SPORTS ROUND RULES:

1. EACH TEAM WILL GET THREE DIRECT QUESTIONS. EACH DIRECT

QUESTION CARRIES 10 POINTS.
2. IF THE TEAM TO WHOM THE QUESTION IS DIRECTED, FAILS TO
ANSWER IT, IT WILL PASS ON TO THE NEXT TEAM IN THE CLOCKWISE
DIRECTION.
3. EACH PASSED QUESTION CARRIES 5 POINTS. THERE IS NO
NEGATIVE MARKING.
 1. X AND Y ARE TWO TEAMS PLAYING IN A PARTICULAR
TOURNAMENT. THEIR RIVALRY HAS LONG SURPASSED THE
SPORTING DIMENSIONS, SO MUCH SO THAT THE ELECTION OF
THE CLUB’S PRESIDENT IS STRONGLY POLITICISED. IN 1930 THE
CITY OF X DEVELOPED A REPUTATION OF OPPOSING THE
CENTRALISING POWER OF Y. WHILE Y IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
NATIONALIST TENDENCIES, X REPRESENTS THE CULTURE OF A
PARTICULAR STATE OF THE COUNTRY. WHAT ARE X AND Y?
 X= FOOTBALL CLUB
BARCELONA
Y= REAL MADRID FOOTBALL
CLUB
 2. THIS GOAL CELEBRATION BY SWITZERLAND’S
XHERDAN SHAQIRI IN THE LAST EDITION OF FIFA
FOOTBALL WORLD CUP SNATCHED GOOD AMOUNT OF
ATTENTION. FIFA HAD OPENED DISCIPLINARY
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM FOR THIS CELEBRATION.
WHAT DOES THIS CELEBRATION SYMBOLISE ?
 THE TWO INTERLOCKED PALMS
SYMBOLISE THE DOUBLE HEADED
EAGLE THAT IS PRESENT IN THE
ALBANIAN FLAG
 3. WHAT WAS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DIGIT 8 IN
THE CONTEXT OF THE OPENING
OF BEIJING OLYMPICS ?
IN SOME CHINESE CULTURES THE NUMBER 8
IS CONSIDERED AUSPICIOUS. AND
THEREFORE THE BEIJING OLYMPICS BEGAN
ON A NOTE OF 5 8S. IT BE WAS DECLARED
OPEN AT 08:08 PM ON 8/8/2008.
 4. THIS IS AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER
MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE. HIS NAME
HAS ENTERED INTO HISTORY
RECENTLY. WHAT HAS HE DONE TO
DO SO?
FOLLOWING A NEW RULE BY ICC, HE
BECAME THE FIRST REPLACEMENT
PLAYER IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
WHO WAS ALLOWED TO BAT, BOWL
AND FIELD.
5. SHE IS ONE OF THE LEGENDS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME OF
TENNIS. SHE IS A 4 TIMES AUSTRALIAN OPEN AND 7 TIMES
WIMBLEDON WINNER. A STORY ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD IS
EXTREMELY FAMOUS. WHEN SHE WAS SIX YEARS OLD, HER
FATHER USED TO TAKE HER TO THE COURT AND TELL HER THAT IF
SHE CAN WIN ALL THE SETS OF ONE GAME AGAINST HER
OPPONENT SHE WOULD GET ONE ICE CREAM. THE LITTLE GIRL,
INSPIRED BY THIS PROBABLE PRIZE BEGAN TO WORK HARDER.
WHICH LEGEND OF THE GAME AM I TALKING ABOUT?
STEFANIE MARIA WHO IS
POPULARLY KNOWN AS
STEFFI GRAF.
 6. DURING 2003 CRICKET WORLD CUP, A TEAM X
BOYCOTTED A MATCH OF THEIRS TO PROTEST AGAINST
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN ZIMBABWE WHICH WAS
TO BE THE VENUE OF THE MATCH. ANOTHER TEAM Y
FORFEITED A MATCH IN KENYA FOR SECURITY
CONCERNS. IDENTIFY X AND Y.
X= ENGLAND Y= NEW ZEALAND
 7. THIS FOOTBALL AWARD=X WAS WON IN 2018
BY A PLAYER=Y, WHERE HE SIMULTANEOUSLY
BROKE A TEN YEAR STREAK OF TWO PLAYERS
WINNING THIS TROPHY. Y PLAYED IN THE SAME
EUROPEAN CLUB AS ONE OF THESE TWO PLAYERS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME. IDENTIFY X AND Y.
X= BALLON D’OR
Y= LUKA MODRIC
8. THIS CHARACTER FROM INDIAN MYTHOLOGY,
KNOWN FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AT A
PRESENT DAY OLYMPIC SPORT, HAS AN AWARD
NAMED AFTER HIM IN INDIA. IDENTIFY THE
CHARACTER IF ONE OF THE LATEST RECIPIENTS OF
THIS AWARD IS RAVINDRA JADEJA.
ARJUNA
 9. PLAYED ON A SQUARE SURFACE, THIS GAME
INCLUDES LINES, CIRCLES, ARCS AND MUCH
MORE. THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR
THIS SPORT WAS FOUNDED IN 1988, IN CHENNAI.
NAME THE SPORT IF THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
PIECES ON THE PLAYING SURFACE COULD BE 19.
10. MATCH THE FOLLOWING
MASCOTS TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE OLYMPIC YEARS
1- C
2- B
3- A
 11. IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING
SPORTSPERSON WHO HAS BEEN IN THE
NEWS DUE TO CRIMINAL CHARGES
AGAINST HIM.
 OSCAR
PISTORIUS
12. IN THE WORLD OF CRICKET,
WHAT IS COMMON ABOUT THE
COMPANIES DUKE,
KOKKABURA AND SG?
 CRICKET BALLS AT THE
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL ARE
MANUFACTURED BY ONLY THESE
COMPANIES.