Quizzes by Shovon Chakraborty

Answers to Shovon's Visual Quiz of 24-04-2008

2008-05-10T19:26:00.005+05:30

Hi All,

It's time for Answers and the role call for points.

S. Vismith - 4
Shashank Abhisheik - 7
Santanu Dey - 5
Anand Shankar - 7
Jacob Dijo - 2
Sandip & Jaya Mukherjee - 9 (Now, another question, who has answered between the two Mukherjees and how many?)
Varadharajan Ragunathan - 2
Rajiv D'Silva - 5
Kamal Rathi - 5
Amit Roy - 2
Ninad W - 1
Nirad - 4
Arun Arumugham - 5
Ashish Jain - 1
Prateek - 2
Danish Umar - 2
Aditya - 3
Thanuj Kumar - 4

And the answers are given below.

1. The photo below captures a historic incident. Identify the incident.

Ans: Pearl Harbour Bombing by the Japanese

2. Identify the road shown in the picture below. This road played a very important role during the WWII.

Ans: Stillwell Road / Ledo Burma Road

3. The picture below shows an ancient Colosseum. A pair of English words are said to have originated from the practice as shown in the picture. Which words?

Ans: Thumbs Up / Thubs Down

4. Which company's logo was developed from this?

Ans: Starbucks

5. Identify the company from the logo which was used by it between 1975 to 1979.

Ans: NBC

6. Which company's logo is this?

Ans: CBS

7. Identify the historically important place as shown in the picture below.

Ans: Bamiyan Buddha

8. Identify the place shown in the picture below. It featured in the thriller Angels & Demons.

Ans: Saint Peter's Basilica

9. Identify the aircraft. It played an important part in Frederick Forsythe's novel Icon.

Ans: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

10. Identify the organisation from the logo shown below.

Ans: London Underground Rail System aka London Tube

Keep watching this space for more quizzes.

Shovon.

Shovon's Visual Quiz of 24th April 2008

2008-04-24T17:25:00.011+05:30

Hi All,
It's time for a visual quiz. Send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com. Answers and scores will be published in a week's time.

1. The photo below captures a historic incident. Idetify the incident.

2. Identify the road shown in the picture below. This road played a very important role during the WWII.

3. The picture below shows an ancient Colosseum. A pair of English words are said to have originated from the practice as shown in the picture. Which words?

4. Which company's logo was developed from this?

5. Identify the company from the logo which was used by it between 1975 to 1979.

6. Which company's logo is this?

7. Identify the historically important place as shown in the picture below.

8. Identify the place shown in the picture below. It featured in the thriller Angels & Demons.

9. Identify the aircraft. It played an important part in Frederick Forsythe's novel Icon.

10. Identify the organisation from the logo shown below.

Looking forward to your responses at shovon76@gmail.com.

Happy Quizzing.

Shovon :-)

Answers to Shovon's Biz Quiz of 7th October 2007

2007-10-16T15:19:00.000+05:30

It's the time for counting the scores and letting you know the answers. First the scores -

Tathagata Mukherjee - 9
Ayyappa - 8
Preshanth Sampath - 8
Shrinidhi Rai - Well Tried
Jeevesh Gupta - 1
Jacob Dijo - 1
Ashish Jain - 2
Ventura Khona - 2
Shiv Das - 1
Batty Bryant - Well Tried
Kavindra Joshi - 3.5
S. Vijay Anand - 5
Sankarshan Baliga - 4

1. This company was originally known as Wire and Plastic Products and used to manufacture wire shopping baskets, wine racks, filing trays and assorted oddments. In 1985, it was renamed to its present form. It presently employs more than 97,000 people in 106 countries. Identify the company.

Ans: WPP Group.

2. Work it out. Which advertising agency set up in the 1930s (now merged into a larger agency) originally derived its name when it started life as an internal advertising division of Unilever?

Ans: Lintas.

3. Which product had the following ad-line - 'Good nutrition never tasted so good'. (Please be specific, e.g. don't write Windows, write Windows XP.)

Ans: LG Microwave Oven.

4. Which popular automobile brands logo is this?

Ans: Lexus

5. Identify this business personality.

Ans: Neville Isdell. (Thanks to Ayyappa for the info that the picture behind the person is called "The Coke side of Life")

6. This search engine launched a major ad campaign focusing on the tagline - "Faster. Easier. Bingo".

Ans: Yahoo!

7. McDonald's, the fast food chain, sued Burger King and this actress when she appeared in a 1982 TV commercial for BK. Identify the actress.

Ans: Sarah Michelle Gellar

8. The Dell Dude "Steven" was arrested for allegedly attempting to purchase marijuana and the company later dropped him. What is the real name of the former Dell spokesman?

Ans: Benjamin Curtis

9. The Parker company made a colossal mistake when they tried to market their leak proof pens. Instead of advertising 'It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you', they accidentally claimed that 'It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant'. In what language was this mistake made?

Ans: Spanish

10. In Taiwan, Pepsi-Cola made a very grave error (no pun intended) with their slogan 'Come alive with the Pepsi generation'. The catch phrase was translated a little too literally in Taiwanese, and ended up saying what?

Ans: Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead.

Happy Quizzing.

Bye,

Shovon

Shovon's Business Quiz of 7th October 2007

2007-10-08T16:03:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Time for another set of 10 questions. Send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com.

And please do not use Google.

1. This company was originally known as Wire and Plastic Products and used to manufacture wire shopping baskets, wine racks, filing trays and assorted oddments. In 1985, it was renamed to its present form. It tresently employs more than 97,000 people in 106 countries. Identify the company.

2. Work it out. Which advertising agency set up in the 1930s (now merged into a larger agency) originally derived its name when it started life as an internal advertising division of Unilever?

3. Which product had the following ad-line - 'Good nutrition never tasted so good'. (Please be specific, e.g. don't write Windows, write Windows XP.)

4. Which popular automobile brands logo is this?

5. Identify this business personality.

6. This search engine launched a major ad campaign focusing on the tagline - "Faster. Easier. Bingo".

7. McDonald's, the fast food chain, sued Burger King and this actress when she appeared in a 1982 TV commercial for BK. Identify the actress.

8. The Dell Dude "Steven" was arrested for allegedly attempting to purchase marijuana and the company later dropped him. What is the real name of the former Dell spokesman?

