Sports Misc. - 1

Hi,

This is the first of the weekly sports quizzes. The answers will be published on Monday, 18th July '05. Send in yours answers to shovon76@gmail.com.

1. To facilitate which German player's comeback, were the Davis Cup rules changed in 1948 to allow a player with one arm to use the racquet to toss the ball?
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2. Identify this famous Badminton player from India. He won the National Badminton Singles title 8 times in a row between 1980 and 1987. He was allegedly murdered due to a love tringle resulting from his wife's extra marital affair with a powerful UP politician and scion of a royal family.
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3. At the 1948 London Olympics, who became the first and only woman athlete to win 4 athletic gold at a single Olympic Games?
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4. Which hockey-like game, adapted from the American Indians, is so named from a fancied resemblance of its stick to a bishop's crozier?
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5. Who were the first father and son to represent India in the Davis Cup at different times?
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6. The Berlin Olympic of 1936 was organised to show to the world the might of Hitler's Germany. In this Olympic which ritual was introduced for the first time?
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7. Who is the only Indian woman athlete to have won the 800m and 1500m events in a single Asian Games?
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8. Which hard hitting Kiwi cricketer was nicknamed 'The Butcher'?
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9. In 1986, which batsman scored 126 not out to register his third successive century at Lord's?
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10.In 1934, which Kolkata based team became the first Indian team to win the IFA League (1st Division)?
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Awaiting your responses!