Sports Quiz

1) ‘Z’ is the autobiography of which former test cricket captain?

2)A certain cricket ground in England is well known for a tree inside it’s playing perimeter. If a shot hits the tree without bouncing on the ground then it is counted as six while a grounded hit goes as four. The peculiar thing is that sometimes the ball lands in the proximity of the tree and goes past it but if the fielder retrieves the ball without touching the bark then the standard running rules apply. Where is this exception found?

3) Andre Aggasi struck the Olympic tennis gold at Atlanta. His father Emmanuel Aggassini was also an Olympian at Helsinki(1952). Which nation did he represent?

4) Inspite of being World, Asian and Commonwealth champion and world record holder in his event, Jaspal Rana has never won an Olympic medal because his particular event isn''t on the Olympic itinerary. His event is...?

5)Who said this to whom "Had you been in my army, I would have made you a colonel"?

6) Which country has won the baseball gold at every Olympics till date?

7) More a manager and a racing car constructor, he started life with Alfa Romeo. His own sports car appeared in 1940. His cars have won the Le Mans 24 Hours race many a time, though recently his cars are doing exceptionally well in F1 in the hands of the world's highest paid driver. The entire world mourned when he died.

8)This company has an out and out racing pedigree. This company''s team was the first to introduce ground effects to F1. Everybody followed thereafter. The Caterham Super Seven and the Indian Kari 65 sports cars are both derived from this company''s first offering in 1957.

9)The Macrobertson International Shield is contested for which sport?

10) Last season’s UEFA Champions League winners Galatasaray are based in which city?