Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Quiz-3

1. Madhumita Bisht broke which Indian player's record of six successive National singles titles by winning seven between 1985 and 1991?
2.Which legendary Arjuna Awardee was Womens National Squash Champion for 16 years in a row from 1977 to 1992?
3.This player born 1978 in Hitchin in Hertfordshire is a top British tennis player of Indian descent who retired in December 2006. In February 2006 he reached the quarter finals of the Rotterdam Open. He is also known as the "Hitchin Hurricane". Who?


4.Which legend holds the record for the longest playing time without allowing goals in international tournaments (1142 minutes) set between 1972 and 1974?

5.Which Indian Padma Shree winner was known as the "Great Wall of China"?

6.Who was first foreign player to lift the English FA Cup as captain ?

7.Identify the player with Mcenroe.

8.This South African cricketer who played in twenty eight Tests from 1951 to 1958 was a part in two highly unusual Test match dismissals: he was the wicket-keeper whom Len Hutton obstructed leading to Hutton's being given out obstructing the field; and was himself was given out handled the ball.Who?

9.Which Indian holds the world record for opening both the batting and bowling in most consecutive Tests?
10.Which West Indian cricketer was nicknamed TADPOLE?

11.Two cricketers holds the record of scoring the highest runs in his country's first one day international.(the score was 82). One was an Englishman and the other Indian. Identify both.

12.Four men who were born in South Africa have captained England in international matches: Tony Greig and Kevin Peterson are two of them. Who are the other two?

13.Identify this Olympic Gold Medallist.
14.Identify this Brazilian Legend.

15.Ricky Ponting achieved this bittersweet feat in a test against south africa at the MCG, scoring 101 in the first innings and 99 in the second. It has only happened once before in Tests . Which legendary cricketer holds this not so great record?


3 comments:

quiz said...

Ashoke's answers.

1.Meena Shah
2.Bhubhaneswari Kumari
3.Arvind Parmar
4.Dino Zoff
5.Gostho Pal
6.Eric Cantona
7.Peter Fleming
8.Russel Endean
9.M Prabhakar
10.Dave Mohammed
11.J Edrich & Brijesh Patel
12.A Strauss & A Lamb
14.Garrincha
15.G. Boycott

Anonymous said...

Rajeev's Tries..
3. Arvind Parmar
4. Dino Zoff
5. Ghostho Pal
6. Eric Cantona
8. Russell Endean
10. Dave Mohammad
11. John Edrich in the first ever one day match and Brijesh Patel.
12.Andrew Strauss and Allan Lamb - Lambie, I think also holds along with a handful of others the rae distinction of batting on all days of a test match.
14. Little bird - Garrincha
15. Geoffrey Boycott

Somnath Chanda said...

Answers:
1. Meena Shah
2. Bhuvneshwari Kumari
3. Arvind Parmar
4. Dino Zoff
5. Goshtopal
6. Eric Cantona
7. ---
8. Russel Endean
9. M L Jaisimha
10. Dave Mohammad
11. ---
12. Allan Lamb & Andrew Strauss