Game Theory 2012 Answers

The Real Sports Quiz

1.
When the player many believe to be the greatest of all time walked onto centre court at Rod Laver Arena in the Australian Open quarterfinals, it was his

thousandth singles appearance on the professional tour, his 31st consecutive

Grand Slam quarter-final, and this player was in search of his 2000th set. As Andy Roddick once said to his long-time nemesis, but for whose existence the American would have won three Wimbledon titles rather than none, Id love to hate you, but youre really nice. Firstly, X took just 24 matches to crack the legendarily difficult transition into the worlds top 100. Somewhat bizarrely, only eight of them were wins. Which player?

Roger Federer

2.

Put funda.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Say aaarrrceeeebeeeee!!

*3.
When compared to the post race celebrations of the drivers in all other grand prix, the celebrations taking place in the video have a certain unique

component to them.

Put funda

Waard!
The usual Champagne is not used as Bahrain is an Islamic country. Hence a rosewater drink made with pomegranates with fizz is used on the podium

4.
Connect the picture to a sporting event held annually

Pic on the next slide

 The final stage of the Tour De France is held on the champs de elysees ie the Paris cobblestones

*5.
X and Y are the only 2 female players part of FIFA 100 a list complied by Pele. Interestingly both X and Y are from the US. Y as won the Golden Boot as the top scorer in the 1991 Womens world cup tournament. She is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. X has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female, in the history of U.S. soccer

Id X and Y

 X is Michelle Akers Y is Mia Hamm

*6.
X has had a number of Formula One tests. He first tested for Renault F1 at Paul Ricard in December 2007, in a switch that saw Heikki Kovalainen test X's WRC car. Red Bull, which became a major sponsor of

the Citron factory team during the 2008 season, rewarded X for winning
the WRC with a Formula One test in Red Bull Racing's 2008-spec Red Bull RB4. He first drove the car at Silverstone, and then took part in the first official Formula One winter test in Barcelona. He was eighth quickest of 17 drivers.

Who be X?

Sebastian Loeb

7.
This technology invented by Bill Carlton, was used on the system, which must be activated by the service line umpire before each serve, projects five or six infrared horizontal beams of light along the court 10 mm above the ground. One

beam covers the good (short) side of the service line and others cover the fault
(long) side. If a served ball hits the first beam, the other beams are turned off, while a long serve will break one of the other beams. A long serve is indicated

by an audible signal. In this way, the system could keep an eye out for serves
which partially hit the line.

What technology?

Cyclops

*8.
X is the only sport to have been played in space, if you discount Deep Space Moon Dune buggy racing.

Which sport?

Golf

9.
ID the lady and her claim to fame.

 The Lady is Sian Massey. She was the subject of the sexism row in the english premier league.

10.
This picture in the next slide accounts for a record set by the team in focus.

What record?

 The Fastest vehicle to go on the highest motorable road in India (The little leh in the signpost is a big clue)

11.
_________, a legendary Dutch player and coach was originally famous for

being a "one club man" with Ajax Amsterdam. He played for the club for 12
years in the position of striker and then subsequently went on to manage them for eight years before moving on to manage other clubs such as Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen etc. He is widely known to have revolutionized football during the late 60's with his effective implementation of the offside trap and another tactic _______. He was named "coach of the century" in 1999 by FIFA.

FITB. (part points)

 Rinus Michels and Total Football

12.
________________ was America's first popular parlor game. The game simulates a

person's travels through his or her life, from college to retirement, with jobs,
marriage, and possible children along the way. Two to six players can participate in one game, however, variations of the game have been made to accommodate a maximum of only eight or ten players. The game board was essentially a modified checkerboard. The object was to land on the "good" spaces and collect 100 points. A player could gain 50 points by reaching "Happy Old Age" in the upper-right corner, opposite "Infancy" where one began. Which game?

The game of Life

13.
Put funda on the pic in the next slide

 The Monaco grand prix tunnel

14.
Online Dictionary defines this phrase as 1. A fifty-metre freestyle swimming event.

2. A quick stop for fuel near the end of a race, so as to be able to cross the finish
line without running out of fuel. 3. A ballooning maneuver whereby the Montgolfier balloon is lowered down to touch a body of water and lifts off again

Which Phrase?

Splash-n-Dash

15.
_______ has been pinpointed as being the centre of this activity *match fixing+ and, again,

this is entirely plausible. I would swear under oath that two of the dozen or so matches I
have witnessed on that desert ground over the years were fixed. On the other hand _______ tournament organiser, and former Pakistan cricketer, Asif Iqbal denied this strongly:To my mind, all the matches in _____ were fair and honest cricketing encounters. This controversy led to the BCCI banning the Indian cricket team from playing at this venue. This venue is also the home ground of the Afghanistan Cricket Association

FITB

Sharjah Cricket Ground

16. South Park parody of what?

Lebron James
What should I do?

