1.Author,awarded an honourary PhD from Oxford in 1990 and also accepted an OBE.Was offered a stipend in any currency for the rest of his life by KKBirla which he refused.He has written Max Mueller:Scholar Extrodinary and Clive of India.Retired as talks officer in 1952. Ans:NIRAD C CHAUDHURI many got it 2.Born in Haiti as the illegitimate son of a French planter and slave trader and his Creole mistress ,he was sent to France for a brief education and then sent to live on his father's property near Philadelphia.A series of his businesses failed and in 1819 at the age of 35 he went bankrupt and then decided to enlarge the collection of American bird pics he'd made over the years and prepare them for publication. Ans:JOHN JAMES AUDUBON after whom the Audubon Society in the US is named a fact that Lalitha has also mentioned 3.It is said this city produces more writers than Rome and Paris together and more literary reviews than London and New York.Around 1000 theater groups are located here .Its High Court building is a replica of the Staad Haus,Ypres,Belguim, and it recently changed its name. Ans:KOLKOTA many bongs and lotsa you got this one. 4.Real name:Abdul Hayee,one of the most important Urdu poets of this century.Pen name means magician., was involved in the freedom struggle in the Punjab.His major poetic work was Talkhiyan which he wrote and rewrote several times. SAHIR LUDHIANVI many have got this 5.Indian actress,worked in an ad film agency and as model before joining the movies.Has a perfume named after herself.Produces the TV serials Waaris and Heena for Zee and Sony respectively and has recently launched one more titled Professor Pyarelal,shortly due to appear in a Ram Gopal Verma production. Ans:RAVEENA TANDON many have got this confused with Zeenat Aman and one person even said Poonam Dhillon.All the clues are there in the question itself with the Ramu production being the soon to be released "Shool" Very few hits 6.Annual festival ,founded 1876 in a remote Bavarian village for which it was named and was described by Mark Twain as"sitting with the dead in the gloom of a tomb”,featuring the operatic works of its founder-composer,currently it is run by his grandson Wolfgang,who performs a 'Ring ' every year.(complete name please) Ans:THE ROBERT WAGNER FESTIVAL at BAYREUTH quite a few got it though there were answers like Ocktober beer fest. 7.A native of Egypt this astronomer and geographer made his observations from Alexandria developing the theory first propounded by Aristotle that the earth is the centre of the universe.His work Amagest was considered gospel truth until debunked by Copernicus. Ans:PTOLEMY 8.Supermodel,born illegitimate to immigrants to Britain,sacked as ambassador of an animal rights group after posing in Milan swathed in fur.Fired by a top modelling agency after the boss described her as a "manipulative scheming,rude and impossible”woman. ‘Babywoman’ and ‘Swan’ were her first album & novel respectively. Ans:NAOMI CAMPBELL quite a few right answers 9..Greek goddess. She can run and fly at great speed. She is a constant companion of Athena , the daughter of Pallas and Styx and the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. She was represented as a woman with wings, dressed in a billowing robe with a wreath or staff .Roman name is Victoria . Ans:NIKE everyone got this with the Victoria clue 10.10.Dropped out of Harvard to hit the music trail with his banjo, becoming researcher at the Archives of American Folk Music at the Library of Congress.By 1941 his band the Almanac Singers were touring the US He composed his most famous song on the base of Cossack soldiers' songs and is called the "Tuning Fork of America".Recently awarded D.Litt by Rabindra Bharati University. Ans:PETE SEEGER 1. T. S. Eliot dedicated The Wasteland to Ezra Pound, 'il miglior fabbro'. Why, and what does the phrase mean? A. It's from Dante, and it means 'the greater craftsman'. Eliot had sent a draft of The Wasteland to Pound for review; the latter's comments and criticism (are supposed to have) resulted in it becoming a far better poem. Hence. Reuben sent in the following additional info (taken, no doubt, from his voluminous poetry files :-)): "The Italian quotation is taken from Dante's Purgatorio, XXVI, 17, in which Guido Guinizelli pays tribute to the Provengal poet Arnaut Daniel as a better maker of poems." 2. Sappho, Greek poet, 7th century BC. Famous for love poetry. Where did she live? A. The island of Lesbos. Sappho was a poet and philosopher who ran an academy which prepared young women for marriage. Her most passionate verse was addressed to her female students, hence our word lesbian. Yup, I just can't resist those word origins :-) 3. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's first book of poetry was called 'Sonnets from the Portuguese'. No, she wasn't Portuguese, nor were the poems translations. So tell me, why the name? (question shamelessly stolen from Anustup) A. Robert Browning's nickname for his wife was 'my little Portuguese', because she was dark. (I must say that this question provoked some _most_ interesting answers, which, out of charity to the answerers, I will not share with you). 4. What, in the world of literature, is the claim to fame of 'the man from Porlock'? (stolen not once, but twice: from DeMello (I/H Lit 95) and from Reuben (Malhar 96) ) A. Ah, thereby hangs a tale. For the fullest explanation, let me quote Coleridge's own lines on the composition of 'Kubla Khan': "In the summer of the year 1797, the author, then in ill health, had retired to a lonely farmhouse between Porlock and Linton, on the Exmoor confines of Somerset and Devonshire. In consequence of a slight indisposition, an anodyne [opium, most likely - ed.] had been prescribed, from the effects of which he fell asleep in his chair at the moment that he was reading the following sentence, or words of the same substance, in Purcha's Pilgrimage: 'Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be built, and a stately garden thereunto. And thus ten miles of fertile ground were inclosed with a wall.' The author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external sense, during which time he has the most vivid confidence that he could not have composed less than from two to three hundred lines; if that indeed can be called composition in which all the images rose up before him as things with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without any sensation or consciousness of effort. On