sports quiz - september 27 2015

On 27 -09-2015 , Sunday Qm : Vishnudev C

Rules

Quizmaster’s decision is always final

Round I

• 13 questions • CLOCKWISE • +10 / -5 on pounce• +10/ 0 on bounce

FITB 1.

Ans : Mahatma Gandhi

2.

The FIFA 100 was a list of “100 Greatest living footballers” unveiled by Pele in 2004.Name the lone Scot on the list, one of the first “player-managers” in the Premier League, referred to as King _______ by fans.

Ans : Kenny Dalglish

3since ___________________.co.uk

Ans : sinceliverpoollastwonatrophy.co.uk

4

The only US president to have appeared twice on the cover of Sports Illustrated ????

Ans : Ronald Reagan

6

The 2008 Australian Open did not pass off peacefully either. Police used X as they tried to deal with a group of male Greek fans who had been “chanting abusively” at Chilean Fernando Gonzalez, including calling the former finalist “a faggot”. The Greeks then acted, according to the police, in an “aggressive and threatening” manner towards the officers. It was later suggested by witnesses that some of the women and children in the crowd had inadvertently been dosed with X . What is X ?

X = Pepper-spray

7

In Bangkok, murals at Wat Phra Kaeo, which was built in 1785, depict the Hindu god Hanuman playing this game in a ring with a troop of monkeys. Other historical accounts mention the game earlier during the reign of King Naresuan (1590-1605) of Ayutthaya. The game remained in its circle form for hundreds of years, and the modern version began taking shape in Thailand sometime during the early 1740s.Which game ??

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Ans : Sepak Takraw

8The name of this book came from something devised Chuck Daly, who explained it as“… we forced him left and doubled him. If he was on the left wing, we went immediately to a double team from the top. If he was on the right wing, we went to a slow double team. He could hurt you equally from either wing—hell, he could hurt you from the hot-dog stand—but we just wanted to vary the look. And if he was on the box, we doubled with a big guy.… any time he went by you, you had to nail him. If he was coming off a screen, nail him. We didn't want to be dirty—I know some people thought we were—but we had to make contact and be very physical.”What is the title?

Ans : Jordan Rules

9

• Connect the following : • Rafael Nadal• Gael Monfils• Agnieszka Radwanska• Fabrice Santoro• Ivan Dodig• Sania Mirza• Rohan Bopanna

Ans

10

• After his match against his idol Rudy Hartono at the 1980 Swedish Open, he said: "I could have beaten him 15-0 in that last game but I couldn't do that to my idol, I conceded a point and finished the game."

Image follows

Ans : Prakash Padukone

11

Ans : The longest tennis match

The longest tennis match took place in 2010 at Wimbledon. John Isner of the United States beat Nicolas Mahut of France in a match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes. It took 3 days to complete!

12

• David Rutter, the lead producer of the FIFA Games, told ESPN, “We’ve been talking about it

seriously since 2009. It wasn’t just an ethical and moral question that needed to be

answered—it was a technical one.”

After answering that technical problem, what will be the major addition in FIFA-16, the upcoming

installment of the computer games?

Ans : Women’s teams are introduced in the game

13

• He is a two time World carrom champion and nine time national champion of india . He was awarded the prestigious arjuna award , a sporting honour presented by the Government of india , in 1996 .

Who ?

Ans

• Maria Irudayam

Round II

• List It : • There are 8 cricketers who have scored

centuries in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Name them.

• +5 for each correct answer • Bonus +10 if all are correct

Exchange sheets

Answer :

• Chris Gayle• Brendon McCullum• Mahela Jayawardene• Tillekaratne Dilshan• Martin Guptill• Suresh Raina• Ahmed Shahzad• Faf du Plessis

Round III

• 13 Questions• ANTI-CLOCKWISE• +10/-5 on pounce• +10 /0 on bounce

1

The aviator you see to the right is known to have pioneered one of the first combat aircrafts which had a forward-firing machine gun fitted to the aircrafts wings called the “Interrupter Gear”.How is this aviator immortalized in the world of sports?

