Not Roger Bannister Quiz.
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Q. __________ bowling is a cricketing slang
used to describe mediocre bowling.
This term is derived from the fact that a
batsman can help himself to as many
runs as he likes, akin to a self-service
_________.
Q. A death rattle, known clinically
as terminal respiratory secretions or
simply terminal secretions, is a sound
often produced by someone who is near
death when fluids such
as saliva and bronchial secretions
accumulate in the throat and upper
chest.
In cricketing parlance, where would we
hear this?
Q. FITB :
__________ are made of vulcanized
rubber. A standard ___________ is 1 inch
thick, 3 inches diameter, and weighs
between 5.5 to 6 ounces. They are often
marked with team or league logos on
one or both sides. They are frozen before
the game to reduce bouncing during
play.
Q. Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-
Baker was a British politician, diplomat,
academic, an outstanding amateur
athlete, and renowned campaigner for
disarmament.
What unique distinction does he hold?
Q. Wilt Chamberlain was a 7 foot 1 in
basketball player, who played for the
Philadelphia Warriors. On March 2, 1962
he created a record that till day has
never been replicated in professional
basketball.
Question is simple – what was the
record he created?
He scored 100 points in a single basketball
game. No player since has managed to
touch the triple digit mark.
Q. This is a Google doodle
commemorating Sochi Winter Olympics.
Why was this doodle seen as mocking
Russia?
Q. Esther Mary Vergeer is a retired Dutch
player, who ended her career on a
record 470 matches winning streak. Her
list of achievements include 42 Grand
Slam tournaments, 22 year end
Championships and the record of being
number 1 in her sport from 1999 to her
retirement in 2013.
What sport did she play?
Ethiopian marathon runner, Abebe Bikila.
He was the first athlete in history to win
the Olympic marathon twice.
He was also the first sub-Saharan African
to win an Olympic gold medal.
Q. Switzerland has participated in every
Summer Olympics – except when it
boycotted the 1956 Olympics.
What was the reason for the boycott?
Q. "The American team was offended, and
it wasn't right. It was the cold war.
Americans, out of their own natural pride
and love of country, didn't want to lose
and admit loss. They didn't want to lose
in anything, especially basketball" – Ivan
Edeshko.
What historic event is Ivan Edeshko
talking about?
Q. On Sunday 18 July 1976, the second
day of the Montreal Games, a 14-year-
old gymnast called Nadia Comaneci
made her first appearance. Her routine
on the uneven bars that day was
flawless, and the judges agreed. After
much deliberation and discussion, the
judges awarded her a 1.00
Why so?
The official time keeper for the event,
Omega, was told by International
Olympics Committee before the event
that a perfect 10.00 score was impossible
and to keep only 3 digit scoreboards.
Q. #golf
Scoring even : par
Scoring one under par : birdie
Scoring two under par : eagle
Scoring three under par : _________
Scoring four under par : __________
Q. _______ cricket is an informal game derived from cricket. There is only one batsman, and their objective is to not be dismissed by the other participants - who are fielders, or a bowler if they have possession of the ball -for as long as possible.
It seems likely that as the game is a lesser version on regular cricket that the name is intended to mock both the game and the ______ - just as a “______ cut" in the sport of cricket is a poorly executed cut shot which almost gets a batsman out.
Q. Gender verification tests in the Olympics
became mandatory from the1968
Olympics, because of fears that men
would participate in women events and
have an unfair advantage.
Gender verification tests are mandatory
for every athlete. An exception occurred
in the 1976 Summer Olympics, when a
member of the British equestrian team
was excused from the test. Who was the
person/why were they excused?
Princess Anne of the UK, who was
competing as a member of the UK
equestrian team. As the daughter of
Queen Elizabeth II, such a test was seen
as inappropriate
Q. A ______________ quarterback is
someone who passes too much
judgement/criticism, with the benefit of
hindsight. _______________ refers to the
games played or broadcast on Sunday,
with criticisms levelled by commentators
the following week.
Q. The ’63 Navy-American Army college
football game ended with Army
Quarterback, Rollie Stichweh’s
touchdown in the fourth quarter of
their 21-15 loss. This touchdown was
remarkable for the announcer Lindsey
Nelson stating to the television
viewers, “Ladies and gentlemen, Army
did not score again!”.
What led him to say so?
Q. The decisive third game of a three game playoff for the National League pennant was played on October 3, 1951 between New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. It was the first game to be televised across America and was heard by thousands of Americans working in Korea and Japan.
NY Giants outfield Bobby Thomson hit a double run off Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca to win the game, and subsequently the pennant.
What famous epithet is his game winning shot known by?
Q. The Legend of the _________ is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games where _________ are thrown onto the ice surface. The ___________, having ____, symbolized the number of playoff wins necessary for the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup. The practice started April 15, 1952, when Pete and Jerry Cusimano, brothers and storeowners in Detroit's Eastern Market, hurled an ________ into the rink of The Old Red Barn. The team swept the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens en route to winning the championship, as well as winning two of the next three championships.
Q. The ____________ is a name for a football game on 9 August 1942 in Kiev between the local team FC Start — former professional footballers from Dynamo Kyiv and Lokomotyv Kyiv — and Flakelf, a team of German air defense artillery.
The importance of the game lay in the Soviet propaganda that promoted the unshakable will of Soviet players who sacrificed their lives facing an ultimate adversity. According to the Soviet version some players of the "Start" team after winning the match 5-3 were shot by the SS because their victory humiliated the Germans.
Q. New Zealand’s Ross Norman had been
in pursuit of this for a long time, only to
fail time and time again. He never gave
up though, vowing that one day
____________ would be off his game and
he would get him. The day finally came
in World Open in Toulouse 1986.
What am I talking about?
Q. “When you look at what he did; he broke three world records and tied another in a matter of one hour,” says Richard C. Crepeau, professor of sport history at the University of Central Florida. “There is even some dispute, because people think he actually broke rather than tied the fourth. So four world records essentially, one tied and three broken, in an hour–not one week, not one day, but one hour. That has to be the greatest hour in the history of track and field and maybe even one of the greatest hours in the history of sports.”
What is Crepeau talking about?
When USA beat USSR at Ice Hockey in the
1980 Winter Olympics.
Also known as the ‘Miracle on Ice’ game.