THE KEY TO SUCCESS PART 12 GAMES AND SPORTS

Vipin K. Bansal Know about the Olympic Games, Host Countries, Olympic Awardees of India, Asian Games, Common Wealth Games, Indoor Games like Cricket, Football, Chess and many more

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgement....................................................................................................................... 2 Preface ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Olympic Games ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Host Countries of Olympic Games ...................................................................................................... 4 Mascots of Olympic Games ................................................................................................................ 5 Indian Athlete Medal List in Olympic .................................................................................................. 5 Cricket ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 Cricket Vocabulary .............................................................................................................................. 6 B.C.C.I. ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Measurement of Play Ground................................................................................................................. 7 Other Games and Sports ......................................................................................................................... 7 Common Wealth Games ......................................................................................................................... 9 Host countries of Common Wealth Games ........................................................................................ 9 Asian Games ASIAD ............................................................................................................................. 10 Host countries of ASIAD Games ........................................................................................................ 10 Cups, Trophy etc. .................................................................................................................................. 10 National Sports Awards ........................................................................................................................ 11 Questions related to this chapter ......................................................................................................... 12 Scoring System ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Answers ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Bibliography .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Thank You! ........................................................................................................................................ 16

Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence, it is very hard to name and thank all the people that helped me shape this book. It took me over 6 years to consolidate and

format all the content in a manner that may benefit the readers.

I express my gratitude to my wife for her patience, my father for his encouragement, invaluable experience and support, my elder son Anurag who helped me design it and offer it on various online portals and my younger son Gaurav who helped me put together all the questions related to the content.

Preface

The idea of this book came to my mind after watching so many Kaun Banega Crorepati episodes and seeing so many people fall out without winning too much. Most of the time the reason was not enough preparation or lack of resource to enhance the knowledge. Thats why I started writing this book which can offer the basics on the subjects questions are asked on Hot Seat. The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare for Kaun Banega Crorepati. Therefore the scope of this book is not to give you exhaustive information on any subject rather offer basic to intermediate information that can make you qualify for winning large sum on Hot Seat. This book cannot be used to gain exhaustive knowledge on any given subject. But it provides enough information that you can easily remember and be better prepared for the game. At the last of the text matter, a Question Session has been prepared, having choice of four answers with one correct answer. you solve all questions. Keep it up!!! You can check the correct answer from the Answer Sheet put at the end after

Olympic Games
Olympic Games are International games which are held in Summer and Winter every after intervals of two years period alternatively. Thousands of players compete in multiple events from all over the world. The games are organized by a Federation who is responsible for selecting the Host City and for organizing Funds. Olympics were first started in Greece. The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings of Blue, Yellow, Black, Green and Red colour on a white field. It was designed in 1912 by the founder of Olympic Games, Baron Pierre. These Rings consists of Five Continents i.e. Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Summer Olympics of 2012 (30th) were held in London, U.K. from 27th July, 2012 to 12th August, 2012. London is the first city to host the modern Olympic Games three times, previously done in 1908 and 1948. The countries who hosted Olympic Games on multiple years are Greece where first Olympic game were started and second time in 2004; Paris, France in the years 1900 and 1924; Germany in 1936 and 1972 and U.S.A. in 1932 and 1984. London is the only country who hosted these Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. India participated in Olympics from year 1900. Indian National Olympic Committee was formed in 1927. Till date Indian athletes have won total 26 medals in Summer Games. India won 11 Medals in Hockey. The last Gold medal was won in Summer Olympic of 2008 by Abhinav Bindra in Air Rifle Event. Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals.

Host Countries of Olympic Games

Year 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940

Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Venue Athens, Greece Paris, France Missourie, U.S.A. London, U.K. Stockholm, Sweden Not held due to World War I Antwerp, Belgium Paris, France Amsterdam, Netherlands Los Angeles, U.S.A. Berlin, Germany Not held due to 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th

World War 2 Not held due to World War 2 London, U.K. Helsinki, Finland Melbourne, Australia Rome, Italy Tokyo, Japan Lexico, N.America Munich, Germany Montreal, Canada Moscow, Russia Los Angeles, U.S.A. Seoul, South Korea

1992 1996 2000 2004

25th 26th 27th 28th

Barcelona, Spain Atlanta, U.S.A. Sydney, Australia Athens, Greece

2008 2012 2016

29th 30th 31st

Beijing, China London, U.K. To be held in Brazil, Rio de Jeneiro.

