Sports quiz

1. EVER ONWARD
Reverberate Warm up
SPORTS QUIZ
By
Remya Roshni

2. 1.Raja Bhalindra Singh who
was a former President of
Indian Olympic Association
was the one who created
obstacles for making
Kabaddi an international
game.
Because of him, only in
1990 Kabaddi was included
in Asian Games.
What was his reason for
doing so?

3. He was of the opinion that
showcasing this village
game in International
events will tarnish India’s
reputation

4. 2.The traje de luces (suit of
lights) term originates from the
sequins and reflective threads of
gold or silver.
In which sporting event one can
see this dress?

5. Bull Fighting

6. 3.Givanildo Vieira de
Sousa is a Brazilian
professional
footballer.
By what name he is
popularly known?

8. 4.Shubham Jaglan won the Junior World
Championships in 2015. Which is his event?

10. 5. August Club is a 2013
Malayalam romantic
drama film written by
Anantha Padmanabhan
and is based on his
novelette titled Venalinte
Kalaneekkangal.
Which game is a central
theme of the movie?
(this is not the poster of
the movie)

12. 6. Paul Pogba is
known for his
dribbling skills
and long legs.
What is his
popular
nickname?

14. 7.Namakkuzhy sisters
was the first team
which was absorbed
to the Kerala Police.
What was their
event?

16. 8. Dae-Han-Min-Gook is an Asian
peninsula (off Manchuria)
separating the Yellow Sea and the
Sea of Japan.
The fans of which country use this
phrase as their war cry or chorus in
World cup football matches?

18. 9.Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala is a 2013 Malayalam
film directed by Sundardas. It stars Ann Augustine in
the lead role. Which Indian sports person’s footage
was used in the movie as that of the protagonist?

20. 10. The song La mano de Dios is a popular song in Spanish.
To which person this song is dedicated?
The meaning of the song is related to an incident in that
person’s life.

22. 11. “The Knockout” and “The
Champion” are movies on boxing in
the silent era.
Who made these movies?
He wrote, directed and acted in
them.

24. 12. The word "SAMBO" is
an acronym which literally
translates as "self- defence
without weapons". Sambo
is relatively modern since
its development began in
the early 1920s .
Who developed it?
I am not looking for a
person. The organisation
will do.

25. RED ARMY OF SOVIET UNION

26. 13.These three :Kapil Dev Chetan Sharma Kuldeep Yadav
are the only Indians who achieved this so far in One day
internationals.
What is the achievement?

28. 14. The Munich air disaster occurred on 6
February 1958 when British European Airways
Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off
from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem
Airport, West Germany.
One of the worst disasters in Sports history , the
23 people who died include footballers from the
club X.
Identify X .

30. 15.If Krishna Punia is 2nd , Vikas Gowda 3rd
and Neeraj Chopra 4th to do this, who is the
first?

31. Milkha Singh
Individual Athletics gold in
Commonwealth Games

32. 16.Leander Paes recently expressed his desire to partner
Alexis Olympia Ohanian in future for mixed doubles.
Who is she?

33. Serena Williams’s baby

34. 17. Though India is not the greatest
sporting nation, it ranks 3rd in an
international list.
Russia is in the first position
whereas Italy is in second spot.
What is this list?

35. Number of banned athlete’s
list by WADA

36. 18. Krunal and Hardik Pandya had a very tough
childhood. Due to their subsistence living, they got the
nickname X brothers. What is X?

38. 19.Mali Madhavan Nair and S Guptan Nair were not only
stalwarts of Malayalam literature but were sportsmen who
played at the state level. What was their game?

40. 20. X is a British historical drama film. It tells
the fact-based story of two athletes in the
1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout
Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of
God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew
who runs to overcome prejudice.
Name x which has an iconic sound track.