SPORTS ENTERTIANMENT

QUIZ – Prelims

0.Identify the blanked out cricketers(2*1)

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This version of a popular sport started in Uruguay in 1930. In Brazil, this version developed on the streets of São Paulo, and, eventually, a rule book was published. The sport began to spread across South America, and its popularity ensured that a governing body was formed under the name of FIFUSA in 1971, along with the World Championships. The first World Championships were held in Río de Janeiro, with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay.

Which version ?

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4. Quotes by which artist

“Scarlett, you are undeniably cute, but if you think Soda Stream is building bridges towards peace you are also undeniably not paying attention. You could have been forgiven for thinking that here was a young woman of strength and integrity who believed in truth, human rights, and the law and love.”

5. Put funda and the occasion

6. This movie is based on life of two Indian sportsperson. ID?

7. Who is the player who features on the Australian Open logo

8. A “famous” bollywood personality who holds the distinction of being the first Indian singer to perform at Wembley stadium and Heineken Music Hall. He had started his career in production house which produced TV serials such as Andaz and Amar Prem. His debut album and debut movie share the same name. ID and his debut movie?

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This sport originated in Sri Lanka. It is wildly popular in SE Asia. The world governing body of the sport was formed in 1988 in Chennai.

Which sport?

10. He attended Pretoria boys high school and played rugby union in the school’s team. He had played rugby and water polo at the provincial level. He also took part in the club Olympic wrestling. ID the sportsperson?

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11.Titanic is the second hollywood movie to garner 14 Oscars. Another American film was nominated for 14 Oscars almost half a century before. Name the movie

12. The song was inspired by a newspaper article the lead singer had read about a high school student who shot himself in front of his English class. The original music video was directed and produced by Chris Cuffaro but MTV later rejected the music video, and released another version directed by Mark Pellingtoninstead, which won the MTV best video of the year. Identify the song or the band

13. “I felt it was a great point for me. I felt like pulling my pants down. What's bad about it? They tried to destroy the match. All of the people who run the sport, they have no clue. It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.“

"I was too busy with my own problems. Roddick won something, I think. He was in the final against, what was that guy's name again?"

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The minimum weight of ___ to be carried is 49 kilograms. If ___ weighs less than 49 kg, ____ will be burdened with a rucksack containing additional weight to bring the total load to be carried up to 49 kg.2. All participants must enjoy themselves.3. Each contestant takes care of his/her safety and, if deemed necessary, insurance.

These are few of the 11 rules of which sport?

15. J.R.R Tolkien died in the year 1973. There is a very curious relation between his year of death and his novel, The Lord of The Rings. What is it ?

16. Tennis, Chess, Horse racing, Baseball, Golf. It is an exhaustive list. Connect them

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"When Ivo goes back with the ___, the ___;Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;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 ___."

18.WHO ??

• Although famous for totally different profession, she enjoys enviable academic records.

• Studied French, Japanese, German and Arabic.• Her high school paper, "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the

Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar", co-authored with scientists Ian Hurley and Jonathan Woodward, was entered in the Intel Science Talent Search.

• In 2002, she contributed to a study on memory called "Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy" during her psychology studies at Harvard. (This got her a defined Erdős–Bacon number)

• Also a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism.

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• What connects 'Kate','Kate's Dirty Sister', 'Luscious Liz', 'Randy Mandy', 'Kinky Kylie', 'Abbey' and 'Hungry Heidi‘ .. Latest one being Suzie !!!List may not be exhaustive.

20* .“Cut my veins open and I bleed _____________ red.”

What is in the blank space and name the player. Who said this?.

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In London 2012, at an event more famous in this part of the world for its venue than the actual event itself – saw action on the opening day of the Olympics The final saw an unexpected victor – with Michelle Frangilliwinning it for Italy – with literally the last action of the event. What event? And What venue?

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