Debut Scuderia Drivers Champions

Kimi Raikonnen became the second Driver in Formula 1 to win the drivers world championship with his first season in Ferrari. There has been only one other driver who has done this. Who is that?

Juan Manuel Fangio was the only other driver to win a drivers championship with his first year at Ferrari.

What am I talking about?

For 20 years from 1988 to 2007- Rebound Ace was used. But to reduce the stickyness it was changed in 2008. What was it changed to and what am I talking about?

This is the surface on which the Australian Open matches are played. In 1988 the hardcourts were layed out with a material called Rebound Ace. In 2008 it was changed to plexicushion.

Unbeatable

The New England Patriots completed a 16-0 unbeaten season this year and this was the first time since 1972 that this had happened. Which team achieved this feat in 1972?



The Miami Dolphins

Connect

Connection is Vince Papale. Mark Wahlberg played the role of Vince Papale in the film Invincible. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1975 to 1978 under coach Dick Vermeil before retiring due to shoulder Injury. He also played in the World Football league for Philadelphia Bells before that and was called Rocky by his team mates after the Sylvester Stallone Character

Who played Roy Hobbs?

Based on the book written by Bernard Malamud , The Natural is a baseball movie about Roy Hobbs , a baseball prodigy whose career is almost cut short by a bullet wound. Roy Hobbs starts of as a pitcher but changes into a slugger after the bullet wound and gets into the Major League. The movie deals with matchfixing and other aspects of the game as well. Simple question , who played the role of Roy Hobbs in the movie , which also starred Kim Basinger ,Glenn Close.


Robert Redford.

What record?

When India crossed the score of 524 in the Oval test in 2007 , they set a new record. The score at that point was 525/7 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni had just been dismissed. The earlier record was when India scored 524/9 in 1976 against the New Zealand Team. What record is this?


/* The highest Innings total without any batsman hitting a century */ --- Ouch!!! that's the problem of posting a question before the Innings is complete. Kumble managed to hit a 100 in the innings and the record is back to 524 against New Zealand in 1976.(updated at 11:17 CST)

Which FC?

Which famous football club started off under the name ‘Dial Square’?

Arsenal

What achievement?

Eddy Merckx achieved this in 1974 and Ireland's Stephen Roche achieved this in 1987. Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain are the only two other people who have come close to achieving this. What is the Achievement?

Winning the TripleCrown of Cycling ( Winning the Giro , Tour de France and world Cycling Championship)

Asterix and cycling

Which cycling legend featured as a fast runner in the comic album Asterix in Belgium?

Eddy Mercxx

Which Bike Rider?

Born in Lakewood , California , he was the first American to win the Tour de France. He is also one of the 8 people to have won the Tour De France 3 times or more. He won the Tour ede France for the first time in 1986 and was shot in a hunting accident in 1987. But he came back to win the tour in 1989 and 1990. Who is this person?


Greg Lemond --- Gregory James LeMond. He won teh 1989 Tour de France by the lowest margin ever - 8 Seconds.He used the novel aero bars to give him significant aerodynamic advantage in the final time trial on the last stage.

Whoitiz?

Born as Lance Edward Gunderson on the 18th of September 1971, he was nicknamed Mellow Johnny ( which was a corruption of a French term to which he was closely associated).

Lance Armstrong - Winner of the Tour de France from 1999- 2005. Founder of the Livestrong foundation for cancer. Mellow Johnny is a corruption of the French Term Maillot Jaune ( Yellow Jersey).

Grand Tours - Which race ?

The Tour de France, Giro d'Italia( Tour of Italy) and which other race in the UCI(Union Cycliste Internationale) calender make up the Grand Tours of Europe ?


Vuelta a Espana.

First held in 1935 and annually since 1955, the Vuelta runs for three weeks in a changing route across Spain. The inaugural event (1935) saw 50 entrants face a 3411 km (2,119 mi.) course over only 14 stages, averaging over 240km (149 mi.) per stage. It was inspired by the success of the Tours in France and Italy, and the boost they brought to the circulations of their sponsoring newspapers (L'Auto and La Gazzetta dello Sport respectively); Juan Pujol of the daily Informaciones instigated the race to increase his circulation. (Source : Wikipedia)

Which famous Stadium?

It is now the stadium with the second largest capacity in Europe and the largest roof covered football stadium in the world. Bon Jovi was the last musical act to play on the old stadium. The 1992 - WWE summerslam was also held in this stadium drawing crowds of more than 80,000 people. The Freddy Mercury Tribute Concert and the British Leg of Live Aid. Which famous stadium is this?

The Wembley

Which Organization?

Which Multibillion Dollar organization started its operations in 1920 at a HupMobile dealership in Canton, Ohio and had Jim Thorpe elected as its first president?

NFL( National Football League in the US)