Patel's sports quiz

Question 1:

What is common between the following teams:

Juventus FC in its founding year 1897
The West Indies cricket team for Kerry Packers's World Series in 1977
Scotland National Football team for a friendly vs Germany in 1999
The Arkansas Razorbacks College Football team in the 2005 season
Middlesex County Cricket Club in 2007 Twenty20 championship

Hint: Do not think straight



Question 2:

X a police officer for 30 years,was head of City of London Police's special branch from 1987 to 1990. His later roles included a spell in Germany liaising on organised crime for British police and as a member of City of London's fraud squad. After spending time with Essex Police, he became a detective superintendent in the Yard's serious and organised crime unit in 2001. There he managed investigation teams combating gun crime, drug trafficking and gang-related
"contracts to kill" in London. He was involved in the investigation into the alleged Victoria Beckham kidnap plot. But it was in 'Yardie' violence involving Jamaican or black British drug gangs where he gained most expertise.

Name X



Question 3

X was an Indian cricketer and one of the liveliest characters in Indian cricket in the late 1920s and 1930s. He led the Indian team to England in 1936, a post that he secured after lobbying and manipulation. The tour was very acrimonious, with team splits, and X even felt the need to send home one of his strongest players, Lala Amarnath. He is the only cricketer to have had a knighthood bestowed on him while an active test cricketer, shortly after his test debut in June of that year, and prior to his last test in August of that year. He renounced his knighthood in
1947 after India became independent.

Name X



Question 4

X is often called "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship". For many years during and after his career, the rhetorical phrase "Who do you think you are? X?" was supposedly the standard question all British policemen asked speeding motorists. In 1990, X was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Name X



Question 5

Link the 2 pictures





Question 6

What is common bwtween the following

Cotar Ramaswami, Andy Ducat, Asif Karim, Jeff Wilson and Jonty Rhodes.



Question 7

X, then nicknamed The Pensioners, was founded on March 14, 1905 at The Rising Sun pub opposite today's main entrance to the ground on the Fulham Road. Since there was already a team named Fulham in the borough, the name of the adjacent borough, was settled.

Name X.



Question 8

X is a European Court of Justice ruling handed down on May 8, 2003 in favour of a Slovak handball player. The court decision was based upon the idea that no resident of the EU should be prevented from working in another part of the EU. For example, a German basketball team could not be prevented from hiring a Greek player since both nations are members of the EU. Moreover, since Slovakia was not part of the EU at the time the case was decided, but had an associate trading relationship with the EU, the decision meant that any player from any nation which had such a relationship with the EU could also freely play as a professional.

Name X



Question 9

X is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA. The boroughs of Mauch Chunk and East
Mauch Chunk merged and took on the name of X following the 1953 death of Olympic athlete X.
When X's third wife, Patricia Askew, heard that the small Pennsylvania town of Mauch Chunk
was desperately seeking to attract business, she struck a deal with the town. Mauch Chunk
bought X's remains, erected a monument (see pictures 9_1 and 9_2), and renamed the town in his honor, despite the fact that X had never set foot in the city.

Name X




Question 10

Name the team the following represent.

Iron Head -- "Iron Head" spent much effort learning the kung-fu style that makes his head as tough as iron. Renowned for his powerful headers.
Hooking Leg -- "Hooking Leg" has special skills in ground tumbling boxing. He was poor and could not go to school. He was initially reluctant to join the team.
Empty Hands -- "Empty Hands" has bullet hands that make him the first choice keeper of the team.
Iron Shirt -- "Iron Shirt" can absorb all kinds of blunt force attacks with little damage. He volunteers to be the replacement goal keeper when Empty hands gets injured.
Mighty Steel Leg -- "Mighty Steel Leg" is a master of a kicking technique because of which he gets his name.
Weight Vest -- "Weight Vest" is obese and gluttonous. He too initially refuses to join the team, but joins later.
Golden Leg -- "Golden Leg" was a respected soccer player. However, accepting a bribe to throw a penalty shot resulted in a tragic end to his career. He is the coach of the team.



Question 11

In the 2004-05 season, X became the first club since the creation of the modern Premier
League in 1992 to be bottom of the league at Christmas and avoid relegation.

Hint: Picture

Identify X.



Question 12

On July 2, 1994, X was shot outside a bar. According to his girlfriend, the killer shouted "Gooooooooooooool!" (mimicking sporting commentators for their calls after a goal is scored) for each of the 12 bullets fired.

