Ignito SportsCom Quiz Questions (15 min)

1. Lewis Hamilton equaled Michael Schumacher in the highest number of world

championships at 7. Whose record did Michael Schumacher beat in 2003 to win the most
F1 World Championship?

A) Alain Prost

B) Juan Manuel Fangio (Correct)

C) Niki Lauda

D) Ayrton Senna

2. The 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix has one of the most exciting F1 Championship Races in
history. Driver “X” who finished 1st beat driver “Y” and driver “Z” who finished 7th and
3rd respectively to clinch his F1 World Championship by 1 point. X, Y, Z respectively
are:
A) Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa
B) Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen
C) Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton
D) Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso (Correct)

3. As an 8-year-old X received the horrific news of his 10-year cousin's death in a sporting
disaster when a part of a stadium collapsed during a football match of club Y. X and his
family were die-hard fans of club Y.

9 years later X debuted for his dream club Y and became club and country legend and
captained both.

He dedicated his autobiography to his cousin. Name X

Answer is Steven Gerrard

4. What is common between Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Axar Patel
 A) Premier league trophy

B) Played a match for Mumbai Indians

C) Took a hattrick

D) Have scored an IPL fifty (Correct)

5. Most goals in international football has been scored by

A) Ronaldo

B) Ali Dael

C) Christine Sinclair (Correct)

D) Gerd Muller

6. 'The lying priest' was a historical development in which game?

A) Fencing

B) Chess (Correct)

C) Checkers

D) Monopoly

7. Significance of this scoreboard

A) First Wimbledon final between two non-Europeans
B) Longest ever match in history of lawn tennis (Correct)
C) First instance of player being disqualified
D) First match to have mandatory white clothing code
8. Connect them to a football club
 A) Man United (Correct)
B) Real Madrid
C) Liverpool
D) Newcastle United
9. Mark Waugh, in Sri Lanka, ran into trouble, bagging successive pairs in Colombo and
Moratuwa. Four in a row earned him the temporary nickname of X after the car-maker's
logo. His team-mates generously pointed out that if there had been another Test, he had a
chance to be renamed "Olympic “.

Answer – Audi - because he scored 4 ducks in a row

10. This is a term that is used to describe a match in a series where the series result has
already been decided by earlier matches. Wide usage of this term can be found in Davis
and Fed Cup matches while it is also not uncommon in other sports like cricket and
hockey. (2 worded term)

Answer – dead rubber

11. Sarwan Singh is credited for having discovered the athlete X, during his time as a Naik in
the Bengal Engineer Group. He himself had won a gold medal in Athletics in 1954 Asian
Games. ID X, known more for his notoriety than his sporting achievements? (3 worded
name)

Answer – Paan Singh Tomar

12.

What sports is USA RPS? (Expand RPS)

Answer – Rock Paper Scissors

13. This condition, which is most common among boxers, wrestlers, mixed martial artists
and forwards in rugby union, occurs when the external portion of the ear suffers repeated
blows, resulting in blood clots. As a result, the outer ear becomes permanently swollen
and deformed, resembling the vegetable _____. What is the common name of this
condition? (Two words)

Answer – Cauliflower ears

14. "When I started running, I ran barefoot. But in my first Nationals, my father brought
running shoes with spikes on them," X said. “It was just a normal pair of running shoes. I
wrote 'Adidas' on the shoes with my hand. You never know what fate can do; Adidas is
now making shoes with my name." (Hint: Indian Athlete)

Answer – X is Hima Das

15. This Olympic Torch bearer coached high school basketball at Richmond High School.
Which movie depicts his famous 1999 season -
A) Glory Road
B) More than a Game
C) Uncle Drew
D) Coach Carter (Correct)
 16. Adam Gilchrist took a wicket of his first ball dismissing Harbhajan Singh in the IPL 2013
season. Who was the wicketkeeper?
A) Parthiv Patel

B) Kl Rahul

C) David Hussey

D) Praveen Kumar (Correct)

17.Find the odd one out: -

A) Ma Long

B) Zhang Jike

C) Wang Liqin

D) Xu Xin (Correct)

18. Which of the following Table Tennis players is from a different nation?

A) Wang Chuqin

B) Lin Gaoyuan

C) Fan Zhendong
D) Lin-Yun Ju (Correct)

19. Which one of the following won a Premier League title with Football Club Chelsea?

A) Mohammed Salah

B) Andreas Christensen

C) Kevin De Bruyne
 D) Kurt Zouma (Correct)

20.Which of the following sports related movie has won the Best Picture Award at the
Oscars?

A) Moneyball
B) Million Dollar Baby (Correct)
C) Coach Carter
D) Invincible

21.Which basketball player was Michael Jordan nicknamed after as a young high school
basketball enthusiast?

A) Harold Miner
B) Magic Johnson (Correct)
C) Larry Bird
D) Dennis Rodman

22.Which amongst the following has been 1st in ATP Men’s Rankings for highest number of
days?

A) Bjorn Borg
B) Rafael Nadal
C) Pete Sampras (Correct)
D) John McEnroe

23.Winning which US event earns you a trophy with this chap on top? (Two words)
Answer – Indy 500

24.Name the game and not the sport for which this trophy is awarded. (Two words)

Answer – Super Bowl

25.By population, what is the largest country in the world never to have won an Olympic or
Paralympic medal?

A) Bangladesh (Correct)
B) Republic of Congo
C) Brazil
D) Philippines
 26. The silhouette on the NBA logo features the Hall of Fame Laker X. Name X.

Answer – Jerry West

27. Tiger Woods lifted his putter on the final green at Augusta in 2019 to celebrate his
first master’s title in how many years?

a. 8
b.10
c.12
d.14

28. Michael Schumacher deliberately crashed, blocking the narrow track, to ruin the qualifying
effort of Fernando Alonso at which Grand Prix in 2006?

A) Monaco (Correct)
B) Spanish
C) San Marino
D) French