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set and hosted by Madhav
ISC X Literati 2.0 - 2
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Shoutout for GP-ing
◼Aayush Gahan
◼Anaamika S
◼Ishan Kakodkar
◼Niranjana Anil - 4
Last edition’s podium
🥇Pranav, Rohan, Shriram
🥈Ishan, Prayag
🥉Abhineet, Niral, Soham - 5
Rules
◼20 Questions worth 27 points, covering 20 different sports
◼Question 6, 11, 14, 15, 17 are starred, and will be used to
break ties if any
◼Questions 14-20 are two pointers
◼Top 8 teams will make it to the finals - 6
1.
◼Born _____ Singh Bais in Allahabad, he got his nickname by
which we know him today due to him practising at night
after his duty hours in the British Indian military.
◼ID the athlete who replaced a former Indian prime minister in
a sporting context, in 2021. - 7
2.
◼_______ Rooster is a professional
rugby club based in a Southern
Hemisphere city, with its logo paying
tribute to an architectural marvel from
the city.
◼ID the city - 8
3.
◼At the 2025 Lombardia Trophy she won using ‘This is How It
Feels’ by Laufey and D4vd, but decided to replace it after D4vd
was implicated in a homicide investigation, and chose
‘MacArthur Park Suite’ by Donna Summer for a 2026 sporting
event. However her iconic performance came at the exhibition
gala following her win at the 2026 sporting event, using a 2025
song by a British singer.
◼ID the athlete. - 9
4.
◼Yomif Kejelcha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who holds
the record for the 10K road race. In 2026, he decided to switch
to a different sport and ended up beating the world record
during his debut at London. However his performance was
overshadowed by a Kenyan athlete who became the first to
officially break a certain barrier, unofficially broken by Eliud
Kipchoge in 2019.
◼ID the barrier & the athlete. - 10
5.
◼Inspired by watching PV Sindhu play at the Indian Open in Delhi
when she was six, she picked up badminton, and ended up
winning a few youth level tournaments in Delhi. However she
switched to a different sport at the advice of her elder sister, and
ended up becoming the youngest Indian medalist at the Asian
Games, when she was 15.
◼ID her, who recently became the junior world champion in her
sport. - 11
6.
◼Hailing from the village of Nongpock Kakching, she went to a
forest near her village looking for firewood when she was 12
with her elder brother. When it came to lifting the bundle,
her brother struggled to lift the heavy stack while she easily
hoisted the bundle, put it over her head and walked 2kms
through hilly terrain to reach home.
◼ID this Olympic medalist. - 12
7.
◼Jhostynxon García is a Venezuelan baseball outfielder who
plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates of MLB. He is known by his
nickname ‘The ________’ thanks to his first name serving as a
really strong option for a ________ .
◼FITB - 13
8.
◼Koto Kawaguchi is a Japanese athlete who won a bronze
medal in the men’s team event at the 2022 Summer
Deaflympics. Due to his expertise in his sport, and
resemblance to the Japanese athlete Hiroji Satoh, he was
selected to be part of a project a year ago, revolving around
Satoh’s opponent in the 1952 world championship in
Mumbai.
◼ID the project or Satoh’s opponent. - 14
9.
◼The most prestigious tournament
for women in a certain sport is
named after the woman pictured
here, and not an American
transportation company.
◼ID the tournament. - 15
10.
◼‘____ means ____ ‘ (different blanks) is a 2017 American
documentary film about tennis coach Nick Bollettieri and his
troubled relationship with Andre Agassi. The title is
appropriate considering it explains the meaning of a term
used in tennis and how Bollettieri’s desire to win affected his
relationship with people close to him.
◼ID the title of the documentary. - 16
11.
◼Pictured here are two individuals
performing a job in a particular
sport that requires walking 5-10
miles carrying a 15-20 kg bag,
and deep knowledge of the
terrain for selecting the
appropriate equipment.
◼What exactly are they doing and
for whom ? - 17
12.
◼To get around F1 regulations
around advertising certain
products, this brand started using
the barcode pictured here, which
resembles their logo when cars
attain high speed.
◼ID the brand and the team they
used to sponsor. - 18
13.
◼Established as World _________ Federation, the governing
body of this South Korean martial art underwent a name
change in 2017 to avoid clashing with an internet slang.
