2014 06 asKQAnce sports and travel Finals for upload

Quizmasters:
Sohan Maheshwar and Venkatesh Srinivasan
asKQAnce 2014
FLYING DUTCHMEN
Sports and Travel Quiz Finals

The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQANCE 2014
 5 rounds
 3 Written Theme Rounds
 18 questions each Clock and
Anti-Clock on Infinite Bounce/Pounce
 Prelims scores will give you lifelines to
avoid negatives on pounce
All the best!
About the Quiz

 4 questions (on cities), all written
+5 for each correct answer, no negatives
 +10 for the theme (write it as answer 5), no
negatives
 The theme is from the world of Sports and is
exhaustive (as it stands now)
Theme Time – 1

The Sports and Travel Quiz – asKQAnce 2014
1.
• First built in 1872 out of wood, it was rebuilt in the
early 20th century and is the first steel bridge in the
country. Rumoured to be designed by Gustav Eiffel,
in which city will you find the Ayala Bridge?

2.
• Lying on a creek called Khor ______, also called
the River Zara by ancient Greeks, a dredging
scheme in the 1950s dramatically improved
the economic development and prosperity in
this city.
• Which city that became an independent
political entity in 1833, when 800 men of the
Bu Flasa tribe settled here?

3.
• Red symbolises universal brotherhood and
equality of man, while white signifies purity
and virtue. The crescent moon represents a
young nation on the rise and the five stars
signify the ideals of democracy, peace,
progress, justice and equality.
• Description of the flag of?

4.
• Currently called CSMVS, what is the earlier
(more famous) name of this building and
where will you find it?

5. Theme?

Exchange Sheets
Answers Follow

ANSWER…

Manila

Dubai

Singapore

Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai

Theme?

International Premier Tennis League

18 questions
 Infinite Bounce with no negatives
 +10, -10 on Infinite Pounce
 +15, -10 on some questions, when indicated
 Lifelines for no negs, as per prelims scores
Clockwise

1.
• In the history of the FIFA World Cup, only one
defending champion team did not turn up to
defend their title in the subsequent edition.
• Which team, which year, and why?

Uruguay in 1934
In protest at the refusal of several
European countries to travel to South
America for the previous World Cup

2.
• Identify the lead actor in this film (Jason Statham’s
co-star)
• While adapting the story of this film from a 1974
film, what key change was made?

Vinnie Jones
Adapted from The Longest Yard – the change
was that the prison inmates play soccer
instead of American Football

3.
• Connect with explanations for each visual
15 pointer

Place de la Concorde
The public square where Louis the XVI was
executed (earlier called Place de la
Revolution) also lends its name to the
agreement (Concorde Agreement) between
the FIA and the F1 teams that governs the
sport; the painting is by Edgar Degas and is
called Place de la Concorde

4.
• This is a 1949 photo of Bradman, while on tour, with
an opposing captain, who many, including Sobers,
considered the best batsman in the world at that time.
• The player in question was charged with his wife’s
murder and after a sensational trial, was acquitted. He
subsequently went abroad, continued his cricketing
prowess and set a world record.
• Identify the player and the record.

Mahadevan Sathasivam
Captained three countries – Ceylon, Malaysia
and Singapore

5.
• A joint venture between the state government and a
French firm, this is Asia’s highest and longest cable
car, and one of the main attractions of this city,
termed by CNN as the “best ski resort in Asia”.
Identify this meadow of flowers.

Gulmarg

6.
• Identify the strait that separates mainland England
from its largest island – name the island also.
• Why do sports buffs turn their attention to this
place for an hour each year?
15 pointer

Solent
Isle of Wight
Annual Brambles cricket match on the
sandbank, between members of The Royal
Southern Yacht Club and the Island Sailing
Club, when low tide happens

7.
• What is common to the Indian National Record
times in the following events?
– Women’s Long Jump
– Women’s 400m Hurdles
– Men’s 800m
– Women’s 4*400m Relay
– Men’s 400m
• How are the two highlighted records different
from the others?

