5 rounds1.DRY ROUND2.CRICKET ROUND3.FOOTY ROUND4.TENNIS ROUND5.CONNECT ROUND.

RULESFINITE POUNCE21 QUESTIONS+10/-10 FOR BLIND SHOT+5 FOR PASSED QUESTIONS

Q1.

The following is an excerpt from an article published on April 1, 2011:“Sir Alex Ferguson is a huge admirer of X. He says, “X will certainly have a positive impact on Van Der Saar’s successor. Goalkeepers often find themselves in similar situation where they’ve to guess the path of the ball, use their footwork and agility. Hence, X will be of immense help to the Manchester United team as a Goalkeeping advisor.”

ID X

Answer

Q2.

The Lanterne Rouge is a distinction offered in Cycling, most notably the Tour de France. The phrase comes from the French, for “Red Lantern” and refers to the red lantern hung on the carboose of a railway train, which conductors would look for in order to make sure none of the couplings were disconnected. Who is this special distinction offered to?

Answer

It is offered to the rider who finishes last, rather than dropping out along the way

Q3

"X" comes from a Greek word , a measure of length equalling approximately 200 metres. The oldest known X is the one in Olympia, in the western Peloponnese, Greece, where the Olympic Games of antiquity were held since 776 BC.

Initially 'the Games' consisted of a single event, a sprint along the length of the X. Therefore the length of Olympia's X became somewhat of a standard measure of distance.

The current connotation of X is however, different. X?

Answer

Stadium

Q4

Aryton Senna’s,who died in tragic F1 crash,funeral was a star studded affair - with celebrities, politicians and sportsman from all over the world attending. Two notable absentees were Ecclestone and Mosley. Ecclestone did not attend as he was not invited. What was Mosley’s reason for not attending?

Answer

He went to Roland Ratzenberger’s funeral

Q5

In a grand ceremony on July 24th 2009, this entity launched his new logo - an Ashok chakra made of something intimately connected with the sport. The logo is supposed to mix India's rich cultural heritage with a clean and contemporary presentation. Logo of what?

Answer

Hockey India

Q6

X is a sport in which competitors race while holding a weight. The objective is for the competitors to carry the weight through a special obstacle track in the fastest time. The sport was first introduced at Sonkajärvi, Finland.

Several types of carry may be practised: piggyback, fireman's carry (over the shoulder), or Estonian-style (the weight hangs upside-down gripping the runner's waist).

One of the official rules : " All participants must have fun"

Major X competitions are held in Sonkajärvi, Finland (where the prize depends on the weight's value in beer); Monona, Wisconsin; Minocqua, Wisconsin; and Marquette, Michigan.

Answer

Q7

The sport was popular in ancient times in India, China, Persia, and other Eastern countries and was introduced into Greece in the time of Themistocles (c. 524–460 BC). For a long time the Romans affected to despise this "Greek diversion," but they ended up adopting it so enthusiastically that the agricultural writer Columella (1st century AD) complained that its devotees often spent their whole patrimony in betting at the side of the pit.

The 2011 Tamil film Aadukalam starring Dhanush revolves around the practice of this sport in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Answer

Cockfighting.

AUDIENCE

The exact origins of the use of a X to end races are lost in history, although there are many theories. A possible though unlikely theory is that horse races during the early days of the settlement of the American Midwest were followed by large public meals and that to signal that the meals were ready and racing should come to an end, a __________ tablecloth was waved.

Another origin theory claim is that the X's earliest known use was for 19th century bicycle races in France. A more likely explanation is that a high-contrast flag would be more conspicuous against the background of a crowd, especially when early races were run on dirt tracks.

The earliest known photographic record of a X being used in a race was from Long Island, New York in 1904 at the inaugural Vanderbilt Cup race.

X?

Chequered Flag

AUDIENCE

8-bit Football’s tribute to which (ocassional) FC Echichens footballer, horse rider and by the looks of it amatuer skier

Answer

Michael Schumacher

Q8

X was born on April 6, 1946. He was the only child to a Roman Catholic, Italian-American family.

Unable to live on the small pay of club fights, and being unable to find work anywhere else, X got a job as an collector for Tony Gazzo, the local loan shark, just to make ends meet.

Answer

Q9

Daniel Baumat, representing Omega received an order from FIG, an international sporting body for a set of a scoreboards before a 1976 event. Baumat asked FIG officials if they wanted what Omega had or a board with enhanced capability so as to satisfy a theoretical concept. He was told by the FIG officials that there was no scope of this concept manifesting, so they would take what Omega already had.

But how were the FIG officials proved wrong and humiliated later?