◼FITB - 19
(picture slide)
- 20
14.
◼The two-word name of this sport refers to the athletes
participating alone without any equipment for assistance, and
lends its name to a 2018 Oscar winning movie. The movie follows
an athlete attempting to become the first to tackle a geographic
feature in California, located near another landmark that inspired
the logo of an American outdoor sporting-equipment brand, that
also sponsors the athlete.
◼ID the sport and the brand. - 21
15.
◼The first champion outside the sport’s country of origin was
Akebono Taro from the USA, however a certain landlocked Asian
country has dominated the sport since 2003. Athletes from the
country include Asashoryu Akinori, Hakuho Sho, Harumafuji
Kohei, Kakuryu Rikisaburo, Terunofuji Haruo, all growing up
participating in bohk, a sport involving over 300 throwing and
kicking techniques.
◼ID the sport and the country. - 22
16.
◼The 9th highest in this list of 14 gets its name from the Sanskrit
words meaning ‘naked’, and refers to its snowy white
appearance, while the 12th highest gets its name due to its wide
appearance.
ID the 9th highest entity.
◼The 12th highest entity was the site of the unfortunate demise of
a former member of the ‘Brigade of Gurkhas’, who completed
the list in 2019.
ID him. - 23
17.
◼On December 16, 1997, a day before her 18th birthday, Charlotte
Edwards led the England team to a win over Ireland with a
record-breaking performance. However, the record lasted less than
24hrs, as an Australian broke it in a stadium 150km away, against
Denmark, setting a landmark achievement often misattributed to
another knock that came 13 years later.
◼ID the landmark achievement.
◼Also ID where the record was set, a place that gets its name from the
Persian word for a port or harbor. - 24
18.
◼ID the beverage that was originally
developed by researchers at the University
of Florida for the college’s American football
teams, to replenish the carbohydrates and
electrolytes burned while playing.
◼In 2017, the brand entered a sponsorship
deal with a US sports league, thus becoming
the first American professional league to be
named after an advertiser.
ID the league. - 25
19.
◼Colombia’s jersey for the 2026 FIFA World Cup pays homage
to a genre of literature spearheaded by a 1967 work.
ID the genre/ work of literature.
◼France’s away jersey for the World Cup is a homage to a 19th
century gift from France to the USA.
ID the gift. - 26
(picture slide)
- 27
20.
◼2015-16 Villanova Wildcats entered the NCAA tournament as the No:2
seed and went on to win the championship. 10 years later, three players
from the 2015-16 Wildcats made up 60% of another starting five in a
historic championship run.
ID the team.
◼Second Round Foundation was started by a member of the 2015-16
Wildcats, to ensure that young people who are overlooked and
underestimated have the tools to succeed.
ID the founder of Second Round Foundation. - 28
Return your answer sheets
- 29
1.
◼Born _____ Singh Bais in Allahabad, he got his nickname by
which we know him today due to him practising at night
after his duty hours in the British Indian military.
◼ID the athlete who replaced a former Indian prime minister in
a sporting context, in 2021. - 30
Safety Slide
- 31
Dhyan Chand
- 32
2.
◼_______ Rooster is a professional
rugby club based in a Southern
Hemisphere city, with its logo paying
tribute to an architectural marvel from
the city.
◼ID the city - 33
Safety Slide
- 34
Sydney
- 35
3.
◼At the 2025 Lombardia Trophy she won using ‘This is How It
Feels’ by Laufey and D4vd, but decided to replace it after
D4vd was implicated in a homicide investigation, and chose
‘MacArthur Park Suite’ by Donna Summer for a 2026 sporting
event. However her iconic performance came at the
exhibition gala following her win at the 2026 sporting event,
using a 2025 song by a British singer.
◼ID the athlete. - 36
Safety Slide
- 37
Alysa Liu
- 38
4.
◼Yomif Kejelcha is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who
holds the record for the 10K road race. In 2026, he decided to
switch to a different sport and ended up beating the world
record during his debut at London. However his performance
was overshadowed by a Kenyan athlete who became the first
to officially break a certain barrier, unofficially broken by
Eliud Kipchoge in 2019.
◼ID the barrier & the athlete. - 39
Safety Slide
- 40
Sebastian Sawe completing sub 2 hr marathon
- 41
5.