Achieved at the Summer Olympic Games
The first three records were achieved in
the finals of the events
KM Binu’s 400m record and the 4*400m
relay record of Rajwinder Kaur, K. M.
Beenamol, Chitra K. Soman and Manjit Kaur
were achieved in the heats of the 2004
Games

8.
• This is a tennis arena in Australia. It is shaped in the
form of a famous tiling puzzle launched by the Ertl
Company (an American toy co.) in 1999.
• An annual event happens in this arena, having
moved here in Jan 2013.
• Name any two – the arena, the puzzle, the event.

Perth Arena
Hopman Cup
The puzzle on which its design is based is
called the Eternity Puzzle

9.
• This book’s plot is essentially
centred around an adolescent girl
in 1930s Manchuria, who plays a
strategy game with strangers in a
public square, and ends up falling
in love with an enemy Japanese
soldier.
• Which 2500 year-old game fills
up the name of this book?
• What familiar system is followed
to rank players in this game
today?

Go
ELO Rating System

 4 questions (on sports teams/venues), all
written
+5 for each correct answer, no negatives
 +10 for the theme (write it as answer 5), no
negatives
 The theme is based on ‘travel’
Theme Time – 2

1.
• With their home ground at The Stoop, in
the western suburbs of London, identify
this Rugby team.

2.
• In the annals of ODI cricket, what was unique
about this match, played in Melbourne in the
year 2000?
Australia 295 for 5 in 50 overs (Michael Bevan
106, Steve Waugh 114*) beat South Africa 201
for 7 in 50 overs (Gary Kirsten 43, Jacques Kallis
42; Ian Harvey 3 for 41) by 94 runs.

3.
• This is a large outdoor entertainment venue.
On either side of it are two iconic locations –
one a sporting venue, the other a sports
themed park. Name either.

4.
• Where will you find three diagonal stripes
representing the Irwell, the Irk and the
Medlock rivers, and a motto that means
“Pride in Battle”?

Harlequins

First indoor ODI match
Held at the Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
(also called the Telstra Dome earlier)

Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit
Ferrari World

Manchester City FC

Sponsorships by Etihad Airways

10.
• Connect the two visuals and explain.
1842
2014

Nanking/Nanjing
The painting shows the Treaty of Nanking
that ended the first Opium War in Aug 1842
The mascot is that of the Nanjing Youth
Olympic Games scheduled in Aug 2014

11.
• Karel Van Wijnendaele, co-founder of the sports
paper 'Sportwereld‘, conceived this race called the
Ronde Van Vlaanderen in 1913. Prior to WWII, the
race was usually held on the same day as the
Milan–San Remo competition in Italy. For the first 30
years, the route was a loop starting and ending in
city X.
• City X is also well-known as the birthplace of the
person you see here.
• Name the race (English name), the city and the
person.
15 pointer

Tour of Flanders cycling race
Ghent in Belgium
Jacques Rogge

12.
• In the year 1891, this trophy was unveiled by the
British football enthusiasts in Bombay under the
umbrella of the ______ Club. The chief venue was the
Cooperage Ground in Bombay. The tournament has
attracted international teams like Corinthians in the
past. Defunct since 2000-01, there is an attempt to
revive this tournament.
• The tournament also holds special significance for
Bangalore, since a civilian team from here became the
first Indian to win the trophy in 1937.
• Name the trophy and the team.

Rovers Cup
Bangalore Muslims

13.
• Along with announcing the Indian team for an upcoming
tournament, these 13 people were felicitated in May 2014.
Who are they?
1. Ajit Pal Singh
2. Ashok Kumar
3. Mohd. Aslam Sher Khan
4. Brig. Harcharan Singh
5. Leslie Fernandez
6. Varinder Singh
7. Ashok Diwan
8. Michael Kindo
9. B.P. Govinda
10. Brig. HJS Chimni
11. V J Phillips
12. Onkar Singh
13. Kaliah P.E.

