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29. 1
In local language it is called a ‘gol’. The shape
is symbolically anthropomorphic – a body
with head, shoulders, breasts, belly, genitals
(both male and female!), and knees.
In what activity that National Geographic
journalist Kal Muller was the first white man
to do, does one come across a ‘gol’?
32. 2
While more famous as a criminal (he was no. 4 on the
original Public Enemies list!), he was a keen golfer and
good enough to qualify for the Western Open at Olympia
under the name Vincent Ghebardi (a version of his real
name Vincenzo Gibaldi) – unfortunately for him, his
greatest sporting achievement also led to his arrest as a
sharp detective in Chicago Police noticed the name in the
newspapers, made the obvious connect, and went to
Olympia on Day 2 of the Open and arrested him. He was
allowed to complete the game, though – and he missed
the cut by 14 shots. He blamed his poor performance on
the police presence.
Identify this sporting criminal.
35. 3
In 1997, when ESPN premiered this
technology developed by a start-up named
Sportvision, some reactions from sports
journalists included “Is there a guy running
out there with a vacuum and chalk?”, “Is it
being done with laser beams?”
What technological innovation in sports
broadcasting is this, that won ESPN an
Emmy the following year?
38. 4
Stephen Krieger was the champion since
2003. Joe Collins usurped the throne earlier
this year but not without controversy. The 51
year old Joe Collins did all the engineering
but got a much fitter and younger Joe Ayoob
to do the actual job for him and this sent
the purists aflutter.
What ‘sport’?
41. 5
"I was the greatest generator of
income for clubs, greater than
Flintoff, Botham and the rest"
Peter Bowler told a meeting of the
Cricket Society in 2011.
What’s the funda?
42.
43. Answer
Peter Bowler had a reputation for being a slow and
boring batsman.
"Whenever I went out to bat, the stands emptied and
bars and restaurants were filled to capacity."
44. 6
When he was the captain of his Ranji team, this
legendary player had instituted a practice of
rewarding his players with Oakley sunglasses
whenever they hit a double century or took a
five-for. However on one occasion he gave a pair
of these coveted glasses to a player who had
taken only a four-for, because it was only his
second Ranji game, and he had taken a crucial
hat-trick that triggered a batting collapse.
Name the captain and the bowler.
47. 7
“I thought they had hurt their hand.” –
Lord Burghley, 6th Marquis of Essex,
400m hurdles gold medal winner in the
1928 Amsterdam Olympics
Explain the quote with reference to
context.
48.
49. Answer
Lord Burghley awarded the medals to Tommie Smith,
John Carlos and Peter Norman in 1968 Mexico. The
statement was his response when asked about the
salute.
50. 8
What is the inspiration for this anumalikal
banner from F.C. Tokyo?
65. 13
This all-rounder played ten Test matches
over a span of seven years, and his team won
every one of them – leaving him with the
enviable record of being the only cricketer
with over ten matches in his career AND a
100% win-record. He was seen in the 2011
Cricket World Cup as a coach.
Who?
68. 14
Manhattan, 1926 – 2 million people
turn up for the biggest ticker-tape
parade until then held in honour of “a
19-year-old New Yorker with a slick
crawl and a winning grin” who had set
a record that would hold for the next 24
years. Who was the achiever?
72. 15
The ‘Snow Leopard Award’ was a Soviet
mountaineering award, that the former
Soviet states continue to award to this date.
For what achievement is this award given?
75. 16
In 2002, double Olympic gold-medallist
Jerry Heidenreich committed suicide at
the age of 52. Who commented thus on
his death – “There is always somebody
that makes somebody great, and Jerry
Heidenreich was the reason I was great.”
81. 18
His obituary in the 1916 edition of the
Wisden almanac deals fully with his
cricketing career including how he topped
the bowling averages for Rugby in 1907
with 19 wickets at 14.05 each. It notes
almost as a side note that “he gained a
reputation as a poet.”
Whose obituary?
87. Answer
Joshua Waitzkin – chess prodigy and now author, on
whom the film Searching for Bobby Fischer (released
in the UK as Innocent Moves) was based.
88. 2
Who is the author of this
forerunner to Wisden?
On March 15, 1877,
his surname became a
part of which enduring
trivia question?
91. 3
The man in the picture is a 3-time
Olympic gold medalist, winner
of the Val Barker Trophy in 1972,
and hailed as the “the most
famous person from his country
after its <political leader>”
One of his most enduring quotes
is, "What is a million dollars worth
compared to the love of 8 million
of my countrymen?"
Who, which country and what is the context for the quote?
92.
93. Answer
Teofilo Stevenson, the boxer from Cuba
The quote was made in 1974, when the American
boxing promoters Bob Arum and Don King tried,
separately, to entice him away from Cuba to fight
Muhammad Ali.
94. 4
Independent India’s first finalist in an
athletics event at the 1948 Olympics, he
was a clear medal prospect in his event
He had won the National title earlier in
the year with a record performance that
stood for 20 years, and set the best
mark in the world that year
Bad weather and inexperience cost him
in the finals as he retired with an injury
He was the first Director of SAI from
1984-88.
Who and which event?
97. 5
One possible explanation for this sporting term is that it
comes from the old English word for hinder, with the
root word meaning ‘to slow’
Another is that it may come from the French word
meaning ‘net’
Today, the meaning has expanded to cover situations
even beyond those involving just the net
What sporting term?