9. The Parker company made a colossal mistake when they tried to market their leak proof pens. Instead of advertising 'It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you', they accidentally claimed that 'It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant'. In what language was this mistake made?
10. In Taiwan, Pepsi-Cola made a very grave error (no pun intended) with their slogan 'Come alive with the Pepsi generation'. The catch phrase was translated a little too literally in Taiwanese, and ended up saying what?

Answers in a weeks time.

Happy Quizzing.

Bye,

Shovon

Answers to Shovon's Business Quiz of 30th Sept 2007

2007-10-08T15:54:00.000+05:30

Hi,

The scores are as follows -

Rita Bhardwaj - 1
Aditya Modi - 6.5
SUNIL SINGH RANA - 5
Venkat Guru - 5
pure_schizophrenia@yahoo.com - 6.5
S. Vijay Anand - 6.5
Ashish Golcha - 8
Anubhav Chatterjee - 1.5
Aneesh Dhairyawan - 5
Ashley Cherian - 2
Shrinidhi Rai - 2
Jeevesh Gupta - 2.5
Preshanth Sampath - 2.5
Sundari - 5.5
Rajiv Rai - 9
Vinod Krishna - 1.5
Jai Balan - 1
Thirumaran Amirthalingam - 3
Chandan Shahi - 7.5
Ventura Khona - 7
Rajiv D'Silva - 7
Varadharajan Ragunathan - 6
Tathagata - 4
Murali Duggineni - 7.5

And thanks to Rajiv D'Silva for the info that Mates is no longer a Virging brand - it is now owned by Ansell.

And the answers are -

1. "If you can't beat them, don't join them, rather make them irrelevant." This is the essence of which business strategy?
Ans: Blue Ocean Strategy

2. In business context what is the claim to fame of Ahus, a town in Sweden?

Ans: Absolut Vodka

3. This famous business personality earned money by repairing toy trains when he was aged 13. His father escaped from the clutches of British Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and later married an American school teacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate headquarters is known as "The Mountain". Identify him.

Ans: Dr. Amar Bose

4. This famous corporation, probably more famous in India than its country of origin, was founded in 1894 in Zlin. It made its first presence in India in 1931 and commenced manufacturing in 1936?

Ans: BATA

5. From the following lines identify the Corporate. "Since 1935, We have given millions of apples to countless daily visitors to the agency worldwide".

Ans: Leo Burnett

6. If IBM is known as Big Blue, which company is referred as 'Big Black'?

Ans: UPS

7. What is so special about the premium condom brand Mates?

Ans: It is the only brand owned by Virgin Group (Richard Branson) which does not use the brand name "Virgin". The justification being virgins do not use condoms.

8. What is the claim to fame of a product named 'Epsom Salt'?

Ans: World's first patented product.

9. How would you connect Vauxhall Victor and Morris Oxford with relation to Indian industry?

Ans: Hindustan Motors. Contessa and Ambassador cars were modelled on these two respectively.

10. This famous brand of Scotch Whisky faced a stiff resistance before their launch in India. They were initially denied permission to launch because their brand name was thought to be against the Indian laws related to brand names. Ultimately they persuaded the Indian authorities and at this point of time it is one of the largest selling Scotch Whisky brands in India. Name it.

Ans: Teacher's

Bye,

Shovon

Shovon's Business Quiz of 30th Sept 2007

2007-09-30T13:58:00.000+05:30

This is a set of 10 questions on business. Answers will be available in one week's time.

1. "If you can't beat them, don't join them, rather make them irrelevant." This is the essence of which business strategy?

2. In business context what is the claim to fame of Ahus, a town in Sweden?

3. This famous business personality earned money by repairing toy trains when he was aged 13. His father escaped from the clutches of British Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and later married an American school teacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate headquarters is known as "The Mountain". Identify him.

4. This famous corporation, probably more famous in India than its country of origin, was founded in 1894 in Zlin. It made its first presence in India in 1931 and commenced manufacturing in 1936?

5. From the following lines identify the Corporate. "Since 1935, We have given millions of apples to countless daily visitors to the agency worldwide".

6. If IBM is known as Big Blue, which company is referred as 'Big Black'?

7. What is so special about the premium condom brand Mates?

8. What is the claim to fame of a product named 'Epsom Salt'?

9. How would you connect Vauxhall Victor and Morris Oxford with relation to Indian industry?

10. This famous brand of Scotch Whisky faced a stiff resistance before their launch in India. They were initially denied permission to launch because their brand name was thought to be against the Indian laws related to brand names. Ultimately they persuaded the Indian authorities and at this point of time it is one of the largest selling Scotch Whisky brands in India. Name it.

Send in your answers to shovon76[at]gmail.com. Scores and answers will be published on 7th October 2007.

Answers to Shovon's Sports Miscellaneous of 21st Sept 2007

2007-09-29T16:44:00.000+05:30

Hi Guys,

The scores are -

Gaurav Jindal - 2
Prateek - 2
Ayesha - 3
Tathagata - 4

Here are the answers.

1. Complete the following, "We are red, we are white. We are _____ dynamite."
Ans:Danish

2. "One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best." This hilarious quote is attributed to a leading English footballer. Name him.
Ans: Alan Shearer

3. Which F1 driver is unique for winning a championship in his own car?
Ans: Jack Brabham

4. Another hillarious quote, this time attributed to a French international, "Sometimes in football you have to score goals". Name the player.
Ans: THIERRY HENRY

5. Who is the latest Indian player to have joined the club of 200 goal scorers in top-tier (including club level) games?
Ans: Dipendu Biswas

Shovon's Sports Misc. 4 of 21st September 2007

2007-09-21T13:00:00.000+05:30

Hi Guys,

Back after a long hibernation. Here are the questions. Looking forward to encouraging replies from you.

1. Complete the following, "We are red, we are white. We are _____ dynamite."
Ans:

2. "One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best." This hilarious quote is attributed to a leading English footballer. Name him.
Ans:

3. Which F1 driver is unique for winning a championship in his own car?
Ans:

4. Another hillarious quote, this time attributed to a French international, "Sometimes in football you have to score goals". Name the player.
Ans:

5. Who is the latest Indian football player to have joined the club of 200 goal scorers in top-tier (including club level) games?
Ans:

Mail your answers to shovon76@gmail.com.

