Prelims+Finals. Researched and conducted by Amit Sinha on 9th April, 2019. Won by Gokul S.

2.  22 Questions in total
 Each question worth 1 mark
 Part points wherever required
 4 Star marked questions to determine results in
case of a tie
 QM’s decision is final

4. 1. Playing in the San Diego Open in 1987, Golfer Craig Stadler hit a
ball under an evergreen tree. Since the terrain wasn’t conducive, he
had to get down on his knees to take a short.
What did he do next that was against the golf rule 13.3 maintains
that a golfer must not “build a stance” and got him disqualified?
(He used something that is now infamously associated with a 2011
WC winning cricketer?)

6. 2. This is from a 2004 movie. Identify the sporting event on
which the film is based and the person in the picture.

8. 3. X wanted to fight apartheid from inside and hence sought to visit South
Africa. But his strong anti-apartheid stance meant that in 1969 and 1970 his
applications were rejected by the South African government.
The South African government did not want him to visit, but it felt swayed
somewhat by the argument that a trip by him without incident could
benefit the country’s image enough to lift the international sports ban. And
that’s how he was allowed to play there in 1973, where he lost to Jimmy
Connors in the final. Two years later, the result would reverse and he would
attain a certain first. Who is X?

10. 4. In the last 17 years, X has given varying
statements about something weird that
people remember him for apart from his
performance. In some of the interviews,
he said that it was a tactic to take the
focus off his groin injury which everyone
was talking about when the tournament
began. In others, he has said it was
inspired by Cascao (in picture) from a
cartoon series Turma da Mônica. Who is X
and what are these statements about?

12. 5. Which Japanese athletic brand’s name is an acronym of a
Latin phrase which means Healthy souls in a healthy body?

14. 6*. Esquire’s 1968 cover image sparked controversy when it
featured X mimicking a famous painting by 15th-century
artist Francesco Botticini. The painting was of Saint Sebastian
who had multiple arrows piercing his body. During the shoot,
X pointed to each arrow followed it with names of people who
were there to get him ‘Lyndon Johnson.’ The next one:
‘General [William] Westmoreland’ Then: ‘Robert McNamara.’
Who is X?

16. 7. In a new book titled “Commander in Cheat: How Golf
Explains _______,” author and former Sports Illustrated and
ESPN columnist Rick Reilly pulls together stories from
around the golfing world, and finds a whole host of new
ones, detailing how ________ is a serial cheater on the golf
course. Who’s this cheat?

18. 8. Just like India’s dominance in Kabaddi, X also dominates
Taekwondo and have won all Taekwondo World
Championships starting from 1973 barring two. The losses
came in 2011 and 2015, both at the hands of Y. Who are X and
Y?

20. 9*. After 18 years away from the sport, this athlete stunned
the world by announcing that he was training for a comeback
ahead of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. It turned out that
his newfound passion had more to do with the $1 million
offered up by documentary filmmaker Bud Greenspan if he
qualified. Unfortunately for him though, he came up just
short in his comeback bid and neither got a spot in the
contingent or the promised money. Whose failed story of
comeback is this?

22. 10. Son of an English cricketer born in
India, X made his debut against India at
the Wankhede. Just like his father, he
even captained England once in 1988
which proved to be his last Test. He has
been making trips to India but this time
in his new avatar, for a sport other than
cricket. Who is this cricketer and what
brought him to India as recently as a
couple of days ago?

24. 11. A Greek unit of measurement, the ______ was the distance
covered in the original Greek footraces (about 600 feet [180 metres]).
The course for the footrace in the ancient Olympic Games at Olympia
was exactly a ______ in length, and the word for the unit of
measurement became transferred first to the footrace and then to the
place in which the race was run.
What’s the word?

26. 12. After which personality is the highest national
recognition in India for outstanding achievements in the field
of adventure on land, sea & air named? Who were the
recipients of it in 2018?

30. Although he himself could achieve only 8 of them, Graham
Gooch, when he joined as the Batting Coach to the England
team exhorted his batsmen to achieve ______ _________.
And that’s how the two word phrase has entered common
parlance in cricket, especiallyTest Cricket.
Alistair Cook told the media six years ago, “The phrase
comes from Goochie, he doesn't really count anything under
____. The phrase haunted Virat Kohli’s Test career until a few
years ago.

