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Sports Quiz #2
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Sports Quiz #2
Brought to you by Kendriya Vidyalaya Adoor Library
#1. Baseball is the national sport of all the following countries except
#2. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in which country?
#3. The cricket World Cup of 2023 will be held in India. In which of the following years has India partially hosted the World Cup before?
In 2011, India hosted the World Cup along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India has been the co-host in 1987 and 1996 also. In 2023, India is going to be the sole host for the first time.
#4. Where will the Winter Olympic Games 2022 be organized?
#5. How many square grids are there in a chess board?
#6. Who is considered as the “father of modern yoga”?
#7. Elo rating is chiefly associated which of the following sports?
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor.
#8. Which of the following is the longest running race in athletics?
Marathon covers 26 miles and 385 yards (42.195km).
#9. Where in India is Sardar Patel Stadium located?
#10. How many rings are there in the symbol of Olympic Games?
#11. Which is the largest cricket stadium in the world?
#12. Who among the following became the first grandmaster from India in 1988?
#13. Father of modern Olympic games is _______________.
#14. Which of the following professional boxers was the first one to win the world heavyweight championship three times?
#15. Total number of players playing on the pitch in a hockey match is?
#16. India won its first Olympic hockey gold in
#17. C.K. Naidu Cup is associated with which of the following sporting events?
#18. Who among the following has become the first women cricketer to score 2000 runs in Twenty20 Internationals?
#19. In cricket, what is the position of the third umpire?
#20. Where in India is Keenan Stadium located?
#21. What is the healthy range in BMI (Body Mass Index)?
#22. Which of the following sports requires the most space to play?
#23. In F1, how many cars are allowed in track by any one race team?
#24. In which Indian state did the game of Polo originate?
#25. Captain Roop Singh Stadium was originally a hockey stadium. Now it is associated with which sport?
#26. Which Indian fencer has qualified for Tokyo Olympics?
#27. Milkha Singh, who passed away recently, was known as _______________.
#28. Which of the following games is associated with Wellington Trophy in India?
#29. The father of Leander Paes, the professional tennis player, was associated with which sport?
Vece Paes is a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, that won the bronze medal.
#30. Whose autobiography is called “Goal”?
#31. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium is located in Hyderabad.
#32. Which is the national sport of Bangladesh?
#33. A fast bowl delivery that passes inches away from the batsman is called _______________ .
Perfume ball refers to a fast bowl delivery that passes inches away from the batsman. The ball is so close to the batsman’s face that it is sometimes said that he can smell it.
#34. Where were first Olympic Games held?
#35. All the following terms are associated with football, EXCEPT
Strike rate refers to two different statistics in the sport of cricket. Batting strike rate is a measure of how quickly a batsman achieves the primary goal of batting, namely scoring runs. Bowling strike rate is a measure of how quickly a bowler achieves the primary goal of bowling.