The living members of the only Indian team to
have won the Hockey World Cup in 1975
The Indian team for the 2014 Hockey World Cup
was announced on the same day.

14.
• The motto of this territory is Quocunque jeceris
stabit, which appears as part of the island's coat of
arms. The motto translates into English as
"whichever way you throw, it will stand“. This is
probably a reference to the distinctive symbol of this
territory, which appears on its flag and its coat of
arms – this motif is also the symbol of Sicily.
• Identify this Celtic Nation and the associated
symbol.

Isle of Man
Triskelion

15.
• Two Scotsmen, Tom Chalmers and Willie Cross
had to take a crucial decision – whether to
represent the largest city in their country in a
match against the second largest city on 23-Nov
1872 at the Accies ground, or to represent their
country in a match in a different sport on
30-Nov 1872 at Hamilton Crescent in Partick.
They chose the former.
• What is the significance of these two
matches?
• How is the former commemorated till today?

Glasgow vs Edinburgh was the first
inter-district (‘Derby’) Rugby Match
Scotland vs England was the
first international soccer match
Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh still play
for the 1872 Cup

16.
• In the early part of IPL 2014, the KXIP openers
had unusual numbers on their jerseys.
• Virender Sehwag sported number X and player Y
sported 266.
• Both were different references to a format far
removed from the one their franchise is a part of.
• What is X (the number) and Y (the player)?
• What were the references to?

X – 319
Y – Cheteshwar Pujara
Sehwag's best Test score is 319, and
Pujara was India's 266th Test player.

17.
• Golden Cage Events led by Prince Amir has been
bringing the best boxers/kick-boxers in the world for
a series of events in Dubai, Turkey, Holland, and
Morocco.
• Prince Amir made this recent comment about getting
two of the best in the world today for a fight, “Both of
them know that the whole world wants to see them fight. And
which fighter does not want to give what the world wants?” he
said. “I know many people have failed to bring them to the
ring, for many reasons, but I believe that we have the formula
to make it happen. And then the whole scene will explode.”
• Name the two fighters.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather

18.
• Identify the player and the iconic location in
Paris. (video removed)

Gustavo Kuerten
ENSBA – École Nationale Supérieure des
Beaux-Arts / distinguished National
School of Fine Arts

18 questions
 Infinite Bounce with no negatives
 +10, -10 on Infinite Pounce
 +15, -10 on some questions, when indicated
 Lifelines for no negs, as per prelims scores
Anti-Clockwise

19.
• What gaffe (that happened just before the clip
starts) did Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan beautilfully
cover up? (video removed)

Referred to the WWE as WWF.
Hence the mentions of all the wrestlers with
the animal names.

20.
• Identify the two players and tell us what’s happening.
• The infamous incident took place in 1999 and the
footballer in the foreground apologized for this earlier
this year.

Robbie Fowler taunting Greame Le Saux
with gay slurs
“I looked at Robbie. He started bending over and pointing his
backside in my direction. He looked over his shoulder and
started yelling at me. He was smirking. “Come and give me
one up the a***,” he said, repeating it three or four times.”

21.
• Canadian Speedskater Gilmore Junio received
this medal earlier this year even though he did
not complete. He also recevied a hero’s welcome
once he returned home after Sochi ’14.
• What is so special about the medal?

Junio stepped aside from the men's 1000 metres at the
2014 Sochi Olympics, so Canadian teammate Denny
Morrison, who fell during an earlier qualifying round, could
compete. Morrison went on to win the silver!
Thus a bunch of Canadians gave him a special
crowd-funded medal

22.
• His statue in his hometown of Barnsley, South
Yorkshire had be raised by five feet to stop
people from hanging condoms and knickers
from his iconic digit.
• He saw the humour in it and said “I do not
mind them doing it at all. They can take as
many photographs as they like but they're
climbing on to it and they might fall off.”
• Who?