Mascots of Olympic Games

Year 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 Name of Mascot Dove Dog Beaver Bear Cub Eagle Tiger Cubs Named Paloma Waldi Dachshund Amik Misha Sam Hodori and Hosuni 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Sheep An Abstract Figure Australian Animals Children and Greek doll Giant Panda Wonlock and Mandeville Cobi Izzy Olly, Syd and Millie Athena, Phevos, Spyros Fuwa Iris

Indian Athlete Medal List in Olympic

Event Hockey Boxing Wrestling Shooting Athletic Tennis Weight Lifting Badminton Total

Year(s)
1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980

Gold Medal 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9

Silver Medal 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 6

Bronze Medal 2 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 11

Total 11 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 26

2008, 2008 1952, 2008, 2012, 2012 2004, 2008, 2012, 2012 1900, 1900 1996 2000 2012

Cricket
Cricket is a game played between two teams of 11 players on a field. The Laws of Cricket are maintained by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Cricket was first played in southern England in the 16th century. The game is most popular in Australia, England,

Indian subcontinent, West Indies and South Africa. The distance between two wickets is 20 metre or 22 yards and width of pitch is kept 3 metres or 10 feet wide. The combined width of the three stumps is 9 inches (230 mm). In flood light matches, white ball is used whereas Red ball is used in Test matches. The bat is made of wood of White Willow. The ball is a hard leather-seamed spheroid with a circumference of 9 inches (230 mm). A total of 31 players have captained the Indian Test team so far. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has the credit to have highest win rate. Sourav Ganguly captained the team for most number of test matches i.e. 49. During the period of 1975 till 1984, Sunil Gavaskar had maximum number of test matches which were drawn i.e. 30. Nawab

Pataudi remains the youngest captain for India in test matches. C.K. Naidu was first Captain in Indian Cricket during 1932 and won 33 Test matches. C.K. Naidu, Nawab Pataudi Sr., Vinoo Mankad, Bishwanath, Dutta Gaekwad and S. Venkatraman were those captains in the cricket history who could not win a single match during their captainship. India participated in Test matches from 25th June, 1932 and the Captain was C.K. Naidu. Out of 468 test matches, India could win only 115 matches whereas they lose 149 matches. One Day International matches were started from 13th July, 1974. India had played more than 800 matches out of which they won more than 400 matches. The T20 matches had been started since 1st December, 2006.

Cricket Vocabulary
Chin music - The use of a series of bouncers from pace bowlers to intimidate a batsman. Chuck - to throw the ball instead of bowling it. Devil's number - a score of 87, regarded as unlucky, batsmen has a tendency to be dismissed for 87, 13 runs short of a century. Diamond duck - without facing a delivery or a dismissal for zero off the first ball of a team's innings. Dolly - a very easy catch. Double hattrick Taking four wickets in four consecutive balls. Fruit Salad - when a bowler delivers a different type of delivery each time. Helicopter shot A risky shot, a stroke played by swinging the bat in upper cut fashion so that it catches the ball partly from below. Nelson - a score of 111, unlucky number, 222 and 333 are double and Triple Nelson. Wagon wheel - a graphical chart which divides a cricket ground into six sectors and shows how many runs a batsman has scored into each area.

B.C.C.I.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is the governing body for the Indian cricket team. The Board was established in 1929. It manages the sponsorship, future tours and selection of Indian team. The Kit sponsor for the Indian Cricket Team is Nike. The name of sponsor Sahara is written on the left

arm and Nike Logo is visible on the right arm. The name and jersey number is printed in orange color at the back. The

logo of BCCI is on the left side of the chest.

