08:08:08 - II

With all the fakes not withstanding at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, its been absolutely fabulous spectacle so far, with Michael Phelps burning the pool with his heroics, Usain's thunderBOLT, Abhinav Bindra giving India its first individual gold, English cycling team getting its first gold in 100 years, and a heartbreak for the Chinese with the pulling out of Liu Xiang... Applying brakes to my short Olympics review...Let me put forward to you the second installent of my Olympic special quiz.
Enjoy!!!




1. In the 1980 Moscow Olympics, A defeated B in B's favourite event, but soon B extracted revenge by defeating A in his favourite event. Id. both.

A:


B:



2. He became the first Korean gold medallist when he won at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but had to run under the Japanese flag as they were ruled by them, To add insult to the injury he had to adopt a Japanese name. However, further humiliation followed when the Japanese flag was raised and the Japanese national anthem was played at the medal ceremony. The fervent nationalist that he was, and fellow a fellow Korean, who finished third, bowed their heads in silent protest. In recognition of his achievement in becoming the first Korean to win an Olympic medal, he carried his national flag at the opening ceremony of the 1948 Games in London, the first attended by an independent Korea. And in 1988 he brought tears to the eyes of his nation when, as a 76-year-old, he brought the Olympic flame into the stadium to open the Seoul Games. Identify the great.


3. Identify this six time Olympic champion, Italian legend :




4. He was a member of the Hungarian shooting team in 1938 when, while serving as a sergeant in the army, a defective grenade exploded in his right hand - his pistol hand -and shattered it completely. After spending a month in the hospital, he secretly taught himself to shoot with his left hand. The following year he won the Hungarian pistol shooting championship and was a member of the Hungarian team that won the automatic pistol event at the world championships. The next two Olympics, in 1940 and 1944, were cancelled because of war, but in 1948 he qualified for the Hungarian Olympic team in the rapid-fire pistol event. He was 38 years old. Before the competition, the favorite, world champion and world record holder, Carlos Enrique Díaz Saenz Valiente, asked him why he was in London. to which he replied, "I'm here to learn." He went on to win the gold medal and beat the world record by ten points. During the medal ceremony, Valiente, who finished second, turned to him and said, "You have learned enough." Four years later in Helsinki, He successfully defended his Olympic title to become the first repeat winner of the rapid-fire pistol event. Identify the legend.


5. A and B are the movies celebrating the lives of two legendary atheletes. A is dedicated to the life of X and B to the life of Y. Id. X and Y.

A:


B:



6. He was a three time Olympic champion at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and due to the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics he couldnt add to his medals tally. However, between 1977 and 1986, he won 61 consecutive finals at 1,500m. Then, at the 1986 world championships, he finished only fourth, and at the 1987 European Championships, he did not even qualify for the final. Unfazed by the setbacks and trained by his wife, he mounted a comeback aimed at the 1988 Olympics. Little was expected of him, but in the 1,500m final he surged into the lead after 675m and went on to accompolish a dramatic victory. At 11:30 that night, after all the photographs had been taken and all the interviews and ceremonies were over, he walked into the cafeteria at the Athletes' Village to grab a late snack. There were more than 250 athletes and coaches in the room, representing a variety of nations and sports. As word spread that he had entered, the athletes and coaches spontaneously stopped eating and gave him a standing ovation. Id. him?


7. Identify this unarguably India's best hurdler, and flag bearer at the one of the Olympics.



8. To end it with a sitter:

A:



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B:



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C:



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08:08:08

Today the XXIX Olympics are declared open, with an exceptional opening day ceremony. Some mindblowing fireworks and some splendid performances, which got me all pumped up to come up with this Olympic special, a quiz to check your OQ i.e Olympic Quotient. For the obvious reasons, I decided to put in eight questions (as of now), so here they are and I declare the Quiz Open :) Enjoy!


1. Whats the context:



Hint:




2. The devout Christian that he was, he didnt run the 100m sprint of the 1924 Olympics, his favourite event as the final was on a sunday interfering with the Sabbath, instead he focussed on the 400m event. On the day of 400 metres race came, and as he went to the starting blocks, an American masseur slipped a piece of paper in his hand with a quotation from 1 Samuel 2:30, "Those who honor me I will honor". He ran with that piece of paper in his hand. He not only won the race, but broke the existing world record .
Quite aptly on his epitaph its written : "They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary.",lines from the book of Isaiah. Identify the athelete.


