SPORTS QUIZfinals

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1

X scored 112 runs and took 6-31 in an ODI.

This is considered the best all round

performance statistically.

He played all forms of cricket for his

country and excelled in all the aspects ,

be it batting bowling or fielding.

Give X.

And the answer follows….

Paul Collingwood

2

X was an Indian footballer who represented his nation at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he became the first Asian player to score a hat-trick in an Olympic Games. He finished the tournament as joint top-scorer, with 4 goals in 3 games.

He played his club football for Bombay.

Give X.

And the answer follows………

Neville Stephen J. D'Souza

3. Put funda.

Italy

India

Paraguay

Sweden

And the answer follows…..

India’s would be group in the

1950 FIFA world cup.

4 Unveiled during the 21 July JSW launch, the

crest features the ________ coloured in white in order to symbolize "victory" from when the Wodeyars won the palace back. The pride, resilience, and pride of the people of X is represented by a picture of a blue Gandaberunda - a mythical two headed bird that is said to possess magical might – right in the middle.

What are we talking about?

And the answer follows…….

Bengaluru FC (current Hero I

league champion)

5

Susie Wolff

Giovanna Amati

Desire Wilson

Divina Galica

Lella Lombardi

Maria Teresa de Filippis

Connect. (exhaustive)

And the answer follows…….

Female formula 1 drivers.

6

X is a spanish football team that plays in

Segunda division B.

They play their home games at Alfredo de

Stefano stadium.

X is managed by the legendary Zinedine

Zidane.

Give X.

And the answer follows…….

Real Madrid “Castilla”

7

This trophy is named after X. A South Africa

born English cricketer whose inclusion in the

England squad to tour South Africa in 1968-69

led to the cancellation of the tour following

objection from the South African authorities

due to X’s classification as coloured.

It was first contested in 2004-05.

Give X.

And the answer follows……

Basil D’Oliveira trophy.

8 X was born in 2002, and was sold to Biranchi

Das for 800 rupees. One day he caught him being a ‘saucy lad’ and punished him by making him run, but then forgot about him. He returned after 5 hours and X was still running. His heart was found to be normal even after running for hours. By the age of 4, X had run and completed 48 marathons.

A documentary named “Marathon Boy” covering his life was made which was also nominated for an EMMY.

Give X.

And the answer follows…..

Budhia Singh

9 This song has been taken from a movie released

in 1992 to commemorate 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America.

It was also played at the cricket world cup 2011 just before the national anthems of the two contesting teams.

It was also played during the 2010 and 2014 cricket World T20 championships to uphold International Cricket Council's "spirit - of - cricket" concept.

Give the song.

And the answer follows……..

Conquest of Paradise.

10. Personal Information of X.Date of birth 16 October 1962 (age 52)

Place of birth London, England

Club information

Current team I ndia (manager)

Senior career*

Years Team Apps† (Gls)†

Pennsylvania

Stoners

New York

Pancyprian-

Freedoms

Teams managed

1999–2001 Nepal

2002–2005 India

2007–2008 Malawi

2009–2010 Sudan

2010 APEP

2011–2012 Nea Salamis

2012–2013 Ethnikos Achna

2014–2015 Rwanda

And the answer follows…….

Stephen Constantine (coach

of the Indian men’s football

team)

11.

X is an autobiography of Y in which he

describes the ups and downs of his

career. It's the story of his toughest days

and how he managed to come out of it.

It’s the story of not just his triumphs but

one of the biggest setbacks and his

comeback from a life-threatening cancer

that could have ended his career.

Give X.

And the answer follows…….

The test of my life

12. ID the batsman. :D

And the answer follows……..

Mark Richardson

13.

X was named FIFA world player of the year

five consecutive times between 2006 to 2010.

She also tops the all–time Women's World

Cup goal scorer list alongside Birgit Prinz.

In January 2013 she was named as one of the

six Ambassadors of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil,

others being Amarildo, Bebeto, Carlos Alberto

Torres, Ronaldo and Mario Zagallo

Give her name.

And the answer follows………

‘Marta’ Vieira da Silva

14.

Alexander Alekhine

Anatoly Karpov

Vishwanathan Anand

Connect. (exhaustive)

And the answer follows………

Only chess players to have

planets named after them.

15.

1996 cricket world cup was hosted jointly

by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

What is unique about the matches that

were played in India.

And the answer follows……..

17 matches, 17 different

venues.

LONG VISUAL

CONNECT

7 slides

no points for individual slides.

First two slides- +60/-30

Next two- +40/-20

Next two- +20/-10

Last slide- +10/-5

And the answer follows…..

Name given by sebestian

vettel to his formula 1 cars.

Hungry Heidi

Abbey

Randy mandy

Luscious liz

Kinky kyle

Julie

Suzie

Eva

16.List it.

Golden boy award winners.

And the list follows……..

2003- Rafael van der Vaart

2004- Wayne Rooney

2005- Lionel Messi

2006- Cesc Fabregas

2007- Sergio Aguero

2008- Anderson

2009- Alexandre Pato

2010-Mario Balotelli

2011-Mario Gotze

2012- Isco

2013- Paul Pogba

2014- Raheem Sterling

17.