Measurement of Play Ground

Name of Field No. of Players Content Pitch Cricket 11 Ball Bat Field Stump Field and Ball Field and Ball Field Court size Basketball 5 Steel Rim Size Ball Lawn Tennis Table Tennis Volley Ball Base Ball Minimum 2 Minimum 2 6 9 Field and Ball Field and Ball Field and Ball Field and Bat Field Rugby 13 Ball Field and Shuttle Open Measurement 20.12 x 3 meter or 66 x 10 ft. 9 dia; wt. 160 gm. 96 x 11 cm min. 150 ft. radius 9 inch width 100 x 63 m; Ball 14 cm. dia; wt. 15 gm. 100 x 60 m; Ball 140 gm. 13 x 10 m 28 x 15 meter; Height 10 feet 18 Inch diameter 29 Inch circum.; wt. 22 oz. 24 x 8 meter; Ball
6.7 cm dia.; wt. 58 gm.

Football Hockey Kabaddi

11 11 7

275x152x76 cm.; Ball 3.8 cm dia; wt. 10 gm. 18 x 9 x 2.43 meter; Ball 66 cm circum.; wt. 260 -270 gm.
12 m radii from centre;

Badminton Marathon Race

Minimum 2

Bat 86 cm. long; 112 x 68 meter Oval shaped length 300; 750 mm circum. And wt. 410-460 gm. 13.4 x 5.2 x 1.5 m; Shuttle 5 gm. 26 miles 385 yards

Other Games and Sports

Football game was originated in India by British army. The first Indian native team was Sovabazar Club in 1892. Mohun Bagan Club and Aryan Club were set up in 1889. The Indian Football Association was established in

1893 in Calcutta. The Indian team won gold medals in football. Baseball is a game like Cricket game played between two teams of nine players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a 90-foot diamond. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning and nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. It is a popular game in entire North America, South America and East Asia. Squash is one of the toughest indoor sport. The player has to hit the ball towards the wall. Ice Hockey is an international sport and is more popular in the USA and Canada than anywhere else in the world. Stanley Cups is the biggest Ice Hockey events. Volleyball is a very popular game all over the world. It is played between two teams having 6 players each. Both teams try to throw the ball into the others court and score a point. Womens Volleyball is a much popular game rather than Mens. It can also be played on a sandy surface and is called Beach Volleyball. Soccer is most active and loving game in the world. It is played with 6 players on each side. Snooker or Pool Table is a game invented by British in India. One of the biggest differences between these indoor sports is that snooker has a scoring system while pool does not require any.

Table tennis or Ping Pong is difficult game to be played in limited time and space. Basketball is biggest indoor sports in the USA and is played literally everywhere. Carrom is a popular game of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc. It is played within families. The game is played on a board of 74 cm. square plywood. It consists of 19 pieces in three colours. Ludo is a board game for two to four players, started in India sometime in 6th century in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to die rolls. Snakes and Ladders is also an ancient Indian board game. It is played between two or more players on a game board having numbered from 1 to 100 squares. A number of ladders and snakes are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece according to die rolls from the start to the finish point, helped or hindered by ladders and snakes. It was originated in India. Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15x15 grid. The words are formed across and down in crossword fashion and must appear in a standard dictionary. The name Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States of America and Canada. In other countries it is trademarked by Mattel. The game is sold in 121 countries. It is a very popular game of United States and can

be found in one-third of American houses. Chess is a two player game played on a chessboard. It was originated in India. The Chessboard is a square shaped board of eight rows called Ranks (Vertical lines) and eight columns called Files (horizontal lines). The colour of 64 squares alternate as white and black. It is one of the most popular games of the world and played by millions of people worldwide.

Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces comprising of King, Queen (one each), Rooks, Knights and Bishops (two each) and eight pawns. The move of each piece is of different type. The current World Champion in Chess is Viswanathan Anand from India. Different types of Championships are also popular such as Women, Junior, Senior, Computer, Blitz and Rapid World Championships. The Chess Olympiad is also a popular game.

Common Wealth Games

Common Wealth Game is a Multinational sport event which is held every four years like Olympic Games. In 1930, these games were organized as British Empire Games which in 1978, changed to Common Wealth Games. Athletics, Archery, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Basketball, Diving, Fencing, Gymnastic, Hand Ball, Judo, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Swimming, Squash, Shooting, Table Tennis, Volley Ball, Water Polo, Weight Lifting, Wrestling etc. are played in these events.