◼Inspired by watching PV Sindhu play at the Indian Open in
Delhi when she was six, she picked up badminton, and ended
up winning a few youth level tournaments in Delhi. However
she switched to a different sport at the advice of her elder
sister, and ended up becoming the youngest Indian medalist
at the Asian Games, when she was 15.
◼ID her, who recently became the junior world champion in
her sport. - 42
Safety Slide
- 43
Anahat Singh
- 44
6.
◼Hailing from the village of Nongpock Kakching, she went to a
forest near her village looking for firewood when she was 12
with her elder brother. When it came to lifting the bundle,
her brother struggled to lift the heavy stack while she easily
hoisted the bundle, put it over her head and walked 2kms
through hilly terrain to reach home.
◼ID this Olympic medalist. - 45
Safety Slide
- 46
Mirabai Chanu
- 47
7.
◼Jhostynxon García is a Venezuelan baseball outfielder who
plays for the Pittsburgh Pirates of MLB. He is known by his
nickname ‘The ________’ thanks to his first name serving as a
really strong option for a ________ .
◼FITB - 48
Safety Slide
- 49
Password
- 50
8.
◼Koto Kawaguchi is a Japanese athlete who won a bronze
medal in the men’s team event at the 2022 Summer
Deaflympics. Due to his expertise in his sport, and
resemblance to the Japanese athlete Hiroji Satoh, he was
selected to be part of a project a year ago, revolving around
Satoh’s opponent in the 1952 world championship in
Mumbai.
◼ID the project or Satoh’s opponent. - 51
Safety Slide
- 52
Marty Supreme / Marty Reisman
- 53
9.
◼The most prestigious tournament
for women in a certain sport is
named after the woman pictured
here, and not an American
transportation company.
◼ID the tournament. - 54
Safety Slide
- 55
Uber Cup
- 56
10.
◼‘____ means ____ ‘ (different blanks) is a 2017 American
documentary film about tennis coach Nick Bollettieri and his
troubled relationship with Andre Agassi. The title is
appropriate considering it explains the meaning of a term
used in tennis and how Bollettieri’s desire to win affected his
relationship with people close to him.
◼ID the title of the documentary. - 57
Safety Slide
- 58
Love means Zero
- 59
11.
◼Pictured here are two
individuals performing a job
in a particular sport that
requires walking 5-10 miles
carrying a 15-20 kg bag, and
deep knowledge of the
terrain for selecting the
appropriate equipment.
◼What exactly are they doing
and for whom ? - 60
Safety Slide
- 61
Aditi Ashok’s caddie
- 62
12.
◼To get around F1 regulations
around advertising certain
products, this brand started
using the barcode pictured here,
which resembles their logo
when cars attain high speed.
◼ID the brand and the team they
used to sponsor. - 63
Safety Slide
- 64
Marlboro on Ferrari
- 65
13.
◼Established as World _________ Federation, the governing
body of this South Korean martial art underwent a name
change in 2017 to avoid clashing with an internet slang.
◼FITB - 66
(picture slide)
- 67
Safety Slide
- 68
Taekwondo
- 69
14.
◼The two-word name of this sport refers to the athletes
participating alone without any equipment for assistance,
and lends its name to a 2018 Oscar winning movie. The movie
follows an athlete attempting to become the first to tackle a
geographic feature in California, located near another
landmark that inspired the logo of an American outdoor
sporting-equipment brand, that also sponsors the athlete.
◼ID the sport and the brand. - 70
Safety Slide
- 71
Free Solo
Northface - 72
15.
◼The first champion outside the sport’s country of origin was
Akebono Taro from the USA, however a certain landlocked
Asian country has dominated the sport since 2003. Athletes
from the country include Asashoryu Akinori, Hakuho Sho,
Harumafuji Kohei, Kakuryu Rikisaburo, Terunofuji Haruo, all
growing up participating in bohk, a sport involving over 300
throwing and kicking techniques.
◼ID the sport and the country. - 73
Safety Slide
- 74
Sumo Wrestling
Mongolia▶ Video (YouTube) — play it in the viewer
- 75
16.
◼The 9th highest in this list of 14 gets its name from the
Sanskrit words meaning ‘naked’, and refers to its snowy
white appearance, while the 12th highest gets its name due
to its wide appearance.