awakening he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved. At this moment he was unfortunately called out by a person on business from Porlock and detained by him above an hour, and on his return to his room found, to his no small surprise and mortification, that though he still retained some vague and dim recollection of the general purpot of the vision, yet, with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images, all the rest had passed away like the images on the surface of a stream into which a stone has been cast, but, alas! without the after restoration of the latter!" And there you have it. Of course, if you want to know what the poem *really* means, and also who the 'person on business from Porlock' *really* was, you have only to read Douglas Adams' (truly amazing) book, 'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency' :-) 5. If syllabic verse counts syllables and ignores stresses, what verse form counts stresses and ignores syllables? A. This question stands cancelled on account of crass ignorance on the part of the quizmaster. The answer I was looking for was 'sprung rhythm', a la Gerard Manley Hopkins. But the truth is, sprung rhythm is merely a 'poetic rhythm designed to approximate the natural rhythm of speech and characterized by the frequent juxtaposition of single accented syllables and the occurrence of mixed types of feet' - although stress-counting is important, it's not necessary, nor even sufficient. Meanwhile, a lot of people answered 'accentual verse', which threw me off track at first, but I checked a dictionary of literary terms: 'accentual poetry': based on accent rather than on quantity or syllabic recurrence. Pretty unequivocal, if you ask me. 6. Identify the verse form: It was a weakness of Voltaire's To forget to say his prayers And one which, to his shame, He never overcame. A. It's a clerihew, named after E. Clerihew Bentley, the inventor of the form. Nuff zed. 7. Her CUTTY SARK, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie. -- from Tam O' Shanter, by Robert Burns. 8. This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHIMPER -- from The Hollow Men, by T. S. Eliot 9. Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the LIGHT FANTASTIC toe. -- from l'Allegro, by John Milton 10. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake THE DARLING BUDS OF MAY, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. -- from Sonnet 18, by William Shakespeare (the Man himself!) 1.4 singles,8 mixed doubles,9 doubles in the All England Badminton Championships.Also National Chess champion.He was knighted for his acheivements.Who?? This was Sir.Thomas of the thomas and uber cup fame.The thomas and uber cup is one of the most prestegious badminton tournaments(for those who did not know) 2.It was the first non-English film to be given permission to be screened at the Imperial Theatre at London.It ran full house and broke all the box office records.Just name the film. This is a film which you might have heard of.Did you watch it yesterday?Yes you guessed.Kuch kuch hota hai. 3.Years ago, Nicholas Von Schage, an athlete wished to test his strength.He indulged in the thievery of something and was punished by the church.What came about due to all this??? The story goes that he stole the church bells and hung it up on a rod and began excercising.This was the origin of the dumb bells. 4.What was the heaviest unit of weight used by the Greeks? Something that could be worked out.It was called Talent. 5.At the feast of Lupercal, runners not favoured were given the Digitus Impedicus.What did that mean? Digitus:related to numbers and also to fingers.Impedicus:related to something you do not like.Basically they were shown the middle finger and thus the origin of the middle finger for the 4 letter word. 6.Earlier this persons bands were called Indiana.They were then called Savage Encounter.Just name his present band. Remo and the Microwave Pappadams. 7.What connects Juno,Judith,Rachel and Pallas Anthena? These are the 4 queens on the playing cards. 8.The character of Dr.Alex in Phanthom comics is inspired by whom? It was inspired by Albert Schweitzer. 9.This game has attained major proportions in the UK and it is the only game to be sponsored by the Royal Navy.Which game? Well you may be a wee bit surprised.It is Kabaddi. 10.This word originally came about as a result of the fact that many items belonging to people were collected and put together with a note carrying the name of the owner and item and was put into the register.Which word? The word is prop.It cam from property. 11.What is old French for 'To build'? Easy one.Bastile. 12.What is HP's answer to Sun Microsystems' Java called? The funda is that Java is a kind of coffee.Sun called theirs chai. 13.Who is the author of De Belle Gallico, a precise account of wars in 51 B.C in Europe? The author was Julius Caeser.THe year 51 B.C was a major giveaway. 14.Justice once lived amongst men.Obviously disgusted she ran away and became what? She ran away and became the constellation Libra. 15.Roman myth:Who opens the gates of heaven daily for the Sun God to enter? The answer Aurora. 16.Which animal gets its name from Latin for earth because of the fact that it originally unearthed its prey from the earth? I should have said which breed of animal.Well it is the terrier dog from terra-the latin word for earth. 17.What did Christ ask St.Peter when he was fleeing Rome on the Appian way? He just said Quo Vadis. 18.The Tyrants War,The Teutonic Plague,The War of Survival.These were rejected.What was selected? These were the various names that the Time magazine considered before selecting the name World War II. 19.The last words of Martin Luther King,The Duke of Marlboro,John Churchill and Howard Williams -The Silent were the same.What were they? All of them said 'Yes' for some reason or the other and died. 20.In the US where would you find a pyramid with 13 steps,with an eagle opposite clutching 13 arrows,an Olive branch with 13 leaves and 13 berries and a shield in front of the berries containing 13 stripes? You would find it in the one dollar bill. 1. During one of their tours (to norway , i think) the Beatles had to replace Ringo who had fever . Instead a guy called Jimmy Nichols came in his place. As they toured ,the beatles were in the habit of asking jimmy how he was feeling, playing with the group. His answer always used to be the same which later was the inspiration behind one of the songs in the Sgt Peppers