11. 1. Gail Devers
2. Natalie Du Toit
3. Douglas Jardine
4. Cadel Evans
5. Andre Agassi
6. Garrincha
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12. This five-time Olympic gold medalist is making a comeback at
London 2012 after five years away from the sport. After
winning two golds at the Athens Olympics in 2004, he took a
year away from the sport before announcing his retirement in
November 2006.
He returned to competition with the Singapore World Cup
meet on 4-5 November, and now plans to take part in further
meets in Beijing and Tokyo.
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14. Round 2
Clockwise passing
Infinite Rebounds
+10 per answer
2 pounces allowed in this round for +10 / -5
15. Mike Brearley, the former England captain, in the
Observer, looks back at one of the greatest Test series of all
time, 30 years on.
The first thing I should say is that the train of events in 1981 was
extremely fortuitous. In that third Test at Headingley, for a
start, Ian Botham and ______________, whose second-innings
partnership of 117 turned the match, could have been out at any
moment. Kim Hughes and the Australians were criticised for
bowling too wide to them and it was true, they should have
tightened their line. But on any other day they would have edged
rather than missed, or edged more thinly, or the ball would have
landed differently from one of the thick edges.
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16. Graham Dilley
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17. In 1992, Alvernaz Alemao was caught with a cargo of gold and
was killed after a struggle with a Customs Officer.
So powerful was the hold of the Alemao family in the region
that when the Customs Officer went to the Colva Police
Station to seek protection, they refused to entertain him.
Alvernaz’s brother __________ Braz Alemao is an MP from
Marmagao and an alleged gangster.
Fill in the blank
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18. Churchill
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19. In 1972, an educational institution donated a tombstone to the
"le cimetière du vieux château" at Menton lauding one of it’s
students for his ‘fine disregard for rules ’
Name this student.
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21. Quoting from an article from The Economist dated May 7, 1988
“AN IMPROBABLE Balkans summit took place last week in, of
all places, Cardiff, in south Wales. It was between the
presidents of the Bulgarian and Turkish federations. They
indeed had weighty business to discuss: a likely Olympic gold
medal and the troubled relations between Bulgaria and
Turkey.”
What was this meeting all about?
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22. Whether Naim Suleymanoglu would represent Turkey or
Bulgaria
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23. Hungarian player Gyorgy Karpati recalls
"In the strained political situation we were in, it was a body-to-
body encounter with our opponents. Now I have to admit that
I'm convinced even the referee was pulling for us. We were
from a small country battling the huge Soviet Goliath."
What moniker is given to the match he is talking about?
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24. Blood in the Water match
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25. Obligatory Ayrton Senna question.
His funeral was a star studded affair - with
celebrities, politicians and sportsman from all over the world
attending.
Two notable absentees were Ecclestone and Mosley.
Ecclestone did not attend as he was not invited.
What was Mosley’s reason for not attending?
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26. He went to Roland Ratzenberger’s funeral
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27. This is one of the very few mixed gender team sports.
A team consists of eight players; four female and four male.
It was founded in the Netherlands in 1902 by Nico
Broekhuysen.
In the Netherlands there are around 580 clubs, and over a
100,000 people playing this sport.
Which sport?
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28. Korfball
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29. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open
Championships and three Masters. He was ranked the World
No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98
weeks.
Lavassa plans to have a Golf Academy and Signature Golf
Course.
This will be designed by whose golf course design practice?
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30. Nick Faldo
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31. During a Chess tournament held in the year 1988, X met Saheli
Dhar, a teenage Chess player. When playing a match, he
offered her a draw but she refused the offer and defeated him
to win the game, which impressed him a lot.
Further, both of them were selected for the National Chess
team representing the nation at Llyods Bank Tournament 1991
held at London.
X would go on to marry Saheli. Who is X?
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32. Dibyendu Barua
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33. What connects?
Congo National football team
Nkana
Grazer
Al Ahly
Belgium national football team
Deportivo Toluca
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34. All called the Red Devils
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35. Fierljeppen is a traditional sport of the Frisians and of the
Dutch. The sport is similar to pole vault. The pole is between 8
and 13 m long and has a flat round plate at the bottom to
prevent it from sinking into the muddy river or canal bottom.
What is the key difference between this sport and the pole
vault?
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36. Leap for distance and not for height
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37. The city of Richmond posthumously honored this sportsman
with a statue on Monument Avenue, a place traditionally
reserved for statues of key figures of the Confederacy
This decision led to some controversy in a city that was the
capital of the Confederate States during the American Civil
War.
Who?
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38. Arthur Ashe
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39. Consequences of X’s actions were
- His country was banned from the 1994 FIFA World Cup
- X, coach Orlando Aravena and team doctor Daniel Rodriguez
were banned for life
- Team co-captain Fernando Astengo was banned from football
for the next five years for deciding to pull the team from the
field
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40. Roberto Rojas
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41. On November 8 1933, this was incorporated as a company with
its registered office in New Delhi.
The same chaps who founded another entity five years earlier
were the promoters of this entity.
Originally, life members paid Rs 100 and ordinary members
paid Rs 10 for entrance and an annual subscription of Rs 15 .