Bye,

Shovon

Back Again

2007-09-09T14:00:00.000+05:30

After a two year slumber, I have decided to be back again. Watch out this space for new posts. Ciao!

Answers to Shovon's Sports Misc. 3 of 16th Aug 2005

2005-08-22T16:01:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Prateek with a perfect ten is the winner of this one and Debasish Choudhury closely follows him. Congrats to both of them!

And here are the answers -

1. Which West Indian cricketer scored centuries in four consecutive innings against India?
Ans: Everton Weekes in 1948-49 series

2. Identify the umpire. In excitement, he called of play an over and a ball before the scheduled close of play thus depriving India the chance of a possible victory in the 1948-49 Bombay Test.
Ans: A.R. Joshi

3. Whom did Vijay Manjrekar replace as wicket keeper during the 1952-53 Kingston test?
Ans: Padmanabh Joshi

4. 1958-59 India-West Indies test series. Complete the following - Polly Umrigar, Ghulam Ahmed, Vinoo Mankad, ____ .
Ans: Hemu Adhikari (All captained India in the Test Series)

5. Who is the only other bowler to take a wicket during Subhash Gupte's 9-102 in the first innings of 1958-59 Kanpur test?
Ans: VB Ranjane

6. Which selector's vote proved to be decisive in making Ajit Wadekar the captain in place of M.A.K. Pataudi for the 1971 tour of West Indies?
Ans: Vijay Merchant

7. The calypso song "We couldn't out him at all" was composed on which Indian cricketer?
Ans: Sunil Gavaskar

8. Who was dropped from the first test in the 1974-75 series for appearing in a television interview?
Ans: Bishen Singh Bedi

9. Narendra Hirwani was on the verge of bettering the world record for most number of wickets in the debut test match. A part time spinner was called on to bowl to help him achieve the feat by taking 17 wickets. But this person took one wicket and Hirwani had to be content with a match haul of 16-136, thereby equalling the record. Who was the part time spinner?
Ans: W.V. Raman

10. During the 1983-84 test series, the spectators of which city had raised the slogan "No Kapil, No Test"?
Ans: Calcutta

Answers & Scores of Dry round of 16th Aug 2005

2005-08-20T16:01:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Not a very encouraging response to this one. However, Jairaj P got the most points, 8 out of possible 10. Congratulations Jairaj!

1. How can you link Burn, Full Throttle and Shock?
Ans: Health drinks by Coca Cola

2. Link the following - Distance, Bitter Morsel, Crossroads, Blind Alley and Tale of A Naughty Girl.
Ans: Films by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. These are the names of international releases of the following - Duratwa, Neem Annapurna, Grihajuddha, Andhi Gali & Mando Meyer Upakhyan resp.

3. This Chennai based company, in partnership with Bartholomeu Digital Cinema of portugal, is changing the way fims are distributed in Portugal. Identify the company.
Ans: Real Images Media Technologies

4. A sitter. "I'm in the mood for mischief". Which brand is associated with the tagline?
Ans: White Mischief

5. Dateline 15th August 1975. It's a very significant day for the Indian fim industry. Why?
Ans: Sholay was released on this day.

6. Another Sitter. Fill in the blank. "The best-run businesses run ____."
Ans: SAP

7. Which hindi film was released internationally as "God is My Witness"?
Ans: Khuda Gawah

8. Identify the company associated with the following tagline, "The Power of We".
Ans: Bosch

9. What is packed word over in the following formation - "7-6-7"?
Ans: Cigarettes in a pack of 20.

10. This famous actor read for the parts of both Sonny and Michael Corleone for Godfather Part I. Coppola decided that he wasn't right for the role of Sonny, and already had Pacino in mind for Michael. Then he was almost cast in the role of Carlo, the husband of Connie as well. Ultimately he actually featured in Part II. Who is the actor?
Ans: Robert DeNiro

SHOVON's Sports Misc. 3 of 17th Aug 2005

2005-08-17T13:09:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Here are the questions. It's a special on India - West Indies Cricket Series. Send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com. Answers with scores will be published on Sunday, 21st Aug 2005.

1. Which West Indian cricketer scored centuries in four consecutive innings against India?
Ans:

2. Identify the umpire. In excitement, he called of play an over and a ball before the scheduled close of play thus depriving India the chance of a possible victory in the 1948-49 Bombay Test.
Ans:

3. Whom did Vijay Manjrekar replace as wicket keeper during the 1952-53 Kingston test?
Ans:

4. 1958-59 India-West Indies test series. Complete the following - Polly Umrigar, Ghulam Ahmed, Vinoo Mankad, ____ .
Ans:

5. Who is the only other bowler to take a wicket during Subhash Gupte's 9-102 in the first innings of 1958-59 Kanpur test?
Ans:

6. Which selector's vote proved to be decisive in making Ajit Wadekar the captain in place of M.A.K. Pataudi for the 1971 tour of West Indies?
Ans:

7. The calypso song "We couldn't out him at all" was composed on which Indian cricketer?
Ans:

8. Who was dropped from the first test in the 1974-75 series for appearing in a television interview?
Ans:

9. Narendra Hirwani was on the verge of bettering the world record for most number of wickets in the debut test match. A part time spinner was called on to bowl to help him achieve the feat by taking 17 wickets. But this person took one wicket and Hirwani had to be content with a match haul of 16-136, thereby equalling the record. Who was the part time spinner?
Ans:

10. During the 1983-84 test series, the spectators of which city had raised the slogan "No Kapil, No Test"?
Ans:

Dry Round of 16th Aug 2005

2005-08-16T16:44:00.000+05:30

Hi all,

I'm back after a few days lay-off. But due to time constraints, I'm not being able to put any audio or visual questions this time. From next time onwards it will have both the formats.

