FUNDAMENTALS
The 100 metres sprint will not have Usain Bolt, but it will continue to be among the most watched events of the Olympics. This week's theme is on the 100 metres champions over the years.
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THE GOLDEN SPRINTERS
1. In 1988 at Seoul, all the three medalists broke the 10 second barrier for the first time in Olympic history. Carl Lewis took the gold. Who won the silver and bronze?
2. Carl Lewis is the second person to win two consecutive gold in 100 metres ( 1984 and 1988). The first to do that is a woman. Name her?
3. Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake are all products of a club in Kingston, Jamaica, that has the stated aim of producing more world champions than any other club in the world. Name this club?
4. Usain Bolt is the most famous Jamaican sprinter. However another sprinter who matches him in all his exploits is a woman sprinter from Jamaica who won the gold in 100 metres in both Beijing as well as the London Olympics. Name this sprinter who is nicknamed Pocket Rocket?
5. The movie 'Chariots of Fire' famously tells the story of the 1924 Olympics 100 metres champion Harold Abrahams. Who played Harold in the movie?
6. The 10 second barrier was first broken in the rarified air of Mexico City in 1968. Name the runner who broke the much vaunted barrier?
7. Jamaica has a tradition of producing champion sprinters since the time of Herbert Mckenley who won the silver in 100 metres in 1952 at Helsinki. However, the honour of being the first athlete from Caribbean to win a gold medal in the 100 metres at the Olympics belongs, to a person from Trinidad and Tobago. Name him?
8. The first European to break the ten second barrier in 100 metres now runs a sports management firm called Nuff Respect. Who?
9. 100 metres has been a preserve of athletes with African heritage for a long time. Who was the last white athlete to win a gold at the 100 metres sprint at the Olympics?
10. Jamaican runners have been dominating the 100 metres in the past few years. However, the first Caribbean runner to win a 100 metres Olympic gold was from Trinidad and Tobago way back in 1976. Name him?
ANYTHING GOES
1. What is special about this Edger Allan Poe story, " The Murders in the Rue Morgue" which first appeared in Graham's Lady's and Graham's Magazine in 1841. (Dr. Dasari Sai Nishma, Tirupati)
2. Richard Branson created history as he went to space. The launch took place on July 11 and Branson was part of the crew that went to the edge of the space. Name the spaceship on which he travelled? (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
3. In 1984, Jayalalithaa arrived at the Parliament as a Rajya Sabha MP, her seat number 185 was the same seat occupied by a famous personality when he was an MP in 1963. Who? (Bikram Keshari Jena, Nayagarh)
4. Till the 2021 Copa America finals Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr, the two great footballers from South America share joint pain at not achieving for their national team what they are generally expected to. However, the two share a common achievement with their national teams on a Global platform. Which Achievement? (Dr.Kota Tirupataiah, Hyderabad)
5. The highest number of goals scored (5) in Euro 2021 was shared by two footballers. One is Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo. Who is the other? (S. Miracle, Secunderabad)
6. This word is derived from a term used by English lawyers in the Middle Ages meaning "death pledge", and refers to the pledge ending or dying when either the obligation is fulfilled or the property is taken through foreclosure. Which word? (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
7. According to legend, this water body was created when a lotus flower fell from the Hindu god Brahma's hand and landed on this spot. Brahma is believed to have built this by combining the waters of other Hindu holy sites such as Badrinath, Jagannath, Rameshwaram and Dwarka. Which sacred water body? (Dr Shanu Chandran, Vellore)
8. Sunil Gavaskar reaching 10,000 runs, first batsmen in the game to do so and .Kapil Dev going past Richard Hadlee's record of 431 test wickets to become the then highest wicket taker in tests, both these records happened at a now renamed stadium. Which one? (Pravalika Durgalla, Tirupati)