A QUIZ BY:Pallavi (Kama) Hari

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Use of technology other than your cranium is strictly prohibited. In common tongue, Don't google or we'll DQ you. Each question is worth +1. Internal tie-breakers will be used to decide which teams qualify in case of ties. 30 questions 7 Starred questions. Well run through the questions at the end

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!

QUESTION 0
We will have to travel some years back in time to demystify this legend. Just like the Sagar Manthan of Hindu mythology, the inaugural edition of the Indian IPL churned up some priceless gems from the bottomless pit that is Indian domestic cricket. Many of these gems like Manpreet Singh Gony were found to be American diamonds on greater scrutiny and soon fell by the wayside. Not ___________________ Of course his journey to knighthood had not begun yet. Ravi, or single-pasli, as he was known back then was your friendly neighbourhood Gujju all-rounder. Of course you had Yusuf Pathan too but his demeanour does not allow him to be put down as friendly. He started off with a lot of promise scoring a half-century on debut albeit in a dead rubber and a losing cause in one of those cyclical India-Sri Lanka matches of the late noughties. FITB

Sir Ravindra Jadeja OR Sri Sri Sri Ravindra Jadeja

1.
Adjectives used to describe a certain career. Whose?
Uncertainty 1989 1994 Discovery 1994 1997 Explosive 1998 1999 Masterly 2000 2003 Trying 2004 2006 Rejuvenation 2007 2008 Magical 2009 2013*

Sachin Tendulkar

2. LIST OF?

Different types of Checkmate in Chess

3. ID Track

Spa Francochamps

4.
According to the NBA League averages, all teams average around 1.2 points per play. So, over a period of 5 possessions all teams put up 6 points. Don Nelson, the former Dallas Mavericks coach theorized that if any team intentionally fouls a free throw shooter who averaged less than 60%, they would be able to get back into a game in which they were getting blown out as he would make only 5/10 FT shots. Hence, he developed a strategy called __________, which derives its name from Y, who was a 52% career FT shooter. Its most successful implementation was in the 2008 NBA Playoffs, Game 5 when Greg Popovich used it against Y's Phoenix Suns by intentionally fouling Y throughout the game. He finished 9-of-20 from the line, dropping the Suns to 20-of-37 total on free throws. The Suns were eliminated from the playoffs in a 9287 Spurs win. The strategy has also been employed on various other players who have bad FT%'s such as Dwight Howard, DeAndre Jordan, etc.

Hack-a-Shaq Y Shaquille ONeal

5*
The first time that the Gentlemen of ______ played a first-class cricket match was on 3 October 1878 against Australia. This match took place on the Australians' trip home after playing in England earlier in the year. The game was a three day match, and finished in a low scoring draw, with Australia still needing 43 runs when the game ended. The following year saw Ireland visit for two matches against the __________. The first match was a two day game which the home side won by an innings.This was followed by a one day game which was won by the Irish. First recorded instances of the game being played in X

The gentlemen of Philadelphia X - Philadelphia

6.
The phrase X broadly refers to a demographic group of often white, usually middle-aged, working-class or lower-middle-class men in North America. The group received this nickname because they are men who are believed to typically enjoy watching _________, or comparable high-impact sports or entertainment. The term was often used during the United States presidential election of 2004, particularly in describing the efforts of Democrats to regain the votes of white southern males. The group consists of an estimated 45 million people in the USA. That phrase X also has a similar sounding cousin, involving a completely different sport. What is X?

X - NASCAR Dads

7.
The track geometry has to be right, with steep banks that _______ can use to build up speed as they enter the flat straights. This has to be balanced by the needs of the endurance event ______ though who require slightly gentler angles on the banks of the track. The temperature and environmental conditions at track level are also essential, with a higher temperature helping rarefy the air allowing _______ to pass through the air quicker. It is built to have seating all the way round the track to create a continuous wall of noise. What is being described here?

Velodrome

8.
What has been blanked out?

9..
This was composed in the early 19th century by famous warrior chief Te Rauparaha, of the Ngti Toa Rangatira tribe. Te Rauparaha was fleeing an enemy tribe seeking retribution for a past wrong he had committed against them. As he was chased across the central plateau of the North Island, fellow chief Te Wharerangi helped him hide in a pit and then instructed his wife Te Rangikoaea to sit on the pit entrance. After the enemy had moved on, Te Rauparaha emerged from the pit. There, in jubilant celebration of his lucky escape and in front of Te Wharerangi and his people, he performed ___________ which he had composed while deep in the pit. FITB

Ka mate ka mate or the Haka Song

10*
Heatherwick Studio was established in 1994 by Mr Heatherwick, an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from four British universities Sheffield Hallam, Brighton, Dundee and Manchester Metropolitan. He has won the Prince Philip Designers Prize and, in 2006, was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry.

He has served on numerous judging and advisory panels and has given lectures, tutorials and talks at the Bartlett School of Architecture, Londons Victoria and Albert Museum and Yale University.
What cool sport related artefact did this studio design and fabricate?

The Olympic Cauldron in London 2012

11.
It was designed by Future systems and cost about 5 million. _______, which was built by Pendennis Shipyard from the UK in combination with Centraalstaal from The Netherlands, was commissioned in time for a significant sporting event in 1999 and was the first all aluminium, semi-monocoque building in the world. It was built and fitted-out in two boatyards and utilises boat-building technology. The Building was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture in 1999. Which building?

The Lords media center

12.
X was remembered for his rapid fire, staccato broadcasting style, inventing colorful phrases such as slam dunk, air ball, and no harm, no foul that have become common basketball vernacular. X was a longtime play by play analyst for the Lakers. After the death of X, the Lakers retired his microphone in his memory. He covered a record 3338 games continuously for Lakers. He also is responsible for giving nicknames to famous players such as 'The Kid' for Bryant and 'Big Fella' for O'neal. Who be X?

X - Chick Hearne

13.
The first recorded use of the term was in 2002: "It was never guaranteed that the _______ (or "the X", as staff at the Jumeirah Beach Club call them for short) would get along. Posh's tongue, for one thing, has previously run away with itself." In 2006 it was generally printed as "Xs", but a singular, "X", quickly came into vogue. For example: "any additional pounds she gained during X drinking sessions", "a property heiress, model and actress, appears a likely sports X". Susie Dent's annual Language Report for the Oxford University Press (2006) capitalised the entire acronym X as _______________________ FITB and X?

X - WAG or Wives and/or Girlfriends

14.
During the early 1980's, ________ _________ held the X during the middle of December. Because of this odd scheduling, it was difficult to attract a quality field and fans so close to the Christmas holidays. Tournament officials decided to move the tournament to the now customary date in mid-January shortly thereafter, making it not necessary to host a tournament in 1986. In other words, 1986's tournament would have been in mid-December, followed by 1987's tournament only weeks later. X

X Australian Open

15*
The term Yids derives from the Jewish supportership of X. Coming from the language Yiddish, it is a slang term for a Jew. There is a large Jewish population near to the area X play in and they have traditionally followed the club. Historically, the supporters of other clubs used this particular term against X Having had this thrown at X as a derogatory term, the supporters of the club adopted it as an unofficial nickname and also so that it would not have the same effect if other clubs shouted it in an anti-Semitic manner. Therefore, X fans chant "Yids" and "Yid Army !" to deflect the racist attacks of other clubs.

Which club?

X Tottenham Hotspurs

16.
The only time X played in the Australian Open, he lost in the 3rd round to P Dent of US in straight sets. When asked why he didnt take part in the Australian Open he said,"I have no reason for any regrets. When I boycotted the Australian, I was trying to make a statement. I had made my mind up. My point was that a player requires some time to himself, he can't keep rushing from one court to another all the time without a break. They all heard me say that, but no one did anything about it. So I did it myself, I skipped the Australian and gave myself the time I needed. That was the only way I could think of, to do it. I have always played my tennis and lived my life on my own terms, I have no regrets" Which all time great tennis player is this?

X Bjorn Borg

17.
What is this?

Oscar Pistorius Spikes

18. ID THE GAME BEING PLAYED

Tresling

19. CONNECT

Trophies of grandslams named after these people

20*
main() -> news-from-the-centre()

print()

->

flash-and-flash-hard()
at-this-stage-all-3-results-are-possible

if-then-elseif-else -> do{}while

-> just what-the-doctor-ordered

break(or any exit loop) statement -> take-the-aerial-route

defining a variable(eg-X) -> AAAND....X is taken X++ -> X is doing it in singles X=X+4 -> X is dealing in boundaries here End statement -> In the end cricket is the winner Put funda

The Ravi Shastri Syntax

21. PUT FUNDA

Borussia Dortmund fans invading Allianz Arena to make it glow yellow in colour

22.
A newspaper article about what event?

Newspaper Article about the first ever Tour De France

23.
______ - era_ was originally used on Les Guignols, a popular satirical French puppet show - much in the vein of Spitting Image - which jokes about X's general aura and now the Swedes have introduced the word into their lexicon. The rubber _________(different blank) is a so arrogant he talks about himself in the third person and in a spoof advert for his aftershave he promises the fragrance will help you _______ any woman you like.
FITB

Zlatan

xD

24. X?
Their most prominently used nickname is "the Bronx Bombers" or simply "the Bombers", a reference to their home and their prolific hitting. A less used nickname is "the Pinstripes", in reference to the iconic feature on their home uniforms. Critics often refer to the team and the organization as "the Evil Empire". Ironically, even many X supporters refer to their team as the "Evil Empire" as a badge of honor and in fact enjoy having their team play "the villain". ID the sporting franchise X .

X New York Yankees

25 * WHAT IS XY?
This term can be credited to a newsman by the name of Caswell adams, who used it describe a few football teams in an article in the New York Herald Tribune in 1937. It all happened in the sports room of the tribune one day, when Woodward , the editor and adams were comparing Fordhams football team with other bigger teams in the league and disparagingly called them XY. Woodward printed it the very next day. Most of us students however are unaware of the sporty origin and associate it with something else

XY - Ivy-League

26.
The first sixteen cars, were introduced into the market in 1968, and they featured redline tires, spectraflame paint, a metal collector button, and some had roofs painted black to look like vinyl. First off the assembly line was the Chevrolet Camaro, soon followed by the release of what is currently the most popular vehicle in the line's history- the Corvette. They soon began putting the name on the bottom of the cars. What?

Hot Wheels

27.
Many sources cite then Chelsea manager Jos Mourinho as the first to coin the phrase in English, in reference to a Tottenham side that played very defensively at Stamford Bridge in a 200405 FA Premier League match against Chelsea. Disappointed at Spurs' tactics, he was quoted as saying: "As we say in Portugal, ................................................................................................. I would have been frustrated if I had been a supporter who paid 50 to watch this game because Spurs came to defend. There was only one team looking to win, they only came not to concede - it's not fair for the football we played". The saying was already in use in Iberia prior to this. Funda?

He is said to have been the first to use the phrase park the bus in the context of football

28. ID SPORT

Roller Derby

29.
X likened him to a sparrow for the way he was 'hopping' all over the pitch and KD Singh Babu, frustrated by Y's tackles, had once told him: "Tu bahut chalu hai (you are very clever), how come you stop me every time?" X would say, "Y selects himself, now I have to select the rest of the team."
Who are X and Y?

X Dhyan Chand Y Leslie Claudius

30*
Every player on the ATP has a ____ complex. Some lash out at him. Others profess their admiration or go one step further, calling him the greatest of the history. Even when Rafa criticizes X, he uses words like rose and gentleman. Each player has his own take/issues.
One of the major players to suffer from ___ has been Del Potro having never beaten X in a major tournament. Gimme X and the complex the players suffer from?

X Roger Federer Complex - Fedipal complex, similar to oedipal complex

X?
"You make mistakes in life. I personally did not quite enjoy it. I don't enjoy when I see channels keep on repeating that footage on television. I have made so many hundreds, they should show that," he said after delivering the fourth Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture at Bombay Gymkhana"
X?

X - Sourav Ganguly after the Natwest Series triumph