ID the 9th highest entity.
◼The 12th highest entity was the site of the unfortunate
demise of a former member of the ‘Brigade of Gurkhas’, who
completed the list in 2019.
ID him. - 76
Safety Slide
- 77
Nanga Parbat
Nirmal Purja - 78
17.
◼On December 16, 1997, a day before her 18th birthday,
Charlotte Edwards led the England team to a win over
Ireland with a record-breaking performance. However, the
record lasted less than 24hrs, as an Australian broke it in a
stadium 150km away, against Denmark, setting a landmark
achievement often misattributed to another knock that
came 13 years later.
◼ID the landmark achievement.
◼Also ID where the record was set, a place that gets its name
from the Persian word for a port or harbor. - 79
Safety Slide
- 80
First ODI double century by Belinda Clarke
MIG Ground Bandra - 81
18.
◼ID the beverage that was originally
developed by researchers at the University
of Florida for the college’s American football
teams, to replenish the carbohydrates and
electrolytes burned while playing.
◼In 2017, the brand entered a sponsorship
deal with a US sports league, thus becoming
the first American professional league to be
named after an advertiser.
ID the league. - 82
Safety Slide
- 83
Gatorade
NBA G league - 84
19.
◼Colombia’s jersey for the 2026 FIFA World Cup pays homage
to a genre of literature spearheaded by a 1967 work.
ID the genre/ work of literature.
◼France’s away jersey for the World Cup is a homage to a 19th
century gift from France to the USA.
ID the gift. - 85
(picture slide)
- 86
Safety Slide
- 87
Magical Realism/ 100 years of Solitude
Statue of Liberty - 88
20.
◼2015-16 Villanova Wildcats entered the NCAA tournament as
the No:2 seed and went on to win the championship. 10
years later, three players from the 2015-16 Wildcats made up
60% of another starting five in a historic championship run.
ID the team.
◼Second Round Foundation was started by a member of the
2015-16 Wildcats, to ensure that young people who are
overlooked and underestimated have the tools to succeed.
ID the founder of Second Round Foundation. - 89
Safety Slide
- 90
Knicks in Five
Jalen Brunson - 91
Sports Covered
◼Rugby ◼Sumo Wrestling
◼Hockey ◼Free Solo
◼Cricket ◼Table Tennis
◼Figure Skating ◼Golf
◼Weight Lifting ◼Badminton
◼Mountaineering ◼Tennis
◼Marathon ◼Taekwondo
◼Squash ◼American Football
◼Baseball ◼F1
◼Football ◼Basketball - 92
Finals
◼Round 1: Themed Written
◼Round 2: Clockwise Pounce & Bounce
◼Round 3: Themed Written
◼Round 4: Anti-Clockwise Pounce & Bounce - 93
Round 1
◼4 Questions
◼Written Round
◼Theme: FIFA World Cup
◼+10/0 - 94
1.
◼In the 1950 WC final, Uruguay defeated the hosts Brazil in a major
upset, in a match now known as the Maracanazo. The Brazil national
team faced severe criticism from fans for the loss, including pressure to
change something dubbed too unpatriotic for being plain white. A
competition was held by the newspaper Correio da Manha to choose
the winner, and Aldyr Garcia Schlee ended up winning.
What did he design ?
◼ His original design had white as well; however, he dropped it due to its
resemblance to the flag of a religious entity.
What did his original design resemble ? - 95
2.
◼ ‘Disgrace of Gijon’ is the name given to the 1982 WC match between West
Germany & Austria. Algeria had already played their final group stage
game, and if West Germany won by less than 3 goals both Austria &
Germany would advance to the next stage. After the first goal, both teams
didn’t bother playing, leading to widespread criticism from fans.
What rule change did this lead to ?
◼ The match was also called _________, referring to another event involving
the two countries that occurred 44 years prior, and gets its name from the
German word for joining.
FITB - 96
3.
◼Days before the kickoff of the
2022 WC, an official sponsor
received a ban from the host
country, prompting them to give
away their massive surplus of
unsold products to the winning
team.
◼ID the company. - 97
4.
◼Belgium’s jersey for the 2026 WC was inspired by the artwork
‘La Voix Des Airs’ by a Belgian artist, and the collars had the
inscription ‘This is not a jersey’.
