THE SPORTS QUIZ
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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 :
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