Sports (part 1 of 2): No.QuestionAnswer 01The country that first played chess wasIndia 02Prakash Padukone was a famous player ofBadminton 03"Black Pearl" was the name given toPele 04Nehru Mountaineering Institute is located atMahidanda,200 kms from Dalhousie 05The oldest game in the world isPolo 06The biggest stadium in the world isStrahov stadium at Prague 07The YMCA Coach who originated volley ball wasA.T.Hallsted of America 08Bobby Fischer was known as theChess king 09The National game of America isBaseball 10The oldest football tournament is theDurand Cup tournament 11Major Dhyanchand was a famous name inHockey 12The first olympic games were held inAthens 13The first men to climb Mount everest wereTensing and Hillary 14The first Asian to win the Hong Kong seiko Super Tennis Title wasRamesh Krishnan 15Football was first included in the Olympic games in1900 16The term `Knock Out' is associated withBoxing 17Wimbledon trophy is associated withLawn Tennis 18The full name of the great footballer Pele isEdmond Arantos Nessimente De Pele 19The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest wasBachendri Pal 20The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in test cricket wasSunil Gavaskar 21The youngest player to score a century in the test Cricket isMushtaq Muhammad of Pakistan 22The length of a cricket pitch is22 yards 23Major Dhyan Chand is also known asWizard of Hockey 24`Clean and Jerk' is associated withWeight lifting 25Agakhan Gold Cup is associated withHockey 26Indira Gandhi Gold Cup is awarded forWomen's Hockey 27The game in which the referee is called the President isFencing 28Zafar Iqbal was associated withHockey 29In Basket ball,each team consists of how many playersFive 30The first Grand Slam in tennis was won byDonald Budge 31Basket ball was included in the Olympics in the year1936 32Indian Golf Union was established in the year1955 33Milkha Singh won the prestigious Helms trophy in the year1953 34IFA stands forIndian Football Association 35Donald Bradman was associated withCricket 36Milkha singh was popularly known as theFlying sikh 37The first Indian to secure a Grandmaster norm in chess isVishwanathan Anand 38Geet Sethi received his first professional title in the year1991 39The first boxer to receive Arjuna Award wasBuddy De'suza 40The first Indian woman National Snooker champion wasJudi Walia 41The first Indian Chess player who defeated the world champion wasSultan Khan 42The men's singles Wimbledon championship of 1997 was won byPete Sampras 43The 12th Asian Games were hosted byJapan 44The 8th Asian Games were held inBankok 45In cricket,LBW stands forLeg Before Wicket 46The overall length of a Badminton court is44 feet 47The Indian hockey player who has scored the maximum goals in olympics isSurinder Singh Sodhi 48Joe Louis is associated withBoxing 49Prudential world cup was awarded forCricket 50`To hell with hockey' was written byAslam Sher Khan 51The sport also known as Toxophily isArchery 52The height of the cricket stumps is71.12 cms 53The name of the cricket test venue at Leads isHeadingley 54The first Indian woman powerlifter to set a world record wasSumita Latha 55The name of the cricket test venue at Birmingham isEdgbaston 56The first Indian to score a double hundred against the West Indies wasDilip Sardesai 57The diameter of the Tennis ball is63.5 to 67 mm 58Divyendu Barua is associated withChess 59The youngest player to lead a country in test cricket wasMansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 60The first Test Cricket player of India wasK.S. Ranjit Singh 61The youngest player to play cricket for England wasD.B.Close 62The cricketer A.L.Thomson was nicknamedFroggy 63`Story of a Cricket Person' was written byE.W.swanton 64Two well known bowlers who were killed in the world war II wereKen Farmers and Hedley Verity 65The term `Crowning' is used inCheckers 66The number of players in a baseball team isNine 67Table Tennis Federation of India was established in1937 68Diana Eduljee is associated withCricket 69A shuttle cock has how many feathersSixteen 70`By God's Grace' was written byKapil Dev 71The term `Faugio' is associated withMotor Racing 72The old name of table tennis wasPing Pong 73The duration of an international football match is90 minutes 74Saly Joseph excelled inVolleyball 75S.Prakash is associated withKho Kho 76The first kho kho player to receive Arjuna Award wasSudhir Bhaskar Rao 77Stefi Graff is a citizen ofWest Germany 78`The Gold Hattrick' was written byBalbir Singh 79Mohammed Ali Clay was associated withBoxing 80Richard Hadlee was a cricketer fromNew zealand 81the first woman to win six gold medals in swimming in one Olympic (1998) wasKristin Otto 82The length of a Badminton racket is26 inches 83Golf originated inScotland 84The award given to persons who excel in the field of coaching isDronacharya Award 85The national sport of Japan isJudo