Dickie Bird

23.
• On May 10, 1970, X scored one of the most famous goals in
hockey history – it gave Boston their first Stanley Cup since
1941. It came at the 40-second mark of the first overtime
period in the fourth game, helping to complete a sweep of
the St. Louis Blues. According to X:
"If it had gone by me, it's a two-on-one. So I got a little lucky
there, but Derek gave me a great pass and when I got the pass
I was moving across. As I skated across, Glenn had to move
across the crease and had to open his pads a little. I was really
trying to get the puck on net, and I did. As I went across,
Glenn's legs opened. I looked back, and I saw it go in, so I
jumped.”
• The subsequent photograph by Ray Lussier has become one
of the most famous and recognized hockey images of all time.
• Who is X ?

Bobby Orr scoring ‘The Goal’

24.
• Explain what is happening in this Carling
Cup tie from 2007 between Nottingham
Forest and Leicester City. The pic is a clue.
(video removed)

Nottingham Forest were given a 'free goal'
in their replayed Carling Cup tie with Leicester.
The original game between the two sides was
abandoned with Forest leading 1-0 at half-time after
City's Clive Clarke suffered heart failure and the
match was abandoned.
Sportingly, City allowed Forest keeper Paul Smith to
score straight from the kick-off to replicate the
scoreline.

25.
• Watch this clip from the 1980 film called
Can’t Stop the Music, which features the film
debut of X.
• X was known as the ‘World’s Greatest Athlete’
in 1976, and in 1977 he was a seventh-round
draft pick for the Kansas City Kings although
he never did play a game.
• Identify X and the reason for the 1976
moniker. (no part points) (video removed)

Bruce Jenner
Won the Decathlon at the 1976 Montreal
Olympics.

26.
• José Craveirinha, born in capital city X and considered
the greatest poet of his country, spotted Y playing at
a male soccer match in X. Admiring the way she ran
with the ball, he convinced her to take up athletics
and introduced her to his son, an athletics coach with
whom she started training.
• Y won a bronze in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and
won her first Olympic Gold in 2000 – the only two
medals won by this country at the Summer Olympics.
• Called the “X Express”, identify Y and the city X.

Y – Maria Mutola
X – Maputo
(Capital of Mozambique)

27.
• Quote by X from a 1984 Test at Lord’s: "Y was friendly with
my older brother Sunil, and his support was one of the most
special things I experienced. I still remember him ringing me
before the match in the dressing room. He said, "Hello, I'm Y,
I'm calling from Manchester. You're going to get runs, and I'll
call you at lunch." And he kept calling me at every break,
saying, "I'm going to talk to you at tea, and I'm going to talk
to you at stumps, and you had better be there." I thought that
was very, very sweet of him, basically telling me, "I got a
double there and I want you to get a double there."
• X went on to make 190 in a match that ended in a draw. Y's
200 two-years prior had lead to his side winning the test by
10 wickets.
• Identify X and Y.

X – Sidath Wettimuny
Y – Mohsin Khan

AUDIENCE
• During the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, the
Olympic committee received an anonymous letter. This letter
encouraged the Olympics to do something they have never
done before. The suggestion was adopted and the tradition
has continued ever since.
• Thirty years later, a Chinese individual named John Ian Wing
revealed himself to the world as having written the letter . At
the time of the letter, Wing was a 17-yr. old apprentice
carpenter. He did not state who he was because he did not
want his family to know he had written such a letter and he
was also worried that the officials would think it was a "dumb
idea".
• What was his suggestion?

He suggested that the athletes from all
countries mingle during the closing
parade as a symbol of global unity.