Here are the questions -

1. How can you link Burn, Full Throttle and Shock?
Ans:

2. Link the following - Distance, Bitter Morsel, Crossroads, Blind Alley and Tale of A Naughty Girl.
Ans:

3. This Chennai based company, in partnership with Bartholomeu Digital Cinema of portugal, is changing the way fims are distributed in Portugal. Identify the company.
Ans:

4. A sitter. "I'm in the mood for mischief". Which brand is associated with the tagline?
Ans:

5. Dateline 15th August 1975. It's a very significant day for the Indian fim industry. Why?
Ans:

6. Another Sitter. Fill in the blank. "The best-run businesses run ____."
Ans:

7. Which hindi film was released internationally as "God is My Witness"?
Ans:

8. Identify the company associated with the following tagline, "The Power of We".
Ans:

9. What is packed word over in the following formation - "7-6-7"?
Ans:

10. This famous actor read for the parts of both Sonny and Michael Corleone for Godfather Part I. Coppola decided that he wasn't right for the role of Sonny, and already had Pacino in mind for Michael. Then he was almost cast in the role of Carlo, the husband of Connie as well. Ultimately he actually featured in Part II. Who is the actor?
Ans:

An Article on Rain by my friend Krishanu Bhattacharjee

2005-08-02T18:09:00.000+05:30

Hi,

This is probably the last post before my hybernation for about a month. Well, for a change, it is not related to anything on quiz. Rather, it's an article written by Krishanu Bhattacharjee, a very good friend of mine, who is journalist by profession. This article was published by Today (not India Today, but a mid-day publication from the same India Today Group) in the summer of 2004. I like the free flowing style of this particular article which resembles the rainy season in my home town, Silchar, a very laid back town in South Assam. Hopefully, it will catch your attention too!

Mumbaikars, please forgive me, just for the bizzare timing of this article. Rain, this year is far from ebjoyable for you people. It's been a calamity. But, what to do? In it's own land, the rain god has played spoil sport this time. The result, swelling merury! As I type this, I am almost getting drenched in my own sweat. Oof! Ok guys, let's move on to the article.

Rain
An article by Krishanu Bhattacharjee

No tip tip, the sound of rain in Assam is rim jhim. Dissimilar to Delhi’s concrete jumble, you can seize the notes if try singing in the rain, here it dashes off as blowy drips cross the threshold, window scarf skips a bit, newspapers scatter and ceiling fan gets the swing, sequel beetle-nut trees inclined symmetrically as coconut streams invite you to have a splash with them.

The rain is a privilege only from interiors in Delhi. Don’t go outside, when it pours, Some Delhites warn you. In my place, the rain is an a-la-carte. Surrogates galore. Where do you want to go today?

Wanna read short stories from Satyajit Ray or Ruskin Bond on your verandah, when oleander flavors on the murky milieu, over a cup of hot coffee on an easy chair you relish while a mulaayam sa cat is playing on your feet.

Bookish? Too cliché? Is it? Okay, lets walk a little far. And you’ll join the most beautiful lake in the world. Zillion raindrops manufacture million stars on the water land. Split second, dwindled, new batch in, is sky a reservoir. Huge and mute polylthias, pines, teaks, conifers and tamarinds stand still, embrace the fall. Cane tress whisper as usual. You whoosh your fishing hook, sit on a huge gray rock as crickets soar around you, like a monk you enjoy the nature underneath your pre fixed black umbrella.

Or if you are an adventure freak, post MPKDH** Hritik mania moulds your mind into bungee jumping. Even that’s not an alien either, when we yield our own version. Walk knee deep in the tea garden for a quarter mile, you’ll get to see the cogent river coming out of the rise, a cemented look isolated hanging bridge, you striptease alone, raindrops sprinkle as some missed, some kissed you all over, you climb the railing and jump. Fifty feet, no strings, you scream loudest, wind scratch your ears, eyes tend to choke. And blob, gravity blasts you deep in the water cave. Wanna more, mere bachhe?

Delhi has its own very urban style of getting wet. It’s a silent rain. From Rajendra Place’s one of the twelfth floors, surprisingly I discover the miasmic mistiness, I palm-clean the window-glass, S-shaped artificial lake is a bliss below, designed trees and ingenuous metropolitan gushed the comfy with ultimate ease. Rarity rain is glut today. Rain, rain, don’t go away.

Cut to around Bhikaji, the next morning, office time. I get out little early from my home. Drizzle around, lazy strolls, a Rajasthani group is at the passport office pavement. Their ping-pong colours contrast entirely with the meticulously architectured but soaked and wet black pitch lanes around the MNCs. However, I’ve been hurrying to my bus stop, because another trip to vista is in the pipeline now, when the DTC bus will glide me to the no plastic urban forest zones via Sardar Patel and Simon Bolivir Road, where the shower is supposed to coalesce with the both side woodland. Surreal? Nah.

How you people are enjoying the rain??

Notes by the Author:-

[*Rain (My article published last summer in Today, this is not India Today, Its a mid day publication from the same India Today group). This literary property is owned and reserved by the above mentioned publisher. This is copied from the newspaper by the writer with no commercial intention.]

**MPKDH is Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, if you people rember released in last summer and Hritik's done some show.This in connection to that.

An Important Announcement

2005-07-30T15:46:00.000+05:30

Hi all,

I will have to discontinue posting new quizzes for some time, as I will be out of station due to some works. I don't think that Internet connectivity is available in the places where I will be staying and so....won't be able to update the blog.

But I assure that I will be back in a short while, probably by the end of the next month, Aug '05. Till then, good bye!

Answers & scores for SHOVON's Sports Misc. 2 of July 23, 2005

2005-07-30T14:21:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Prateek Vijayavargia mastered this one with a 9.5 out of possible 10. Subramanian Natarajan with 9 was not far behind either. Congrats to Prateek and Subramanian!

The answers are -

1. England allrounder Ian Botham was banned for two months from all County and Test Cricket in 1986. Over which specific incidence was he banned?

Ans: Admitted taking Cannabis/Marijuana

2. Which brothers, born in Queenstown, South Africa, returned identical bowling figures 4-53 in their debut test matches for England in 1972 and 1982?

Ans: Tony & Ian Greig (Given points for Tony Greig and his brother also)

3. Which tennis player from Australia was nicknamed 'The Rockhampton Rocket'?

Ans: Rod Laver

4. Which great heavyweight boxing champion was nicknamed "The Brockton Blockbuster"?

Ans: Rocky Marciano

5. Which heavyweight boxing champion's image features on the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles?

Ans: Sonny Liston

6. 1985 film "Kabhi Ajnabi The" featured three test cricketers in its credited cast. Who are the cricketers?

Ans: Syed Kirmani, Clive Lloyd (as himself) & Sandeep Patil

7. Visual. Identify all the boxers in the below photo.

Ans: Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, George Forman, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali

8. Another Visual from Boxing. The Boxers in the image below are Ali and Frazier fighting for the world championship. Ali went on to win the fight and retain his heavyweight title. This particular battle was given a hyped up name for creating more interest. What was the name given to this championship fight?

