Sports QuizOctober 27, 2016.

Prelims

25 questions in total | 1-10 are starred 21-24 are visuals connected by a

common theme. +1 for every correct answer 6 teams qualify for the finals.

Scores get multiplied by 5 and get carried over to the finals.

1. Spaced over 40 years 2 months and 2 days, how would you connect a particular ‘conclusive’ kick from the following 2 footballers?

Final penalty to beat Germany in a shootout

2. The addition of 2 more people to this list would make it exhaustive. Name both or mention what is common to them.

Apart from Yelena Produnova & Dipa Karmakar, these are the only 3 gymnasts who have executed the ‘produnova’

3. How would you connect the following images?

Inspirations behind Paul Pogba’s hairstyles

4. How you would connect the following people & who is the latest entrant in this exhaustive list?

Roger Prideaux & Ruth Westbrook Guy de Alwis & Rasali Chandima da

Silva

Husband-Wives to play test cricket

5. What unique treble would you associate with the following athletes?

Debbie Mayer & Katie Ledecky | Winning the 200m, 400m & 800m at the same Olympic Games

6. How would you connect the following images to an Olympic champions post medal winning heroics?

7. Who recreating whose iconic SI cover pose?This Jets cornerback marked his return to New York on this 2015 Sports Illustrated cover, recreating an iconic image of an Hall of Fame quarterback that appeared on the cover 50 years ago.  

Joe Namath & Darrelle Revis

8. Identify this mens doubles team from the US Open; coincidentally they are better remembered for a different on-court controversy.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis 

9. Which three time Olympic gold medalist and a cauldron lighter from a Winter Olympics, posted this doctored racist photo on Twitter that showed the president and his wife staring at a banana held up by a white hand?

Irina Rodnina

10. Who is the only player to win both the FIFA U17 & the senior World Cup?

Ronaldinho

11. The person on the right can potentially win the world championship this Sunday, identify him and his friend who he is seen chatting with here.

Nico Rosberg & Lewis Hamilton

12. Which premier basketball team from the USA visited North Korea to play exhibition games in 2013?

Harlem Globetrotters

13. Recently for the 2nd time in history, 2 batsmen scored triple hundreds in the same game; name them.

Swapnil Gugale & Rishabh Pant

14. Name this fast bowler who holds the dubious distinction of having conceded most runs in an IPL over.

 Prasanth Parameswaran

15.

There have been 4 instances now of multiple sportspersons bestowed with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. While the most recent occurrence happened in 2016, when did it happen first? Also who were the recipients?

Homi Motivala & Garg Pushpendra Kumar

16. Identify her and mention the reason why did she was left out.

Defending champion in her event, she didn’t manage to make the final in Rio 2016 inspite of finishing 3rd in Qualifying.

Gabby Douglas; only 2 from a country can make it to the final

17. In Game Theory, what is this 2 player coordination game called?

Imagine a couple who cant recall if they will be attending the opera or a football match. The 2 sample payoff matrixes are given here to suggest where would they land up.

Some authors also chose to refer to this as Bach or Stravinsky

Battle of the Sexes

18. An athlete’s now popular 25 day journey has been depicted below? Who, why was this in the news recently?

Yusra Mardini | Refugee athlete

19. What has been blanked out here?

Salman Khan

20. Surname, please?

Phogat

21.[Basketball/Americal Football]

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

22.[Cricket/Football]

Robin Singh

23.[Kabaddi/Cricket]

Deepak Hooda

24.[Lawn Tennis/Ice Hockey]

Dustin Brown

25. Connect Q’s 21-24

Share the same name!

See you in the finals

Finals: 5 Rounds of Quizzing Round 1: List Its (2) Round 2: Infinite Bounce/Pounce (10) Round 3: Choose your topic Round 4: Rapid Fire Round 5: Keh ke lunga

Teams get eliminated after each round (none after Rnd1, 2 after Rnd2, 1 each after that)

Round 1: List It

Over the next 2 slides, there are 2 lists that you would have to fill in – for every correct answer, you get 5 points; if you get all variables right, you get a bonus of 10 points

List 1:

Countries/Contingents which won their first Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016

Number of entries – 10 (Total points on offer – 60)

And the Answer is

Bahrain – Ruth Jabet Fiji – Men’s Rugby Team IOC – Fehad Al Dehani Ivory Coast – Check Sallah Junior

Cisse Jordan – Ahmed Aboughosh Kosovo – Majlinda Kelmendi Puerto Rico – Monica Puig Singapore – Joseph Schooling Tajikistan – Dilshod Nazarov Vietnam – Hoang Xuan Vinh

List 2:

Man of the Match in Cricket World Cup final (Men’s 50 Over)

Number of entries - 11 (Total points on offer - 65)

And the Answer is

1975 – Clive Lloyd 1979 – Viv Richards 1983 – Mohinder Amarnath 1987 – David Boon 1992 – Wasim Akram 1996 – Aravinda da Silva 1999 – Shane Warne 2003 – Ricky Ponting 2007 – Adam Gilchrist 2011 – MS Dhoni 2015 – James Faulkner

Round 2: Infinite Bounce/Pounce 12 Questions 6 clockwise/6 anti clockwise Infinite Pounce +10/-10 on Pounce

1. What record connects the following players? Also, who holds it in ODIs?

TESTS T20S

And the Answer is

Most matches missed between 2 appearances | Jeff Wilson

2. This is the progression of the 100m backstroke WR (last 5 entries); who broke the record recently, also what made his feat unique?

