Posted by: pranavshetty | December 12, 2011

Sports quiz

Credits to Aditya Gadre for setting these questions

1)Connect :
Indian Gymkhana
Lyon
BSN
Telekom Malaysia
Abhahani Limited
Stuttgart Kickers

2)Two forms of the game, Association and Golf, have rules that are agreed internationally and are played in many countries around the world.

More unusual variations of the game include Mondo, eXtreme, and Bicycle. Unlike most sports, men and women compete and are ranked together in this sport. Which sport?

3)This guy(pic below) got into a number of accidents in his career, but survived all of them. Ironically he died in car crash eleven  years after he retired while driving to go watch the French Grand Prix.

4)This chap played for Portsmouth as a youth and later went on to make a career with Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur.

He was slow on the field and the last match he played for England was the 6-3 thrashing they got at the hands of Hungary in 1953.
Who?

5)On 25th March 1934 , Italy beat Greece 4-0.

What is unique about this match ?

6)In 1989 Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, X’s 147 created a world record. However, like Kapil’s epic 175, unfortunately there is no footage of the accomplishment, because the Doordarshan camera crew covering the event had stepped out for a tea break.

Who?

7)In 2000 John Ian Wang was flown in from his residence in Bucharest to be given a special honour at the Sydney Olympics. This honour was since he suggested an innovation in the Olympic protocol at the 1956 Olympics in order to alleviate tensions during the Cold war era.

What innovation?

8)Friends turned foes.Identify both.

9)Connect

10) Despite his recent lack of sucess, X is one of the most popular players  on the PGA tour. He is known primarily for his “zero to hero” victory in the  1991 PGA Championship and his driving distance off the tee, where he  consistently hits 350+ yards. He claims to have hit the ball 806 yards. It  is said that, weather permitting, he is the only player in the world who can  hit across the English Channel. Who?


Responses

  1. 1)Dhanraj Pillay
    2)Croquet
    3)Giusseppe Farina
    4)Alf Ransey
    5)Only WC Qualifier till date for a host country
    6)geet sethi
    7)All athletes entering the closing ceremony
    8)Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
    9)Charles Bannerman(Aus),David Houton(Zim),Animul Islam(Ban)–First Test hundreds for their respective countries
    10)John Daly


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