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QOTD 15/08/2011

X has four sons (2 biological, 1 stepson and 1 adopted) and 1 daughter. Had an unfaithful husband. Killed her srcond biological son but was sentenced to only three years imprisonment. Diagnosed with lung cancer but the reports turned out to be false. Consented to mother-in-law's pleas for euthanasia but was accused of murdering her. A court case declared her innocent. Later adopted an abandoned baby girl. Who?

Monday, August 1, 2011

Sports Quiz 2.0

1) Ameer Bee passed away in 1995. She was an Indian national badminton champion in the 1940's. After Independence she left the country. She is credited with being the first lady of cricket in a particular country. Which country and why?

2) Paolo Rossi top scored in the 1982 football World Cup and led Italy to their famous triumph. Now before the World Cup he was nearly not picked for the team and it was only in the very last minute that he was drafted in. Why was he almost left out?

3) Vijay Madgavkar was the first Indian sportsman to do what?

4) What is the Spanish word for 'of the royal crown'?

5) In the ancient Olympic Games the victor was given 2 prizes. One was a crown of olive leaves. What was the other?

6) Who is the only Indian to have played in the German Bundesliga?

7) What is the claim to fame of Australian batsman Jim Burke?

8) Malcolm Spence of South Africa won an Olympic Bronze medal by one of the smallest margins of 0.1 seconds. Why is it so famous?

9) Abebe Bikila was the first black African to win a track and field gold medal when he won the marathon in 1960 in Rome. He won it barefoot. However he claimed that running was just his hobby. What was his more important profession?

10) England-West Indies test series in 1928-29. Walter Robbins, the English batsman was stumped and on his way to the pavilion said "Fancy getting out to a ______". Fill up?

Answers:

1. She went to Pakistan. She had 5 sons. 4 of them went on to play for Pakistan. She was the mother of the Mohammads (Hanif,Sadiq, Mushtaq, Wazir and Raees)

2. He was accused of Fixing matches in the Italian League.

3. He was the first Indian to reach the finals of the All-England Badminton championship in 1947. Padukone and Gopichand then followed.

4. Real; As in Real Madrid.

5. His statue was put atop Mt. Olympus.

6. Vishwanathan Anand (Apart from being their national football league it is also their national chess league)

7. He was the only player not to have got out to Jim Laker when Laker took 19 wickets in Old Trafford.

8. He finished ahead of Milkha Singh who came fourth.

9. He was the personal body-guard of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie

10. The bowler he got out to was Elis Achong. He said, "Fancy getting out to a Chinaman".