Sports Quiz Prelims 2012

1. The Bombay Open Quiz
SPORTS QUIZ

3. Preliminary Round
SPORTS QUIZ

4. Preliminary Round
Teams of 3 – please let us know if you need partners.
30 questions
 Please answer legibly – if we can’t read it, it’s wrong.
 This isn’t a spelling bee, but do try & get as close as possible.
Questions 11-20 are * marked and are tiebreakers.
The top 8 teams will qualify for the finals.
Please put away your electronic devices.

5. 1. Tennis Soccer Cricket?
David Ferrer Walter Samuel

6. Rahul Dravid. All nicknamed ‘The Wall’

7. 2. On Feb 10th 2008, Manchester United played Manchester
City in the jerseys such as seen in pic to commemorate what?

8. 50 years of The Munich air disaster

9. 3.The X Roosters are
a professional rugby
club that compete
in the National
Rugby League in
this country. X is
the city in which the
franchise is based.
X?

10. Sydney Roosters

11. 4. In the 2003 Malaysian Grand prix, Rubens
Barrichello, standing on the podium in 2nd place,
between 1st placed X and 3rd placed Y, had predicted
that both X and Y would be future world champions.
That race was the first victory for X and the first pole
position for Y.
X? Y?

12. X - Kimi Raikkonen Y - Fernando Alonso

13. Major Dhyan Chand

14. 5. One of the theories for this sportsperson’s
nickname was that he used to practice a lot in the
night after his duty hours, and hence had to wait for
the field to be moonlit so that there would be
visibility.
Who?

15. 6. X is a former right arm fast bowler who played for the
Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket in the 90s
and early 2000s. He has also represented Middlesex and the
Marylebone Cricket Club.
Who is this former under-cover cop who was in the news in
February 2012?

16. Joe Dawes – India’s new bowling coach

17. 7. What is the name given to the apparel worn by AFL
players?

18. Guernseys (Jumpers are also acceptable)

19. 8. What term that literally means ‘to fish up again’
in French is the term given to a heat of a
competition where contestants eliminated by a
narrow margin have another chance at qualifying
for the next round or the finals?

20. Repechage

21. 9. In pic, is the Upper Arlington High School’s
(Ohio) athletics mascot. Hence the athletic teams
of the school are called _____, and this nickname
is shared by one of its famous alumnus.
Who is the alumnus we are talking about?

22. Jack Nicklaus – dubbed the ‘Golden Bear’

23. 10. This tennis tournament is the fifth largest in the world behind the four grand
slams. It is also the only one to feature hawkeye on all its courts.
The Suns and the Nuggets played the first outdoor game in modern NBA in this
tennis centre in 2008
The person in the picture is a regular at the tennis here – purchased the
tournament in December 2009.
Name the tourney

24. Indian Wells

25. *
11. Wycynanky is an art form
that is popular in Central
Europe. It is a form of paper
cutting that is said to have
originated with shepherds
cutting designs out of tree
bark and leather. What in the
world of sports in 2012 is
supposed to take its visual
identity from this art form?

26. Euro 2012 logo

27. 12. Armenia and Azerbaijan have an intense rivalry in this particular sport and take pride in their rich
tradition of producing champions .
Particularly in the case of world champion X, both countries have tried to claim ownership. Armenians take
pride in the fact that his mother was from their country. Azerbaijanis gloat about the fact that he was born
in Baku and that his dad was Azerbaijani.
Id this champion.

28. Garry Kasparov

29. 13. Deccan chargers played
some of their IPL home
games at the Dr. Y.S.
Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA
stadium in
Visakhapatnam. One of the
ends at the stadium is
named after Lieutenant
Colonel Sir Vijayananda
Gajapathi Raju. Name the
end.

30. Vizzy End named after Maharajkumar of
Vizianagaram

31. 14. Logo for what?

32. Mediterranean Games. The rings are borrowed
from the Olympic logo, which represent Europe,
Africa and Asia ( select countries from these
continents paricipate). The reflection represents
the Mediterranean sea

33. 15. ESPN editor Anthony Fredrico ran a controversial
headline on a phenomenon that was sweeping the
U.S.A in February 2012. The headline ultimately led
to his sacking, and he came out and apologised that
it was an honest mistake.
What was the headline he ran?

34. Chink in the armor – Referring to Jeremy Lin

35. 16. In the picture, is the
Chinese character Shang,
which means ‘above’ or
‘ascend’. What in the world
of sport bases its design on
this alphabet?

36. Shanghai International Racing Circuit/ Chinese
Grand Prix circuit

37. 17. There are three South African batsmen with a
test average higher than 50 ( minimum of 20
innings). Two of them are Graeme Pollock and
Jacques Kallis. Who’s the third?

38. Dudley Nourse

39. 18. Which sport are these used in?

40. Robotic jockeys in camel racing. Introduced
because of the ban on the use of children as
jockeys

41. 19. Chad Bradford (in pic) featured prominently
in the book and the movie ‘Moneyball’. What is
his unconventional style of pitching called?

42. Submarine Pitching

43. 20. What is the trophy awarded to the winners
of bilateral cricket test series between England
and South Africa?

44. Basil d’Oliviera Trophy

45. 21. The term X which owes its origin to old French, was the name
popularly given to chivalrous competitions or mock fights of the
Middle Ages and Renaissance.
What’s X, that has been adopted in the world of sport?

46. Tournament

47. 22. What was this the last instance of?

48. Last ever Silver Goal scored by Traianos Dellas
at Euro 2004

49. 23. This country’s soccer team is nicknamed the ‘Copper Bullets’ as
copper is one of its main exports. In 1993, the team lost 18 national
players to an air disaster when they were travelling to play a World Cup
qualification game.
When the team won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012, many players
dedicated it to the memory of the dead.
Which country?

50. Zambia

51. 24. During the 1956 Olympics, equestrian events were held in
Stockholm while all others were in Melbourne. This was because
of Australian quarantine regulations.
The only other time in the Olympics where equestrian was held
in another city was because of high levels of equine disease in the
host city.
Name the city in which equestrian was held in that year.

52. Hong Kong, 2008 Olympics

53. 25. Stats for which tournament?

54. Thomas Cup

55. 26. This sportsperson, considered to be one of the greatest ever, is a
legend in his native country and China, where he was known as ‘Lao
Wa’ (meaning old wa) or ‘Chang Qing Shu’ (meaning evergreen).
It was purported that in the 90s he was more recognized in China
than Bill Clinton.
Id the legend.

56. Jan Ove Waldner

57. 27. The sportsperson in picture, Kevin Molina
plays in the MLS for Orlando City. He is also
headed to the London Olympics as a part of
Trinidad & Tobago’s soccer team. Indians are
more familiar with his brother. ID his brother.

58. Kevon Cooper

59. 28. Song by Golf Boys – Band formed by four PGA
players. 3 of them are Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and
Hunter Mahan. Who is the fourth?

60. Bubba Watson

61. 29. What is the formula Eduardo and Mark are
talking about?

62. Elo Rating

63. 30. What is inspired by the colour of the pages of
the sports newspaper ‘La Gazetta Dello Sporto’?

64. Pink Jersey (Leader’s jersey of the Giro d’Italia)