiced, rejoiced.

And all the people

Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced.

And all the people

Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced.

God save the king

Long live the king

God save the king

May the king live forever

Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen

Amen, amen, alleluia, amen.

How do we know this better today?

Answer : UEFA Champion‟s league Theme song

45******It was founded on October 30, 1998 in the city of

Rosario. But it wasn't until the year of 2001 that they had their

first gathering. They now reportedly count 80,000 members

from more than 60 countries around the world.

It could be seen as a type of syncretism. It's clear that the

passion between the different members is what glues them

together. As Alejandro Verón, one of the founders tells us “I

have a rational religion and that’s the Roman-catholic church,

and I have a religion passed on my heart, passion, and that’s

_____ ______”

It‟s members count the years from 1960 and use as one of the

names of god the term „D10S‟, What is it ?

Answer : Maradonian Church/Iglesia Maradoniana

46. Nicknamed, El Chino or Chinaman, who is the only

male player in the Open Era to have been World No. 1

while NEVER managing to win a Grand Slam singles

tournament in his career?

Answer : Marcelo Rios

47. Which was the first non capital city to host the Modern

Summer Olympics?

Answer : St. Louis, Missourie

48. He wrote a number of books, including „The

Olympic Games‟ and „ The Rome Olympiad, 1960. He

also served as the timekeeper for Roger Bannister‟s

historic 4 minute mile run. Who is this person?

Answer : Harold Abrahams

49. The record for most consecutive fifties in World Cup

Cricket games is shared by the following people for 4

consecutive fifties.

Graeme Fowler - 1983

X – 1987

David Boon – 1987-1992

Sachin Tendulkar – 1996

Sachin Tendulkar – 2003

Graeme Smith – 2007

Yuvraj Singh – 2011.

Who has been blanked out?

Answer : Navjot Singh Sidhu

50***** Lots of arguments have come about regarding

TN Dilshan being credited with the risky scoop shot,

Dilscoop. But, it was first pioneered by another batsman,

almost a decade before Dilshan did. Who?

Answer : Douglas Marillier

Answer : Douglas Marillier

END OF QUIZ!

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