Saturday, July 25, 2009

Sports Quiz

Rules:
- Answers should be entered in the comments section of 'this' post
- Please mention your roll nos and division
- Deadline for answering this quiz is 10pm, 26th Jul 2009
(Sunday)

1. Connect





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2. Connect












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3. Connect: “Jeu De Paume, Men's Standing Long Jump, Solo Synchronized Swimming”



4. Identify the occasion / event



5. The first-ever Test between India and Australia saw the latter winning by an innings and 226 runs. However, this match at Brisbane is famous for another reason. What is it?

6. Connect:





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7. Athens, Beijing, .........? (It can't get any simpler than this)


8. Connect














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(Apart from the fact that all are football players) :)





9. Connect:



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19 comments:

Suraj said...

Name: Suraj Sowkar
MBA Capital Markets
I year
Roll No. 24

Answers:
1) Brooke Sheilds
2)
3) All r discontinued olympic games
4)1968 Olympics, To protest against discimination of blacks
5) Don bradman got out hit wicket. which is d only time
6) Air crash of Man Utd team on feb 06,1958
7) London
8)Tottenham hotspur
9) Rolex

DeadbeaT said...

Mithun P.J
Div B
Roll No 135

1. Andre Agassi
2. Discontinued Olympic Events
3. Diego maradona
4. 1968 summer olympics. Tommie smith and jogh carlos giving black power salute
5. Indias first series after independence against bradmans invincibles
6. Munich Air crash. Sir bobby charlton had survived.
7.London
8.All from dutch guyana , Suriname
9. Andy Roddick

Hafiz said...

Hafiz Nadirshah
Div. B
Roll no.123

1. Andre Agassi's partners - Barbara Streisand, Brooke Shields, Steffi Graf
2. Diego Armando Maradona - he played for Boca Juniors and Barcelona. He scored the 'Hand of God' against Peter Shilton.
3. All were olympic sports but are no longer part of the olympics
4. The 1968 Olympics Black Power salute. It was a black civil rights protest by African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico City.
5. The only time Sir Donald Bradman got out hit wicket.
6. First picture is the Munich tower in Old Trafford. It shows the time when the airplane carrying the 'Busby babes'(pic 3) crashed. Sir Bobby Charlton(2nd pic) was one of the busby babes who survived
7. London
8. All are black Dutch footballers.
9. Andy Roddick. Federer beat him, Mandy Moore dated him and Jimmy Connors coached him.

Anonymous said...

Answers posted by someone in commented can viewed by anyone.
Then what is the use of posting the answers?

Anonymous said...

Name: Shashank Agarwal
Roll No: 16
Div: MBA-Banking

1) Andre-Agassi married Barbra Streisand(pic:3) and marryied twice,
to Brooke Shields(Pic:1 acctress of blue lagoon) and Steffi Graf(pic:1).

3) All are discontinued Olympics event
Jeu De Paume (after 1908),
Men's Standing Long Jump(after 1912),
Solo Synchronized Swimming(after 1992)

4) After placing first and third in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City,
American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the "Black Power" salute at the awards
ceremony, both wearing a black glove and no shoes to protest the standard of living of
minorities in the United States. The International Olympic Committee deemed the action
overtly political and ejected the athletes from the games

5) Only time Sir Don Bradman was out hit wicket

6) Munich Air Disaster took place at Feb 6th 1958 (Picture 1: the clock depicts that time)
in that crash Busby Babes Teams's 8 member were killed(Picture 3).Sir Bobby Carlton 9Picture 2) survived this crash.

7)London (Host for Olympics 2012)

8) They all have common place of birth : Paramaribo, Suriname
Clarence Seedorf, hasselbaink and Davids in order.

9) Rogger fedder and jimmy connor are only among 5 men to win grand
slam on grass court and clay,hard single tittle

Unknown said...