On 23rd February 2002, Adam Gilchrist broke

Ian Botham’s long standing record for scoring

the fastest double hundred in tests which was

made in 1982 against India. Gilchrist took 212

balls.

X on March 16, 2002 broke Gilchrist’s record

when he scored the fastest double hundred in

just 153 balls. The record still stands.

Name the dasher ‘X’.

And the answer follows……

Nathan Astle

18. She made her professional debut in October

1994, two weeks after her 14th birthday. She ended the year ranked World no. 87.

In 1997, she became the undisputed World No. 1 women's tennis player. She then became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner in the 20th century by winning the Australian Open at age 16 years and 3 months.

Give her name.

And the answer follows……..

Martina Hingis

19.

X's dad and two of his friends put $683 on

X to win the British Open by the age of 25

at 500-1 odds in 2004.

X earned his father a huge pay out

afternoon as he was crowned the 2014

Open champion.

Name this golfer.

And the answer follows……

Rory Mcllroy

20. X born 18 February 1967 is a retired Italian

professional footballer, who predominantly played as a second forward or as an attacking midfielder.

X is also known as Il Divin Codino.

He led his country to the final of the 1994 edition of the FIFA world cup, and is regarded as one of the greatest players, but he is largely remembered for missing the decisive penalty in the shootout of the final.

Give X.

And the answer follows……

Roberto Baggio

21. X was one of the most famous exponents of

the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history.

In 1999, X was voted European Player of the Century in an election held by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, and came second behind Pelé in their World Player of the Century poll.

Give X.

And the answer follows……

Johan Cruyff

22.

X is a underground station on the Piccadilly

line, between Holloway Road and Finsbury

Park stations, in Travel card Zone 2. Originally

known as Gillespie Road, it was renamed in

1932 after X, whom at the time played at the

nearby Stadium.

It is the only tube station named directly after

a football club.

Give the club.

And the answer follows……..

Arsenal Football Club

23. The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match between

challenger X of the United States and defending champion Y of the Soviet Union for the World Chess Championship. The match took place in the Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavík, Iceland and has been dubbed the Match of the Century. X became the first American born in the United States to win the World Championship and the second American overall to win the title (Wilhelm Steinitz, the first world champion, became a naturalized American citizen in 1888). X's win also ended, for a short time, 24 years of Soviet domination of the World Championship.

The first game started on July 11, 1972. The last game began on August 31 and was adjourned after 40 moves. Y resigned the next day without resuming play. Fischer won the match 12½–8½, becoming the eleventh undisputed World Champion.

Give X and Y.

And the answer follows……

Bobby Fischer and Boris

Spasssky

24. List it.

Give the names of all the emerging young

under 23 player of the IPL, along with the

respective years.

And the list follows…….

2008- Sreevatsa Goswami

2009- Rohit Sharma

2010- Saurabh Tiwary

2011- Iqbal Abdullah

2012- Mandeep Singh

2013- Sanju Samson

2014- Axar Patel

25. X, who only took up swimming at the age of 82, already

holds the record in her age category for the same distance

in a 50m pool.

She completed the latest feat in just over one hour and 15

minutes, using backstroke all the way.

She was the only person taking part in her age range - 100 to 104 - at the competition in Matsuyama on Saturday

She already dominates the world record board for her age

group, as awarded by the international swimming federation

(Fina), holding 24 titles over both short and long distances.

Her latest achievement is now expected to be recognised

by Guinness World Records.

Give her name.

And the answer follows……….

Mieko Nagaoka

26.Put Funda.

"When Ivo goes back with the ______, the

______; Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote

_______, ______; The welkin will ring loud,

The great crowd will feel proud, Seeing

Barlow and Bates with the_______,

the_______; And the rest coming home

with the _______."

And the answer follows……….

Ashes Urn

27.

X, who laid a firm foundation for his team's mammoth 540, lost three-and-a-half kilograms while batting on the first day of the first cricket Test against India in Chennai.

He piled up 94 runs in the searing heat (35 degree Celsius).

Give the name of this unfortunate cricketer.

And the answer follows………

Neil Mckenzie

29. A perfect recipe for disaster, and an umpire's

nightmare. One runner is a handful, imagine having two at the same time. It was probably a relief for those on the field, apart from the batsmen, that the partnership lasted only seven runs but W,X,Y,Z did their bit to infuse some excitement into a losing battle. W had been struck hard on the knee during his whirlwind century in the first innings, while X had damaged a groin muscle on the first day. Four batsmen consulting mid-pitch, and the umpires stepping in to decide who stands where, are sights that won't be seen again.

Give W,X,Y,Z.

And the answer follows………

W- Shivnaraine Chanderpaul

X- Ridley Jacobs

Y-Marlon Samuels

Z-Wavell Hinds

30.

If things had turned out differently, X

would have been spending his days as a

fighter pilot defending Pakistan’s skies. As

it is, he will line up for his new country in

the cricket World Cup 2015.

Give the name of the player.

And the answer follows…….

Sikander Raza

28. List it.

Name of all the 17 Indian venues in the

1996 cricket world cup.

And the answer follows……….

Kolkata

Bengaluru

Delhi

Mohali

Patna

Kanpur

Cuttack

Kanpur

Chennai

Vishakhapatnam

Gwalior

Pune

Mumbai

Ahemdabad

Vadodara

Jaipur

Nagpur