TOUCHDOWN - I - sports quiz

 Prashanth John Abraham
 Rithwik K
 Chai Pe Quiz Club
 Jose Mourinho

 30 qns across 4 rounds
 2 dry(9 qns each); 2 written (6 qns each)
 Pounce: +10/-5
 Bounce: +10
 Hope you can all quiz today the Matt Busby
Way!
 QM will strive to be a charitable man today.

 Ana _______ Quirot is a former track and field athlete. She was
one of the most renowned 800m runners and having missed the
1984 and 1988 Games through boycotts, she took the bronze in
1992.
 She returned to take the silver in 1996, having undergone 21
operations to treat the third-degree burns that covered 38% of her
body when a kerosene heater exploded as she washed clothes
while seven months pregnant with a daughter who died days after
an induced birth.
 Her middle name has been taken from a certain El Comandante en
Jefe.
 Who has she been named after, who fittingly deserves a question
today ?

 _______ drops are a type of badminton shots are
hit from below net height and very close to the
net, traveling just above net height and down
the other side of the net.
 The shot has been named as such because of the
similarity between an object and the trajectory
of the shot.
 Identify the name of this shot which can be
usually found in a motorists jargon.

 Wisdomtree Edutech LLP is a firm coming under Zauba
Corp.
 It has most recently been in news for a certain innovation
which among other benefits helps in the accuracy, in the
points system of a particular sport/game.
 The points system in this sport/game often comes under
scrutiny as people who are (ir)responsible often lost
attention and also resulted in wastage of paper.
 In what sport/game has it made an innovation ?

 A charismatic personality known for various “exploits”
he has various tattoos on his body including one of Mao
Zedong, his ex-wife MonicaTurner, Arthur Ashe, a
design called Dre Drocher and one more.
 The one which has not been mentioned is his most
infamous and he himself has remarked that he has had a
lot of good things happen to him because of this tattoo.
 What tattoo on whom?Which 2011 film from a series
was this famously featured in, which eventually led to a
lawsuit between this persons tattoo artist and the film
studio ?

 He once held the record for being the youngest to score a
century in test at the age of 17 years and 254 days.
 He took some time out to pursue his studies at University of
Free State in South Africa.The combined pressure of studies
and playing cricket affected his performance and he had a poor
outing in the domestic season which led to selectors waiting for
him to come back to his home country.
 He still remains as a vital cog in the core of his team and he
also has two brothers who have played international cricket.
 Who ?

 This company was founded in 1946 by Minoru
Yoneyama as a producer of wooden floats for fishing
nets.The company was later forced out of this market
because of the invention of plastic floats.This led to a
commitment byYoneyama to never again be left
behind by technological advancements.
 It later began to produce its most popular products
with which it is almost eponymous by 1961 and made
revolutionary changes in the products design and
more.
 Which company ?

 This organization was set up on November 10, 1999 at
Laussane, Switzerland.
 The logo of this organization has a green colored equal
symbol on a black square.
 The square shape of the logo background represents the
customs and the rules that define sport.The color black
evokes neutrality and is the traditional color of the referee.
The "equal sign" expresses equity and fairness.The sign is
depicted with a human touch to reflect the individuality of
every athlete.The color green evokes health and nature
and the field of play.
 Which organization ? Image follows.

 Dr. Kenzo Kase developed the _______ ____ in the 1970s
to fill a void in the treatment options that were available at
that time. He was searching for a way to facilitate the
body’s natural healing process and prolong the benefits
of his treatment after his patients left his clinic.Through
his education as a chiropractor, his innate ability to sense
internal pain and dysfunction through the skin and his
creative therapeutic mind, Dr. Kase was able to develop
new methods of treating his diagnoses.
 All this led Dr.Kase to develop a treatment method which
also might have puzzled the minds of sports fans often.
 What ? (Image follows)

 Questions based on popular sport entity
logos or names.
 10 per correct answer.
 Part points applicable.

 Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball
team based from Atlanta, Georgia in the
NBA.
 Their logo has been popularly nicknamed
after its resemblance to something.
 What ?
 Image follows.

 This club was established in 1903 and plays in the Argentine
Primera division.
 It has been a steady force in Argentinian football and has also been
responsible for producing some of the first-class talents to have
played for Argentina such as Gabriel Heinze, Gabriel Batistuta,
Ever Banega, Mauricio Pochettino and more.
 It has been named after a pioneer of football in Argentina and the
second part of the clubs name is said to refer to the graduates of
the school established by the aforementioned person, who were in
fact, players of the club after graduation.
 Which club ?
 Image follows.

