Sport Prelim Answers

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Under the Peepal Tree 2009Game Theory-Sport Quiz Prelims

***1) Often referred to by locals as "The G" it

was famously dubbed "The G Spot" by

Madonna when she performed at the venue

during her "Girlie Show Tour" in 1993.On the30th of January 2009, it was named as one

of the 7 wonders of the sporting world.


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The MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)


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2)

Dietmar Hopp is an entrepreneur. He was one of the

founders of SAP AG in 1972 with 4 other

former IBM employees.

Hopp is also notable as the chief financial backer of theGerman football club X. When Hopp, who had played in the

club's youth setup, acquired control in 1990, they were

playing in the eighth level of German football. Today, they

are doing rather well in the Bundesliga.

Id the team


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***3)

X is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed

batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother's

equipment.

He was dubbed Lord Snooty byThe

Wisden Cricketer,which went on to remark: "At the crease it was sometimes

uncertain whether his partner was a batsman or a bat-man

being dispatched to take his discarded sweater to the

pavilion or carry his kit bag. But mutiny was afoot among the

lower orders. In one match X, after reaching his fifty, raisedhis bat to the home balcony, only to find it deserted."

Identify X.


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Sourav Ganguly


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4)

Though a decent enough goalkeeper in his day having won 8

caps for Scotland in the 70s, ______ is best known today forgiving his name to the writer ______ , a veterinary surgeon

from Yorkshire whose real name was Alfred Wight. Wight

needed a pen-name to comply with professional rules banning

medical practitioners and vets from advertising and chose

______s name after seeing him play exceptionally well for

Birmingham City in a televised match against Manchester

United.

His books were adapted into two films and a long running BBCtelevision program calledAll Creatures Great and Small.


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JAMES HERRIOT


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5) In 1936 a German newspaper carried a

banner headline: The Olympic complex nowhas a magic show too Whom were they

referring to?


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Dhyan Chand The Magician


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***6)

1992 Olympics - The Dream Team

1994 World Championships -Dream Team II

1996 Olympics -Dream Team III

1998 World Championships - The Dirty Dozen

2008 Olympics - ?


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The Redeem Team


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7)

This particular player had an exceptional test

record for his country, but a rather lacklusterone in ODIs.

Numerologists blamed it on his sporting a

number on his one day shirt. Due to

continuous pressure from his family and

friends, he now sports a blank one day shirt

with no number on it. And his fortunes in theshorter version have indeed turned around

since.

Who?


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8)He started out as a player for the Dynamo ice

hockey team during his early years and

managed to win a USSR ice hockey cup in

1953 alongwith being third in the USSR

hockey championship.

However his claim to fame lies in the world offootball where he won acclaim playing in the

same position. Id please


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Lev Yashin The Black Spider


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***9)

Kenny Dalglish was well known for his eye for talent when

he was a manager. After having won the premier league

title with Blackburn Rovers in the 1994-95 season he waslooking to strengthen his squad and wanted to bring in two

players from the Ligue1 club currently managed by

Laurent Blanc.

One was Christophe Dugarry, an established Frenchinternational striker and the other a relative unknown who

had, after opting to play for France over the country of his

parents just scored two goals on debut.

The deal was at a fairly advanced stage when Blackburnsowner Jack Walker pulled the plug on it and noted

intelligently, Why do we need _____ when we have Tim

Sherwood ?..

Who was that Blackburn Rovers reject ?


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Zinedine Zidane


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10)

What was special about the game

played between the Phoenix Sunsand the Denver Nuggets on

October 11, 2008 at the IndianWells Tennis Garden?


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Only NBA game to be

played outdoors

11)


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11)

The Wall Street Journal revoked its sponsorship of

the Dubai Tennis Championships 2009 explaining

that, "The Wall Street Journal's editorial philosophy is

free markets and free people, and this action runs

counter to the Journal's editorial direction."

The tennis channel decided not to televise the eventand the WTA said it would review all future

tournaments in Dubai.

Defending mens champion Andy Roddick pulled outof the event saying, I really didn't agree with what

went on over there.

Why all the fuss ?


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Israeli Player Shahar Peer was denied a visa by

the UAE


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***12) Country wise representation in which

body in Cricket ?

1South Africa

1New Zealand

1England

1Sri Lanka

2West Indies

2Pakistan

3Australia

No of RepresentativesCOUNTRY


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Elite Panel of ICC Umpires


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13)

The 240-member House of Representatives of the

Philippines, on August 7, 2008, issued a Resolution,

which recognized _______ as a peoples champ - forhis achievements and in appreciation of the honor and

inspiration he has been bringing ... to the Filipino

people.

He became his countrys flag bearer at the 2008

Olympics by special request of the president. Who ?


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14)

The following is an excerpt from a biography of X

called Touch play :

Frost, whom he had beaten in the semis, sounded

confident about his friends chances. The Dane hada flight to catch the night of the final, but he told X he

wouldnt go, hed be sitting in the first row and

cheering for him. This is your big chance, he said.

X was touched.

Id X.


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15)

When this bowler grabbed 18 wickets in two Test

matches in 2004, there was an explosion in demand for

mugs bearing the inscription: X, King of Spain".

Warwickshire commissioned the mugs to commemorate

their new favorite son, they had in fact requested thewords: X, King of ________".

Commentator Henry Blofeld though preferred calling

him a "Wheelie Bin" because of his trundling run-up.

Id X.


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Ashley Giles


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16)

In 1902 what was started by Henry Desgrange

to promote L'Auto after an idea from a its

journalist, Go Lefvre?

The idea apparently was a huge success

boosting the sales of the daily from 25,000 to

65,000.


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17)The word X is derived from the Gaelic word 'tigh' meaning house.

Players used to make Xs from piles of sand. At beginning of the 20th

Century, players began trying to create re-usable Xs, using cork,

paper or rubber. The earliest known portable X was invented by two

Scots in 1889, and was a small rubber slab resting flat on the ground,

with three vertical rubber prongs or a hollow rubber tube.

What is X ?


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TEE


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Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson


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19)

As father was a spectator at The Democratic

Republic of Congos greatest sporting event of the20th century. Ironically,A bears a close resemblance

to one of its participantsB.

As cousin Cis a footballer who was in the news

fairly recently for having quit his club under fairly

unpleasant circumstances. Apparently, trouble began

to brew when his managerD confused his name witha disorder defined medically as difficulty initiating

or maintaining sleep .


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D is the archetype of the Journeyman manager. The list of

teams he has managed previously include the national

teams of India and Nepal, both of whom he managed for

short spells in the 1980s. His spell at his current club

began rather acrimoniously when he launched a venom

filled outburst at journalists during a press conference, in

which he reportedly swore 52 times.

Ecaused a storm in February of this year by referring to a

sportsperson, allegedlyA as a golliwog. The comment

was considered by the BBC as "wholly unacceptable" and

Ewas sacked from BBC's The One Show.


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A) Jo Wilfrid Tsonga

B) Muhammad Ali

C) Charles (Insomnia) NZogbia

D) Joe Kinnear

E) Carol Thatcher


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20)


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Game Theory-Sport Quiz Prelims

Yuki Bhambri


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23) What is being spoken

about ?


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Obama on Alex Rodriguezs admission to using

performance enhancing drugs


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24)


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Clint Dempsey

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