Arjun Agrawal
Div A
Roll No. - 3

1)Andre Agassi
2)Football
3)Odd dicontinued Olympic Sports
4)1968 Olympics Black Power salute
5)Only time Sir Donald Bradman was out hit wicket
6)Refers to Munich event when Manchester United players died in air crash accident but Sir Bobby Charlton survived.
7)Olympic Games
8)All football players are Dutch
9)Tennis players who have been ranked no.1 at some stage of their career

Unknown said...

Arjun Agrawal
Div A - 03

1)Andre Agassi
2)Football
3)Odd dicontinued Olympic Sports
4)1968 Olympics Black Power salute
5)Only time Sir Donald Bradman was out hit wicket
6)Refers to Munich event when ManU players died in air crash accident but Sir Bobby Charlton survived.
7)Olympic Games
8)All football players are Dutch
9)Tennis players who have been ranked no.1 at some stage of their career

Anonymous said...

1. Andre Agassi.
2. Diego Maradona.
3. Discontinued Olympic Events.
4. 1968 Mexico Olympic Games.
5. Only time Don Bradman was out hit wicket.
6. Manchester Utd.
7. Olympics.
8. Dutch Players. (Played for the Dutch national side)
9. Long Hair


Name - Nikhil Shetty
Div - C
Roll No. - 234

Nitin Chaswal said...

Nitin Chaswal
Div B-117
3.Summer Olympics
6. Munich Air Disaster.
7.Olympics

Unknown said...

Manish Jalan
Div E, 417
Andre agassi
1908 summer olympics
1968 Olympic
Gretaest win margin for india vs aus test match
Busby babes
London
Dutch player
UNICEF Brand ambassador

Dinesh Merani said...

1. Andre Agassi
2. Diego Maradona
3. All have been discontinued in Olympics
4. Football (Thiery Henry came 1st for goals tally)
5. Only time Sir Don Bradman was out hit wicket
6. Manchester United
7. London
8. Holland (all are Dutch)
9. Switzerland

Dinesh Merani
MBA Banking 09-11
Roll No 11

Anonymous said...

1. Andre Agassi
2. Diego Maradona
3. Events no more a part of Olympics
4. 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute
5. Don Bradman being hit wicket
6. Machester United Busby Babes Plane Crash
7. London
8. They play for Netherlands team
9. Andy Roddick

Rohan Chaubey,
Roll No - 13,
MBA Core 2nd yr

Unknown said...

1. Steffi Graf married to Agassi after he divorced Blue Lagoon fame Brroke Shields.
2. The center pic is of Legendary England Goalkeeper Peter Shilton. In 1986 worldcup he conceded a goal to Maradona.( Maradona had actually handled the ball with his hand.)Maradona played for the clubs CABJ and FCB.
3. All three are discontinued Olympic events
4. Two atheletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos who won gold and bronze medals in 200 m in Mexico Olympics, silently protested against Racial Discrimination when standing on Podium. They kept their heads bowed and black-gloved hands raised while the American National Anthem was being played. They also wore black socks with no shoes.
5. Sir Don Bradman was out hit wicket the only time.
6. On 6th Feb 1958, a plane carrying Manchester United team crashed (at around 03:05 AM) during takeoff. The center pic is of one of the survivor Sir Bobby Charlton. The bottom pic is pf MAN Uniteds' team "Busby Babes". The first pic is of the clock placed at Old Trafford showing the time of crash.
7. London
8. All are dutch players
9. Federer recently broke Jimmy Connors record, after winning Wimbledon 2009

Name- Bhupesh Singh Chandel
Roll no. 208
Sec- C
bhupesh1515@yahoo.in

Anonymous said...

Name : Shashank Agarwal
Div: MBA Banking
Roll No: 16

1) Andre-Agassi married Barbra Streisand(pic:3) and marryied twice, to Brooke Shields(Pic:1 acctress of blue lagoon) and Steffi Graf(pic:1).

