FUNDAMENTALS
As Mirabai Chanu makes India proud with her silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, we will take a look at some of the highlights of India at the Olympics
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INDIA AT THE OLYMPICS
1. Mirabai Chanu is the second Indian weightlifter to win a medal at the Olympics. Who is the first?
2. How did a Hollywood actor who appeared in movies such as Beau Geste and Dancing Mothers and acted alongside legends like Clara Bow and Ronald Colman, bring Olympic glory to India?
3. The captain of the Indian gold medal winning hockey team for the
1932 Olympics, later chose to go to Pakistan and became Pakistan’s ambassador to Ceylon. Name him?
4. At India’s Olympic debut in Amsterdam in 1928, India was captained by Jaipal Singh, a student of Oxford University, till the semi finals. He had to return back to England before the final. Who was captain of the Indian team at the final?
5. This athlete almost did not make it to the 1952 Helsinki Games. Official nepotism prevented him from getting selected in the Olympics. He however was not bowed down by this.The Maharaja of Patiala who intervened on his behalf. The principal of his college mortgaged his own home to contribute to his student. Name this athlete?
6. India’s 24-1 whipping of the United States team in the 1932 Olympic hockey matches is now stuff of legends. USA however scored the single goal in a fortuitous circumstance. What happened?
7. Sakshi Mallik’s route to the bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics was via Repechage. To whom did Sakshi lose in the quarter finals that ensured her presence at the repechage?
8. Name the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee who is the first Indian to win two gold medals at the Paralympics (2004 and 2016 Paralympics)?
ANYTHING GOES
1. The design was inspired by the death in 1792 of a son of General Sir Hector Munro, who commanded a division during the English victory at the Battle of Porto Novo in the second Anglo Mysore war. This lifesize mechanical toy is now displayed at Victoria & Albert Museum and was originally made for Tipu Sultan. What are we talking about?(Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
2. Participation of women in the Olympics did not start with the first one at Athens in 1896. Which is the first game to have female participation? (Nivriti Sreelekha P. S., Secunderabad)
3. Matteo Berrettini from Italy entered the final of Wimbledon 2021 . The last time that an Italian reached the final of a Grand Slam tennis championship was 45 years back. This player was ranked World No: 4 in
1976. Identify this former Grand Slam champion? (BK Harinath, Mysuru)
4. For which sport Henri Delaunay trophy is awarded? (Dr. Nishma Dasari, Tirupati)
5. Dr. Ida Sophia Scudder is the founder of the iconic hospital in Tamil Nadu. Name it.(Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
6. Rajnikant got the ‘Dadasaheb Phalke’ award in 2021 (for 2020). Shivaji Rao Gaekwad was his original name. Who gave him the name ‘Rajnikant’? (UN Murthy, Secunderabad)
7. “The important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well” Famous quote. Whose? (Dr. Pravalika Durgalla, Tirupati