QFI Sports Quiz 2015 Finals

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Sports Quiz
Format
1. List It
2. Infinite Bounce – 10 Questions
3. Written Round – 8 Questions

Sports Quiz
List It
There are 8 cricketers who have scored centuries in Tests,
ODIs and T20Is. Name them.
+5 for each correct answer.

Sports Quiz
Chris Gayle
Brendon McCullum
Mahela Jayawardene
Tillekaratne Dilshan
Martin Guptill
Suresh Raina
Ahmed Shahzad
Faf du Plessis

Sports Quiz
Infinite Bounce - 1
 10 Questions. Clockwise.
 +10 for each correct answer
 +10/-10 on the pounce. In case of multiple parts,
teams have to get all parts right on the pounce

Sports Quiz
Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Knox, an amateur golfer, holds the Augusta course
record (off members tees, not the competitive ones), with a 61
back in 2002. He is considered the best amateur golfer in Augusta
and makes the news every April because of a famous tradition.
He has played the final round with Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson,
Keegan Bradley, Rory McIlroy, Jim Furyk, Miguel Angel Jimenez
and Steve Stricker, and has a favourable record against them as
well, despite not competing for the title.
What is this tradition, which allows Knox to play the final round at
the Augusta Masters?
Q1

He is the default non-compete marker, who is added to the field
in case an odd number of players make the cut at Augusta.
Since this is usually the case, Augusta does not allow the last
player to go into the round alone. Knox steps in, plays the round
with them, and usually upstages them, though he is a non-comp
participant

Sports Quiz
Shown is the cover of the 13th and last volume of the graphic novel
100 Bullets. The names of the volumes are references to the
number of the volume; e.g. - the seventh volume was called
Samurai (Seven Samurai).
Two of the volumes have a sports/games connection to them - the
12th volume is called ‘The Hard Way’, in reference to a throw in
'craps'. The last volume is named for a sportsperson who wore the
number 13 all through his playing career.
Who is the player who lends his name to the volume?
Q2

Sports Quiz
Since 2000, three books related to cricket have won the William
Hill Sports Book of the Year award, given by William Hill.
2004 - ______ _______ : Cricket and Conspiracy, the Untold Story by
Peter Oborne
2008 – Coming Back to Me: The Autobiography of ______ ________
2009 - ______ ________: The Authorizes Biography of the World’s
Fastest Bowler by Duncan Hamilton.
Identify the three subjects.
Q3

2004 – Basil D’Oliviera
2008 – Marcus Trescothick
2009 – Harold Larwood

Sports Quiz
The 4x100m freestyle relay (Swimming) at the 2008 Beijing
Olympics saw multiple records being broken. In addition to the
overall time of 3:12:46, which was a World Record at the time,
Australian Eamon Sullivan swam a leg of 47.24 seconds.
Although this was part of a relay, the time was considered for the
World Record in the 100m freestyle category, then held by Alain
Bernard (47.5 seconds). During the race, however, as many as five
athletes swam a faster leg than Sullivan, one of them being
Bernard himself.
Why were their times not considered?
Q4

Split times for swimmers
not swimming the first leg
are ineligible because the
incoming swimmer can lean
over in front of the blocks
and be diving as the
preceding swimmer is
coming in, but the leadoff
swimmer is timed from a
stationary start.
Eamon Sullivan was the only
one to swim a first leg.

Sports Quiz
This is an early form of football that originated in 16th century
Italy.
Once widely played, the sport, considered one of the most brutal
sports on earth. Some of the most famous people of the age played
this, such as the Medici family including Piero, Lorenzo and
Alessandro de' Medici.
The city they hailed from, forms part of the name of the sport.
Identify this precursor to modern football.
Video
Q5

Calcio Fiorentino / Calcio Storico

Sports Quiz
The governing organization recognizes and engages only four
firms for these endeavors, which involve a great deal of a priori
analysis of certain factors such as topography, wind direction,
infrastructure and soil quality before the actual work commences.
Ideally, the organization, which looks after several classes in the
sport, is supposed to divvy up the contracts across the four firms
across the various classes. Unfortunately, the “supremo” who looks
after the organization’s flagship event has a personal preference
and that firm ends up getting most of the contracts.
Three of the four recognized firms are Wilson, Apex and D3. Which
is the fourth, which ends up getting most of the work?
Q6

