1. SCRUMMAGE – THE OPEN SPORTS QUIZ
THE FINALS

2.  Dry
 18 questions
 10 points per correct answer
 Infinite Bounce

3. • The short-sleeved, loosely-knit cotton shirts with an unstarched,
flat, protruding collar, a buttoned placket, and a longer shirt-tail in
back than in front got the name X from the fact that they were
made initially for use in a particular sport and made their debut in
a 1926 edition of an event pertaining to that sport. X gradually
came to be known as Y, because of their popularity in another
sport which had earlier employed thick long-sleeved buttoned-
down shirts made out of Oxford cotton. The name Y was further
popularised by a brand Z that was launched in 1967. However, life
came full circle for everyone in 2005 when Z became intimately
involved with the same premier event that gave rise to the name
X.
• X,Y and Z please.

5. X – Tennis Shirt (launched by Rene Lacoste)
Y – Polo Shirt
Z – Polo Ralph Lauren, official outfitter of the US Open
(and Wimbledon, since 2006)

6. • While he was training for the 1960 Olympics, X became
friends with Kirk Douglas. Around the same time, Stanley
Kubrick was looking for someone to play the role of Draba (in
Spartacus), the Ethiopian gladiator who defeats Spartacus
but refuses to kill him. X was recommended for the role by
Douglas, went to read for it and got the part. This was when
the AAU stepped in and said that if X featured in Spartacus,
he would be considered a pro and therefore be ineligible to
compete in the Olympics. X dropped the idea and went on to
win a Gold in 1960. He later appeared in a number of movies
though, the most prominent ones being Licence to Kill and
Channing.
• Identify X.

9.  X speaking about an infamous incident involving X and Y:
“Not a day goes by without someone somewhere mentioning the
< blanked out > incident to me. Y and I were playing in the game against
Queensland during the Ashes tour of Australia in 1990-91. We were both out
by lunch on the second day. I had managed to score a hundred and was
feeling quite pleased with myself. At lunch I overheard Y talking to Allan
Lamb, saying he was going to < blanked out > . I said I would join him and
off we went. It was a bit of fun and we were gone from the ground for about
20 minutes. I was fined £1000 and never played for England again - even
though my last innings was 132.The crime didn't fit the punishment”
 Identify X andY. What did they do?

11.  John Morris and David Gower
 They flew a Tiger Moth above the Carrara Oval
 They dipped down into the ground moments after Robin
Smith completed his hundred and Allan Lamb, who knew
who was in them, playfully pretended to shoot them down
with his bat.

13. • Alan Greenspan served as the 13th Chairman of the US
Federal Reserve and was one of the prime implicated in the
2007 subprime mortgage crisis. In a 2008 congressional
testimony, Greenspan admitted fault in opposing regulation
of derivatives and acknowledged that financial institutions
didn't protect shareholders and investments as well as he
expected. During the testimony, Rep. John Yarmuth called
Greenspan “one of the 3 X’s”, referring to an infamous 1986
incident which epitomized the Curse of the Bambino and
made X a scapegoat among the fans despite accumulating
over 2,700 hits in his twenty-year career.
• Who is X?

17.  The first edition happened in 1951 after a proposal at the
1948 Summer Olympics by Muhammed Taher Pasha,
chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee. 23 countries
participate in the event as of 2012 (including Andorra, San
Marino and Serbia) and the next edition is scheduled to take
place in 2013 in Mersin, Turkey.
 Which event?

20.  X is a variety of bowling popular in parts of Europe, Australia
and the United States. It is the precursor of modern day
versions like ten-pin bowling and five-pin bowling. The
objective of the game is to use the ball to knock over the Xs,
either specific ones or all of them, depending upon the
variant of Xs. The game is traditionally played on a lawn, but
can also be played indoors in a bowling alley. The word X,
however, is more popular to us in a cricketing context.
 What is X?
 Image in the next slide.