And the Answer is

Ryan Murphy | Was part of the US Medley Relay team’s gold medal winning swim

3. How would you connect the following managers? Also, who would make this list exhaustive?

And the Answer is

Manage 2 teams to Champions League titles Ancelloti – AC

Milan & Real Madrid

Ernst Happel – Feyenoord & Hamburg

Ottmar Hitzfeld – Borussia Dortmund & Bayern Munich

Jupp Heyneckes – Real Madrid & Bayern Munich

4. What rule is being discussed here? November 2015 saw an

unprecedented first in NBA history; the coach of the month award was handed over to someone with ‘zero’ wins. Why did this happen?

And the Answer is

Luke Walton

He was deputising for Steve Kerr and while the 19-0 record would still show on Kerr’s resume, it was Walton who was bestowed with the award.

5. The rivalry between these 2 cities – A & B is well known; whats unique though is the name of one of B’s marquee franchisees is inspired from from a disbanded team name from A. Name the two cities, also whats the common name in question?

And the Answer is

Celtics | New York and Boston

6. What you see in the picture is an aberration from the general trend of the number 1 jersey handed out to the GK; why did this happen? Also, from this particular squad, who was excluded from this rule?

And the Answer is

1982 WC Argentina Squad; player in picture – Ossie Ardiles

7. Who is the only golfer to have won all the 6 majors(?

*including du Maurier Classic & Britsh Open

And the Answer is

Karrie Webb

8. Sabryna Salazar shot to stardom recently on social media. What did she do or rather didn’t do?

And the Answer is

Didn’t go out on a Tinder date with Joseph Schooling

9. How would you connect the following images to a board game?

And the Answer is

Variations of the Sicilian defense Hungarian Mongoose Dragon (from constellation Draco) Katylmov (from Boris Katlymov)

10. First ever Arjuna Awardee in Hockey, he was brutally murdered by his own student in 1983. Identify this multiple Olympic medalist, whose life also inspired this award winning film.

And the Answer is

Prithipal Singh

Round 3: Choose your topic

Cricket Football

Olympics

India

Cricket 1

These 2 cricketers hold a unique multi sport record in England; who, what’s the record?

And the Answer is

Play professional cricket and football on the same day Jack Durston Chris Balderstone

Cricket 2

List it: 3 cricketers who have batted at all positions (1-11) in Test match cricket

*Nasim-ul-Ghani doesn’t count since he never faced the first ball of a test

And the Answer is

Syd Gregory, Wilfred Rhodes & Vinoo Mankad

Football 1

The last such instance in England was recorded in 1965 when Blackpool beat Blackburn 4-2 in the top division; the idea was briefly floated a few years back by Brentford who wanted to revive what they called the ”husbands play while wives cook today” tradition, except it wasn’t to be.

What precisely are we talking about?

And the Answer is

Football being played on Christmas

Football 2

List it: Twice have 2 Asian teams played each other in the final of a FIFA tournament, list the instances, also mention the teams involved.

And the Answer is

Womens U17 WC 2016 & Womens U17 WC 2010 North Korea & Japan in 2016 South Korea & Japan in 2010

Olympics 1

Familial domination in Field Hockey, surname should suffice.

Erwin won silver in 1936, his son Carsten won gold in 1972, grandsons Andreas & Florian won gold in 1992 & 2008 respectively while Natasha also won gold in 2004.

And the Answer is

Keller!

Olympics 2List it: Name these 3 athletes and what exhaustive list do they constitute.

And the Answer is

Only athletes to have won the Decathlon twice at the Olympic Games

Bob Mathias Daley Thompson Asthon Eaton

India 1

Often discussed with respect to the Indian contingent during the 2016 Rio Olympics, this particular feat was first achieved by the following Indian athletes: KD Mangave 1948 Sudesh Kumar & Prem Premnath 1972

And the Answer is

Finish 4th in an Olympic event

India 2

List it: All Indians who have won a Junior Grand Slam Singles title.

And the Answer is

5 in total

Ramanathan Krishnan Ramesh Krishnan Leander Paes Yuki Bhambri Sumit Nagal

Round 4: Rapid Fire

5 questions in 30 seconds 5 points for each correct answer -5 for each incorrect answer Bonus of 5 if you get all correct

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Round 5: Keh ke lunga

One team member has to be nominated

3 point options – 5, 10 & 20 You can double before a question is

asked (Keh ke lunga) 3 questions per team Maximum points on offer - 120

5 Pointers (Only Question Used)

Which was the first Olympics to be held in the Southern Hemisphere?

Melbourne 1956

10 Pointers (2 Questions Used) Where did the first ever Indian

Olympic contongent set up their practice base at, leading up to the 1920 Olympics?

Stamford Bridge

20 Pointers (3 Questions Used) Connect Bill Nicholson (Tottenham Hotspur), Howard Kendall

(Everton), George Graham (Arsenal); also the addition of which 2 Liverpool faithfuls would make the list exhaustive.

Bob Paisley & Kenny Daglish (Only people to win EPL as player & manager of same club)

  Rodney Marsh’s dismissal from England’s tour to Australia in 1979 &

Ross Taylor, Joe Burns and Aaron Finch’s wickets from England’s recent ODIs had a common linkage; what precisely?

Caught Bairstow Bowled Willey

  Ludovico Scarfiotti and Carlos Pace hold a unique distinction with

respect to their only F1 race wins. What precisely?Only wins came at Home GP (Scarfioti at Monza and Pace at Rio

Thanks a lot for sitting through