Ans: "Thrilla in Manila" (I have given points for Thriller in Manila also)

9. Identify the soccer star. He was considered a symbol of rebirth and vindication for post war Germany.

Ans: Fritz Walter

10. Identify the soccer star from the image below. Nicknamed 'Pablito' he was born on 23 Sep 1956 in Prato, Italy.

Ans: Paolo Rossi

Answers & Scores of Dry Round 2 of July 23, 2005

2005-07-30T14:16:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Well it was a very low scoring one, so I am not publishing detailed scores. But hats off to Mr. Aravind Ghosh Suri. As usual, he came on top with 8 out of 10. He was actually very close on the audio clue also, just that it's Sify iway and not Sify Broadband. It might have just helped if he knew my background :-) . I was working for Sify in the iway projects division. So, the audio clue!
And the answers are -

1. Pepsi launched it's Pepsi Cola with the famous ad "Are you ready for the magic?" in India. Which two celebrities featured in this ad?

Ans: Remo & Juhi Chawla

2. The hit 100 Days song "Bol baby bol" was used in the TV ad for which product? (Please be specific. Don't say Windows. Specify whether it's Windows98 or WindowsXP)

Ans: Bakeman's Glucogold

3. This product ran ads in the visual media featuring Javed Jaffery and Pankaj Kapur. The themes of the ads were spoofs on Ajit - The Loin and were titled like "One Day with Lily", "The Great Escape" etc. The tagline for the product was, "It's different". Which is the product in question?

Ans: Maggi Hot & Sweet Tomato Chilly Sauce (Remember, 'It's Different!' ?)

4. Remember Digen Verma? A particular brand had created a lot of hype and suspense over the question "Who is Digen Verma?". Which product I am talking about?

Ans: Mango Frooti

5. It's an audio clip mainly aired on FM. Listen to the clip by clicking on the below link. Identify the product or service.

http://www.geocities.com/shovon76/track3.wma

Ans: Sify iway

The rest five questions are visual. Click on the links to view the pictures. The pictures are stills taken from visual ads. You have to identify the product or service associated with the ad.

6. Identify the specific product from this ad featuring Udham Singh.

Ans: Britannia Chekkers

7. Identify the product from the ad, which is a spoof of the more famous Liril ad.

Ans: Center Fresh Lemon

8. Identify the product from the ad.

Ans: Kwality Wall's Feast

9. Identify the product from the ad.

Ans: Maggi Hot & Sweet Tomato Chilly Sauce

10.Identify the product from the ad.

Ans: Touch Wood

SHOVON's Sports Misc. 2 of July 23, 2005

2005-07-25T14:44:00.000+05:30

Hi all,

Time for another round of quizzing. Pls. send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com. The answers along with the scores will be published on July 28, 2005.

1. England allrounder Ian Botham was banned for two months from all County and Test Cricket in 1986. Over which specific incidence was he banned?

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2. Which brothers, born in Queenstown, South Africa, returned identical bowling figures 4-53 in their debut test matches for England in 1972 and 1982?

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3. Which tennis player from Australia was nicknamed 'The Rockhampton Rocket'?

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4. Which great heavyweight boxing champion was nicknamed "The Brockton Blockbuster"?

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5. Which heavyweight boxing champion's image features on the cover of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles?

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6. 1985 film "Kabhi Ajnabi The" featured three test cricketers in its credited cast. Who are the cricketers?

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7. Visual. Identify all the boxers in the below photo.

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8. Another Visual from Boxing. The Boxers in the image below are Ali and Frazier fighting for the world championship. Ali went on to win the fight and retain his heavyweight title. This particular battle was given a hyped up name for creating more interest. What was the name given to this championship fight?

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9. Identify the soccer star. He was considered a symbol of rebirth and vindication for post war Germany.

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10. Identify the soccer star from the image below. Nicknamed 'Pablito' he was born on 23 Sep 1956 in Prato, Italy.

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Dry Round 2 of July 23, 2005

2005-07-25T14:38:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Introducing audio and visual clues for the first time. This week, it's a special on ads/adlines of Indian products. Send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com. Answers with scores will be published on July 27, 2005.

Here are this week's questions -

1. Pepsi launched it's Pepsi Cola with the famous ad "Are you ready for the magic?" in India. Which two celebrities featured in this ad?

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2. The hit 100 Days song "Bol baby bol" was used in the TV ad for which product? (Please be specific. Don't say Windows. Specify whether it's Windows98 or WindowsXP)

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3. This product ran ads in the visual media featuring Javed Jaffery and Pankaj Kapur. The themes of the ads were spoofs on Ajit - The Loin and were titled like "One Day with Lily", "The Great Escape" etc. The tagline for the product was, "It's different". Which is the product in question?

Ans:

4. Remember Digen Verma? A particular brand had created a lot of hype and suspense a few years earlier over the question "Who is Digen Verma?". Which product I am talking about?

Ans:

5. It's an audio clip mainly aired on FM. Listen to the clip by clicking on the below link. Identify the product or service.

http://www.geocities.com/shovon76/track3.wma

Ans:

The rest five questions are visual. The pictures are stills taken from visual ads. You have to identify the product or service associated with the ad.

6. Identify the specific product from this ad featuring Udham Singh.

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7. Identify the product from the ad, which is a spoof of the more famous Liril ad.

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8. Identify the product from the ad.

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9. Identify the product from the ad.

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10.Identify the product from the ad.

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Answers to SHOVON'S Sports Misc. - 1 of July 14, '05

2005-07-18T15:45:00.000+05:30

Hi, this post saw the highest number of replies till date for any quiz published by me. Hopefully, people will have the same level of interest in future also.

Minhaj Alam and Aravind Ghosh Suri topped the quiz with 8 points. Special thanks to Arun Kumar for correcting my first question.

And the answers are -

1. To facilitate which German player's comeback, were the Davis Cup rules changed in 1948 to allow a player with one arm to use the racquet to toss the ball?

Ans: Hans Redl (Thanks to Arun Kumar for pointing out that Hans was indeed an Austrian. He had also played against India in 1954 Davis Cup tie which India had won 3-0)

2. Identify this famous Badminton player from India. He won the National Badminton Singles title 8 times in a row between 1980 and 1987. He was allegedly murdered due to a love tringle resulting from his wife's extra marital affair with a powerful UP politician and scion of a royal family.

