UDGHOSH 2013 SPORTS

QUIZ PRELIMSQuizmasters:Pratik RathSupranta Sarma BoruahEeshit Vaishnav

Quiz Club IIT Kanpur presents

GENERAL RULES No negative markings Part points on discretion of the Quizmaster A total of 25 questions 11th -17th questions are star marked. In case of a tie, the number of

correctly answered star marked questions will be counted. In case of a further tie, sudden death of star marked questions from 11 to

17 will be counted. Also remember, Quizmaster is God! No arguments with the Quizmaster

1. He is known to be a keen footballer and was offered trials with a Scottish

club East Fife F.C. Later when he was on tour with a theatre party he took part in a match against a local team, which Sir Matt Busby was scouting. Impressed by his prowess, Matt Busby immediately offered a contract worth £25, which he didn’t accept. He later remarked about this decision as, “I realized that a top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was already 23. I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of my more intelligent moves.”

Who?

ANSWER Sean Connery

2.“It was eight laps of war. It’s very rare that I lose my temper, but I was screaming on the radio. I kept going right to the end. That’s when they said something about something much broader. It was not about the contract. I cannot tell you what they said, but it was a form of threat that made me think about re-thinking my life, because the great joy for me was driving,” said the X. Who talking about what?

ANSWER Rubens Barrichello Austrian Grand Prix 2002

3.X, born in Sedan, is the son of a Cameroonian footballer Zacharie _______ and father of Joakim _______, current NBA player for the Chicago Bulls. He was living in Cameroon when he made his debut in tennis and was discovered at age 11 by Arthur Ashe and Charlie Pasarell. He was a highly successful captain of France’s Davis Cup team. Since his retirement from the game, X has remained in the public eye as a very popular music performer and as the co-founder, with his mother, of a charity organization for underprivileged children. However, he is most famously remembered for another feat of his. Identify X. What feat?

ANSWER Yannick Noah Last Frenchman to win French Open

4. A pioneer in both playing and in

marketing of his sports. He appeared on the cover of the Entrepreneur magazine(photo shown). Today, his net worth is estimated at about $120 million.

Who and why is he on the cover of the ‘Entrepreneur’ magazine?

ANSWER Tony Hawk. Started Skating Video Game

series named after himself.

5.X most likely originated from a race in England, founded by the 12th Earl of X in 1780, since at least as early as 1840, it has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest. The current Earl has confirmed that his family gave their name to only two sporting events; The Horse Race and the Rugby League match between St. Helens and local rivals Wigan. Another widely reported theory, though not accepted by the Oxford English Dictionary, is that the phrase came about from the county itself. The traditional Shrovetide football match was renowned as a chaotic and exuberant game that involved the whole town and often resulted in fatalities.

ANSWER X-Derby

6. X’s father is an Arjuna Awardee, which he won for his contribution to the

game of Volleyball in India. He was part of the Volleyball team that won the bronze medal in 1986 Asian Games. X’s mother was also a Volleyball player.

X however chose to play a different game, which now seems a wise choice considering the success she’s starting to get. The Hindu reported in an article about X how she had to struggle for getting proper training. She had to travel 56 km everyday to get proper training.

This year she emulated the feat of another legend of game Y to become only the 2nd Indian to win a medal in the World Championship. She also equalled her father by winning the Arjuna Award this year.

Id X

ANSWER X-P V Sindhu

7.These are the events in which sport?Aussie Round: considered by many to be the ultimate test of __________ skills. Accuracy 100 and Accuracy 50. EnduranceFast CatchTrick Catch/DoublingConsecutive CatchMaximal Time AloftLong DistanceJuggling

ANSWER Boomerang Throw

8. WHO TO WHOM?Upon James Ormond’s arrival at the crease X said . “Look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here? There’s no way you’re good enough to play for England.” Ormond replied: “Maybe not, but at least I’m the best player in my family.”Identify X.

ANSWER Mark Waugh

9. What is this list about?? Not exhasutive.

Leeds United: 4 May 2007- 11 July 2007 Southampton: 2 April 2009- 8 July 2009 Crystal Palace: 27 January 2010- 20 April 2010 Portsmouth: 26 February 2010- 24 October 2010 17 February 2012- present Rangers: 14 February 2012- 14 June 2012

ANSWER Football clubs going into administration.  Football clubs sometimes choose to enter administration when they are

unable to pay off outstanding debts. Under the Insolvency Act 1986, a business will face a winding-up order bringing them to court and if it is shown that a business cannot pay debts as they fall due or cannot repay outstanding debts then the company will be classified as insolvent. Administration puts accountants "in charge of pretty much everything apart from coaching the players and picking the team”.