Answer

Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10 in gymnastics in Montreal Olympics

Q10

X is a variety of bowling popular in parts of Europe, Australia and the United States. It is the precursor of modern day versions like ten-pin bowling and five-pin bowling. The objective of the game is to use the ball to knock over the Xs, either specific ones or all of them, depending upon the variant of Xs. The game is traditionally played on a lawn, but can also be played indoors in a bowling alley. The word X, however, is more popular to us in a cricketing context.

(pic if noone objects)

Answer

SkittleSkittle out – To dismiss the opposition

cheaply

Q11Why all the caps/hats on the floor??

Answer

In both field hockey and ice hockey, a hat trick culminates with fans throwing hats onto the ice from the stands.

Q12.

Fox Sports had the following headline after Hamid Soryan won a gold medal in the Greco-Roman wrestling event at the 2012 London Olympics.

 Why did it attract reactions from various sections of the media ?

Answer

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq whereas Soryan is from Iran

Q13

There is no specific time and place in history to define the origin of X. The origin of the game in India has strong archaeological roots going back at least to the 12th century AD in the State of Orissa. The famous Sun Temple of Konark has a stone relief on the west wing of the structure clearly showing the game of X in progress.

X was part of Olympics from 1900 to 1920.Id X

Answer

Tug of war

Q14

Which competition, that was aired in 2013 saw the two contestants (Say X and Y) outdo each other in what was termed “The ______ Shootout” across various locations in Russia,China,Maldives,CapeTown, Tanzania, LA and finally ending in Istanbul. ??

Answers

Selfie Shootout

Audience

The 2012 London Olympics was scheduled to take

place from 27 July to 12 August in order tocoincide with the British Summer holidays.However, certain sections of the world opposed strongly to the schedule due to acertain problem. Which sections and why?

Answer

It coincides with the month of Ramzan

AUDIENCE

This is “Who Dey”,the mascot of an American Football Team.Which team?

Answer

Cincinnati Bengals

Q15

The 1963 Army-Navy American college football rivalry game was originally to be played on Nov 30th but because of President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22nd the game was rescheduled to Dec 7th . The match ended with the Army Quarterback, Rollie Stichweh’s touchdown in the fourth quarter of their 21-15 loss. This touchdown was remarkable for the announcer Lindsey Nelson stating to the television viewers, “Ladies and gentlemen, Army did not score again!”.

Why did he say this?

Answer

The first ever use of Instant Replay for Television

Q16

The Haka has always been the USP of the NewZealand rugby team prior to their match.But in 1905,when the Kiwis were on a tour against Welsh,after their Haka performance,the Welsh decided to give a response of their own.

What did the Welsh do that was so significant?

Answer

The Welsh team (as well as the home crowd) led by Teddy Morgan started singing their national anthem, ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’ in response.It became the first national anthem to be sung at the start of a sporting event

Q17

ID the two sides playing

Answer

Real Madrid and Regal Barcelona

Q18

For the 2014 games in Sochi, 100,000 free Xs were provided by the IOC for the 6,000 athletes in attendance (a rough average of about 16 Xsper athlete); for the 2012 games in London, 150,000.

Despite seemingly large numbers, several instances have occurred where smaller orders have resulted in shortages. Sydney famously only provided 70,000 Xs but ran out, discovering the need to order 20,000 more.

What is X?

Answer

Condoms

Q19

Lines spoken by X before his life’s greatest moments

“I wish you could see what I can see”“Sometimes you have to be up really high to

understand how small you are”“I am coming home now”

What happened next which resulted in history?

Answer

Felix Baumgartner’s record skydive.

Q20

The traditional, and still most popular technique of X is to stick a garden fork in the ground, and hit it with a stick. The consequent vibrations bring targets to the surface where they are collected by an assistant, known in competitive circles as a ghillie.

But the sport is rapidly evolving, with new methods emerging all the time.

A notable use of cricket stumps,was made in X championships, which they clobber with a bat.

Rod Trott, 68, from Cheshire was bent over a xylophone played with bottles for extra effect. Some techniques, while strictly legal, have proved controversial.

One involved sticking knitting needles into the ground, which critics claimed was dangerous.”

What is being talked about?

Answer

Worm-charming, or worm-calling

Q21

He won his gold medal in 1996 Olympics in the heavyweight (90– 100 kg; 198–220 lb.) weight class despite his injury, defeating the Iranian Abbas Jadidi by officials' decision after the competitors wrestled to an eight minute, one-one draw. The bout saw Jadidi earn a point after two minutes and 46 seconds by turning him, and he earning a point of his own with a takedown after three minutes and eleven seconds. The officials' decision was protested by Jadidi. He dedicated the victory to Schultz's honour (his murdered coach’s honour) Who? 

Answer

AUDIENCE

ANSWER

VUVUZELA

ROUND 2

RULESONLY POUNCE12 QUESTIONS+10/-10IF NO ONE POUNCES FOR CONSECUTIVE

3 QUESTIONS,ALL GET A -10.

Q1.

Amongst ICC sanctioned tests, which team has the lowest win percentage in all test matches played?

Answer

ICC World Test Team.

Q2

OBLIGATORY “GOD” QUESTION

After scoring his maiden test ton in Old Trafford, Manchester, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded his first MoM Award. The person who presented him with the award though was arrested the very next day. What was the reason?

Answer

Sachin was a minor at the time. The MoM award required handing over the customary bottle of champagne. The poor gentleman was arrested on charges of handing alcohol to a minor.

Q3.

Australian ex-test cricketer Mike Whitney said in his famous interview,"I'm the only cricketer to take a hat-trick with 2 balls." Why did he say so?

Answer

His wife gave birth to triplets.#Publicity question for the ADULT

QUIZ(STRICTLY 18+)

Q4

This is a picture of the highest cricket match to have ever been played. It was at the

Everest Base Camp at a height of 5,165m. Team X vs. Team Y.

Give X and Y

Answer

Team Tenzing VS Team Hillary.

Q5

The term is thought to derive from the 18th and 19th century slang term "to pull Yorkshire" on a person meaning to trick or deceive them. The origin of the term was once debated on the BBC radio programme Test Match Special, but to no avail.

The only conclusion from the commentary team was "What else would you call it?".

What is the term ?

Answer

Yorker

Q6

X became the first professional player to feature on the cover page of gay magazine Attitude when he posed nude for October’s issue of the magazine.

He went on to add : "There's a perception of lots of committees and old men being quite prim and proper, but I think the game is moving with the times. From my point of view, I think doing this could be fantastic for cricket. Hopefully this will attract a new sort of fan. If there are any gay cricketers, they should feel confident enough to come out, because I don't think there is homophobia in cricket. Cricket fans are generally there to watch the game and support their team.“

X?

Answer

Q7

The first recorded instance of the term “____" being used was to describe E. King Gill and his actions in Dallas on 2 January 1922, at the Dixie Classic, the forerunner of the Cotton Bowl Classic. Texas A&M played defending national champion Centre College in the first post-season game in the southwest. In this hard fought game, which produced national publicity, an underdog Aggie team was slowly but surely defeating a team which boasted three All-Americans. Unfortunately, the first half produced so many injuries for A&M that Coach D. X. Bible feared he wouldn’t have enough men to finish the game, so, he called into the Aggie section of the stands for E. King Gill, a reserve who had left football after the regular season to play basketball. Gill, who was spotting players for reporters at the time and was not in football uniform, willingly volunteered. When the game ended with an A&M victory, 22–14, E. King Gill was the only man left standing on the sidelines for the Aggies. Gill later said, "I wish I could say that I went in and ran for the winning touchdown, but I did not. I simply stood by in case my team needed me. "Although he did not actually play in the game, his readiness to play was noted. 

Answer

12th man

Q8

Where you find these lines “YATRA PRATIBHA AVSARA PRAPNOTITHI” which means “where talent meets opportunity”?

Answer

IPL Trophy.

Q9.

In 1956 when he was ten, Richard Stokes was taken by his father to the Ashes Test at Old Trafford, and watched history in the making. "I cannot recall all the dismissals," he said, "but I can tell you the crowd was really excited and there was a lot of noise." In 1999, while working in India, businessman Stokes strolled to watch a Test match between India and Pakistan in Delhi - and endured an even noisier day conpared to Old Trafford.

What did he watch on both ocassions?

Answer

X-JIM LAKER TAKING 10 WICKETS AGAINST ENGLAND

Y- ANIL KUMBLE TAKING 10 WICKETS AGAINST PAKISTAN

Q10Slogan during 2010 Australia tour of

Newzealand.Why?

Answer

Michael Clarke missed a test match to basically break up with his girl friend Lara Bingle.

Lara Bingle’s claim to fame is a series of ads for Tourism Australia called So Where the bloody hell are you?

Bonus for all in next slide

Q11

Brett Lee was once briefly nicknamed ‘X’ by former Australian captain and New South Wales teammate Steve Waugh during his early international career. During an ODI around 2000, Brett Lee was in the batting order behind his brother Shane and Ian Harvey. When Waugh read out the batting order, he jockingly referred Brett as X ,thereby providing him “noterierty”.

Quite workable.. JUST THINK

Answer

OswaldWhen Waugh read out the batting order,

instead of reading "Lee, Harvey, Lee", he read out "Lee, Harvey, Oswald"

Q12

"Perhaps may be because of you... But Cricket to me... Dear Sachin, is no more a game.. But a poem.. A lyrical poem!"- this is the only english poem written by a noted Marathi literary person and poet. Id the poet.

Answer

Ramesh Tendulkar,SRT’s father.

AUDIENCE

A few contemporaries of Sir Don Bradman gathered somewhere in Sydney on the 4th of August 2008 to celebrate the legendary batsman's birth centenary - a good 23 days before his actual birth centenary day i.e 27th of August 2008. Why was that particular date chosen and not his actual birthday?

Answer

As a tribute to his LEGENDARY test average of 99.94,they celebrated his 99.94th birthday,which came 23 days before 100th birthday.

AUDIENCE QUESTION

104101 610214 616606 0610066 6666610 144116 was the sequence of something historic. WHAT?

Answer

Corey Anderson’s fastest ODI Century

ROUND THREE

RULESONLY POUNCE.10 QUESTIONS+10/-10IF NOONE POUNCES FOR CONSECUTIVE

3 QUESTIONS,ALL GET -10.LET THE GOALING BEGIN!!!

AUDIENCE QUESTION

In his youth he used to play football. At age 12, he played under-14 football for Warwickshire. He suffered several injuries in his football career. In 1984, he had a trial with Rangers F.C., a football club based in Glasgow. However, his football career was short lived, and interest grew towards ‘other areas’ by age 19. Today, he is known throughout the world for his achievements in these ‘other areas’. ID X.

GORDON RAMSAY

AUDIENCE

Z is a portmanteau of the words X which means football and Y which means Ecology. The name Z was chosen over the names Amijubi (Amizade - Friendship and Júbilo - Joy) and Zuzeco (Azul - Blue and Ecologia - Ecology) by more than 1.7 million football fans. The mascot, with its message of environmental concerns, the ecology and the sport turned out to be very popular with football teams around the world.

Answer

Fuleco. FIFA 2014 RIO mascot.

Q1.

X arrived at London with the aim of buying Y as he was a huge fan of Y. The management at Y though declined after repeated advances by X, and with his 10 day visa permit fast coming to an end, he ended up buying Z. And thus came about one of the most important takeovers in sporting history. ID X,Y, and Z.

Answer

X-Roman Abramovich

Y- Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Z- Chelsea F.C.

Q2

This is the Slovenia National team away jersey that debuted at WC 2010.

What nickname was given to the team’s kit due to its similarities to the attire sported by a fictional character?

Answer

Charlie Brown(Protaganist of “Peanuts”)

Q3

On the 29th of Nov 2009, The Independent carried a story with the headline - ______, Woods, Federer: The curse of Gillette. This was a nod in the direction of the infamous curse associated with the brand wherein sports stars related to the brand got into trouble. In Nov 2009, Tiger Woods crashed his car following an argument with his wife and Roger Federer was knocked out of the ATP World Tour semi-finals by 6th seeded Nikolay Davydenko.

Who and what incident?

Answer

Q4

The name of the place on the right is inspired by the place on the left. It is

owned by an English footballer. Id both.

Answer

Beckingham Palace inspired from Buckingham Palace.

Q5

The first ever International football match between France and Nigeria happened at St. Etienne in June 2009 and ended in a 1-0 victory for the Nigerians thanks to a Joseph Akpala strike. The match, however, is more notable for a special tribute by the French football team to mark the 200th birth anniversary of a Frenchman known worldwide for something he devised in 1825 (which was a modification of an idea originally developed by Charles Barbier in response to a demand by Napoleon).

Who? How did the French team pay their tributes?

Answer

Q6.The is Memorial of the Aranycsapat in Szeged,Hungary. To whom is this dedicated to?

5

Answer

The Golden Team aka. The Magical Magyars of Hungary

World Record: (June 4, 1950 to Feb 19 1956) 42 victories, 7 draws, 1 defeat ("Miracle of Berne") - 91.0% winning percentage ratio.

World Record: most consecutive games scoring at least one goal: 73 games (April 10, 1949 to June 16, 1957).

World Record: longest time undefeated in 20th and 21st centuries: 4 years 1 month (June 4, 1950 to July 4, 1954).

World Record: most collaborative goals scored between two starting players (Ferenc Puskás & Sándor Kocsis) on same national side (159 goals).

