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The two primary grip styles in table tennis are penhold (holding the racket like a writing pen) and shakehand (gripping it as if shaking hands). These are the fundamental techniques taught globally.

Prakash Padukone won the All England Badminton Championships in 1980, and Pullela Gopichand won it in 2001. Both are Indian badminton legends, making "Badminton" the correct answer.

Purple Jersey is correct because it is not awarded in Le Tour de France. The Green Jersey goes to the points classification leader, Yellow Jersey to the overall race leader, Polka Dot Jersey to the King of the Mountains (best climber), and White Jersey to the best young rider.

Muhammad Ali invented and famously used the rope-a-dope strategy, most notably against George Foreman in the 1974 'Rumble in the Jungle.' The technique involves leaning back against the ropes and letting the opponent tire themselves out with ineffective punches.

En passant is a special pawn capture move in chess that can only occur immediately after an opponent moves their pawn two squares from its starting position. The capturing pawn moves diagonally as if the enemy pawn had only moved one square.

India has won 8 Olympic gold medals in men's hockey: 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin, 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1964 Tokyo, and 1980 Moscow. This makes India the most successful nation in Olympic hockey history.

Jack Nicklaus won 18 major championships during his career, the most in golf history. Tiger Woods has 15 majors, Arnold Palmer has 7, and Phil Mickelson has 6.

Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco set the 1500m world record of 3:26.00 in 1998, a record that still stands. Bekele and Gebreselassie are primarily distance runners on track, while Nurmi was a 1920s Finnish distance runner.