Ans: Syed Modi

3. At the 1948 London Olympics, who became the first and only woman athlete to win 4 athletic gold at a single Olympic Games?

Ans: Fanny Blankers

4. Which hockey-like game, adapted from the American Indians, is so named from a fancied resemblance of its stick to a bishop's crozier?

Ans: Lacrosse

5. Who were the first father and son to represent India in the Davis Cup at different times?

Ans: Sumant and Gaurav Mishra

6. The Berlin Olympic of 1936 was organised to show to the world the might of Hitler's Germany. In this Olympic which ritual was introduced for the first time?

Ans: The ritual of Olympic Torch

7. Who is the only Indian woman athlete to have won the 800m and 1500m events in a single Asian Games?

Ans: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar in 1998

8. Which hard hitting Kiwi cricketer was nicknamed 'The Butcher'?

Ans: Lance Cairns

9. In 1986, which batsman scored 126 not out to register his third successive century at Lord's?

Ans: Dilip Vengsarkar

10.In 1934, which Kolkata based team became the first Indian team to win the IFA League (1st Division)?

Ans: Mohammedan Sporting (Its IFA League and not IFA Shield)

Answers to Dry Round - 1 of July 14, '05

2005-07-18T15:37:00.000+05:30

Hi folks! A very good response to this Dry Round which saw Neeladri Chakraborti topping with 9 points out of a possible ten.

Last week saw this site being mentioned in Aniruddha Dutta's blog, which I must admit is a very high standard blog on quizzing. I am one of the fans of his blog.

This week, I am looking forward to the much awaited meeting between George Bush Jr. and our very own Dr. Manmohan Singh. It's going to be very interesting. Not the least because Henry 'who-ever' Kissinger, but because of Ms. Amrit Singh, the daughter of our PM.

Quoting today's The Telegraph (URL-http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050718/asp/frontpage/story_5003671.asp) - "Amrit Singh, the Prime Minister’s New York-based daughter, is expected to join her father as part of the “VVIP family” during the current Indian state visit to Washington. There is nothing unusual about this: except that Amrit is a perennial thorn on the sides of Bush and his defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the strongest advocates in the present US administration for closer ties with India.

Amrit is an attorney with the Immigrants’ Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union.She is a stormy petrel of civil rights in America and has taken on the Pentagon for abusing prisoners in Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison as well as the blackhole US detention camps in Guantanamo, Cuba, where suspected al Qaida terrorists are imprisoned.

Amrit has also taken on American airlines for allegedly discriminating against passengers with brown skin in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. More recently, she got involved in allegations against US soldiers that they knowingly desecrated the Quran.

Bush’s disdain for civil liberties is well-known although he preaches democracy abroad, selectively applying his standards of freedom to countries which do not allow US bases or troops on its territory.

He has also insisted since he made a statement to that effect on November 6, 2001, that “you are either with us or against us in the fight against terror”. By that yardstick, Amrit is clearly against Bush.

Indian officials had made arrangements for Amrit and her husband to stay in Blair House, the presidential guest house adjacent to the White House, where Manmohan Singh is staying.As of now, she is also expected to go to the White House on Monday night, when she will be formally introduced to Bush and the First Lady, who are hosting a state dinner for the Singhs.

Those in New York who know her — and Indian government officials — speak of her as the finest prime ministerial offspring India ever had because she has no airs, she does not throw her weight and she never speaks about her family connections."

I found a very good article written by her titled, "SECRETS AND LIES: UNCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT TORTURE" which is available at www.aclu.org/iclr/singh.pdf

And now, lastly time for the answers -

1. Which 18 years old actress did John Hinckley confess to be trying to impress when he shot President Reagan on March 30, 1981?

Ans: Jodie Foster

2. This breed of dog was known as the 'Firehouse Dog' as it was the mascot of American fire stations for a long time. Their popularity surged after a Hollywood film of 1996 and lead to a widespread demand from households for the particular breed to be taken as pet. Which is the breed in question?

Ans: Dalmatian

3. What question asked by Adolf Hitler was adopted by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre as a title of a book set during the World War II?

Ans: Is Paris Burning?

4. Which planet has satellites named after characters from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest?

Ans: Uranus

5. Which all time classic Hindi film opens with the lines 'I am Hindustan', spoken over a map of India?

Ans: Mughal-E-Azam

6. Which 19th century tract begins with the lines 'There is a spectre striding across Europe; the spectre of communism'?

Ans: The communist Manifesto (Strange! Isn't it?)

7. How are Daya Ram, Dharam Das, Mukkam Chand, Sahib Chand and Himmat Singh collectively known in the Sikh religion?

Ans: Panj Pyare

8. The Indian Air Force was formed in 1933. But it took 15 more years for the first jet aircraft to be inducted in to the IAF, which was a single seater fighter aircraft. What is the name of the aircraft?

Ans: Vampire

9. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel signed their first music contract with Big Records in 1957 under the name Tom and Jerry. What surname did they take up to go with their stage names?

Ans: Graph and Landis

10.Which Popeye comic book character's vital statistics are 19-19-19?

Ans: Olive Oyl

Sports Misc. - 1

2005-07-14T14:37:00.000+05:30

Hi,

This is the first of the weekly sports quizzes. The answers will be published on Monday, 18th July '05. Send in yours answers to shovon76@gmail.com.

1. To facilitate which German player's comeback, were the Davis Cup rules changed in 1948 to allow a player with one arm to use the racquet to toss the ball?
Ans:

2. Identify this famous Badminton player from India. He won the National Badminton Singles title 8 times in a row between 1980 and 1987. He was allegedly murdered due to a love tringle resulting from his wife's extra marital affair with a powerful UP politician and scion of a royal family.
Ans:

3. At the 1948 London Olympics, who became the first and only woman athlete to win 4 athletic gold at a single Olympic Games?
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4. Which hockey-like game, adapted from the American Indians, is so named from a fancied resemblance of its stick to a bishop's crozier?
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5. Who were the first father and son to represent India in the Davis Cup at different times?
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6. The Berlin Olympic of 1936 was organised to show to the world the might of Hitler's Germany. In this Olympic which ritual was introduced for the first time?
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7. Who is the only Indian woman athlete to have won the 800m and 1500m events in a single Asian Games?
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8. Which hard hitting Kiwi cricketer was nicknamed 'The Butcher'?
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9. In 1986, which batsman scored 126 not out to register his third successive century at Lord's?
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10.In 1934, which Kolkata based team became the first Indian team to win the IFA League (1st Division)?
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Awaiting your responses!

