Sports Quiz Questions and Answers

SPORTS QUIZ
2013 BQC OPEN QUIZZES
SRINATH TB
ATUL MATHEW

RULES
• 35 Questions. 1 Point each.
• Top 8 Teams in the Final
• Scores from the prelims carry over the finals
• Questions 16-20 are starred
• If teams are still tied, we’ll start with a sudden
death tiebreaker starting from Question 1
• We will cycle through the questions twice.
• Please switch off all electronic devices.
• Good Luck!

QUESTION 1
This former Indian cricketer from Maharashtra was a right-arm fast bowler,
who also bowled off-breaks and was a useful batsman.
He played more first-class cricket in England than in India. His Ranji career
spanned one Trophy match for Bombay in 1951/52, one for Madhya
Pradesh in 1954/55 and four for Saurashtra in 1962/63. After an early
retirement from cricket, he became a prominent golf player.
His father was a club cricketer, president of the Bombay Cricket Association
and Vice President of the BCCI.
In 1942, while studying in Wilson college, he was arrested in connection
with the Quit India movement.
Who is this cricketer? (Wankhede regulars will recognize his surname,
which will suffice for points)

ANSWER 1
Ramesh Vithaldas 'Buck' Divecha

QUESTION 2
Margaret Ives Abbott was the first
American woman to ever win an
Olympic gold medal, in the 1900
edition. The event which she won
was so poorly organized that she
did not realize she’d participated in
the Olympics, and spent her whole
life thinking she’d won a little
tournament in Paris.
Name the sport, which is making a
comeback in the 2016 Rio de
Janeiro Olympics?

QUESTION 3
Which famous sporting
nickname derives from the
Italian for ‘Baby’? (Points
only for nickname)

ANSWER 3
Bambino – for George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth

QUESTION 4
The Acorn Stakes, the Coaching Club
American Oaks and the Alabama Stakes
are horse races held annually in the U.S.A,
that are open only to fillies.
What evocative name is given to the three
of them as a set, as they are the most
prestigious of such races?

ANSWER 4
American ‘Triple Tiara’ of Thoroughbred Racing

QUESTION 5
If the cricketers Anthony Allom,
Paul Dunkels and Will Jefferson
were amongst the contenders to
this ‘lofty’ record, who currently
holds it?

ANSWER 5
Mohammad Irfan – Tallest ever cricketer

QUESTION 6
Heather McKay (in pic), is considered by
many to be the greatest female player in
the history of this game, and possibly
also Australia's greatest ever
sportswoman. (She also played field
hockey in spare time well enough to be
voted All-Australia in the sport twice)
She lost only two matches in her entire
career, and was unbeaten in competitive
matches from 1962 to 1981, when she
retired from active sport.
Which sport did she dominate thus?

QUESTION 7
This tennis tournament held in June every year in the
Netherlands is one of the few grass court tournaments played
around the world, and derives its name from its principal
sponsor. Name the tournament.

QUESTION 8
50 metre rifle three positions, as the name suggests, is
an Olympic shooting sport where shots need to be
fired by the shooter in three separate positions.
Two of the positions are kneeling and standing.
The third is a position where the shooter lies flat with
the chest down and back up. The word derives from a
Latin word which means ‘bent forward, inclined to’.
What is the term?

QUESTION 9
In October 2004, during qualification for the
UK Championship, Jamie Burnett became the
first snooker player to record what unique and
historic achievement in tournament play?
He commented: "I didn’t really know how to
react afterwards. At first I thought it was no big
deal, but then I realised I’d made history.”

ANSWER 9
Break of greater than 147 (He recorded a break of 148)

QUESTION 10
William Henry Ferguson (1880 – 1957) is one of the best
known cricket scorers. For 52 years from 1905 until his
death, Ferguson acted as the scorer and baggageman for
Australia, England, West Indies, South Africa and New
Zealand in 43 tours and 208 Test matches.
He is often credited with many revolutionary innovations
in scoring. One such graphical innovation, is seen very
commonly by cricket fans on television.
What?

QUESTION 11
Which stadium gets its name because the
football club that plays here used to play in
another stadium (in picture) before it shifted ?

ANSWER 11
Camp Nou (Literally ‘New Field’. FC Barcelona used to play
in Camp de les Corts earlier)

QUESTION 12
The Czech Athlete (in pic) set a world record in an
event in 1983, which is the longest standing
individual world record in Track and Field. Which
event was this record set in?

ANSWER
800 m; Jarmila Kratochvilova

QUESTION 13
A common way to distinguish
between the winter sports of Luge
and Skeleton is based on the
configuration of the riders. What is
the difference?

ANSWER 13
Luge – Feet first ; Skeleton – Head first

QUESTION 14
Id the sportsperson (play video). What is the nickname
given to the national football team?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6tYdciJmNc

ANSWER 14
Ellyse Perry; The ‘Matildas’ after ‘Waltzing Matilda’

QUESTION 15
Id this hockey legend. He wears a jersey number of 14
as a tribute to which other sporting great from his
country?

ANSWER 15
Teun de Nooijer; as a tribute to Johan Cryuff

QUESTION 16 **
This basketballer was nicknamed X by his friends
because he had to bend his head while walking
through doorways.
When he bought a sprawling estate in the ultra-elite
Bel-air neighbourhood in California, he named it Y as a
nod to his nickname X.
X and Y?