 The first part of this teams name stands for
Unilazer SportsVentures, the venture capital
firm of the highly supportive team owner.
 The second part is derived from the goddess
who supposedly guards the region which they
represent.
 Which team name ?

 This part of the name of this popular NBA
team is supposedly said to have been derived
from a popular surname among Dutch
colonists who were predominant in this area,
which attributed this in its old name.
 Which team ?

 The old logo of this NFL team featured a man
of a certain occupation kicking a football atop
the object with which the name of this team
is credited to.
 Which team ?
 Image follows.

 The logo of this football team features an
allusion to the popular myth that the
founders of this city were nursed by a female
member of canis lupus.
 The colors that have been used in the logo
has also been associated with a nickname for
the team which means “Yellow and Reds”.
 Which team ?

 Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball
team based from Atlanta, Georgia in the
NBA.
 Their logo has been popularly nicknamed
after its resemblance to something.
 What ?
 Image follows.

 This club was established in 1903 and plays in the Argentine
Primera division.
 It has been a steady force in Argentinian football and has also been
responsible for producing some of the first-class talents to have
played for Argentina such as Gabriel Heinze, Gabriel Batistuta,
Ever Banega, Mauricio Pochettino and more.
 It has been named after a pioneer of football in Argentina and the
second part of the clubs name is said to refer to the graduates of
the school established by the aforementioned person, who were in
fact, players of the club after graduation.
 Which club ?
 Image follows.

 The first part of this teams name stands for
Unilazer SportsVentures, the venture capital
firm of the highly supportive team owner.
 The second part is derived from the goddess
who supposedly guards the region which they
represent.
 Which team name ?

 This part of the name of this popular NBA
team is supposedly said to have been derived
from a popular surname among Dutch
colonists who were predominant in this area,
which attributed this in its old name.
 Which team ?

 The old logo of this NFL team featured a man
of a certain occupation kicking a football atop
the object with which the name of this team
is credited to.
 Which team ?
 Image follows.

 The logo of this football team features an
allusion to the popular myth that the
founders of this city were nursed by a female
member of canis lupus.
 The colors that have been used in the logo
has also been associated with a nickname for
the team which means “Yellow and Reds”.
 Which team ?

 Anything that is related to the Olympics.
 +10 points for each qn.

 One of the main sponsors of the 2012
Olympics was Adidas who paid over 10
million pounds to get the position.
 Nike incidentally launched the ‘FindYour
Greatness’ ad campaign in the same time
which is a prime example of ambush
marketing.
 What was the ploy used by Nike in these ads ?

 Fred Lorz was a former American long distance
runner. He’s known for his performance in the
marathon at the 1904 Olympics. During the race,
at the 9-mile mark, he got exhausted and wasn’t
in any shape to run. Later, almost miraculously,
he managed to cross the finish line, and was
received by the audience in the stadium as the
victor. After playing along initially, he refused to
be called the winner.
 Why did he refuse his victory ?

 The Milwaukee Athletic Club is a gentlemen’s
club founded in 1882.
 A peculiarity of this club is that it holds an
Olympic medal that too a Gold.
 It won this Gold in the 1904 St.Louis Olympics in
an event that was competed in the Olympics
from 1900 till 1920 and best competitors were
from Scandinavia and the Great Britain.
 What sport ?

 Scienceworks is a museum located in
Melbourne, Australia.
 People visiting this museum among many other
simulations can race against a sportsperson
wearing a skinsuit who in 2000 was responsible
for promoting the fact that her country had
become a tolerant one. (In fact she was an
Aboriginal)
 Against whom can you race at Scienceworks ?

 Premier Group is a manufacturer of sheet
metal and is involved in the metal works of
companies such as Bentley, Jaguar Land
Rover etc.
 What associated with the Olympics did they
create ?

 One of the main sponsors of the 2012 Olympics was
Adidas who paid over 10 million pounds to get the
position.
 Nike incidentally launched the ‘FindYour Greatness’
ad campaign in the same time which is a prime
example of ambush marketing.
 It featured taglines such as “Greatness exists outside
SW19” which emphasizes on their motive behind
these ads.
 What was the ploy used by Nike in these ads ?