Rangers although one of the most successful team was relegated two divisions because of this in 2012. Now they play in Scottish 2nd division.

10. “X seemed to be able to, in effect, slow down time.” “X played like he had "eyes in the back of his head.“ "Einstein of _______."

X, however, denied that he had any exotic innate abilities. He said that many of his advantages were a result of his father's brilliant coaching.

Some say I have a 'sixth sense' . . . Baloney. I've just learned to guess what's going to happen next. its anticipation. It's not God-given, its ______-given. He used to stand on the blue line and say to me, 'Watch, this is how everybody else does it.' Then he'd come back and say, 'Now, this is how the smart player does it.' He'd shoot it into the corner again, only this time he cut across to the other side and picked it up over there. Who says anticipation can't be taught?

X is widely regarded as the greatest in his sport by sport journalists, players and even the official sports body itself.

WAYNE GRETZKY

*11.In the late 1990s, Don Nelson theorized that if an especially bad free throw shooter were targeted every time, then intentionally fouling him repeatedly might actually yield fewer points per possession for his team than would playing a typical defense against them. Since Nelson would be employing the strategy even in the absence of any late-game need to stop the clock, he would be free to use it with greater than two minutes left to play. Thus, the off-the-ball foul rule would not apply. His innovation was to take a strategy whose primary purpose had always been simply stopping the clock, and employ that strategy with a primary purpose of minimizing the opposition's scoring. It was first employed against Dennis Rodman. However, we know this by another popular name. What?

ANSWER Hack-a-Shaq

*12Andrew Jordan had the heavy downpour and flooded roads to blame. Vasbert Drakes blamed a delayed flight to South Africa from the West Indies. Andrew Harris had an injury, however Hemulal Yadav showed absolutely no inclination. What is common to these gentlemen?

ANSWEROnly instances of being timed out

*13 X was a British racing driver from England and one time F1 World

Champion. Y is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver and three-time F1 World

Champion The rivalry between X and Y is the subject of a recently released movie A

directed by B. But this is too easy.

B also directed a 1977 comedy road movie with the Tagline “Funnier and Faster, here is a high speed disaster” which shares its name with a popular series of video games Z.

I want you to identify Z. (part points for X,Y,A and B)

GRAND THEFT AUTO

*14What is this list?(exhaustive) 1996- Humphry Siesage, a 62 year old Swedish man, due to Heart Attack 2002- Cynthia Lucero, a 22 year old woman, due to hyponatremia. 2013- Lu Lingzi, a Chinese student in X university, Martin Richard, a 8 year

old boy and Krystle Campbell, a 29 year old woman due to _____________

ANSWER People killed in the Boston Marathon. The first two are due to natural causes The 2013 deaths were due to the Boston Marathon Bombing.

*15 Armen Nazaryan is a Bulgarian Greco-Roman Wrestler, who won the gold

medal in Atlanta and Sydney Olympics and a Bronze in the Athens Olympics, all in different weight categories. He was also 6-time European Champion and 3-time World Champion. He became the head coach of the Bulgarian national team in 2012. After becoming the coach, he did something which created news all over the world. What did he do?

ANSWER He began a hunger strike to protest against the exclusion of Wrestling from

Olympics.

*16

India, like many other countries, had a variation of this sport. Most of these have died out, but a Manipuri game, yubi lakpi is still played in the East of India. Emma Levine, an English writer on little known Asian sports, speculates:

"Perhaps this was the root of modern X? Most Manipuris are quite adamant that the modern world 'stole' the idea from them and made it into X... this game, which has been around for centuries, is so similar to X, which evolved a great deal later, that it must be more than a coincidence."

Other traditional similar games can be found in many parts of the world, e.g. Marn Grook in aboriginal Australia, Cuju in China and Calcio Fiorentino in Italy.

Identify the sport X.

RUGBY UNION

*17.X was the vice-captain of Australia from 1957 until his retirement. An attacking left-handed batsman, sharp fielder and occasional off-spin bowler, X was the senior batsman in the Australian team for much of the 1950s and was regarded by Wisden as the finest fielder of his era. Upon his retirement, X was the second-most prolific Test run-scorer and century-maker for Australia.He was once bowled but had to be given "not out" in an unusual incident when Marty Dillon hit his middle stump. Both bails went in the air and fell back in the grooves of the stumps.Identify X

ANSWER X-Neil Harvey

18. X was the first British to win the Champions League after it was

restructured, in 1997. In the final match, he was the man of the match for his one assist and his marking of the football great Zidane.