F1 Circuit Design; Hermann Tilke / Tilke Engineering

Sports Quiz
This small town in Western Austria hosts the annual Hypo-
Meeting, an athletics competition restricted to two events. This is
considered a prelude to the World Championships (to be held later
this year), and is attended by athletes of the highest calibre.
The 2015 edition had high expectations from the public, with the
current World Champion in an event set to take on the current
Olympic Champion, for whom this was also a return from time off,
both of them having won previously here. However, this did not
materialize as the World Champion pulled out prior to the event,
and the Olympic Champion eventually finished fourth.
Identify the town and both the champions.
Q7

Gotzis; Katerina Johnson Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill

Sports Quiz
Hall of Famer Dennis Potvin says that the New York Islanders of
the early 1980s, of which he was a part, played four games in five
nights. This didn’t allow them rest and recovery time and this is
considered to be the origin of a famous tradition.
It is suggested that the two Swedes in the Islanders’ lineup might
have been following the practice of a fellow countryman, from a
different sport.
What tradition are we talking?
Additionally, what practice followed by the aforementioned
countryman is said to have inspired this?
Q8

Playoff Beard
Bjorn Borg not shaving through Wimbledon

Sports Quiz
At age 10, he worked as a ball boy at the Gezira Sporting Club,
where he took a liking to a particular sport, by listening attentively
to the players and coaches. Once, he used a club member’s
racquets without permission, and was subsequently chided.
He was later challenged by the same person who wanted to show
him that the sport was meant for rich people and blue bloods,
which he responded to by beating him. This was stunning because
the member was a six-time World Champion and the only
unchallenged winner of the British Open (till date) and was part of
the ‘Golden Age of Egyptian Sports’. This propelled the kid to fame
who himself became a four-time world champion.
Identify both the legends.
Q9

Amr Bey / Amr Pasha
Mahmoud Karim

Sports Quiz
Elliott Seymour is an unheralded 30-year old boxer with a dismal
record as you can see below. He is supposed to have taken a dive
during a fight in November last year. What was this all about?
Q10

Mickey Rourke’s return to professional boxing

Sports Quiz
• 8 questions on brothers. Full names required.
• +2.5 for getting each brother. Part points available.
• If you get everything right…. Big round of applause!
Written Round - 1

Sports Quiz
In 1998, after signing a six-year contract extension, the
brothers took successful legal action to have it voided. The club
had a verbal agreement that if a lucrative offer for one brother
came by, he would be released provided the other stayed.
However, the club apparently backed down on that agreement
after floating the club on the stock market.
They then went onto join their former manager for £22 million.
They played together for two more clubs in the latter part of their
careers, namely Rangers and Al-Rayyan.
Q1

Sports Quiz
Both won gold medals at the 1976 Olympics. Both became world
champions after turning professional. Both won their world
championships by shocking the world. The elder won his in only
his eighth professional fight by challenging Muhammad Ali. The
younger took on Larry Holmes, who was trying to match Rocky
Marciano’s record of 49-0.
Both had rather unceremonious ends to their career. Seven
months after beating Ali, the elder lost his rematch and went
downhill since. The younger was 31-0 when he faced Tyson who
packed him up in 91 seconds.
Q2

Sports Quiz
The ‘Rocket (R)’ and the ‘Pocket Rocket (PR)’ (called so because he
was three inches shorter) came from a poverty-stricken family but
then went onto make their surname synonymous with the sport.
Their style of play was quite different though: R shot left, PR shot
right. R played right wing and PR played centre. Although PR won
11 championships (one of only two athletes in North American
professional sports) compared to R’s 8, R is still more fondly
remembered and was voted the 5th greatest of all time, while the
brother was 29th.
Their franchise has since retired both their jersey numbers, 9 and
16.
Q3

Sports Quiz
His selection in July 2008 was met with surprise. Gooch remarked
that it was “one of the most left-field decisions I've ever seen”,
while Ian Botham was more caustic when he said, “The most
illogical, pathetic and diabolical piece of selecting I've seen. The
selectors have embarrassed English cricket. I want to hear a
proper explanation for this, as do England fans around the
country.” He played only the one Test and is now into greyhound
racing.
His younger brother, on the other hand, has played 13 Tests and 13
ODIs. He won the Man of the Match award in his debut Test against
New Zealand in December 2011 as well as the Man of the Series
award in the same series for his 14 wickets.
Q4

Sports Quiz
Shown below is the Davis Cup performance of a particular country.
Identify A and B. The years in the world group were form 1998 to
2000.
Q5
A
A
A
B
B
A B
A

Sports Quiz
Both hail from the town of Sundergarh, same as the younger
brother’s idol (the only Adivasi to represent India in three
Olympics). Both have captained the Indian team as well.
The elder, a part of the 2004 Athens Olympics squad, is best
remembered for his performance in the 2003 Asia Cup, when he
scored the winning goal between Sohail Abbas’ legs. The younger
led the national team to the 2007 Asia Cup Gold.
Q6

Sports Quiz
Left to Right: Elder, Younger, Roshan Minz, William Xalxo, Idol.

