Unfortunately there is not enough information provided to determine X's current assignment. The passage provides details about his early coaching career but does not specify his current role.

1. The Sports Quiz:Prelims
NSIT Quiz Fest ‘15

2. <Mandatory Info Slide>
• This is a Quiz, a Sports Quiz.
• The Prelims comprise of 25 questions.
• The highest scoring top 6 teams make it to the final round.
• Questions 5,10,15,20 and 25 are *marked. They shall be used to
decide the team that qualifies in case of a tie.
• Unsaid rule of every quiz, the Quiz Master is supreme.
“Hell hath no fury like a QM scorned”.

3. Q1.
• The X-Y Trophy in an One Day International cricket series between two countries, named
after two legendary cricketing families from these countries.
• The trophy was contested annually from 2004–05 until 2009–10 as a three- or five-match
series, and as a one-match series during the World Cups in 2010–11 and 2014-15. However, the
tournament is no longer an annual event, as under the ICC Future Tours Programme, the two
sides are not scheduled to meet in a one-day series until the 2016–17 season.
• In 1980, players from both families were involved in a match that featured one of the most
shameful incidents in the history of cricket.
• Name the trophy.

4. Answer
• Chapell-Hadlee trophy.

5. Q2.
• After stunning Sonny Liston as a 22-year-old, Muhammad Ali and Liston scheduled a
rematch, the ending of which is one of the most controversial moments in the history
of boxing.
• In what many have dubbed a ____________, as many in the crowd never saw it,
Liston fell to the canvas in the first round. Though Liston would remain down for
nearly 20 seconds, Ali had refused to go to his corner, and thus, the fight should not
have ended as a knockout.
• Speculation after the fight suggests that Liston may have purposefully taken a fall,
either betting on himself due to money owed the Mafia, or losing out of fear of the
Ali-backing Black Muslims.
• FITB.

6. Phantom punch
Answer

7. Q3.
• Word X comes from the early 19th century
American slang term “____", meaning
anything excellent.
• The Country Club in Atlantic City lay claim
to the first use of the word ‘X'.

8. Answer
• Birdie

9. Q4.
• X (born February 12, 1934) is an American retired professional basketball player. X
played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956
to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a twelve-time All-Star.
• X was the first African American player to achieve superstar status in the NBA. He also served
a three-season (1966–69) stint as player-coach for the Celtics, becoming the first African
American NBA coach. For his accomplishments in the Civil Rights Movement on and off the
court, X was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2011.
• In his memoir Y, X wrote "It stood out, a wall which understanding cannot penetrate. You
are a Negro. You are less. It covered every area. A living, smarting, hurting, smelling, greasy
substance which covered you. A morass to fight from.”
• ID X and Y.

10. ANS
• X- Bill Russell
• Y- Go up for Glory

11. *Q5. Who is this song dedicated to?
• I remember ______
At the US Open
She might have been 16
Couldn’t have been much more
Answering some questions and
giggling
I’d never seen
Someone so alive on TV before
• Do you remember ______
shrieking on her backhand
Disguisng herself when she
went out at night?
Coloring her hair
Like something was telling her
Stay low, invisible
And out of sight
 And then, ____
The ---- came, _____
Like God spitting on you
A ------ in your back
We read it in the paper
And moved on to other things
But for you all the colors
Fade to black
 Was it like being raped?
Was it like being dead?
Like a bad movie over and over again?
Then did everyone who came close to
you
Suddenly hold a ------ in their hand?
 And now, you’re back, ______
Grim and hammering
Trying not to think about that
thing then
I hope that you win every
medal you can win
But it may never be much fun
again

12. Answer
• Monica Seles

13. Q6.
• The Designated Player Rule, nicknamed the ______ Rule, was adopted as part of
the salary cap regulations of Major League Soccer for the 2007 season. The rule
allows each MLS franchise to sign players that would be considered outside of
the team's salary cap (either by offering the player higher wages or by paying a
transfer fee for the player), allowing MLS teams to compete for star players in
the international soccer market. Clubs have the option to use allocation money
against a player’s contract, so as to avoid a player with a Designated Player
level salary using one of the club's Designated Player slots.
• Fill the blank.

14. Answer
• Beckham Rule

15. Q7.
• X made his One Day International debut for New Zealand on 10 January 2009
against the West Indies in Auckland, becoming the first player for his country to
score a century on his one-day debut. X scored back to back unbeaten ODI
centuries against England during Tour of England in 2013. He scored 330 runs in the
3 match ODI series which eventually was a world record for scoring most runs in a
particular 3-match bilateral ODI series. He was also named the man of series.
• At the age 14, X was involved in a crown forklift truck accident and lost three
toes.This fact was revealed to the world by provincial teammate Scott Styris whilst
Styris was commentating on X's ODI debut. This has since earned X the nickname
"Two Toes" within the team.
• Name X.

