Daily Question #106

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The sporting term X was coined by A and is derived from B and C. Identify X.

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Answer : Super Bowl

A - Lamar Hunt
B - Super Ball
C - Rose Bowl stadium

Hunt thought of the name after seeing his children playing with a toy called a Super Ball. The "bowl" term originated from the Rose Bowl Game, which was in turn named for the bowl-shaped stadium in which it is played.

Daily Question #93

Connect.

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Answer : Cricket stadiums named after them

- M.A.Chidambaram (Chennai)
- Feroz Shah (Delhi)
- Sawai Man Singh (Jaipur)
- K.D. Singh 'Babu' (Lucknow)
- Sardar Patel (Ahmedabad)
- Lord Brabourne (Mumbai)

Daily Question #90

Connect to a term.

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Answer : The term 'Southpaw' owes its origin to either baseball(A) or boxing (B). Ballparks are often designed so that batters are facing east, so that the afternoon or evening sun does not shine in their eyes. This means that left-handed pitchers are throwing with their south-side arm. The Oxford English Dictionary lists a non-baseball citation for "south paw", meaning a punch with the left hand, as early as 1848. 'Southpaw' is also the name of a Morrissey (C) song and a character in She-Hulk (D).

Daily Question #84

The term X (borrowed from B) is an unofficial honour given to passenger liners crossing the Atlantic with ____ _____. A is considered to be the first recipient of this honour. A British MP instituted the C trophy (named after him) to be awarded for similar feats. X is also used to describe prestigious events such as D and E. Identify X.

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Answer : X - Blue Riband

A - Sirius
B - Horse racing
C - Harold Hayes trophy
D - Monaco Grand Prix
E - 100 m

Daily Question #79

A long overdue cricket question. The following pic shows the members of an elite club. The ODI members are shown below their Test counterparts. So, each Test-ODI pair (of the total 8 pairs) shares a unique connection that makes them members of the club. The last person on the Test list has no ODI counterpart (so far). Also, there can only be 5 more additions to this club. What's this club all about?

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Answer : List of players who have been the first to be dismissed via a particular mode of dismissal

MODE - Test, ODI
CAUGHT - Tom Horan, Geoffrey Boycott
LBW - Harry Jupp, Doug Walters
RUNOUT - Dave W Gregory, Basil D'Oliveira
STUMPED - Alfred Shaw, Ian Chappell
HITWICKET - George J Bonnor, Roy Fredericks
OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD - Len Hutton, Rameez Raja
HANDLED THE BALL - Russell Endean, Mohinder Amarnath
BOWLED - Nat Thompson, Ray Illingworth
RETIRED OUT - Marvan Atapattu, nil

There are still no instances of TIMED OUT, HITTING THE BALL TWICE in Tests and ODIs.

source : cricinfo.com

Daily Question #60

Connect. The number on each pic is a measure of relative value. The "?" means that the value is undefined. You can figure it out even without the numbers.

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Answer : Chess pieces

- Elvis Presley a.k.a The "King"
- "Queen" (band)
- "Rook" (from Transformers)
- Ian "Bishop", cricketer
- Dark "Knight"
- "Pawn"brokers' symbol

Daily Question #33

Yet another sports question. Connect.

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Answer : They all have sporting trophies named after them.

- Frederick Arthur Stanley ("Stanley Cup")
- Dwight F. Davis ("Davis Cup")
- Larry O'Brien ("Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy")
- Samuel Ryder ("Ryder Cup")
- Jules Rimet ("Jules Rimet Trophy")
- Vince Lombardi ("Vince Lombardi Trophy")

Daily Question #32

Connect to a person.
Hint : Sport's'

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Answer : Denis Compton

- Played county cricket for Middlesex
- Played football for Arsenal FC (pic of coach Arsene Wenger)
- Sir Tim Rice thanked him(Denis Compton) in his Oscar acceptance speech
- Was the popular face of Brylcreem range of men's haricare products

Daily Question #30

Connect. Think lateral
Hint : Cricket and Geography

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Answer : English Counties

- Clark Kent ("Kent")
- Derby ("Derbyshire")
- Yorker ("Yorkshire")
- ! ("Middlesex")
- Lanka ("Lancashire")

Daily Question #9

Connect the pics to an english term with a sporting connotation.

Hint : The word was coined by the old man in the pic.

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Answer : Astroturfing

- Houston Astrodome stadium after which AstroTurf is named.

- Lloyd Bentsen, who coined the term

- Blair Witch Project employed Astroturfing to publicize the movie

- National Smokers Alliance, an astroturf group created on behalf of Philip Morris

- People's Republic of China employed astroturfing bloggers known as "50 Cent Party"