2) Peter Shilton played in a match where Diego Maradona hit the ball in net with his hand (Hand Of God),Dieg Maradona was the memeber of
club CABJ and FCb

3) All are discontinued Olympics event
Jeu De Paume (after 1908),
Men's Standing Long Jump(after 1912),
Solo Synchronized Swimming(after 1992)

4) After placing first and third in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City,
American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the "Black Power" salute at the awards
ceremony, both wearing a black glove and no shoes to protest the standard of living of
minorities in the United States. The International Olympic Committee deemed the action
overtly political and ejected the athletes from the games

5) Only time Sir Don Bradman was out hit wicket

6) Munich Air Disaster took place at Feb 6th 1958 (Picture 1: the clock depicts that time)
in that crash Busby Babes Teams's 8 member were killed(Picture 3).Sir Bobby Carlton 9Picture 2) survived this crash.

7)London (Host for Olympics 2012)

8) They all have common place of birth : Paramaribo, Suriname
Clarence Seedorf, hasselbaink and Davids in order.

9) Rogger fedder and jimmy connor are only among 5 men to win grand slam on grass court and clay,hard single tittle

Sriram said...

1: Andre Agassi(ex wife, wife, ex girlfriend)
2: Hand of God (Maradonna got transferred from Boca juniors to Barcelona and scored against Peter Shilton)
3: All 3 are discontinued Olympic Sports
4: The Black power salute (against discrimination in USA)
5: Time limit to test matches played in Australia was introduced. Also was the 1st match played by independent India.
6: Munich air crash (Sir Bobby Charlton was one of the 8 surviving members of the Busby babes)
7: London
8: All 3 are Surinam born or descendents who could have opted to play for that country, but choose to play for Netherlands.
9:All of them helped raise funds for the Ovarian Cancer Research (Callaway Golf)

Name: Sriram R
FT MBA Core
Div D Roll No 361
ramamurthy.sriram@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

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the clueless said...

Name : Rahul Banerjee
DIV :D Roll No : 301
Ph No. 9619572179
1. Andre Agassi - Wife Brooke Shields,Steffi Graf,Hooked up with Barbara Streisand
2.Peter Shilton and Maradona - hand of God,1986 world Cup Quarter Final.the other 2 pics are of Boca Juniors and FC Barcelona- 2 clubs where Maradona played for.
3.All the 3 are olympic games which were discontinued.
4.First twin to win Olympic medals-- Forgot their name.
5. India scored 58 and 98 the sum of which is the lowest in the Indian test History.It was also the 1st Test Match for Independent India.
6.The 1st pic is of 6th feb 1958 when the Munich air disaster took place where 8 Manchester United players died.The second pic is of Bobby Charlton who was one of the few survivors of the plane crash.The 3rd pic is of the Manchester United team which was managed by Matt Busby.
7. London Venue of the next Olympic games.
8.1st pic - Clarence Seedorf,2nd Pic - Jimmy Floyd hasseilbank,3rd pic -- Edgar Davids.. All of them Played International Football for Netherlands together in the late 90's and early 2000's
9.1st pic Roger federer 3rd pic jimmy connors
relation -- Both have won the US open 5 times.
2nd Pic - Brooklyn Decker wife of Andy Roddick who was coached by Jimmy Connors for 1 and a 1/2 years.

Anonymous said...

1) Andre Agassi has dated all these three women.
2)
3) These three sports no longer exist
4) 1968 Mexico Olympics famous occation of 'Black power salute'
5) Sir Don Bradman got hit wicket off the bowling of Lala Amarnath.
6) Linked to munich air disaster of feb 6th 1958 where in the Man U team famously known as 'bushy babes' died. middle pic of Sir Bobby Charlton who survived.
7) London
8)
9)

Inderpreet Singh Khurana
MBA CM-1
Roll No. 11

Anonymous said...

Andre agassi
Maradona
1908 summer olympics
1968 Olympic
Don Bradman hit wicket
Busby babes
London
Dutch player
UNICEF Brand ambassador