Sports and Corporate- Quiz-2

1. Which oil company based in the Netherlands and set up by the Libyan state-owned National Oil Corporation in 1988 is the shirt sponsor of the most successful club in Italian football history?The company took its name from a Lebanese-American businessman .

2.One of the first endorsement deals by this legend was from NIKE. He was so grateful, he incorporated the SWOOSH logo in his signature which exists till date. Who

3. He is a former Australian Minister. Now he heads what?


4.Identify the logo of the company, the largest of its kind in its country.



5.Logo which famous club.


6.H&K Rolling Mill Engineers Pvt. Ltd, the exclusive provider of the German Thermex Quenching technology in the India region, has entered the high-profile circuit of sports sponsorships signing on as which Indian sporting legend as its Brand Ambassador ?

7.Which lottery & gaming brand of Pan India Network Infravest Pvt. Ltd., part of the One Billion Dollar Essel Group of Companies is one of the co- sponsors of the East Bengal Football Club?

8.About whom did The New York Times once remark"The worst advertisement for our system of values since Al Capone"?

9.Which wine, part of the Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Family has been the official wine sponsor of Wimbledon since 2007?


10.Which Indian sportsman was the brand ambassador of Italian fashion brand POLICE for the Year 2006-07 ?

11.This club plays its home matches at the Home Depot Center.It is owned by the billionaire Philip Frederick Anschutz .The club's mascot is "Cozmo", a frog-like extraterrestrial.The team’s website claims that Cozmo is also “universally known as a goalkeeper who can stop shots traveling at the speed of light,” but also possesses the speed and skill to play forward for any team on the planet.

12.The name of which famous sporting team comes from a Walt Disney movie . The team was founded in 1993 by Walt Disney Corp. They lifted the Stanley Cup in 2007

13.Which term coined by Nima Namchu and Nitin Berry of Leo Burnett in the lead up to a Reebok campaign in 1996-97 is now synonymous with Indian Cricket?

14.Name the company which owns the 'Formula One Group' of companies?

15.Who says:"tennis runs in our blood"?

16. Who is the latest sports personality who is to have a was statue of himself at the prestigious Madamme Tussauds wax museum in London?

Answers to quiz 1:

1. French open and wimbledon

2. Alec Bedser

3.Saina Nehwal

4.Annika Sorenstam, Played in a male PGA tour.

5.Stirling Moss

6.Victoria Pendleton

7. Natalie de Toit

8.Peter Doohan

9.Zina Garrison Jackson

10.Geoff Cook

11.Shane Gould

12.Stephanie Rice

13.Walter Zenga

14.HakimOlazuwan

15.Karan Rastogi


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The points for this week are:
Rajeev Bhattacharjee-6
Ashoke-5
Anonymous-whoever you are olease write your name-3

Next quiz will follow soon. Theme- Sports and Corporate.

Sports Quiz -1

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Here goes this week's questions:

Theme: SPORTS( MIXED BAG)....

1. In the late 70's , what were known as " Borg Invitational-1 and Borg Invitaional-2"?

2. Who is the only cricketer who is alive and has dismissed Sir Donald Bradman in Test Cricket?

3. Ami Ghia was the first Indian entrant in this list. Who is the latest?

4. Babe Didrikson the last person to achieve a particular feat. Which sporting legend has gone on to emulate her in the early part of this decade?

5.Identify this sporting legend.


6. Who is she?



7. Identify her.


8. Who is this tennis player whose only claim to fame was a victory in one of the earlier rounds at Wimbledon in the late 80's.



9. Who is the only tennis player to have beaten Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in the same year at Wimbledon?

10. Identify the cricketer alongside Kapil.



11.Identify this swimming legend who retired at the tender age of 16 after winning 3 gold medals in one Olympics.The Americans used a popular English proverb to describe her achievements.



12.Whose facebook profile?


13.This soccer legend was nicknamed "SPIDERMAN" because of his exceptional abilities.Who is he?


14.Who sponsored the Nigerian Football team at the 1998 world cup?

15.Name the only Indian to have beaten Maria Sharapova. The match took place at the Nick Bolleteri Academy.