Cricket and Football Records Quiz

In the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, India won the highest number of medals in Shooting - a total of 22 medals including 7 gold, 5 silver, and 10 bronze. This made shooting India's most successful discipline at those games. Weightlifting and Boxing were also successful but not as dominant.

Samaresh Jung, a shooter, was India's most successful athlete at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, winning 5 gold and 1 bronze medal (total 6 medals). He was nicknamed 'Goldfinger' for his exceptional performance. Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang are also shooters but Samaresh's medal count was the highest.

Garfield Sobers achieved the rare double of scoring a century and taking 5 wickets in the same Test match. In the 1966 Leeds Test against England, he scored 174* and took 5/41 in the first innings, then 3/58 in the second. Manoj Prabhakar, Kapil Dev, and Lance Klusener (misspelled - should be Klusener) did not achieve this specific double in the same Test.

Imran Khan scored 117 runs and took 11 wickets (6/98 and 5/82) in the same Test match against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1982. This makes him the correct answer. Jacques Kallis achieved centuries and 10-wicket matches but not in the same Test, Kapil Dev scored centuries and took 5-wicket hauls but not the century+10 wicket double, and Wasim Akram was primarily a bowler who didn't score Test centuries.

India holds this unfortunate record of being dismissed twice in one day. In the 1952 Leeds Test against England, India was bowled out for 58 in the first innings and 82 in the second innings on the same day (Day 2 of the match). This remains the only instance in Test cricket history of a team being dismissed twice on the same day.

The record for highest 10th wicket partnership in Test cricket is 151 runs, set by Kumar Sangakkara (152) and Chaminda Vaas (90 not out) for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in July 2004. This surpassed the previous record of 143 held by Nathan Astle and Kyle Mills of New Zealand.

Jacques Kallis (South Africa) holds the record for the most Man of the Match awards in Test cricket with 24 awards. Muralitharan has fewer, Tendulkar had 17, and Wasim Akram also had fewer - Kallis's all-round consistency earned him the most recognition.

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) holds the record for the most Man of the Series awards in Test cricket with 19 awards. Kallis and Tendulkar had fewer, and Wasim Akram also had fewer - Muralitharan's match-winning bowling performances earned him the most series awards.

Pat Rice served as Arsenal's assistant manager from 1996 to 2012, working alongside Arsene Wenger. Arsene Wenger was the manager, Boro Primorac was the assistant coach (not assistant manager), and Steve Bould was a player-turned-coach during this period - Rice was the actual assistant manager.

Cesc Fabregas made his Premier League debut for Arsenal at 16 years 177 days, making him their youngest ever player in the competition. Theo Walcott was also young but made his debut slightly later. Aaron Ramsey and Kieran Gibbs debuted at older ages than Fabregas.

Shaun Wright-Phillips is indeed the adopted son of Arsenal legend Ian Wright. Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure are Ivorian brothers with no family connection to Wright. Gael Clichy is a French left-back who played for Arsenal but is not related to Ian Wright.

Nicolas Anelka holds the record for being involved in the highest cumulative transfer fees across his career, with multiple big-money moves between top European clubs. Ronaldo and Kaka had expensive single transfers but fewer total moves. Robinho also had fewer career transfers than Anelka.

Sheffield Football Club, founded in 1857, is recognized by FIFA as the oldest football club in the world. Manchester United was founded in 1878, Real Madrid in 1902, and Stoke City in 1863, making Sheffield the oldest by a significant margin.

The FA Cup, first played in the 1871-72 season, is widely recognized as the oldest football competition in the world. The English Premier League began in 1992, while the Champions League started in 1955 as the European Cup. The Spanish League (La Liga) began in 1929.

Camp Nou, home of FC Barcelona, has the largest capacity in Europe at approximately 99,000 spectators. Wembley Stadium is slightly smaller at around 90,000. The Stade de France holds 81,000, while the Santiago Bernabeu seats around 81,000 as well after renovations.

South Africa won the final of the triangular cricket series held in Durban in February 1997. The series featured South Africa, India, and Zimbabwe, with South Africa emerging victorious in the final match.

India played its first ODI match at Headingley, Leeds on July 5, 1974, against England. This was India's debut in one-day international cricket format.

Ajit Wadekar was the first ODI captain for India, leading the team in their debut ODI against England at Headingley in 1974. He was a prominent Indian cricketer who captained the team in both Tests and ODIs.

Ravi Shastri was the Man of the Tournament in the 1985 World Championship of Cricket, where India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final. He had an outstanding all-round performance throughout the tournament.

In the Jaipur match between India and Pakistan on October 2, 1983, a new rule was introduced where no-balls and wides were debited to the bowler's analysis for the first time in ODI cricket.