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![15. WHAT’S HIS CLAIM TO FAME ?
Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhafθour ˈjuːliʏs ˈpjœsːɔn]; born November 26,
1988) is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player.
At the 2018 Arnold Strongman Competition, Björnsson established his reign with a victory in the deadlifting
competition, beating last year’s winner Brian Shaw and Mikhail Shivlyakov from Russia.
It took him three attempts at the Elephant Bar deadlift to successfully lift a whopping 472 kg (1,041 lb),
setting a new world record.
How do we know him better ?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sportsquizprelims-180319183230/75/Sports-Quiz-Prelims-IIT-Guwahati-18-2048.jpg)
![15. WHAT’S HIS CLAIM TO FAME ?
Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhafθour ˈjuːliʏs ˈpjœsːɔn]; born November 26,
1988) is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player.
At the 2018 Arnold Strongman Competition, Björnsson established his reign with a victory in the deadlifting
competition, beating last year’s winner Brian Shaw and Mikhail Shivlyakov from Russia.
It took him three attempts at the Elephant Bar deadlift to successfully lift a whopping 472 kg (1,041 lb),
setting a new world record.
How do we know him better ?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sportsquizprelims-180319183230/75/Sports-Quiz-Prelims-IIT-Guwahati-59-2048.jpg)
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- 3. RULES Each questioncarries 1 marks – total 25 questions in the qualifiers Top 8 team qualify for the finals
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- 5. 2. WHICH SPORT? The game originated as a sport in Britain during the 1880s, where it was played among the upper class as an after-dinner parlour game, then commonly known as “wiff-waff’. During the early 1900s, the game was banned in Russia because the rulers at the time believed that playing the game had an adverse effect on player’s eyesight. It was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.
- 6. 3. WHAT ISTHIS GYMNASTIC MANOUVRE CALLED ?
- 7. 4. NAME THEATHLETE Which legendary athlete landed himself in controversy when he said,“ All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me -- I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us”. He has won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championship gold medals and is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field.
- 8. 5. WHICH PHRASE? The late Spanish broadcaster Andres Montes is generally credited with coining the phrase during his television commentary for the 2006 Football World Cup. Montes used the phrase to describe precise, elegant passing of the ball. The playing style involves roaming movement and positional interchange among midfielders, moving the ball in intricate patterns, and sharp, one- or two- touch passing. It has been described as a “nonsensical phrase that has come to mean short passing, patience and possession above all else.”
- 9. 6. ID THESPORTSPERSON
- 10. 7. WHOSE ‘GOLDEN’WORDS ? “Desire and need makes you do things that one shouldn’t. There’s more to life than that. Once I asked myself how long I would last in cricket. But what after that? Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting are champions on the field but what about their life after cricket? That's a big question waiting ahead”. Whose words, when he decide to retire at a young age of 29 and became a priest? He also holds the record of being the youngest test captain.
- 11. 8. WHY DIDN’TTHEY PARTICIPATE ? Sprinter Martin Glickman and long jumper and sprinter Sam Stoller travelled with the American squad to the 1936 Olympics, but eventually did not participate in their respective events. In 1998 though, the president of the US Olympic Association presented them with two plaques. “in lieu of the gold medals they didn’t win”. Why did they didn't participate in their respective events ?
- 12. 9. WHAT’S THEIRNICKNAME ? Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based from Atlanta, Georgia in the NBA. Their logo has been popularly nicknamed after its resemblance to something. What ?
- 13. 10. NAME THETEAM The first part of this teams name stands for Unilazer Sports Ventures, the venture capital firm of the highly supportive team owner. The second part is derived from the goddess who supposedly guards the region which they represent.
- 14. 11. WHAT DOESTHE TERM STAND FOR ? Trampolining is a recreational activity, acrobatic training tool as well as a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, full flip, or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists. An athlete is judged on the basis of his/her DD score (degree of difficulty) added to the TOF. From this sum, points are deducted for bad form and horizontal displacement from the center of the bed made by he player to get to the overall score. What does TOF stand for ?
- 15. 12. ID THEPLAYER Wimbledon’s Ball Boys and Girls (BBG) are famous for the rigorous training they undergo to ensure the smooth operation of the world’s most famous tennis tournament. But such is the extent of their well-drilled preparations that it has now emerged they keep a secret dossier of the player’s stranger habits and demands. The list includes details of which players want the same ball with which they have just won a serve, prefer to be given a ball from a particular corner or like to have a towel handed to them after every point Denmark’s X is another particular difficult player for the BBGs. While most players will receive balls from either side of the court, this one only wants balls from X’s service side, which means those suppliers must always ensure they have enough balls for X. Who?