His managerial career began with Y whom he guided to two successive promotion to premier league in 2011 becoming the first team in 11 years to achieve that feat. He is currently the manager of Z, which is the only club in the English Premier League other than Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, to win the Champions league.

ANSWER X-Paul lambert Y-Norwich city Z-Aston Villa

19. X is well known for his backhand smash, revered for its unusually high

generation of power and forehand jump smash. X’s forehand jump smash in the 2006 world championships is currently the fastest smash recorded at 305 km/h. X had complained of unfair treatment to foreign players by the IBL organisers as he was bought for USD 15,000 at his base price and the 32-year-old former star felt he deserved much more. Saina Nehwal, however, said X should realize that he was a retired player, a comment which did not amuse Jwala Gutta. She said X is one of the greatest players and I don't think u can dismiss his views just because he has "retired" from the game!

Identify X

ANSWER Taufik Hidayat

20.At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona X tore his hamstring in the 400 metres semi-final but continued the race limping and, with assistance from his father, managed to complete a full lap of the track as the crowd gave him a standing ovation. The incident has become a well-remembered moment in Olympic history, having been the subject of one of the International Olympic Committee's 'Celebrate Humanity' videos and been used in advertisements by Visa as an illustration of the Olympic spirit and featured in Nike's "Courage" commercials in 2008.Identify X

ANSWER X-Derek Redmond

21. In recent years, this system has had some criticism. Six-time winner Lucien

Van Impe said that the ________________ has been devalued, because it goes to those who have no hope to win the general classification so are allowed to escape and gather points in breakaways. This tactic was started by Laurent Jalabert and Richard Virenque, but according to Van Impe, they were really able to climb. Van Impe has proposed to award time bonuses, which may heat up the battle. The current title was preceded by an unofficial title called meilleur grimpeur. The current classification started in 1933.

What is being talked about?

ANSWER Polka Dot Jersey King of the Mountains

22. The whole thing kicked off during the Centenary Test at Melbourne in March

1977. The pair found themselves in a bar at the MCG, next to the Hilton Hotel, during the match. According to X, Y was holding court and indulging in some fairly vocal Pommie bashing which got under his skin and so the pair clashed. According to Y, X accused him of not wanting to tour England in the following summer. He then claimed that X put a glass to his throat and warned him he would "cut him from ear to ear", an accusation X vigorously denied. After a few more words either X punched Y and sent him flying backwards off his chair into a crowd of Aussie Rules players scattering their drinks (X version) or he pushed him backwards off the chair and got hysterically angry (Y version). When X was knighted in 2007, Y said: Someone is going to regret awarding him a knighthood. Identify X and Y.

ANSWER X-Ian Botham Y-Ian Chappell

23. Although he played cricket and football in his youth, his main passion was

table tennis. It was not until he was 14 that he started playing tennis, inspired by watching the game at Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. At the age of 18, he became the world champion of Table Tennis. He also won two Pro-Slams(equivalent of Grand Slam in Tennis) by the time he quit Table Tennis for Tennis at the age of 20 when his father commented on his playing Table Tennis that, "You play at night-time in a smoky room. You look like death warmed up - why not concentrate on tennis?“

Id this famous ‘table tennis world champion’. We know him for a particular distinction that he held for very long until recently.

ANSWER Fred Perry

24. China's Yao Ming and Italy's Andrea Bargnani are the only two players to

hold a particular distinction without college experience in USA. Seven other international players hold the distinction. It is a distinction held by players such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan and LeBron James. However, big names like Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan find themselves left out here. What distinction?

ANSWER 1st Overall Draft Pick

25.X,Y and Z are the mascots of the Baltimore Ravens, named after famous Baltimore resident ___________.According to the back story, X was the first to hatch. X was tall and broad shouldered, representing the "backfield" or the players of the game routinely not staged on the line of scrimmage. X was decidedly proud, if not arrogant, and was the leader of the trio.Y was particularly shorter and thinner than X and especially Z, yet much quicker. He represented the receivers and running backs. Z was the last to hatch. Z is short and stout representing the linemen of the game. He is a slow, lazy, yet lovable mascot. After the 2008 season ended, X and Y were retired, leaving Z as the sole mascot of the Baltimore Ravens.Identify X, Y and Z.

ANSWER X-Edgar Y-Allan Z-Poe