23. Skittle
Skittle out – To dismiss the opposition cheaply

24.  What connects?
- Glenn McGrath bowling an underarm delivery to Kyle Mills
in the first ever T20 match between Aus and NZ
- Fanie de Villiers being denied an LBW by David Shepherd in
the 1994 Headingley test
- The 30 December 1995 match between Glasgow Rangers
and Hibernians featuring Paul Gascoigne

27. • Pot Black was a knock-out/round robin
snooker tournament thought up by
David Attenborough and aided the
transformation of snooker from a
minority sport in the 1960s into one of
the most popular sports in the UK by
the mid 1980s. The first edition
happened in 1969 and the game always
ended by potting the black ball. The
show was described as a breath of fresh
air by none other than Steve Davis.
• What prompted Attenborough to
commission the tournament in the first
place?

29. The advent of Colour Broadcasting
The multi-coloured balls were ideal for showing off
the advantages of colour broadcasting
“Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you
who are watching in black and white, the pink is next
to the green”

30. • X - “We picked it up from the Jensens (Luke and Murphy
Jensen) actually. They played with so much energy, we idolised
those guys. Then we came on tour and the older guys hated it,
these two rookies doing it, not showing them respect”.
• Y – “I played with Venus in the mixed at Wimbledon one year
and one time after we won a point she did come flying in to do
it. I was quite scared, actually”
• X (while partnering Katarina Srebotnik) lost 7-5, 6-4 to Y (and
Samantha Stosur) in the 2008 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles
finals.
• What is IT?

33. Why the elephant?
What cricketing
achievement would
Indians remember this
match for?

35.  Ajit Wadekar speaking:
"We needed some 100-odd runs on the last day for India's first-ever Test win
against England in England. I had just come back to the dressing room after
having a little bit of knock before going out to bat with Dilip Sardesai when
our manager, Hemu Adhikari, drew my attention to an elephant going
around the ground with a smartly dressed lady guiding her. We found out
later that the elephant was called Bella. Adhikari said it was a good omen,
considering it was Ganesh Chaturthi. I went out to bat on my overnight
score of 45 with my hopes doubled, and was run out first ball! As I came
back to the pavilion, I prayed to Lord Ganesha, imploring him to make the
victory possible, having raised our hopes with his appearance that morning.
The rest is history"

36.  Till 1998, all Commonwealth
Games logos had been in red,
white and blue to reflect the
colours of the British Union
Flag. The colour yellow made its
debut at the 1998 games. This
was necessitated by the fact
that the inspiration for the logo
had yellow as an integral colour.
 So, what inspired the 1998
Games’ logo?

39.  Daniel Baumat, representing Omega received an order from
FIG, an international sporting body for a set of a scoreboards
before a 1976 event. Baumat asked FIG officials if they
wanted what Omega had or a board with enhanced
capability so as to satisfy a theoretical concept. He was told
by the FIG officials that there was no scope of this concept
manifesting, so they would take what Omega already had.
 How did this come back to bite the FIG?

42.  What was this particular routine from the 2008 Beijing
Olympics opening ceremony a tribute to?
 Close-up in the next slide.

46. Who?
What was special about the
manner in which the victory
was achieved?

49.  The practice started with the 5th edition of the Super Bowl in
1971, which was won by the Baltimore Colts over the Dallas
Cowboys 16-13. Bob Moore, historian for the Kansas City
Chiefs, credits the idea to none other than Lamar Hunt, the
late Chiefs owner and one of the godfathers of the modern
NFL. The system had nothing to do with the Olympics and
was adopted to avoid any confusion that could have cropped
up because of the way the Super Bowl is held in a different
year from the one in which most of the regular season is
played.
 What are we talking about?

52.  The Royal Poinciana Invitational was a golf tournament that
was played at Palm Beach Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida in
1961 and 1962. The 1962 edition featured 15 players
including Sam Snead. The tournament was finally won by
Snead by 5 strokes over Mickey Wright, making him richer by
$4,500.
 Why is/was this victory special?

