Freshers' Quiz Final- Part 2

AILA!! sachin MOHLA

1)

On October 9, 1238, when James I of Aragon was about to enter the city, reconquering it from the Moors, one bat landed on the top of his flag, and he interpreted it as a good sign. As he conquered the city, and other parts of the mediterannean the bat was added to the arms. The legend of the bat continues to embrace the crest (or logo) of the local team of the city to this date.

2)

IDENTIFY THIS LEGEND

SIR BOBBY ROBSON (1933 – 2009) Statue at portman road IPSWICH

3)

CONNECT

Steve waugh – 2001 test match in chennai

Michael vaughan – in 2001 test match bangalore

Handled the ball against india Desmond haynes- widsen cricketer of the yr-91 1983 test match in mumbai

4)

X retired in the year 1863 after completing 190 first class matches for Kent , Middlesex & Sussex. He is one of the greatest allrounder of his time . In all he took 1,109 wickets with an average of 10.32 & took 10 wickets in the 2nd innings of a match with every batsman “ BOWLED ” out & remains the only such instance ever in cricket. He was regarded as a fine batsman too . After such a successful career, the following year after his retirement saw him publish “The Cricketer’s Almanack” as a competitor to Fred Lillywhite’s “ THE GUIDE TO CRICKETERS “. The almanac continues to be published till date under the name “ The Cricketers’ Almanack ”. IDENTIFY X

Answer • JOHN WISDEN (1826 – 1884) •

Audience

CONNECT

MARY KOM

VIJENDER SINGH

They all received this year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award INDIA’S highest sporting honour.

SUSHIL KUMAR

5)

In the summer of 2003, the sheriff’s office of Eagle , Colorado arrested X in connection with an investigation of a sexual assault complaint filed by a 19 yr old hotel employee. X was to undergo a knee surgery in the town. The accusation tarnished X’s image in the eye of the world & also resulted in termination of his endorsements contract with McDonald’s and Nutella. However the assault case was dropped in 2004 as the hotel employee refused to testify in the trial . The case was then filed in a separate civil lawsuit with the two sides settling for the agreed terms which might have involved a huge amount of money being given to the victim. Many thought X’s career was over , but he proved everyone wrong by earning the Gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and helping his team regain the

KOBE BRYANT

6)

By winning the US Open Series — a string of summer tournaments in North America before the US Open itself — X received a 100 percent bonus to the US$1.1 million in prize money she received for winning the US Open in 2005. Her US$2.2 million paycheck was the largest payday in women's sports history. The same year she was awarded the WTA player of the year & also the WTA comeback player of the year. She is also one of only five women to have been ranked World no. 1 in singles and doubles simultaneously (the others being Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and Lindsay Davenport)

Kim clijsters

7)

IDENTIFY THIS SPORT ALSO KNOWN AS “ CHESS ON ICE ”

• Curling

8) On 5th January 1971 the third test match was to be played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. When the first three days of the third Test were washed out due to heavy rain , officials decided to abandon the match but with both the sides agreeing to play the game was finally resumed on the 5th day , with each side playing for just 40 overs and 8 overs to be bowled by each bowler . Australia won the game by 5 wickets. Though the result is not of much significance , the match had a great impact on Cricket. PUT FUNDA!!!

ANS : THIS WAS THE FIRST ODI TO BE PLAYED AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL & NOW WE HAVE THEM IN THE FORM OF 50 OVERS MATCH.

LVC • • • • •

11 slides Sets of 3,4,4 slides Points of +30, +20, +10 . No negs Teams can go only once for each set 2 points per correct ID , 8 points bonus if you get all 11 right

End of LVC

Ans: ROGER FEDERER ( all the players that appeared are responsible of letting him clinch 15 titles) These players have all featured in the finals of his 15 grand slam wins

Maximiser

Mark Philippoussi Wimbledon 2003

Marat Safin Australian Open 2004

Fernando Gonzales Australian Open 2007

Lleyton Hewitt US Open 2004

Andre Agassi US Open 2005

Marcos Baghdatis Australian Open 2006

Robin Soderling French Open 2009

Novak Djokovic US Open 2007

Andy Roddick Wimbledon 2004,05,09 US Open 2006

Andy Murray US Open 2008

Rafael Nadal Wimbledon 2006,07