album. What was his answer (or the song)? Anyone who has heard the album has a good chance of getting it. Getting Better (now made famous by the philips commercial) 2. In the song 'I am the Walrus ' what is meant by Elementary Penguins? Hare Krishnas (followers of ISKCON) 3. John has said in interviews that the lyrics of this song were inspired by the 'Wool and Water' chapter in Lewis Carol's Through The Looking Glass, where Alice is taken down a river in a row boat by the Queen, who has suddenly changed into a sheep. Additional images of the song came from things like the plastic ties they wore on The Goon Show.What song?? (Clue : a very popular myth is attached to this song's title). Lucy in the sky with diamonds . Cracked by all and sundry. Basically the LSD myth assoc with it was wrong. Lennon clarified in a interview that it was named after a painting by his son julian 4.It's original working title was A Doll's House, which is the name of Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece play written in the 19th century. What? The White Album 5.There were 5 people whose faces had to be removed from The Sgt Peppers album cover. Leo Gorcey was removed because he requested a fee, and Elvis because it was thought that it will offend his fans.Who are the other 3? Gandhi, Hitler , Christ( 0.3 points for each) 6.connect the beatles and catscan . basically there are 2 answers .-- EMI for which the beatles recorded were also funding the research which led to the invention of the catscan. The other -- The beatles were earlier "the silver beetles " till john had an dream of a man on a flaming pie in the sky saying -- U will be the beatles with an 'A'. So the A was added . Catscan (whose full form i forget now) is now called CTscan i.e the A has been dropped. So the connection can also be the letter A 7. what is the name of the club in which the Beatles used to perform?(in Liverpool) Liverpool Caverns 8. Which is the only Beatles film to win an oscar? Let it be 9.For what specific reason did the Beatles receive their MBE's? Highest forex earners of britain 10. It started out as a campaign song for Timothy Leary when he considered a run for governer of California, under the banner phrase, __________. Lennon was asked to write the campaign song, but then the campaign fell apart due to Leary's legal troubles.Later this song was included in the Abbey Road album. Which song? (yeah ,it fills the blank too) Come together 11. Who is credited with suggesting the name 'The Beatles' ? if possible give the funda behind the name too. The funda which I have is that Stuart Sutcliffe the former beatle named it after some motorcycle gang in 'The wild ones' starring marlon brando . However I agree that there are many other stories about the origin of the name . I had a lot of people sayin that it was named after the BEAT generation and others who said that it was inspired the Crickets. so basically this question is scrapped. 1. LADY CAROLINE SAID ABOUT HIM - "MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW". CHARLES BABBAGE'S FATHER-IN-LAW. HIS FIRST NAMES ARE GEORGE GORDON. HIS BRAIN REPUTEDLY WEIGHED 82.25 OZ SAME AS THAT OF OLIVER CROMWELL. WHO? (Pretty workable!) ##Lord Byron 2. CONNECT SUBRAMANYA SWAMY AND SOMERSET MAUGHAM. ## No one attempted this one .. Scar face .. Subramanya Swamy - Chandralekha - acid on face - "the man with the scar face" - Somerset Maugham. This question sounds vague probably ... 3. FOR WHICH MOVIE IS THE AD THUS - ' WHERE WE ARE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES'? ## Quite a few got this one - "Congo" (*Most innovative ans - Kowshiks wrote Hum Saath Saath Hai*) 4. IN ADVERTISING, WHAT IS A KNOCKING COPY? (Knock-out question?!) ## An ad which criticises a rival's product (eg. sprite does to pepsi and coke) 5. IN STOCK EXCHANGE PARLANCE, WHO /WHAT IS A GUINEA PIG? ## A PERSON WHO ACTS AS COMPANY DIRECTOR IN RETURN FOR FEES. 6. WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE SEQUENCE … ANASTASIA, DRIZELLA ------- (nothing to do with Czars and fortune claims) ## Cindrella(Many got this one) 7. CONNECT DUSTIN HOFFMAN AND MANISHA KOIRALA. ## Dustin Hoffman - Oscar winning Kramer Vs Kramer - Akele Hum Akele Tum is loosely based on that film - Manisha Koirala 8. WHAT IS A DUTCH AUCTION? (Pretty workable) ## Given marks to anyone who has said "reverse auction". Here's what it actually is .. A Dutch auction is a special auction formated to handle a situation in which a seller has multiple, identical items that he/she wishes to sell. The seller specifies the minimum price [starting bid] and the number of items he/she has available to sell. Bidders can submit any amount at or above the minimum for a specified quantity they are interested in purchasing. The bid amount reflects what the bidder is willing to pay for EACH of the items. At the close of the auction, the highest bidders earn the right to purchase the items at the lowest successful bid. Bid amounts are for (each) item. Shipping is for (each) item. Alternatively, the Dutch Auction has been around for nearly a century, starting in Holland as an auction to sell tulips. The main principal of the Dutch Auction is that at set time intervals the sell price incrementally goes down until a bid is made. That first bid made is the winning bid. 9. CONNECT ANTHONY HOPKINS AND IAN WILMOT. (Expecting many hits ## Only 3-4 got this one - Lambs - Anthony Hopkins --> "Silence of the lambs" Ian Wilmot --> Cloning of the lamb Dolly 10. . "WHEN BRAHMA , OR THE GOD OF GODS, RESOLVED TO RECREATE THE WORLD AFTER ONE OF ITS PERIODICAL DISSOLUTIONS, HE GAVE BIRTH TO VISHNU, TO PRESIDE OVER THE WORK; BUT THE VEDAS OR MYSTICAL BOOKS WHOSE PERUSAL WOULD SEEM TO HAVE BEEN INDESPENSIBLE TO VISHNU BEFORE BEGINNING THE CREATION WERE LYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WATERS". WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THESE LINES? (Not what it seems) ## Only Kaushik Sundaram got this -- Moby Dick 11. WHICH FILM WAS DISMISSED BY THE CRITICS AS "YABADABADOO DON'T"? (Sitter #1) ## 95% hits-Flintstones - The movie 12. WHAT DID G.B.SHAW DESCRIBE AS " A PERPENDICULAR EXPRESSION OF A HORIZONTAL DESIRE"? (Not yawning) ## Think simple - Dancing 13. AN ALUMNUS OF BYROMJEE JEEJEEBHOY MEDICAL COLLEGE, PUNE, HIS FAMOUS ACTOR PRACTISED AT SASOON HOSPITAL. HE HAS AN EQUALLY TALENTED DAUGHTER WHO IS INSTANTLY RECOGNISED AS THE MOTHER OF ALL BOLLYWOOD HEROES. IN HIS YOUTH HE WAS A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MARATHI STAGE AND THEATER.. (Sitter #2) ## Dr. Shreeram Lagoo. 