Dry Round - 1

2005-07-14T14:33:00.000+05:30

Hi folks,

I am starting two weekly quizzes from now onwards, one Dry and one on Sports. This is the 1st one of the lot on Dry questions. Answers with scores will be published on Monday, 18th July '05. Send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com.

Here are the questions -

1. Which 18 years old actress did John Hinckley confess to be trying to impress when he shot President Reagan on March 30, 1981?
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2. This breed of dog was known as the 'Firehouse Dog' as it was the mascot of American fire stations for a long time. Their popularity surged after a Hollywood film of 1996 and lead to a widespread demand from households for the particular breed to be taken as pet. Which is the breed in question?
Ans:

3. What question asked by Adolf Hitler was adopted by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre as a title of a book set during the World War II?
Ans:

4. Which planet has satellites named after characters from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest?
Ans:

5. Which all time classic Hindi film opens with the lines 'I am Hindustan', spoken over a map of India?
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6. Which 19th century tract begins with the lines 'There is a spectre striding across Europe; the spectre of communism'?
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7. How are Daya Ram, Dharam Das, Mukkam Chand, Sahib Chand and Himmat Singh collectively known in the Sikh religion?
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8. The Indian Air Force was formed in 1933. But it took 15 more years for the first jet aircraft to be inducted in to the IAF, which was a single seater fighter aircraft. What is the name of the aircraft?
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9. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel signed their first music contract with Big Records in 1957 under the name Tom and Jerry. What surname did they take up to go with their stage names?
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10.Which Popeye comic book character's vital statistics are 19-19-19?
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Cheers!

Shovon

Answers to Ashes Special of 20th June '05

2005-07-13T19:23:00.000+05:30

Hi folks! I could not publish the scores and the answers on time due to some personal problems. Sorry for that.

This round was won by Aravind Ghosh Suri with a perfect 10. Congratulations to him!!! In general, it is heartening to see many responses and quite a few high scores.

And now, time for the answers -

1. "In affectionate remembrance of English cricket which died at The Oval, 29th August, 1882. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances, RIP. NB The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken to Australia."

Australia's first victory on English soil over the full strength of England, on August 29, 1882, inspired a young London journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks, to write this mock "obituary''. In which newspaper did it appear?

Answer: The Sporting Times

2. Which English spinner destroyed Australia in 1972 with the help of a fungus that infested the pitch?

Answer: Derek Underwood. It is alleged that the pitch was specially designed to suit Underwood's style of bowling.

3. Don Bradman went on an absolute rampage through England in 1930. He scored 4 centuries in the five tests. His scores were 131, 254, ___ and 232. Fill in the blank.
Hint: Think Mark Taylor.

Answer: 334. The highest score by an Aussie in test cricket before Mathew Hayden broke the record. Taylor had declared the innings when he was not out at 334 as he did not want to cross the mark set by Sir Don.

4. Which Australian captain told Plum Warner: 'There are two teams out there, Mr Warner, and only one of them is playing cricket.' ?

Answer: Bill Woodfull, who made his famous statement after being struck over the head by a Larwood thunderbolt during the bodyline series.

5. The first MCC organised Ashes tour of Australia was played in 1903/04. England won it against the odds and Plum Warner, the England captain, wrote up his version of the tour in his book which repopularised the Ashes myth in England. What is the name of the book?

Answer: How We Recovered The Ashes. This book is considered to have rekindled the interest of the english populace for the ashes series, which has not waned till now.

6. 1981, Ashes Series. Australia were set to increase their lead to 2-0 in the third Test at Headingley when they forced England to follow-on 227 runs behind. Famously, an English bookmaker offered odds of 500-1 for an English victory, and two Australian players laid a small bet. But England, banking on the performances of Ian Botham and Bob Willis, won the test match by 18 runs. The two aussie players were later reprimanded for betting on the outcome of a game, but not suspended. Who were the players?

Answer: Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh.

7. The 1924-25 Ashes series saw the debuts for Ponsford, Sutcliffe, Maurice Tate and all the tests were played without any time restrictions. This series also saw the first radio commentary of Tests. Australians won the series 4-1. What was the other unique feature that was tried out in the test matches for the first time in that series?

Answer: The first use of 8 ball overs in tests.

8. 1953, Ashes series saw the first professional captain for the England team. Who was the captain?

Answer: Len Hutton

9. It is 122 years old and it has stayed at its present place since 1927. The only time it left for a trip to Australia in 1988, it was flown by RAAF VIP aircraft and escorted to and from its place to the airport by a police escort. What am I talking about?

Answer: The Ashes urn and the velvet bag.

10. Ashes kept in the urn are the burnt remains of which material?

Answer: Well, this is a controversial question. So I have given full marks to anyone who has mentioned any of these - bail, stump, veil.

( Nobody knows for sure the right answer. Normal belief is its bail and/or stump. But the Grand Daughter-in-law of Bligh, the England captain of 1883 who was presented the ashes urn and the velvet bag, claimed in the nineties that it was veil and not bail. Another unconfirmed theory goes like this. A manservant at the in-laws place of Bligh had spilled the original ash on to the carpet and cud not restore the same inspite of his best efforts. So, he burnt some sticks and put the ashes in the urn.)

Keep watching this space. New questions coming up pretty soon!

Answers to Dry Round of 10th June '05

2005-06-21T14:27:00.000+05:30

The winner for this was Arun with a perfect 10. Congratulations!!!

And now, time for the answers -

1. World of business. What are known as "Babyflots"?
Ans: After the break up of USSR its national carrier Aeroflot was broken in to many smaller airlines which were known as Babyflots.

2. This company started as a rubber works company in 1898 and took on the name of the town in which it was setup in the 1920s. After WWII, the rubber company took a majority shareholding in the Finnish Cable Work. The recession of the 1990s forced the company to
focus on a different market and it became a household name even in India. What is the Company and which is its major product line?
Ans: Nokia. GSM Mobile Handsets.