This place was also the birthplace of the famous Chinese-style
dish Chicken Manchurian; restaurateur Nelson Wang, who
claims to have invented it at the request of a customer in 1975
while working at the this place as a cook.
Which ‘company’?
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42. Cricket Club of India
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43. In October 2011, this sportsman finished second in the Arizona
Four Peaks Urban Dirt Triathlon.
He used to take part with quite a lot of success in triathlon in
his youth in the 1980s before he shifted to the sport he is
famous for.
His aim is to take win the upcoming World Ironman
championships in Hawaii which would be quite amazing
considering he is over 40 and one of the oldest on the circuit.
Who?
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45. This guy gave the money to start this tournament and had a
trophy made (admittedly much less impressive than the
current one) but could not attend even one game nor give out
the trophy as his brother, the Earl of Derby, died and he had to
return to England to succeed him.
Who?
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46. Lord Stanley
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47. Ashes 1933 , third test at Adelaide
Batsman Bowler
Name both
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49. The winners for the last six years of?
2006 - Wim Vansevenant
2007 - Wim Vansevenant
2008 - Wim Vansevenant
2009 - Yauheni Hutarovich
2010 - Adriano Malori
2011 - Fabio Sabatini
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50. Lanterne Rouge
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51. Uwe Hohn set the world record for the javelin throw with a
throw of 104.8m on 20th july 1984. The person who broke the
record, Klaus Tafelmeier did so with a throw of 85.74 m on 21st
Sept 1986.
What’s the story?
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52. New specs for javelin in 1986 - 800g to 600g
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53. George was signed by Jack Dunn for the Baltimore Orioles. He
was called something by his new team-mates because he was
the youngest in the team at the age of 19.
Who?
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55. At the 1968 US national championships in
Sacramento, California, he became the first to run 100m in less
than 10 seconds.
He won the famed “first all black” final in the 1968 Olympics
for the 100 mts and bettered his time from Sacramento to set
the 100m record that would stand for another 15 years.
Who?
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56. Jim Hines
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57. Who is the guy on the right?
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58. Mickey Ward
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59. Connect these Indian Derby winners:
Enterprise (1984)
Revelation (1985)
Exhilaration (1989)
Desert Warrior (1990)
Starfire Girl (1991)
Little Over (1994)
Storm Again (2001)
Psychic Flame (2004)
Exhaustive list
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60. Pesi Shroff’s victories at the Indian derby
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61. Round 3
Visual Connect
5 slides
Points mentioned on the slides
One attempt per team per slide
Not exhaustive
68. Represented their country in another sport as well
Jack MacBryan (Hockey)
Ralph Legall (Tennis)
Cotar Ramaswamy (Tennis)
Victor Richardson (Baseball)
CB Fry ( Football)
Dave Houghton (Hockey)
Jeff Wilson (Rugby)
Dennis Compton ( Football)
Rudi van Vuuren (Rugby)
Viv Richards (Football)
Jonty Rhodes ( Hockey)
Asif Karim (Tennis)
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69. Round 4
Anti- Clockwise passing
Infinite Rebounds
+10 per answer
2 pounces allowed in this round for +10 / -5
70. The roof on the current home, the Metrodome, of the
American Football franchise from Minnesota collapsed
spectacularly last winter. The repairs to the stadium will take
$1.1 billion.
However, the usual NFL practise of asking the fans to
contribute a large portions of this cost will not work due to the
political attitude owing to financial hardships.
The franchise is considering an option which would replicate
the actions of another franchise from the same area from over
50 years ago.
What were they planning to do?
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71. The Minnesota Vikings might shift to LA , just like Minneapolis
Lakers shifted to LA in 1961
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72. This record is almost entirely dominated by Asian cricketers. The top ten are :
Sanath Jayasuriya
Wasim Akram
Mutthiah Muralidharan
Chaminda Vaas
Shahid Afridi
Mahela Jayawardena
Kaluwitharana
Daniel Vettori
Hershelle Gibbs
Younis Khan
Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar come in at joint 14th
What record?
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73. Most ducks in ODIs (SJ has 34)
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74. It has been described as “lacking class and unworthy of
history” by David Conn who goes on to say that when this was
announced “it felt as if another sliver of football's soul had just
been sold.”
He says that the current one is “evocative and historic” and “
lends a grandeur of aspiration which the club has not always
lived up to, on or off the field.”
What controversial change?
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75. Renaming of St James’ Park to Sports Direct Arena
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77. Suzanne Lenglen
Simone Mathieu and Jacques Brugnon
Marcel Bernard
Missing - Musketeers
Trophies at the French Open
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78. Chang Qing Shu meaning "Evergreen" is the Chinese nickname
of which sportsperson who currently plays for TTC Rhön-
Sprudel Fulda-Maberzell in the German Bundesliga?
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80. What number did the guy on
the right in this family pic have
on his jersey as a college
basketball player?
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81. 45
Larry Jordan
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82. Who once ironically advised people to hold a one-iron above
their head in the middle of the fairway in case of a
thunderstorm, because even God couldn’t hit a one-iron?
