General Sports Quiz

The Chennai Open (formerly known as the Gold Flake Open and Tata Open) was India's only ATP tournament until it was discontinued in 2022. It was held in Chennai and was India's premier tennis event at the ATP 250 level.

London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad. This was the third time London hosted the Olympics after 1908 and 1948.

The Indian hockey team has won 8 Olympic gold medals from 1928 to 1980, establishing India's dominance in the sport during the 20th century. The winning years were 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980. This unmatched record makes Indian hockey one of the most successful teams in Olympic history.

India played its first official international cricket match against England at Lord's in 1932. This was India's debut as a Test-playing nation. 1896 and 1906 are too early, while 1952 is two decades later.

Mary Kom is a renowned Indian boxer and six-time world champion who won India's highest sporting honor, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, in 2009. She is also an Olympic bronze medalist and one of India's most celebrated athletes.

Monica Seles was stabbed by Gunther Parche, a deranged fan of Steffi Graf, during a changeover at the Hamburg Open in 1993. Seles was ranked No. 1 in the world at the time and was facing Graf in the final.

Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time. He holds world records in the 100m and 200m and has won multiple Olympic gold medals representing Jamaica.

Bob Houghton coached the Indian football team from 2006 to 2011, during which India won the Nehru Cup and AFC Challenge Cup. Stephen Constantine has also coached India, but Houghton is the correct answer for the timeframe.

Guwahati hosted the 2007 National Games of India (33rd edition), held from February 9-18, 2007. This is the correct answer. The question phrasing 'Last National Games' is awkward but refers to this specific event. Neither New Delhi, Ranchi, nor Hyderabad hosted in 2007.

Diego Maradona scored the infamous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal, punching the ball into the net with his fist unseen by the referee. He later called it 'a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God.' Pelé, Michael Owen, and Roberto Carlos are famous for different reasons.

Ping-pong is the common name for table tennis, a sport where two or four players hit a lightweight ball back and forth across a table using small rackets. The terms are interchangeable, though 'table tennis' is the official Olympic name. Fencing, boxing, and chess are entirely different sports with no relation to ping-pong.

Diego Maradona famously coined the term 'Hand of God' after his controversial goal against England in the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final. The goal involved Maradona punching the ball into the net with his fist, which went unnoticed by the match officials. Pele, while also a legendary footballer, is associated with different iconic moments and achievements.

India played its first official Test match as a cricket team in 1932 against England at Lord's, London. This marked India's debut in international test cricket, though they had been playing cricket domestically since the 18th century. The other dates are incorrect - 1896 and 1906 are too early, and 1944 is too late.

Ping-pong is the common name for Table-tennis, a sport played on a table with small rackets and a lightweight ball. The name 'ping-pong' comes from the sound the ball makes when hit. Chess, Fencing, and Jodo are entirely different sports - chess is a board game, fencing is sword fighting, and Judo is a martial art.

Among the options, Rahul Dravid is the only one who never received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (India's highest sporting honor). Karnam Malleswari (weightlifting, 1995), Pullela Gopichand (badminton, 1999), and MS Dhoni (cricket, 2007) were all recipients. Dravid did receive the Arjuna Award and Padma Shri, but not the Khel Ratna.

The Irani Trophy is played annually between the Ranji Trophy champions and a Rest of India team to honor the late Z.R. Irani, a long-serving Cricket Board of India treasurer. Unlike the Duleep Trophy (zon teams) or Santosh Trophy (football), this is a specific first-class cricket match that kicks off each domestic season, making it a unique fixture in Indian cricket's calendar.

Duleep Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 105 in both innings of the same Test match against India in 1984 at Colombo. This rare feat of scoring identical centuries in a single Test distinguishes him from the other Sri Lankan batsmen listed. Thilanga Sumathipala was more known as a cricket administrator, while Roy Dias and Ranjan Madugalle were accomplished batsmen but didn't achieve this particular record.

Lala Amarnath and Surinder Amarnath are indeed the only father-son pair to both score centuries on their Test debut. Lala scored 109 against England at Bombay in 1933-34, while Surinder scored 124 against New Zealand at Kanpur in 1976-77. The Broad family (Stuart and Chris) both scored centuries but not on debut, George Headley scored centuries but not on debut, and Vijay and Sanjay Manjrekar did not both score debut centuries.

The Grace brothers (EM Grace, Fred Grace, and George Grace) were the first set of three brothers to play in the same Test match for England against Australia in 1873. While other cricketing families like the Amarnaths, Chappells, and Waugh brothers had multiple siblings play, the Grace brothers achieved this historic first. The Amarnath brothers (Mohan, Lala, and Surinder) came much later in the 1950s-60s.