- 16. 13. ID THESPORTSPERSON
- 17. 14. HOW HASHIS CRIME BEEN IMMORTALIZED? Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He is known for his wily intelligence and as a champion of mankind and is credited with the creation of man from clay. It is said that he defied the gods by stealing something from Zeus and giving it to humans, an act that enabled progress and civilization. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. How has Prometheus’s crime been immortalized?
- 18. 15. WHAT’S HISCLAIM TO FAME ? Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhafθour ˈjuːliʏs ˈpjœsːɔn]; born November 26, 1988) is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player. At the 2018 Arnold Strongman Competition, Björnsson established his reign with a victory in the deadlifting competition, beating last year’s winner Brian Shaw and Mikhail Shivlyakov from Russia. It took him three attempts at the Elephant Bar deadlift to successfully lift a whopping 472 kg (1,041 lb), setting a new world record. How do we know him better ?
- 19. 16. WHICH SPORTINGEQUIPMENT ? According to a popular belief first published by Malcolm Whitman in 1932, this piece of sporting equipment gets its name from the Arabic term rahat al-yad, meaning "palm of hand". Used in more than one sport, the size of the equipment varies according to the sport. What ?
- 20. 17. ID XAND Y On 11 March 2010, X launched its range in India with the announcement of Y as the brand ambassador. Stuart Law, a former Australian Test player, called it “a half-brick on a stick”. Launched with a fanfare of publicity, it shunned defensive cricket and promoted big hitting. Suresh Raina, Y’s teammate, also used the equipment (manufactured by X) without much success. Id X and Y
- 21. 18. ID THETERM ________ ________ defence in volleyball lingo is used for a one-handed block during the game. It is derived from the name of a popular character because of the certain way he tackled his attackers from the top of a building in the city of New York. What term ?
- 22. 19. HOW WASTHE DISPUTE SETTLED ? In a Bundesliga match played on March 2012 between Bayern Munich FC and Hertha Berlin, Bayern ended up wining comfortably with a score line of 6-0. In the 25th minute of the match , when Bayern were leading three goals to nil , a free kick was awarded to them. Both Toni Kroos and Franck Ribery lined up to take the free-kick but were unable to convince the other to back out. Eventually they settled their dispute through a game of ___________ and Ribery went on take it. How did they settle their dispute?
- 23. 20. ID XAND Y This logo was recently unveiled by the government of X when they became the sponsors of Y. Give X and Y.
- 24. 21. WHICH GAME? X, also known as Werewolf, is a game created by Dmitry Davidoff, a professor at the Moscow University, in 1986 modelling a conflict between an informed minority, the X, and an uninformed majority, the innocents. He developed the game to combine psychology research with his duties teaching high school students. The game became popular in other Soviet colleges and schools and by the mid 1990s a version of the game was made into a Latvian television series. The word X means swagger or bravado. Id X
- 25. 22. ID THEBLANKED OUT PART
- 26. 23. WHO ISHE NAMED AFTER ? Half brother of the Wijnaldum brothers Georginio and Giliano, this Dutch international plays for the Premier League club Huddersfield Town predominantly as a winger but also as a striker. Born on 4th of June, who is he named after ?
- 27. 24. WHAT EXACTLYWAS HIS ‘HASTY ACTION’ ? At the time of his death in 2015, Harvey Pollack, the legendary sports statistician, held the distinction of being the only individual still working for the NBA since its inaugural 1946-47 season. He also served as a long term director of statistical information for the Philadelphia 76ers His hasty action after a particular match, is famously captured in an iconic black-and-white photograph. According to him it was the busiest night of his career. What exactly was his ‘hasty action’ ?
- 28. 25. WHAT WASTHE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION ? 7 Days in Hell is a mockumentary directed by Jake Szymanski and written by Murray Miller. The film premiered on July 11, 2015 on HBO and July 8 on HBO Now. What was the source of inspiration for this mockumentary ?