Hint: The murder was widely believed to be a punishment for his own goal agianst USA in the 1994 world cup.

Name X



Question 13

The origins of this custom is believed to be as below.

In 1910, president William Taft at a Washington Senators game felt sore in his backside and decided to stand up and stretch. Upon seeing the chief executive stand, the rest of the spectators in attendance felt obligated to join the president in his gestures.

What is the custom in question.

Hint: Pre September 11, 2001 - "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Post September 11, 2001 - "God Bless America"



Question 14

Hint 1 ------> Start: March 31, 2008
Hint 2 ------> End: August 8, 2008
Hint 3 ------> Distance: 85,000 miles
Hint 4 ------> Visiting: 135 cities over 5 continents.

Name the event.



Question 15

X, a 7'1", 235 lb center, was the last player with no college or professional basketball experience to make the US Olympic squad in 1980. However is he is more famously known as the biggest NBA draft bust for being drated (by the Portland Trailblazers) ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft.

Name X



Question 16

Here are a few quotes. Name the person to said these.

"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."
"After his first training session in heaven, George Best, from his favourite right wing, turned the head of God who was filling in at left-back. He nutmegged him and scored a wonderful goal from 30 yards out. I would love him to save me a place in his team - George Best that is, not God."
"When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault."



Question 17

Link the 5 pictures




Question 18

X originated in 1962 from an idea of Bill Winkenbach, then a limited partner in the Oakland Raiders, with assistance from Bill Tunnell, the Raiders' public relations man, Scotty Stirling, the beat writer from the Oakland Tribune, George Ross, the Tribune's sports editor, and Philip Carmona, Winkenbach's friend. The idea emerged during a three-week road trip the Raiders took to the East Coast. Winkenbach and the others fleshed out the idea during the trip, and upon their return, formed the first instance of X the GOPPPL (Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League). Today we have many instances of X, for example CBS, ESPN and Yahoo.

Name X



Question 19

What happened next (see picture)




Question 20

X, a right-handed opening batsman and occasional off spin bowler, was first selected for Zimbabwe to play in the second Test against Pakistan in November 2002. He has had a number of disciplinary problems. Two incidents in particular stick out. He was sent home from Zimbabwe's tour of England in 2003 after ignoring management instructions to travel with the rest of the squad. Then in 2006 he was banned from all cricket played under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board after a violent altercation with spectators at a match between Ashton and his club, Werneth in the Central Lancashire League. On 1 November 2006, X was held by police after apparently fleeing the scene of a suspicious fire at the Zimbabwean Cricket Academy in Harare. He was formally charged with arson in the incident on 2 November.In January 2008, he was cleared on grounds of mental illness.

Name X

Holiday Quiz

1. In one version, Harry Johnson and Louise Claire Clarke are sitting at a dinner table talking about the lack of choices in a new governmental plan, famously saying, “If the government chooses, we lose.” In another, Louise walks in on Harry and a friend shooting hoops, and they talk about the same theme. Today, analysts credit them as being major players in a furore that forced this proposed legislation down. Which?

2. This tune was originally written in 1914 by Kenneth Alford, and won an academy award for its score. To many Britons, it served as an example of British fortitude and dignity in the face of privation. In 1957, it was used in this academy award winning film, which shared the same name as the novel by the French writer Pierre Boule. Which movie/tune am I talking about?

3. Stan Stearns, a 72-year-old wedding photographer in Annapolis, Md describes taking this picture in 1963. Talking about a woman and her 3 year old son, he says-“I’m watching her, and she bent down, whispered in his ear, the hand went up. Click — one exposure. That was it. That was the picture.”
Which specific picture is he talking about?

4. Connect the following images:

5. Justin Leonard and Jose Maria Olazabal were even at the 17^th round of a golf tournament, Leonard sunk a 45 foot putt for a birdie, triggering raucous celebrations from the American crowd with players, wives and fans running onto the green. Olazabal tried to regain focus, but missed his putt. This incident created much controversy and bad blood, and the appropriateness of the wild celebration was debated extensively in the media. What am I talking about?

6. The map shows the world based on membership in a particular united nations list. The countries in blue were past members, but don’t qualify anymore, whereas the countries in red are still members. What list do I refer to?