Sports Quiz
Similar to Jimmy Stewart and Ian Scheckter, he remained in the
shadow of his younger sibling in motorsport. He participated in 38
World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on May
1, 1972, scoring a total of three championship points. He and his
brother were the first pair of siblings to compete in the same race
and moreover, score points in the same race, a feat since replicated
only by Michael and Ralf Schumacher.
The younger, after an illustrious career in F1, went onto CART,
where in 1993, post his second win, broke a tradition founded in
1936 (and firmly established in 1956), for which he was widely
criticized. (This continued even in 2008 when he drove the
Chevrolet Corvette pace car)
Q7

Sports Quiz
Both won Gold at the same Olympics (1984), the elder in the
Freestyle 74 kg category and the younger in the Freestyle 82 kg
category. They were the only brothers to win both World and
Olympic championships. They won more NCAA, U.S. Open, World,
and Olympic titles than any American brother combination in
history.
Despite this, they are possibly best known for their work and
involvement in a project meant to help coach U.S. wrestlers in an
800-acre Philadelphia estate.
Q8

In 1998, after signing a six-year contract extension, the
brothers took successful legal action to have it voided. The club
had a verbal agreement that if a lucrative offer for one brother
came by, he would be released provided the other stayed.
However, the club apparently backed down on that agreement
after floating the club on the stock market.
They then went onto join their former manager for £22 million.
They played together for two more clubs in the latter part of
their careers, namely Rangers and Al-Rayyan.
Q1

1. Frank de Boer and Ronald de Boer

Both won gold medals at the 1976 Olympics. Both became world
champions after turning professional. Both of them won their
world championships by shocking the world. The elder won his
in only his eighth professional fight by challenging Muhammad
Ali. The younger took on a Larry Holmes trying to match Rocky
Marciano’s record of 49-0.
Both had rather unceremonious ends to their career. Seven
months after beating Ali, the elder lost his rematch and went
downhill since. The younger was 31-0 when he faced Tyson who
packed him up in 91 seconds.
Q2

2. Leon Spinks and Michael Spinks

The ‘Rocket (R)’ and the ‘Pocket Rocket (PR)’ (called so because
he was three inches shorter) came from a poverty-stricken
family but then went onto make their surname synonymous with
the sport. Their style of play was quite different though: R shot
left, PR shot right. R played right wing and PR played centre.
Although PR won 11 championships (one of only two athletes in
North American professional sports) compared to R’s 8, R is still
more fondly remembered and was voted the 5th greatest of all
time, while the brother was 29th.
Their franchise has since retired both their jersey numbers, 9
and 16.
Q3

3. Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard and Henri ‘Pocket Rocket’
Richard

His selection in July 2008 was met with surprise. Gooch
remarked that it was “one of the most leftfield decisions I've ever
seen”, while Ian Botham was more caustic when he said, “The
most illogical, pathetic and diabolical piece of selecting I've seen.
The selectors have embarrassed English cricket. I want to hear a
proper explanation for this, as do England fans around the
country.” He played only the one Test and is now into greyhound
racing.
His younger brother on the other hand has played 13 Tests and
13 ODIs. He won the Man of the Match award in his debut Test
against New Zealand in December 2011 as well as the Man of the
Series award in the same series for his 14 wickets.
Q4

3. Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard and Henri ‘Pocket Rocket’ Richard
4. Darren Pattinson and James Pattinson

Shown below is the Davis Cup performance of a country. Identify
A and B. The years in the world group were form 1998 to 2000.
Q5
A
A
A
B
B
A B
A

5. Byron Black and Wayne Black

Both hail from the town of Sundergarh, same as the younger
brother’s idol (the only Adivasi to represent India in three
Olympics). Both have captained the Indian team as well.
The elder, a part of the 2004 Athens Olympics squad, is best
remembered for his performance in the 2003 Asia Cup, when he
scored the winning goal between Sohail Abbas’ legs. The
younger led the team to the 2007 Asia Cup gold.
Q6

Left to Right: Elder, Younger, Roshan Minz, William Xalxo, Idol.

