Sports Quiz 1.0

1.Often referred to by locals as "The G" it was famously dubbed "The G Spot" by Madonna when she performed at the venue during her "Girlie Show Tour" in 1993.On the 30th of January 2009, it was named as one of the 7 wonders of the sporting world.


2.Dietmar Hopp is an entrepreneur. He was one of the founders of SAP AG in 1972 with 4 other former IBM employees.Hopp is also notable as the chief financial backer of the German football club X. When Hopp, who had played in the club's youth setup, acquired control in 1990, they were playing in the eighth level of German football. Today, they are doing rather well in the Bundesliga. Id the team.

3.X is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother's equipment.He was dubbed ‘Lord Snooty’ by The Wisden Cricketer, which went on to remark: "At the crease it was sometimes uncertain whether his partner was a batsman or a bat-man being dispatched to take his discarded sweater to the pavilion or carry his kit bag. But mutiny was afoot among the lower orders. In one match X, after reaching his fifty, raised his bat to the home balcony, only to find it deserted."
Identify X.

4.Though a decent enough goalkeeper in his day having won 8 caps for Scotland in the 70’s, ______ is best known today for giving his name to the writer ______ , a veterinary surgeon from Yorkshire whose real name was Alfred Wight. Wight needed a pen-name to comply with professional rules banning medical practitioners and vets from advertising and chose ______’s name after seeing him play exceptionally well for
Birmingham City in a televised match against Manchester United.

His books were adapted into two films and a long running BBC television program called All Creatures Great and Small.

5.In 1936 a German newspaper carried a banner headline: “The Olympic complex now has a magic show too” Whom were they referring to?

6.1992 Olympics - The Dream Team
   1994 World Championships - Dream Team II
   1996 Olympics - Dream Team III
   1998 World Championships - The Dirty Dozen
   2008 Olympics - ?

7.This particular player had an exceptional test record for his country, but a rather lackluster one in ODIs.Numerologists blamed it on his sporting a number on his one day shirt. Due to continuous pressure from his family and friends, he now sports a blank one day shirt with no number on it. And his fortunes in the
shorter version have indeed turned around since.Who?

8.He started out as a player for the Dynamo ice hockey team during his early years and managed to win a USSR ice hockey cup in 1953 alongwith being third in the USSR hockey championship.However his claim to fame lies in the world of football where he won acclaim playing in the same position. Id please.

9.What was special about the game played between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets on October 11, 2008 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden?

10.In 1902 what was started by Henry Desgrange to promote L'Auto after an idea from a its journalist, Géo Lefèvre?The idea apparently was a huge success boosting the sales of the daily from 25,000 to 65,000.