SPORTS QUIZ FINALSTHE BALLON d’OR

ROUND 1ANYBODY’S GAME

• Although famous for other reasons, ‘X’ was an avid cricketer.

• He went on to play 10 matches for MCC, eight of them at Lord's.

• His only wicket was that of the great W.G. Grace, a feat which inspired him to write a poem on the subject.

• He is also a famous writer specializing in detective novels.

• Who is ‘X’?

1. GUESS WHO

Answer(Elementary, My Dear Watson)

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan DoyleHe was the famous creator of

Sherlock Homes.

Although a physician by

profession, he had various

interests including writing and

cricket.

WG Grace’s wicket turned out

to be the only wicket of his

short career.

2. Who am I?

• My middle name is St.Leo

• My victory salute is called ‘To di world’

• I was awarded the Laureus Sportsman of the year

award in both 2009 and 2010

• If I wouldn’t have been successful in my current

sport I would have been a fast bowler

• I am a Manchester United fan and I especially like

Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Answer: Usain Bolt

3.

• In which sport do supporters, traditionally, throw

off their hats when a player scores 3 goals?

• The sport is played with a maximum of six players

per side.

Answer

Ice Hockey, specifically the NHL.

Hats are thrown, hence the term ‘hat trick’.

4. What is ‘It’?

• ‘It’ was being considered to be moved to

Versailles, Gonesse or a site in Marne-la-Vallee

close to Disneyland Paris.

• But now it has been decided that ‘it’ will remain at

its original location even after 2016.

Answer: The French Open

CONNECTION???

V/S

What is so special about this fixture?

Red Devils v/s Red Devils

The actual logo of Crawley

Town

Answer

Both of these clubs call

themselves the Red Devils

Who is this? (AUDIENCE)

• My nickname literally translates to ‘the little boy’

• I captained my hometown club when I was only 19 years old

• I have won all honours possible with country but as of now I have not won any top level club competition

• I currently hold the transfer record for a transaction between two British clubs

Answer: Fernando ‘El Nino’ TorresEl Nino is Spanish for little

boy

He has won both the Euro

(2008) and the World Cup

(2010) but has never won

any top division

competition at club level

His £50 million transfer

from Liverpool to Chelsea

in January broke Andy

Carroll’s £35 million record

made just a few hours ago

ROUND 2JUST IDENTIFY

Q. Identify - 1

OR

Popular demands wanted the spot to be called after

ex-LIVERPOOL, ex-MANCHESTER CITY and ex-

GERMAN international (1997-2006)..

HINT - 2

Answer

The White Horse

foot bridge (also

known as the

Dietmar Hamann

bridge) and the

New Wembley

Stadium in the

background

Q. Identify - 1

He is famous in the entertainment industry and

specializes in “LEGDROP”.

HINT - 2

Answer: Hulk still rules!!!

Q. Identify - 1

The guy is the CHAIRMAN of INTERNATIONAL

OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

HINT - 2

Answer

Count Jacques Rogge

IOC chairman

Q. Identify - 1

London 2012

Olympics and

Paralympics

mascots

HINT - 2

Answer

Wenlock (Bronze) and

Mandeville (Blue)

London 2012 Olympics

and Paralympics mascots

Q. IDENTIFY - 1

The guy is nicknamed “POWER” and is a

sporting legend having won 15 world

championships..

HINT - 2

Answer

PHIL ‘POWER’ TAYLOR

Identify him and name the IPL franchise for which he

will play this season

AUDIENCE

Identify him and name the IPL franchise for which he

will play this season

AnswersRyan ten Doeschate

& KKR

ROUND 3 CONNECT

Answer

They are the

official

timekeepers

of the 4

Grand SlamsThe US Open

Wimbledon and the

Australian

The French Open

These all are under par scores of a golf .

OSTRICH - 5 under par PHOENIX- 6 under par CONDOR- 4 under par

EAGLE- 2 under par

ALBATROSS- 3 under

par

Answer: Iceman

• In the pictures (clockwise):

Steve Waugh, Bjorn Borg, Dennis Bergkamp, Retief

Goosen and Kimi Raikkonen

• They all share the nickname

These are the teams for which LANCE ARMSTRONG has been a pro cyclist

ANSWERS

Guess who/what/where?

Answer: Valentino Rossi

• All of these are either his nicknames or sources of them

• “Valentinik”: This was from the Italian Donald Duck superhero, "Paperinik".

• “Rossifumi”: This nickname is a reference and tribute to fellow rider Norifumi Abe.

• “The Doctor”

• “The GOAT”: Greatest of All Time, given by Colin Edwards

Connect (AUDIENCE)

Answer: EPL

In the pictures:

• Hammers: West Ham United

• Toffees: Everton

• Potters: Stoke City

• Wolves: Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Black Cats: Sunderland

• Toons: Newcastle United

ROUND 4CATEGORY : THE CHOICE IS YOURS

GOLF

FOOTBALL

CYCLING

BASKETBALL

FORMULA 1

LAWN TENNIS

7) Identify ‘A’, ‘B’ & ‘C’

• Tom Watson, Herbert Chapman, Brian Clough & ‘A’ share

the record for being the only manager to win the English

Top tier football league with two different teams.

• ‘A’ won the English league with ‘B’ both as a player and a

manager. He later moved to ‘C’ and won the league with

them as manager.

• He returned to manage ‘B’, when they were in a

desperate position after losing a match to ‘C’.

FORWARD

Answers

• A- Kenny Dalglish, B- Liverpool, C- Blackburn

Rovers

• Kenny Dalglish won the English League with

Liverpool and the EPL with Blackburn Rovers

• In January he replaced Roy Hodgson after

Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Blackburn

FORWARD

• It happened for the first time in July 1974 FIFA

World Cup.

