June 19 Quiz at BQC

By Kaushik SahaHelped by Aditya Kulashri of QTM

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• Black Mamba

Who is the lady, the author of “If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans”?

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• Ann Coulter, Republican and a major Trump supporter, allegedly the first person who publicly said she would want Trump as President

Where was this ad used in 2008?

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• Delhi state elections 2008

What does the pic show?

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• The voyage of HMS Beagle

• In Indian football, who are given the Kamla Gupta trophy?

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• Runner up in Santosh Trophy

• The national team is nicknamed “The Penguins”. The team plays mostly at the McMurdo but sometimes at the Palmer when at home. Which team?

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• The Antarctica Football / Cricket / Hockey teams

• X’s international record – matches played – 74, goals scored -8. A remarkable player, he was also infamous for his temper, and faced several suspensions for incidents like spitting on Roberto Carlos and fighting on field with Faustino Asprilla. In 2005, X was sentenced to six months in prison in France for the use of false documents about the compensation for the end of his contract with Racing Club de Strasbourg. Who is X?

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• Jose Luis Chilavert

• On 11th April 2001, Nicky Salapu, a little known footballer otherwise and known more for his exploits in table tennis, created a unenviable record that still stands. What record?

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• He conceded 31 goals to Australia in a World Cup qualifying match

• In 1905, a British team of touring amateurs nicknamed the "Pilgrims" toured X, with their match against the club champions of X billed as the "championship of the world". The match was played in front of almost 4000 fans in the clubs home ground, and ended in a 3-3 draw. X played over 300 unofficial “international matches” between 1885 (first one vs their Southern neighbors) and 1924 when they played Australia for their first official match?

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• Canada

Exhaustive list as of now of participants in which tournament?

• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus • Greenland• Tibet • Zanzibar• Gibraltar,• Republic of St. Pauli

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• The FIFI Wild Cup • An alternative Football World Cup, held from

29 May to 3 June 2006 in Germany. It was run by Federation of International Football Independents (FIFI). FIFI was a body made up of countries not recognized by FIFA, and those whose logistics preclude them from playing representative football. The Millerntor-Stadion, in Hamburg, hosted all the tournament match

• Bhaiching Bhutia,Chuni Goswami, Sailen Manna, Jarnail Singh, Peter Thangaraj, Inder Singh, PK Banerjee, Sahu Mewalal and Sunil Chhetri – where would one find all these legends together?

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• Names of stands at Ambedkar stadium in Delhi

25.• X was a member (guitars,

vocals) of the Gypsies, releasing two albums Woodland and Jet Lag, and opening eight shows for “Hootie & the Blowfish” on their 1998 European tour. He released a solo album Ginger and single Goodnight Moon in 1998 on CMC International records. Who is X?

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• Alexi Lalas

• A 2006 commercial of Guarana Antarctica (a Brazil based soft drink company) caused a huge controversy in Argentina. Why?

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• One of its 2006 commercials featured Diego Maradona finding himself wearing the yellow jersey of the Brazilian team and singing the Brazilian national anthem before waking up and proclaiming it was a nightmare, because he had drunk too much Guaraná the day before

• Clubs in this league have almost complete freedom to sign whatever number and category of players they wish. There is no team or individual salary cap, no squad size limit, no age restrictions other than those applied by general employment law. However teams are restricted to not more than 2 foreign players in the squad for the season. There are currently 16 clubs in the league, although the competition started in 2004–05 with 14 teams. Which league?

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• Pakistan Premier League

This is a gentleman named Hiralal Sen. What first is he associated with in entertainment in India?

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• First ad filmmaker. Credited to have directed Rabindranath Tagore in a hair oil ad (which was never released)

What’s the sporting connection?

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• Towels to Wimbledon

• X was an English language weekly newsmagazine that started publication in 1880 and ceasing publication in 1993. X was edited by A.S. Raman, Khushwant Singh, M. V. Kamath, and Pritish Nandy among others. What is X?

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• The Illustrated Weekly

• X was given the name because it’s remains was discovered in the year that saw 100th birth anniversary celebrations of a famous Indian. However, poor quality of the discovered remains have failed to determine its food habits. What is X?

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• Baropasaurus Tagori (discovered in Orissa in 1961)

• In 1948 made his England debut against Switzerland; he went on to captain his country three times. His last game for England was the 6-3 defeat by Hungary in November 1953, in which he scored a penalty. Who is this general?