1) Star Cruises, the leading cruise line in Asia Pacific region recently > launched the Superstar Virgo cruises out of Singapore. Superstar Virgo is > the first cruise ship in the world to feature an Indian Restaurant. Name > the restaurant. Ans : The Taj ( Taj Mahal accepted ). ( 7 hits ). Best answer - Taj Samudra. > 2) ICICI is the first Indian Co to be listed in the NYSE. Only one other > Asian financial company has been listed in the NYSE. Name the company. Ans : Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi ( 2 Hits ). Was in the news recently with the ICICI listing on the NYSE. > > 3) Historians place the origin of this term to a secret society founded in > Italy to counteract the influence of French Angevins in the 13th Century. > The society's motto was " Death to the French is Italy's cry". Just name > the term. Ans : Mafia ( Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela ). While it may appear to be a kitchen question, based on the other origins of Mafia compiled by Suresh Ramasubramanian, you may wish refer to the book " The Killer's Game " by Jay R Bonansinga for more information ( 31 Hits ). > > 4) In which country is there a law that states " a man may be arrested for > wearing a skirt " ? Ans : Italy ( 1 Hit ). Most no of guesses for England. > > 5) We have all at some point of time or other seen the dog " Nipper ". > Where ? Ans : HMV Logo ( 32 Hits ) > > 6) Which actress posed for "Playboy" magazine in Jan 1995, 8 months before > her mother did likewise ? Ans : Drew Barrymore ( 3 Hits ). I guess the Playboy site has info upto 1996 only. > > 7) Which supermodel appeared with Hugh Grant in the film " Sirens " ? Ans : Elle Macpherson ( 12 Hits ) > > 8) Whose assasination in Sarajevo in 1914 trigerred World War I ? Ans : Archduke Franz Ferdinand ( 36 Hits ) > > 9)Which famous film character is known in Japan as " Mr Kissy Kissy Bang > Bang " ? Ans : James Bond ( 31 Hits ). The next most popular answer - Rajnikant. > > 10 ) The xylophone gets its name from the Greek word for the material it is > traditionally made from. What is it ? Ans : Wood > _________________________________________________________________________________________________ BRAND EQUITY 1. Which Engg. company advertises on cover page of Pune Telephone irectory - Kirloskar 2. Which French Tennis player launched a clothes brand and Invented Steel racket -- Lacoste 3. Which personal care product does Karishma Kapoor endorse- Dabur 4. Is there a Veg Pizza Hut rest. any where in the world Yes 5. If you forget a tootbrush which dept. will u call up in the hotel House keeping 6. What is the name of Chinese rest. In Holiday Inn Pune (reason for this question Holiday Inn was a sponsor) The Orient 7. Identify the car Honda Civic 8. Identify the controversial person Kishore Chabbaria 9. Identify the lady Sullaja Firodia 10. Identify the ad Liberty foot wear 11.showed a coke ad -- questions on it were what was being pushed , what was the color of cap, duration of ad , what is the band which was playing in the ad called 12. Showed a bird identify the bird and ad - Parrot and Canon 13.how did Rahul Dravid get the name jammy - his father worked in Kissan Foods 14. Who wrote - Losing my virginity 15.played a Billy joel song identified the model and which product she endorsed - Uptown girl was the song cosmetic company was Uptown cosmetic 16.Tangerine Blue , strawberry ...... - colors of Apple Imac 17. Which computer company starting with Z has a stock price of 70 today - Zenith 18. What was Standard Chartered Bank called when it started its operation in India - Chartered bank of India _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. What does RFC 1 describe? [if you know what an RFC is, you can make a fair guess] a. Host software / the architecture of the Internet Title: Host Software Author: Steve Crocker Installation: UCLA Date: 7 April 1969 Network Working Group Request for Comment: 1 I. A Summary of the IMP Software 2. In the movie "Taxi Driver" Travis Bickle (played by Robert deNiro) cruises the streets of New York with three handguns. Name all three. OK, OK, I'll be generous. At least two of them. :-) a. .44 Magnum, .38 Smith & Wesson, .25 Colt 3. After all this hype about the Phantom Menace - here's one about the original article - Star Wars. On what planet does Jedi Master Yoda train Luke Skywalker? [Hint - It is the name for a Buddhist monastery in some par ts of South Asia] a. Dagobah 4. One of my favorites - A character in Sir Walter Scott's "Guy Mannering" was a farmer who bred dogs. What modern breed of dog takes its name from this farmer? [[Hint - Gerald Durrell]] a. Dandie Dinmont 5. Now that Megawati Sukarnoputri is in the news, who flew her family out (on the special request of Nehru) when the Dutch colonists were trying to arrest them? a. Biju Patnaik 6. This old testament Villainess was killed by Jehu, and has been described as wearing makeup (or painting her face). This led to her name being commonly used to describe a woman with loose morals. Name her. a. Jezebel 7. Based on a novel by James A. Michener, this movie stars Marlon Brando as a war hero who falls in love with a Japanese actress. Just name it. a. Sayanora 1. What was the purpose of "EinsatzGruppen" ? Extermination of Jews. (It was the code name given for that) Lot of different phrases were sent in. 2. What do Olga Korbut, John Keats and Queen Victoria have in Common? There were all shorter than 60 inches(5 foot). 3. "He was Jeanne d'Arc, a saint, Like many martyrs, he held extreme views." Who was Ezra pound Describing? Adolf hitler. (Only one got it) 4. Which game is divided into "chukkers"? POLO ( many got it) 5. "Where there is no imagination, there is no horror'. Who wrote this and in which novel? Arthur Conan Doyle, A study in Scarlet. (Only one got AC Doyle ) 6. Who described nationalism as "The Measles of the Human Race"? Albert Einstein. (Only one got it) 7. Which Capital City is laid out in the form of an Aeroplane? Brasilia. ( Many got it) 8. What do you call a left hand page of a book? a Verso. (Only one got it) 9. Who wrote " The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n " ? John Milton in Paradise Lost. 10. By what common name is diacetylmorphine known? Heroin (Hema Malini in Mumbai)( Many got it) 11. For what crime was Socrates punished? For corrupting the youth of Athens with his preachings (No one got it) 12. What do you call an interval of 8 full tones? An Octave ( many got it. Some wrote Octet which is wrong) 13. Which Georgian became known as Uncle Joe? Joseph Stalin (A catchy one, many thought about Georgia in US. Only one got it) 14. The virgin Islands belongs to 2 countries. Name them. US and UK (Almost everyone got it) 15. Of which planet is Charon a satellite? Pluto ( Almost everyone got it) ********************************************** .SOCCER TRIVIA... Name the mongrel who found the Jules Rimet Trophy which was stolen from brazil in a London garden in March 1966, fortunately in time for the England Football Team to collect it some four months later. PICKLES 2.RUGBY...IN HONOUR OF ANAND SS Who was the schoolboy who is credited with inventing rugby when he picked up a football and ran with it in 1823? WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS after whom the rugby wc is named... 