The Sports Quiz (Prelims) at the NSIT Quiz Fest 2016, conducted by the NSIT Quiz Club.

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The Sports Quiz- Prelims
The NSIT Quiz Fest 2016

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<Mandatory Info Slide>
• 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”.

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Q1.
• With his recent career decision, this Indian athlete has been
put under the care of Francis Warren, who is well known in
the circuit for producing talents like Dereck Chisora, Amir
Khan and Ricky Hatton.
• After 3 successful encounters, He is scheduled to face his
next opponent on 12th March in Liverpool.
• He states that the driving force behind the career decision
was 'the challenge of scaling a new height' rather than the
enviable sums of money which successful members of this
profession often receive.
• Who and what career decision?

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Answer
• Vijender
Singh
• His decision
to turn
professional

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Q2. Id X.
• X was invented by Y. It was essentially a very short form of
test cricket, with each team permitted two innings, but a
maximum of only 10 overs for each innings. X is said to have
been the inspiration for the modern T20 game.
• The field would be marked with trapezoidal “_____" zones,
one at each end of the field, beginning 60 metres from the
striker's wicket, where the trapezoid would be 40 metres wide,
and extending to the boundary, where the trapezoid would be
50 metres wide. Any ball hit into the ____ zone would double
the number of runs scored from that ball, whether by running
between the wickets, or a boundary four or six. Fielders may
not be in the ___ zone as the ball is bowled.
• Following one of his landmark achievements, Y is said to have
quipped: “It’s a bit like climbing Everest and pulling a
hamstring in the last stride.”

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• Cricket Max, Martin Crowe

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Q3. FITB
This was the announcement following something iconic.
“Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of event 9, the one
mile: 1st, No. 41, _________, Amateur Athletic Association and
formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, with a time
which is a new meeting and track record, and which – subject to
ratification – will be a new English Native, British National, All-
Comers, European, British Empire, and World Record. The time
was 3…”

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Answer
• Roger Bannister, 4 minute mile

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Q4. What term?
• The term is believed to come from the military "beware
before", which an artilleryman about to fire would yell alerting
nearby infantrymen to drop to the ground to avoid the shells
overhead.
• Another possible explanation comes from the fact that
because the balls they used were expensive, players
employed “____caddies" to stand where they might land and
reduce the number of lost balls, as is done in tournaments
today. The term was used to call out to them.

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• “Fore”, used as a warning cry to people in
front of a golf stroke

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*Q5.
• X was one of the world's fastest swimmers in the
1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals for swimming
and one bronze medal for water polo. He won fifty-two
U.S. National Championships, set more than fifty world
records (spread over both freestyle and
backstroke),and was purportedly undefeated in official
competition for the entirety of his competitive career.
• After retiring from competitions, he became the sixth
actor to portray Edgar Rice Burroughs's ape man,
Tarzan, a role he played in twelve motion pictures.
• Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but X
is by far the best known. His character's distinctive
Tarzan yell is still often used in films.

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Answer
• Johnny Weissmuller

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Q6
This is Michael Antonio’s goal celebration vs Sunderland in West
Ham’s 1-0 win on 27th Feb 2016. What inspired this/what was he
trying to copy?
<Video on next slide>

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• Homer from “The Simpsons”, spinning on
his shoulder

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Q7.
• One of tennis’s iconic rivalries, X and Y were the two
dominant women's players in the early 1990s. X had been No.
1 from 1987 to 1990, and Y was No. 1 in 1991 and 1992.
They were at their peaks in 1992 and 1993, meeting in the
finals in three of four consecutive Grand Slam tournaments:
the 1992 French Open, 1992 Wimbledon and 1993 Australian
Open. Y won the 1992 U.S. Open in the fourth major in that
span when X was upset in the quarterfinals.
• Tragically, it was this intense rivalry that led to an
incident(aimed to help restore X’s world no 1 ranking) that
disrupted Y’s career prematurely in 1993.
• Following the incident, Y did not play a match for two-and-a-
half years and won just one more Grand Slam title in her
career, the 1996 Australian Open.

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• Steffi Graf and Monica Seles

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Q8.
Who is being parodied here?

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Ryan Lochte

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Q9. In honour of?

