PrelimsANSWERS

1. Sitter to start with: Who’s facebook cover page?

LEICESTER CITY

2.• X is a form of bowing that is done whereby the ball is bowled right on

its X, Practitioners are known as X bowlers, or Xers.• X bowling is generally classed as a subtype of fast bowling, although

the bowling speeds at which X can be a factor include medium-pace bowling. • Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga and Dale Steyn are some of the best

examples of X bowlers.• X?

X= Seam

3. More Etymology• A X of arrows, bullets, or any other projectile discharged at one time

or together• A strike which is carried out before a ball or a similar object touches

the ground• X?

Volley

4. Put Funda• Robbie Fowler miming snorting cocaine of the white touchline after

scoring a penalty against Everton for Liverpool• Frederick Picquine removing his shirt after scoring against Burnley• Carlos Tevez for imitating a chicken after scoring against Blackburn• Emanuel Adebayor, for running the length of the field to _________ in

front of Arsenal fans as he had just signed for Manchester City

Second Yellow/sending off for Celebration

5.An Australian cricketer X is probably one of the greatest wicketkeeper of all time.One of the most accomplished cricketers of his time and after, he got into a controversy in the 2007 World Cup. He had apparently kept a Y in his batting glove, and pressing on it from time to time helped keep his pulse in control and performing better. This was perceived by some as a Performance enhancing factor.X and Y.

X-Adam GilchristY-Squash Ball

6. Put Funda• Between the two of them, Rufus and Hamish have seen every single

Wimbledon match this side of 1993.• Not only that, they are considered integral members of the

Wimbledon Family, for without them, the competition would have been excessively disrupted• Who are Rufus and Hamish?• What is their significance?

Hawks, Bird Scarers

7. FITB

8. Connect

Kapil Dev onscreen appearances

9. • Scotland’s King James I was into playing an early version of tennis that included balls and racquets but

not X, which proved deadly.

• James kept losing balls in the sewage drain at the corner of the court he played on at Blackfriars Monastery. This made him furious and what good is being king if you can’t wildly decree that an inconvenient sewage drain immediately be sealed?

• Like many capricious decisions, this one came back to bite James pretty bad.

• A few days later, assassins broke into his place to… assassinate him. The king attempted to dodge the bad guys by going underneath the floorboards and into the drainage system with the intention of escaping via the tennis court exit. But instead of a bunch of tennis balls clogging up the sewer drain he was fleeing through, he found the newly sealed grate, and was subsequently caught and murdered.

• X?

Ball Boys

10. This could have been the list of players for which club?• Glen Johnson• Rio Ferdinand• Yossi Benayoun• Carlos Tevez• Frank Lampard• Joe Cole• Paolo di Canio• Javier Mascherano• Trevor Sinclair• Craig Bellamy• Michael Carrick• Jermain Defoe

West Ham United

11. This is the highest altitude at which a cricket match has been played, at Mt. Everest Base.Which two teams?

Team Tenzing and Team Hillary

12. • The Grand Slam Tennis Development fund, helps support the

International Tennis Federation Tournament Program.• Last year some 2,65,000$ were added to the fund, from the four

grand slam events.• During his time at the US Open, Tomas Berdych added 13,300$, the

most by a single player.• What is the source of this fund?

Fines

13. X,Y,Z• When X say Y play in the heart of spain, X said Y is going to retire me.• When Y saw Z play in the same place, Y said Z is gonna retire me.• When X saw Z play in the same place, X said Z is going to retire both

me and Y.

X- Pep Guardiola Y- Xavi Z-Iniesta

14.• Pakistan vs. New Zealand, 1st ODI, 1996/97 series, Jinnah stadium.• Pakistan won by 11 runs

• This match was reduced to 46 overs a side due to what reason, the opposite of which is usually responsible for reduction in match length?

Good Light; the sun was shining too brightly for the batsmen to see the ball clearly

15. Connect

Roger Federer endorsments.

16. The following group of players are disdained upon, due to their intolerable hunger for money and better pay, at the price of better football. Who/What are these players? Give me the lates t additions, X and Y

• Graziano Pelle• Gervinho • Tim Cahill• Hulk• Ramires• Ezeqiel Lavezzi• Papiss Demba Cisse• Obafemi Martins• X• Y

Players in the Chinese Super League, X- OscarY-Carlos Tevez

17. • _________ is a 2004 British romantic comedy film directed by Richard

Loncraine. The film stars Paul Bettany as a washed-up tennis pro and Kirsten Dunst as an up-and-coming tennis star. • The movie was made with real time effects, props and several real players

too. • During the movie on a trial run, one of Paul Bettany’s forehands went on to

strike the display board at Centre Court, which blotted out some of the scoring.• Humorously it is said that if the glitch had stayed, then Nadal might well have

won it.• FITB

Wimbledon