3. Connect the two and put the context (All clues in the pics):





4. In the Sydney Olympics each ahelete was given 51 condoms on arrival, another 20,000 were ordered when the supply dwindled, in Athens also similar arrangements were made as well as the Beijing Olympics on a related note...These kind of arrangements lead to some obvious liaisons and some 'Olympic moments',He consider himself a product of one such 'Olympic moment' His mom and dad both represented their countries at the 1972 Munich Olympics. In his own words : "During the hostage standoff, there was a lockdown at the Games Village. No newspapers. No TV. No radio. No leaving the room. Nothing to do. Well almost nothing. So I guess there was me". Identify.


5. Identify them and their immortal contribution to Olympics.






6. That his mother Evelyn Lawler was a former Olympian who competed in Helsinki Olympics in the 80m hurdles; that his sister was a long jumper and held two national records during her prime, becoming a TV broadcaster after retirement; that he was drafted as a wide receiver in the 12th round of the 1984 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys but he did not play; that a formula 1 driver is named after him. These are some of the ascertained facts about whom?


7. If three people made up an exhaustive list, and two of them are the people in the visuals below, who is the third? Explain the context too.






8. Arguably India's best hope for an Olympic gold in an individual event. Identify.






Answers:

1.Quoting wiki:
The movie "Freedom's Fury" was based on the historic "Blood in the water match", water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and is arguably the most famous match in water polo history. The name was coined by the media after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged from the pool during the last two minutes in the game with blood pouring from under his eye after being punched by a Soviet player.

The guy in the hint is Mark Spitz (of course), he was the narrator of the movie and coincidentally he was coached by Zador early in his career.

The bleeding face of Zador has been beautifully depicted in the movie poster.



Original movie poster:



2. Eric Liddle, who was one of the two main protagonists of the movie "Chariots of Fire", the other being Harold Abrahams.

3. Yang Tae Young
Paul Hamm

An error from judges denied Young the gold at the 2004 Athens Games, and instead Hamm was declared the winner, after several appeals the case was finally solved in the Court of Arbitration for Sports, which gave the verdict that even though Young was the rightful winner, but the result can't be reversed and so he had to remain content with the bronze.

4. Leander Paes, whose mother Jennifer Paes and father Vece Paes represented India in the Basketball and Hockey resp. at the '72 Munich Games.

5. Theodore Lewald
Carl Diem

They pioneered the trend of Olympic torch relay at the '36 Berlin Olympics, which has continued ever since.

6. Carl Lewis (who else!)

7. The first two people are Laszlo Papp and Teofilo Stevenson so the third guy would be Felix Savon,they are the only three boxers in the history of modern Olympics to win three consecutive boxing gold medals.

8. Henry Rebello, the triple jumper who was highly rated going into the '48 London Games but injury forced him to withdraw in his first attemp itself, and with it India's hopes were dashed to be fulfilled only 60 years later!

Minding other's Bizznessess!

Heres my first attempt at a biz quiz, and since its my first venture into business quizzing therefore, I humbly apologise for any shortcomings. Your comments/views/reviews/criticism about this post will be invaluable to me. 'Nuff said, lets get to the real stuff. Happy Quizzin.

Mail me your comments/views/reviews and of course answers to manazir.wasi@gmail.com or leave them as comments.



Q1. He is the majority shareholder of the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH (i.e. Moet Hannesy Luis Vuitton)
Some of the brands that he owns include:

Guerlain
Dom Perignon, Krug and Moet & Chandon champagnes
Hennessy and Hines cognacs
Louis Vuitton and Loewe luggage
Givenchy perfumes and cosmetics
Make up forever cosmetics
Fendi
Chaumet jewellery
Zenith watches
Thomas pink
Donna Karan fashion lines and many more...

Identify this king of luxury?


Q2. About how this cult ad happened to Ellen Feiss, she has this to say:
I'm friends with Hamilton the son of the director, Errol Morris. I went with him after school, him and two of my friends. We didn't think we were going to make ads; we were just going to get the free set food. So we go there, and they're like, "We need a couple more people, so I guess the three of you can make ads." So we all made ads, and me and Hamilton's got picked. I had no idea I was going to do it until I got there.
She gained so much popularity after this ad that Jay Leno and David Letterman sent invitations to her for their shows.

Which legendary ad is being talked about here?


Q3. This tycoon is a dyslexic, which resulted in poor academic records, in contrast with excellent performance in sports as a student, yet by the age of fifteen he had started two ventures that eventually failed. At the age of 17 he had started his first charity. The group he founded has now an astonishing 300 companies under it. In a recent survey his company was ranked only behind IKEA in a list comprising brands that had the biggest impact on the life of Europeans. Identify him?


Q4. The ingenuity of this ad caught my attention, Tell me which restaurant is being advertised here?