6. Ignace Tirkey and Prabodh Tirkey

Similar to Jimmy Stewart and Ian Scheckter, he remained in the
shadow of his younger sibling in motorsport. He participated in
38 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on
May 1, 1972, scoring a total of three championship points. He
and his brother were the first pair of siblings to compete in the
same race and moreover, score points in the same race, a feat
since replicated only by Michael and Ralf Schumacher.
The younger, after an illustrious career in F1, went onto CART,
where in 1993, post his second win, broke a tradition founded in
1936 (and firmly established in 1956), for which he was widely
criticized. (This continued even in 2008 when he drove the
Chevrolet Corvette pace car)
Q7

7. Emerson Fittipaldi and Wilson Fittipaldi Junior

Both won gold at the same Olympics (1984), the elder in the
Freestyle 74 kg category and the younger in the Freestyle 82 kg
category. They were the only brothers to win both World and
Olympic championships. They won more NCAA, U.S. Open,
World, and Olympic titles than any American brother
combination in history.
Despite this, they are possibly best known for their work and
involvement in a project meant to help coach U.S. wrestlers in an
800-acre Philadelphia estate.
Q8

8. Dave Schultz and Mark Schultz, who form the inspiration
for ‘Foxcatcher’

ANSWERS
8. Dave Schultz and Mark Schultz, who form the inspiration for
‘Foxcatcher’

Sports Quiz
Infinite Bounce - 2
 10 Questions.
 The quiz goes Anti-clockwise from Qn. 6 onwards.
 +10 for each correct answer
 +10/-10 on the pounce.
 In case of multiple parts, teams have to get all parts
right on the pounce

Sports Quiz
Whose 2012 triumph elicited the following remark from English
comedian Hugh Dennis?
“I am worried now that it may be a vowel thing. And that
Andy is in a queue”
Q1

Sports Quiz
“Silver Reunion” is the title of an ESPN 30 for 30 short, which
details a secret meeting between teammates from over four
decades ago, reuniting to decide on a particular course of action
The 2012 meeting was held 12 Angry Men style, in a closed room
(picture on the next slide), and the teammates were required to
come to a unanimous decision either way
So, what were these men discussing/arguing?
Q2

The 1972 USA Men’s Basketball team discussing on whether to
accept the Silver Medal.
In the Gold Medal match in the Munich Olympics, the Soviet
team won, despite multiple refereeing errors, some of which
included a disputed time-out, and the overturning of the game
clock from 0.1 to 0.3 seconds.
In protest, the US team didn’t arrive at the medals ceremony and
refused to accept the Silver Medal. At the end of the discussion,
they still refuse the silver medals being offered.

Sports Quiz
Many amateurs refuse to use these based on the perception that to
do so would be unmanly but other aficionados and professionals
use them when required. Some prefer a screw-on butt extension
instead of resorting to these.
There are multiple design variants, some of which are not
approved, especially those with shaft-enclosing rings or those with
wheels at the bottom. Common tournament use has them available
in three forms, two of them taking their name from their
resemblance to animals and the third named ‘Cross’ (based on the
appearance again).
What are we talking about?
Q3

These are the Mechanical Bridges used in cue sports to aid as a
bridge when the hand can not perform the same function.
They are named the Swan (or Giraffe), the Spider and the Cross.

Sports Quiz
The 2013 edition saw this team trailing Team New Zealand,
following which the owner replaced John Kostecki as captain with
this legend. The team then staged a dramatic comeback and edged
out Team New Zealand by one point to win the event.
The legend has now set up his own team (named after him and
based out of his home country) for the next edition of the event, to
be held in 2017. In an effort to one-up their competitors and in a
bid to be the first team of his nationality to win the event, he
announced that he was holding talks with a fellow countryman
and famous designer in another sport, acknowledging the role of
aerodynamics in both the sports.
Identify the legend and the designer.
Q4

Sports Quiz
After the forfeit of the 1975 World Chess Championships by
Fischer, the title was awarded to then-unproven Anatoly Karpov.
Critics doubted the quality of that lot of Russian players, and so, to
make a statement, the Soviet Federation sent another
representative to the 1976 Amsterdam Championships, who
jointly won the tournament along with the Dutchman Tony Miles.
However, he used this as a platform for something else, which
made him the first Russian GM to do this. Who and what?
This episode greatly inspired the character ironically named
Anatoly Sergievsky, or ‘The Russian’ opposite Freddie Trumper, or
‘The American’. Where would we come across these characters?
Q5

Victor Korchnoi defected from the Soviet Union and sought
asylum in the Netherlands.
The characters are from the musical ‘Chess’.