 Nike featured athletes from places such as
London in Ohio , Little London in Jamaica,
East London in South Africa and a health club
called London Gym.
 This is to cash in on the “London” tag.

 Fred Lorz was a former American long distance
runner. He’s known for his performance in the
marathon at the 1904 Olympics. During the race,
at the 9-mile mark, he got exhausted and wasn’t
in any shape to run. Later, almost miraculously,
he managed to cross the finish line, and was
received by the audience in the stadium as the
victor. After playing along initially, he refused to
be called the winner.
 Why did he refuse his victory ?

 His manager drove him in his car for the next
eleven miles, before it finally broke down and
Lorz had to get back on his feet.

 The Milwaukee Athletic Club is a gentlemen’s
club founded in 1882.
 A peculiarity of this club is that it holds an
Olympic medal that too a Gold.
 It won this Gold in the 1904 St.Louis Olympics in
an event that was competed in the Olympics
from 1900 till 1920 and best competitors were
from Scandinavia and the Great Britain.
 What sport ?

 Scienceworks is a museum located in
Melbourne, Australia.
 People visiting this museum among many other
simulations can race against a sportsperson
wearing a skinsuit who in 2000 was responsible
for promoting the fact that her country had
become a tolerant one. (In fact she was an
Aboriginal)
 Against whom can you race at Scienceworks ?

 North and South marching as one at the 2000
Sydney Olympics

 Premier Group is a manufacturer of sheet
metal and is involved in the metal works of
companies such as Bentley, Jaguar Land
Rover etc.
 What associated with the Olympics did they
create ?

 So Long Sucker is a board game invented in 1950 by ____
____, Mel Hausner, Lloyd S. Shapley and Martin Shubik.
 It is played as a four-person bargaining/economic
strategy game. Each player begins the game with 7 chips,
and in the course of play, attempts to acquire all the other
players' chips.This requires making agreements with the
other players which are ultimately unenforceable.To win,
players must eventually go back on such agreements.
 Who was the more notable inventor of this game ?
 Image follows.

 “If you stick your head out of the car at 155km/h you
can imagine how that would feel.”
 This was the response made by a spokesperson after a
certain Austrian Manuel Pfister set the fastest speed
in this sport.
 This sport has been included in theWinter Olympics
since 1964 and means “small coasting sled” in
French. It also shares the sameGaullish roots as the
word sled.
 Identify this often confusedWinter Olympic sport.

 Luge

 What has the following painting by Henri
Rousseau been appropriately titled as ?
 Image follows.

 The Football Players

 The following poker hand combination involves
an Ace and a Jack.
 It shares its nickname with a phonetically similar
cleaning brand by Colgate-Palmolive.The
name of this cleaning brand is also synonymous
amongst United fans in the past six months.
 What is the name of this poker hand
combination ?
 Image follows.

 Dean Karnazes is an ultra runner from California
and has achieved numerous feats including
completing a marathon till the South Pole.
 Less notably, he has also completed running
across America for charity once.
 Which culturally popular marathon runner was
he compared to after his less notable feat ?

 Paavo Nurmi was a Finnish middle and long distance
runner, nicknamed “The Flying Finn”, and set 22
official world records at distances between 1500m and
20 kilometres.
 When asked about how he endured the scorching
heat during the 1924 Paris Olympics he remarked
that it was because of the prevalence of a Finnish
tradition, that he was able to endure the heat.
 What Finnish tradition aided him for enduring the
heat ?

Sauna
 SAUNA

 The following poem is byWilliam Ernest
Henley was written as a dedication to Robert
Thomas Hamilton Bruce, and was written by
Henley based on the challenges he faced
after complications arose from tuberculosis
and how tuberculosis did not conquer him.
 What importance does it hold in a sporting
context ?

 The Zambonis are a Connecticut based indie rock
band.
 They write and perform songs based on a particular
sport and are named in deference to an equipment
used in the sport.
 Based on what sport do they make their songs ?
 In the next slide they are seen holding something
highly valued in that sport.What ?
 Image follows.

 Ice Hockey.

 The court number 2 (currently 3) atWimbledon is one
of the main courts and has a capacity of about 3000
people.
 It has seen some of the biggest upsets in tennis
history including the loss of John McEnroe (1979),
Andre Aggassi (1996), Pete Sampras (2002), Serena
Williams (2005) to name a few.
 What nickname has this court achieved due to this
infamy which it shares with the Saratoga Race Course
where prominent horses met with defeat ?