Answers to Weekly Quiz-3

1.
Patrick Viera,Richard Dunne,Duncan Ferguson.Joint record for most red cards in the Premier League(8 times)

2.
Mirka Federer

3.
Leverage,Kanon,Merlyn. All 3 are companies that manufacture bowling machines

4.
The match that ended Australia's world record run of consecutive ODI wins.

5.
The connect is Queen's Park Rangers(QPR)
1st pic- Sunil Chetri. who was recently denied work permit to play at QPR
2nd pic- (Former)Renault team boss Flavio Briatore , who is part owner of QPR
3rd pic - Tom Heaton,Man United goalkeeper currently on loan at QPR

6.
Rocco Mediate , who lost in sudden-death play0ff at the US Open last year(2008)

7.
Ellis Achong (WI cricketer of Chinese descent.The origin of the term 'Chinaman' is credited to him)

8.
Max Mosley

Weekly Quiz-3

1.
Connect

















2.
X (born in 1978 in Slovakia) is a former WTA tennis player.When X was nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. X met Martina Navratilova who thought she looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent X a racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson.Though X retired from the game in 2002
after a foot injury with no great records she is still well known .Who?


3.
What connects these 3 pics w.r.t sport ?






















4.
What is the significane of this match ?





















5.
Another Connect quest.

















6.
Identify the person (gracious-in-defeat) with Tiger Woods.












7.
Identify.What is his contribution to cricket ?



















8.
Simple one to round off.Identify this "well-dressed" gentleman(?).

















Post answers as comments itself.
Cheers all.

Answers to Weekly quiz-2

1.Carl Hooper,Chris Adams,Mark Ramprakash . All 3 have scored centuries against all counties.

2.Birmingham City (Barry Ferguson and Christian Benitez)

3. Younes el Aynoui, who played a marathon 5-setter against Roddick in Aussie open'03(last set ended 21-19,in favor of Roddick)

4.Only 3 goalkeepers to have conceded goals from their counter parts
Ben Foster - Paul Robinson scored vs Watford
Paul Gerrard -Peter Schmeichel vs Everton
Dean Kiely -Brad Friedel vs Charlton

5. Maiden overs bowled in T20 internationals.
Missing in the list is Sreesanth (2 maidens)

6.Usain Bolt's 200m personal best timings

7.Razak Pimpong

8.Sohrab Mirza,Sania Mirza's fiance', just in case you didn't know :-p



Good work by pk_devil in getting 6 qs right.Well done.
Quiz-3 coming soon.

Weekly Quiz -2

1.
Connect w.r.t domestic cricket.(Not sure whether the list is exhaustive)














2.
In which team would you find teammates- Ferguson and Benitez ? :-p

3.
Identify(Question inspired from 2009 wimbledon final)




















4.
What dubious Premier League record connects Ben Foster,Dean Kiely and Paul Gerrard ?


5.
Fill in the blank.

Dewald Nel(SCO),Dilhara Fernando,Shahid Afridi,Mark Gillespie,Ray Price-3

Nathan Bracken,Syed Rasel,_________, Albie Morkel-2

Harbajhan Singh,Shaun Pollock,Umar Gul (and many others)-1

6.
Put funda ( sitter)

















7.
Identify this flamboyantly named African footballer











8.
Identify this guy who broke many Indian hearts :-)

Answers to weekly quiz-1

1.Tunbridgewells (Kapil's 175)

2.Women's Premier League .Who else in Arsenal can win trophies :-)

3.Plexicushion- the new Australian Open surface

4. Y.E.Yang - the Tiger hunter , winner of PGA Championship

5.Number of UNITED's they have played for !
*Rio Ferdinand - Leeds UNITED, West Ham UNITED , Man UNITED
*Peter Beardsley -Carlisle, Manchester, Newcastle and Hartlepool


6.Cameron Cuffy. The slowest fast bowler on the planet

7.CONNECT -Venues that have hosted Rugby World Cup finals
Eden Park-Auckland
Millenium Stadium,Cardiff
State de France,Paris

8.Nirmal Shekar,The Hindu sports columnist

Weekly Quiz-1 (Aug 18-25 '09)

So,here is the first set of weekly questions.

1.
Identify this historic venue.It owes its fame to India.(Don't think too hard)











2.

2008-09 : Winners-Arsenal ;Runners-Everton
2007-08 : Winners-Arsenal ;Runners-Everton
2006-07 : Winners-Arsenal ;Runners-Everton
2005-06 : Winners-Arsenal ;Runners-Everton
2004-05 : Winners-Arsenal ;Runners-Charlton Athletic

What competition? Specific answer needed.

Its a genuine question.Don't be fooled by the winners list :-p


3.
Tournament,2000,Prestige,Competition are all types of X.It has a layer which absorbs body shock and reduces muscle fatigue.X made its debut (first use in a major event) in sport in Jan 2008.Apparently, it is very pleasing on the eye! What?


4.
Identify. Looks strong enough to be a hunter :-)













5.
I'll make this list(non-exhaustive,of course) as long as possible,so as to make the question less ambiguous and avoid several possible answers.

Peter Beardsley -4
Trevor Benjamin -4
Leon Constantine -4
Alan Foggon -4
Alan Smith-3
Rio Ferdinand-3
Nicky Butt-2
Mark Viduka-2
Anton Ferdinand -1
Paul Robinson-1
The list goes on and on...

Now tell me what is being listed?

6.
X made his Test debut against India in 1994.He has the distinction of winning a Man-of-the-match award without scoring a run,without taking a wicket ,without taking a catch (He wasn't the captain either).Identify X . Looks can be deceiving .


7.
Connect.


































8.And to round off this week..
Identify the person receiving the award from Vengsarkar




Post answers as comments itself.Cheers all.

I'm back

Well ... Since I have nothing else to do right now, I have decided to inject new life to this blog.
I am posting answers to the old questions and will be starting with a new series of weekly questions.

ANSWERS to sports quiz-1:
1. Pretty simple - A1 Ring in Austria

2.Lame question actually! - Davis LOVE III and Martin LOVE

3.All three jerseys were retired by their respective clubs (Maradona,Marc Vivian Foe and Romario )

4.Both circuits located inside amusement parks

5.The kid is Rahul Dravid . Simon Deoull,Mashrafe MOrtaza and Glenn Mcgrath are the only bowlers to dismiss Dravid for a duck in Test matches.(as of 2006)
NOTE: There has been a Run-out (vs Pak) and later in 2008 Jason Krejza dismissed him for a duck

6.RANGERS
1st pic- Home ground of Texas Rangers team
2nd pic- New York Rangers
3rd pic- Sir Alex Ferguson,who of course played for Rangers F.C

7.Last winners of respective home slams.(Men's Singles only)
Fred Perry(Britain)-Wimbledon 1936
Yannick Noah(France)-French Open 1983
Mark Edmondson(AUS)-Australian Open 1976
Andy Roddick(USA)-US Open

8.All three are named 'Jawaharlal Nehru' stadium. *Sigh.*

sports quiz-1

1.Simple one to start off wtih .Identify the circuit.

2.Forget sport.Forget statistics.Just connect.

3.Connect all 3 .(3rd pic is a damn good clue)

4.F1 again . Identify both circuits and connect


5.This is one of my favouriets. Connect the first three with respect to the fourth.
[I swear you know the person in the fourth pic]






6.Give a one-word connection for the following 3 pics.



7.A bit of tennis now.Connect all 4 pics.Try to identify them as well.[hint: this is a list as of now.it may change]



8.Have you seen all these stadiums?May be the third. Connect!






CHEERS !!!