Ans : Roland Garros

2

In this list ; some of the famous members and their positions are as follows

1.Cristiano Ronaldo ; 2.John cena ; 3.Serena Williams;5.Neymar Jr. ; 6.Lebron James ;8.Maria Sharapova; 13.Roman Reigns ;16.Tom Daley ; 20. Shahid Afridi

Who ranks 18th in the list ????

Ans : Saina Nehwal

3The asteroid 12373 is named after which famous sportsperson ????

The old hero is now a Villain !!!

Ans : Lance Armstrong

4

• Video follows

Put Funda

Fastest White Man on Earth

• Ans : First white man to cross 10 s barrier in 100 m sprint

5

Arthur Irwin, a Canadian manager and part-time sportsperson, is credited with what was once considered a sporting innovation.

While playing with Providence in 1883, Irwin is said to have injured the third and fourth fingers in his left hand and came up with this to ensure he missed no more games.

By 1884, other players had adopted it and the object came to be called the “Irwin _____”.

What Am I talkin about ???

Ans : Baseball Gloves (for pitchers/fielders)

6.Connect to a Person

Ans: Jimmy Jump(Jaume Marquet i Cot)

7

"75% of the earth is covered by water, and the rest by ________" - Ian Chappell

Ans

Jonty Rhodes

8.Connect to a certain practice

Ans : Tried CR7 sack celebration

9• Born in Brisbane on June 27, 1970, John Eales attended Marist College Ashgrove,

and played cricket for the school alongside Australian Test cricketer Matthew Hayden. A natural sportsman, Eales also played cricket for Queensland University, before concentrating on rugby with his club brothers, Queensland, and the full Australian international side.

• A true Australian sporting legend, Eales won two World Cups and played 84 times for his country, 55 times as captain, from the second row, with a further two caps earned at No.8, contributing to a total of 86 international appearances.

• Eales possessed pretty much every skill the modern rugby player requires. Mobility, fantastic hands, mastery of the set piece, advanced reading of the game, strong defence, a huge work rate, and he kicked the goals to boot. The sight of the big second row lining up kicks at goal always provided a sense of wonder for those watching, but the statistics speak for themselves, with Eales kicking a total of 163 international points, including several match-winning attempts.He is referred to as a perfect player . What is the famous nickname given to him for this ????

Ans

He is Nicknamed 'Nobody', because 'nobody's perfect',

10• X was born on 27 August 1972 in

himachal pradesh.He finished as the first runner up in Biggboss season 4.He also acted in movies like Get Smart , MacGruber , Ramaa: The Saviour etc. He appeared on the Disney Channel TV program Pair of Kings as Atog, a rock-smashing giant, in the episode "Fight School".Remember!! He is one of the rarest mens in the world .

Ans : The Great Khali

11

These are some US Golf players , They are together known as ????

• Nancy Lopez • Pat Bradley• Amy Alcott• Patty Sheehan • Betsy King• Beth Daniel • Juli Inkster

Ans

• "Magnificent Seven”

12

Identify the person on and what is the famous invention ????

Ans

• Arpad Elo, the inventor of the Elo rating system

13.Id• Seles was the top women's player heading into 1993, having won the French

Open three consecutive years and both the US Open and Australian Open in consecutive years. In January 1993, Seles defeated Graf in the final of the Australian Open, which to date was her third win in four Grand Slam finals against Graf. With eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday on December 2, 1993, Seles holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles won as a teenager in the Open Era. She then won the Virginia Slims of Chicago over Martina Navratilova in 3 sets. This was the last title that Seles won before the attack in Hamburg, Germany.

• On April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburgin which Seles was leading 6–4, 4–3 , X , an obsessed fan of Y, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed Seles

• Identify X and Y ??