7. On June 13, 2007 the video was posted to the popular video sharing website YouTube. The video garnered over one thousand views within the first five hours of its posting.^[5] By the second day of its posting the American news media had taken notice of the video's growing popularity. The video featured Amber lee Ettinger lip-syncing while Leah Kauffman provided the vocals. It also prompted many answer videos on youtube, one of which was called “HotforHill”

8. Born in 1926, he learned economics at Columbia university and NYU and eventually made it to wall street where he ran a consulting business that forecast the economy. Except Jimmy Carter, he has worked with every American president since 1969, and was named by Reagan in 1987 to the position, that he is famous for, and which he held till very recently. He recently came out with his autobiography. Who is this?

9. Connect the following images: I did it, reaction, trophy

10. This American movie caused irritation and anger in the UK for its treatment of a specific operation in the Second World War. The first capture of Naval^[1] Enigma machine in the way indicated in the movie was in 1941 by HMS Bulldog, but the movie insinuates it was by American vessel. The film was raised at Prime Minister's Question Time where Tony Blair agreed with questioner Brian Jenkins MP that the film was "an affront" to British sailors. There were other inaccuracies alleging lack of German humanitarian support to enemy survivors at sea. Which movie?

11. Fanciful stories of how this was created are modern-day legends. These include tales that it was invented in Poland to celebrate the defeat of a Muslim invasion at the decisive Battle of Tours by the Franks in 732, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent and that it was invented in Vienna in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Turkish siege of the city, as a reference to the crescents on the Turkish flags. There are tales linking them with the kifli and the siege of Buda in 1686; and those detailing Marie Antoinette's hankering after a Viennese specialty. What is it?

12. This is an ecological hypothesis that proposes that living and nonliving parts of the earth are viewed as a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism. Named after the Greek earth goddess, this hypothesis postulates that all living things have a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that promotes life overall. James Lovelock initially defined it as a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet. This was initially ignored by most scientists, but later came in for criticism from many and interest from some others. What is it?

13. Complete the two more in the list, which is in reverse order: Amartya Sen (1998), Susumu Tonegawa (1987), Kenichi Fukui (1981), Eisaku Sato (1974)

14. This television channel had to be closed down on April 21, 1996 when one of its partners, Orbit Communications corporation owned by Prince Khaled of Saudi Arabia, pulled the plug on it because of a program on an allied channel critical of the Saudi Arabian govt. Most of its staff went to work for Al Jazeera. In october 2005, the service was re-announced and is due to start broadcasting soon. Which channel am I talking about?

15. "My life's aim has been to serve as I might towards those ends. Your loyalty, your confidence in me, has been my abundant reward. I speak now from my home and my heart to you all; to men and women so cut off by the snows, the desert or the sea that only voices out of the air can reach them; to those cut off from fuller life by blindness, sickness or infirmity, and to those who are celebrating this day with their children and their grandchildren - to all, to each, I wish a happy Christmas. God bless you." Written by Rudyard Kipling, this message in 1932 started a tradition that has been followed every year. What am I talking about?

crosswords

Of late, I have rediscovered a fleeting old passion- crosswords. Although I still adore the sheer wizardry of cryptic crosswords like in "The Hindu", this time, I am settling for the trivia crosswords in "The new york times". Perhaps, the next quiz can be a crossword evening?

"Passwords" courtesy Arvind

Read clues for the following 10 answers 1 by 1. More points are won for fewer clues to answer!

1. Personality

A. The King of Cancellations
B. 1990 World Cup in Italy
C. Plácido Domingo and José Carreras
D. "Oprah" Winfrey


2. Man-made object

A. Six Grandfathers
B. Named after Charles E. _____________, a prominent New York lawyer
C. Has 4 things
D. Rapid City, South Dakota


3. City

A. If the Earth was a single state, __________ would be its capital -Napoleon Bonaparte
B. 1204: the Fourth Crusade
C. Top 25 of world's largest cities by population (2005 data)
D. The City on Seven Hills


4. Book

A. Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon, was carrying the book when he was arrested immediately after the murder and referred to it in his statement to police shortly thereafter. John Hinckley, Jr., who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was also reported to have been obsessed with the book.
B. In 1981, was both the most banned book in United States as well as the second most taught book in public schools.
C. List of people who have tried to make a film out of it: Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson to Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio, Elia Kazan, Harvey Weinstein and Steven Spielberg, John Cusack, Jerry Lewis, Billy Wilder
D. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSik6Dovog8


5. Natural Formation

A. Its formation is one of the most important geologic events in the last 60 million years.
B. The recognition that yellow fever is caused by mosquitos and not human contact helped trade enormously.
C. First seen by Vasco Núñez de Balboa on September 25, 1513.
D. A narrow strip of land that is bordered on two sides by water and connects two larger land masses. (the opposite of a strait)


