Sports and Entertainment quiz conducted by Pranav and Sudharshan at Christ College, Bangalore in November,2013.

1. SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT QUIZ
FINALS

2. ROUND 1 – WRITTEN THEME ROUND
ROUND 2 – TALKING STRAIGHT(CLOCKWISE)
ROUND 3 – BUZZER – I
ROUND 4 – TALKING STRAIGHT(ANTI-
CLOCKWISE)
ROUND 5 – BUZZER - II

3.  5 POSTERS OF SPORTS BIOPICS.
 IDENTIFY THE SPORTSPERSON ON THE
COVER AND THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS
HIM/HER.
 5 POINTS PER QUESTION.
 2.5 FOR EACH PART

9. EXCHANGE SHEETS

11. JAMES HUNT
CHRIS HEMSWORTH

13. FRANCIS OUIMET
SHIA LABEOUF

15. BRIAN CLOUGH
MICHAEL SHEEN

17. FRANCOIS PIENAAR
MATT DAMON

19. STEVE PREFONTAINE
JARED LETO

20.  12 Questions on Infinite Bounce/Buzzer
Pounce/Normal Pounce
 Buzzer Pounce will carry +15/-10
 You can Pounce on a question if it is not your
direct.
 Write down the complete answer when
Pouncing. +10/-10 on the pounce.
 On infinite Bounce, it is +10/0.
 Part points, no negatives on Quizmaster’s
discretion.

21. Narendra Tamhane was a Mumbai
wicketkeeper batsman who played in 21 Tests
for India from 1955 to 1960. He famously
dropped Lance Gibbs, the only batsman
Subhash Gupte missed in an innings in the
Kanpur Test against West Indies in 1958/9,
thus leaving him with the figure of 9/102.
He is most remembered for a remark he is
supposed to have made in 1989 to reassure
his colleagues. What?

23. When the Indian selectors got together to discuss
the team for the 1989 tour of Pakistan, selector
Naren Tamhane suggested they pick the 16-year-
old Tendulkar. But the others worried that the
young kid, no more than a boy really, would suffer
at the hands of the Pakistani bowlers. The risk of
failure was too great, the damage to his confidence
potentially too devastating.
Pat came the reply from Tamhane: “Tendulkar never
fails.”

24. Chandra Rutnam was a South Asian film
director and in the 1960s, his parents’ house
was leased for a movie. He hung around the
house during that time doing odd jobs and was
finally hired by the people who were in-charge.
He recalls that his big moment came during the
final stages of the project when there were
insufficient materials and he had to run through
a stretch of the jungle on one side working up
smoke with a pair of smoke bellows.
What role did he essay in the movie?

26. The movie was Bridge on the River Kwai.
Chandra Rutnam was a Sri Lankan director
and was involved as a stand-by prop and a
gofer. He acted as the train!

27. Organizers of the 2014 Commonwealth games
say the concept behind the logo is derived from
time, data and measurement, with four
distinctive parts. The outer ring symbolizes the
fact that it is the 20th Commonwealth Games,
the yellow ring which is 17/20th of the size of
the outer red ring symbolizes A, the blue ring,
which is 11/20th of the size of the circle
represents the 11 days of the event, and the G
in the center represents B.
Identify A and B.

30. A – 17 Sports that will be held
B – Glasgow, the host city

31. Scandinavian cable TV channel Viasat Film says it
will start using the ratings in its film reviews and
has scheduled an A-rated "Super Sunday" on 17
November, when it will show only films that pass
the test, such as The Hunger Games, The Iron
Lady and Savages. The entire Lord of the Rings
trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network,
Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter
movies failed the evaluation criteria for the ratings.
What are the ratings based on?

33. Bechdel Test.
The movie must have a scene where two
women talk to each other about something
other than men!

34. The scene shown is from the Hitchcock movie
“Suspicion”. How did Hitchcock make the
scene menacing? A small addition was made
that helped him achieve the effect.
Video

36. He put a light bulb inside the glass so that it
appears bright compared to the rest of the
props as seen in the opening few seconds.

37. What prompted the Spanish National police to
tweet this?
Which translates as: ‘We have received more than 120
mentions about football in the last 10
minutes…Remember; we try to help you about SAFETY…
:-)’

39. After Real Madrid’s controversial 2-1 win over
minnows Elche, supporters of the latter team
bombarded the local policia with complaints
about the official’s performance and claims of a
robbery.

40. In Formula 1, a driver has to achieve four
things in order to complete a Grand Slam or
Grand Chelem. It was first done by Juan
Fangio in the Monaco GP(1952) and recently
by Sebastian Vettel in the Korean GP(2013).
So what are the four things that constitute a
grand slam?

42.  Starting at Pole position
 Recording the fastest lap
 Leading every lap of the race
 Winning the race

43. Shootout at Wadala is a 2013 Bollywood movie
partly based on a chapter of the book ‘Dongri to
Dubai’; it portrays the life of gangster Manya
Surve. According to Husain Zaidi, the author of the
book Manya is “Mumbai’s _____ _____” as he
would plan heists, robberies and murders after
poring over an author’s potboilers. Taking a leaf
out of a thriller, he and six others made
preparations to snatch themselves a getaway
vehicle and abandoning it later , the first time such
tactics where used in a bank robbery in Mumbai.
Which author?

45. James Hadley Chase

46. In the Summer Olympics of 1984, Uwe Hohn of
East Germany threw the javelin a distance of
104.80 metres. Hohn's incredible throw had
shattered the previous world standard of 99.72
meters set by Tom Petranoff of the United States.
However, his record did not go into the history
books and it was classified as an eternal record.
The record statistics were restarted because a rule
change was made prior to the Olympics to shorten
distances and for accurate measurement of
distance. Watch the video and tell me what rule
change was made.
Video

48. The javelin throw should not land flat. It should
stick on the ground at the landing spot.

49. Which movie is referenced in the two videos
and how is video 1 related to the person in
video 2?
Video1
Video2

51. Movie is Metropolis
Lady Gaga took her name from Queen’s Radio
GaGa

52. Bradman won the toss on New Year's Day test of 1937, but
again failed with the bat, scoring just 13. The Australians
could not take advantage of a pitch that favored batting, and
finished the day at 6/181. On the second day, rain
dramatically altered the course of the game. With the sun
drying the pitch (in those days, covers could not be used
during matches) Bradman declared to get England in to bat
while the pitch was "sticky"; England also declared to get
Australia back in, conceding a lead of 124. In an innings
spread over three days, he battled influenza while scoring
270 off 375 balls, sharing a record partnership of 346 with
Jack Fingleton and Australia went on to win the game.
What did Bradman do in the Australian second innings to
ensure that the conditions were conducive to run making?

54. He reversed the batting order. He came in at 7
so that the best batsmen came in late and the
pitch became favourable for them.

55. This problem has been troubling many people
for over 40 years. However, in 2009, John
Godwin came up with a great idea and the
solution is in three steps
 Smashing out the windows at the back and
smashing them inward in the front to improve
weight ratio.
 Empty the tank to save 140kg of weight.
 Place some rocks on the front to move the
things inside without disturbing the equilibrium.
Solution to what problem?

57. Hang on a minute lads, I’ve got a great idea.

58. END OF CLOCKWISE ROUND.
SCORES!

59. ALL QUESTIONS WILL BE READ OUT.
+7/-7 FOR CORRECT/INCORRECT ANSWER.

60.  12 Questions on Infinite Bounce/Pounce
 You can Pounce on a question if it is not your
direct.
 Write down the complete answer when
Pouncing. +10/-10 on the pounce.
 On infinite Bounce, it is +10/0.
 Part points, no negatives on Quizmaster’s
discretion.

61. Daniel Baumat, who worked for Omega
received an order from the FIG, an
international governing body of a sport. Daniel
contacted the FIG officials on a logical
correction for a technical specification of the
order, to which the FIG officials replied that it
was not necessary as it was not possible in
that sport. So the order was built with the old
specifications.
How did this come back to haunt the FIG
officials?

63. When Nadia Comăneci achieved her perfect 10
score in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the
scoreboard was unable to display 10 and
hence displayed this..