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• Sir Alf Ramsey

• X is an American amateur soccer club, founded in the late-1980s by a group of British expatriates who frequented the Cat & Fiddle pub. They have a over 40s team called Dad’s army, and a over-30s team called Tabo’s army. What is X?

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• Hollywood United FC

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• Whose career (partial) (from 1993 onwards): Peterborough United -> Grimsby Town -> Torquay United -> Sogndal IL -> Ikast FS -> Viborg FF (Hint: India connection)

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• Chima Okorie

*Wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, she has a football tournament named after her. Who is she? (1 point)

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• Begum Hazrat Mahal

These are 2 out of 6 abodes of a Hindu God. Which God and why are these 2 significant?

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• Left pic - Thiruthani Murugan Temple. Right - Thirupparamkunram Murugan Temple. These are 2 of the 6 abodes of Lord Murugan / Karthikeya. However, at these 2 places, Lord Murugan is said to have married his 2 “consorts” (Valli at Thiruthani and Deivanai at Thirupparamkunram)

• According to Diodorus Siculus, a historian contemporary of Alexander, when Porus was defeated, his nephew fled to X. King of X, Xandrammes, had an army of 20,000 horse 200,000 infantry, 2,000 chariots and 4,000 elephants trained and equipped for war. Also, X’s elephants were the largest in size in the world. What is X?

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• Present day Bengal and Bangladesh

• This place, formerly known as Hafizabad, manufactures and exports nearly 90 percent of India’s flutes. A tiger reserve is close to this place, and it is classified both as a seismic zone and a high risk flood zone. However, in mid-2009, this place came into the news due to something controversial related to its MP hopeful. Which place?

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• Pilibhit

• This organization was initially known as Bicholam before being acquired by their current owners and given their current name. Subhash Sinari, Bernard Olivera, Tolentino Serrao, Bhaskar etc. were the earliest big names associated with the organization. Which organization?

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• Dempo Sports Club

• X is generally recognized as the first major poet of the Punjabi language. His descendents mostly carry the name Fārūqī. A city in Pakistan bears his name. His descendants include the Sufi saint Salim Chishti, whose daughter was Emperor Jehangir's foster mother. Who is X and what is the city in Pakistan?

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• Fariduddin Mas'ud Ganjshakar or Baba Farid. City in Pakistan - Faridkot

The orange area shows the kingdom of a local chieftain who fought the Mughals. Who was the chieftain?

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• Maharaja Pratapaditya, the King of Jessore and one of the “Baro Bhuniyas” or “12 landlords of Bengal”. Manas Bhuniya, the present LoP in Bengal assembly, is a descendent

• “Mautam” and “Thingtam” together constitute what periodic tragic event in a North Eastern State in India?

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• The famines in Mizoram when Bamboo has flowers.

• The famines are called after the name of the bamboo that flowers. Meloccana baccifera is called "Mautak" in mizo and the famine that is caused by its flowering is named "Mautam". When Bambusa Tulda flowers, called "Rawthing" in mizo, the consequent famine is known as "Thingtam".

An educational institute in Northern India is named after him. The institute was shown in the movie “Bunty aur Babli” . Classes of IIT Kanpur were held here till their building was build in Kalyanpur in 1965. Who is he and what’s the name of the institute?

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• Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, Harcourt-Butler Technical Institute

• X is one of the eleven schools of Sanskrit grammar mentioned in Pāṇini's Ashtadhyayi. It is named after an Indian God. Arthur Coke Burnell, a renowned orientologist, in his 1875 book details this school. Kātyāyana was one of the prominent mathematicians of this school. Burnell believed that most non-Pāṇinian systems of Sanskrit grammar were traceable to this school of grammar, believed to be the oldest and reputed to be founded by the God himself Which school?

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• Aindra School of Grammar after Indra

• Many of the Buddhist texts which were taken to China along the Silk Route were written using a version of the X script. It was also used to write Sanskrit during the period ca 600-1200 CE. In Japan the writing of mantras and copying of Sutras using the X script is still practiced in the esoteric Buddhist schools of Shingon and Tendai. It is descended from the Brahmi script via the Gupta script, which gave rise to Tirhuta, the Assamese alphabet, the Bengali alphabet and the Tibetan alphabet. What is X?

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• Siddham script

• What curious event occurred from July 25 to September 23, 2001 in which the popular media reported that researchers Godfrey Louis and Santhosh Kumar proposed a controversial hypothesis that extraterrestrial beings were involved (though a later study commissioned by the Government of India concluded that the rains had been colored by airborne spores from a locally prolific terrestrial green alga from the genus Trentepohlia)?

