XXX Olympic Summer Games in 2012 - London

London Olympics: The Games open on 27 July 2012 and close on 12 August 2012

London will become the first city to host the Olympic Games for a third time. It hosted the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948 earlier.

Women’s boxing will feature for the first time in Olympic Games in London.

Paris, New York, Moscow and Madrid were the other cities that were shortlisted to host the XXX Olympiad. London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005.

Wenlock is the mascot for the London Olympics Games.

Golf Terms - II

Yardage Chart
A printed card detailing the layout and yardage of each hole on the course.

Yardage Rating
The stroke index of the hole, Index 18 being the easiest on the course, 1 the most difficult.

Wedge
A metal club designed to give loft rather than distance. Used for high shots into the green.

Wood
Clubs used for long range shots. Traditionally made with wooden head they are now mostly made with metal alloy heads.

Tee
A small peg stuck into the ground on which a golf ball is placed. Also area where golfers play first stroke of any given hole.

Iron
A metal headed club that is not a wood.

Golf Terms - I

Handicap
The number of strokes a player is given to adjust his score to that of standard scratch. It allows golfers of different abilities to compete on equal terms.

Fore
To cry "Fore" is to warn other players that your ball may hit them.

Par
The number of shots a low handicapper should take for a hole or round. The hole par is measured by the number of shots needed to reach the green plus two for the putting. The round par is calculated by adding all the hole par's together.

Hole In One
The ball goes straight into the hole from your tee shot.

Birdie
One under par for the hole.

Formula 1 - Teams & Drivers

Ferrari: Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa

Force India-Mercedes: Adrian Sutil, Paul di Resta

Hispania Racing Team-Cosworth: Vitantonio Liuzzi, Narain Karthikeyan, Daniel Ricciardo

Lotus-Renault: Jarno Trulli, Heikki Kovalainen, Karun Chandhok

McLaren-Mercedes: Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes: Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher

Red Bull Racing-Renault: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber

Renault: Vitaly Petrov, Nick Heidfeld, Bruno Senna

Sauber-Ferrari: Kamui Kobayashi, Sergio Perez, Pedro de la Rosa

STR-Ferrari: Jaime Alguersuari, Sebastien Buemi

Virgin-Cosworth: Jerome d'Ambrosio, Timo Glock

Williams-Cosworth: Rubens Barrichello, Pastor Maldonado

US Open 2011

Men's Singles:
Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal

Women's Singles:
Samantha Stosur beat Serena Williams

Men's Doubles:
Jurgen Melzer & Philipp Petzschner beat Mariusz Fyrstenberg & Marcin Matkowski

Women's Doubles:
Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond beat Vania King & Yaroslava Shvedova

Mixed Doubles:
Melanie Oudin & Jack Sock beat Gisela Dulko & Eduardo Schwank

The Championships, Wimbledon 2011

Gentlemen's Singles:
Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal

Ladies' Singles:
Petra Kvitova beat Maria Sharapova

Gentlemen's Doubles:
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan beat Robert Lindstedt & Horia Tecau

Ladies' Doubles:
Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik beat Sabine Lisicki & Samantha Stosur

Mixed Doubles:
Jurgen Melzer & Iveta Benesova beat Mahesh Bhupathi & Elena Vesnina

French Open 2011

Men's Singles:
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer

Women's Singles:
Li Na beat Francesca Schiavone

Men's Doubles:
Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor beat Juan Sebastian Cabal & Eduardo Schwank

Women's Doubles:
Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka beat Sania Mirza & Elena Vesnina

Mixed Doubles:
Casey Dellacqua & Scott Lipsky beat Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjic

Australian Open - 2010

Men's Singles:
Roger Federer beat Andy Murray

Women's Singles:
Serena Williams beat Justine Henin

Men's Doubles:
Bob Bryan USA & Mike Bryan USA beat Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic

Women's Doubles:
Cara Black & Liezel Huber beat Venus Williams & Serena Williams

Mixed Doubles:
Cara Black & Leander Paes beat Ekaterina Makarova & Jaroslav Levinsky

Quiz Circuit

Quiz Circuit: CWG - Answers

Though the Games are now called the Commonwealth Games now they started life with a different name. What was it?
British Empire and Commonwealth

What was the tagline of CWG – Delhi 2010?
Come Out and Play

Arjan Bhullar won the Gold medal in the Men’s 120kg Freestyle Wrestling, defeating Joginder Kumar. To which country/countries did Arjan and Joginder belong?
Canada & India

India bagged its first ever Commonwealth Gymnastics medal in Delhi. Who was the contestant and what was the event?
Ashish Kumar in the Floor Exercise category

India was pounded into second place in hockey by Australia. Which country came in third?
New Zealand