QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSAR QUIZ #5

PENTATHLON EPISODE 5

QM- Prateek Vijayavargiya

This is the fifth among the series of quizzes we have planned as part
of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a Sports Quiz.

This edition saw 18 people attempting thw quiz.Sports being a favorite among most enthusiasts saw a high scoring quiz.

1.Identify this Indian boxer, who made headlines in 1998.

Ans.Dingko Singh (Won Gold at the 1998 Asian Games)
2.Who is the quickest driver to get a fine in F1, being fined $1,000 nine seconds into his career, after speeding in the pitlane and is also the youngest driver to score points in a Grand Prix, youngest to win pole position and also the youngest F1 race winner?

Ans.Sebastien Vettel

3.Connect this billionaire to the world of cricket.

Ans.Allen Stanford

4.Who is the only Indian athlete to have broken Milkha Singh’s 400 M record?

Ans.Paramjit Singh

5.Which boxer nicknamed "The Bayonne Bleeder”, served as the inspiration for the character of Rocky Balboa in the “Rocky” movie series?

Ans. Chuck Wepner
6.In 1845, Alexander Cartwright of New York City led the codification of an early list of rules (the so-called Knickerbocker Rules), from which today's rules have evolved. Which sport?

Ans.Baseball

7.X reached the Junior final at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. He played on the India Davis Cup team from 1959 until 1973. His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the round of 16 at the 1962 Australian Championships. In doubles, his best Slam performance was reaching the Quarterfinals at the 1962 Australian Championships and 1973 Wimbledon Championships, both times with Jaidip Mukerjea.
Simply Identify X.

Ans.Premjit Lall

8.Which sport, which literally translated means "goat grabbing" is the national sport of Afghanistan?

Ans.Buzkashi

9.After Sir Don Bradman and Wally Hammond, who became The Next Batsman to Score Double Centuries in successive Innings?

Ans.Vinod Kambli

10.The author of “Unlimited Challenge”, which player’s World Championship Match in 1984 with Anatoly Karpov stretched over 5 Months and 48 Games?

Ans.Gary Kasparov

Scores for this edition:

Sands 4 ,Juggernaut 10, Priyadarshan Babu 10,
Somnath 10,Anubhav Chatterjee 4,Nirad 5,
Ankur 8,Prashant Mannur 4,Animesh 9
Prasoon 7,Swarun Krishna 9,Jaideep Kumar 6,
Anand Shankar 3,Harshal Modi 8,SR 9,
Shishir 4,Partha SG 9,Kamal Rathi 9