6. Fictional Character

A. David Niven, the only actor to play him in a 1935 movie.
B. "a spineless invertebrate"
C. Belongs to The ______ Club, where _______ is an English something whose characteristics are that "it does no work, living off the labour of others".
D. Bertram Wilberforce


7. Personality.

A. "The Cosmic Kite"
B.

C. 'Come hug me, or the referee isn't going to allow it.'
D. 10


8. Movie

A. Raven McCoy
B. Black comedy, also known as black humour is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously are treated in a humorous or satirical manner.
C. Other actors considered for the film included Sylvester Stallone, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Calderon, Mickey Rourke, Matt Dillon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Joan Cusack, Isabella Rossellini, Daryl Hannah, Johnny Depp, Christian Slater, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and Pam Grier.
D. Honey Bunny


9. Brand Name/Product Name

A. Childe Harold Wills, Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas.
B. Revolutionary idea due to William C. Klann and not who you think
C. automatic transmission
D. Tin Lizzie/ Flivver


10. Mythological Character

A. Had a sister whose name meant girl with fish like eyes
B. His capital city was built by the architect of the gods
C. Shiva Tandava Stotra
D. Worshipped in Khonpura village in MP.

Arvind's quiz (Sept 2007)

1. This is the Torre dell'Orologio on Piazza San Marco in Venice. The clock (alternatively known as St Mark's Clocktower or the Moors' Clocktower) displays the time of day, the dominant sign of Zodiac and the current phase of the moon. Here, two bronze figures stand and, on the hour, ring a bell. This pair were originally intended as giants, but with the bronze swiftly blackening in the Venice air, they became known as 'the Moors', hence the tower's nickname. What has happened here for the first and only time in history?


2. In a 1994 movie called "Sleep with me", there is this memorable dialogue. Which actor is playing Sid?
Sid: You want subversion on a massive level. You know what one of the greatest fucking scripts ever written in the history of Hollywood is? Top Gun.
Duane: Oh, come on.
Sid: Top Gun is fucking great. What is Top Gun? You think it's a story about a bunch of fighter pilots.
Duane: It's about a bunch of guys waving their dicks around.
Sid: It is a story about a man's struggle with his own homosexuality. It is! That is what Top Gun is about, man. You've got Maverick, all right? He's on the edge, man. He's right on the fucking line, all right? And you've got Iceman, and all his crew. They're gay, they represent the gay man, all right? And they're saying, go, go the gay way, go the gay way. He could go both ways.
Duane: What about Kelly McGillis?
Sid: Kelly McGillis, she's heterosexuality. She's saying: no, no, no, no, no, no, go the normal way, play by the rules, go the normal way. They're saying no, go the gay way, be the gay way, go for the gay way, all right? That is what's going on throughout that whole movie... He goes to her house, all right? It looks like they're going to have sex, you know, they're just kind of sitting back, he's takin' a shower and everything. They don't have sex. He gets on the motorcycle, drives away. She's like, "What the fuck, what the fuck is going on here?" Next scene, next scene you see her, she's in the elevator, she is dressed like a guy. She's got the cap on, she's got the aviator glasses, she's wearing the same jacket that the Iceman wears. She is, okay, this is how I gotta get this guy, this guy's going towards the gay way, I gotta bring him back, I gotta bring him back from the gay way, so I'll do that through subterfuge, I'm gonna dress like a man. All right? That is how she approaches it. Okay, now let me just ask you - I'm gonna digress for two seconds here. I met this girl Amy here, she's like floating around here and everything. Now, she just got divorced, right? All right, but the REAL ending of the movie is when they fight the MIGs at the end, all right? Because he has passed over into the gay way. They are this gay fighting fucking force, all right? And they're beating the Russians, the gays are beating the Russians. And it's over, and they fucking land, and Iceman's been trying to get Maverick the entire time, and finally, he's got him, all right? And what is the last fucking line that they have together? They're all hugging and kissing and happy with each other, and Ice comes up to Maverick, and he says, "Man, you can ride my tail, anytime!" And what does Maverick say? "You can ride mine!" Swordfight! Swordfight! Fuckin' A, man!

(Hint: Think of the colour BROWN)


3. What is common to the following acronyms: ADIDAS (All Day I Dream About Sports), SOS (Save our Souls), PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language), GOLF (Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden) ?


