Sports Quiz Elims - Mood Indigo 2011 Quiz set by Aditya Gadre of the BCQC

1. The Sports Quiz - Elims
Mood Indigo 2011

2. Rules
30 questions, about 45 mins
10 star marked questions (q10 to q19) will be used in case of ties
If ties are still unresolved, sudden death will be used
Please mention your team name, your names and a contact
number on the elims sheet

3. This sport originated in Sri Lanka. It is wildly
popular in SE Asia. The world governing body
of the sport was formed in 1988 in Chennai.
Which sport?
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4. Carrom
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5. On 16th December 1997, a 50 over cricket
match was held at Middle Income Group
Ground in Bandra (Mumbai).
In this match Australia walloped Denmark by
365 runs.
Who scored more than half of Australia’s 412
runs that day?
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6. Belinda Clark
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7. This European won the All England
Championship in 1999 and was World No 1
from 1998 to 2002.
He won 4 bronzes in the World Championships
he took part in and lost in the semis to the
eventual winners in both the Olympics he took
part in.
Who?
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8. Peter Gade
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9. On which sportsman’s website can you buy this?
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10. Novak Djokovic
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11. Which sportsman wrote an autobiography
titled ‘Serious’ - the title being a reference to
something he often said while playing?
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12. John McEnroe
‘You cannot be serious!’
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13. This version of a popular sport started in Uruguay in 1930.
In Brazil, this version developed on the streets of São Paulo,
and, eventually, a rule book was published.
The sport began to spread across South America, and its
popularity ensured that a governing body was formed under
the name of FIFUSA in 1971, along with the World
Championships.
The first World Championships were held in Río de Janeiro,
with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay.
Which version ?
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14. FUTSAL
Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón
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15. In one of most horrific accidents in motor
sports history, at the Malaysian GP at Sepang,
this guy’s bike veered across the track at turn
11 into the path of Colin Edwards and Valentino
Rossi following which his helmet was knocked
off and was hit by both the riders.
Who?
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16. Marco Simoncelli
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18. Volvo Ocean Race
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19. When Stan Mortenson died in 1991, the
Guardian review had a line “They’ll probably
call it the ____________ funeral” in reference
to a FA cup final match in the early fifties which
was called the ______________ final despite
Mortenson scoring a hat trick.
Fill in the blank
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20. (Sir Stanley) Matthews
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21. Jason Gillespie scored his first century in his
71st test match.
Chaminda Vaas broke this record when he
scored a century in his 97th.
Who broke Vaas’s record by scoring one in his
118th test?
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22. Anil Kumble
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23. “ They are red, they are white they are
__________________”
What alliterative nickname would complete
the supporters chant for the team shown?
Larger image on the next slide
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25. Danish Dynamite
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26. This legendary cyclist has inspired Sports
Illustrated to come up with several bad puns.
“He never reigned in Spain, but he’ll always
have Paris".
Who?
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27. Miguel Indurain
He never won the Vuelta D’Espana
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28. Identify this guy.
Despite the mocking
expansion of his initials,
he went on to win the
gold in 1908 Olympics.
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29. JWHT Douglas
‘Johnny Won’t Hit Today’
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30. This score sheet is a
rare item for it belongs
to match where a
legend lost his first
match in 8 years.
Richard Reti inflicted
the defeat.
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31. Capablanca
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32. In a grand ceremony on July 24th 2009, this
entity launched his new logo - an Ashok chakra
made of something intimately connected with
the sport.
The logo is supposed to mix India's rich
cultural heritage with a clean and
contemporary presentation.
Logo of what?
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33. Hockey India
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34. As if the dangers of racing weren't enough this
guy bought a plane and became the
carefree, sometimes careless, pilot of
'Hillarious Airways.'
Who?
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35. Graham Hill
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36. This stadium was originally a hockey stadium
before it was converted into a cricket venue in the
1980s.
The stadium had floodlights installed in 1996 and
in the same year hosted a (quiz-worthy) match
between Mumbai and Delhi which Mumbai won
on the basis of a first-innings lead.
Name the stadium.
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37. Roop Singh Stadium - Gwalior
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38. Identify both
No half points
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39. Sergei Bubka
Yelena Isinbayeva
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40. John Graham Chambers drafted a document in
London in 1865.
This document contained a code of rules.
This code was patronised by John Douglas and
published in 1867.
Today this code is named after John Douglas.
Name the set of rules.
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41. Marquess of Queensbury rules for boxing
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42. Joe Frazier would joke and sing at the drop of
a hat (stylish hats, too), heading a musical
revue for some years called Smokin’ Joe
Frazier and the ____________.
Fill up with an appropriate word.
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43. Knockouts
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44. The Kingdom of Bhutan choose this
ancient sport as it’s national sport in 1971
when they joined the UN.
This sport has been a staple at sports quizzes
for the last few years since the venues for the
London Olympics were announced.
Which sport?
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45. Archery
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46. “No dumpings for the sake of it - selectors,
coaches and captain must keep their nerve”
was an article published in the Sydney Morning
Herald on 13th November 2011.
What is significant about this article?
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47. Peter Roebuck’s last article
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48. What has been blanked out?
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49. Bogeyman
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50. What venture are Mike Ditka (former coach of
the Chicago Bears), Ron Jaworski (ESPN
analyst and former Philadelphia Eagles
quarterback ), Michael Irvin (Hall of Fame wide
receiver ), and Brandon Chillar (Green Bay
Packers linebacker) the main investors for?
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51. Elite Football League of India (EFLI)
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52. Two of three requirements for this sport are a
circle exactly 2.135m (7ft) in diameter marked
on the ground and a stop-board about 10cm
high.
What is the third piece of equipment ?
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53. The shot (put)
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54. This movie is all about
which team at the 1988
Calgary Winter
Olympics?
Country and sport
needed.
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55. Jamaica
Bobsled
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56. Patrick Makau recently broke Haile
Gebreselasie’s World Record for the marathon.
Who holds the record among the women?
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57. Paula Radcliffe
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58. If ice hockey is Canada’s official winter
sport, what is the official summer sport?
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59. Lacrosse
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60. From 1895 to 1997, Derby County played their
home matches at a ground commonly called
the ‘BG’ or ‘BBG’.
This ground was built by businessman Sir
Francis Ley for another sports club and was
originally meant for another sport.
Expand BBG, or BG (depends on how you spell
it)
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61. Baseball Ground
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62. He returned home after his loss to Maned
Bekov (having made history none the less) to
no fanfare at all.
The Government too waited till 2000 to confer
upon him a posthumous Arjuna award.
Who?
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63. Kashaba Jadhav
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