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- 31. 1. FILL THEBLANKED OUT PORTIONS
- 32. ALEX CARREY, GLENNMAXWELL
- 33. 2. WHICH SPORT? The game originated as a sport in Britain during the 1880s, where it was played among the upper class as an after-dinner parlour game, then commonly known as “wiff-waff’. During the early 1900s, the game was banned in Russia because the rulers at the time believed that playing the game had an adverse effect on player’s eyesight. It was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.
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- 35. 3. WHAT ISTHIS GYMNASTIC MANOUVRE CALLED ?
- 36. PRODUNOVA, NAMED AFTERTHE RUSSIAN GYMNAST YELENA
- 37. 4. NAME THEATHLETE Which legendary athlete landed himself in controversy when he said, “ All my life I believed I became an athlete through my own determination, but it's impossible to think that being descended from slaves hasn't left an imprint through the generations. Difficult as it was to hear, slavery has benefited descendants like me -- I believe there is a superior athletic gene in us”. He has won four Olympic gold medals and eight World Championship gold medals and is generally considered one of the greatest and most consistent sprinters in the history of track and field.
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- 39. 5. WHICH PHRASE? The late Spanish broadcaster Andres Montes is generally credited with coining the phrase during his television commentary for the 2006 Football World Cup. Montes used the phrase to describe precise, elegant passing of the ball. The playing style involves roaming movement and positional interchange among midfielders, moving the ball in intricate patterns, and sharp, one- or two- touch passing. It has been described as a “nonsensical phrase that has come to mean short passing, patience and possession above all else.”
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- 41. 6. ID THESPORTSPERSON
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- 43. 7. WHOSE ‘GOLDEN’WORDS ? “Desire and need makes you do things that one shouldn’t. There’s more to life than that. Once I asked myself how long I would last in cricket. But what after that? Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting are champions on the field but what about their life after cricket? That's a big question waiting ahead”. Whose words, when he decide to retire at a young age of 29 and became a priest? He also holds the record of being the youngest test captain.
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- 45. 8. WHY DIDN’TTHEY PARTICIPATE ? Sprinter Martin Glickman and long jumper and sprinter Sam Stoller travelled with the American squad to the 1936 Olympics, but eventually did not participate in their respective events. In 1998 though, the president of the US Olympic Association presented them with two plaques. “in lieu of the gold medals they didn’t win”. Why did they didn't participate in their respective events ?
- 46. GLICKMAN AND SAMSTOLLER, WERE FOLLOWERS OF JUDAISM AND SO WERE REPLACED ON THE 4 × 100 M RELAY TEAM BY RALPH METCALFE AND JESSE OWENS TO AVOID DISPLEASING ADOLF HITLER
- 47. 9. WHAT’S THEIRNICKNAME ? Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based from Atlanta, Georgia in the NBA. Their logo has been popularly nicknamed after its resemblance to something. What ?
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- 49. 10. NAME THETEAM The first part of this teams name stands for Unilazer Sports Ventures, the venture capital firm of the highly supportive team owner. The second part is derived from the goddess who supposedly guards the region which they represent.
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- 51. 11. WHAT DOESTHE TERM STAND FOR ? Trampolining is a recreational activity, acrobatic training tool as well as a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, full flip, or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or backward somersaults and twists. An athlete is judged on the basis of his/her DD score (degree of difficulty) added to the TOF. From this sum, points are deducted for bad form and horizontal displacement from the center of the bed made by he player to get to the overall score. What does TOF stand for ?
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- 53. 12. ID THEPLAYER Wimbledon’s Ball Boys and Girls (BBG) are famous for the rigorous training they undergo to ensure the smooth operation of the world’s most famous tennis tournament. But such is the extent of their well-drilled preparations that it has now emerged they keep a secret dossier of the player’s stranger habits and demands. The list includes details of which players want the same ball with which they have just won a serve, prefer to be given a ball from a particular corner or like to have a towel handed to them after every point Denmark’s X is another particular difficult player for the BBGs. While most players will receive balls from either side of the court, this one only wants balls from X’s service side, which means those suppliers must always ensure they have enough balls for X. Who?
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- 55. 13. ID THESPORTSPERSON
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- 57. 14. HOW HASHIS CRIME BEEN IMMORTALIZED? Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He is known for his wily intelligence and as a champion of mankind and is credited with the creation of man from clay. It is said that he defied the gods by stealing something from Zeus and giving it to humans, an act that enabled progress and civilization. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day, only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. How has Prometheus’s crime been immortalized?
