This document contains questions and answers for a sports quiz. Some key details: - It has 20 questions with the 1st, 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th questions being "star questions". - The questions cover a range of sports including chess, cricket, field hockey, athletics, and more. - The answers identify important sports people from India like Dhyan Chand and P.T. Usha as well as events like the World Series Cricket that revolutionized the sport.

1. “CHAK DE INDIA”
SPORTS QUIZ
PRELIMINARY ROUND

2. 20 QUESTIONS
NO NEGATIVES
QUESTIONS 1 ,5 ,10 ,15 AND 20
ARE STAR QUESTIONS

3. 1.This game of chess has 100 squares (10x10) as
compared with the traditional 64 squares and a new
piece known as the "Dynamo" which has the qualities
of both a knight and a bishop.
It is called "Twenty20" as it comprises 20 pieces on
both sides of the innovated board.
Which grandmaster of India Launched this format ?

4. 2. Name the briefcase, the contents of
which are to be used by the President
of the United States to authorize a
nuclear attack while away from fixed
command centres, such as the White
House Situation Room.

5. 3.______ was a seven-time national
steeplechase champion in the 1950s and
1960s.
After a premature retirement from the army,
he later gained notoriety as a Chambal Valley
dacoit.
In 1981, he was killed by the Indian law
enforcement authorities.

6. 4. She was national junior lawn tennis champion in 1966.As the
national champion, she was eligible for entry to the Wimbledon junior
championship, but was not nominated by the Indian administration.
Identify her.

7. 5. What are The
farm (La Masia)
and
The factory(La
fabrica)?

8. 6.This Roman emperor is perhaps the
one who misused Olympics maximum
for his personal gain. He participated
in all events and claimed himself the
champion wearing the Olive wreath.
But he is more famous for another
incident which led to a phrase in
English.
Who is he?

9. 7. 1.Identify the person
He played as goal keeper for Jr national hockey
squad.
He was shortlisted for Jr national football
squad.
Captain of Jr rugby.
Holds six National school swimming records.
The fastest 100mtr time in National juniors
A member of Jr Davis Cup tennis team.
National Badminton U-19 champion.
Has won under19 golf tournament.

10. 8.On whose name is the National Award
for adventure sports is being given?

11. 9. The widespread view that players were
not paid sufficient amounts to make a
living from cricket, and Kerry Packer’s
wish to secure the exclusive broadcasting
rights to Australian cricket led to this.
All Packer players were temporarily
banned from Test and first class cricket.
What is this breakaway tournaments were
called which revolutionised Cricket?

12. 10.In 1995 X was named FIFA World Player of the
Year and won the Ballon d'Or, becoming the first
African player to win these awards. He never played
in the world cup. He has been heavily involved in
politics and elected to senate in 2014.
Y a successful footballer played for Chelsea , made a
desperate plea to the combatants, asking them to lay
down their arms, after his country qualified for the
2006 World Cup;
a plea which was answered with a cease fire after
five years of civil war.
Identify X and Y

13. 11.His role was to set pace for the other runners of
his team in the Marathon. But after 30 km, he felt no
tiredness and continued running towards an Olympic
birth in Rio 2016.
Name this Malayali .

14. 12.Much before Tinu
Yohannan played for
India, a novel in
Malayalam named
CRICKET presented
Suresh Menon, a
young all rounder who
gives a match winning
performance against
Pakistan.
Name the author of
this book

15. 13. __________originated in Tanjore,
Tamil Nadu. It became popular,
commanding the interest of the Maharaja
of Tanjore. The game has attracted many
players from southern India.
The _________Federation of India along
with the Indian Athletic Federation and
the Indian Hockey Federation formed the
Indian Olympic Association in 1961.
Name the game.

16. 14. P T Usha’s best
performance in an
International event was
in 1985 Asian Track and
field meet in Jakarta
where she won 5 Golds
and a bronze.
What award was
constituted as the result
of this performance?

17. 15. One of the most
popular myth about
Dhyan Chand is that
there is a statue of him
in Vienna dedicated to
his tremendous talent.
What is supposed to
be special about this
statue?

18. 16.Name the sport

19. 17. The President of Indian Olympic association Raja
Bhalendra Singh was of the opinion that including this
village game in Asian Games will tarnish India’s reputation.
After so much pressure from other countries also who play
the game , it became an Asian games event from 1990.
Name the game.

20. 18.What is happening?

21. 19.What word connect Lord Mountbatten
to this most popular cricket umpire?