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83. Lee Trevino
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84. When Bhaichung Bhutia retired from international football
earlier this year, a former player led the charge in lashing out
against him and labeling him a traitor.
This guy was sacked as coach of the Indian team after defeats
to Japan and Yemen and alleged that Bhutia had rigged the
match against Yemen. He went on to say that he rated I.M.
Vijayan higher than Bhutia.
Name this guy.
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86. Who speaking after his retirement from FC cricket earlier this
year ?
"Till the last year, I was raring to go [in domestic cricket]. I
served my team for long, but the selectors ignored me. I'm
disappointed. I wanted to play alongside X for one last time,
wanted to play in IPL but unfortunately that did not happen."
This guy made his first-class debut in 1989 and played 129
games, scoring 9965 runs at an average of 59.67 including 35
centuries. He last played senior domestic cricket in 2004-05.
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87. Vinod Kambli
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88. This is the "Barassi Line", as proposed by Professor Ian Turner
in 1978.
What does the red line depict?
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89. The red line divides the regions where Australian rules football
(in yellow) and rugby football (in green) were the most
popular football codes
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90. In 1991, Bertrand Gachot was sent for a two-month prison
stint, received for spraying CS gas on a London taxicab driver
after a traffic altercation (his race seat was filled temporarily
by then-unknown Michael Schumacher, making his Formula
One debut).
When he was finally released from prison, he had missed four
races and the Jordan racing team was not interested in
returning his seat as they had already given this seat to
someone else for the last two races of the season.
Who was his seat given to?
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92. A non profit organization started by Charles Frederick Holder
and Francis F. Rowland, has annually produced the New Year's
Day Parade since 1895 and the _________ Game (usually
played on New Year's Day in Pasadena), since 1902. This
"America's New Year Celebration" is "a festival of
flowers, music and equestrians and sports unequaled
anywhere in the world“
Fill in the Blank
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93. Rose Bowl
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94. This 42 year old guy was supposed to make his comeback from
retirement at the KFC Big bash.
He will combine his playing commitments with the Melbourne
Stars with his role as a television commentator.
He says the Big Bash could be played alongside this summer's
Test series against India without being detrimental to either
format of the game.
One of his main reasons for making a comeback was so that
his three children, now aged 14, 12 and 10, would get a better
appreciation of what he did for a living.
After a recent accident, this comeback is in doubt.
Who?
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96. This was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected
in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition
of 1851.
What name did Punch magazine give to this building which
later came to be associated with the area itself?
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98. This guy was the first Indian to win a title abroad (in 1956) and was among
the first awardees of the Arjuna award in 1961. His son is a 7 time national
champion in another sport.
Identify the guy receiving the Petroleum Sports Control Board Award
award from E. Ponnuswamy on January 29, 2001
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99. Nandu Natekar
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100. This is arguably the most famous
boxing related magazine in the
world. It was once edited by Nat
Fleisher. Currently it is owned by
‘Golden Boy Enterprises’
Which boxer is the founder of GBP
Inc?
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101. Oscar De La Hoya
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102. A distinguished lawyer, this guy was instrumental in the
development and success of professional basketball.
On June 6, 1946, while already serving as president of the
American Hockey League, he was appointed president of the
newly formed Basketball Association of America (BAA)
In 17 years as president, he expanded the NBA to 17 teams,
introduced the collegiate draft and instituted the 24 second
shot clock (created by Dan Biasone).
In 1954, he also increased national recognition of the game
immensely by securing its first television contract.
Who?
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104. He was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, grew up in Djibouti, and
arrived in Britain aged 8 years old.
He holds European track record for 10,000 metres, the British
road record for 10,000 metres, the British indoor record in the
3000 metres, the British track record for 5000 metres and the
European indoor record for 5000 metres.
In July 2010, he won Britain's first-ever men's European gold
medal at 10,000 m
Who?
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106. This player was a part of 3 successive Olympic Gold winning
Hockey teams. He then captained his country to the finals of
his 4th successive Olympics, but lost in the finals. However, he
still (jointly) holds the record for most number of medals won
by a hockey player.
Who?
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108. “Peter Maravich shot faster
than his shadow and had
developed the habit of
shooting the ball from his
side, as if he were holding a
revolver.”
What familiar nickname was
he given because of this?
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109. Pistol Pete
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110. Established in 1886, this was the first multipurpose sports
complex ever to be built, anywhere in the world.
It was named after its first patron, and is widely renowned as
one of the premier clubs for this sport in the world.
By the late 1920's, annual Oxford v Cambridge challenges at
rugby, football and athletics had taken place at the Club for
over thirty years and, at times, as many as 10,000 spectators
were attracted to the grounds. As these events outgrew the
Club's facilities, they were transferred to their new homes at
Twickenham, Wembley and White City.
Which Club?
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111. Queen’s Club
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112. He lost out on a medal at the
1972 Olympics, when 3 runners
overtook him in the last 150m.
He proceeded to set American
records in all categories from
2000 to 10000m. However, his
Olympic dream remained
incomplete when he died in
1975 in a car crash.
Who?
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