FNQ 4

THE SPORTS QUIZ GROUP ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL QUIZ


The FNQ series is back.On the request of Prateek I have decided to make it on sports,to celebrate the anniversary of the sportsquizgroup(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportsquiz/), whose quizzes I immensely enjoy.

There were 30 replies in all.This round was quite a high scoring one.

SCORECARD

Ameya Mardolkar 18
Arijit Mukhopadhyay 18
Ashish Agarwal 17
Vikas Plakkot 17
kaustabh choudhury 17
PRASANTH KUMAR 16
Manish Kris 16
Prateek Vijayavargia 16
Debaduta Mohanty 15.5
Deepak Gopinath 14.5
Minhaj Alam 13.5
Srikant NS 12
Atul V Nath 12
Amandeep Singh 12
Rekha Kakde 12
Aditya Gupta 12
Sadashiv N 11
Hussain Poonawala 11
Kunal 11
Vivek Srinivasan 10
Suraj Menon 10
Dinkar Ayilavarapu 10
chandan shahi 10
Srikanth Gonuguntla 9
Chinmay Kamat 9
Sukrit 6
Mufeed-ur-Rahman, 5
Harshith Ajila 5
Ramachandran V 4
R Varadharajan 2



1.The number one ranked Indian in his sport is currently ranked 49th in the world.Italian fashion brand POLICE chose him as the brand ambassador,as they were looking fore someone whose face hadb't appeared in a million ads before.Identify the sportsperson?

ANS. Ritwik Bhattacharya,Squash

2.Which South African provincial team will participate in the 2006-07 season of Duleep Trophy?

ANS.Kwazulu Natal(Dolphins)

3.He was the last Frenchman to have won the French Open singles title way back in 1983.He became a musical performer after retirement from tennis.(3.jpg)
Ans. Yannick Noah

4. Which company acquired the marketing rights for Scahin Tendulkar for US$ 40 million after his 10year contract with WorldTel expired ?
Ans. Iconix, the marketing arm of advertising major Stachi and Stachi.
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5. Identify the cricket stadium shown in the visual.The backdrop should serve as a clue.
Ans. Newlands,Cape Town.The Table Mountains overlook this scenic stadium

6.The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association was the first winner of this trophy shown in the visual.Identify the trophy and the sport in which it is awarded.
Ans Stanley Cup.Ice Hockey


7.Footballers are often trend setters in terms of fashion,like the innumerable tattoos once sported by David Beckham.Which footballer was seen recently wearing an ear-stud bearing "R10"?
Ans. Ronaldinho

8. Michael Schumacher made his formaula 1 debut driving for Jordan in 1991. The Grand Prix circuit where he made his debut was also the one where he won his first GP a year later. Which circuit am I talking of?
Ans. Belgian Grand prix

9.Which Argentine tennis legend's record of 53 match unbeaten streak on clay did Rafael Nadal break by winnng the first round at the 2006 French open?
Ans. Guillermo Vilas

10. "Games of your Life",is the punchline of which international sporting event to be held in 2006?
Ans. Doha Asian games

11.In which cricket stadium which will host international matches after a long gap will you come across the Pavillion End and Church Gate End?
Ans. Brabourne Stadium

12.Which Indian tennis legend was bestowed a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Tennis federation in 2003 for his service as a player and coach for
45 years?(HINT! He is the great grandson of the legendary freedom fighter Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das)
Ans. Jaidip Mukherjea

13.In a pretty disgusting precedent, which will serve as a discouragement for young Indians to take up sports other than cricket, the Bank Of Baroda removed as its brand ambassador a sportsperson ranked number 2 in the world in her sport in favour of the more popular and recognisable Rahul Dravid.Who is the sportsperson
in question ?
Ans. Koneru Humpy

14.A one foot high statue of this sportsman aws placed in Bangkok's Pariwas Buddhist Temple alongside about 100 other statues of minor deities to keep his memory alive for the next 1000 years.He was also the subject of a 12 week course at Staffordshire University started in 1999.Identify the sportsman?
Ans. David Beckham

15.The world cup of which sport is known as the William Webb Ellis Trophy?
Ans. Rugby

16. This former Aussie cricketer was named the Australian Father Of the Year in 2005 and has the dubious distinction of running out 50 partners in ODIs and 23 in tests.Who is this famous Aussie?
Ans. Steve Waugh

17. Identify the sport shown in the visual?
Ans. Pelota

18.Identify the sportswoman,chosen FIFA woman player of the year 3 years in a row?
ANS Brigit Prinz

19. Which country participating in the 2006 Fifa world cup in germany,has decided to sepearte into two independent countries based on a referendum conducted
recently?
ANS. Serbia and Montenegro

20.Identify this oldest active trophy in sports?
ANS. Americas Cup(Yachting)