Sports Quiz
Radomir Antic is a Serbian football manager, currently managing
Hebei China Fortune in the China League One. He had a 17 year
playing career before moving to coaching and has formerly
coached the Serbian national team.
In terms of managerial careers in the La Liga, what unique
distinction does he hold?
This record is different from the distinction he shares with
Enrique Fernandez Viola in what way?
Q6

Only individual to have managed Real Madrid, Barcelona, and
Atletico Madrid.
Viola and Antic are the only ones to have managed Barcelona
and Real Madrid.

Sports Quiz
Kurt Schneider, at the official event, said, “We are very humbled by
the opportunity to bestow this honour upon him. His tireless work
for the well-being of the poor and elderly, his humanitarian efforts
and his commitment to bridge gaps between people of various
cultures are ways the __________ also aspire to touch lives around
the world. He embodies the ________’s efforts to provide service,
smiles and sportsmanship globally.
The subject in question became the ninth in a particular list.
Who, and what list?
Q7

Pope Francis being inducted into the Harlem Globetrotters as an
honorary member

Sports Quiz
Written a year after the event, what is this talking about?
“There was relative calm that night in, a year ago this
weekend. The official beginning of the revolution was still three
days away. Meanwhile, 700km to the east, and just 100km from
the Russian border, the Frenchman is busy creating his own
history. He looks nervous and uncertain, waiting on the track for
the introductions he couldn’t understand to cease. There is little
contrast between the paleness of his freshly chalked hands and the
pallor of a face that puffs out its cheeks, licks its dry lips, and
stares down the runway and into the unknown. Up in the heavens
of the stadium, the god of the sport is at home and relaxed, looking
down upon the latest of 21 years’ worth of mortals to challenge his
position as the one true deity”.
Q8

Renaud Lavillenie breaking Sergei Bubka’s pole vault record

Sports Quiz
According to the rules of golf, a player may concede his opponent’s
next stroke at any time. Called a ‘gimme’, this is one of the many
polite peculiarities followed, nowadays primarily in match play
tournaments (for example, the Ryder Cup, where players get
points for winning each hole as opposed to the stroke play which
is cumulative)
Essentially, one concedes if the ball is too close to the hole, since
their opponents would make it anyway, and once offered, a
‘gimme’ must be accepted (according to the official rules )
In the 1920s, when the PGA Championship was a match play
tournament, what diabolical tactic would Walter Hagen, a five time
winner, employ with ‘gimmes’?
Q9

At the start of the match, Hagen would very generously concede
putts, even those that were three or four feet away.
Later, when it came to crunch time, golfers would no longer
have any rhythm to make short putts, and Hagen wouldn’t
concede at the time.
He won on a playoff twice in 1927 just by using this tactic, as
both his opponents missed a three foot putt

Sports Quiz
During the First World War, innumerable types of grenades were
designed and produced. One that endured and retains awareness
is the Mills Bomb.
To use the Mills bomb the thrower had to first remove the safety
pin while holding down the strike lever beneath it. When the
grenade was actually thrown the strike lever ejected and a four-
second fuse was set off.
Borrowing from the world of sports, how exactly were soldiers
instructed to throw the Mills bombs?
Q10

Using a technique similar to bowling a cricket ball

Sports Quiz
• 6 questions.
• +5 for getting each answer.
• People known by their nicknames. (e.g. ‘Jos’ Buttler, ‘Keke’
Rosberg)
Written Round - 2

Sports Quiz
His pioneering act in 1934 was due to the fact that cricket flannels
weighed him down too much.
His celebrity appeal rose significantly when he married Phyllis
Konstam (who had appeared in 4 Alfred Hitchcock movies by
then), and they became a celebrity couple of the age.
Taking his nickname from the comic strip shown, who are we
talking about?
Q1

Sports Quiz
Sir George Oswald Browning ______, was given his name when he
was playing for Eton College due to their way of showing his name
on the scorecards.
A fast bowler and a hard hitting lower order batsman, he was one
of the few who vehemently opposed Jardine’s bodyline tactics
(This drew enormous popularity with the Australian crowd).
Later, he became a successful administrator responsible for the
creation of the MCC coaching manual and was a leading force
behind eliminating illegal bowling actions.
Name this legend.
Q2