- 58. OLYMPIC FLAME Heis credited with stealing the fire from Zeus and giving it to humanity.
- 59. 15. WHAT’S HISCLAIM TO FAME ? Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhafθour ˈjuːliʏs ˈpjœsːɔn]; born November 26, 1988) is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player. At the 2018 Arnold Strongman Competition, Björnsson established his reign with a victory in the deadlifting competition, beating last year’s winner Brian Shaw and Mikhail Shivlyakov from Russia. It took him three attempts at the Elephant Bar deadlift to successfully lift a whopping 472 kg (1,041 lb), setting a new world record. How do we know him better ?
- 60. HE PLAYS SERGREGOR “THE MOUNTAIN” IN THE HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES
- 61. 16. WHICH SPORTINGEQUIPMENT ? According to a popular belief first published by Malcolm Whitman in 1932, this piece of sporting equipment gets its name from the Arabic term rahat al-yad, meaning "palm of hand". Used in more than one sport, the size of the equipment varies according to the sport. What ?
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- 63. 17. ID XAND Y On 11 March 2010, X launched its range in India with the announcement of Y as its brand ambassador. Stuart Law, a former Australian Test player, called it “a half-brick on a stick”. Launched with much fanfare and publicity, it shunned defensive cricket and promoted big hitting. Suresh Raina, Y’s teammate, also used the equipment (manufactured by X) without much success. Id X and Y
- 64. X – MONGOOSE,Y – MATTHEW HAYDEN
- 65. 18. ID THETERM ________ ________ defence in volleyball lingo is used for a one-handed block during the game. It is derived from the name of a popular character because of the certain way he tackled his attackers from the top of a building in the city of New York. What term ?
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- 67. 19. HOW WASTHE DISPUTE SETTLED ? In a Bundesliga match played on March 2012 between Bayern Munich FC and Hertha Berlin, Bayern ended up wining comfortably with a score line of 6-0. In the 25th minute of the match , when Bayern were leading three goals to nil , a free kick was awarded to them. Both Toni Kroos and Franck Ribery lined up to take the free-kick but were unable to convince the other to back out. Eventually they settled their dispute through a game of ___________ and Ribery went on take it. How did they settle their dispute?
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- 69. 20. ID XAND Y This logo was recently unveiled by the government of X when they became the sponsors of Y. Give X and Y.
- 70. X – ORISSA,Y – INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM
- 71. 21. WHICH GAME? X, also known as Werewolf, is a game created by Dmitry Davidoff, a professor at the Moscow University, in 1986 modelling a conflict between an informed minority, the X, and an uninformed majority, the innocents. He developed the game to combine psychology research with his duties teaching high school students. The game became popular in other Soviet colleges and schools and by the mid 1990s a version of the game was made into a Latvian television series. The word X means swagger or bravado. Id X
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- 73. 22. ID THEBLANKED OUT PART
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- 75. 23. WHO ISHE NAMED AFTER ? Half brother of the Wijnaldum brothers Georginio and Giliano, this Dutch international plays for the Premier League club Huddersfield Town predominantly as a winger but also as a striker. Born on 4th of June, who is he named after ?
- 76. RAJIV VAN LAPARRA, NAMED AFTER RAJIV GANDHI
- 77. 24. WHAT EXACTLYWAS HIS ‘HASTY ACTION’ ? At the time of his death in 2015, Harvey Pollack, the legendary sports statistician, held the distinction of being the only individual still working for the NBA since its inaugural 1946-47 season. He also served as a long term director of statistical information for the Philadelphia 76ers His hasty action after a particular match, is famously captured in an iconic black-and-white photograph. According to him it was the busiest night of his career. What exactly was his ‘hasty action’ ?
- 78. HE SCRIBBLED THENUMBER 100 ON A PIECE OF PAPER WHICH WAS SHOWN BY WILT CAMBERLAIN AFTER HIS RECORD BREAKING FEAT
- 79. 25.WHAT WAS THESOURCE OF INSPIRATION ? 7 Days in Hell is a mockumentary directed by Jake Szymanski and written by Murray Miller. The film premiered on July 11, 2015 on HBO and July 8 on HBO Now. What was the source of inspiration for this mockumentary ?
- 80. THE FILM WASINSPIRED BY THE ISNER–MAHUT MARATHON MEN'S SINGLES MATCH AT THE 2010 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS