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asKQAnce 2014
FLYING DUTCHMEN
Sports and Travel Quiz PrelimsQuizmasters:
Sohan Maheshwar and Venkatesh Srinivasan
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Dedicated to
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
30 Questions, 40 points
+1 per correct answer/part, NO negatives
Questions 16-25 are two-part Sports-Travel Starred questions for breaking ties
* only if you get both parts
Top 8 teams to the finals
Please switch off all gadgets
All the best!
About the Quiz
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
0* - no points but will be used to resolve ties if stars are equal
• What (dis)connects?
ANSWER…
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Dennis Bergkamp – the “non-flying
Dutchman”
KLM’s Frequent Flyer Program – the Flying
Dutchman
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1.
• What connects these three cricketers?
ANSWER…
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Bowled the first balls in Test, ODI and
T20 Intl. cricket respectively
Alfred Shaw
Graham Mackenzie
Daryll Tuffey
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2.
• 19 of the 20 top teams in the FIFA World
Rankings (as of June 2014) are playing in the
FIFA World Cup 2014.
• Which is the only country not to qualify?
ANSWER…
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Ukraine
The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
3.
• Fill in the blank in the slogan on this collectible toy
by Mattel, by identifying the person on the right
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Mitt (Romney)
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4.
• In which specific category, during a world event in
May 2014 was this record set?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
4x200m Relay World Record
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5.
• In this exhaustive list of 6 people for India,
Murlikant Petkar is the first – he did this in
1972 with a world record effort. One of them,
Joginder Singh Bedi had a triple achievement
in 1984. The latest in this list is a Kannadiga.
• What are we talking about?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Medal winners for India at the
Summer Paralympic Games
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6.
• Identify the location from this video of a 1993 race,
widely regarded as the best first lap in the history of
F1 (video removed)
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Donington Park
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7.
• The line-up for the 76th edition of a tournament held
in Jan 2014. Which tournament?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Tata Steel Chess Tournament (or) Corus
Chess Tournament (or) Wijk Aan Zee
Some of the matches were played in the
Rijksmuseum
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8.
• "My wife made a lot of iced tea for lunch, and I said, 'Hey
babe, I've got an idea.' You make the iced tea and make a
big pitcher, and we'll just put a little lemonade in it and see
how that works. We mixed it up, and I got the solution
about where I wanted it and I put the lemonade in it. I had it
for lunch after working on the golf course. I thought, 'Boy,
this is great, babe. I'm going to take it when I play golf. I'm
going to take a thermos of iced tea and lemonade.' ” – X
describing the origin of this drink
• X was once in a Palm Springs restaurant and ordered this
drink to his specifications and was overheard by a woman
sitting nearby. "I want an X," she told the waitress. "I want
what he ordered.”
• This drink is also available commercially. Who is X?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Arnold Palmer
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9.
• Andy Gray and Richard Keys were discussing the
upcoming 2010 Ballon D’Or on Sky Sports when
Keys asked Gray about the nominees.
• Gray claimed that the La Liga, when compared to its
English equivalent, did not have the same depth of
quality. He then went on to say something
disparaging about one of the nominees that has
become a footballing joke/meme especially
involving non-EPL players.
• What?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
“Messi would struggle in a cold night at
the Britiannia Stadium”
(marks for cold night in Stoke)
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10.
• An extract from The Case of the Borrowed Brunette,
which may have been the first instance of this
phrase, which owes its origin to a sport,
– "So that's it?"
– "That's it."
– "And that's the reason you're jockeying for position
around here instead of bringing your client in and having
her say, 'Look, I made a mistake.'"
– "Of course it is," Mason said eagerly. "What the hell did
you think? That I was going to ______ _____ __ _____?"
– "You have ___ with it."
• Meaning, “To speak without caution, or to leave
oneself unprotected”, identify this phrase
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Lead with your/one’s chin
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11.
• This is 26-year-old David Campayo Lleo who
worked for Villarreal as coaching staff of one
of the club’s youth teams.
• Why was he in the news in late April this
year?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
He was arrested for the Dani Alves
banana-throwing incident
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12.
• If there was no minimum qualification for
number of matches played, there are only 2
Indian ODI captains who have a 100% win
record.
– X captained India against England in only one
ODI, against England in 2001-02.
– Y captained India 6 times in 2010 and 2011.
• Id X and Y
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
X – Anil Kumble
Y – Gautam Gambhir
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13.
• Write-up from the Guardian:
• “X is making his debut in a friendly against Hungary, and trots on to
replace Lisandro López. After some tiki-taka, the 18 year-old receives
the ball with his back to goal, midway between halfway line and 18-yard
box. Hungarian defender Vilmos Vanczak is close by as X turns and
heads for goal, his trademark scuttle seen on the international stage for
the first time. One touch, two touches, three touches and then …
Vanczak hits the floor. He holds, he rolls, he clutches. Replays show the
faintest of touches from a flailing arm. Nothing more, nothing less. But
the whistles from the crowd shrill for blood and X’s team-mates look
worried. They surround German referee Markus Merk and argue his
innocence. Protests are shouted and supplications are offered up, but all
are waved away. The red is flashed…
• “..It lasted a mere 44 seconds. X held off the tears until he reached the
dressing room..”
• Who?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Lionel Messi
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14.
• The high-scoring trio of basketball teammates
consisting of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and
Chris Mullin played together for two seasons with
the Golden State Warriors, starting in 1989.
• They had a collective nickname that was a play on a
famous hip-hop group.
