Sports Quiz conducted at Horizon'15, Institute of Technology, Nirma University

1. Sports Quiz- Finals
Horizon’15
-Parth Agrawal

2. Finals
Round 1 – Citius
Round 2 – Altius
Round 3 – Fortius

3. Round 1 : Citius
• Written round
• 3 List-Its
• How well do you know your players might help

4. List 1

5. List 2

6. List 3

7. List1
Front Row Left to Right:
• Ashish Bagai (Canada),
• Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka),
• Ricky Ponting (Australia),
• Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh),
• Jimmy Kamande (Kenya) and
• William Porterfield (Ireland).
Back Row Left to Right:
• Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe)
• Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
• Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
• Graeme Smith (South Africa)
• Andrew Strauss (England) and
• Darren Sammy (West Indies)

8. List2
• Magic Johnson
• Larry Bird
• Michael Jordan
• Scottie Pippen
• John Stockton

9. List 3- Nike World Cup Ad Risk Everything
• Cristiano Ronaldo,
• Wayne Rooney,
• Neymar,
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
• Andres Iniesta,
• Andrea Pirlo,
• Mario Gotze,
• Thiago Silva,
• Eden Hazard

10. Round 2 : Altius
12 Questions on the Pounce
Infinite Bounce
+10/ -0 on the bounce
+15/-10 on the pounce
3 Strikes on the pounce and you are OUT!

11. Q1.
The motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the
International Olympic Committee in 1894.
Coubertin borrowed it from his friend Henri Didon, a Dominican
priest who was an athletics enthusiast. He said "These three words
represent a programme of moral beauty. The aesthetics of sport are
intangible."
The motto was introduced in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris. A
more informal but well known motto, also introduced by Coubertin, is
"The most important thing is not to win but to take part!“
Coubertin got this motto from a sermon by the Bishop of Pennsylvania
during the 1908 London Games

12. Answer
Citius, Altius , Fortius
latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger."

13. Q2.
Connect ( No Not a MELA Question)

14. Answer
• Lewis Hamilton
• Wore a gold-framed version of
Warhol's Cars, Mercedes Benz 300 SL
Coupe painting hanging from a chain
around his neck

15. Q3.
Connect (Non Exhaustive)
Kepler Wessels
Boyd Rankin
Ed Joyce
Luke Ronchi
Dirk Nannes
And a more famous one would be playing for England in 2015 CWC.
Name the Player and what this non- exhaustive list is.

16. Answer
• Eoin Morgan
• Cricketers who have played for 2 international teams

17. Q4.Connect

18. Answer
Swimming Strokes

19. Q5.
• The X Y, also referred to as
simply the X, was a yacht
originally owned by Robert
Queen. It sunk during a heavy
storm at sea in 2007. It was
later secretly recovered
by Moira Queen, who was
apparently involved with its
sinking via explosives.
• Now we know this term
altogetherly in a different sense
in the world of sports.

20. Famous Chess Opening
The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings.
Sometimes known as the Aleppo Gambit in his honour. During the
early period of modern chess, queen pawn openings were not in
fashion, and the Queen's Gambit did not become common until
the 1873 tournament in Vienna.
After World War II, it was less frequently seen, as many Black players
moved away from symmetrical openings, tending to use the Indian
Defences to combat queen pawn openings.
The Queen's Gambit is still frequently played and it remains an
important part of many grandmasters opening repertoires.

21. Q6.
In US Open, The main court is located at the 22,547-
seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, opened in 1997. It is named
after Arthur Ashe, the African American tennis player
who won the men's final of the inaugural US Open in
1968.
The next largest court is the X Stadium, opened in 1978,
extensively renovated from the Singer Bowl, which was
built for the 1964 New York World's Fair. It was the
main stadium from 1978 to 1996. Its peak capacity
neared 18,000 seats, but was reduced to 10,200 by the
removal of the upper tiers of seating after the opening
of Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Id X (not from the world of sports)
Hint

22. Answer
Louis Armstrong

23. Q7.What vs What

24. Answer
Rugby vs NFL

25. Q8.
Id the guy

26. Answer
Jake LaMotta

27. Q9.
Oh, that weekend in Imola, Italy, in 1994 …
Formula One had become unused to tragedy, let alone tragedy on this scale. Not for 12 years had a driver
lost his life at a Grand Prix, and for what seemed like a whole generation of racing people, the experience
was new and shocking. Crashes never ceased, of course, for men are fallible, but everyone had grown
used to feeling apprehension, then relief, as drivers walked away from them again and again.
It was just so on the Friday of San Marino Grand Prix weekend when sophomore driver Rubens
Barrichello launched his Jordan Grand Prix car off a curb and flew airborne, horrifyingly, into a tire barrier.
He was OK, somehow, but the next day Austrian rookie Roland Ratzenberger died instantly when his
Simtek-Ford suffered a front-wing failure, pitching him hard into a concrete wall during qualifying .The
then three-time world champion who had never before been present at a race where someone died, was
distraught.
Twenty-four hours later, he, too, was gone. Toward the exit of the flat-out Tamburello corner, a bumpy
left-hander, his Williams-Renault veered suddenly to the right. Inconceivable as it seemed to so many, he
got into a situation even he couldn't recover from; there were initial suggestions the car's steering failed,
but subsequent investigations proved inconclusive and contradictory.
Who is the world champion in question?

