Sports Questions and Answers Part-8

1. Who was the 1st ODI captain for India?
a) Ajit Wadekar
b) Bishen Singh Bedi
c) Nawab Pataudi
d) Vinoo Mankad

Answer: a

2. Where did India play its 1st one day international match?
a) Lords
b) Headingley
c) Taunton
d) The Oval

Answer: b

3. India reached the final of the Davis Cup for the first time in?
a) 1964
b) 1966
c) 1970
d) 1974

Answer: b

4. The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in?
a) 1951
b) 1963
c) 1971
d) 1982

Answer: a

5. What Australian player was known as 'Fruitfly' amongst the rest of the team?
a) Geoff Lawson
b) Merv Hughes
c) Mike Veletta
d) Mike Whitney

Answer: b

6.The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in?
a) 1936
b) 1948
c) 1952
d) 1956

Answer:b

7.Who was the first captain of Indian Test team?
a) Vijay Hazare
b) C K Nayudu
c) Lala Amarnath
d) Vijay Merchant

Answer: b

8. Fenway Park is the home field of what Major League Baseball team?
a) New York Yankees
b) Chicago White Sox
c) Montreal Expos
d) Boston Red Sox

Answer: d

9. Pravin Amre and Vinod Kambli played for which province in South Africa?
a) Border
b) Boland
c) Griqualand West
d) Gauteng

Answer: b

10. Which football hero was nicknamed "The Sundance Kid"?
a) Jim Kiick
b) Troy Aikman
c) Brett Favre
d) Joe Montana

Answer: a