• It happened for the second time in the 1982.

• It happened again, about 36 years later, on the

18th of June at the 2010 World Cup in a match

between Germany and Serbia.

• What are we talking about?

FORWARD

Answer

Lukas Podolski becomes only the 3rd German ever to miss a

penalty at the FIFA World Cup

He joins Uli Hoeness

(1974 against Poland)

and Uli Stielike (1982

against France)

BACK

What are these?

• Grove

• Dinnington

• Faenza

• Hinwil

• Enstone

• Milton Keynes

• Brackley

• Woking

• Hingham

• Murcia

• Silverstone

• Maranello

FORWARD

Answer

Bases/Headquarters of F1 constructers

• Grove- Williams

• Dinnington - Virgin

• Faenza - Torro Rosso

• Hinwil - Sauber

• Enstone- Renault

• Milton Keynes- Red Bull Racing

• Brackley- Mercedes GP

• Woking - McLaren

• Hingham- Lotus

• Murcia- HRT

• Silverstone- Force India

• Maranello - Ferrari

FORWARD

Fill in the blanks

• The is a qualification allowing a driver to

take part in Formula One Grand Prix.

• It is issued by the FIA upon request. To qualify for

an the requesting driver must already be the

holder of a Grade A competition licence, and

additionally meet the requirements of the

FIA International Sporting Code, Appendix L.

FORWARD

Answer

• The FIA Super Licence is a qualification allowing adriver to take part in Formula One Grand Prix.

• It is issued by the FIA upon request. To qualify foran FIA Super Licence the requesting driver mustalready be the holder of a Grade A competitionlicence, and additionally meet the requirements ofthe FIA International Sporting Code, Appendix L.

BACK

• I also happen to hold the distinction of the only

defending Wimbledon champion to be knocked out in

the first round

• I am a multiple Grand Slam winner

• My sister was a registered tennis player

• Even my ex is a multiple Grand Slam winner

Who am I?

FORWARD

Answer: Lleyton Hewitt

His Grand Slams: U.S Open

(2001), Wimbledon (2002)

He was knocked out by Ivo

Karlovic in the first round at

Wimbledon 2003

His sister Jaslyn was a tennis

player

His ex is Kim Clijsters who has

won 3 U.S Opens and an

AustralianFORWARD

• ‘A’ & ‘B’ were two of the best tennis players of

their generations

• ‘A’ hold the records of the youngest Grand Slam

winner where as ‘B’ hold the record for the oldest

Grand Slam winner.

• They were both born in the same country ‘C’ but

later took up different nationalities

• ‘A’ and ‘B’ also happen to have the same first

name

• Give me A, B and C

FORWARD

Answer: Martina and Martina• Martina Hingis was the youngest

player to win a Grand Slam title when

she won the women’s doubles title at

Wimbledon in 1996

• Martina Navratilova became the

oldest Grand Slam champion when

she won the mixed doubles at

Wimbledon 2003

• They were both born in

Czechoslovakia. Navratilova took up

American citizenship in 1981. Hingis

represented Switzerland.

BACK

• Chicago Bulls (1984-93)

• X (1993-94)

• Chicago Bulls (1994-98)

• Washington Wizards (2001-03)

What is ‘X’?

FORWARD

Answer

• X- Chicago White Sox or Birmingham Barrons (their minor league team)

• In 1993, Michael Jordan retired from basketball and signed on for the White Sox for the 1993-94 season, so that he could pursue a baseball career.

FORWARD

# Boston Celtics – (1978-1992)

# Member of 1992 Olympic gold medal winning

dream team

# "The Hick From French Lick“ – used as a

nickname

# His autobiography – DRIVE : THE STORY OF MY

LIFE

FORWARD

ANSWER – LARRY BIRD

BACK

domestique?

• This cyclist born in Queens, New York has never

won the Tour de France.

• But he holds the record for finishing in the Malliot

Jaunne’s team the most number of times.

• With 15 Tours he also holds the record of the

highest number of TDF participations by an

American

Who are we talking of?

FORWARD

Le meilleur domestique = The best‘domestique’

• George Hincapie (left)

• He has been on the

Malliot Jaunne’s team 8

times

• 7 times with Lance

Armstrong (right) & once

with Alberto Contador

FORWARD

Who am I?

• My maternal family name is Velasco

• My nickname is ‘El Pistolero’

• I am the fifth cyclist in history to win all three

Grand Tours

• I tested positive for Clenbuterol, but the

subsequent ban was lifted

FORWARD

Answer: Alberto Contador

Full name:

Alberto Contador Velasco

He has won the Tour de France

thrice (2007,09,10) and the Giro

d’Italia as well as the Vuelta a

Espana once each (both 2008)

BACK

The 2000 US OPEN was the

100th open played at X, where

X can also be referred to as a

smooth round rock. 2010 US

OPEN was also played at X.

The tournament saw one of

the greatest performances by

TIGER WOODS as he won a

major leading his opponent by

Y which has yet to be

achieved. Identify X and Y…

FORWARD

X refers to PEBBLE BEACH

Y refers to double digit.

TIGER WOODS had a score of 12 under par

followed by ERNIE ElS and MANUEL JIMENEZ at 3

over par.

ANSWERS

FORWARD

CONNECT

DAVID LOVE IIIJOSE MARIA

OLASABAL

CONNECT these two personalities from

across the continents.

FORWARD

These are 2012 RYDER CUP captains from USA and EUROPE respectively.

ANSWERS

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