THE SPORTS QUIZ

20 Questions in all .

+2 for each correct answers. Partially

correct answers will receive 1 mark.

Questions 2,5,9,15,18 are star marked

questions. In case of a tie of 2 or more

teams for the sixth slot ,the team with more

star questions correct goes through.

All the best .Happy Quizzing!!!!!!!

1."Ya Duniyemadhye Thambayaala Vel

Konala" which was written by noted

Marathi lyricist Shantaram

Nandgaonkar. The song depicted the

similarities between a cricket match

and real life. It had become popular.

Who is the singer of this popular song

?

*2.Who is the first US president to witness

an international cricket match ?

3.He ran for public office at the 2010

general elections in his country and

was elected to the parliament from his

native Matara District. Incidentally, he

also holds the record for the highest

number of ducks in ODIs. Who?

4.Named after the leaders who fought

for the freedom of the Latin American

countries, this tournament was started

in 1960 and featured the teams Bahia

,Jorge Wilstermann, Millomarios,

Olimpia, Penarol,San Lorenzo and

Universidad De Chile in its first

edition. Identify the tournament.

*5.

6.Earlier it was a Green

armband . What is it

today?

7.Name .Which Hollywood movie title is his nickname?

8.Why is this award given in the world of the sport evident here?

*9.On 1 January,2010 when the new

FIDE ranking was announced, this

Norwegian became the youngest

chess player in history to top the

rankings, at age 19.A Grandmaster

at age 13 and currently trained by

Garry Kasparov ,what is the name

of the greatest chess talent of the

century ?

10.It was designated the national sport in 1953

on account of its local origins, but that did not

stop the Wall Street Journal from recently putting

out a headline which read “In soccer-mad

_____(name of the country),the national sport is a

lame duck.”The article features incendiary

opinions which compare the sport to shooting

hoops on horseback and also quotes some angry

citizen as having said that he knew more about

Donald Duck than this game. Name both the

country and the sport.

11.Marilyn Monroe originally did not want

to meet______, fearing he was a

stereotypical arrogant athlete. But they did

meet and also shared a legal life together.

Fill in the blanks.

12.Which Bollywood actor has recently been

signed as brand ambassador for Mark for

Sports Campaign which aims to propel the

use of sports as a means for

tolerance, respect and peace and to

facilitate communication and dialogue

among people.

13.

14. A small Hungarian village, X, where superior

wagons, carts and carriages were built. X, in the

Hungarian district of Komarom-Esztergom, lay on

the main road along the Danube between Vienna

and Budapest.

These two great cities needed well-built, fast

vehicles that would carry more than two people

over the bumpy roads of the day in as much

comfort as was then possible has given its name

to the world of sports. How ?

*15.During her senior year at high school, she

was co-captain and point guard of the basketball

team that won the 1982 Alaska state

championship , earning the nickname

"Barracuda" for her competitive streak.

However ,she came into broad limelight in 2008

for an entirely different and big reason. Who is

this famous lady ?

16.Identify this famous “Polo” player.

17.What is

happening?Give

Funda.

*18.Who is the only Indian track and field

athlete till date to have led an

Olympic race final for sometime eventually

losing to the only athlete in Olympic history

to have won both 400m and 800m titles in

the 1976 Montreal Olympics ?

19.The freestyle is the fastest stroke in

swimming .It is also know as the front or

forward _________ .Fill in the blanks.

20.Connect :