4. This guy A was born in country X in 1649 and left for England when he was 4 years old, never to return. He was part of the British East India Company, and he became the second governor of a settlement at Madras (present-day city of Chennai) in 1687, after Streynsham Master. He was instrumental in the development of the Government General Hospital which was housed at Fort St George. A amassed a fortune in his lifetime, largely through secret contracts with Madras merchants, against the East India Company's directive. By 1692, A's repeated flouting of East India Company regulations, and growing embarrassment at his illegal profiteering resulted in his being relieved of the post of governor.
In 1718, a guy in country X contacted A to ask him for financial help in constructing a new building for a college just being formed. A donated nine bales of goods, which were sold for more than £560, a substantial sum at the time. He also donated 417 books and a portrait of King George I. The benefactor suggested that the college change its name to A College in gratitude to its benefactor, and to increase the chances that he would give the college another large donation or bequest. A was away in India when the news of the school's name change reached his home, a trip from which he never returned. And while he did ultimately leave his fortunes to the "Collegiate School within X," the institution was never able to successfully lay claim to it.
Who is A?
(Hint: One of the few universities to have its motto in Hebrew)

5. On June 29, 1950, West Indies completed an emphatic 326-run victory over England at Lord's. It was a defining moment, not only in West Indies cricket, but in the history of the Caribbean. CLR James, the legendary writer, had said that West Indian independence and national consciousness would not be shaped until they had beaten England at home at the game they had invented. They had now done that.
The enduring image of the Test, however, is not the game itself, but the post-match celebrations by a small group of West Indian spectators who, as The Times reported, rushed onto the field armed with "guitar-like instruments", and their celebratory calypsos.
Walcott, Weekes and Worrell held up their name
With wonder shots throughout the game
But England was beaten clean out of time
With the _____ bowling of ___________ & ________________


6. Hindi movies: Listen to the song: mammaiya kero.mp3. Identify the movie.

(Hint: 1985. Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Raj Kiran, Prem Chopra )



8. ___________ are not exclusively war dances, and nor are they only performed by men. Some are performed by women, others by mixed groups, and some simple _______ are performed by children. __________ are performed for various reasons: for amusement, as a hearty welcome to distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements or occasions. Various actions are employed in the course of a performance, including facial contortions such as showing the whites of the eyes and the poking out of the tongue, and a wide variety of vigorous body actions such as slapping the hands against the body and stamping of the feet. As well as chanted words, a variety of cries and grunts are used. It may be understood as a kind of symphony in which the different parts of the body represent many instruments. The hands, arms, legs, feet, voice, eyes, tongue and the body as a whole combine to express courage, annoyance, joy or other feelings relevant to the purpose of the occasion. Identify.


9. There is a brilliant series of comics/graphic novels by Neil Gaiman called Sandman. There are humans and then there are the Immortals. The main character, also an immortal, is known by an array of names, most often Morpheus, but also Oneiros, Lord Shaper, Lord Kai'ckul, Lord L'Zoril, the Prince of Stories, the Carrion King, and, rarely, "The Sandman." His most common name, however, starts with the letter D, as do those of his six siblings. Name them.


10. With respect to Unix-based programs, connect _nano_, a simple text editor created by Chris Allegreta and _elm_ one of the earlier email clients short for ELectronic Mail developed by David Taylor while at HP.

What is scandalous about this photograph?

Figure shows a photograph by an American photographer Andres Serrano.

The piece caused a scandal when it was exhibited in 1989, with detractors accusing Serrano of blasphemy and others raising this as a major issue of artistic freedom. Senators Al D'Amato and Jesse Helms expressed outrage that the piece was supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, since it is a federal taxpayer-financed institution.

Sister Wendy Beckett, an art critic, consecrated virgin and Catholic nun, voiced her approval of the photograph. She explained in a television interview that she regarded the work as a statement on "what we have done to Christ" - that is, the way contemporary society has come to regard Christ and the values he represents.

Identify X !

Mail in the Indus Valley of Sindh was delivered by runners and charged by weight and the distance traveled by the runners. In 1850, Sir Bartle Frere of the East India Company became the the Chief Commissioner of Sindh and created a postal system that had a uniform rate for all distances. This postal system created a need for a method to prepay postage. As a result, the X was created. It bears the Merchant's Mark of the British East India Company, a design embossed on sealing wax (Figure).

The name X derives from the British spelling of the name of the province of Sindh, and the anglicised spelling of the Hindustani word used to describe the postal service using runners.