64. Connect these two pictures, audio and video to
a 2013 Bollywood movie.
Audio 1 Video1

66. Bombay Talkies

67. X known for its pulsating racing action derives
its name from the town in the picture below
because they share similar geographical
properties with regards to its location.

70. Interlagos circuit in Brazil

71. Steve Job’s obsession with secrecy meant the few
hundred engineers and designers working on the
iPhone couldn’t talk about it to anyone else. If Apple
found out you’d told a friend in a bar, or even your
spouse, you could be fired. In some cases, before a
manager could ask you to join the project, you had to
sign a nondisclosure agreement in his office. Then,
after he told you what the project was, you had to sign
another document confirming that you had indeed
signed the NDA and would tell no one. The Apple
employees put up a sign over the front door of the
Purple dorm (the iPhone building) that said ______
_______ because a primary guideline of _____ ______
resembled Apple’s rules.
Fill in the blanks.

73. Fight Club!
The first rule of Fight Club is..
The second rule of Fight Club is..

74. One of the promotional articles of the 1986
Olympics was a small metallic box labeled
"_____ ____ _____”, that was "Especial para
batir récords" (Special for breaking records). It
acts as a pointer to the
important role played by the entity in the box in
breaking several records.
What did the metallic boxes contain?

76. The Air of Mexico.
Since Mexico is at an altitude of 2264 metres
above sea level, the air was thinner and it
helped many athletes in track and field events
such as long jump, high jump.

77. ‘The Best Years of Our Lives ‘ is a 1946 American
drama film and stars Harold Russell , a Canadian-
American world war II veteran as a sailor who lost
both hands during the war. He achieved a rare and
unique honor in awards history and remains to
date the only person to achieve, which resulted
because the Board of Governors of AMPAS very
much wanted to salute Russell, a non-professional
actor, but assumed he had little chance for a
competitive win.
What is his unique distinction?

79. He won two Oscars for the same role.
One was the Oscar for Best Actor.
Other one a Special Oscar given by the
awarding committee.

80. What classical piece is appropriately being
played in this scene from ‘Sherlock’?
Video

82. Thieving Magpie by Rossini

83.  The Daily Mail carried an article titled ‘The real
___ ____’ on the plans of the police in America
to use software to reduce crime rates and
should trials prove a success the software
could be used to help set bail amounts and
suggest sentencing recommendations too. It
was to be used by law enforcement agencies in
Washington DC and rolled out nationwide if a
success.
 Fill in the blanks and how did the software work
to prevent crime?

85. Minority Report

86. Shown here is the crest of Manchester City
F.C. There are three rivers in Manchester –
Irwell, Irk and Medlock.
a)How has it been represented in the Manchester
City crest?
b)What do the three stars at the top symbolise?

89. a) The three stripes at the bottom represent the
rivers
b) Nothing! They are purely decorative

90. When this writer was visiting his friend and
colleague at the Bell labs Murray hill facility in
1962, he saw a landmark demonstration using
a computer and later used it as a plot device in
his novel.
Who and how did he use it?

92. Arthur C Clarke.
HAL sings Daisy Bell in 2001:A Space Odyssey

93. In 2008, at the Corus Steel Chess tournament held
at Wijk aan Zee, Ivan Cheparinov became the first
player to be disqualified for poor sportsmanship.
His opponent Grandmaster Nigel Short said ,'The
facts are not in dispute and it’s high time this kind
of nonsense was stamped out. have been playing
professionally for 25 years, playing chess for a lot
longer and I have never had anyone….. It was a
calculated insult intended to disturb my equanimity
at the start of the game and in fact it succeeded.‘
What did Cheparinov to be disqualified?

95. He refused to shake hands with his opponent.
It is a tradition or rule that players have to
shake hands before commencing play.

96. The Texas Supreme Court when writing their
opinion in Robinson v. Crown Cork and Seal,
recognized that police power draws from the
credo that “the needs of the many outweigh the
needs of the few ”, a quote from the book ‘A
Tale of Two Cities’. However, the judge was
ignorant of this fact and he cited a fictional
character from a 1982 movie .
So who was cited for this argument?

98. Spock from Star Trek.
Video

99. END OF ANTI-CLOCKWISE ROUND
SCORES!