Host countries of Common Wealth Games

Year 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 Venue Ontario, Canada, North America London, U.K. Sydney, Australia Aukland, New Zealand British Columbia, Canada, N.America Wales, U.K. Perth, Australia Kingston, Jamaica Scotland, U.K. Christ Church, New Zealand 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 Alberta, Canada Brisbane, Australia Scotland, U.K. Aukland, New Zealand British Columbia, Canada, N.America Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia England, U.K. Melbourne, Australia New Delhi, India To be played in Scotland, U.K.

Asian Games ASIAD

The Asian Games is also a multi sports event which is held every four years like other International Games. As specified by its name, only Asian Countries participate in these games. It was started in the year 1951 from Delhi, India.

Host countries of ASIAD Games

Year 1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 Venue
New Delhi, India Manila, Philippines Tokyo, Japan Jakarta, Indonesia Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Tehran, Iran Bangkok, Thailand New Delhi,

Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

India Seoul, South Korea Beijing, China Hiroshima, Japan Bangkok, Thailand Busan, South Korea Doha, Qatar Guangzhou, China To be held in South Korea (19.94th Oct.)

10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th

Cups, Trophy etc.

Name of the Cup / Trophy etc. Dhyam Chand Agha Khan Cup Lady Ratan Tata Scindia Cup Mah. Ranjit Singh Nehru Cup Rovers Cup Santosh Trophy Scissors D.C.M. Begum Hzt. Mahal Durand Cup Irani Trophy Related Game Daleep Trophy Ranji Trophy G.D. Birla Trophy Charminar Khaitan Wimbledon Cup Davis Cup Sun Feast French Open US Open Australian Open Thomas Cup Uber Cup Athlete Chess

Hockey

Lawn Tennis

Football

Cricket

Badminton

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Burdwan Trophy

Weight Lifting

National Sports Awards

Dhyan Chand Award is the highest award presented for Lifetime achievement in Sports and Games. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is also Indias highest honour given for achievement in sports. Arjuna Award is given for outstanding achievement in National sports and Dronacharya award is an award for excellence in sports coaching.

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Questions related to this chapter

1-L. Where is the largest Sports Good Industry in Pakistan? (a) Karachi (b) Multan (c) Lahore (d) Sialkot 2-B. Club (a) (c) With which game, Mohan Bagan is associated? Cricket (b) Football Volley Ball (d) Basket Ball 9-N. Which of these is the Worlds Oldest Cricket Club? (a) Calcutta Cricket Club (b) Marylebone Cricket Club (c) Sydney Cricket Club (d) Union Cricket Club 10-O. The term Dummy is associated with which game? (a) Base Ball (b) Bridge (c) Cricket (d) Foot Ball 11-L. How many Cricket Ground at game is ON? (a) 13 (c) 14 persons appear in the time when the (b) (d) 15 16

3-N. Other than Greece, which is the country where Olympic Games held twice? (a) France (b) Sweden (c) Japan (d) Russia 4-D. Where we can see the Sponsors Logo on the Indian Cricket Team dress? (a) Backside of shirt (b) Left side of chest (c) Left Arm (d) Right Arm 5-A. What Cricket? (a) 13 (c) 87 is a Devil (b) (d) Number 49 111 in

12-D. To which Indian Cricket Captain, the credit goes for winning 100% matches during his captainship? (a) Virendra Sehwag (b) Nawab Pataudi Sr. (c) Ravi Shastri (d) Gundappa Vishwanath 13-G. Who is the only person who has credited two Olympic medals? (a) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (b) Abhinav Bindra (c) Saina Nehwal (d) Sushil Kumar 14-S. What type appear on Olympic (a) Sheep (c) Tiger of animal did not mascots? (b) Dog (d) Rabbit

6-E. In which sequence, the Olympic Games were held in 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992? (a) Los Angeles Seoul Moscow Barcelona (b) Moscow - Los Angeles Seoul Barcelona (c) Seoul Barcelona - Los Angeles Moscow (d) Moscow Barcelona Los Angeles Seoul 7-B. How many squares are there on a standard chess board? (a) 48 (b) 64 (c) 96 (d) 32 8-B. Which of the following terms do not belong to Cricket? (a) Cover Drive (b) Bouncer (c ) Boundary (d) Goal