3.TENNIS... For which 1830's invention by Edwin Budding of Stroud should the organisers of the Wimbledon Tennis Champion-ships be heartily thankful? LAWN MOWER 4.KRIKET...EVEN AFTER INDIA LOST TO PAK... A small tribute to perhaps the greatest of all England's bowlers, Harold Larwood, who died in July. Apart from his bowling prowess, he was not a bad batsman. How many runs did he score in his final test match after being sent in as "night watchman"? 98 RUNS(v/s the aussies) 5.NOW WHATS THIS??? In which sport are players described according to their position on the field of play as "Attack", "Back Pockets", "Centres", "Crumbs Gatherer", "Followers", "Rover" and "Wings"? AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL(rugby doesnt get any points guys...sorry) 6.KRIKET NO 2... Who holds the record for taking one or more catch(es) in the maximum number of consecutive test matches? PJL DUJON(39 TESTS) THE FIRST AS A FIELDER AND 38 AS WK...he made his debut as a batsman and took a catch in his 2nd test...and was made wk in his 3rd test and took catches in 38 more tests... 7.AND NO 3... What is the claim to fame of W.Rhodes of England? HE HAS A TEST CAREER WHICH SPANS 31 YEARS WHICH IS THE LONGEST EVER(UPTO NOW) OR THAT HE WAS THE OLDEST TEST CRICKETER AT 52 YEARS... As i sent the addendum before i recd any replies i did not consider any reply regarding his batting at all positions...sorry guys 8.FINALLY SOMETHING ELSE...BASEBALL... Name the baseball star who earned around 3.8 million dollars in 1991 for the Los Angeles Dodgers and who signed for the San Francisco Giants in June 1994 after undergoing drug rehabilitation. DARYLL STRAWBERRY...tough one ...but i took a fancy to his name... 9.GOLF... What is the claim to fame of Peter Dawson and Phil Mickelson with regard to the Ryder Cup? THEY ARE THE ONLY LEFT HANDED GOLFERS TO HAVE PLAYED IN THE RYDER CUP 10.TENNIS TRIV...What was "rolled out" of Wimbledon and sent to Eastbourne? THE OLD COURT NUMBER 1 *********************************************************** 1.This software major started of as Software Develpment Laboratories and then changed its name to Relational Software Inc before taking its current name. Which is it?. (The founder is an ardent Zionist and his cat was named as Yithzak Rabin!!!) Oracle Corporation 2.At the same time as Relational Software Inc was working on its product there was another group of people working under the co name of Relational Technologies Inc (This was one reason the RSI changed its name) and developing a competing product which is the product?. Ingres (Led by Mike Stonebraker) 3.The keyboard is designed as QWERTY. Why not in the alphabetical order?. The keys are arranged in the order of the frequency of usage.In the days of the mechanical typewriter keys used to get jammed and in order to prevent it the most frequently used keys were kept far apart and the same pattern continues today. One of the quiznet member's contribution (Thanks a lot!!!) The QWERTY" typewriter keyboard work of inventor C. L. Sholes, When Sholes built his first model in 1868, the keys were arranged alphabetically in two rows. It did clash and jam when someone tried to type with it. But Sholes was able to figure out a way around the problem simply by rearranging the letters..The first typewriter had its letters on the end of rods called "typebars." The typebars hung in a circle. The roller which held the paper sat over this circle,and when a key was pressed, a typebar would swing up to hit the paper from underneath. If two typebars were near each other in the circle, they would tend to clash into each other when typed in succession. So, Sholes figured he had to take the most common letter pairs such as "TH" and make sure their typebars hung at safe distances. .He did this using a study of letter-pair frequency prepared by educator Amos Densmore, brother of James Densmore, who was Sholes' chief financial backer. The QWERTY keyboard itself was determined by the existing mechanical linkages of the typebars inside the machine to the keys on the outside 4." Leadership is all Hype. 20th Century produced three leaders _________, __________ and ______________. The destruction left by them is there for all to see" (Not exactly the same words) Who are the leaders and who has quoted the above?. Hitler, Mussolini and Mao and the person who quoted this is P F Drucker. Hitler is one nobody missed!!!!. And Manish is the sole hit as far as PFD is concerned. 5.The Insurance De-Regulation was passed in the 1999 winter session. The nationalisation of Insurance sector happened when a usual backbencher showed up the compliance of insurance cos in deploying the funds in dubious investments. This also lead to the resignation of the then finance minister (T T Krisnamachari). Who was the member?. (The irony is a family member of his now in LS supported the de-regulation of insurance sector) Feroze Gandhi.In one of the memorable performances in the Indian Parliament he demanded the nationalisation of Insurance sector resulting in acute embarassment to the ruling party. (Congress under Nehru). 6.What would be Barbie's measurements if she were life size?. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33 (No hits) 7.On which trophy are the following words inscribed " The Gentleman's Single Handed World Championship"?. Wimbledon Men's Single Championship 8. This famous pop icon attended the "first" match of Italia 90 Football world cup to watch her favourite player ?. Identify the Pop Icon and football player?. Maddona and the player Roberto Baggio of Italy. 