Written Round with 6 questions, +10 each, no
negatives
Raise your hands and write down the theme
at any time
Theme points:
1-2 -> +20, -10
3-4 -> +15, -8
5-6 -> +10, -5
Theme Time – 3

1.
• Photos from which museum?
+20, -10

2.
• He was a first generation Irish-
American who saw combat in
the Spanish–American War. He
also a military leader, civic
leader and municipal judge
and has an important airport in
the US named after him.
• Identify him or give the
name of the airport.
+20, -10

3.
• The first edition of this music festival was in 2006, when it was
called ‘X Calling’ – X was the venue where it was held.
• The name was changed in 2008 (although the location
remained the same) to ‘Y Calling’ where Y was the name of a
famous brand sponsoring the festival.
• In 2013, Y announced that they’d rename the 2014 version to
‘Calling Festival’.
• Its primarily a rock music festival, and various performers,
including The Killers, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Who,
Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, Aerosmith, Neil Young and Bruce
Springsteen have played at the event.
• Name the venue X and the brand Y.
+15, -8

4.
• The multi-purpose arena is one of this city’s biggest
indoor arenas, and is named after the person on the
right in the photograph.
• The person on the left acts as a clue to identify the
person on the right.
• Name the venue / person.
+15, -8

5.
• Originally called The Sun, the
Moon and One Star, this
sculpture by a surrealist
painter/sculptor X, is now
called X’s Y.
• Y is the city that the
sculpture is located in.
• Name the sculpture.
+10, -5

6.
• The building is one of the most distinctive and
imposing ones in the city’s skyline, thanks to a 45°
angled top, and a unique stilt-style base.
• It was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins in 1977.
• It houses the headquarters of which multi-national
company?
+10, -5

Last chance for the theme….

1.
• Photos from which museum?

Ghibli Musuem in Tokyo, Japan

2.
• He was a first generation Irish-
American who saw combat in
the Spanish–American War. He
also a military leader, civic
leader and municipal judge
and has an important airport in
the US named after him.
• Identify him or give the
name of the airport.

Edward Logan after whom Logan Airport in
Boston is named.

3.
• The first edition of this music festival was in 2006, when it was
called ‘X Calling’ – X was the venue where it was held.
• The name was changed in 2008 (although the location
remained the same) to ‘Y Calling’ where Y was the name of a
famous brand sponsoring the festival.
• In 2013, Y announced that they’d rename the 2014 version to
‘Calling Festival’.
• Its primarily a rock music festival, and various performers,
including The Killers, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, The Who,
Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, Aerosmith, Neil Young and Bruce
Springsteen have played at the event.
• Name the venue X and the brand Y.

X – Hyde Park
Y – Hard Rock
London, England

4.
• The multi-purpose arena is one of this city’s biggest
indoor arenas, and is named after the person on the
right in the photograph.
• The person on the left acts as a clue to identify the
person on the right.
• Name the venue / person.

Max-Schmeling-Halle
in Berlin, Germany

5.
• Originally called The Sun, the
Moon and One Star, this
sculpture by a surrealist
painter/sculptor X, is now
called X’s Y.
• Y is the city that the
sculpture is located in.
• Name the sculpture.

Miro’s Chicago

6.
• The building is one of the most distinctive and
imposing ones in the city’s skyline, thanks to a 45°
angled top, and a unique stilt-style base.
• It was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins in 1977.
• It houses the headquarters of which multi-national
company?

Citibank / Citigroup in New York

The World Marathon Majors

28.
• Once, a man named Raz Reid pulled his wife Kerry off the
court when she was two games away from defeat against
this player; in the previous match, JoAnne Russell had
flipped her the middle finger. An Australian, Dianne
Fromholtz, dismissed her as a “sideshow” who defied human
nature. At one point, she turned down a quarter of a million
dollars to play a challenge match against Bobby Riggs in Las
Vegas, fearing it would be perceived as pure sensationalism;
two years later, she agreed to play Riggs at a fairground in
London, Ontario for a couple thousand dollars.
• X is mostly remembered for events surrounding the 1977 US
Open.
• What happened? Who is this?