16. Answer
• Martin Guptill

17. Q8. Id these two (No Part Points)

18. Answer
• Eugenie Bouchard and Maria
Sharapova

19. Q9.
• X is a series of endurance races held on paved road race courses across the United
States. Teams compete in race-prepared cars that cost no more than US$500 (i.e., a
_____) for up to 24 hours; like in folkracing, there is a price limit.
• These races set themselves apart from the typical road race by the unusual penalties
and punishments meted out by judges:
the "Why Am I Upside-Down?" penalty
the Marcel Marceau Memorial "Mime Your Crime" penalty
the "Max Mosley S&M Penalty“
"Mark Sanford 'Cry For Me, Argentina' Memorial Penalty"
• The awards are no less intriguing:
the People's Curse
the Organizers Choice
the Index of Effluency
the Most Heroic Fix
the I Got Screwed

20. Answer
• 24 Hours of LeMons

21. *Q10.
• In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major
European professional cycling stage races: the Tour de France, X and the Y.
• All three races are similar in format being multi-week races with daily
stages. They have a special status in the UCI regulations: more points for
the UCI World Tour are distributed in Grand Tours than in other races and
they are the only stage races allowed to last longer than 14 days.
• The Tour de France is the oldest and most prestigious of all three, and also
the world's most famous cycling race. The X is the second most important
and has occasionally been as popular as the Tour.
• Recently, Vicenzo Nibali became only the sixth man to have won all three,
after he won the Tour De France in 2014.

22. Answer
• X- Giro d’Italia, Y- Vuelta a Espana

23. Q11.
• A mild mannered and gentle person, X is a five-time recipient of the ATP
Sportsmanship Award (1988–90, 1992, and 1995). In recognition of this achievement,
the ATP renamed the award the “X Sportsmanship Award" in 1996. But ironically, X was
indirectly responsible for someone’s death on the tennis court.
• In 1983, X played the US Open boy’s final against Simon Youl. Dick Wertheim was
seated in a folding chair serving as the center service linesman in the match, when X
served an ace that struck Wertheim in the groin with such force it toppled him
backward in his chair. Wertheim's head slammed with great force onto the hard court
surface The blow knocked Wertheim unconscious, and caused bleeding inside his
brain. He was taken to the hospital, but died in a few days.
• Id X, who won 6 Grand Slam singles titles and 3 Grand Slam Doubles titles. He and
John McEnroe remain the only players to have been ranked World No1 in both in
singles and doubles.

24. Answer
• Stefan Edberg

25. Q12.
• X’s commentating contract with Ten Sports was terminated after referring to
South African player Hashim Amla as a "terrorist" on 7 August 2006. When Amla,
who is a Muslim with a full beard, took a catch, X was heard to say "the terrorist
gets another wicket". X made the comment during a commercial break, but the
comment went to air live in South Africa as its broadcast had not been
interrupted. He has since apologised to all concerned.
• In July 2010, X was stripped of his 2007 Father of the Year title after he
admitted that he had a nine-year affair with a flight attendant, and fathered a
son whom he had never seen.
• During the 2011 Indian Premier League, X commented that "RCA should kiss
Warne's feet".

26. Answer
• Dean Jones

27. Q13. Who, to Whom?

28. Answer
• Nico Rosberg, to Sebastien Vettel
Nico: “We know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they don’t come too
close…”
Seb: “Be honest. Do you really hope so? Seriously? You finished 30 secs ahead of us and you hope
it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying?”
Nico:“I hope you can give us a challenge, It’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do
think about the show. Half of me – or part of me – thinks about the show because I want to give
people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would
be awesome for everybody.”
Seb“First suggestion, if you don’t mind, I think your garage becomes public for Malaysia and
everyone can come have a look. No? I’m joking”
Nico: “You can come if you want, we can invite you…”
Seb: “OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come. Engineers’ room? Debrief, I’ll be there.

29. Q14.
• The sleeping giant that is Indian Golf received a major boost recently with the
exploits of X, who won two European tour titles- the Maybank Malaysian Open and
the Indian Open- within the span of a month to catapult way up in the World
Rankings.
• At No. 35 in the world, X is currently two spots ahead of Brandt Snedeker, once
fourth in the world. Barely 27 years old, X is also ranked higher than major winners
like Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner, Webb Simpson — and even golf’s all time
greatest, Tiger Woods. Jeev Milkha Singh is the only Indian who has ever been
ranked higher at 28.
• He has five wins on the Asian Tour as well, but it’s his recent victories have sent him
high enough to for a place in the Masters and the two World Golf Championships. A
spot on the Presidents Cup roster is within reach too.
• X, Runner-up on the Asian Tour last year, is currently leading there and is also
second in the European Tour Race to Dubai standings as well, only behind World No
1 Rory McIllroy.

30. Answer
• Anirban Lahiri

31. *Q15. Connect.

32. Answer
• Only men to win League title in 4 different
countries as coach.
Tomislav Ivic, Giovanni Trappatoni, Ernst
Happel and Jose Mourinho.

