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General Knowledge World games

Game
No. of Players
Game
No. of Player
Chess
2
Baseball
9
Gymnastic
8
Rugby Football
15
Basket Ball
5
Polo
4
Water Polo
7
Football
11
Kho-Kho
9
Cricket -
11
Kabbaddi
7
Volleyball
6
Hockey
11
Tennis
1 or 2
Table tennis
1or 2

General Knowledge of World Important Events and Sports Records
• Davis cup is for tennis.
• Thomas cup badminton is for men only.
• Uber cup is for badminton.
• Each team in volleyball consists of 6 players.
• Antoly Karpov, the world chess player belongs to Russia.
• Modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens.
• ICC has 10 members and it was founded in 1965.
• Lowest total in cricket is 36 by Canada.
• Tennis player steffi graf belongs to Germany.
• Natwest trophy is for cricket.
• The Swythiling cup is related to Table Tennis.
• Morocco cup is for cricket.
• First modern Olympic games were held in 1896 in Athens.
• First women competed in Olympic games in 1912.
• France and which country contested first ever world cup match Mexico
• The number of countries which participated in the first Olympic Games held at Athens was Nine
• Who owns The Oval cricket ground- Prince Charles
• Who among the following batsmen achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in one over for the first time in international cricket during the World Cup 2007 Herschelle Gibbs
• Where were the first winter Olympics held in 1924 -Charmonix France
• FINA is the governing body of what amateur sport-Swimming
• FITA are the governing body of what sport-Archery
• A Lady Paramount judges at what sport- Archery
• First cricket cup was played in England in 1974.
• First Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951. From 1954 they were held every four years.
• Baron Pierre de Coubertin was founder of the modern Olympic Games.
• Bunting is a term in the game of Baseball.
• Grand Master is a term in Chess.
• Grand Slam is a term in sports associated with Bridge as well as Lawn Tennis.
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