Renee Richards
Richards underwent sex reassignment
surgery. She was denied entry into the 1976
US Open by the United States Tennis
Association. She disputed the ban, and the
New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor
in 1977 and she played the tournament. This
was a landmark decision in favor of
transsexual rights.

29.
• There are many myths surrounding this person’s
meeting with Princess Margaret.
• Some said that he had told the princess that “Strength
is in the mind.” Others said that the king, George VI,
had made him roll up his trousers to see if his legs
were made of steel.
• His obituary in The Economist read thus: “The game of
football regularly produces playboys, celebrities, racists,
billionaires, fashion models and spoilt brats. What it
does not produce is saints; with one exception.”
• In his 20-year career he was never booked.
• Who is this?

Sailen Manna

30.
• On some occasions in 1997, the sponsor
name was substituted with "Bitten & Hisses".
From '98 to '00, "Buzzing Hornets" was seen.
During 2001, it was "Bitten Heroes" and from
2002 onwards it was ‘’Be On Edge”.
• Which team? Why these changes?

Jordan GP
Circumventing tobacco sponsorship ban –
the sponsor is Benson & Hedges

31.
• Seen in the picture is a large cutting tool of Filipino
origin similar to the machete, used particularly in the
jungles of Indonesia, the Philippines, and in the sugar
fields of Cuba. The primary use of this is to clear
vegetation – for agriculture or during trail blazing.
• This is also a punch used in martial arts popularized
by boxers like Caferino Garcia, Kid Gavilan and Sugar
Ray Leonard. Gavilan claimed to have perfected the
motion cutting sugar cane in the fields of Cuba, and
brought it into the ring with him.
• Name the tool/the punch.

Bolo Punch

32.
• The name of this place relates to “birth”. There
are two places with the same name in two
different continents, both named for more or
less the same reason – that they were
founded on Christmas Day.
• One is a state capital city in a South American
country, while the other is the old name of a
region/province in an African country, whose
first class cricket team is called the Dolphins.
• What’s the name, and which are the two
countries?

Natal
Brazil (one of the FIFA 2014 venues)
South Africa (the new name is KwaZulu-
Natal)

33.
• There's an old Morecambe and Wise (a Brit
comic duo) joke that goes: "I always know it's
summer when I hear the sound of leather on
X”.
• “How can the ball hurt you? It's only on you
for a second,” he has told teammates.
• Coincidentally, his autobiography was titled
I Don’t Bruise Easily.
• Who and what record does he hold in
English Test cricket?

Brian Close
Youngest player to be capped for England
in Tests

34.
• This is a November 6, 1993 boxing match between
Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe at Caesars
Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. What happens next?
It was even parodied in The Simpsons.
(video removed)

James Miller aka FanMan parachutes into
the arena!

35.
• Between 1997-2001, this event was held at Big Bear
Lake – California, Crested Butte – Colorado and
Mount Snow – Vermont. From 2002, it has been held
at the Buttermilk Mountain in this location.
• The location, a booming silver mining town, fell into
disarray, before a Chicago industrialist called Walter
Paepcke revived it in the 1930s. Today, it boasts
among other things, a Music Festival and School
that has been around since 1949-50.
• Identify the event, the organiser/owner and the
location.
15 pointer

Winter X Games
ESPN
Aspen, Colorado

36.
• This designer's daring yet abrasive masterpiece made for
player Y would not ever be seen, since she rejected it on
the grounds of discomfort. Instead, she chose to wear
the designer's backup option—a menthol green and sky
blue nylon number.
• The night before this iconic 1973 match, the designer
actually visited the location of the match, worried that
his creation might get lost in the glare of stadium
spotlights. On the morning of the match, the designer
holed up in his Houston hotel room, sat stitching
rhinestones and sequins on the dress.
• Identify the designer and the player.

Ted Tinling
Billie Jean King
This was her match against Bobby Riggs.

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