33. Q16.
• For decades until the introduction of sponsorship liveries, each country had its
traditional color in automobile racing. Italian race cars are still famous for their
Rosso Corsa red, British ones are British racing green, French Bleu de France blue,
etc.
• X was the name given by the press to Germany's dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto
Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939, and also later applied to
the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954 and 1955.
• In 1934 the international governing body of motor sport prescribed a maximum
weight limit of 750 kg for Grand Prix racing cars, excluding tyres and fuel. In spring
1934, the Mercedes-Benz team placed its new Mercedes-Benz W25 on the
scrutineering scales prior to the Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring, it allegedly recorded
751 kg (1,656 lb). Racing manager Alfred Neubauer and his driver Manfred von
Brauchitsch, had the idea of removing all the white paint from the bodywork. The
resulting appearance of the car led to the nickname X.

34. Answer
• Silver Arrows

35. Q17. Id

36. Answer
• Carlo Ancelloti

37. Q18.
• On the death of X, advertising company Publicis come out with an advert
which had the logo of the company he founded with the words – “See you
later..”
• Id X, a former World No 1 who dominated his sport in the inter-war period
as a part of The Four Musketeers- Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon, and
Henri Cochet and X.

38. Answer
• Rene Lacoste

39. • After X won the 1936 long jump gold medal, German rival Y walked over to his competitor and
hugged him. With Adolf Hitler watching from the grandstand, it was one of the most courageous
acts of empathy and friendship ever witnessed in an Olympic arena.
• Hitler had intended the '36 Games as a showcase for his notions of Aryan supremacy. X‘s victory
was a stiff rebuke of that ideology. Perhaps stiffer still was Y's willingness to embrace the
American champion in plain sight of the Fuhrer.
• X would later say:
"You can melt down all the medals and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on the 24-
karat friendship I felt for Y at that moment. Hitler must have gone crazy watching us embrace.
The sad part of the story is I never saw Y again. He was killed in World War II."
Q19. Id and Y.

40. X - Jesse Owens
Y-Luz Long
Answer

41. • When the Buffalo Braves moved to San Diego in 1978 (after San Diego had lost its Rockets
franchise), team officials were determined to change the team's name, feeling that it
didn't quite fit with its new city.
• A name-the-team contest was held soon after, and Y was the eventual winner. The name
was chosen because San Diego was home to a lot of large sailing ships years ago, many of
which were coined _________.
• The franchise relocated to X in 1984 and opted to keep the Y name.
• On May 27, 2014, Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft, agreed to purchase the team
for $2 billion. To buy the team, Ballmer reportedly beat out other candidates including
Oprah Winfrey, Floyd Mayweather, Magic Johnson, and a group of crowd funders.
Y please.
*Q20.

42. X - Los Angeles
Y - LA Clippers
Answer

43. • X played his first game for the Y, a minor-league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, on April
8, 1994. According to Sports Illustrated, the impact on the team was immediate, with X's
fame fueling uncharacteristically high attendance numbers.
• Although X was not immediately successful at baseball, his career with Y did have some
highlights. X hit his first home run for Y on July 30, 1994, nearly four months after joining
the team. The home run came in X's 354th at-bat.
• X has stated this decision was made to pursue the dream of his late father, who had always
envisioned his son as a Major League Baseball player.
Q21 Id Y

44. X - Michael Jordan
Y - Birmingham Barons
Answer

45. Q22. What is his current assignment?
• In his first major coaching position, head coach of the men's team of HGC, X managed
to save the team from degradation and lead them to a championship final in 2007,
which was credited to his "opportunistic" style of coaching. HGC lost that game to HC
Bloemendaal.
• Despite having limited international experience, X was appointed coach of his country’s
national team in June 2010, after Michel van den Heuvel was let go.The appointment
came as a surprise as X did not have a coaching certificate.
• He caused a controversy in 2012 when he did not select seasoned internationals Taeke
Taekema and Teun de Nooijer (nicknamed "T&T"), the country's best known players and
icons of the sport. He cut the two from the national selection in January 2012,and to
justify his choice criticized them in an interview a few days later, a justification
referred to in the press as "character murder“.
• After a public backlash X apologized to T&T at the end of January and took them back
in March, his credibility having suffered greatly, but cut them again in July.

46. Answer
• Paul Van Ass, new coach of the Indian men’s hockey team

47. Q23.
Variations of the term “Duck” in cricket:
• Players who are dismissed by the first ball they face are said to have been dismissed for a
golden duck. This term is applied uniformly throughout the cricket world. Silver duck and
bronze duck can refer to being dismissed for nought on the second ball and third ball
respectively.
• A batsman who is dismissed without facing a ball (most usually run out from the non-
striker's end, but alternatively stumped or run out off a wide delivery) is said to be out for
a X.
• An opening batsman who is dismissed on the first ball of a team's innings without facing a
ball is said to be out for a Y
• A batsman who is dismissed for a duck concluding the batting team's innings is said to be
out for a Z.
Id X,Y & Z.

48. Answer
• X- Diamond Duck
• Y- Titanium Duck
• Z-Laughing Duck

49. Q24. Id both.
<Video Question>

50. Answer
• Wayne Rooney, knocked out by
Phil Bardsley

51. *Q25. Tribute to?
<Video Question>

52. Answer
• Derek Jeter