Q5. He grew up as an orphan. By the time he reached the age of 3 both his parents had passed away.He has a special liking for luxury yachts, some of the big ones associated with him are Eclipse, Pelorus, Le Grand Bleu and Sussurro. In his collection there is a Ferrari FXX, a $2.2 million dollar race-only car, of which only 30 were built. In 2004 he showed interest in buying the football club CSKA Moscow, but due to a UEFA ruling he had to abandon his plans. Who is this rags to riches story? Also explain why was he denied the takeover of CSKA Moscow.


Q6. Identify the beautiful young entrepreneur and the thing she is holding (a sitter).




Q7. This brand went defunct within a year of its inception, the theories/reasons as to why it failed so miserably range from being the wrong thing at the wrong time to being too big when small was in to its poor design. There is a fair bit of history behind its name too, its parent company hired advertising firm Foote, Cone and Belding to come up with a name. However, to the companies amusement the advertising agency, came up with over 6,000 possibilities. The company even dispatched employees to stand outside movie theaters to get audiences views but they reached no conclusions. Even a poet was invited, but to no avail. Which brand is being talked about?


Q8. Identify and connect these pics(put fundae):








Q9.Born to an Armenian immigrant fruit farmer he dropped out of school in eighth grade, he became a fairly skilled amateur boxer under the tutelage of his older brother, went on to train U.S. and British fighter pilots during WWII. Now he is one of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, with an estimated wealth of $18 billion he may also be the most private. He almost never gives interviews and seldom appears in public. Even though his charitable foundation has dispensed more than $200 million and a school,he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor. In 2007 he made an unsuccessfull $4.58 billion bid for the Chrysler Group, the U.S. arm of Daimler-Chrysler.
Identify.


Q10. Who/What connects these(Explain each pic):







Hint (if you still need it!):



Answers:

1. Bernard Arnault
heres the man:



2. Apples's Switch campaign. which made her a star overnight with invitations from Jay Leno and David Letterman, which she both declined.

The Ad:



3. Sir Richard Branson

4. Civet in Bangalore
Original ad:




5. Roman Abramovich, was denied the takeover of cska moscow because according to the uefa rules a person can't own two clubs at the same time.

6. She is MIT alumnus Gauri Nanda of the clockie (thats what she is holding) fame, which got her an Ignobel for economics as according to the awarding committee her device would make people wake up early, so that they can go to work on time and hence works towards a better economy...nice logic that!, nowadays she is marketing her fabulous product, which she had originally invented for personal use. (sadly and surprisngly the question went uncracked!)

7. Ford's Edsel there's an interesting story that goes with it:
In May 1958, then Vice President Richard Nixon was on a trip to Peru, riding in an Edsel convertible, where he was pelted with eggs and tomatoes by demonstrators. Nixon later joked: "They were throwing eggs at the car, not me."

8. The first pic is of Experience Music Project building owned by Paul Allen where he showcases his vast collection of music memorabilia, largely consisting of stuff belonging to Jimi Hendrix.

The second pic is of Guggenheim museum, bilbao, spain it prominently featured in a song from Rajnikant starrer Sivaji.

The last pic is of LVMH's building.

All of these masterpieces have been designed by the legendary Frank Gehry, that was the connect I was looking for.

9. Kirk Kerkorian



10. The connection is Mohammed Al Fayed.
heres the explaination:

The first pic is of Harrods, London owned by him.
The second pic is of the entrance of pont d'alma tunnel, where his son Dodi al Fayed tragically crashed to death with princess diana of course!
The third pic is the cover of Punch magazine also called the London Sharivari, which he bought in 1996 in order to revive it.

The pic in the hint is of Roy Hodghson the present coach of EPL team Fulham FC, also owned by Mohammed al Fayed.

Sporty Issues

Heres my first sports special quiz, Enjoy:

Q1. Identify these mascots and connect:










Q2. Identify and Connect:








Q3. Identify these dudes and Connect:








Q4. Connect:










Q5. To end it with a sitter:
This giant prison complex was built in 1864 and was given the name Schaellemaetteli, meaning 'the little field of bells' in Swiss German, because prisoners who were sent to work in nearby fields had to wear bells around their necks in order to prevent them from escaping. But the prison, which is located in the heart of Basel, was closed down in 2004 because the conditions in the 114 cells breached the standards required by the European Convention on Human Rights. The building then became a location for artists, being used as a theatre and a film set. Now the Swiss authorities have decided to reopen it. Just tell me why?






Answers:
1. These are the mascots of Mohan Bagan, Manchester United and Barcelona FC resp.
and the connection is that these are the only three clubs in world to have launched a co-branded credit card
in their name.

2. These are the pics of Daphne Ackhurst and Norman Brookes resp.
The Australian Open trophies are named as
Daphne Ackhurst Memorial Cup (women) and
Norman Brooks Challenge Cup (men) in their honour.
So the connection was Australian Open.