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• Kobe Bryant

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*Q10.
Reactions to something:
• Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim said it might give one of them
a tremendous self esteem boost, and crippling depression for
the other
• A sports surgeon said the players had risked dehydration,
hyperthermia, and kidney damage, and that they might suffer
"some sort of injury or persistent problem over the next six
months [...] shoulder problems, tendonitis, and recurrent knee
problems", as well as the inability to "get into a groove"
mentally for up to a year.
• Here’s what one of them had to say after getting eliminated
one round later- "I'll watch sports, I'll take in the World Cup, I'll
go fishing, I'll do whatever. Just anything away from the
________"

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Answer
• John Isner vs Nicholas Mahut

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Q11.
• In January 1995, an away match against Crystal Palace, X was
sent off by the referee for a kick on Palace defender Richard Shaw
after Shaw had pulled his shirt. As he was walking towards the
tunnel, X launched a 'kung-fu' style kick into the crowd, directed at
Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons, a fan who had run down 11
rows of stairs to confront and shout abuse at him. X followed the
infamous kick with a series of punches.
• As well as the inevitable disciplinary action from his club and the
Football Association, X was also faced with a criminal charge of
assault. At a press conference called later, X gave what is perhaps
his most famous quotation. X said, in a slow and deliberate manner:
“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think
sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much.”
• X was banned by his team from first team football for the rest of the
season.

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Eric Cantona

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Q12.
X, who recently entered popular consciousness, and Y, who has
been in the eye of a storm for a while, share many similarities:
• Both were raised in the same Swiss valley, only 10 km from
each other
• Both were modest amateur footballers
• Both speak the same five languages.
• Each went to university in and then began their careers in the
French-speaking part of Switzerland.
Obviously, X is keen to shift the spotlight away from the common
ground he shares with Y. He said “X is X, Y is Y. Y marked an era
in _____. I hope that I will characterise a new era in ______. "

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X- Gianni Infantino
Y-Sepp Blatter

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Q13.
• The idea for X originated in 1977. Thierry Sabine, a French
wrangler, got lost on his motorcycle in the Libyan desert.
"Rescued from the sands" in extremis, he returned to France
defeated by these dreamlike landscapes. He then promised
himself that he would share this discovery with as many as
possible and lived for a single goal: take a maximum number
of people into the immensity of this sand.
• X witnessed 182 participants in it’s first year, with only 72
surviving till the finish in ______.
• Security threats led to the cancellation of the 2008 edition,
since when X has been shifted to another continent.

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Answer
• The Dakar Rally

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Q14. Examples of what?
• 1. "So I'm ugly. I never saw
anyone hit with his face."
• 2. "We made too many
wrong mistakes."
• 3. "You can observe a lot just
by watching."
• 4. "If you can’t imitate
him, don’t copy him."
• 5. "When you come to a fork
in the road, take it."
• 6. "It ain’t over ’til it’s over."
• 7. "I didn’t really say
everything I said."
• 8. "The future ain’t what it
used to be."
• 9. "Pair up in threes."
• 10. "If the world were perfect, it
wouldn’t be."
• 11. "It’s deja vu all over again."
• 12. "I usually take a two hour nap
from one to four."
• 13. "In baseball, you don't know
nothing."
• 14. "90 percent of this game is
half mental."
• 15. "It gets late early out here."

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• Yogisms, the colourful, disjointed
sayings attributed to Yogi Berra,
legendary New York Yankees baseball
player

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*Q15.
• The Chicago Bulls drafted X in the 1984 NBA Draft as the
208th overall pick, although he had played neither high school
nor college basketball. X never played in the NBA.
• Similarly, though he did not play football in college, X was
drafted as a wide receiver in the 12th round of the 1984 NFL
Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. He never played in the NFL.
• Id X, who, despite gaining widespread glory, experienced a
complicated relationship with the press and public due to
perceived arrogance. In 2003 X had to admit that he had
tested positive for banned substances. In acknowledging the
revelations, however, X was far from contrite.
"It's ridiculous," he said. "Who cares? I did 18 years of
_________ and I've been retired for five years, and they're still
talking about me, so I guess I still have it."

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Carl Lewis

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Q16.
Two questions, one
Eagle. Id X,Y,W,Z
• Kayla is an American
bald eagle, who has
been the mascot of
football club X since
2010 and flies around
the ground before
kick-off at every
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• Kayla has also featured on the
cover art for a 2008 album by
Z, a American rock band from
Nashville, Tennessee.
Many have wondered what the
title of one of the band’s most
famous songs, W, really
means, with many opting for
‘burning venereal disease.’

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Answer
• Crystal Palace, Selhurst Park, Kings of
Leon, Sex on Fire.

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Q17.
• X is a variant of chess invented and advocated by former
World Chess Champion Y. It employs the same board and
pieces as standard chess; however, the starting position of
the pieces on the players' home ranks is randomized.
• At the same time, X introduces restrictions on the
randomization. The result is ___ unique possible starting
positions, from which the name X is derived.
• Y's goal was to eliminate what he considered the complete
dominance of openings preparation in chess at that time,
replacing it with creativity and talent. His paranoiac belief
about all international games being fixed also provided
motivation.

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Chess 960, Bobby Fischer

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Q18.
• Major League Baseball balls undergo _______________ in
order to remove the sheen off a new ball. This practice has
been going on for quite some times, after an errant pitch due
to the slippery texture of a new ball killed a batter in the
1920s.
• The material required for this process comes from an
undisclosed place along the banks of the Delaware River, as it
has 'the perfect texture' for the process.

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Rubbing with mud to get them 'dirty'

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Q19.
• Each X is crafted from recycled aluminium and resin completed by a
satin finish weighing between 1kg and 1.5 kg, the X stands at 63.5cm
high, when contracted, and 69 cm when expanded. The overall
triangular form of the shaft alludes to the ________ values of
excellence, friendship and respect, while the floating effect of its
different parts is meant to reflect the sportive efforts of the athletes.
• A breakdown of the segments is what defines it the most ,sees the
peak of the X representing the sun, rendered in a golden color, natural
beauty is projected in green curves, reflecting its numerous hills and
valleys; the sea is expressed by blue organic and fluid ripples, and the
ground, is symbolized by the copacabana promenade, the most
famous piece of land in ___.
• What are we talking about?

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*Q20 Connect

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Players to play
ODI cricket for
two countries

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Q21. Funda?

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• In 2004, Rory McIllroy’s’s dad bet that his
son would win the British Open within the
next 10 years.

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Q22.
• X has its speculated origins in the Atlanta hip-hop scene. There is
also speculation that the dance originated from _________, an action
taken where someone snorts cocaine from their elbow while acting
like they are sneezing. X has gained popularity as a sports
celebration. It was also done on above dates by popular sports stars:
• October 5, 2015: LeBron James during a preseason game.
• October 12, 2015: Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo
Russell performed a "double X" during a game.
• January 10, 2016: Paul Pogba after scoring
for Juventus against Sampdoria in the Serie A.
• January 12, 2016: Jesse Lingard after scoring for Manchester
United against Newcastle United in the Premier League.
• January 19, 2016: Victoria Azarenka after defeating Alison Van
Uytvanck 6–0, 6–0 in the first round of the Australian Open.
• Id X.

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• Dabbing or Dabs.

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Q23.
• As a player X won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973
and 1974. He was one of the most famous exponents of the
football philosophy known as total football , a system where a
player who moves out of his position is replaced by another
from his team, thus allowing the team to retain their intended
organizational structure.
Regarded to be one of the greatest players in football history,
X led the Netherlands to the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup
and received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament.
Recently X’s name surfaced again during a match involving one
of his former teams and Celta Vigo on February 15. Why?

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• X-Johan Cruyff, Cruyff penalty (Messi and
Suarez)

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Q24.
• Sumo Wrestler Sho Hakuho this month used adorably named
technique nekodamashi or “deceiving cat” twice in one match
to win a bout which essentially is a cheap way to victory.
• Nekodomashi is a simple albeit effective technique, which is
used by a wrestler, at the start of the bout in order to distract
or surprise the opponent.
• The technique is risky , as an error can expose the wrestler to
an attack from his opponent.
So, what does the wrestler do, in this move, so as to surprise his
opponent?

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• Clap the Hands 

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*Q25
• X made his debut for India in the junior team during India's
2003-04 tour of Poland. He made his senior debut against
Pakistan in 2006.
• X is a Deputy Superintendent Police Officer with the Haryana
Police
• In 2010, he was included in the 18-men FIH All-Star team.
Following X impressive showing at the 2013 Asia Cup, he was
signed by the Dutch club, HC Bloemendaal as a replacement to
Teun de Nooijer.
• X became the highest-paid marquee player at the inaugural
Hockey India League and awarded the 'Player of the
Tournament.
• Recently X came in news all for the wrong reasons.Id X.

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• Sardar Singh