ID the artist.
◼Brazil’s jersey for the 2026 WC paid tribute to a fauna found
in the Amazon, and also represented the threat posed by the
team towards their opponents.
ID the fauna. - 98
(picture slide)
- 99
Exchange
- 100
1.
◼In the 1950 WC final, Uruguay defeated the hosts Brazil in a
major upset, in a match now known as the Maracanazo. The
Brazil national team faced severe criticism from fans for the
loss, including pressure to change something dubbed too
unpatriotic for being plain white. A competition was held by
the newspaper Correio da Manha to choose the winner, and
Aldyr Garcia Schlee ended up winning.
What did he design ?
◼ His original design had white as well; however, he dropped it
due to its resemblance to the flag of a religious entity.
What did his original design resemble ? - 101
Safety Slide
- 102
Brazil’s canary yellow jersey
Vatican - 103
2.
◼ ‘Disgrace of Gijon’ is the name given to the 1982 WC match
between West Germany & Austria. Algeria had already played
their final group stage game, and if West Germany won by less
than 3 goals both Austria & Germany would advance to the next
stage. After the first goal, both teams didn’t bother playing,
leading to widespread criticism from fans.
What rule change did this lead to ?
◼ The match was also called _________, referring to another event
involving the two countries that occurred 44 years prior, and gets
its name from the German word for joining.
FITB - 104
Safety Slide
- 105
All final group stages matches to be played simultaneously
Anschluss - 106
3.
◼Days before the kickoff of the
2022 WC, an official sponsor
received a ban from the host
country, prompting them to give
away their massive surplus of
unsold products to the winning
team.
◼ID the company. - 107
Safety Slide
- 108
Budweiser
- 109
4.
◼Belgium’s jersey for the 2026 WC was inspired by the artwork
‘La Voix Des Airs’ by a Belgian artist, and the collars had the
inscription ‘This is not a jersey’.
ID the artist.
◼Brazil’s jersey for the 2026 WC paid tribute to a fauna found
in the Amazon, and also represented the threat posed by the
team towards their opponents.
ID the fauna. - 110
(picture slide)
- 111
Safety Slide
- 112
Rene Magritte
Poison Dart Frogs - 113
Round 2
◼8 Questions
◼Clockwise Pounce n Bounce
◼+10/-5 on Pounce
◼+10/0 on Bounce - 114
1.
◼In 2011, statistician Rogerio Lopes Zili was in charge of
counting something, and he ended up with a figure between
1281 and 1283. The uncertainty arose from a match against
Poland in the 1960s, where the fifth one might have been
misattributed. Hence the 1969 game against Vasco da Gama
might not have been the one that witnessed a historic
achievement.
◼ID the achievement. - 115
Safety Slide
- 116
Pele’s 1000th goal
- 117
2.
◼Adidas started the 321 campaign at the Boston Marathon
partnering with Chris Nikic, a neurodivergent athlete to
spread awareness about a genetic condition.
ID the condition.
◼Bib 261 was retired by the Boston Athletic Association to
honor K V Switzer, a historic 1967 contestant who couldn’t
complete the race due to intervention from the organisers.
What first in Boston Marathon history did Switzer achieve ? - 118
Safety Slide
- 119
Trisomy 21 aka Down’s syndrome
First woman to run the Boston marathon - 120
3.
◼Deriving from the Andalusian Arabic phrase meaning “the
calendar” or “the climate”, it refers to a regularly published guide
about a particular subject. Instances of it include a publication by
an American founding father, and the most prestigious publication
about a certain sport. The publication was first issued in 1864 and
contained just raw scores and random trivia like the dates of the
Crusades and the death of George Washington.
◼ID the publication. - 121
Safety Slide
- 122
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac
- 123
4.
◼The 2016 edition of the Super Bowl skipped an NFL tradition
because the league designers felt it to be visually
unappealing and to have unwanted slang connotations.
ID the NFL tradition.
◼Also ID the 2016 NFL MVP, a former No:1 pick who led his
team to the Super Bowl, and shares his surname with a
European physicist. - 124
Safety Slide
- 125
Using Roman Numerals on Super Bowl titles
Cam Newton - 126
5.