9.What is the name considered by Bill Gates before settling on Microsoft?. Unlimited Limited Unicorporated Incorporated 10. What is unique about Teesra Rasta, Gwalior Suitings? (Media) The first serial and advertisement on Indian Televesion.(Three Hits) ******************************************************* 1. A Hard Day's Knight a. Sir Paul McCartney 2. The Horror, The Horror of his horrifying death * a. Col Kurtz (Apocalypse Now) or Kurtz (Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad) - these are his last words. 3. We make all the gadgets used by Wile E Coyote a. The Acme Company 4. This movie made Amitabh a Star and Rajesh Khanna a Superstar a. Anand (Dir. Hrishikesh Mukherjee) 5. Ennio Morricone's music always announces this anonymous hero. a. The Man With No Name (Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "Dollars" trilogy - A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly) 6. He owns the VVR Western Ghat Oil Company - but nobody wants his oil. a. P.Ramar Pillai (the scamster who claimed he could make petrol out of grass and herbs) 7. Gypsy guitarist didn't have two fingers on his playing hand. a. Django Reinhart 8. Darth Vader's voice says "This is CNN" a. James Earl Jones (also Mufassa's voice in The Lion King) 9. Bobby Kooka's Airborne King. a. The Air India Maharaja (created by maverick Tata exec SK 'Bobby' Kooka) who created several ads for Air India when he was alive (and Air India was still under the Tata Group and not nationalized - after which it has gone to the dogs) 10. Bellerophon's horse presented by Readers Digest. a. Pegasus (best ads award presented by Readers Digest) 11. You wouldn't want to treat Prince Vlad Tepes to a drink. a. Dracula 12. Obelix was impressed by her Nose. a. Cleopatra 13. The best actor of 1929 died in the arms of Jean Harlow. Rather a beastly question * a. Rin Tin Tin the dog 14. Sir Miles Messervy gives him orders, and Major Boothroyd gives him lots of gadgets a. James Bond 15. Narya the Wise is an expert in making fireworks. a. Gandalf (from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings) 16. She couldn't seduce Arjuna and so cursed him to become an Eunuch. a. Urvashi 17. John Hinckley tried to impress her by shooting Reagan. * a. Jodie Foster 18. His operation flooded India. a. Dr.Verghese Kurien (Amul, Operation Flood) 19. Who the hell composed the first Rock Opera? a. The Who / Pete Townshend (Tommy) 20. Mosaic meets Godzilla a. Mozilla (Netscape) 21. The Whole Woman followed the Female Eunuch. * a. Germaine Greer (her books) 22. Still Going Strong - since 1820. a. Johnny Walker scotch 23. He was hanged for murdering Ahmed Raza Kasoori. Log kehte hain woh bekasoor tha. a. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (people say he was innocent) 24. Dogs Bite, Bees Sting, She Thinks. a. Baroness Maria von Trapp (Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music") - the song "When the dog bites, when the bee stings, I think of a few of my favorite things ......" 25. Tombstone had enough tombstones for the Clanton brothers after this event. * a. Gunfight at the OK Corral 26. The White Star never expected she would go down. a. RMS Titanic 27. He counted on the sex life of rabbits to give him an idea. a. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) 28. Eccentric terrier keeps wickets * a. Jack Russell (Jack Russell Terriers / former England keeper) 29. This Indian chief inspires charging US Marines a. Geronimo 30. Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, Robert deNiro and Jodie Foster (debut). a. Taxi Driver (dir Martin Scorcese - *ing deNiro and Foster, another Hindi movie of the same name, *ing Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik) **************************************************** 1.Connect David Bowie, Guns N Roses and Snake Pit...complete fundasplease... OLA HUDSON who is the mother of SAUL HUDSON(slash) was the lover of daeid bowie who was also instrumental in slash taking up music and also getting into drug rehab...also slash played for GNR and his group is called SLASH'S SNAKEPIT... 2.What is the funda behind Metallica's first album being named "Kill EmAll"? there was a dispute between Metallica and the managers over naming the album which went on for a long time...this made metallica mad and so they decided to name it F*** THEM ALL...but since they didnt want it to be explicit they changed it to KILL THEM ALL... 3.The length of the Compact disc was changed from 60 minutes to 74 minutes during the design stage on the insistence of the head of the design team...Why?...again the complete fundas please... TO ACCOMODATE THE 9TH SYMPHONY OF BEETHOVEEN WHICH RUNS FOR 74 MINUTES EXACTLY...variations of the symphony get only 0.5 marks only...sorry... 4.FLYOD FANS...HERS ONE FOR YOU... In "The dark side of the moon" during the heartbeats after the song "Eclipse" there is a voice in the background which says "There is no dark side of the moon really...matter of fact, it's all dark" ...identify the voice... PAUL MCCARTNEY...yes it is true...hehehe...its the name of the irish doorman at the abbey park where the song was recorded...nice coincidence isnt it... 5.TITANIC MOVIE TRIV... What is technically wrong with the scene where Kate and LEo are making love in the car? THE CAR IS OF MODEL YEAR 1914 WHILE THE TITANIC SANK IN 1912..this was the answer that i was looking for but since i did not specify and the part about the wrong hand print being on the window was also verified ill grant a point for the hand print and 2 points for the car 6. OSCARS TRIVIA...which is the only sequel to win an oscar?THE easy...GODFATHER II 7.ACTORS... Who is the former wife of action man Steven Seagal who co-starred with him in the film "Hard to Kill" ? easy again...KELLY LE BROCK 8.I HAD TO GET IN SPORTS... Who is the only golfer whose life and career (up to when the film was made..ie he was alive at the time!) has been the subject of a Full-length feature film? tough one...no it is not tin cup...IT'S BEN HOGAN ("FOLLOW THE SUN" STARRING GLENN FORD) 9.THAT WOMAN LEE... When Pamela Anderson divorced Tommy, what did she have done to the tattoo of his name on her ring finger? CHANGED IT TO READ "MOMMY" hehehe... 10.In 1992 Whitney Houston's released the song"I Will Always Love You" ... Who wrote it? DOLLY PARTON wow... *********************************************************** Q1. Red Book, High Sierra, ISO 9660, CD-I. Clue : CD-ROM formats. ## Red Book - a standard for audio CDs. $$ XA. Q2. 