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ELECSA Sports Quiz
This document contains 30 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank sports trivia questions covering a wide range of sports including cricket, rugby, baseball, tennis, soccer, and the Olympics. The questions test knowledge of players, teams, terminology, history and rules across different sports. Correct answers would require familiarity with international sports leagues and athletes from several countries.
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- 3. Before we begin •30 questions in the heats. • Using cell phones is foul worthy of a direct RED card!
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- 5. Q1.Donington Jerez Nurburgring ______? Fill in the blank.
- 6. Q2.Whose picture hasbeen caricatured here?
- 7. Q3.Think Cricket • Peoplewith this surname have played for at least 5 countries, India, New Zealand, Kenya, Canada and England. • Which surname?
- 8. Q4.Indian cricket fans would be familiar with this one What does extensive stress on the Lateral Epicondyle lead to?
- 9. Q5.The New Zealandrugby team is known as the All Blacks. • What name is given to the New Zealand basketball team?
- 10. Q6.ID this sportsman. Heplayed baseball wearing the number 45 jersey, which his father Larry wore. He started his career in the sport in 1993 and ended it in 1996. But he is a legend!
- 11. Q7. X ranout Bill Brown backing up in the second Test. • The Australian press strongly accused X of being unsportsmanlike, though some Australians, including Don Bradman, the Australian captain at the time, defended X’s actions. • After this incident, if a batsman is given out this way, he is said to have been ‘X’ed.
- 12. Q8. ID thepretty lady
- 13. Q9. X’s paternalfamily originates from Italy. • At the age of 11, he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. • The club River Plate showed interest in X's progress, but did not have enough money to pay for treatment for his condition which cost $900 a month. • He therefore moved to Europe, where club Y offered to pay for his treatment. • ID X, Y.
- 14. Q10. X wentto Hyderabad Public School, then studied chemical engineering at Osmania University in Hyderabad and later at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. • After graduation, he joined an advertising agency and worked there for two years before moving on to another two year stint in a sports management company. • He even had a reality show named after him. • Who is X?
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- 16. Q12. This isthe Indian _____ team. • India is an unbeaten champion in this sport, having won 4 World Cups, most recently in 2011. • ID the sport.
- 17. Q13. The firstinternational match in this sport was played in 1844 between the USA and Canada.
- 18. Q14. ID X(on the left) and Y • Y is more famous than X, although X, nicknamed “The Beast”, is a legend in his own right. • Y is X’s nephew.
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- 20. Q16. What isBarack Obama holding here?
- 21. Q17. Connect and tell us whois missing from this list??
- 22. Q18.The only lawof Cricket that has not had any changes or modifications since the first match is ___________
- 23. Q19. This five-timeOlympic gold medalist is making a comeback at London 2012 after five years away from the sport. • After winning two golds at the Athens Olympics in 2004, he took a year away from the sport before announcing his retirement in November 2006. • He returned to competition with the Singapore World Cup meet on 4-5 November, and now plans to take part in further meets in Beijing and Tokyo to qualify for London 2012.
- 24. Q20. The onlyequipment needed for this sport is a stone, a broom and shoes.
- 25. Q21. THINK! • Advicegiven to girls “Never marry tennis players. _______ means nothing to them” • FITB
- 26. Q22. The Xwas formed due to a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn gathered around him.
- 27. Q23. Wing Span– 201 cm • Height - 193 cm • Feet size – 14 • Average Speed-7.23 km/hr • We are referring to ?
- 28. Q24. L’Equipe isprinted on yellow paper. • La Gazetta dello Sport is printed on pink paper. • What legacy in the world of sports stems from the above mentioned facts?
- 29. Q25. FITB • JHudson & Co was founded in the 1870s in Birmingham by Joseph Hudson (1848–1930) and his brother James Hudson (1850–1888). • This company is still active as ACME________, which is the mostly widely used brand of ______ in the world. • The ACME Thunderer model is used in the Barclays Premier League.
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