28. Answer
Ayrton Senna

29. Q10.
Stood in front of a towering image
of the LA Galaxy ace on a New
York billboard Posh keeps a
straight face as she poses with her
hand upturned.
Put funda as to what she might be
doing(unknowingly/knowingly)

30. Answer
David Beckham’s Golden Balls

31. Q11.
421146466.2211666461411.44.6466
What’s so special about this mumbo jumbo above?
2 Parts to it

32. Answer
AB De Villiers Fastest Century and Fastest Half Century Ball-by-Ball
against West Indies on January 18,2015

33. Q12.
The first manned mission to the Moon since the near-disastrous
________ is on its way home after two successful moon walks. There
was just one moment of serious concern: as X left its orbit around the
Earth for the Moon, a docking probe failed to work, putting the
mission's ability to return in jeopardy.
In the event, a manual docking went perfectly.
There were also light-hearted moments. At the end of today's
moonwalk, Y became the first man to play Z on moon, using the sports
equipment that he had smuggled on board inside his space suit.
Video removed

34. Answer

36. Q13.Which venture?
A non profit venture joined by India’s only Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and former Indian
cricket team captain Rahul Dravid on their Board of Advisors with a mission of empowering India's
future Olympians is premised on the belief that sporting champions are created when the right
talent gets the right support at the right time.
Some of the achievements of the athletes supported by them:
• 5 athletes representing India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland- Sharath
Gayakwad (Para-Swimming), Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai (both Table tennis), Kidambi
Srikanth and RMV Gurusaidutt (both Badminton), the latter winning the bronze medal in
the Men's Singles category.
• Swimmers Virdhawal Khade, Sandeep Sejwal (Beijing 2008) and Gagan Ullalmath (London 2012)
represented India at the Olympic Games.
• Para-swimmer Sharath Gayakwad was India’s lone representative in swimming at the London
2012 Paralympic Games.
• Soumyajit Ghosh became India’s youngest men’s table tennis player to qualify for the Olympic
Games. He represented India at the London 2012 Games.
• Badminton player Srikanth Kidambi became the first Indian to win a Grand Prix Gold event
outside India when he won the Thailand Open in 2013.

37. Answer
GoSports Foundation

38. Round 3 : Fortius
• Short connects
• 3 connects with 3 individual slides
• For individual slides, +5
• For connect, the score will be written on the slide

39. Connect 1 : Slide 1 +30 -15
The Acronym is the key word for the larger connect (Sport- Boxing)

40. Connect 1 : Slide 2 +20 -10

41. Connect 1 : Slide 3 +10

42. Answer - Fight of the Century Trilogy
1)MSG(Madison Square Garden
2)Smokin Joe and The Greatest
3)Thrilla in Manilla

43. In Hockey,
• A player accomplishes a Gordie Howe X by scoring a goal, getting an assist, and getting in
a fight, all in the same game (Howe himself only recorded two in his career). While this
description has remained popular, it does not satisfy the conditions of a traditional X.
• A player accomplishes a DC X by scoring the third goal as part of an overtime shootout.
Typically only goals scored in regular play count towards earning a X. It is called the DC X
because it began with the Washington Capitals.
• A pure X when a player scores a goal in each period of the game.
• A Texas X occurs when a player scores four goals in a single game. Like a regular hat-trick,
only larger - it is derived from the saying "Everything's bigger in Texas".
• An Alaskan X occurs when a player scores five goals in a single game. Like a Texas X, only
larger - it is derived from the fact that the only state larger than Texas is Alaska.
*No Individual Slide points
Connect 2 : Slide 1 +30 -15

44. Eliminating three players from a table with one hand in live poker play
is sometimes referred to as a X and is incredibly rare. It is a much more
frequent occurrence in online poker games, given the faster and
greater number of hands played in online tournaments and the
continuing presence of multiple "all-in" players during the early stages
of tournament play as players look to build large chip stacks quickly and
early.
*No Individual Slide points
Connect 2 : Slide 2 +20 -10

45. The most recent instance of X was by Steven Finn of England, playing
the opening World Cup game against Australia on 14 February 2015 at
the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
*No Individual Slide points
Connect 3 : Slide 3 +10

46. Answer – Hat-Tricks in different sports

47. X was the referee for the ____ _____ ______ match between Shawn
Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin at the March 29,
1998 __________ pay-per-view. Before the match he seemingly aligned
himself with Michaels and his DGenerationX stable, only to turn on
them and punch Michaels, after counting the pinfall for Austin and
awarding him the championship.
Id X
+2 for the individual slide as well
Connect 3 : Slide 1 +30 -15

48. The final match of the night at _____ was the championship match
between Yokozuna and Bret Hart.
The guest referee for the match was Roddy Piper, while the guest ring
announcer was X and the guest timekeeper was.
X is an American actor, director and producer who has starred in many
films, such as The Longest Yard and was nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actor for Boogie Nights.
+2 for the individual slide as well
Connect 3 : Slide 2 +20 -10

49. Not only did X’s _________ victory make him an even bigger
attraction, but it could have a domino effect and help create _____
____ ____’s next top star. The wrestler that eventually takes the belt
from X, potentially Roman Reigns at _________ , will get benefit greatly
from defeating the man who conquered The Streak.
+2 for the individual slide as well
Connect 3 : Slide 3 +10

50. Answer- WWE’s Wrestlemania
• Mike Tyson
• Burt Reynolds
• Brock Lesnar