100-meter dash, Long jump, Shot put, High jump, 200-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, Discuss throw, Pole Vault, Javelin Throw, 1500-meter run. Clue : Olympic Decathlon events. ## 200 meter dash. $$ 400 meter dash. Q3. Matthew, Mark, Patrick, John. Clue : 4 Evangelists - writers of the Gospels in the New Testament. ## Patrick $$ Luke Q4. Nicky(Conrad) Hilton, Michael Wilding, Michael Todd, Arthur Miller, Richard Burton, John Warner, Larry Fortensky. Clue : Elizabeth Taylor's husbands. ## Arthur Miller - Marilyn Monroe's husband (one of !) $$ Eddie Fisher. Nicky(Conrad) Hilton Jr. : hotel-chain heir : '49-'51 Michael Wilding : actor : '52-'57 Michael Todd : producer : '57-'58 Eddie Fisher : singer : '59-'64 Richard Burton : actor : '64-'74 and '75 John Warner : became US senator: '76- not sure. Larry Fortensky : trucker : '91-'96 Sorry Sunil, couldn't confirm whether Liz herself remembers all of the above :-)) Q5. USS Arizona, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Utah, USS West Virginia. Clue : US battleships SUNK by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour - Dec. 7, 1941. ## USS Maryland - damaged but not sunk. $$ USS Oklahoma. USS Arizona, USS California, USS Oklahoma, USS Utah, USS West Virginia - sunk. USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee - damaged. USS Nevada - beached and later salvaged. Q6. Janus, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Clue : Galilean moons of the planet Jupiter. ## Janus - Saturn's moon. $$ Io. Gautam Ghosh adds - The 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter were named after lovers of Zeus/Jupiter in Greek/Roman mythology. Janus was never a lover (hetero or homo) of Jupiter. Q7. Stage Fright, Dial M for Murder, Psycho. Clue : Hitchcock movies in which his daughter Patricia has made cameo appearances. ## Dial M for Murder. $$ Strangers on a Train. Q8. Clowder,Clutch, Clutter, Litter. Clue : Collective nouns for cats. ## Clutch - of chicks. $$ Cluster. Q9. HMS Agamemnon, HMS General, HMS Vanguard, HMS Elephant, HMS Victory. Clue : Ships under command of British admiral Horatio Nelson in various battles. ## HMS General. $$ HMS Captain. HMS Agamemnon : Battle of Toulon, Corsica. HMS Captain : Battle of Cape st. Vincent. HMS Vanguard : Battle of the Nile (Aboukir). HMS Elephant : Battle of Copenhagen. HMS Victory : Battle of Trafalgar. (At the battle of the Nile he lost an arm and his left eye) Q10. Lilliput, Blefuscu, Brobdingnag, Laputa, Glubdubdrib, Luggnag, Houyhnhnms, Lagado. Clue : The lands and people visited by Lemuel Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's novel - Gulliver's Travels. ( The odd one is the capital of the country, which completes the list) ## Lagado - capital of Balnibarbi. $$ Balnibarbi. Lilliput : a nation of 6-inch-high people. Blefuscu : a country of 6-inch-high people at war with Lilliput. Brobdingnag : a nation of 60-feet-tall giants. Laputa : a flying island inhabited by forgetful,scientific quacks. Glubdubdrib : a land of magicians and sorcerers. Luggnag : an island where the inhabitants, the Struldbrugs, live forever. Houyhnhnms : a nation where ratinal, intelligent horses rule over human-like Yahoos. Balnibarbi : the land of inventors and projectors; capital - Lagado. ************************************************************** Q1. As a singer, Kishore provided playback for many an actor. As an > actor, he was also provided the playback by others. But, this must be the > most unusual of those instances. Actor :Kishore; Playback : Asha Bhonsle. > Yes Asha Bhonsle. The immensely popular 'Piya Piya Piya, mora jiyaa > pukaare' by Kishore/Asha is from this movie. Ans: Song: Jaane bhi de chhod ye bahana, tere liye jiya hai deewana rut hai jawan pyaar kar le, yahi to hai pyaar ka zamaana Film: Baap re Baap > Q2. The film revolves around a house into which people keep moving > in and moving out of. In the current context the occupants are > Kishore Kumar, his father Nazir Hussain and his widowed and pregnant > sister-in-law Nirupa Roy. Kishore finds a book with a very nice poem in > it. To cheer up his sister-in-law he starts singing the poem. It > incidently happens to be describing a cute little child who would is > the apple of everyone's eye. > This is the only movie in > which Kishore Kumar starred with Dilip Kumar, though they never come > face to face. Also the only movie in which Dilip Kumar did playback for > himself. > Ans: Song: Munna bada pyara, ammi ka dulara > koyi kahe chaand, koyi aankh ka tara > Film: Musafir > Q3. 'Angoor' was not the only movie based on Shakespeare's 'Comedy > of Errors'. This movie made much earlier by Bimal Roy starred KK and > Asit in the double roles of the master and servant respectively. The > movie may not be very well known, but this song is still remembered as > one of KK's best songs. Lyrics by Gulzar add to the flavor. MD is > Hemant Kumar. KK is singing this song while wandering thru' woods > enjoying the breeze. Very complicated words by Gulzar. Basically > addressing the stranger's regards to the winds. Ans: Song: Hawaaon pe likh do hawaaon ke naam, ham anjaan pardesiyon ka salaam Film: Do dooni char > Q4. Take a bus. Fill it up with a group of young girls going to a > picnic. One of them should be the heroine. Now get a handsome young man, > our hero. Put him in and around the bus. What do we have here? A > potent mixture which invariably results in a song in Hindi movies. Make > the hero Vinod Khanna and heroine Shabana Azmi and we have the song in > this clue. Hero singing, heroine getting annoyed. This is a Kishore > solo. Vinod Khanna stars in a double role in the movie. Ans: Song: Chaahiye thoDa pyaar, thoDa pyaar chaahiye jaane man, gulbadan, meri baat maaniye Film: Lahoo ke do rang > Q5. Sunil Dutt and Shakeela are sleepless in their beds and > "indirectly addressing" each other from their respective rooms in this > Lata-Hemant duet. The MD of this film later teamed up with his younger > brother to form a popular MD duo. Ans: Song: ho, neend na mujhko aaye, dil meraa ghabraaye chupke - 2, koi aa ke soyaa pyaar jagaaye Film : Post Box No 999 MD : Kalyanji Virji Shah > Q6. The first dream sequence in Hindi films. This sequence is a pair > of songs, the first song is fast and violent sung by Manna Dey and Lata > (one of my favorite MD songs) the second is soft and melodious by Lata. > It features Raj Kapoor and Nargis. Both the songs must be mentioned. > Ans: > ( Actually, It should be three songs. > > 1. Tere bina aag yeh chandni tu aaja-- Lata > 2. Yeh nahin hai zindagi > --- Manna Dey > > 3. Ghar aaya mera pardesi > --- Lata ) > Songs: 1. Tere binaa aag yeh chaandni, tu aajaa > 2. ghar aayaa meraa pardesi, pyaas bujhi mere akhiyan > ki > > Movie : Awaaraa > > Q7. Music by Ravindra Jain in an Amitabh starrer !! This Asha solo is > filmed on Padma Khanna.