Category: Sports & Games

1) How many squares are on a chess board? a) 72 b) 12 c) 32 d) 64 2) What is number of black pieces in chess? a) 16 b) 24 c) 36 d) 48 3) What is number of white pawns in chess? a) 4 b) 2 c) 6 d) 8

Seoul Olympics 1988 Quiz Questions (Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Which was the opening date of Seoul Olympics 1988? a) 1 January 1988 b) 17 September 1988 c) 28 July 1988 d) 17 May 1988 2) How many countries participated in Seoul Olympics 1988? a) 120 b) 159 c) 80 d) 140 3) Which of the following countries did not boycott Seoul Olympics 1988? a) Cuba b) Ethiopia c) India d) North Korea

(Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Which was the opening date of Paris Olympics 1924? a) 4 May 1924 b) 15 September 1924 c) 14 June 1924 d) 27 February 1924 2) Why was it decided to hold Olympics 1924 in Paris? a) No other city was ready b) Paris offered more money c) As an honour to IOC Founder and President Pierre de Coubertin who was retiring d) Paris had pleasant weather at the time 3) Who won two gold medals in swimming on 20 July 1924 in Paris Olympics 1924? a) Arne Borg b) Johnny ... Read more

1) Who surpassed Brian Lara’s record of 11,953 Test runs in Mohali Test October 2008? a) Virender Sehwag b) Rahul Dravid c) Sourav Ganguly d) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Who is the first batsman to score 12,000 runs in Test cricket? a) Leonard Hutton b) Garfield Sobers c) Andrew Sandham d) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Who scored 102 runs in India’s first Innings in Mohali Test October 2008? a) Mahendra Singh Dhoni b) Rahul Dravid c) Sourav Ganguly d) Zaheer Khan

1. Who won mixed doubles championship in French Open 2009? a) Liezel Huber, Bob Bryan b) Ai Sugiyama, Andre Sa c) Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Mark Knowles d) Alisa Kleybanova, Bruno Soares 2. Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in French Open 2009? a) Nadia Petrova, Max Mirnyi b) Vania King, Marcelo Melo c) Sybille Bammer, Lukasz Kubot d) Nathalie Dechy, Andy Ram 3. Who won men’s doubles championship in French Open 2009? a) Daniel Nestor, Nenad Zemonjic b) Igor Kunitsyn, Dmitry Tursunov c) Bruno Soares, Kevin Ullyet d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy

1) Which Ashes series is known as Bodyline series? a) 1928-1929 b) 1930 c) 1932-1933 d) 1938 2) Who was the captain of the English team for Bodyline series? a) Leonard Hutton b) Herbert Sutcliffe c) Douglas Jardine d) Edward Paynter 3) Who was the captain of the Australian team for Bodyline series? a) Victor Richardson b) William Woodfull c) Victor Trumper d) Stanley McCabe

Tokyo Olympics 1964 Quiz Questions (Figures of the Olympic Movement are considered official.) 1) Which was the opening date of Tokyo Olympics 1964? a) 2 June 1964 b) 27 April 1960 c) 14 August 1964 d) 10 October 1964 2) Why was Yoshinori Sakai chosen as the the final torchbearer for Tokyo Olympics 1964? a) Crown Prince b) Born in Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded in Hiroshima c) Prime Minister d) Olympic gold medal winner 3) Which countries refused to participate in Tokyo Olympics 1964 as many of their athletes were disqualified? a) Indonesia ... Read more

1. Where was Hockey World Cup 2006 held? a) Brussels b) Rotterdam c) Vienna d) Munchengladbach 2. With which team India’s match ended in a 1-1 draw in Hockey World Cup 2006? a) Cuba b) South Africa c) Angloa d) Mozambique 3. By how many goals Germany defeated India in a league match in Hockey World Cup 2006? a) 1-0 b) 4-2 c) 3-2 d) 6-4

1) Who won mixed doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Marcelo Meto, Alize Cornet b) Daniel Nestor, Aleksandra Wozniak c) Lukas Dlouhy, Iveta Besenova d) Mahesh Bhupati, Sania Mirza 2) Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Wesley Moodie, Patty Schnyder b) Jurgen Metzer, Dominika Cibulkova c) Tommy Robredo, Anabel Medina Garriques d) Andy Ram, Nathalie Dechy 3) Who won men’s doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Mardy Fish, John Isner b) Simone Boleli, Andreas Seppi c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy

1. When was Raymond Lindwall born? a) 14 February 1920 b) 10 June 1926 c) 3 October 1921 d) 9 September 1924 2. Where was Raymond Lindwall born? a) Brisbane b) Mascot c) Liverpool d) Bulsar 3. Where did Raymond Lindwall make Test debut? a) Durban b) Wellington c) Kanpur d) Perth