15-A. What is the standard width of cricket pitch? (a) 6 feet (b) 8 feet (c) 9 feet (d) 10 feet 16-S. forms (a) (c) Amar, Sanjeevani and Gamini are of which game? Kho-Kho (b) Kabaddi Wrestling (d) Polo

17-H. During the Captainship of Nawab Pataudi Sr., what was his rating chart

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i.e. Total match played Won Lose and Draw)? (a) 3111 (b) 3003 (c) 3021 (d) 3210 18-B. What is the shape of the Rack used in Pool and Snooker? (a) Triangular (b) Rectangular (c) Square (d) Circular 19-O. What type of Award does Uttar Pradesh Government give to the Sports personalities of its State? (a) Arjuna Award (b) Tenzing Award (c) Laxman Award (d) Uttar Award 20-O. Which is the most popular game of United States of America? (a) Foot Ball (b) Table Tennis (c) Lawn Tennis (d) Base Ball 21-L. How many Referee(s) conduct a Wrestling Bout? (a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four 22-A. How many Lanes are there in Olympic Standard Swimming Pool? (a) Six (b) Eight (c) Ten (d) Twelve 23-G. which (a) (c) Irani Trophy is associated with Game? Cricke (b) Football Hockey (d) Shooting

27-G. When was First Olympic Games played? (a) 1892 (b) 1896 (c) 1900 (d) 1924 28-L. What is Chin Music in the game of Cricket? (a) Wide Ball (b) Googly (c) L.B.W. (d) Short delivery 29-G. Who was the first player awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award? (a) Kapil Dev (b) Geet Sethi (c) Vishwanathan Anand (d) Mohammad Azharuddin 30-D. Which ASIAD game were held in New Delhi in 1982? (a) Sixth (b) Seventh (c) Eighth (d) Nineth 31-N which (a) (c) DCM Trophy is associated with Game? Cricket (b) Hockey Chess (d) Football

32-D. On which day the National Sports Day is observed? (a) 25 July (b) 15 Sept. (c) 29 August (d) 25 August 33-L. What is the recommended weight of a standard cricket ball by ICC? (a) 85 gm. (b) 110 gm. (c) 140 gm. (d) 160 gm. 34-D. The oldest Football Tournament in India is? (a) Rovers Cup (b) IFA Shield (c) Durand Cup (d) Tata Cup 35-A. To which sport does Wellington Cup associate? (a) Bridge (b) Swimming (c) Polo (d) Lawn Tennis 36-L. At what height, the baskets are hung in Basketball game? (a) 10 feet (b) 9 feet 9 inches (c) 8 feet 2 inches

24-G. What are called the Vertical Rows on a Chess Board? (a) Formations (b) Files (c) Ranks (d) Houses 25-N. Where did the Game of Chess originate? (a) India (b) Japan (c) Russia (d) United States 26-A. With which game Begum Hazrat Mahal Trophy is associated? (a) Wrestling (b) Football (c) Cricket (d) Hockey

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(d)

11 feet

(c)

Ice Hockey

(d)

Tennis

37-G. Which team is commonly known as Dark Horses? (a) West Indies (b) Sri Lanka (c) Pakistan (d) Kenya 38-D. In which game, Pete Sampras of United States of America is a top player? (a) Cricket (b) Baseball

39-G. Cue is a term used in? (a) Bridge (b) Cricket (c) Billiards (d) Chess 40-G. How many players Football game? (a) 8 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 10 play in

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Scoring System
Answers
1-d 8-d 15-d 22-b 29-c 36-a 2-b 9-b 16-b 23-a 30-d 37-b 3-a 10-b 17-c 24-b 31-d 38-d 4-c 11-b 18-a 25-a 32-c 39-c 5-c 12-c 19-c 26-b 33-d 40-b 6-b 13-d 20-d 27-b 34-c 7-b 14-d 21-c 28-d 35-b

You can check your total points earned by giving correct answers as follows: Code A B D E G Score 500 10 1000 2000 100 Code H L N O S Score 10000 200 50 25 5000

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Bibliography
When I compiled this chapter, I took help of Manorama Guide upto the years 2012.

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