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• Kerala red rain phenomenon

What is unique about this cave painting from Bhimbetka?

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• The only painting in the caves showing, "a man being hunted by a beast”

• The Dasakuta and Vyasakuta were the 2 prominent groups of which prominent cultural movement?

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• The Haridasa devotional movement, which is said to be the starting point of Carnatic music

• Khushwant Singh mentions an incident in his book “Absolute Khushwant: The Low-Down on Life, Death and Most things In-between” where after being defeated in a Lok Sabha election, X immediately returned the 2 lakh he had borrowed from the writer for hiring taxis. Who is X?

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• X represented India at the Bretton Woods Conference on July 1–22, 1944. A Ramon Magsasay award winner, X was a Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950-56), Chairman of U.G.C.(1956–61) and Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi (1962–67). He was also President of I.S.I.(Indian Statistical Institute)from 1945 to 1964. Who is X?

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What’s the most famous product of this company?

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• Pagalguy.com

Name the sport

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• Kitesurfing

• What was started by Juan Carlos Ceriani 1930 in Montevideo , when he observed that youngsters were practicing on basketball courts because of shortage of actual pitches?

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• Futsal

• In October 2008, which Indian boxer claimed she was unfairly eliminated from the Asian games squad to accommodate Mary Kom and threatened to quit?

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• L Sarita Devi

• With respect to cricket, where would you find the ’268 Bar’ and who/what is it a tribute to ?

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• It’s at the Oval, dedicated to Ali Brown’s knock of 268 – the highest in one day/list A cricket

• During the French riots in November 2005, X took a position against Nicolas Sarkozy. On 6 September 2006, X sparked controversy when he invited 80 people, who were expelled Sarkozy from a flat where they lived illegally, to a football match between France and Italy. He acted in his cousin Admiral T’s music video Fos A Peyi La. Who is X?

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• Lilian Thuram

• The media phrase "real X stuff" is often used by football writers, commentators and fans when describing displays of great skill, or results that go against the odds. What is X?

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• Roy of Rovers

• X's father's name was a slang that sailors used to describe X with. Initially, he was trained by the legendary Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, who saw some potential in him, but felt X was too lazy. His initial poor performances made X the butt of jokes. His new coach, Tom Smith, with his unorthodox training methods, gradually brought X out of his lethargy. Partnering Red Pollard, a Canadian, X got his first major successes. Who is X?

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• SeaBiscuit (father's name - HardTack)

• In the 90s-early 2000s, the Chinese long and middle distance runners made a huge impact on the world stage, winning several medals in the Olympics and Athletics Grand Prix. The credit went to a large extent to their coach who supposedly followed a rigorous training method. However, he also was controversial, as many alleged he used performance enhancing drugs. Who is the coach?

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• Ma Junren

• The US basketball team over the years have consisted of the greatest players in the history of the game and has been called the Dream Team on a number of occasions. However, on one occasion, they were called, rather ingloriously, “The Nightmare Team”. Which occasion?

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• The Athens Olympics 2004 Bronze-winning team

• In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Reebok was the official sponsor and all athletes had to wear the Reebok Logo on their vests / shorts. However, in those days, Linford Christie, the British Sprinter, was sponsored by rival Puma. He managed to sport the Puma Logo, leading to huge controversy. What did he do?

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• He wore the Puma Logo on his contact lenses

What sport is being played?

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• Polo + Lacrosse = Polocrosse

• Arguably the greatest or most successful male gymnast of all time, he is the only male gymnast ever to have won a world or Olympic title on all 8 events conducted for male gymnasts: at the 1992 Olympics, he won 6 of 8 events (team, all-around, and 4 of 6 event finals - more golds at a single Olympics than any other gymnast in Olympic history); and at various World Championships throughout his competitive years, he collectively won every event. Who is he?

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• Vitaly Scherbo

What does the other child say?

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• "Micheal Phelps Lives Here?"

What’s happening?

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• The Harald Schumacher foul on Frenchman Patrick Battinson in the 1982 Soccer WC semi-final

• An advertising agent who was born on 25th June 1983, at the exact moment that India won the Cricket World Cup and lives in Karol Bagh in Delhi with her father and his three brothers' family. Whenever she eats breakfast with the Indian Cricket Team they win the following match. This prompts the board to send her to Australia with them for the Cricket World Cup. Who?

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• Zoya Solanki of "The Zoya Factor"

• Charl Langeveldt is the first South African to take a ODI hattrick. What was his profession in his youth which involved him interacting with a well known person on a regular basis?