Q7.

David Haroldsen says the placement "authentically tells the story of who we are rather than just being another brand that is visible with all the others that exist. We believed we would have more value with the symbolic placement with occasional pop-up moments within the game.“

What is being told about?

Answer

Q8.

Answer

The advertisement banner depicting an all German final of the Champions League 2013 between Bayern Munich and Borrusia Dortmund,who eliminated Barca and Real Madrid in semis.

Q9

The Allianz Arena stadium in Munich,Germany is famous for different colours of stadium when different teams are playing. RED for Bayern Munichn ,BLUE for 1860 Munich and WHITE for Germany national team.But from June 30,2013 ,10PM to July1,2013,2 AM it was lit in entirely different “mixed” colours.WHY?

(pic in next slide if no one objects)

Answer

Induction of Croatia in the EUROPEAN UNION

Q10

ANSWER

ROUND4

RULESONLY POUNCE.9 QUESTIONS+10/-10IF NO ONE POUNCES FOR CONSECUTIVE

3 QUESTIONS,ALL GET -10.

Q1.What do these marks on Federer’s shoes represent which he wore in 2011?

Answer

5 US open , 4 Australian open,6 Wimbeldon and 1 French open wins!!

Q2

What is this a list of? ID X.Richey RenebergNicolás PereiraThomas EnqvistRenzo FurlanXFernando Meligeni

Answer

Leander Paes’ opponents on his way to Bronze at Atlanta Olympics

X is Andre Agassi

Q3

X is a system of slow-motion cameras developed by FastCAM Replay LLC and DEL Imaging Systems LLC used during Tennis matches to replay close or controversial line calls. The system is named after YZ, who was infamous for contesting umpire calls.CBS was the first network to use the X widely as YZ was one of theit tennis expert analyst.

Gimme X/YZ.

Answer

McCam named after John McEnroe

Q4

Which duo promoted this?

Answer

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam ul Haq

Q5

X’s popularity has expanded and entered into Texas Hold’em Poker jargon. If a player has an ace and king as hole cards, it is referred to as X. One reason is the common initials the hand shares with X, but the more funnier reason is that the hand has the reputation of not playing well. It is thus said that an X hand, “looks really good, but rarely wins.” ID X.

Answer

Anna Kournikova(AK).

Q6

Velodrome Palma, in Palma de Mallorca in Balearic Islands, Spain. Its main function is hosting indoor track cycling races on a banked track. But it was the witness of an epic match.

One is the king of X, the other the king of Y. This 2007 faceoff was to decide who is the king of both. Both adapted well and changed shoes between games. The Y fellow eventually won.

Gimee X and Y matching to their respective persons.

For Bonus 5, Name this series of matches. PIC IN NEXT SLIDE

Answer

Grass Vs Clay ,Battle of Surfaces

Q7

Popular legend has it that King George V introduced this tradition. But the tradition actually dates from around the time of the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877, according to Audrey Snell, a librarian at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. “Something and tennis”, she said, “both signals the arrival of summer”.

What is this tradition ?

Answer

Giving strawberries and cream to spectators. Wimbledon’s signature snack.

Q8

Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and the William sisters gathered to play the “Krusty Kharity Klassic” on February 11, 2001. After much debate, Serena paired up with Sampras while Venus paired up with Agassi. But funnily enough, no one quite knows who actually won that tournament.What is so unique about this event?

Answer

“The Simpsons, Tennis the Menace” episode.

Q9.

Answer

Tweener or Hot dog.

AUDIENCE

Launched last summer in 15 varieties, mostly in the shape of mini tennis balls, the candy sells for 5.99$ and was on sale at a 1$ discount during the US Open. X even contemplated briefly changing her name in order to promote the line, before deciding otherwise. ID X

Answer

AUDIENCE

Apart from Tennis, which is the only other sport allowed to be played on the Wimbledon Courts?

Answer

Croquet

THE FINAL LAP

RULESONLY POUNCEQUESTIONS+20/-10

Q1.

Answer

These all are under par scores of golf.

OSTRICH - 5 under parPHOENIX- 6 under par CONDOR- 4 under par ALBATROSS- 3 under par EAGLE- 2 under par

Q2.

Answer

INDIAN BADMINTON LEAGUEBanga BeatsHyderabad HotshotsDelhi SmashersMumbai MastersPune PistonsAwadhe Warriors

Q3

Answer

Cricket graphsManhattan,heartbeat,worm and wagon

wheel.

Q4

Answer

Aircraft accidents.

Q5

Answer

Michael Phelps.

Q6

Answer

All have dated Yuvraj Singh.