Sports GK MCQs

Notes:
The first modern Olympic Games was held in the year 1896. In 1890, after attending the Olympian Games of the Wenlock Olympian Society, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was inspired to found the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Coubertin built on the ideas and work of Brookes and Zappas with the aim of establishing internationally rotating Olympic Games that would occur every four years. He presented these ideas during the first Olympic Congress of the newly created International Olympic Committee. This meeting was held from 16 to 23 June 1894, at the University of Paris. On the last day of the Congress, it was decided that the first Olympic Games to come under the auspices of the IOC would take place in Athens in 1896. The IOC elected the Greek writer Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.

Notes:
The International Olympic Committee awards the “Pierre de Coubertin Medal”. The Pierre de Coubertin medal, also known as the Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal, is an award given by the International Olympic Committee to athletes who demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship in the Olympic Games. The medal was inaugurated in the year 1964. Pierre de Coubertin is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games.

Notes:
Thomas Bach is the current President of the International Olympic Committee. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Founded by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas in 1894, it is the authority responsible for organising the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic Movement.

Notes:
Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Switzerland are the only five countries that have participated in all the Summer Olympic Games.

Notes:
Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Peter Norman were the participants of the famous “Black Power Salute” in the 1968 Summer Olympics, Mexico City. During their medal ceremony in the Olympic Stadium in Mexico City on October 16, 1968, two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem. While on the podium, Smith and Carlos, who had won gold and bronze medals respectively in the 200-meter running event of the 1968 Summer Olympics, turned to face the US flag and then kept their hands raised until the anthem had finished. In addition, Smith, Carlos, and Australian silver medalist Peter Norman all wore human rights badges on their jackets.

Notes:
Olympic Council of Asia is responsible for the conduct of the Asian Games. The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.

Notes:
India hosted its second Asian Games in the year 1982. The 9th Asian Games were held from November 19, 1982, to December 4, 1982, in Delhi, India. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olympic Council of Asia. India first became the host of the first Asian Games in the year 1951.

Notes:
In the year 1844, the first official international game of any sport took place. The Canadian cricket team in the United States in 1844 was both the first official international cricket match and the first official international game of any sport. The match between the two national teams was billed as ‘The United States of America versus the British Empire’s Canadian Province’. The match took place between 24 and 26 September 1844 at the St George’s Cricket Club’s ground at what is now 30th Street and Broadway (then Bloomingdales) in Manhattan. Canada won by 23 runs. On the first day, there were from 5,000 to 20,000 spectators and an estimated 100,000 to 120,000 worth of bets were placed on the match.

Notes:
England was the host of the first Cricket World Cup. Cricket entered a new era in 1963 when English counties introduced the limited overs variant. As it was sure to produce a result, limited overs cricket was lucrative and the number of matches increased. The first Limited Overs International was played in 1971 and the governing International Cricket Council (ICC), seeing its potential, staged the first limited overs Cricket World Cup in 1975.

Notes:
The Cricket World Cup is normally held every four years. Cricket entered a new era in 1963 when English counties introduced the limited overs variant. As it was sure to produce a result, limited overs cricket was lucrative and the number of matches increased. The first Limited Overs International was played in 1971 and the governing International Cricket Council (ICC), seeing its potential, staged the first limited overs Cricket World Cup in 1975.