◼His mom Fang Fengdi was 1.88m tall while his dad was
2.08m tall, and both played professional basketball. Due to
this physical advantage, CCP officials tried to get them an
exception to a rule enacted in 1979, and ended in 2015.
◼ID the rule and the athlete. - 127
Safety Slide
- 128
Yao Ming
One Child Policy - 129
6.
◼The All England Club doesn’t permit the use of mobile
phones during Wimbledon; however, they’ve made an
exception for a German athlete due to a certain health
condition. That same condition proved costly during the
2026 Halle Open, when a malfunction in his monitor led him
to overdose on a countermeasure, ultimately costing him a
place in the finals.
◼ID the German athlete and the health condition. - 130
Safety Slide
- 131
Alexander Zverev
Diabetes - 132
7.
◼Ian Thorpe is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in
freestyle, and won five Olympic gold medals across the 2000 and
2004 Olympics. As a child, he was sidelined from swimming due to
his allergy which forced him to swim with his head out of the water.
Despite this ungainly technique, he used to win, primarily because
of his significant size advantage.
◼What was he allergic to?
◼Also ID his nickname, a pun on his name and aptly captures his
ability to destroy his opponents. - 133
Safety Slide
- 134
Thorpedo
Chlorine - 135
8.
◼In a recent interview, Clacton by-election candidate Count
Binface wanted to point out that this election is not a
one-and-done affair, like a certain British sporting event, and
as far as he's concerned they'll be back here again soon
enough, hence resembling another sporting event, indirectly
named after a swamp-type water buffalo from the
Philippines.
◼What two entities did Count Binface use to make his point?
And in What aspect do they differ ? - 136
Safety Slide
- 137
FA Cup, Carabao Cup
one legged vs two legged - 138
Round 3
◼4 Questions
◼Written Round
◼Theme: Quadrennial multi-sport events
◼+10/0 - 139
1.
◼The first games were held in 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt,
while the most recent one was in Oran, Algeria.
Participants include Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco,
Spain, Italy, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Greece, Lebanon, and
Syria.
◼ID the tournament.
◼Which city that gets its name from Spanish for “White
House” hosted the games in 1983? - 140
2.
◼Named after a biblical priest who was an early leader in the
revolt against the Seleucid Empire until his death, the event also
has a European edition that started in 1929. The 2015 European
edition was held in a stadium originally made for another
sporting event 80 years prior, and appropriately Nancy Gilman lit
the flame during the opening ceremony.
◼ID the tournament and why was Nancy Gilman lighting the flame
quite appropriate ? - 141
3.
◼Held since 1989, participants include Morocco, Senegal,
Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Quebec, Madagascar, Mauritius,
Lebanon, Chad, Canada New Brunswick, etc.
ID the tournament.
◼The 2023 edition was held in a capital city located on the
banks of a river whose other side is another capital city,
making them the closest capital cities in the world.
ID the city. - 142
4.
◼Started in 1938 in honor of an individual, participants include
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, etc. The 2009
edition was held in a capital city named after a compatriot of
the aforementioned individual.
◼ID the tournament and the capital city. - 143
Exchange
- 144
1.
◼The first games were held in 1951 in Alexandria,
Egypt, while the most recent one was in Oran,
Algeria. Participants include Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Greece,
Lebanon, and Syria.
◼ID the tournament.
◼Which city that gets its name from Spanish for
“White House” hosted the games in 1983? - 145
Safety Slide
- 146
Mediterranean Games
Casablanca - 147
2.
◼Named after a biblical priest who was an early leader in the
revolt against the Seleucid Empire until his death, the event
also has a European edition that started in 1929. The 2015
European edition was held in a stadium originally made for
another sporting event 80 years prior, and appropriately
Nancy Gilman lit the flame during the opening ceremony.
◼ID the tournament and why was Nancy Gilman lighting the
flame quite appropriate ? - 148
Safety Slide
- 149
Maccabiah Games aka Jewish Olympics
Her father was a Jewish athlete who wasn’t allowed to take part in the 1936
Berlin Olympics - 150
3.
◼Held since 1989, participants include Morocco,
Senegal, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Quebec,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Lebanon, Chad, Canada
New Brunswick, etc.
ID the tournament.
◼The 2023 edition was held in a capital city located on
the banks of a river whose other side is another
capital city, making them the closest capital cities in
the world.
