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THE LAST BALL THE SPENT (Sports and Entertainment ) QUIZ QM: ‘C’est la vie’ Arif AND PRESENT

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  • 1. AND PRESENT THE LAST BALLTHE SPENT (Sports and Entertainment ) QUIZQM: Cest la vie Arif

2. 1This bands name is derived from the fact thatwhen they started, three of the band memberswere of full Malayali descent and the fourthmember was not a full but part Malayali. Whichband? 3. Ans The fourth member was one-quarter Malayali,hence "Three Malayalis and a quarterMalayali", which was later shortened to"Three Mals and a Quarter" and corrupted to"Thermal and a Quarter" 4. 2Which is 2011s top song according to CNN (US)? 5. Ans Why this Kolaveri di 6. *3. Put funda 7. Ans While playing against Marylebone Cricket Clubat Lords in 1936, Jehangir Khan bowled a ballto Tom Pearce that hit a sparrow on the way.The sparrow fell dead against the stumps andis preserved in the MCC museum at Lords. 8. 4. Whats happening? 9. Ans Bradman, captaining his Invincibles for the lasttime in a Test, arrived at the crease on Aug 141948 Once he stepped on to the field ofplay, Norman Yardley, the opposingskipper, insisted on shaking hands with thegreat man, while the rest of the English teamdoffed their caps to salute the Don 10. 5. Which stadium? 11. Estdio Municipal de Braga (English: BragaMunicipal Stadium) home for local club Sporting Clube de Braga The stadium is also known as A Pedreira (TheQuarry), as it is carved into the face of theadjacent Monte Castro quarry 12. 6.Claim to fame ? 13. Ans first full length Indian movie to be shown inthe United Nations auditorium 14. 7. Why is this cartoon famous?November 6, 1902 :Washington Post cartoon, "Drawing the Line in Mississippi 15. Ans Clifford Berryman depicted PresidentTheodore Roosevelt showing compassion for asmall bear cub. The cartoon inspired New York store ownerMorris Michtom to create a new toy and call itthe teddy bear 16. 8. Who? 17. Ans Mark Knopfler 18. 9.What was described as "throwing the offendinglump of metal fully 40 yards towards thepavilion ? 19. Ans Dennis Lillees ComBat (aluminium bat)incident 20. 10. FITB Johan Cruyff (Holland), Michel Platini (France),Marco van Basten (Holland) and ______ 21. AnsLionel Messi (Argentina) Winning the Ballon dOr thrice (Since 2010known as FIFA Ballon dOr) 22. 11Where would you find Multan ke Sultan KiTikdi , Unbeaten Century Partnership and"Half Century Partnership ? 23. AnsVirendar Sehwags signature vegetarian eatingjoint Sehwag Favourites in Delhis Fun RepublicCineplex 24. 12. Connect Pictures follow 25. AnsOfficial timekeepers of Grand Slams Rolex- Wimbledon and Australian Open Longines French Open Citizen US Open 26. *13. Parody of The Beatles Sergeant Peppers LonelyHearts Club Band . Name band or album. 27. Were Only in It For the Money by The Mothersof Invention(Frank Zappa) 28. 14. Connect 29. Ans The torpedo systemconverts the traditional icehockey layout of threeforwards and twodefensemen, into twotorpedoes up front, twohalfbacks, and one lonedefenceman (or libero). Torpedo Ray fish 30. 15. Movie name? 31. Moneyball . About the Oakland Athletics baseball team and theanalytical approach to assembling a competitive baseballteam, despite a disadvantaged revenue situation 32. 16. What event was depicted? 33. Ans Red used toofficially signifyAmericancontinent (before1951) 34. 17. What ? While studying at the Soviet Unions Academyof Science in 1984, the 29-year-old AlexeyPajitnov designed a bare-bones version of thegame in his free time for the Elektronika 60, aSoviet terminal computer. In 1989, a major video game companypurchased the rights of the game andmarketed it as FROM RUSSIA WITH FUN! 35. Ans 36. *18 X did not become an official Winter Olympicsport until the Nagano Games in 1998 despitethe fact that Scots have been wearing out cornbrooms on local ponds since at least 1511. 37. Curling 38. 19. Whoappears atthe end ? 39. Don Quixotescharacter 40. 20 The history of X began inBridgeport, Connecticut when Yale Universitystudents played with ____ from the local XBaking Co. Inspired by the UFO obsession thatswept through American culture in the late1940s, two men, Warren Franscioni andWalter Morrison, created it from a differentform of material. Wham-O purchased therights in 1955 and renamed it the X - an ode tothe bakery that inspired it. 41. Ans Frisbee 42. *21. Parodies of corporate and political advertisements. Term? 43. Ans Subvertising or a Subvert 44. 22 Xs debut Bollywood song is "Jaago Gori" forChachi 420 .For Hey Ram, she sang the titlesong "Ram Ram" in bilingual versions - Tamiland Hindi. She is also the vocalist of analternative rock band The Extramentals. Her younger sister Y represents Indianationally for Z and had plans to participate in2012 London Olympics for Z .However Z hasnot yet been recognized in the Olympics! 45. Ans X- Shruti Haasan Y- Akshara Haasan Z- (Latin Ball) Room Dance 46. 23. Connect 47. Ans At the peak of their success in the 1970s, theDutch football team was famous for itsmastery of Total Football and was nicknamedClockwork Orange for its precision passing. Also Flying Dutchman- the Ghost Ship Flying Dutchmen- supposed to be anothernickname of the Dutch soccer team 48. 24 X (1967) was a remake of a Telugu film calledGoodachari 116 (1967) starring KrishnaGhattamaneni, or Super Star Krishna as hewas known. Krishna would later star in P Q777. The main hero in X reprised his role inanother movie Y in 1981 and he also played asimilar role in 1985 in Q 303 49. Ans P Q = James Bond X- Farz Y- Raksha 50. *25 Video from The Dreamers (BernardoBertolucci ). Pays homage to what? 51. Ans 52. Ans. In one scene, the three youth run through theLouvre in homage to the race in Jean-LucGodards 1964 film Bande part (Band ofOutsiders) 53. 26. Original artist : Joaquim Antnio Barroso Neto Brazil (Around the World) Name the group 54. The Three Tenors (Spanish singers Plcido Domingo and Jos Carreras and the Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti) 55. FINITO