FUNDAMENTALS
Find out how much you know about trophies given at sports tournaments in today’s quiz.
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SPORTS TROPHIES
1. Calcutta Cup is given to the winner of the annual rugby union Championship match between England and Scotland. Why is the trophy called Calcutta Club?
2. Which trophy named after two cricketers features the casts of their right hands and cricket balls bowled by them during their careers?
3. The winner of which tournament is given the Musketeers Trophy, a cup bordered with vine leaves and handles in form of two swans?
4. Many sports trophies usually have the name of the winner written on them. Which trophy has the face of every winner sculpted onto the trophy since its inception in
1911?
5. The winner of which championship is awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy?
6. Which is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, and club staff engraved on it?
7. The original one is a terracotta version that has never left the museum. The winners of this championship have been given a Waterford Crystal representation of the original, since 1998-99. What are we talking about?
8. Which trophy has a figure of a naked man on its top waving a checkered flag?
9. Which famous trophy now no longer in existence, was primarily a statute of Nike, the Greek Goddess of Victory?
ANYTHING GOES
1. There are 56 recognised ethnic groups in China — Hans with 1.3 billion constitute the majority with close to
92% of China’s population. Which community is second with 18 million? ( PN Murthy, Bengaluru)
2. This author caught seven marlin in one day in 1938, establishing a world record. Since 1950, a fishing Tournament named after him has been held annually in Cuba. Name this author? (Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
3. The fastest land mammal in UK has seen a decline in population but they are one of the only game species that can be shot throughout the year. Identify this mammal? (Madhavi Chandran, Kochi)
4. The Article 324 of the Constitution of India specifically empowers a particular institution of the Republic of India. What institution?(Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
5. Of the eleven test playing countries, which has the most number of players scoring a century on their debut? (Vasudev Prakash, Mysuru)
6. A deipnosophist is a master of the art of what? (Gargee Sarkar, Bankura)
7. Which instrument used by circus masters and cowboys exceeds the speed of sound creating a small sonic boom? (Rajeev G Pillai, Kochi)
8. Only two men have carried their bat through a World Cup innings - one in 1999 and the other in
2019. Name both the batsmen? (P. Nivritee, Secunderabad)