32. 15. X was the mascot of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in
Berlin, Germany. He became quickly popular for his unbridled enthusiasm and
antics. He raced Bolt after the latter had created the new 200m world record.
He picked up Polish athlete Anna Rogowska and swung her around after she
clinched gold in the women's pole vault. He handkissed Jennifer Oeser after she
won Silver. What made him an internet star though is the video that follows.
His popularity meant he was brought back in the 2018 World Championships
when it was held in Berlin again.
Who is X and also identify the 2008 Olympic Gold medalist in the video.

35. 16. X (Photo in next slide) was a journeyman midfielder in English Football
and earned four caps for the England under-21 football team. In 2006, he
stated he had fallen out of love and picked up boxing. He made his boxing
debut on 8 September 2006 in a welterweight contest against Dean
Marcantonio, and despite not having any previous amateur experience,
won it. His boxing record stands at 31 fights, 24 wins.
WhenY in 2017 famously stated his desire to take up boxing, X said “If
he’s fit and passes all the medical checks, good on him. He would be under
huge pressure, but I bet he’s missed that buzz.”Y eventually wasn’t given
the Pro Boxing license by the BBCofC. Who are X andY?

38. 17. Generally private about his faith, X brought attention to his
religion when in a much publicized 2010 Press Conference, he said
that part of his therapeutic quest, would be Buddhism, "which my
mother taught me at a young age. People probably don't realize it,
but I was raised a Buddhist, and I actively practiced my faith from
childhood until I drifted away from it in recent years.”
Fox News commentator Brit Hume raised a stir a month before this
Press Conference when he suggested that the only way for him to
achieve forgiveness and redemption was to "turn to the Christian
faith. Identify this athlete.

40. 18. Among all Olympians, what distinction does Philip John
Noel Baker, who won a Silver medal for the 1500m at the
1920 Antwerp, hold?

42. 19. X was seen extensively in the promotions of Y. In the
interviews, X said that she was associated with Y not as a
brand ambassador but because of her love for the sport with
which both of her parents were associated. However, it must
be noted that the company managing this Indian athlete,
called Baseline Ventures, is the same that was behind the
ventureY.Who is X and what isY that was launched in 2019?

44. 20. The Mumbai Indians journey underwent a change after the 2009
season. Delhi designers Shantanu and Nikhil created a dark blue
colored jersey with a gold foil strip running from one shoulder to
another. About this design, Nikhil said, “We have captured the
strength of the X. The gold foil lines on the front symbolise it, which
conjoins the old and the new part of the city — representing the mix
of experience in the team which will give it an edge over the others.“
What served as the inspiration behind the gold foil lines on the jersey?

48. 22. Though it sounds like its named after a person, it is
actually named after the local translation of the phrase, ‘The
Meadows’. This was the first ground to have hosted an all
England UEFA Champions League final in 2008, and is one of
the five grounds that have hosted both the FIFA World Cup
Final and also the Champions league final.
Which ground is this? Which year did it achieve the double
in?

50. FINALS

52. 1.The man in the picture with Arnold
Schwarzenegger graduated with a
degree in sports information and was a
bodybuilding promoter. In fact, he was
apparently a high ranking official in the
Olympia weekend and the Arnold
Classic. However, he is well known to
the internet world for something far
away from bodybuilding.
Who is he? Or how is he more famous?

54. 2. When X signed with Brooklyn Nets in 2014, the New York Times
called it "perhaps basketball’s most celebrated and scrutinized 10-
day contract.” Soon, his number 98 jersey became the top seller on
the league’s online store. In a 2013 SI interview, he had decided to
wear number 98 in honour of a certain Matthew Shepard who was
killed in 1998.
Who is X? What other announcement did X make in the same
interview that drew attention of the world sporting community?

56. 3. Although he played only a single
game for Brazil in 1995, his
interesting surname gave some of the
most interesting headlines to the
sporting world. When in 2001, he
made a move to Benfica, a Eurosport
headline read ______ ___ to Benfica.
Identify the player and the headline.

58. 4. On January 2 this year, the match between University of Texas
Longhorns and the University of Georgia Bulldogs at the Sugar Bowl
got a little more attention than the rest. This was because of an
incident almost an hour before kick-off where the mascot of
Longhorns Bevo charged aggressively at Uga.
What practice still used by college football teams drew widespread
criticism because of this incident?

60. 5. Before he stopped being a reporter and turned into a full time writer,
X wrote what is considered one of his two best pieces of writing as a
young journalist. “Y is Not a Sport – It is a Tragedy.” Y as a left quite an
impression on X’s mind and his 1926 book, The Sun Also Rises, which is
partly written during his time in Pamplona and partly written in Paris,
has the sport as a major theme.
Who is the writer and which sport did he call a tragedy?

62. 6. FIFA had originally ordered evidence to be submitted by April 3rd to
adjudicate in the dispute between a Ligue 1 Club and another Premier
League club but decided to extend the deadline till 15th of April after
being requested for it by the latter. The complaint had been lodged by
the Ligue 1 after an incident in January. Gianni Infantino had earlier
requested to resolve the dispute among themselves. What is this
dispute about?

64. 7. In 2014, NBA banned Donald Sterling, the owner of X, for life when
his privately made racist remarks became public. His mistress had
posted a picture with Y on Instagram, resulting in him asking her on
record ‘Don’t bring black men to my game.’ Two weeks later, Sterling,
in an interview with CNN, tore into Y, claiming that he is not a proper
role model for children being HIV-positive. Identify the team and the
player in question.

66. 8. Michael Nobbs took over as the coach of the Indian hockey team in
2011 and inspired by his countryman Y, who had successfully
implemented a strategy as coach of both the men’s and women’s
team, he tried to implement the same strategy to the Indian men’s
hockey team. The result was India losing all their matches at the 2012
Olympics. Who was the inspiration and what was his strategy that
most of us had heard of in a different context a few years before
Nobbs appointment?

68. 9.X has been under pressure in the last few years to eliminate fighting in
order to reduce the incidence of head injuries, which can lead to long-term
brain disease. Regulation of fighting has been an issue of concern for more
than a century in the sport. Although rules have been placed to regulate it,
the referees still don’t intervene much.
According to author Ross Bernstein, who wrote the book "The Code: The
Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in the X," fighting is a way for the
sport to "police itself," and to remind players that there are consequences for
stepping over the line during play.

70. 10. It is believed that Babe Ruth started this trend back in the 1930’s
in an attempt to reduce sun glare. Whether it achieved that purpose
or not, science is yet not able to prove. That however, hasn’t deterred
athletes from sporting it. Over the years, the trend has also been
turned into a medium to convey messages, popularized by American
footballer Reggie Bush who featured homages to his hometown on
his ___ _____.
FITB or tell me what’s the trend?

72. 11. Im Dong-hyun has 20/200 vision in his
left eye and 20/100 vision in his right eye,
meaning he needs to be 10 times closer to
see objects clearly with his left eye,
compared to someone with perfect vision.
He won Gold in both Athens and Beijing
Olympics and set a new world record in
the 2012 London Olympics. Tell me what
sport he plays and where did he achieve
the world record in 2012.

74. 12. During World War II, a lot of NFL players had to leave for the war,
resulting in teams left with fewer players. This forced teams to
combine. So in 1943, the Steelers and the Eagles became the
Steagles, and in 1944, the Steelers and the Cardinals became Card-
Pitt. However, Card-Pitt remained rooted to the bottom of the table.
What nickname, thus, would Card-Pitt attract because of the way
they would be easily ran over by their opponents?

76. 13. Currently the manager of Cleveland Indians, Terry Francona is best
known for managing the Boston Red Sox to the World Series Title in
2004, ending their 86 year old title drought. However, in his own
admission, one of his fondest memories was managing X in 1994. X
had a terrible run, hitting .202 with three home runs the entire
season. But Francona says that X had a couple of more seasons under
his belt and with his dedication could have made it to the fourth or
fifth outfielder. Who is X?

78. 14. In Jalpaiguri, she could not find find shoes for herself when she was
young. Shoes that did fit her wore out quickly and had to be replaced
frequently. Her mother says that just as she managed with the
condition, she expected her daughter to manage as well. Even when
she started training, faulty footwear caused injuries and pain.
After her gold medal winning feat in Asian Games, company X took her
to their Athlete Services Lab in Herzogenaurach, Germany for a
detailed footwear analysis and presented her with shoes that fit her.
Who is the athlete? What’s her condition? Which brand is X?

80. 15. This is a phenomenon that keeps happening in almost every major
sporting event but in the background. The Melbourne Olympics in
1956 saw one of the largest of this happening, with 61 individuals
(mostly Hungarian) taking this bold step for a better life. In 2018
Commonwealth Games, 11 athletes from three African countries did
it. In 2012 Olympics, 7 athletes from Cameroon did it. Surprisingly, no
one from North Korea has ever done this, which some claim is partly
due to fear and partly due to the fact that they’re never left alone.
What phenomena are we talking about?

82. 16. To ensure their relationship with their fans goes life and beyond,
football clubs in the last decade have come up with a plan. The trend
was started by Argentinian club Boca Juniors in 2006. Hamburg came
up with one of their own in 2008. Schalke and Brazilian club
Corinthians followed suit in 2012 and 2014. What fan engagement
activity is common to all these football clubs?

84. 17. In 2007, a long standing confusion was solved as the status of
certain Congressional Medals, 461, to be precise, was confirmed. The
U.S. Mint produced the medals, but in that year because they were
expensive, financial constraints forced them to be gold-plated bronze
medals instead of solid gold. Because of that difference, the recipients
were never officially documented as having received Congressional
Gold Medals before it changed in 2007. Who were these recipients?

86. 18. While their 1972 meeting is well documented and even turned into
a movie, their 1992 rematch was rather low-key. However, it wasn’t
without consequences. The winner proclaimed himself as the
"Undefeated Champion of the World". But the venue for the event
proved the clincher. Since the venue was under UN sports sanction
because of a major geopolitical event, this match resulted in the
winner’s country issuing a warrant against him, resulting in him
leading a life of émigré post this match. Who were the participants?
Where did this match take place?

88.  A left arm spinner with modest returns in his international career
made up of 7Tests and 4 ODI appearances, what ‘first’ did he
achieve in 2004 in relation to the person in picture? A number of
his countrymen have followed suit in the recent years.

90. 20. Considered one of the finest books on
American sports, this book is an oral history of
sport from 24 golden-age sportswriters (from
WWI to WWII). The title of the book derives
from a cardinal rule which any sports writer is
expected to know when working in his space.
Anyone who does the opposite is quickly
recognized as an amateur. One of the sports
writers whose life is chronicled in the book
quotes, “Sportswriting has survived because of
the guys who don't____. They're the truth-
tellers.” What is the name of the book?

92. 21. Michel Sebahat met X during a night out with mutual friends. The
two bonded over quite well and X gave Sebahat a massive
responsibility. “How long did it take? Impossible to say. We chatted
throughout, we discussed our lives. We didn’t see time go by. We’re
friends, but we don’t see each other that much, even if I’ve been to
see him in Manchester.” It was cheerful and we shared that moment
together. Seeing change in someone, it’s always nice. It’s a boost.”
What transformation was Sebahat responsible for last year?

94. 22. When South Korea played the Semi Finals against Pakistan in Sydney
Olympics, Pakistan started as favorites. To counter Pakistan’s X, who till
then had scored in all league games, Koreans devised what later their
coach would call the _________ tactic. The tactic was a success as Pakistan
were unable to convert any of their six penalty corners. “He was our
biggest threat. But four of my players had been prepared to rush out and
block his shots. We knew the dangers involved in these tactics, but were
prepared to pay the price. This was the reason I had four players ready to
go for this one after the other.“
Who is X? What did the South Korean coach Kim Sang-Ryul label them as?

