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“TEAM SPIRIT”Inter-College Sports Quiz
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RULES
• Teams of two or lonewolf.• 6 team into the finals after written prelims.• Star marked questions to resolve tie issues.• Take a good guess. Try reading between the
lines. • Quizmaster is no GOD. So forgive his
mistakes.
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Q1.
CONNECT
• ROBBIE FOWLER• DENNIS BERGKAMP• CRISTIANO RONALDO• HARRY KANE• JARMIE VARDY
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ANSWER
• Consecutive Player of the Month Award in EPL
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Q2.
• In December 1995, at the age of ten, he (X) approached Y team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for Y." Less than three years later Y and Z signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme.
• Identify X,Y and Z.
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ANSWER
• X- LEWIS HAMILTON• Y- McLaren• Z- MERCEDES BENZ
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Q3.
• HE is the only player in Test cricket with a career batting average of less than 20 to reach 200 runs in an innings. He demonstrated a solid defensive game, known amongst team-mates as 'The Walking Forward Defence', and despite not regularly making big scores, he was a difficult batsman to dismiss and occupied the crease for substantial periods of time, allowing his batting partner time to get a big score.
• Identify the player.
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ANSWER
• Jason Gillespie
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Q4.
• "Million Dollar Arm" was a 2008 reality TV show that sought to discover baseball pitching talent in India. It was the subject of a 2014 film as well. Sports agent J.B.Bernstein, the brain behind this show, launched a new show in 2014, which in some sense is the geographical and sporting opposite of the Million Dollar Arm. So what is his new show a Million Dollar quest for?
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ANSWER
• It's called "Million Dollar Bat" and it seeks to find a baseball batter who can play in India's IPL.
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Q5*.
• The current record for most runs conceded in a 10 over spell in an ODI Innings is held by Mick Lewis when he conceded 113 against South Africa on 12 March, 2006. From whom did he take over this dubious record.
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ANSWER• MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN
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Q6.
• The F1 season of 2012 had a remarkable event. There were seven different winners for the first seven races. The main reason said was that the teams were not able to cope up with the new tyres. Which company was the sole tyre manufacturer in that season?
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ANSWER
• PIRELLI
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Q7.• This is a native American sport with stciks and
rubber balls. Was also part of 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics.
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ANSWER
• LACROSSE
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Q8.
• Just before the 1958 World Cup began, in the French training camp, one of the players went to strike the ball and in the process hit the first choice French striker Rene Bliard, who was then injured and walloped out of the camp and World Cup.
• Who was this player and what was the consequence?
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ANSWER
• Just Fontaine, who was the second choice striker for France National team.
• As a result, he was promoted as a main striker and he went on to score 13 goals in the tournament, which is still a world record for a single tournament.
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Q9.• This monument appears in the logo of which
Annual Sports Event?
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ANSWER
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Q10*
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• When asked recently, how he felt about the recent performances of his team, X said “ It is a dream I would not like to wake up from.”
• Which team is he currently coaching?
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ANSWER
• LEICESTER CITY
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Q11.
• Identify the mascot and it is the mascot of which games?
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ANSWER
• TIKHOR• MASCOT FOR SAF GAMES
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Q12.
• Plagued by injuries X became a waiter in his mother’s cafe just to earn a living. But his family, especially his wife Ludymila and new-born daughter Marcela, gave him the encouragement to follow his dreams. Identify X in the pic who was in news?
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ANSWER
• Wendell Lira. • Winner of the Puskas award for the best goal
in 2015
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Q13.
• San Diego will host the first edition of which games in 2017?
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ANSWER
• World first Beach Games
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Q13.
• X received entry in the 2001 wimbledon as a wildcard despite being ranked #125 in the world(not sufficient to gain entry) due to his past record as a three time runner up.
• He defeated Carlos Moyá, Andy Roddick, Marat Safin, Fredrik Jonsson, Greg Rusedski, Tim Henman and Pat Rafter (in that order) to win the grand slam title.
• To this day, he remains the only male player to have won the grand slam as a wildcard.
• X?
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ANSWER
• GORAN IVANISEVIC
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Q14.
• Identify the Game
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ANSWER
• CROQUET
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Q15*.
• Some of her most memorable outfits include leopard print looks at the 2004 and 2007 US Open, as well as “soccer theme” at the 2006 Wimbledon Championship. However, nothing can top the ensemble she wore to the 2011 Pre-Wimbledon party in London, a fluorescent green dress by designer Alex Noble that featured tennis balls and a Mohican-style hat. The look garnered her the name “Lady Gaga of the tennis world,” from The Daily Mail. Identify her?
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ANSWER
• BETHANIE MATTEK SANDS
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Q16.
• A poem dedicated to Leander Starr Jameson, leader of the failed Jameson raid against the Transvaal republic to overthrow the Boer government, published in 1910 was described by Khushwant Singh as ” the essence of the message of The Gita in English”.One of the most famous poems in the English language, in 1995 it was voted Britain’s favourite poem in a BBC poll.Which poem, and what is it doing in a sports quiz?
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ANSWER
• If by Rudyard Kipling; two of its lines are inscribed on the wall of the players’ entrance to the Center Court of All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, where Wimbledon matches are held.
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Q17.
CONNECT
• M.S.DHONI• YUVRAJ SINGH• GAUTAM GAMBHIR• VIRENDRA SEHWAG• S.SHREESANTH• YUSUF PATHAN• PIYUSH CHAWLA• HARBHJAN SINGH
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ANSWER
• The players to be part of both 2007 t20 and 2011 ODI WORLD CUP winning squads
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Q18.
• He holds the world record for the highest-ever score by a player on his first-class debut, despite his success at domestic level, he was never selected for the Indian national team.
• He was regarded as one of the country's finest prospects and was labelled the "new Tendulkar". He also played for the India A side in the1994–95 season alongside Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.
• WHO?
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ANSWER
• AMOL MAZUMDAR
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Q19.
• The Lakers team led by Magic Johnson's passing skills and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring, the team relied on fast breaks and won five NBA championships. This era in LA history is known as what?
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ANSWER
• Showtime Era
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Q20*.
• Shooting, today is a popular Olympic Sport. Most of the shooting events have not been changed over time neither have their been any objections over them. But a certain event debuted itself in 1900 Olympics has been discontinued after its maiden appearance. The officials at Paris stated that it was simply the messiest event. What was that event?
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Answer
• Live Pigeon Shooting
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Q21.
• Guess the GameThis game was much famous amongst noble families. Men as well as women used to play this. The reference to this game have been found in the books of Firdausi. Persian claim to be its originator because they possess the earliest possible references to this game. It will be easier if you have studied the Slave Dynasty, one of the rulers died playing this game?
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ANSWER
• POLO
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Q22.
• Where in the world will you see the following verse?
“ When Ivo goes back with ___, the___;Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;The welkin will ring loud,The great crowd will feel proud,Seeing Barley and Bates with the ___, the ___;And rest coming home with the ___.”
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ANSWER
• The Ashes Urn
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Q24.
• What method well-known to sports fans was used first time in Rugby Union match in the Heineken Cup semi final which saw the Leicester Tigers beat the Cardiff Blues 27-26 on May 3. 2009.
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ANSWER
• PENALTY SHOOTOUT
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Q25*.
• These two players have combined to be part of an unique achievement. What?
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ANSWER
• Jonny Bairstow took catch of David Willey's bowling to replicate the feat performed by their father David Bairstow and Peter Willey. Only father and son combo to do so