Sportsquiz 2014

• 1. *Sports Quiz*Conducted by BiswajitDate-22/10/2014

2. 1The first clubs started being formed in 1922 in SantaMonica, California Given the outdoor nature ofnudism/naturism this outdoor version of the sport wasnaturally adopted by them and became very popularamong nudists .Name the sport. 3. Beach Volleyball 4. 2The French athlete Renauld Lavillenie broke this long-standingworld record, 21 years after it was set. Thenew mark now stands at 6.16m. This record was set in aplace called Donetsk, which is also the hometown ofthe former world record holder, who was in theaudience watching.Which record and who was the former record holder? 5. Pole Vault world recordSergei Bubka 6. 3To increase the public profile of their brand X have engaged in a number ofsponsorship deals. In 2008, they agreed a sponsorship deal with the footballclub Manchester United, worth 4 million a year.Later, X started endorsing some topfootball clubs like FC Bayern Munich, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and AjaxAmsterdam.In March 2010, X was appointed the Official Watchmaker of Formula 1.In April 2010 X became the official time keeper of the 2010 FIFA World Cup andthe 2014 FIFA World Cup.They have also been involved in a tie-up with the Financial Times, sponsoring thenewspaper's iPad app.So, Id X. 7. 4X played four Tests for India in the 1950s, and though he couldn't quite establishhimself in the national team, he was a consistent performer for a dominant Bombayside on the domestic circuit.He captained Bombay to three Ranji titles, and scored 2976 runs at an average of53.14, besides taking 69 catches and 23 stumpings.He was a consistent performer in Ranji Trophy and a mentor for the likes of PollyUmrigar and Bapu Nadkarni. He was also a former chairman of Saraswat Bank.So, Whom did I talking about? 8. Madhav Mantri 9. 5 Id the team form their official anthem. 10. NorthEast United FC's Official Anthem 11. 6He is sometimes nicknamed as El Tigre (Spanish forTheTiger) and King of the Europa League.His name derives from the 1980sBrazil,Internacional and Roma legend Paulo Roberto Y,as a tribute from his father X Garca.Despite being named X, he prefers to use his middlename in interviews.So Id X. 12. Radamel Falcao Garca 13. 7What was started by Suresh ChandraChaudhari, Raja Manmatha Nath, RameshChandra Sen and Aurobinda Ghosh in1920?Now It is owned by United Breweriestoday. 14. East Bengal Football Club 15. 8The first athlete from India to win an Olympic medal, hewon Silver medals in both the 200m and 200m hurdlesrace in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Educated inthe St.Xaviers College in Calcutta, he moved to theUnited States after his athletic career and acted in a fewHollywood movies and Broadway shows.Identify the athlete. 16. Norman Pritchard.In his Hollywood career, he was known asNorman Trevor. 17. 9Which competition, that was aired in 2013 saw the twocontestants (Say Xand Y) outdo each other in what was termed The ______Shootout acrossvarious locations in Russia,China,Maldives,CapeTown, Tanzania,LA andfinally ending in Istanbul.FITB, X,Y. 18. Selfie Shootout 19. 10The Goddess and the American Girl is a dualbiography of two famous female tennis players; onea French great idolized as The Goddess and theother a US prodigy. They were responsible forrevolutionizing tennis and in the process virtuallyinvented the concept of celebrity athlete.Id both. (Any Clue ????????)Go to Next slide. 20. Suzanne Lenglen and Helen Wills 21. 11This sport's World Cup is held in the same year as the FIFAWorld Cup by a body called FIQA. Similar to football, goalsare scored by sending something through a designatedarea. But, unlike football, this sport is mostly played in theair.The 2014 edition was also held in South America (in thePatagonian desert), in April 2014. The opening ceremonywas said to have witnessed a scuffle between membersfrom Fiji and Norway.Which fictional sport? 22. Quidditch, the fictional sport from the Harry Potter series. 23. 12Following a local referendum in the province ofCatalonia in Spain, a famednational practice has come to end in that state. The lastof its kind was held inBarcelona; Jose Tomas was the key ringleader.This does not affect the practice in the rest of thecountry.What practice? 24. Bull-fighting 25. 13In an interview Sehwag talking about X,I never dared tobreak the glass of his house while playing cricket as Iused to be extremely scared of him.Virender Sehwag talking about which former childhoodneighbour of his from Najafgarh? 26. 14 What was Sachin Tendulkar backing? 