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• He was a cook and prison guard at Drakenstein prison when Mandela was a prisoner there

This is a starring Neetu Chandra, Rohit Roy and Tanushree Dutta released in 2010. What is its claim to fame?

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• First movie to be released on Youtube instead of movie theater

• In the 1960-61 season to 1963-64 season, for 4 consecutive seasons, the Ranji Trophy final featured the same 2 teams with the same winner. Name both the teams

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• Bombay vs Rajasthan

• He served with the British Army in World War II in North Africa, Assam, Burma, and South East Asia. He was present at the Japanese surrender at Singapore in 1945. His first marriage took place privately in1949 to Nancy Valentine of New York, a former screen actress. He captained the Bengal cricket team in the late 30s. However, he is more well known as the last king of a particular province. Name his well known sister

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• Jagaddapindra Narayan, elder brother of Gayatri Devi and last Maharaja of Cooch Behar

• X’s column holds the distinction of being the longest-running column in the history of Indian journalism (1935-1987). He is one of only 2 directors ever to win the Nargis Dutt Award for National Integration twice. He was also one of the best ever scriptwriters in India –his scripts include “Neecha Nagar”, “Bobby” and “Mera Naam Joker” among others. Who is X?

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• Khwaja Ahmed Ababs

These are the stills from a 2010 movie not allowed to be released on the big screen because of its pornographic content. Name

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• Urf Professor

• As an all-rounder, his first-class cricket career spanned from 1899 to 1921 and as an opening batsman, holds the record of being the first Indian to score a double century in first-class cricket. He was a member of the Indian team that toured England in 1911, under the captaincy of the Maharaja of Patiala. He was the Vice-President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1936 to 1945.He was also the Chairman of the All India Selection Committee from 1932-33 to 1939-40.

• How has his memory been in Mumbai?

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• Dr. HD Kanga and Kanga League

Which cricket team?

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• The all Patel cricket team

• In a test match in Faislabad in 1997-98, Mushtaq Ahmed was bowling to Pat Symcox. Symcox missed the ball which went between the stumps knocking back middle stump. However, still Symcox continued to bat on and scored 81 - his second highest test score!

• What happened?

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• The bails and top of stumps melted in the heat and merged, and bails didn’t move

At whose feet is Ashok Kumar sitting as shown in the movie?

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• Netaji SC Bose in movie Samadhi (an urban legend states Netaji once met Ashoke Kumar when Dadamoni was active in the Kolkata theater scene in the 1920s)

• Dada Saheb Phalke's silent movie Kaliamardhan in the year 1919 is supposed to be the first Indian movie to introduce a primitive version of what?

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• VFX

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• Mother Babita also acted in two movies of the same name

• Lokesh Rahul now has the record of highest average by an Indian after at least 1 dismissal in ODIs. Whose record did he break?

• 3 Indians have a 50+ average in ODIs with a cut off of at least 25 innings. 2 are Dhoni and Kohli. Name the 3rd

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• Gagan Khoda• Ambati Rayudu

• Of all the top 50 fastest recorded serves in tennis, only 1 has come before the onset of modern racquets, ie before the 1990s. Who is credited with the serve?

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• Roscoe Tanner

• Who connects the following gentlemen – Rishi Gautam, Sant Tukaram, Dashrath Manjhi and Paritala Ravi (the former AP MLA and minister)?

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• Radhika Apte – played their wives on various occasions in movies (Ahalya, AwwaliBai, Phaguniya Manjhi and Paritala Sunita)

• This gentleman, an alumnus of KC College and IIM Ahmedabad, named the company he founded in the mid 2000s after a song in his wife’s favorite movie. The company, headquartered in Mumbai, is now the largest in terms of market capitalization in India in its category. Who and which song / movie?

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• Rashesh Shah, Edelweiss (The Sound of Music)

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• Its not about the bra• Its not about the bike

• Chandra, an English Professor from Indore, is often considered to be the first ever women commentator in cricket (she did the commenting duties in a England vs. Mumbai tour match in 1977 and a few other women’s matches on All India Radio). Who is her well known father?

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• CK Nayudu

Name the two Indian Olympians

• A - From Barshi near Nanded, Maharashtra. Coached by a Hyderabadi. Broke the record of most second tier tournaments won in a year in 2015 (earlier held by another student of the Hyderabadi coach)

• B - Currently being supported by JSW Sport under the Sports Excellence Programme. Won India's sole medal at the 2015 World Championships in his sport. A resident of Jogeshwari in Mumbai, employed by Mumbai Police force

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• A – Prarthana Thomare• B – Narsingh Yadav

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