22. 20.In what way these two are
connected?
Mir Ranjan Negi
Maharaj
Kishan Kaushik

23. ANSWERS

24. 1.This game of chess has 100 squares (10x10) as
compared with the traditional 64 squares and a new
piece known as the "Dynamo" which has the qualities
of both a knight and a bishop.
It is called "Twenty20" as it comprises 20 pieces on
both sides of the innovated board.
Which grandmaster of India Launched this format ?

25. Dibyendu Barua

26. 2. Name the briefcase, the contents of
which are to be used by the President
of the United States to authorize a
nuclear attack while away from fixed
command centres, such as the White
House Situation Room.

28. 3.______ was a seven-time national
steeplechase champion in the 1950s and
1960s.
After a premature retirement from the army,
he later gained notoriety as a Chambal Valley
dacoit.
In 1981, he was killed by the Indian law
enforcement authorities.

29. PAN SINGH TOMAR

30. 4. She was national junior lawn tennis champion in 1966.As the
national champion, she was eligible for entry to the Wimbledon junior
championship, but was not nominated by the Indian administration.
Identify her.

31. KIRAN BEDI

32. 5. What are The
farm (La Masia)
and
The factory(La
fabrica)?

33. Football academies of Fc Barcelona
and Real Madrid

34. 6.This Roman emperor is perhaps the
one who misused Olympics maximum
for his personal gain. He participated
in all events and claimed himself the
champion wearing the Olive wreath.
But he is more famous for another
incident which led to a phrase in
English.
Who is he?

35. Emperor Nero

36. 7. 1.Identify the person
He played as goal keeper for Jr national hockey
squad.
He was shortlisted for Jr national football
squad.
Captain of Jr rugby.
Holds six National school swimming records.
The fastest 100mtr time in National juniors
A member of Jr Davis Cup tennis team.
National Badminton U-19 champion.
Has won under19 golf tournament.

37. AB Devilliers

38. 8.On whose name is the National Award
for adventure sports is being given?

39. Tensing
Norgay

40. 9. The widespread view that players were
not paid sufficient amounts to make a
living from cricket, and Kerry Packer’s
wish to secure the exclusive broadcasting
rights to Australian cricket led to this.
All Packer players were temporarily
banned from from Test and first class
cricket.
What is this breakaway tournaments were
called which revolutionised Cricket?

41. World
series
cricket

42. 10.In 1995 X was named FIFA World Player of the
Year and won the Ballon d'Or, becoming the first
African player to win these awards. He never played
in the world cup. He has been heavily involved in
politics and elected to senate in 2014.
Y a successful footballer played for Chelsea , made a
desperate plea to the combatants, asking them to lay
down their arms, after his country qualified for the
2006 World Cup;
a plea which was answered with a cease fire after
five years of civil war.
Identify X and Y

43. X-George Weah Y-Didier Drogba

44. 11.His role was to set pace for the other runners of
his team in the Marathon. But after 30 km, he felt no
tiredness and continued running towards an Olympic
birth in Rio 2016.
Name this Malayali .

45. GOPI T

46. 12.Much before Tinu
Yohannan played for
India, a novel in
Malayalam named
CRICKET presented
Suresh Menon, a
young all rounder who
gives a match winning
performance against
Pakistan.
Name the author of
this book

47. K L
Mohana
Varma

48. 13. __________originated in Tanjore,
Tamil Nadu. It became popular,
commanding the interest of the Maharaja
of Tanjore. The game has attracted many
players from southern India.
The _________Federation of India along
with the Indian Athletic Federation and
the Indian Hockey Federation formed the
Indian Olympic Association in 1961.
Name the game.

49. Ball badminton

50. 14. P T Usha’s best
performance in an
International event was
in 1985 Asian Track and
field meet in Jakarta
where she won 5 Golds
and a bronze.
What award was
constituted as the result
of this performance?

51. Dronacharya Award to felicitate
Usha’s coach O M Nambiar

52. 15. One of the most
popular myth about
Dhyan Chand is that
there is a statue of him
in Vienna dedicated to
his tremendous talent.
What is supposed to
be special about this
statue?

53. A statue with four hands
(which actually does not exist)

54. 16.Name the sport

55. Malkhamb

56. 17. The President of Indian Olympic association Raja
Bhalendra Singh was of the opinion that including this
village game in Asian Games will tarnish India’s reputation.
After so much pressure from other countries also who play
the game , it became an Asian games event from 1990.
Name the game.

58. 18.What is happening?

59. Bee
Attack

60. 19.What word connect Lord Mountbatten
to this most popular cricket umpire?

62. 20.In what way these two are
connected?
Mir Ranjan Negi
Maharaj
Kishan Kaushik

63. The character Shahrukh Khan played
in Chak de India is inspired from both
these Hockey players