ANSWER 16
X: Big Dipper (Nickname of Wilt Chamberlain)
Y: Ursa Major

This condition, which is most common among boxers, wrestlers, mixed
martial artists and forwards in rugby union, occurs when the external
portion of the ear suffers repeated blows, resulting in blood clots.
As a result, the outer ear becomes permanently swollen and deformed,
resembling a _____________.
What is the common name of this condition? (________________ ear)
QUESTION 17**

QUESTION 18**
Sussex’s Arthur Watson (1925), West
Indies’ Learie Constantine (1928)
and Carl Hooper (1992) and
Middlesex’s Jim Smith (1939) are
believed to be the only four to have
done what at the St. Lawrence cricket
ground?

ANSWER 18**
Hit a six over the tree in the ground

QUESTION 19
What happens after the 0:42 mark in
this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a
tTCB5sjd-Y

ANSWER 19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atTCB5sjd-Y

ANSWER 19
Courier jumped into the Yarra.
(Need Yarra for full points)

QUESTION 20
He was one of the star footballers of
the 1900s, losing his best years to
the First World War. He had stints
with Newcastle, Stoke and Arsenal
FC and still holds the record for
being Arsenal’s oldest ever outfield
player (41). He also managed Stoke
for a brief while.
His Great Grandson shot to global
fame on ‘Super Saturday’ at the
London Olympics. Identify him or his
grandson. (Second name will do)

ANSWER 20
JOCK RUTHERFORD
GREG RUTHERFORD, the Olympic Long Jump champion
is his great - grandson

QUESTION 21
The William Hill Sports Book of the Year is an
annual British sports literary award sponsored
by bookmakers William Hill. The award is
dedicated to rewarding excellence in sports
writing and was first awarded in 1989.
If Lance Armstrong won the 2000 award for "It's
not about the Bike", which former US Postal
Services rider won the 2012 award for his book
“The Secret Race”, an expose on doping in
cycling?

QUESTION 22
This Australian athlete was one of the few
Olympic Champions from 2012 to make an
appearance at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
She was initially declared the winner in the
women's 100m but was later disqualified when
the English team complained about a false start.
She was also a controversial inclusion in the
Australian 4x400 relay team despite not having
trained for the event. After running the anchor
leg, she vomited and collapsed on the track as
she wasn't used to running longer distances.

ANSWER 22
SALLY PAERSON ( 110 M World Champion)

QUESTION 23
Due to changes in design regulations in
2012,many F1 teams modified their front
wing designs to the ones shown in the image
below. What derisive nickname did fans and
teams bestow on this design?

QUESTION 24
This brand was founded by 17-year-old
Jacob Golomb in 1910. An avid swimmer,
he was dissatisfied with swimsuits of the
time that barely lasted a season, and began
making suits that he guaranteed would
last for a full year.
In 1917, a Jack Dempsey approached the
company for custom equipment and the
rest was history. Brand?

QUESTION 25
After playing for FC Barcelona and Akasvayu
Girona, this basketball player (X) was drafted to
the NBA by the LA Lakers as a second round
draft pick in 2007.
However he never played for them as his rights
were traded to the Memphis Grizzlies as part of a
package that brought his brother (Y) to LA. This
is probably the only recorded instance of a
player being traded for his brother.
Id X and Y for full points.

ANSWER 25
X- Marc Gasol Y- Pau Gasol

QUESTION 26
Beyonce’s Superbowl half-time
performance appropriately
started with a speech by this
legend. Id.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=kKVorba5GLs

“Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is!”
“Excellence must be pursued – it must be wooed with all of
one’s might and every effort that we have. Each day there
is a new encounter.
Each week there is a new challenge. In all of the display
and in all of the noise and all of the glamour and all of the
color and all of the excitement and all of the rings and all
of the money, these are the things that only linger in the
memory.
But the spirit – the will to excel; the will to win, these are
the things that endure.”

QUESTION 27
This nine-time World Champion rounded off a
remarkable career by winning a Gold medal at
the X-Games in LA in 2012.

ANSWER 27
Sebastien Loeb, the 9 time WRC champion

QUESTION 28
In which European city would you find this
restored match clock, which commemorates one
of the most famous matches in the 20th Century
played here ?

ANSWER 28
Bern
This commemorates the ‘Miracle of Bern’, when West
Germany beat a heavily fancied Hungarian side 3-2 in the
Final

QUESTION 29
This Amul ad was released after Ramesh
Krishnan lead India to the Davis Cup final in
1987 after a win over Australia. Fill in the
missing blank

QUESTION 30
This World No.1 made his modeling debut for
the Dutch clothing giant ‘G-Star Raw’ in 2010.
Identify.

QUESTION 31
At which iconic motorsport circuit did Alex Zanardi win
Gold at the Road Cycling event at the 2012 Paralympics?

QUESTION 32
After failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, this 26 year old Arjuna
award winner decided to put his swimming career on hold and try
his hand at Golf. Identify this Bangalore lad, whose uncle is
Bollywood actor Boman Irani.

QUESTION 33
After moving from Walsall to Swansea on a free transfer
in 2003, he made an immediate impact at the club -The
Swans lost just five of their final 19 games and avoided
relegation from the Football League.
He took over as manager in 2007 and helped Swansea
climb from the fourth tier to the Championship. He is
credited with introducing the patient passing game
which has become the Swans' hallmark in recent years.
He left for greener pastures in 2009 and was promptly
dubbed “El Judas” by the fans
He currently manages a side in the English Premier
League. Id.

QUESTION 34
Derived from the Latin for ‘Boss’, this Paralympic
sport is one of three sports that is exclusive to
the Paralympics (the rest have Olympic
equivalents). Identify.

QUESTION 35
This Bollywood director participated at
the 1982 Asian Games in the swimming
competition, which helped him bag the
rights for this upcoming movie.
The subject of the movie lost both his
parents in the partition and the title of the
movie comes from the last words spoken
by his dying father.
Id the Director and the Movie.

ANSWER 35
Rakesh
Omprakash
Mehra
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag

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