ID the city. - 151
Safety Slide
- 152
Francophone Games
Kinshasa - 153
4.
◼Started in 1938 in honor of an individual, participants include
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, etc. The 2009
edition was held in a capital city named after a compatriot of
the aforementioned individual.
◼ID the tournament and the capital city. - 154
Safety Slide
- 155
Bolivarian Games
Sucre - 156
Round 4
◼8 Questions
◼Anti-Clockwise Pounce n Bounce
◼+10/-5 on Pounce
◼+10/0 on Bounce - 157
1.
◼During the 2025 ECF against the Knicks, Tyrese Haliburton
averaged 21 points, 10.5 assists, and made clutch game
winners to help the Pacers advance to the finals.
What nickname did he receive thanks to him delivering bad
news to the Knicks, a reference to an event 25 years ago ?
◼Dyson Daniels plays as a guard for the Hawks and his
nickname is a pun on a natural entity from his home country
and refers to his ability to intercept passes, thus dominating
a certain stat.
ID his nickname. - 158
Safety Slide
- 159
Haliban
Great Barrier Thief - 160
2.
◼In 2008, statistician Charles Davis wrote in ‘The Sydney Morning
Herald’ that during the eight-day fifth test of 1928-29 Aus vs Eng
match in Melbourne, four runs scored by Jack Ryder during Maurice
Tate’s 35th over seems to have a recording error, and might have
been scored by the batter on the other end. This would mean that a
perfect statistic was indeed achieved, and not spoiled by Eric
Hollies, during a 1948 test at the Oval.
◼ID the statistic. - 161
Safety Slide
- 162
Bradman averaging 100 runs
- 163
3.
◼The football match feature teams from certain departments
of University of Bradford and King’s College London. The
Bradford team is represented by teams named D. Lama, M.
L. King, and Gandhi, while King’s College is represented by
teams named Nelson, Caesar, and Clausewitz.
ID the departments.
◼The competition is named after an individual who wrote an
appropriate 1869 work.
Who is it named after ? OR ID the work. - 164
Safety Slide
- 165
Dep of War and Peace
Tolstoy - 166
4.
◼Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur served as the site of the Malaysian
declaration of independence. In 1975, the stadium hosted a World Cup final,
the first and only one so far between two nations who used to dominate the
sport, winning 9 out of 12 gold medals between the two, at the Olympics
until 1976.
ID the sporting rivalry.
◼In 1975, the stadium also witnessed a legendary player defeating Joe Bugner
just before his much-anticipated match in another Southeast Asian country.
ID the player. - 167
Safety Slide
- 168
India vs Pakistan Hockey
Muhammed Ali - 169
5.
◼When he was 20 years old playing for Stocksbridge Park
Steels, he was forced to wear an equipment due to an event
that transpired at a local pub. This also forced him to wear
protective gear around the equipment, and he had to be
substituted from the field before 6pm.
◼ID the player, part of a historic underdog story a decade back
◼Also ID the equipment. - 170
Safety Slide
- 171
Jamie Vardy
Ankle monitor - 172
6.
◼Dala Horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a
horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna. The
world’s largest Dala horse is located in Avesta, hometown of a
world-record-holding athlete, and there exists a billboard right
next to the horse commemorating his record. The billboard’s
height keeps increasing every time he sets the record, and
currently it’s 6.31 m tall.
◼ID the athlete. - 173
Safety Slide
- 174
Mondo Duplantis
- 175
7.
◼He appears as a speedy
messenger in the comic book
‘________ in Belgium’ created by
Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo,
although one might be familiar
with his travels around Italy,
Spain, and France.
◼ID the athlete & FITB. - 176
Safety Slide
- 177
Asterix
Eddy Merckx - 178
8.
◼During the Aus vs New Zealand match on 17th Feb 2005, New
Zealand needed more than 44 runs to win off the last delivery.
Glenn McGrath decided to do something funny by referencing
an incident that happened 24 years prior.
◼What did McGrath do ?
◼How did the match umpire Billy Bowden react to it ?
◼What distinction does the match itself hold in cricketing history? - 179
(picture slide)
- 180
Safety Slide
- 181
First ever T20 International
▶ Video (YouTube) — play it in the viewer
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Thank You