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SpEnt QuizSpEnt Quiz
Jan 17, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Very little that is currentVery little that is current
Nostalgia stuff mostly (algia means pain Nostalgia stuff mostly (algia means pain btw)btw)
99% of the questions were created99% of the questions were created
Q1.
• G. Kishenchand was a cricket player from Baroda.
• He toured Australia with the Indian team in 1947.
• He is famous for being part of history during that tour.
What?
A1.
He bowled the ball off which Don Bradman scored his hundredth
hundred!
Q2.
Funda
A2.
• John Barrymore• Clive Brook• John Neville• Peter Cushing• Jeremy Brett
They all played Sherlock Holmes on screen. Jeremy Bates on the small screen.
A3.
• Nallusamy Annavi was national record holder in high jump.
• Balakumaran wrote a Tamil novella called “Kombu Then” based loosely on Annavi’s Olympic attempt.
Q4.
• He was an accomplished actor.
• One of his famous roles was as “Colorado”
• He was a world class bridge player and wrote a column on bridge for many years on NY Times.
A4.
Omar Sharif
Q5.
When Elvis the pelvis appeared in Ed Sullivan’s show in 1956 a ridiculously funny norm was imposed? What?
A5.
It was decided to show Elvis only from waist up so as to not offend viewers with his hip gyrations.
Q6.
• Connect with a phrase
A6.
War of the Roses (1453 to 1485)
Lancaster Vs York
Movie, painting, and symbols of Yorkshire and Lanashire.
Q7.
• Started in 1829 and became an annual event in 1856
• It has been called a “private war” and the same two teams fight it out year after year.
• The course is 6,779 meters long.
• Known as the “battle of the blues” and has been honored in a story by Jeffrey Archer.
A7.
• The annual boat race between Cambridge and Oxford.
• (8 a side race)
Q8.
“Dhundiraj Govind” were the first two names of which famous film personality?
Q9.
• He was a cattle herd when his talent was spotted.
• His action was modeled on Malcom Marshall
• Mohammad Sami was his 250th Victim and Alastair Cook his 300th scalp.
A9.
Makhaya Ntini
Q10.
• Originally planned as a “B” film starring Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan.
• Shot entirely on studio
• Most of the dialogues were written after the movie started
• One of the most loved films of all time and “so good it can’t even be spoofed.”
Q11.
Connect
• Rex Harrison
• John Saxon
• Sylvia Myles
• Dharmendra
• Zeenat Aman
A11.
Shalimar (1978)
Q12.
Identify the movie
Q13.
Connect
A13.
Her “Moongil Pookkal” became “Koodevide” in which the other two starred.
Q14.
• Google won't search for _______ because it knows you don't find ____, he finds you.
• If at first you don't succeed, you're not ____. • • _____ played Russian Roulette with a fully
loaded gun and won. • _______destroyed the periodic table, because
_______ only recognizes the element of surprise.
A14.
Google Chuck Norris for more facts!!!
Q15.
• X created Y in January 1952 while on his estate Z.
• Y was named after the author of the book “Birds of the West Indies.”
• X while remarking Y’s name said "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, _______ was much better than something more interesting, like 'Peregrine Carruthers.'
A15.
X- Ian Fleming
Y- James Bond
Z - Goldeneye
Q16.
• In golf, the challenge between Europe and USA is called Ryder Cup (For men)
• What is the women’s equivalent called?
Q17.
Missing Link….
A17.
Q18.
Group and the song
A18.
Foreigner & Juke Box Hero
Q19.
Connect and claim to fame (?)
A19.
Aquarius’ of Indian World Cup Teams
• Sunil Valson (1983)
• Amay Khurasia (1999)
• Sanjay Bangar (2003)
• Parthiv Patel (2003)
Q20.
The missing link??
A20.
Mathadhu ellam suttadhu!!
Q21.
This guy’s contribution to European football as we know now is immense. Identify and explain.
A21.
Jean Marc Bosman of FC Liege (Belgium). He initiated and won what is now known as “Bosman ruling” on European footballers which allowed them to move freely on their own will once their contract expired.
Q22.
Quote .. Unquote..
, “You call that a knife? That’s not a knife. This is a knife”
A22.
Michael “Crocodile” Dundee (Paul Hogan)
Crocodile Dundee , (1986)
Q23.
The architect of the game was an architect.
Invented in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Mel Gibson, Sting, Keanu Reeves, Joan Collins And Queen Elizabeth II play it avidly.
During the development of the game, this was “Alph” at one stage. What game?
Q23.
Alfred Butts and Scrabble. It was also known as Lexico, Criss-Cross and Criss-Crosswords.
The value and distribution of the units was done by combing the front page of New York Times.
Q24.
In which American detective TV series did Phil Collins make a brief appearance?
A24.
Miami Vice
Q25.
Connect…
Q25.
420
• Statue of Louis Pasteur at San Rafael High School, CA
• The band Grateful Dead who used the term widely.
• Raj Kapoor’s film Shree420
• Dion Nash the NZ cricketer who has a mineral water brand 420
Q26.
Connect…
A26.
Paul Newman was one of the celebrities on the “Enemies List” kept by Nixon.
Q27.
Quote .. Unquote…
“I do wish we could chat longer, but I’m having an old friend for dinner”
A27.
The Silence of the Lambs, (1991)
Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
Q28.
Represented India in cricket.
Nickname “Muscles”
Who?
Q29.
• Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell came from two different cultures. They had one aim … to excel in their chosen sport which was running. Their story was immortalized in a movie.
Name it …
A29.
Q30.
• Footballer, born October 21, 1981
• Spartak Moscow
• Part of his national team’s “famous four” defense which conceded just one goal in 2006 World cup qualifying games.
• Perhaps the only player to have been sent of thrice in a row in games against Liverpool.
Q30.
The one and only Nemanja Vidic!!
GO REDS!
MVC1.
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Q10.
Q11.
Q30.
India’s playing XI in 1983 cricket world cup final
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