BOSM Sports Quiz 2011 Prelims, BITS Pilani

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• 25 Questions
• ALL electronic gadgets to be turned OFF!
• A maximum of THREE people to a team
• Best SIX teams qualify for Finals
• No negative marking
• In the event of a tie in scores amongst competing teams in the
Prelims, * marked questions shall be used for resolution of ties.
• Quiz masters are always right

BOSM Sports Quiz 2011

1.

What were victorious athletes rewarded with in
the ancient Olympic Games?


1.

Olive wreaths


2.
The Marathon is a long-distance running event
with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres
that is usually run as a road. The event was
instituted in commemoration of the fabled run
of a Greek soldier who was a messenger from
the Battle of Marathon (the namesake of the
race) to Athens. Name the soldier in question.


2.

Pheidippides


3.
The British children’s writer Michael Morpurgo wrote the story concept and
an animation titled “Out of a Rainbow” was produced by the London office of
Beijing based Crystal CG. The story goes-
At the steelworks in Bolton they are finishing building the last girder for the
stadium. Two drops fall out of the molten-steel, and once cooled are picked
up by a man named George. The day happens to be George’s retirement day
so he signs the finished girder and cycles home. He gets home to his wife and
grandchildren as they give him his retirement cake. Later when everyone else
is asleep he decides to make a gift for his grandchildren out of the steel drops.
The next day George and his wife give their grandchildren the steel ________
and _______. The two children take them up to the attic and place them on
the windowsill when a rainbow forms going through the house. The story
ends with: “And then suddenly the rainbow is back. __________ and
_________ know that it’s time to go: their journey has just begun: so many
adventures to have, so many people to tell. But they will meet again; They’ll
be there, You’ll be there, the whole world will be there.”


3.

Wenlock and Mandeville, 2012 London Olympics
mascots.

4.

USARPS = USA Rock Paper Scissors!


5.

Red Bull


*6.
• Italian fashion brand POLICE chose him as their Brand Ambassador
in the year 2006-07.
• Was Second place in Khatron Ke Khiladi 3, first being Shabbir
Ahluwalia.
• Rajiv Gandhi State Sports Award (2003-2004) for Best Sportsperson
presented by Mrs Sheila Dixit.
• First Indian Squash Player to participate in the Commonwealth
Games. He played at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in
2002.
• His highest world ranking was #38 in Nov 06.


6.

Rithwik Bhattacharya


7.
This is a picture
taken way back
in 1954. The
first time Honda
took part in
competitive
racing in a place
which is still
popular for
racing. Where?


7.

Isle of Man


*8.

If Goran Ivanisevic is the only male player to
have accomplished this feat , who is the only
female to have done it?


8.

Kim Clijsters, the only woman wildcard to have
won a grandslam.


9.

Ajay Maken, Sports Minister of India


*10.

Connect Bachmann , Prusik ,
Shroud , Granny using a single
word.


10.

Knots used in mountaineering


11.

You’ll never walk alone


12.

Which is the only set of events
in the Olympics where men and
women compete together?


12.

Equestrian events


13.
The 50th Anniversary of this feat was
commemorated by the issue of a Fifty
Pence coin, showing an athlete’s limbs
and a clock stopped at 3:59.4.What
feat, and who is the person depicted?
( NO part points)


13.

Roger Bannister, 4 minute mile


14.
The advent of Erythropoietin in the 1980’s made
autologous and homologous transfusions a thing
of the past. Erythropoietin was originally
approved to treat people suffering from
anaemia as a consequence of Chemotherapy or
Renal failure. Give a two word phrase to
describe the abuse of Erythropoietin.


14.

Blood Doping


15.
X was one of the world's best swimmers in
the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold
medals and one bronze medal. He won 52
US National Championships and set 67
world records. After his swimming career,
he became popular for playing the role of Y
in twelve motion pictures. Identify X and Y.


15.

Johnny Weismuller, Tarzan


*16.
He won a total of nine gold
and three silver medals in
the 12 events in which he
competed at the Olympic
Games. His statue stands in
front of the Helsinki Olympic
Stadium.


16.

Paavo Nuurmi


17.

Fire in Babylon


18.
What does
extensive
stress on the
Lateral
Epicondyle
lead to?


18.

Tennis Elbow


19.
After X's birth, there nearly was an exchange of babies with a
fisherman's new-born baby. Luckily Narayan, X's uncle had
spotted a birth mark on him a while ago and when the baby in
the cot didn't have it, there was chaos. He was ultimately located
in the cot where the fisherman's wife had kept her baby. In his
autobiography, X writes “Perhaps, I would have grown-up to be
an obscure fisherman, toiling somewhere along the west coast...I
sometimes muse on the possibilities of fishing in Mahim, if not
for the doctor”


19.

Sunil Gavaskar!


20.
The entire squad was forced onto a stage at the
People's Palace of Culture and subjected to criticism
from the sports minister for six long hours, as 400
government officials, students and journalists watched.
The players were accused of "betraying" the reclusive
leader's heir apparent and were subjected to a "grand
debate" because they failed in their "ideological
struggle" to succeed. What am I talking about?


20.

North Korean football team, after they lost all
their 3 group stage matches in 2010 World Cup.


*21.
The reasons for the ban by Edward III, on June 12,
1349, were explicit: It distracted the populace from
practicing archery, which was necessary for war, and
after the great loss of life that had occurred during the
Black Death, England needed as many archers as
possible. Law and Order problems were cited to be
reasons for the ban in other cases where it was
prohibited. What sport are we talking about?


21.

Football


22.

Alina Kabaeva


23.
Bruce Lee, without a doubt is one of the world’s
greatest martial artists. Well into his career,however,he
rejected established martial art styles and formulated
his personal martial art philosophy, which when
translated roughly means “The Way of Intercepting
Fist”. It combined elements from various fighting
techniques. Give the original name of his personal
philosophy.


23.

Jeet Kune Do


24.

Hand of God


25.

This is a picture of the highest cricket match to have ever been played. It was at the
Everest Base Camp at a height of 5,165m. Team X vs. Team Y.
Give X and Y


25.

Team Tenzing vs. Team Hillary


Thus ends the preliminary round
Stay on!
Answers shall be discussed shortly.
Loads of exciting prizes to be won,
including tickets to the Indian Grand
Prix!


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