Sports Quiz
His participation in the 1986 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest not
only surprised the media but also his team mate and defending
champion, Dominique Wilkins, who he defeated with two perfect
50-point scores in the final round. 20 years later, he helped train
New York Knicks point guard Nate Robinson to victory in the same
contest, which made the two of them the only two people in NBA
history under six feet tall to win a Slam Dunk Contest.
When he was born, one of his dad’s friends came in and said, “Boy,
you got a big head like a Sputnik” which eventually led to his
nickname. Identify him.
Q3

Sports Quiz
Born to Earl and Kutilda, his actual first name starts with an ‘E’
(representing Earl) and ends with a ‘K’ (representing Kutilda) and
was selected by Kutilda. His middle name ‘Tont’ is a reference to
his mother’s Thai culture.
However, from the second day he was born, Earl began calling him
______, after a lost comrade in Vietnam, Col. Vuong Dang Phong,
better known as _____ Phong.
Who are we talking about?
Q4

Sports Quiz
The name was given to him by
his uncle due to his short height
during his childhood. It was
believed that he would be a
short adult and the nickname
remained in use even after he
grew up and became taller.
So, what is the Portuguese name
for this character?
Q5

Sports Quiz
Interviewer: You were christened “Lawrence.” How did you get the
nickname “_______?”
Interviewee: Playing American Legion ball. You know who gave it
to me? Bobby Hoffman, who played with the Giants. We played on
the same American Legion team. And, you know, we didn't have no
dugouts when we played. We sat on the ground, or a bench was
full with the players. And, I was sitting on the ground with my legs
crossed and my arms crossed. And he says, “You look like a _______.”
And that stuck.
So who is the interviewee?
Q6

His pioneering act in 1934 was due to the fact that cricket
flannels weighed him down too much.
His celebrity appeal rose significantly when he married Phyllis
Konstam (who had appeared in 4 Alfred Hitchcock movies by
then), and they became a celebrity couple of the age.
Taking his nickname from the comic strip shown, who are we
talking about?
Q1

1. Henry Wilfred ‘Bunny’ Austin

Sir George Oswald Browning ______, was given his name when he
was playing for Eton College due to their way of showing his
name on the scorecards.
A fast bowler and a hard hitting lower order batsman, he was
one of the few who vehemently opposed Jardine’s bodyline
tactics (This drew enormous popularity with the Australian
crowd). Later, he became a successful administrator responsible
for the creation of the MCC coaching manual and was a leading
force behind eliminating illegal bowling actions.
Name this legend.
Q2

2. Sir George Oswald Browning ‘Gubby’ Allen

His participation in the 1986 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest
not only surprised the media but also his team mate and
defending champion, Dominique Wilkins, who he defeated with
two perfect 50-point scores in the final round. 20 years later, he
helped train New York Knicks point guard Nate Robinson to
victory in the same contest, which made the two of them, the
only two people in NBA history under six feet tall to win a slam
dunk contest.
When he was born, one of his dad’s friends came in and said,
“Boy, you got a big head like a Sputnik” which eventually led to
his nickname. Identify him.
Q3

3. Anthony Jerome ‘Spud’ Webb

Born to Earl and Kutilda, his actual first name starts with an ‘E’
(representing Earl) and ends with a ‘K’ (representing Kutilda)
and was selected by Kutilda. His middle name ‘Tont’ is a
reference to his mother’s Thai culture.
However, from the second day he was born, Earl began calling
him ______, after a lost comrade in Vietnam, Col. Vuong Dang
Phong, better known as _____ Phong.
Who are we talking about?
Q4

4. Eldrick Tont ‘Tiger’ Woods

The name was given to him by
his uncle due to his short
height during his childhood. It
was believed that he would be
a short adult and the nickname
remained in use even after he
grew up and became taller.
So, what is the Portuguese
name for this character?
Q5

5. Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, known as ‘Dunga’

Interviewer: You were christened “Lawrence.” How did you get
the nickname “_______?”
Interviewee: Playing American Legion ball. You know who gave it
to me? Bobby Hoffman, who played with the Giants. We played
on the same American Legion team. And, you know, we didn't
have no dugouts when we played. We sat on the ground, or a
bench was full with the players. And, I was sitting on the ground
with my legs crossed and my arms crossed. And he says, “You
look like a _______.” And that stuck.
So who is the interviewee?
Q6

6. Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra

ANSWERS
6. Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra

Sports Quiz
The subject of a George Plimpton article in Sports Illustrated,
Hayden Siddhartha ‘Sidd’ Finch, a rookie baseball pitcher, was
introduced this way – “He’s a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse.
Impressively liberated from out opulent life-style, Sidd’s deciding
about yoga and his future in baseball”
He could pitch a fastball at an amazing 168 miles per hour, far
above the record of 103 mph. He attended Harvard University and
then went to Tibet to learn “yogic mastery of mind-body”, which
was the source of his pitching prowess.
Who/what was Sidd Finch? The public were given an obvious clue
to figure it out. What clue?
Q1

Sidd Finch was fictional and part of an elaborate April Fools Day
prank for the April 1, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated.
The ‘He’s A Pitcher, Part Yogi And Part Recluse. Impressively
Liberated From Our Opulent Lifestyle, Sidd’s Deciding About
Yoga’ spells out HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY as an acrostic

Sports Quiz
On the next slide is an image of George Davis, a former convict.
Davis was believed to have been wrongly convicted of armed
robbery back in 1974, following which there was a massive public
campaign to free him – an image of which is shown as well - which
eventually succeeded, with Davis being released in 1976
He eventually went back to prison for two other crimes, but it is
his 1974 conviction that causes him to feature in this quiz
In what way is the entire story connected with sport?
Q2

Fans vandalized the Headingly pitch before the last day of the
1975 Test match, which was poised to have an interesting finish,
and the match was abandoned
Video

Sports Quiz
The invasion of France by Germany in May 1940 divided the
country into Occupied France in the north and a southern, pro-
Nazi Vichy France. Some of the senior administrators took
advantage of their close relationship with the new regime to have
the sport outlawed as a ‘corrupter’ of French youth.
On 10 July, 1947, a gentleman’s agreement was signed, which
brought the same back into the country. Despite the ban being
lifted until 26 June 1991, they were not allowed to use the word
__________ and instead, the name “Jeu a Treize” was used to describe
the sport in France
What sport are we talking about? And fill in the blanks.
Q3

Rugby League
They were not allowed to use the word Rugby

Sports Quiz
Usain Bolt’s performance of 9.69 seconds in the 2008 Beijing
Olympics final set a new World Record, shaving his earlier world
record of 9.72 seconds. However, scientists at Oslo reported that
Usain Bolt would have run a sub 9.6 second time if he did not slow
down.
Journalist Jonathan Harwood opined that Bolt had done this
deliberately, in order to not break the World Record. Harwood
also cited the case of two other athletes, who, according to him,
indulged in this practice. The pair set 35 and 30 World Records
during their careers and both of them were coached by the
legendary Vitaly Petrov, albeit at different points of time
So according to Harwood, why did Bolt slow down? And who are
the other two athletes?
Q4

Breaking World Records in IAAF meets yields bonuses while
Olympics don’t pay
Sergei Bubka
Yelena Isinbayeva

Sports Quiz
Take a look at the images shown in the next two slides.
Four parts to the answer:
a. These are images from the French Open and Wimbledon held in
which year?
b. Both of them represent changes in tradition. What are they?
(Separate traditions)
c. Why were these changes made? (Same reason)
Q5

These were the editions held in 1993.
French Open victory ceremony was held on court as opposed to
in the players box among spectators.
In Wimbledon, chairs faced the ends of the court rather than the
grass itself.
These were done as part of security measures post the Seles
stabbing incident

Sports Quiz
Werner Co. is a company in the manufacturing industry, known
primarily for a product made from aluminium and fiberglass. Their
product is used heavily around March and April each year, and as a
result, Werner has become the official supplier for the event.
A uniquely nine-foot sized high product was created specifically for the
tradition and has been in use for a while now. It features a built-in
magnetic strip to safely secure a tool used in the tradition.
The tradition in question was started by one Everett Case back in
Indiana, where he was initially assisted in his act by his players. Over
time, the tradition has slightly evolved, but the core remains the same.
What tradition, which has been around since the 1950s?
Q6

Cutting down the net on reaching the Final Four.
Werner and Co. makes the ladder, and it contains the specific
pair of scissors used in the tradition.

