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Prelims• 25 Questions• Each correct answer will fetch you 1 mark; no negatives• Questions 1-10 are starred which will be used in case of a tie • Top 8 teams qualify for the final• Marks /points do not get carried forward• You are welcome to use search engines, but then you would have
wasted the entry fees you paid outside!
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1. What was Greig first to do? Who is the latest entrant in this list?
Former Secretary and President of Hampshire, JG Greig, first shot in to prominence with his on field exploits in the sub-continent and is most notably credited with scoring the first ever double hundred on Indian soil.
He is also the first entrant in to a certain list which saw a much talked about addition recently.
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Century on debut for Mumbai• 204 JG Greig v Oxford
University AuthenticsGymkhana Ground, Bombay 1902/03
• 131* BR Patel v Western India Poona ClubGround, Poona 1935/36
• 202 KM Rangnekar v Maharashtra PoonaClub Ground, Poona 1940/41
• 101 VR Amladi v Sind Brabourne Stadium,Bombay 1947/48
• 150* MM Dalvi v Sind Brabourne Stadium,Bombay 1947/48122 PJ Dickinson v
Maharashtra BrabourneStadium, Bombay 1947/48
• 108 ML Apte v Saurashtra BrabourneStadium, Bombay 1951/52
• 129 VH Bhosle v Gujarat Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel Stadium,Ahmedabad 1967/68
• 100* SR Tendulkar v Gujarat WankhedeStadium, Bombay 1988/89
• 107 SS Dighe v Gujarat Wankhede Stadium,Bombay 1990/91
• 106 JV Paranjpe v Gujarat Baroda RayonCorporation Ground, Surat
1991/92• 100 ZM Bharucha v Baroda
WankhedeStadium, Bombay 1992/93
• 260 AA Muzumdar v Haryana Nahar SinghStadium, Faridabad 1993/94
• 143 AM Rahane v Karachi Urban NationalStadium, Karachi 2007/08
• 118 PT Naik v Karachi Urban NationalStadium, Karachi 2007/08
• Pritvi Shaw 120 vs tamilnadu.rajkot.2016/17
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2. Gentleman in the photo won USA’s first gold in a certain sport in 1984. How would you connect that achievement to India; also how is his win and the celebration that followed replicated-in/inspired something closer home?
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Alexis Singh Grewal | Son of an immigrant Sikh became the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in road cycling
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3. Connect the following images to an Indian Sporting entity?
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Bengaluru FC (Sree Kanteerava-home ground & Bangalore Palace – features on logo)
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4. History can be perplexing at times; like in the case of a certain Nongda Lairen Pakhangba. Apparently he created what is now the state of Manipur and then ruled it for a staggering 121 years!
Interestingly though, on the first day of that monumental reign, he did a couple of things to prove his potency for the throne- If one was presenting the queen to his kingdom to prove his fidelity, what was the other?
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Played what is the first recorded instance of the modern-game of Sagol Kangjei (Polo)
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5. How did this one time aspiring model shoot in to prominence recently?
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Mohammed Shami
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6. Connect the following to an iconic Indian sportsperson.
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Michael Ferreira• Declined the Padma Shri since Gavaskar was awarded Padma Bhushan• Bombay Tiger• Embroidled in QNet Scam
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7. This is a famed return after a 7 year suspension from the MCC. This isn’t his only connection to the sport though - how would you relate a 1980 cricket-based-work of his to an Indian sportsperson?
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Jeffery Archer | A Quiver Full of Arrows
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8. In Men’s Doubles, Indians have featured 20 times in a Grand Slam final. The nationality of the fellow partner has the following spread- Czech Republic- 10India - 6____________ – 2____________ - 2
Fill in both the blanks. Brownie points if you can get the partners (same throughout) right too.
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Belarus & Bahamas
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9. Of the 22 instances of a person carrying the Indian flag in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, no individual features more than once, except for 2. Name them.
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Shiva Kesavan & Balbir Singh Sr
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10. Starting with AK Kutty and Captain Chandrup in 2010, the Dronacharya Award has been bestowed upon 12 people for lifetime contribution to a particular sport.
Who is the most recent recipient of the same (in 2016)?
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Mahavir Singh Phogat
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11. What controversy is Amul paying ‘homage’ to?
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Vijender Singh was caught buying heroine
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12. Paso-doble(two step) is a typical piece of Spanish music played by "wind" instruments (trumpets, saxophones, etc) and suited to the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish bullfight.
Used extensively in bullfighting arenas in Spain, where would you come across a blatantly lifted rendition in Indian sport?
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IPL Trumpet Song
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6. In pic is Gary Bartlett, how would you connect him to a dubious ‘Indian’ first in Test Cricket?
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Abid Ali was called for chucking because he was protesting again Bartlett’s action
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14. If these were some of the rejected options were, what was ‘approved’?
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Santina! (Rejected options – Sanghis, Spice Girls, H&M, M&M)
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15. Identify this lady who recently became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games
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Deepa Malik
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Q’s 16-24:• Identify the person on the left on all 9 slides (person on the right
should serve as a clue and will go in to the mega-connect)• +1 for every right answer like all previous Q’s
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16.[First Indian to win a World Championship medal in his sport]
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Wrestling | Udey Chand & Babita Kumari
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17.
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Roller Skating | Anup Kumar Yama
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18.
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Squash | Saurav Ghoshal & Anaka Alankamony
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19.
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Athletics | GS Randhawa & Lalita Babar
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20.[Only Amateur to win the Indian Open]
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Golf | PG Sethi & Anirban Lahiri
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21.
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Lawn Tennis | Ramanathan Krishnan & Somdev Devvarman
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22.
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Shooting | Karni Singh & Jitu Rai
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23.
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Hockey | Prithipal Singh & Sreejesh Ravindran
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24.
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Badminton | Nandu Natekar & Kidambi Srikanth
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25.
Connect both players from Q’s 16-24 to a mega-theme.
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First & latest Arjuna Awardees in their respective sports