Desert Stomp: Answers & Winners for quiz on sports headed to the desert stomping ground Dubai this November

Brainsqueeze, the Eighth: Dubai is hyphenating its trade fair with a flurry of sports events

The cricket is on, in the desert ofcourse. But Dubai is hyphenating its trade fair with a flurry of sports events, as the pandemic afflicted sports find their bubbled oasis in the business city’s unreal season of a strange tourism boom. This week’s quiz looks at the assortment of sports camping in the city in November.
We tell you the headliners, you guess the sport.

Winners: Aditya Pathak (Thane, Mumbai) 5/5 answers.

Consolation: Udit Joshi (Noida). 3/5

Qsn 1. If Ian Nepomniachtchi is headed to the desert as challenger over 14 games from November 24, what sport will he be busy playing?

Ans: Chess

Qsn2. Chiky Salvador is at the Kite Beach, top-scoring for Spain in which sport?

Ans: Beach Soccer

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Qsn3. The 2.1 km, 30 lap race course is recreated to mimic the Italian ‘Amore Infinito’ ♾️ symbol. Egan Barnal, Peter Sagan and Filippo Ganna will compete. Which sport?

Ans: Cycling (Event: Giro d’Italia Criterium Race)

Qsn4. The logo of this world championship starting mid-November, expected to draw in 1000 participants, is an athlete donning an astronaut’s suit and throwing a Kung fu kick around miniature planet Earth. Which sport?

Ans: Karate (Event: World Karate Championships)

Qsn5. Kitzbuhel in Austria hosts a tennis circuit event on clay since 1894. Dubai’s earliest foray into becoming a sports city started with tennis too. But what sport on a surface, white in colour, is common to both these cities?

Ans: Alpine Skiing