55.  In the 1934 Disney cartoon short "The Tortoise and the Hare",
the tortoise is pitted against the hare in a famous race. When
the hare first appears on the screen, he exits his abode with
much bravado wearing a boxer's robe. On the back of the
robe, his name is emblazoned as X. This cartoon came out
the year Y first won his only Heavyweight title, so it was
hypothesised that the name X was used as a pun for the
nameY.
 Gimme X orY.
 Image in the next slide.

59.  The first ever International football match between France
and Nigeria happened at St. Etienne in June 2009 and ended
in a 1-0 victory for the Nigerians thanks to a Joseph Akpala
strike. The match, however, is more notable for a special
tribute by the French football team to mark the 200th birth
anniversary of a Frenchman known worldwide for something
he devised in 1825 (which was a modification of an idea
originally developed by Charles Barbier in response to a
demand by Napoleon).
 Who? How did the French team pay their tributes?

62.  Theme
 9 questions
 Exhaustive
 Answers to be written down
 5 points for individual answers
 +25/+20/+15/+10/+5 for 1-2/3-4/5-6/7-8/9
 Uniform negative of -5 points throughout for the
theme
 Links to the theme could be in the question or the
answer

63.  The red thingy
contributed to what
nickname?

64.  What nickname was accorded to the Lazio team (during their
early Serie A years in the 1930s) that was managed by
Amilcar Barbuy (who has a first in connection to Italian
football) and heavily recruited from South America - players
like the Fantoni cousins, the strong wingback Del Debbio,
Rizzetti, Serafini, Guarisi, Castelli, Salatin, Tedesco and De
Maria?

65.  This race, which serves as the opening round of the
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (formerly the first event of
the FIA World Rally Championship), is famous for a stage in
the Col de Turini, a mountain pass with a tight road and many
hairpin turns. The Turini, until a few years ago, was contested
at night resulting in strong high beam lights cutting through
the night.
 What nickname was given to the stage as a result? Also
identify the race.
 Image in the next slide.

67.  The most distinctive part of the logo dates back to the 13th
century, when there was an abundance of bears and
strawberry trees. The seven stars respresent the Ursa Major.
The colour of the stripes was a simple matter of economics -
mattresses were made using red and white striped cloth and
the excess fabric made for a cheap resource in weaving
shirts, giving rise to the nickname los colchoneros (The
mattress makers).
 What are we talking about?

68.  1903  Ville d'Avray
1904 to 1967  Parc des Princes
1968 to 1974  Velodrome de Vincennes
 1975- To date  ??

69. Which club announced the arrival of their latest recruit with
this image on their official website in Dec 2011?

70.  Who play their home games at this location?

71.  This artwork at the Great American Ball Park pays tribute to
two of the city’s most famous baseball line-ups. One is the
1975 ‘Big Red Machine’ team which dominated the National
League from 1970 to 1976 and recognized as among the best
in baseball.
 Name the other. What is their most important claim to fame?

73.  In 2011, it became the first event in the history of Tennis to
feature Hawkeye replays and video displays on more than
three courts by outfitting all 8 match courts with the
technology.
 Just identify.

74. EXCHANGE

75.  The red thingy
contributed to what
nickname?

76.  Boris Onishchenko, a member of the Soviet Union's modern
pentathlon team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, was
famously disqualified after it was discovered that he had
rigged his epee to register a hit when there wasn't one.

77.  What nickname was accorded to the Lazio team (during their
early Serie A years in the 1930s) that was managed by
Amilcar Barbuy (who has a first in connection to Italian
football) and heavily recruited from South America - players
like the Fantoni cousins, the strong wingback Del Debbio,
Rizzetti, Serafini, Guarisi, Castelli, Salatin, Tedesco and De
Maria?