3. These are the pics of Gerhard Rach and Stephan Constantine resp.
and the connection is Gerhard Rach was the first foreign coach of Indian National Hockey team during the same time as Constantine was managing the Indian National Football Team, and it was for the first time ever that two foreigners were at the helm. ...bit weird Q!!!

4. These are the logos of Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox and Miami Heat resp.
and the connection is Michael Jordan, heres how:
Jordan played majority of his career with the Bulls.
After his brief first retirement from NBA he went to play for Chicago White Sox.
Miami Heat retired jersey no 23 in his honor event hough he never played for them.

5. It has been reopened to imprison the hooligans during the Euros 2008. (almost universally cracked!)

Current Affairs

Here is the third post of my quiz series, since my semesters are approaching so I couldnt put many questions in this post so I am putting a meagre 5 questions...Hope u enjoy...Happy Quizzing.




1. This sculpture was created by Dustin Shuler in 1989 and it is situated in Berwyn, Illinois. It was also featured in the movie Wayne's World. The sculpture is available for purchase in an eBay auction with a starting bid of $50,000.
Just name this structure.



A. Spindle


2. He was a champion steeplechaser of the 1950s and 60s, remembered for his long, loping strides, he retired from army as a Naib Subedar, and when he returned back to his village in Morena, Madhya Pradesh after retirement, found to his shock that he had been cheated out of his inheritance in the years he was away in the army .This turned him into a 'baaghi' and in search of his revenge he became a dreaded dacoit of the Chambal Valley. To many he and his aides were the modern day Robin Hoods, who robbed the rich to help the poor. Now UTV Films is making a movie on him with Irfan Khan being roped in to play the lead. Who was this personality?

A. Pan Singh Tomar


3. He gave names to some entities which are still subjects of great research. He once stated about his meeting with Neils Bohr and Albert Einstein that Bohr had intended to spend the time arguing with Einstein about quantum theory 'but he spent more time talking to me then Einstein'. Identify this genius, also name atleast one entity that he gave name to.



A. John Wheeler (He gave names to Black holes and Wormholes)


4. Recently Netherland government conferred a big honour by releasing postage stamps priced at Euro 44 cents each on him. With such a distinguished honour he has perhaps become the first living Indian to have been bestowed with such an honour. A Dutch magazine by the name 'Den Haag' also put the postage stamp on its cover page. Identify this personality.

A. Manoj Tiwari (He pipped Hari Prasad Chawrasiya to the post)
and here is the stamp:




5. To end it with a sitter. Identify this love-hate figure.



A. Biranchi Das

Spectrum 2008

Spectrum is the annual quizzing fest of DCE, as usual it was a great quizzing extravaganza with lots of good questions both in prelims as well as the finals, the prize money was decent too...so here is my attempt to put some ques that I remember....ENJOY



Q. This brand was named after an enzyme which helps the body to digest the food. It was named so because the company claimed that their product is helpful in digestion, which brand?

A. Pepsi (named after the enzyme pepsin)


Q. Name the Pulitzer prize winning only Roman Catholic president of the US?

A. John F. Kennedy


Q. This coffee brand was named after a Yemenese port which used to be at the centre of coffee trade in the 14th and 16th century. Name the brand?

A. Coca


Q. Name the Greek god who gives justice to those wronged?

A. Nemesis


Q. In professional wrestling, there are some wrestlers who are always loved by the audiences and are treated as heroes where as some are villains, what is the official term for these heroes and villains?

A. Faces and Heels


Q. Which airline is the official carrier of Santa Claus?

A. Finn Air


Q. What does 'ibibo' stands for?

A. I build i bond


Q. Connect Shinkasen, TGV, HSL, AVE?

A. All fastest trains of their time


Q. Which couple is known as 'Miss Pinky and Mr. 10%'?

A. Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari


Q. Who wins when an elephant and a donkey fights?

A. American President


Q. Which recently launched website uses the Chinese symbol 'yin and yang' as its logo?

A. sulekha dot com


Q. Recently Overdrive magazine has signed a deal with a famous brand to bring out a new magazine. Name the brand?

A. Cricinfo


Q. Connect Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut?

A. All owned by Yum Brands


Q. 'Zabibah and the King' is the book authored by whom?

A. Saddam Hussein


Q. Which Indoseian airline established in 2000 is named after a Hindu mythology character?

A. Jatayu


Q. Connect ketoconazole, zinc pyrithione and selenium sulfide?
[Hint: You find them in bathroom]

A. Antidandruff components of shampoo



Q. Its members include Susmit Sen, Asheem Chakravarthy, Amit Kilam, Rahul Ram....recently a documentary on them called 'Beware Dogs' was shown in Rotterdam. Name the group?

A. Indian Ocean


Q. Identify the country from its everchanging flag?








A. Zaire