Sports Quiz @ Moksha

Here is the prelim questionnaire of the Sports Quiz conducted at Moksha. Comments will be appreciated.

1) What was so unusual of Madan Lal being bowled by Mike Hendrick in a test in 1974?

2) The Appleby Arrows, Ballycastle Bats, Caerphilly Catapults, Montrose magpies,

Tutshill tornadoes and 8 other teams compete for the league cup. Which sport are we

talking about?

3) What was so unique about the first round match played between USA and Switzerland

in the 1994 World Cup?

4) Which is the only stadium to have hosted Tests for two different home teams?

5) If Roger Federer : Pete Sampras

then Tiger Woods : ????

6) Which club's record of 11 consecutive Italia Serie A wins did Inter Milan beat this

season?

7) ___________ is an American former professional wrestler, retired American football

player and actor. His films include Universal Soldier: The Return (1999), Ready to

Rumble (2000) and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). His Television appearances

include Kim Possible, Modern Marvels, Desperate Housewives, The Contender, etc.

He is also the host to the show Automaniac shown on the History Channel.

8) Who recently became only the second player (in 2006) to be dropped from a country's

playing eleven in the following test after hitting a double-century in the previous

one?

* 9) Identify the sportspersons from their nicknames: (2 Marks)

(a) The DOCTOR

(b) The MAGICIAN

(c) BATIGOL

(d) WHITE LIGHTNING

10) Total Football is a system where a player who moves out of his position is replaced

by another from his team, thus retaining their intended organizational structure. In

this system no footballer is fixed in his intended outfield role; anyone can be

successively an attacker, a midfielder and a defender. This concept is said to have

been developed by ___________ national team, with their striker and captain Johan

Cruyff as the system's most famous exponent.

11) The RAGHURAMAIYAH Trophy is the award for an unusual cricket match

Contested annually between which 2 sides?

12) Complete the sequence

1- __________

2- Michael Kasprowicz

3- Glenn McGrath

4- Andrew Symonds (hint: He is not an aussie)

13) In his fourth round match in the 1990 Australian Open, became the first player to be disqualified from a Grand Slam tournament .He was warned by the umpire for intimidating a lineswoman and then docked a point for smashing a racket. He was apparently unaware of the a new Code of Conduct, which had been introduced just before the tournament, meant that a third code violation would not lead to the deduction of a game but instead would result in immediate disqualification.

14) Which Chess magazine awards the Chess Oscar?

15) 2011 Cricket World Cup- Indian, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh

2015 - _____________

2019 - _____________

16) Who sponsored the Indian Cricket Team that won the U-15 cricket world cup in

1996? (Hint: ________ was also associated with the 1983 world cup winning team)

*17) Identify the clubs and their stadiums from their nicknames. (4 Marks)

a) Mariners

b) The Citizens

c) The Trotters

d) Black Cats