27. Squashs bid to be included in the 2020 Olympics 28. 15Which person of Indian-Chinesedescent made her screen debut in aspecial appearance in a song called"Ding Ding Ding" in a 2013 Telugu filmcalled "Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde"? 29. The Indian badminton player Gutta Jwala. 30. 16 Name the Football Stadium.*Estadio do Maracana = Rio De Janerio*Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha=Brasilia*Arena Corinthians=Sao Paulo*: Estadio Mineirao =? 31. Belo HorizonteStadium Name: EstadioMineirao(Belo Horizonte) 32. 17X are an Irish pop group formed by Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy and ThomasWalsh of Pugwash.X is also the title of the group's only album, which was released on 3 July 2009, a fewdays before the start of the 2009 Ashes series. A concept album about cricket, thealbum has 12 tracks, one of which is an instrumental. The album was mixed andrecorded in Dublin and was mastered at Abbey Road Studios.Hannon and Walsh have described their album as a kaleidoscopic musical adventurethrough the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket and the name as their USP.Id X. 33. The Duckworth Lewis Method 34. 18 Connect 35. Sir A.Ferguson 36. 19 What club?Francis Lee spots an old woman struggling to cross Claremont Roadwith two heavy bags of shopping. Lee stops his car, winds down thewindow and asks, can you manage, love? Bloody hell, don't tellme you're fed up with Alan Ball already, the old lady shouts back.Ill come if youre desperate but I insist on a three-year contract.Francis Lee has since gone, as have three other chairmen, not tomention eight managers since this joke first started doing therounds about a decade ago. What club? 37. ManchesterCity 38. 20While living in Southsea, X played football as agoalkeeper for Portsmouth Association FootballClubX was also a keen cricketer, and between 1899 and1907 he played 10 first-class matches forthe Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).Id X. 39. 21X also known as Cholo, is an Argentine football manager and former player.X was capped over 100 times for the Argentina national football team and represented thecountry at the 1994, 1998and 2002 FIFA World Cups.In his club career that started in 1987, X played for Vlez Sarsfield, Pisa, Sevilla, AtlticoMadrid, Internazionale, Lazio and Racing.When X was 14, his youth coach Victorio Spinetto nicknamed him Cholo as his energeticplay reminded him of former Boca Juniors player and Argentine international Carmelo X (norelation) who had that nickname.X ended his playing career for Racing, playing his last match on 17 February 2006, and thenbecame manager for the same team.On 18 May, he became head coach of Estudiantes de La Plata and soon led them to theirfirst league title in 23 years after defeating Boca Juniors 21 in a final match played on 13December 2006. 40. 22Who is the only cricketer to havescored a quadruple century in MinorCricket, a triple century in FC cricket, adouble century in Test cricket and acentury in List A cricket? 41. 23What method well-known to sportsfans was used for the first time in arugby union match in the HeinekenCup semi-final which saw the LeicesterTigers beat the Cardiff Blues 27-26 onMay 3, 2009? 42. The Penalty Shootout 43. 24Lindsey Vonn is the first American skier to win an Olympic goldmedal in the Downhill discipline of alpine skiing (in 2010). Shehas also won four World Cups in her sport, which makes her amuch feted sportsperson in her field.In 2013, she became associated with another sport (from theSummer Olympics side, it can be said) for other reasons; herappearance at one of the four major annual tournaments in thatsport (held in April 2013) also made news.Why this attention? 44. Vonn is dating Tiger Woods 45. 25 Id both. 46. Trezeguet & Henry 47. 26Chelsea Football Club: Vice President1966, Director 196982, Life VicePresident 19932008, Life President20082014.Who? 48. 27This award is an annual award and has beengiven out since 2008. Lionel Messi received theaward for the 2012-13 season. This is the thirdtime he has won it. Previous winners alsoinclude Wesley Sneijder and Cristiano Ronaldo.What award? 49. Goal.com's Goal 50 award, where theyselect the top 50 players of theprevious season and award the personat the number one spot. 50. 28 Id him. 51. Moin ali 52. 29Sharda Ugra is a noted cricket writer andcurrently a columnist with ESPN Cricinfo. 2013saw the publication of a book that she co-authored,called "The Test of my Life". Whosebiography was this? 53. Yuvraj Singh 54. 30 Last one Id the Singer 55. Arijit Singh 56. The End