General Knowledge Questions on Sports

He was christened ‘Helium Bat’ very early in his career by team mates, due to his habit of lifting his bat over his shoulder and letting anything bowled outside the off-stump go by.

Sri Lanka got the status of Test playing country in 1981, and beat India in the 1979 World Cup. Before this they were champion of ICC non-test playing countries.

Lewis has won nine Olympic gold medals in all: four in 1984 (100m, 200m, 4x100m, long jump), two in 1988 (100m and long jump), two in 1992 (4x100m and long jump), and one in 1996 (long jump).

Ravi Shastri once hit spinner Tilak Raj for 6 sixes in an over in a First Class match.

Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) was formed in 1946 at the initiative of Maharaja Yadvindra Singh, the then President of Indian Olympic Association with Prof. G.D. Sondhi as its first President.

Even though Mick Foley portrayed all of these gimmicks, he wrestled Stone Cold under Dude Love. The match had Vince McMahon as the referee. It started off as a regular match. Vince then changed it to No Holds Barred so Dude Love can use weapons. Finally he changed it to Falls Count Anywhere. That happened when Love had Austin knocked out while outside the ring. Since Vince is the owner and assigned himself as referee he could do what he wants. After all of that, Austin still retained his title that night.

It is no secret he doesn’t mind a bet or two.

Before this match, no balls & wides were debited in extras.

Kumble had a great season with Northants taking 105 wickets.

So called because of his skinny legs.

‘Afganastan’ (as in the ‘forgotten Waugh’) was an invention of the media in the late 1980s. Tugga is brother Steve’s nickname

Bret hart defeated Razor Ramon, Mr. Perfect and the late Bam Bam Bigelow. Jerry Lawer would attack Bret after the match saying he was the only king in wrestling.

Ajit Wadekar has played only 2 ODI matches.

India lost the match by four wickets on 13-07-1974. Brijesh Patel (82) was the top scorer.

He was given this name because of his habit of annoying everyone in the dressingrooms, especially during rain delays.

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire.

Azhar played 2 seasons for Derbyshire

Sunny as he is affectionately called, was the first to reach 10,000 runs in Tests.

Ernie Davis was the first African American to win the prize in 1961, and Archie Griffin is the only player to have won it twice, in 1974 and 1975. Only Dorsett played for Pittsburgh. Davis played for Syracuse and Griffin played for Ohio State. Only Dorsett did lead his team to a Super Bowl title as NFC Rookie of the Year in 1977-78.

Raman Lamba, Rambo to friends, had played for India in four Tests and 32 one-day internationals. While fielding, he was felled at silly mid-on by a shot from national player Mehrab Hussain Opee’s willow. Lamba was admitted to a private clinic and later to the Dhaka Medical College. From there he was shifted to the postgraduate hospital where he died.

Srinath was drafted as cover for Australian Martin Love.

Sachin didn’t have the greatest of times in Geoff Boycott’s land. He averaged 40 odd, which is pretty low by his standards

This happened on an episode of “Saturday Night’s Main Event”. Bulldog attempted a Superplex and Shawn reversed it to a pinning move. Shawn would defend the belt against wrestlers such as, Tatanka, Mr. Perfect and Crush.

Saurav was signed as a replacement for wizard of off spin, Muttiah Muralitharan.

Captain Grumpy was more of a media invention.

BCCI had established C K Nayudu award in memory of him for contribution to the Indian cricket. The award carries a citation, a trophy, and a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh. Lala Amarnath was the 1st recipient of this award

Like Sachin Tendulkar, both Kambli and Amre were coached by Ramakanth Achrekar and played for Mumbai and India.

This happened at the 1998 edition of “Survivor Series”. They had a tournament to determine the WWE Champion. Mankind and The Rock made it to the finals. The Rock won after using a Sharpshooter. Mankind didn’t quit but Vince McMahon called for the bell. This was in reference to what he did to Bret Hart the previous year.

The first international cricket match was held between Canada and the USA on September 25, 1844, at the St George Cricket Club ground, Manhattan. Canada won by 23 runs.

In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win gold in an individual event when he won the men’s 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India’s 9th gold medal in Olympic competition.

India has won eight gold medals in field hockey (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980).

This was the first time they wrestled each other at “Wrestlemania”. Two years later they wrestled again with Austin winning that match as well. The third match was in 2003 in Seattle. This was Austin’s last match and he finally lost to The Rock.

Virender Sehwag holds the record for the Highest individual score by an Indian in test matches when he scored 309 against Pakistan in 2004.

Rudolph won 3 gold medals (100m, 200m and 4x100m relay) at the 1960 Olympics. Devers overcame a thyroid disorder (Graves’ disease) that nearly resulted in her having both feet amputated.

Rahul had a highly succesful stint with Kent in 2000.

Yuvraj is said to have received tips from Sachin Tendulkar.

Bishen Singh Bedi, the greatest Left arm spinner ever!

Mr. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav or KD Jadhav, widely known as ‘Pocket Dynamo’, was independent India’s first individual Olympic medalist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games

his was the match that injured Shawn Michaels’ back. Undertaker back dropped Shawn on the casket. Undertaker lost this match when Kane interferred.

Circumnavigating of the earth by car. This trophy has been named after Saloo and Neena Choudhury, ace car rallyists from Calcutta. It’s in recognition of the couple’s achievement in 1989 when they passed through all six continents in 69 days and repeated the same feat in 1991 in 39 days

Govan was president from 1928-29 to 1932-33.

Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in Pakistan when he was only 16 in 1989.

India lost the match by four wickets on 13-07-1974. Brijesh Patel (82) was the top scorer.

Well life can churn some amazing ironies – some years ago, Kapil was charged for MATCH -FIXING ! (and exonerated).