( Name the film & the song ) > ans: Song: sajnaa hai mujhe, sajnaa ke liye > Movie : Saudagar > Q8. Who says "Jalte hai jiske liye" is the only telephone song ? And > this one is not even a local call. Wahida Rehman gets to hear her > husband's voice from Kathmandu quite by accident. If I tell the husband's > name, it will be a give away. Music is by RDB and the lyricist is Anjaan. > ans: Song: jidhar dekhooN, teri tasveer nazar aati hai > Movie : Mahaan > Singer : Amitabh Bachchan > > Q9. This song topped the Binaka charts in 1957 (?), is one of those > many songs where Rafi displayed his voice adaptation for a particular > actor. Yes ! The comedy champion Johny Walker. OPNayyar is the MD. It's a > duet with Geeta Dutt. Name the song & the movie. Ans: Song : ai dil hai mushkil jeenaa yahaaN, ..., ye hai Bombay meri jaaN Movie : C.I.D. ( Many people replied with "Jaane kahan Mera Jigar Gaya ji" , but I suppose year given could be a clue. ) > Q10. This song is a regular in Srilanka Broadcasting Corporation's (for > the old-timers, Radio Ceylon) morning transmission. The heroine is Meena. > She works in hero Motilal's office. In this song all the employees are > freaking out in the Boss's (Motilal's) abscence. The film is a light > comedy/thriller. The heroine gets falsely implicated of a > murder and is on the run for most of the movie. The director is Roop > Shorey, who subsequently married the heroine. The song has three singers, > including Rafi. who had a few lines. The MD is vinod and the lyricist is > Aziz kashmiri, if that helps. > ans: Song: lara lappa, laar lappaa, layi rakh daa > aaDi tappa, aaDi tappa layi rakh daa > Movie : Ek thi LaDki ********************************************************** 1. All of us have heard of Niradh Chowdhury. What is Nirodh Chowdhury's claim to fame in Indian cricket ? #Only Sreeram got this.Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury was the 1st(?) Bengali cricketer to play for India.A slow medium-pacer, played just 2 tests in 1948-49 series against visiting West Indies team & took just one wicket.He is mostly remembered for running out Everton Weekes who was on 90 & was well on his way to his 6th consecutive century.He had scored 128,194,162 & 101 in the previous 2 tests.Against England in the last test of the series he had got a 100. 2. West Indies tour of India 1984-85.Indian 1st innings.1st ball of Malcolm Marshall.Sidhu lbw.2nd ball- Vengsarkar out caught in the slips.Who averted the hat-trick ? # Sunil Gavaskar.Kapil dropped him down the order(Calcutta revenge ?) & Gavaskar responded with 236* a record still unsurpassed by Indian batsman.Had Kapil not declared for some inexplicable reasons,Sunny would have got a triple & Kirmani his 100.Marshall's 1st victim was Gaekwad & not Sidhu as i said in the question. 3. Adam Gilchrist's 154* is the highest score by a wicket-keeper in any ODI.Who holds the record in a world cup match ? # David Houghton's 142 against NZ in the 87 WC was the commonest answer.How could u forget Ragul Dravid's magnificent knock of 145 against SL at Taunton in the recent WC.He kept wickets throughout the innings. 4. Which current Indian cricketer's family business is Shikakai(soapnut) products ? # Only Shyam & Lahar got this. Javagal Srinath. 5. His middle name is Chandidas.He shares his birthday with Jyoti Basu. Which Indian cricketer ? # Saurav C Ganguly! Everyone got this.But Soumyadeep had this to say - "I would like to make a point on question 5 in your quiz.You obviously have Saurav Ganguly in your mind.And cricinfo will also tell u that Maharaj's middle name is Chandidas. As a friend of Sourav,may i insist that Chandidas happens to be Maharaj's father's name, and Bengalis do not have a practice of including their father's name as their middle name. Maharaj's fullname, therefore, is simply Sourav Ganguly.So you may remove that Chandidas aspect when you send out your answers". Sourav, are u on the net to clarify ?! 6. A dedication question to my favourite cricketer : In 87 WC match against West Indies he scored a 50 & also claimed 3 wickets for 12 runs & was Man of the match. Who ? I am not very sure whether it was a wc match.but it was against WI during 86/87. # Azhar, 54* & 3/19 vs Aus in the 87 WC.Junta got this after the correction in the question. 7.In the 1975 World cup match against England,an Indian Batsman batted through full 60 overs to score so little.Now he is a reputed commentator & great thinker of the one day game! In the same match Chris Old a non-regular batsman scored 50 in 30 balls! Now my question is, who was the highest scorer for India & how much did he score ? # Gundappa Vishwanath scored 37 8.A repeat! Zaheer Abbas had made a big hundred & was 190 + . All the Indian bowlers had given up & Gavaskar tried his gentle medium pacers & got his 1st & only wicket in tests when Zed was caught behind. Simple question : who was the wicket-keeper ?! # I made hajjar mistakes here thanks to Dunlop cricket book published by DOB's "Big Ideas" which i had read in school! Check out Vishwanath's section.After checking the authentic sources i found that it was Chetan Chouhan who took the catch & Zaheer was on 96..Faisalabad test during 78-79 ? Any way, i gave points to everyone. 9.Jassu Patel was the 1st indian bowler to get 9 wickets ( 9/69 ? ) in an innings? Who got the other wicket ? # All the toppers said Chandu Borde. I wan't sure of this! Sreeram adds : " Patel took 5 in the 2nd innings & Umrigar took 4.Who took the other wicket ? No one.Australia batted one man short! Sandhu took the other one for Kapil's 9/83.Who took the 10th when Gupte took his 9/102 ?( I don't know :) ) " . I know :).It will be the 1st question in my next quiz! 10.What was special( not tragic or heroic, but special in the cricketing sense ) about Tendulkar's century against Kenya in the 1999 world cup ? I am not looking for any thing related to his dad's death. #His only hundred as a middle-order batsman.His previous best( Sreeram thinks ) was 91 against England at Sharjah in Nov,97. I have also given points for other statistically correct answers like he equalling Mark Waugh's record of 3 hundreds in World cup's etc.. *********************************************