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Games quiz July 14, 2016

Shall we start ? :  Neha Gupta(Host)
1. Which Indian umpire has been recently promoted as umpire for International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
[A]Deepika Kaul
[B]Nepoleon Singh
[C]Satinder Sharma
[D]Durga Thakur

Answer : Durga Thakur

Durga Thakur from India has recently been promoted to international outdoor umpire by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) following her good performance at the recently-held Hawkes Bay Cup in Hastings, New Zealand. She is a physical education teacher at Modern School, New Delhi and represented her state Himachal Pradesh in the National Championships in three sporting disciplines viz. handball, basketball and hockey.

2. Who has won the 2016 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award?
[A]Lewis Hamilton
[B]Usain Bolt
[C]Novak Djokovic
[D]Lionel Messi

Answer : Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won the 2016 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in Berlin, Germany. Beside this, 2016 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award has been awarded to Serena Williams and Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias of Brazil was given disabled sportsperson of the year award. He won the award for the third time. The Laureus World Sports Awards (also known as the Oscars of Sports) has been given to honour the notable sporting personalities and their achievements of the previous year.

3. Which was the 1st non Test playing country to beat India in an international match?
A. Canada
B. Sri Lanka
C. Zimbabwe
D. East Africa

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

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.


4. Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
A. Geet Sethi
B. Wilson Jones
C. Michael Ferreira
D. Manoj Kothari

Answer: Option B

5. Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run?
A. M.L.Valsamma
B. P.T.Usha
C. Kamaljit Sandhu
D. K.Malleshwari

Answer: Option C

6. Who among the following is NOT associated with billiards in India?

A. Subash Agrawal
B. Ashok Shandilya
C. Manoj Kothari
D. Mihir Sen

Answer: Option D

7. Who has been named as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) ambassador for Women’s World Championship?

[A]Akhil Kumar
[B]Mary Kom
[C]Mohammad Ali Qamar
[D]Vijender Singh

Answer : Mary Kom

Mary Kom, an iconic Indian woman boxer, has been named as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) ambassador for Women’s World Championship, which is scheduled from May 19 to 27, 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

8. “Hopman cup” is related to which sports?

[A]Football
[B]Lawn Tennis
[C]Badminton
[D]Cricket

 Answer : Law Tennis

9. Which cricketer died on the field in Bangladesh while playing for Abahani Club?

A. Subhash Gupte
B. M.L.Jaisimha
C. Lala Amarnath
D. Raman Lamba

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

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.

10. Shiva Thapa, who qualified for 2016 Olympics, is associated with which sport?

[A]Swimming
[B]Shooting
[C]Archery
[D]Boxing

Answer : Boxing

Shiva Thapa, World Championships bronze-medallist (56kg), has became the first Indian boxer to qualify in the 2016 Olympics by entering the Asian Qualifying Tournament’s final in Qianan, China.

11. Who has won the 2016 Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award?

[A]Baldev Singh
[B]Shankar Laxman
[C]Harjeet Singh
[D]Kothajit Singh

Answer : Shankar Laxman

12. The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be hosted by which country?

[A]India
[B]France
[C]Sri Lanka
[D]Vietnam

Answer : India

13. What is the middle name of Rahul Dravid?

A. Naren
B. Sharad
C. Srivatsav
D. Shyam

Answer : Option B

14. Which company has become the BCCI’s official associate sponsor for next four years?

[A]DLF
[B]PepsiCo
[C]IBM
[D]Coca-Cola

Answer : PepsiCo
Winner is Divya, Seema, Daya Sharma

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