• Give the collective nickname
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Run TMC
after the initials of Tim Hardaway, Mitch
Richmond and Chris Mullin.
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FINA, the Fédération Internationale de Natation, is the
world governing body for five disciplines – Swimming,
Diving and Synchronised Swimming are three of them.
Name the other two disciplines (0.5 each)
15.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Water Polo
Open Water Swimming
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*16.
• One of the nicknames for city X comes from a call
during an NBA game.
• It happened accidentally, in a first-season game against
the Lakers. With X in the middle of a second-quarter
rally, Jim Barnett swished a long jump shot – probably a
3-pointer if the rule had existed in those days – and out
of Bill Schonely’s mouth came “___ ____– all right!”
• At the next time-out, Schonely’s scorekeeper, Jeff
Wohler, nudged him. “Hey, where did that come from?”
Schonz responded, “I don’t know – it just came out.”
Wohler said, “Well, leave it in.”
• Give the city and nickname.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Portland
Rip City
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*17.
• The name of this town derives from “Town on the
River Tone”.
• In ODI cricket history, something has occurred only
twice. Once in Hyderabad and the other in this town.
Both instances had a player in common.
• Name the town and the player.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Taunton – From ‘Tone Town’
Only instances of 300+ partnerships in ODIs.
The player in common was Rahul Dravid
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*18.
• Krzywy Domek is an irregularly-shaped building built
in 2004 and one of the main tourist attractions in this
seaside town in Poland.
• A world sporting event was held between 7–9 March
2014 in this town.
• Identify the town and the sporting event.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Sopot in Poland
IAAF World Indoor Championships
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*19.
• The RubberDucks are a minor league baseball team
based in this town. From 1997 to 2013, they were called
the _____ Aeros.
• The nickname "RubberDucks" refers to the town's history
in the rubber industry, in particular as the birthplace of
tire and rubber companies such as Goodyear, Firestone,
Goodrich and General Tire.
• Longtime Esquire writer Scott Raab wrote a 2011 book
called The Whore of ____:One Man’s Search for the Soul of
X which details his anger and rage at a famous decision
made by a resident of this town.
• Id X and the town
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Akron
X – LeBron James
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*20.
• This city is the capital of the autonomous region of
Madeira. It was named by settlers after the local
word for the Fennel plant, which grew in
abundance here. It is today known for its beaches
and the vibrant nightlife.
• Two sportspersons were born here – the more
famous one played for clubs like Andorinha,
Nacional and Sporting CP in his youth. The other
person played/plays for teams in New South Wales,
Sydney, Glamorgan, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and
Hyderabad, among others.
• Identify the city and the lesser known player.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Funchal
Moises Henriques
The other is of course, Cristiano Ronaldo
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*21.
• The first elected President of his country, he founded a city named after himself, which served as the capital of his country from 1948-1976. Name him or the city.
• What sporting event happened at the Araneta Coliseum in this city, in 1975?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Manuel Quezon / Quezon City
The Thrilla in Manila boxing match
between Ali and Frazier
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*22.
• This iconic hotel is 90-years old, and is owned
by Diageo. It hosted the G8 summit in 2005.
Its location lends the name to a landmark
agreement that was signed here in 1977.
Name the hotel.
• What sporting event will happen here in Sep
2014?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Gleneagles Hotel
Ryder Cup
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*23.
• Identify this 2nd time occasion (and the
location)
• What lofty tagline, has this city trademarked
since the early 1980s, which it continues to
use in its tourism campaigns?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
1928 Winter Olympics at St. Moritz
Top of the World
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*24.
• Identify the stadium, a record-breaker of
sorts
• What is the official / constitutional capital
of the country where this stadium is located?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz at an
altitude of 3,637 metres (11,932 feet) above
sea level, making it one of the highest
professional stadiums in the world.
Bolivia’s capital is Sucre
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*25.
• This is the “Trooping the Colours” ceremony
that happens every year on a particular day at
Horse Guard’s Parade off Whitehall, London.
Which day?
• Which sport was played at this venue during
the 2012 London Summer Olympics?
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
The monarch’s birthday
Beach Volleyball
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This is the title cover of a collection of photographs from a 1904 event, commemorating an 1803 event. Identify the place where this event was held
26.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
St. Louis
The 1904 World Fair commemorating the
1803 Louisiana Purchase
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Identify the place
27.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Pietermaritzburg
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Called heong peng, their literal meaning is “fragrant
biscuits“. Identified closely with a town in Malaysia,
these biscuits are deliciously flaky, with a sweet palm
sugar filling, and a common souvenir for tourists
visiting this erstwhile tin-mining city. Identify the place
28.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Ipoh
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This 1875 painting shows an 1835 event – a farmer called
John Batman signing a purported treaty with the locals,
through which he acquired 500,000 acres of land, including
a key geographical entity. The entity was named by his
surveyor John Wedge, who asked local aborigines what they
called the entity, and got a response ‘_____ ____’, meaning 'it
flows‘. Identify the entity.
29.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Yarra River
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In the early 1600s, a young nobleman, Dudley Lord North, noticed the reddish waters of a spring seeping from the ground, while he was returning on horseback to London.
Lord North drank the water to quench his thirst and feeling rejuvenated, declared it to be health-giving to all his friends and acquaintances.
This is the story of the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring, and thereby the town that came about, which is known as a major Spa destination in England today. Another feature of the town, is the pretty colonnaded walkway known as the Pantiles.
Identify the town.
30.
ANSWER…
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The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
Royal Tunbridge Wells
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