3. Sitter. Identify this Indian corporate bigwig. While at Oxford, he played piano to accompany Einstein's Violin.
Ans: Russi Modi

4. What significance do these people or phrases have :

* Chester Carlson
* Otto Kornei
* Paul Selenyi
* 10-22-38 ASTORIA

Ans: Xerox. Carlson and Kornei found a paper by a Hungarian physicist called Paul Selenyi, on which they based their invention. 10-22-38 ASTORIA was the first phrase reproduced (on a glass slide coated with lycopodium powder) on October 22, 1938 in Astoria, NY. Carlson and Kornei just used the date and the place for testing this invention.

5. Connect J.D.Salinger's Catcher in the Rye with John Lenon.
Ans: Mark Chapman. Lenon was shot by Mark Chapman, who, of course, was inspired by Salinger's book.

6. What is the sub-genre of ancient British Ballad where a human helps a ghost to find peace, called?
Ans: Grateful Dead

7. In music, what is the Mel Tillis Syndrome?
Ans: When a person stutters whilst talking but not while singing.

8. This chief of the Chiricahua Apaches was actually called Goyahkla or "One Who Yawns". He once attacked some Mexicans who called out in Spanish to their patron saint for aid. Goyahkla liked the good saint's name so much that he started calling himself after the saint. After surrendering to Gen.Nelson A.Miles of the U.S. Cavalry, he went on to appear in Buffalo Bill's wild west shows. He died aged 80 when he fell off his horse, literally "dead drunk". What is he better known as ?
Ans: Geronimo

9. In ancient Rome, one out of every ten Roman soldiers who were convicted of mutiny were executed. What English word, meaning "Destroy" comes from this practice ?
Ans: Decimate

10. Which movies title comes from a William Burroughs story about people who supply medical instruments to outlawed doctors who can't obtain them legally? The movie had nothing to do with this but the director liked the name and obtained permission to use it.
Ans: Blade Runner

Ashes Special of 20th June '05

2005-06-21T09:34:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Here are 10 questions on Ashes Series. The questions are generally easy, so hoping for high scores from ur side. Send ur answers to shovon76@gmail.com. Answers with scores will be published on Friday, 24th June.

1. "In affectionate remembrance of English cricket which died at The Oval, 29th August, 1882. Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances, RIP. NB The body will be cremated and the Ashes taken to Australia."
Australia's first victory on English soil over the full strength of England, on August 29, 1882, inspired a young London journalist, Reginald Shirley Brooks, to write this mock "obituary''. In which newspaper did it appear?
Answer:

2. Which English spinner destroyed Australia in 1972 under controversial circumstances with the help of a fungus that infested the pitch?
Answer:

3. Don Bradman went on an absolute rampage through England in 1930. He scored 4 centuries in the five tests. His scores were 131, 254, ___ and 232. Fill in the blank.
Hint: Think Mark Taylor.
Answer:

4. Which Australian captain told Plum Warner: 'There are two teams out there, Mr Warner, and only one of them is playing cricket.' ?
Answer:

5. The first MCC organised Ashes tour of Australia was played in 1903/04. England won it against the odds and Plum Warner, the England captain, wrote up his version of the tour in his book which repopularised the Ashes myth in England. What is the name of the book?
Answer:

6. 1981, Ashes Series. Australia were set to increase their lead to 2-0 in the third Test at Headingley when they forced England to follow-on 227 runs behind. Famously, an English bookmaker offered odds of 500-1 for an English victory, and two Australian players laid a small bet. But England, banking on the performances of Ian Botham and Bob Willis, won the test match by 18 runs. The two aussie players were later reprimanded for betting on the outcome of a game, but not suspended. Who were the players?
Answer:

7. The 1924-25 Ashes series saw the debuts for Ponsford, Sutcliffe, Maurice Tate and all the tests were played without any time restrictions. This series also saw the first radio commentary of Tests. Australians won the series 4-1. What was the other unique feature that was tried out in the test matches for the first time in that series?
Answer:

8. 1953, Ashes series saw the first professional captain for the England team. Who was the captain?
Answer:

9. It is 122 years old and it has stayed at its present place since 1927. The only time it left for a trip to Australia in 1988, it was flown by a RAAF VIP aircraft and escorted to and from its place to the airport by a police escort. What am I talking about?
Answer:

10. Ashes kept in the urn are the burnt remains of which material?
Answer:

Dry Round of 10th June '05

2005-06-21T09:28:00.000+05:30

Hi, here's a bunch of 10 dry questions which I had posted to quizfunda on 10th June. I will put up the answers tomorrow i.e. 21st June, 2005. Meanwhile, take a crack and reply to shovon76@gmail.com with your answers.

1. World of business. What are known as "Babyflots"?
Ans:

2. This company started as a rubber works company in 1898 and took on the name of the town in which it was setup in the 1920s. After WWII, the rubber company took a majority shareholding in the Finnish Cable Work. The recession of the 1990s forced the company to
focus on a different market and it became a household name even in India. What is the Company and which is its major product line?
Ans:

3. Sitter. Identify this Indian corporate bigwig. While at Oxford, he played piano to accompany Einstein's Violin.
Ans:

4. What significance do these people or phrases have :

* Chester Carlson
* Otto Kornei
* Paul Selenyi
* 10-22-38 ASTORIA

Ans:

5. Connect J.D.Salinger's Catcher in the Rye with John Lenon.
Ans:

6. What is the sub-genre of ancient British Ballad where a human helps a ghost to find peace, called?
Ans:

7. In music, what is the Mel Tillis Syndrome?
Ans:

8. This chief of the Chiricahua Apaches was actually called Goyahkla or "One Who Yawns". He once attacked some Mexicans who called out in Spanish to their patron saint for aid. Goyahkla liked the good saint's name so much that he started calling himself after the saint. After surrendering to Gen.Nelson A.Miles of the U.S. Cavalry, he went on to appear in Buffalo Bill's wild west shows. He died aged 80 when he fell off his horse, literally "dead drunk". What is he better known as ?
Ans:

9. In ancient Rome, one out of every ten Roman soldiers who were convicted of mutiny were executed. What English word, meaning "Destroy" comes from this practice ?
Ans:

10. Which movies title comes from a William Burroughs story about people who supply medical instruments to outlawed doctors who can't obtain them legally? The movie had nothing to do with this but the director liked the name and obtained permission to use it.
Ans: