Sports Quiz

1) Which stadium is this?

Salt lake Stadium

2) True Colors became controversial because of its comments on Sachin.

Who is the man behind this controversy?

3)

• In a final match of a world cup two players scored the crucial goals for their respective nations.

• These two players were involved in a famous controversy in the same match.

• Which match am I talking about?

2006 FIFA World cup Final

4)

• X went to Hyderabad Public School, then studied chemical engineering at Osmania University in Hyderabad and later at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

• After graduation, he joined an advertising agency and worked there for two years before moving on to another two year stint in a sports management company.

• Who is X?

Harsha Bhogle

Connect

1) Connect the below ones?

• Basnahira Bears• Kandurata Kites • Nagenahira Nagas• Ruhuna Rhinos• Uthura Oryxes • Uva Unicorns

• The 2011 Sri Lankan T20 Premier League (SLPL)

2) Connect?

• All of them received “SIR” title.• Knighthood

3) Connect?

Mário Zagallo .Franz Beckenbauer.Geoff marsh

• Players who won World cup both as a player and as a coach.

4) Connect?

F1 Grand prix at new delhi

Find out

1)

• Adolf Hitler offered X, a Major in the English Indian Army, German citizenship and an offer to promote him to the rank of a Colonel.

• In Holland the authorities broke his stick/bat/racquet to check if there was a magnet inside.

• Who is X?

Dhyan Chand

2)

• The game originated as a sport in Britain during the 1880s, where it was played among the upper-class as an after-dinner parlour game,then commonly known as "wiff-waff".

• During the early 1900s, the game was banned in Russia because the rulers at the time believed that playing the game had an adverse effect on players' eyesight.

• It was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.

• About which am I describing?

Who is X?

3)• He was named after the American inventor

Thomas Edison, however his parents decided to remove the 'i' and call him 'Edson‘.

• He was originally nicknamed Dico by his family.• He got his name X because of his favorite

player, local Vasco da Gama goalkeeper Bilé.• X had no idea what the name means.

Pelé

What is X?

4)

• X is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.

• It is a "private club consortium". Basically to become a member of a state-level association, one needs to be introduced by another member and also pay an annual fee.

• X is not required to make their balance sheets public. In the past, tax exemptions were granted to X on the grounds as promoting sport was a charitable activity.

Reasoning round

1)• On March 2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlain created

history in a NBA match between Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks

100-points

2) What is common among the following years w.r.t world of football?

• 1930• 1934• 1966• 1974• 1978• 1998

Home team won the world cup

3) Ara AbrahamianHe did something uniquely in 2008 Olympics. What did he do?

• He won the bronze match at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was awarded the medal.

• During the medal ceremony, Abrahamian protested by placing the medal in the center of the mat and walking away.

• Referee initially awarded Abrahamian a point, but after the round they assigned the point and the match to Minguzzi because Abrahamian had his hand in the blue zone.

4)• All of the players who lost to the two finals then have the

chance to wrestle in a repechage round.

• This term because famous in india in 2008. Why?

Sushil Kumar

1) Why is this famous?

• Billie Jean King & Bobby Riggs

• Battle of the Sexes (tennis)

1 2 3

Billie Jean King 6 6 6

Bobby Riggs 4 3 3

2) Günter Parche is not a sportsperson.But he became very famous in 1993.

What did he do?

Stabbed Monica seles

3)

• MacBryan was also a field hockey international and won a gold medal at the 1920 Olympic Games with the Great Britain and Ireland team.

• MacBryan was the leading Somerset batsman in the years after the World War I and was called up for the Old Trafford Test match against the South Africans in 1924.

• He is famous for a feat in cricket which no one has done?

• MacBryan remains the only Test cricketer who neither batted, bowled nor dismissed anyone in the field (where he spent 66.5 overs).

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1924)

M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 SRate Ct

England 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

4)

• Sudhir Sakharam Naik is a former Indian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 2 ODIs in 1974 in the Indian cricket team.

• Naik's biggest distinction was that he led Bombay to an unexpected Ranji Trophy triumph in 1970-71.

• But he became famous during his england tour due to some other non cricketing reason.

• What’s the reason?

• On the 1974 tour to England, Indian opener, Sudhir Naik was accused of stealing a pair of socks from Marks & Spencers.

Thank You!!!