Sports Quiz
The press was usually less than favourable to Ingemar Johansson in
terms of his professionalism as well as his ability in the ring.
Part of the reason was because of the 1952 Summer Olympics
Heavyweight fight against Ed Sanders. French referee Roger Vaisburg
disqualified him and the Olympic officials ruled that the silver medal
would not be awarded to him (It was later given to him in 1982). Years
later, in his autobiography "Seconds Out of the Ring", he wrote that it
had all been a big mistake, that the referee hadn't understood his battle
plan, which called for a surprise attack only in the third round. He was
trying to tire his opponent since he had been limited to a 10-day training
camp, had only trained with newcomers, and had been told by his coach
to let Sanders be the aggressor.
Why was he disqualified?
Q7

Sports Quiz
Contrary to its common English name, they were in fact created in the
Near East with its first recorded use in ancient Persia, Egypt and the rest
of the Middle East. From Persia, the Mughals brought them to South Asia
where they are still used. They were exceptionally popular during the
health craze of the late Victorian era and were featured as part of
gymnastics events in both the 1904 (as part of a swinging event) and the
1932 Olympics.
In the late 19th century, due to the popularity of variety and vaudeville
shows, Ohio resident James Dewitt Cook, used them in his act. This act
made them popular, so much so that its design is still recognizable in the
modern plastic variant (for this particular purpose)
What equipment (two-word term) are we talking about? And what was
the other purpose?
Q8

Sports Quiz
When he performed his trademark celebration in China, a rather
unflattering image was taken, and it led to the following remarks
from Object regarding sexism:
“For most people, it would be apparent that she is not
enjoying it. She would have had little option but to stand there and
take it. That is something of which he should be aware. But
instead, he appears to have abused her position. The sport
appears to unnecessarily portray women as sexualized objects and
that probably makes it even harder for the women to stand up for
themselves. We would hope people in the industry would be
respectful to these women.”
Who and what celebration?
Q9

Lewis Hamilton spraying champagne on grid girls.

Sports Quiz
Due to their performance last season, Daniel Sturridge and Luis
Suarez were given the nickname 'SAS' (Sturridge and Suarez).
This was however, not the first time this nickname was used. The
1994-95 seasons saw two strikers similarly contributing a total of
49 out of 78 league goals.
Only difference: They led their team to the title, without any slips.
So, who were the original SAS?
Q10

Sports Quiz
• 8 questions.
• +5 for getting each answer.
Written Round - 3

Sports Quiz
Who, on her debut in 2010 for Tulsa Shock?
Q1

Sports Quiz
He won this bout versus Leigh
Blacka via TKO, and then went
onto participate in MMA.
Q2

Sports Quiz
In the 2014 Ironman Triathlon edition in the Philippines, he
finished 11th out of 1675 entrants and was the second in his age
group.
Q3

Sports Quiz
Due to an odd measurement
system, he was denied the
record that has since been
attributed to Jim Hines, Ronnie
Ray Smith and Charles Greene.
Q4

Sports Quiz
He was a founding member of the ‘7-Eleven’ team along with his
former coach, Jim Ochowicz (an ex-bike racer). He finished the
1985 Giro d'Italia and took part in the 1986 Tour de France,
although he did not complete the race, crashing on a downhill
stretch and suffering a concussion five days from the finish.
He is one of only three people to accomplish a certain feat, the
other two being Vitaly Scherbo and Michael Phelps.
Q5

Sports Quiz
He appeared for MCC
against Germany and
Wisden 1993 reported, “he
was out for one and was
thus able to say that he
always scored one against
Germany”.
Q6

Sports Quiz
He tried out for the Detroit Tigers’
triple-A affiliate Toledo Mud Hens,
but couldn’t secure a minor league
contract.
Q7

Sports Quiz
Who alongside Kush
Bharadwaj and Paul
Wekesa in a 1998 Davis
Cup tie against Egypt?
Q8

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button
4. Bob Hayes

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button
4. Bob Hayes
5. Eric Heiden

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button
4. Bob Hayes
5. Eric Heiden
6. Gary Lineker

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button
4. Bob Hayes
5. Eric Heiden
6. Gary Lineker
7. Phil Mickelson

1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button
4. Bob Hayes
5. Eric Heiden
6. Gary Lineker
7. Phil Mickelson
8. Asif Karim

ANSWERS
1. Marion Jones
2. Adam Hollioake
3. Jenson Button
4. Bob Hayes
5. Eric Heiden
6. Gary Lineker
7. Phil Mickelson
8. Asif Karim

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