100. 6
Called Gold Bats, this team plays two annual cricketing
fixtures, apart from other matches
One is at Dulwich College, against the Dulwich Dusters,
a team made up of college masters
The other has been happening, since 2001, at West
Wycombe against a society of literary fans. This match is
always played using the rules of cricket from 1895
Who are the Gold Bats? Who are their opponents in the
West Wycombe match?
101.
102. Answer
Gold Bats are the team representing the PG
Wodehouse Society (Dulwich College was his alma
mater)
The opponents are the Sherlock Holmes society (“It is
always 1895”)
103. 7
The winners of this tournament get three trophies – two
rolling and one permanent:
The actual trophy named after the civil servant who started it
The location where it was started
The President’s Cup, which is given as a permanent trophy
Name the trophies (no part points)
106. 8
Prior to 1938, there was an accepted theory that the game
been introduced by a “Colonel _________” of the Royal
Artillery.
A British Army officer (with a famous namesake) staked his
own claim to having founded the game in 1875, when he was
a 20-year old, after his regiment moved from Shimla to
Jabalpur.
This was published in The Field, and was apparently
provoked by another claim in the same magazine, that the
game had been invented at “The Shop”, a term used to
describe the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.
Name the officer and the sport
109. 9
This was the first permanent park circuit in England; an estate
made into a racing circuit in 1931
Became a WWII PoW camp, and more recently, was in the
reckoning in 2010 to become the venue of the British Grand Prix,
but it could not muster the finances
It has hosted a Grand Prix 5 times so far and the winners are:
1935 - Richard "Mad Jack" Shuttleworth
1936 - Hans Rüesch
1937 - Bernd Rosemeyer
1938 - Tazio Nuvolari
Name the circuit, better known to music lovers as the venue for
numerous music festivals, including the Download Festival. Also,
who was the next and last winner of the Grand Prix, in what is
regarded as his best wet weather race?
112. 10
The award given to the Best Pitcher every year in the
American Major League Baseball is called the __ Young
Award, named after the MLB pitcher Denton ‘__’ Young
Young got his nickname during his minor league tryouts,
when the scouts were impressed at the impact his fastball
created on the fences on the grandstand; the fences were
literally torn to shreds and that’s how he got his nickname,
which stuck on
What was his nickname?
113.
114. Answer
Cy Young, after Cyclone - the fences looked like a
cyclone had hit them
115. 11
Sergei Bubka won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships,
an Olympics gold and broke the world record for men's pole
vaulting 35 times.
He did this by deliberately increasing the height only by a
centimetre or so each time, even though he could have gone
higher.
Why did he increase the height only in small increments?
116.
117. Answer
Because of the large prize money on offer from event
promoters for breaking world records
He would not attempt another record jump until the
next opportunity to collect a prize!
118. 12
Rajeev Bagga reached the main stage of the 1990
All England Open Badminton Championships earning a
special distinction in the process
He was National Singles Champion in 1991-92, Arjuna
Awardee in 1991 and doubles champion in 1997.
Among his main achievements is winning 14 ‘Olympic’ gold
medals across games from 1989 to 2005
In 2005, much after he retired, a Hindi film released that
seemed to be mirroring his life, but with the protagonist
playing a different sport
What was his unique distinction?
119.
120. Answer
Completely deaf athlete (the Olympic games is the
Deaflympics)
The film in reference is Iqbal, where Shreyas Talpade is
deaf-mute
121. 13
The FIDE Chess World rankings started in 1971
Since then, seven people have been ranked #1. Of this, only
two people have been World #1, but not the undisputed
world champions
Name them
122.
123. Answer
Veselin Topalov (who lost in the unification match)
and Magnus Carlsen (the current world #1)
124. 14
The guy on the right, George Morgan,
achieved it last year. He is strictly
speaking the answer to the question
that you are constantly reminded
of, around this time (June/July) every
year.
The common answer given though, is
the person whose name is blanked out
in the fashion label below.
Explain
125.
126. Answer
George Morgan is the last Briton to win at Wimbledon
– he won the boy’s singles doubles in 2011!
What matters to the media, of course, is the last men’s
singles champion, Fred Perry, who has an eponymous
fashion brand
127. 15
The Eastern Carolina League was a minor league baseball
affiliation which operated in the Eastern part of North
Carolina.
The most famous player of this league in 1909 and 1910
received meager pay when he played for teams in this league
during his college vacations
However, this fact had a much larger implication for him a
few years later, post the 1912 Olympics
Who and what happened?
128.
129. Answer
Jim Thorpe was considered a “pro” and stripped of his
1912 Olympic gold medals
130. 16
Tollygunge Club in Kolkata has one of India's foremost 18-
hole golf courses.
It was originally an Indigo Plantation laid out in 1781 by the
Johnson family, pioneers of the plantation industry in India.
Sir William Cruikshank established the club as an equestrian
sports facility in the year 1895 to "promote all manner of
sports".
What purpose did it serve (a South Indian connection) from
1799 to 1895?
133. 17
What innovative feature to decide matches, possibly inspired
by ice hockey and Major League Soccer, was introduced in
the Indian Premier Hockey League in 2007?
136. 18
Two defensive formations. The one on the left has five
defensive backs and the one on the right has six.
What are they respectively called? (no part points!)