Ans

X= Günter ParcheY= Steffi Graf

Video if u need

Round IV

• List it• There have been 11 players who won the US

open women’s singles from 1997 – 2015.• The winner of 2015 was Flavia Pennetta• List the other 10• Each correct answer carry 5 marks• Bonus +10 if all are correct

Exchange sheets

The Answer is

Answer• Martina Hingis• Lindsay Davenport • Serena Williams• Venus Williams• Justine henin• Svetlana Kuznetsova• Kim clijsters• Maria sharapova• Samantha stosur• Victoria azarenka

Round V :Theme Round

• 6 questions each carry +20 /-10 on pounce and +10 / 0 on bounce

• Also You can crack the theme at any time , the respective scoring is written on top of the slide

1(+150/-100)

Identify the person and his unique achievement in his sport. The pic is a clue …

Answer is

Ans

• Michael (Michalis) Mouroutsos , inaugural Olympic champion in the men's -58 kg division in Olympic taekwondo..(2000 sydney olympics )

Oh!! Wait, Anyone cracking the Theme?

2(+100/-75)

• Yuvraj singh did it twice in 2009 • Rohith sharma also did it • It happened most of the time in the month of

may• Amit mishra did it three times• Tell me what it is and who is the first one to

do this ???

Answer is

Ans

• Hat-tricks in IPL history• Lakshmipathy Balaji (for Csk )

Oh!! Wait, Anyone cracking the Theme?

3.Id ( +80/-50)

Answer is

Ans

• Simona Halep of Romania

Oh!! Wait, Anyone cracking the Theme?

4(+60/-35)

Identify the legend??

Answer is

Ans

• Francesco Totti

Oh!! Wait, Anyone cracking the Theme?

5(+40/-20)

• His career in representative cricket started in 1996 started december 1996 when he played for otago under17-s .

• He represented Newzealand at the ICC under -19 world cup 2000 in Sri lanka

• He holds the record for the most runs scored by a New Zealand batsman in an under-19 test match. He scored 186 against South africa under-19 at Lincoln in 2001 . Who????

Answer is

Ans:Brendon Mcullum

Oh!! Wait, Anyone cracking the Theme?

6(+20/-10)Tell me Who it is ????

Answer is

Ans

Oh!! Wait, Anyone cracking the Theme?

OK… The theme was …

Theme : September 27

• 2000 – The first Olympic Gold Medal ever for Tae Kwon Do was won by Greek athlete Michalis Mouroutsos in men's -58 kg division in Sydney.

• 1981 – Lakshmipathy Balaji , Indian cricketer was born• 1991 – Simona Halep , Romanian tennis player was born• 1976 – Francesco Totti, Italian footballer(the gladiator) was

born• 1981 – Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricketer was born• 1948 – Duncan Fletcher, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean cricketer

and coach was born

Scores Please

Tie Breaker

A

Halteres, which weighed between 1 kg –4.5 kgwere a specific category of dumb-bells in Ancient Greece, that were used both as lifting weights and in the older version of a modern Olympic sport. The older version involved the athlete holding one halterein each hand, swinging them forward to increase momentum and using them appropriately to change one’s center of gravity.

What modern Olympic sport once involved the use of halteres?

2 answers are accepted

The Answer is

Ans

Long Jump or Triple Jump

B

• What is so special about the logo ?????

Answer is

Ans

Rider riding a bicycle

C.Connect

The answer is

Ans

• Manforce

D .

Who is he???? Why is he famous?????He Created History!!!!

The Answer is

Ans

• Joshua Pynadath ,First person of indian origin to play for Real Madrid

E

The answer is

Ans

• Jules Bianchi funeral

F• He was said to be the best all-rounder of his day. He made his first-

class debut for Sussex in 1845 aged 18, weighing only 7 stone(45 kg). Initially a fast round-arm bowler, his pace slowed in later years. While bowling fast, he took on average nearly 10 wickets in every game. In 1850, playing for the South against the North at Lord's, he took all 10 wickets in the second innings, all clean bowled (still the only instance of all ten wickets being taken "bowled" in any first-class match). In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32 He was also a fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting average of 14.12, an average which was very good for the time). He scored only two centuries, the first in 1849 and the second was the only century scored in 1855. Who?

The answer is

Ans

• John Wisden

G..

• Something historical happened after this• (video)

Ans: Sachin’s first ODI run

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