79.  This race, which serves as the opening round of the
Intercontinental Rally Challenge (formerly the first event of
the FIA World Rally Championship), is famous for a stage in
the Col de Turini, a mountain pass with a tight road and many
hairpin turns. The Turini, until a few years ago, was contested
at night resulting in strong high beam lights cutting through
the night.
 What nickname was given to the stage as a result? Also
identify the race.
 Image in the next slide.

82.  The most distinctive part of the logo dates back to the 13th
century, when there was an abundance of bears and
strawberry trees. The seven stars respresent the Ursa Major.
The colour of the stripes was a simple matter of economics -
mattresses were made using red and white striped cloth and
the excess fabric made for a cheap resource in weaving
shirts, giving rise to the nickname los colchoneros (The
mattress makers).
 What are we talking about?

84.  1903  Ville d'Avray
1904 to 1967  Parc des Princes
1968 to 1974  Velodrome de Vincennes
 1975- To date  ??

86. Which club announced the arrival of their latest recruit with
this image on their official website in Dec 2011?

88.  Who play their home games at this location?

90.  This artwork at the Great American Ball Park pays tribute to
two of the city’s most famous baseball line-ups. One is the
1975 ‘Big Red Machine’ team which dominated the National
League from 1970 to 1976 and recognized as among the best
in baseball.
 Name the other. What is their most important claim to fame?

93.  In 2011, it became the first event in the history of Tennis to
feature Hawkeye replays and video displays on more than
three courts by outfitting all 8 match courts with the
technology.
 Just identify.

95. Theme?

98.  6 Questions
 Differential Scoring
 1-3 teams  +20
4-6 teams  +15
7-8 teams  +10
 Negative of -10 for getting the answer wrong

99.  The first one was constructed by Bill Harkin and his crew in
1971 out of scaffolding, expanded metal and plastic sheeting
and was likened to a diamond transmitting almost tangible
energy. In 1981, redundant telegraph poles and surplus box
section iron sheets were used to make it a permanent
structure which doubled as a cowshed and animal foodstore
during the winter. Burned down in 1994 and rebuilt again in
2000, it hosted the largest European Football Championships
television audience ever in 2004 with over 75,000 people
watching Portugal versus England on the video screens
installed.
 What?

102.  Pictured is the Prince Takamatsu Cup Nishinippon Round-
Kyushu Ekiden, an annual race held in Japan since 1951. The
race begins in Nagasaki.
 What does the word Ekiden mean?What distinction does this
race hold?

104.  Ekiden = Relay
 The world’s longest relay race, with a total of 1,064
km divided into 72 sections.

105.  A famous 1992 commercial featurs Charles Barkley
challenging X to a game of Basketball in Tokyo. The ad
features X rampaging through Tokyo and hears Barkley
dribbling a Basketball. In response, X dons a pair of pink
goggles and challenges Barkley for a game in which they use
the O from a Tokyo sign as their hoop. Barkley slam dunks to
win the game and towards the end is seen walking the streets
telling X that ‘the Lakers are looking for a big man’.
 Identify X.

108.  The race mode is mass start in two waves. The ladies are let
loose five minutes before the gents. Paul Crake, an
Australian professional racing cyclist, with 5 victories over
the years, is the current record holder in 9 minutes and 33
seconds and the only athlete to have completed this event in
under 10 minutes.
 Which annual event, being contested since 1978?

111.  “I feared he would be mobbed, or that other people would
follow suit. I felt embarrassed so I covered him up as best I
could. It was a cold day – he had nothing to be proud of”, said
Constable Bruce Perry about one Michael O’Brien. O’Brien
was fined the £10 he had won in a bet, and he subsequently
lost his job with a London stockbroking firm.
 How do we better know Michael O’Brien?

114.  Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (Boxing)
Jimmy McLarnin (Boxing)
Josh Barnett (Mixed martial arts and wrestling)
Isiah Thomas (Basketball)
Stephen Curry (Basketball)
Danny Graves (Baseball)
Fergal O'Brien (Snooker)
Brian Lee (Ice Hockey)
 What connects them? Also, who’s the most famous missing
name?