*17.
From his first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college games for DePaul on, Mikan dominated his peers. He intimidated opponents with his size and strength, was unstoppable on offense with his hook shot, and soon established a reputation as one of the hardest and grittiest players in the league, often playing through injury and punishing opposing centers with hard fouls. In addition, Mikan also surprised the basketball world by his unique ability of _________, i.e. jumping so high that he swatted the ball away before it could pass the hoop. In Mikan's time it was legal because people thought it was impossible anyone could reach that high. This led to a specific rule which is followed in today's basketball. Put funda on the rule (not the blank)

Pic on the next slide

Goal Tending
An opposition player cannot affect the trajectory of the ball once it has reached its apogee

18. Identify the artist

Clint Dempsey
Of Fulham FC

19.
_________ was launched in 1993 by Dr. Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota with help from students and researchers at universities around the world. It initially operated as a volunteer-based collective, and started life as a simple IRC bot. It was soon made available via Gopher as well, and with the advent of the Mosaic web browser in April 1993 became one of the earliest content web sites on the Internet. While a company, ______ Ltd, was formed in 1996, _________ remained essentially a volunteer run operation until late 1999 and was

not fully staffed until late 2000. The site was entirely reliant on
contributions from avid fans around the world who spent many hours compiling electronic scorecards and contributing them to the company. FITB

Cricinfo

20.
"Deschamps gets by because he always gives 100 per cent, but he will never be anything more than a water carrier."

"After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from the favourite
right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left back."

"My best moment? I have a lot of good moments but the one I prefer is when I kicked the hooligan."

Who is this rowdy macha?

Eric Cantona

21.
Connect

Boom-Boom
Both are nicknamed boom boom

22.
Put funda on the pic in the next slide

Capablanca Chess
It is NOT the normal Chess

23.
In 1930, India was swept over by Gandhis Satyagraha which had an effect on football. Indian clubs boycotted the ongoing Calcutta Football League midway through the season due to this. Amidst much confusion, Royal Regiment was declared winners in the first division. However, __________, in spite of being well ahead in the second division, was not allowed to be promoted to the First Division. They suspected Mohun Bagans hand behind the league boycott to thwart _________'s promotion to the First Division. Thousands of ________ fans and officials decided to hold a protest march at the __________ Ground. It was at this march that flaming

torches were carried by the protestors. This gave rise to a idea, which
changed "the face" of the club .

Put funda (blank not required)

East Bengal FC The club officials decided that the logo of the club henceforth shall have a torch

24.
The title of the movie poster in the next slide is Kingpin. What sport is it about?

Ten Pin Bowling

*25.

Put funda

Fully Automated timing

Equipment which enabled FAT

*26.

The ____________ developed from the group of prestigious athletics meetings which became known as the ________ Four in the 1990s, comprising Oslo,Zurich, Brussels and Berlin. The first __________ season was held in 1998, consisting of the meetings of Oslo, Rome, Monaco, Zurich, Brussels and Berlin. In 1999 a seventh event, Meeting Gaz de France, at St-Denis, Paris was added. In 2000 and 2001, the USD 1 million was reduced to 50 kg of gold bars and athletes only had to win at 5 out of 7 meetings to qualify for the jackpot. In 2003, the 50 kg of gold bars was reverted back to USD 1 million and Monaco was dropped from the league after it was awarded the World Athletics Final.

FITB

IAAF Golden League

*27.

ID the swimmer on the left and put funda

 The swimmer on the left in Milorad Cavic. He lost the gold medal and the world record to Michael Phelps(right) by 0.04 seconds

28.
An off spin bowler, he was one of the famed Indian quartet of spin bowlers in the 1970s (the others being Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishen Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna). He was also a strong close-in fielder and a useful tail-end bat. He came on to the Test scene at the age of 20 when he was selected to play

against the touring New Zealand side. By the end of the series he had emerged
as a world-class spinner, taking 12 wickets in the Delhi test that led India to victory. He was the vice-captain of the Indian team that toured the West Indies and England in 1970-71.

His name was very difficult to pronounce and he was given numerous nicknames during his stint in the English county. In his later years he said that of

all the nicknames he had, he enjoyed "rent-a-wagon" the most.

Which brilliant off spinner?

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

29.
The batsman in this clip is obvious. Who is the bowler who has claimed this prize scalp?

Usain Bolt

*30.
ID the sport

Hurling

31.
The release of the 1987 film __________, the fifteenth in the James Bond

series, reawakened usage of this old phrase. When we refer to someone

having the _______ beaten, scared, or knocked out of them, we just mean that they have been badly beaten or scared, or knocked unconscious. The imagery is of someone being so discomfited as to lose the power of sight. Like similar examples, such as 'beat the stuffing out of', the phrase is often used with an air of exaggeration and not always meant to be taken literally. This phrase is also extensively used by our favourite commentator, Ravi

Shastri when Virender Sehwag is in a blistering mood while making bowlers

toil. FITB (also the phrase)

The living daylights

 Finals to follow