Sportsquiz Group Anniversary Quiz

I had prepared this quiz as part of the anniversary celebrations of the SportsQuiz Group.I am cross posting it on my blog.

Answers can be sent to my mail id .Only those who attempt the quiz are eligible to get the answers


1.This football tournament started in 1941 and the trophy is named after Sir Manmatha Roy Chowdhury,the erstwhile ruler of region now in Bangladesh.Identify.

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2.Which recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,has also served as a Member of Parliament (Loksabha).Incidentally the person lost in the 2009 Loksabha elections?

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3.In 1987 an industrialist Ravi Mammen set up an academy for nurturing a special class of sportsmen.The idea of academy, which also paid all expenses of its students,was met with lot of skepticism.Proving its critics wrong it went on to become a huge success both nationally and internationally.Identify.

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4.In October 1899 a Swiss accountant and sports columnist,Joan Gamper,advertised in a newspaper about his intention to start a football club.Eleven players responded to the advertisement , and after a meeting the football club was founded in November 1899.This is the history of which Europen football giant?

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5.There are 3 colours of balls officially allowed to be used in this sport. white,yellow and optic yellow .Which sport?

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6.At which sporting venue will you find, "Tea Olive","Pink Dogwood","Flowering Peach", "Flowering Crab Apple","Magnolia","Juniper" and "Pampas" together.(List not exhaustive).

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7.Identify the company from its logo.

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8.Michael Jordan had appeared on the cover of this magazine a record 49 times.What is the significance of the cover shown here.

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9.Identify this French tennis player who won the Wimbeldon and French Open half a dozen times each.

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10.This erstwhile monarch of an Asian country lends his name to a sports trophy.Who?

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