I set a sports quiz recently - here are some of the leftovers.
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1. This is the rarest form of dismissal in cricket, with only four such known dismissals in first class cricket and none at all in international cricket. Name it.
2. *Founded the Asian kabaddi federation
*Was a keen wrestler in college
*Has served as the head of the Maharashtra Wrestling Association and Maharastra Olympics Association
What is his/her current position?
3. This term may originate from the Salem witch trials. One test used to expose a witch required the woman to swallow one communion wafer. It was thought that if she were in fact a witch this task would be impossible. Many women failed the test. It is used commonly in sports nowadays, in a similar connotation. The term? (Clue: SA?)
4. _____ was once on a plane when a stewardess asked him to fasten his seat belt. ____, in his trademark bragging style, told the lady "Superman dont need no seat belt". The stewardess retorted "Superman dont need no plane!". Fill in the blanks (both are the same).
5. Connect Eddie Eagan, Clara Hughes, Christa Luding and Jacob Tullin Thams with reference to the Olympic Games
6. Connect:
In baseball : a home run with all four bases occupied, scoring 4 points
In contract bridge : bidding for and winning all the tricks in one hand
In ski jumping : winning the Four Hills tournament
In the WWE : something achieved only by Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero and Rob Van Dam
(Hint : the connect is better known in other sports)
7. During the European Championship finals of 1996, then BBC television pundit Ruud Gullit coined a phrase. "__________" was a term that Gullit used to describe teams who played the game in a smooth, elegant and effortless style: teams comprised of artists who could evoke the highest spiritual consciousness through exceptional technique and intimacy with the ball.
He has used the term as a synonym for sides such as the Portugal team of the mid-1990s and more recently, European Champions League holders Barcelona.
Fill in the blanks.
8. What in the NBA was first achieved by Chris Ford for the Boston Celtics on October 12, 1979, in a game against the Houston Rockets at Boston Garden?
- Vaibhav