96. 23. Despite its general decline in the country, hockey remains a big hit
in this south Indian community. It’s believed that the people from the
community either work in coffee plantations, join the army or become
hockey players. Former Hockey referee Kuttappa Pandanda started
the ______ Hockey Festival in 1997. From the 69 family teams to
participate in the first edition, the hockey festival has grown to over
300 participating teams. The 2018 edition had a record 334 teams.
Which community is this?

98. 24. Most soccer historians credit Peñarol, a Uruguayan club team,
with introducing this concept to the sports world during the 1950s. In
Europe, it began in 1973 with Bundesliga club Eintracht
Braunschweig. Barcelona for the longest time was opposed to it and
did the reverse of it from 2006 to 2011 before falling in line. What is
being talked about? How did Barcelona do the opposite from 2006 to
2011?

100. 25. All Blacks Rugby Team’s Bryan Williams and Sid Going,
and Australia’s former number 1 tennis player Evonne
Goolagong Cawley were bestowed upon with a certain not so
honourable honour in the 70s. 18 more men joined these
sportsmen in 1982?
Who were these 18 men? What ‘honour’ is being talked
about?

102. 26. In 2003, when ESPN went searching for him to film a SportsCenter
feature to be shown during the tenth anniversary of the event, they
discovered he had committed suicide. About his bizarre actions, for
which he was beaten by the crowd and the security, he never clearly
told his motivations. His younger brother, however, said: “He was
basically bucking society. He was mocking our rules, making up his
own as he went along, kind of just making a mockery of our society
and the way it works and what our expectations are.”
Who is this fellow? What did he do bizarrely/famously in 1993 to gain
popularity?

104. 27. Although not a recent phenomenon but talked less about than its
counterpart, ______ _______ has come to everyone’s attention in the
last two decades due to certain middle eastern states’, especially
Bahrain and Qatar’s, desire to improve their standing on the global
sports platform. A look at both the country’s Olympic medal winners
reveal the _______ ______ that is at work at making their records look
good. The critics remain divided over this though, as they believe that
the athletes involved do what they do for better lives and better
prospects. What’s the phenomena aptly called?

105.  Countries like Qatar and Bahrain buy the services of
East African athletes, naturalize them and make
them compete in Olympics.

106. 28. Chris Wayne Jackson played for Denver Nuggets in the 90’s. He
converted to Islam in 1991 to become Mahmoud Abdul Rauf. His
name came back to public consciousness in 2016 for something he had
done in the 1995-96 season, saying that “I’m a Muslim first and a
Muslim last. My duty is to my creator, not to nationalistic ideology.”
He was suspended indefinitely and soon traded with Kings where he
spent two seasons as a reserve before his career in NBA was over.
What had Rauf done?

108.  The 1974 Organisation of the Islamic Conference was held in the backdrop of
growing bonhomie among the Islamic nations after the Islamic world has
scored a victory by causing the Oil Crisis of 1973. Notable names of the
Islamic world gathered to show solidarity. One of them also spoke in support
of the host nation’s nuclear programme.

110. 30. Before the start of this Olympics, McDonald’s had announced a
nationwide promotion that offered free Big Macs, French fries and
Cokes every time a U.S. athlete reached the medals podium. Things
went out of hands for the company though, resulting in one of its
corporate spokesman saying, "With all the gold medals that the U.S.
is winning, we're swamped … this is the most successful [McDonald's
promotion], but it's also the most costly." Which Olympics was this?
What led to the promotional idea backfiring?

112. 31. Acc. To a WSJ article, this is the explanation behind Y’s dominance in recent times in
a sports that has traditionally been dominated by X. Give X,Y and the sport.
The trainees wake at 5:30 a.m. to begin a day of regimented discipline and training.
Junior trainees aren't allowed to drive a car. They are required to wear traditional and
unwieldy wooden clogs whenever they go out. In a deeply institutionalized hazing ritual
that may take years, they cook, clean and obey orders barked by seniors. They don’t earn
a salary.
Even the highest-earning of their ilk don’t earn much more than $400,000 a year which is
nothing in a country with a high standard of living as theirs. But that’s a lot in Y where
the average wage is only $383 a month, growth is stagnant, inflation high and
unemployment hovers around 10%.