Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Monday, February 13, 2012

311.

X is a game developed by Tribal DDB with support from Google. X is based on Y,one of the most famous games of all time. X was launched on September 9, 2009 and unfortunately had to be shut down on December 9, 2009.The objective of X is simple. Become the richest property magnate in the world!!! Players start out with 3 million virtual dollars to purchase properties and buildings. Cash inflow comes in only at 12:00 AM UTC on each day that a player logs in, creating an incentive for daily play. If a player does not log in for two weeks, the virtual bank will repossess all of the player's properties and buildings.Since its launch on September 9, 2009, the game has had severe web server problems due to the huge number of people trying to access the website and create accounts at once. This has resulted in the site continuing to be temporarily unavailable or sluggish for most visitors.As a game that gets played on real world streets, the map becomes an important part of the game so for this, both Google Maps and Open Street Map are used!!!
Now Id X and Y

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Sunday, December 25, 2011

296.

Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary or Sudhir Kumar Gautam was born in 1983 in Muzaffarpur in Bihar. He trained as a teacher and took up a job with Sudha Dairy in Muzaffarpur, but he is currently unemployed. He quit his job in 2003 to bicycle all across the nation and indulge in his "passion and religion" as he puts it. Every year from 2004, he sends 1000 litchis to X as a token of gratitude for helping him achieve his passion. He shot to fame in 2011 for holding something along with X.


A picture of Sudhir Kumar Gautam.

Identify X.

Friday, December 16, 2011

293.

This particular incident has never happened in International Cricket, even though the Laws of Cricket permit it. There have been only five instances of this particular incident in First Class Cricket history. The Law 31.1a states allows the occurance of this particular incident.

1. Andrew Jordaan - Eastern Province v Transvaal at Port Elizabeth in 1987–88

2. Hemulal Yadav - Tripura v Orissa at Cuttack in 1997

3. Vasbert Drakes - Border v Free State at East London in 2002

4. AJ Harris - Nottinghamshire v Durham UCCE at Nottingham in 2003

5. Harold Haygate – Sussex v Somerset at Taunton 1919.

Identify the incident.

Friday, December 2, 2011

288.

Thiis is the cover of the album "News and Tributes" by the English rock band "Futureheads" released on May 29, 2006. The band is based in Manchester, England.



To what is the name of the album a dedication to?

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

287.

This incident has occurred only three times in Cricketing History.

This occurred for the first time during 1894-95 Ashes Series when England visited Australia at SCG Stadium, Sydney, in the first test. The captain of Australia was Jack Blackham who was also their wicket-keeper. The English captain was Andrew Stoddart. The English Team scored 762 runs totally in both their innings, while the Australians scored 752 succumbing to a defeat by 10 runs. Bobby Peal and Johnny Briggs, the English pace duo, were literally unplayable on the last day of the game and got the Australians out quickly.

The second time this incident was repeated was during the 1981 Ashes Series in the third test at Edgbaston when the Australian team captained by Kim Hughes visited England. Ian Botham who had just been replaced by Mike Brearley as the English Captain was the star for England in this match. He scored 149 runs in the second innings helping England reach 356 in the second innings. The Australians were all out for 111 with Bob Willis picking up 8 wickets. England won this match beating Australia comprehensively by 18 runs.

Now tell me what is this incident I am describing and when did this happen for the third time??

Sunday, October 23, 2011

282.

In 1996, there was a massacre at Dunblane Primary School at the Scottish town of Dunblane. The perpetrator, an unemployed shopkeeper named Thomas Hamilton after killing sixteen school children and a teacher committed suicide by shooting himself dead. The list of the victims

  1. Victoria Elizabeth Clydesdale (5)
  2. Emma Elizabeth Crozier (5)
  3. Melissa Helen Currie (5)
  4. Charlotte Louise Dunn (5)
  5. Kevin Allan Hasell (5)
  6. Ross William Irvine (5)
  7. Mhairi Isabel MacBeath (5)
  8. David Charles Kerr (5)
  9. Brett McKinnon (6)
  10. Abigail Joanne McLennan (5)
  11. Megan Turner (5)
  12. Hannah Louise Scott (5)
  13. Joanna Caroline Ross (5)
  14. John Petrie (5)
  15. Sophie Jane Lockwood North (5)
  16. Emily Morton (5)
  17. Gwen Mayor (45)

A World famous sportsperson , attending the Dunblane Nursery School then, survived this attack. In his autobiography he recounts that, he had trouble coming out of the shock of the massacre and he took cover under the benches. He says that his mother actually gave the murderer lifts in her car.

Identify the survivor.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

276.

X was a sporting genius whose passions were football and alcohol. People who saw X play allege that he is even greater than Pele or Maradona. He is known for his dribbling skills. One month before the 1958 World Cup finals started, X scored one of his most famous goals, in Italy versus Fiorentina when he beat 4 defenders and the goalkeeper, and then when faced with an open goal, rather than scoring, he waited for another defender to get back and dribbled past him before scoring. X has also managed to score a goal direct from a penalty corner. When the referee said that was not allowed according to the rules of the game, he took the kick again and scored again, thus famously becoming one of the very few to score directly from a corner. When he saw his teammates celebrating after they won the 1958 World Cup, he was famously confused because he hadn’t understood the format of the tournament and thought they’d get to play all the teams twice...and so he became sad.

Identify X.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Saturday, September 24, 2011

268.

This is the Allianz Arena located in Munich, the home stadium of Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich. The stadium glows red when Bayern plays, glows blue when 1860 Munich plays and glows white when the German national team plays.


The stadium has been operational from 2005 and regularly hosts matches in the Bundesliga. It also mhosted matches during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The alley in which the stadium is located is named after a very famous German scientist. Who?

Friday, July 22, 2011

225.

A documentary titled "The Fifa 2006 World Cup Film-The Grand Finale" was made by Sony in association with FIFA, compiling the important events of the World Cup together. Here are some shots from the documentary.



The question: Who is the narrator of this documentary?

Thursday, July 7, 2011

214.

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:

1. Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)

2. Knight Commander (KCSI)

3. Companion (CSI)

No appointments have been made since the 1948 New Year Honours, shortly after the Partition of India in 1947. With the death of the last surviving knight, The Maharaja of Alwar, the order became dormant in 2009.

The motto of the order is Heaven's light our guide. The "Star of India", the emblem of the order, also appeared on the flag of the Viceroy of India. This is the emblem of the organisation.

Star of India Insignia.JPG

What does the logo of this organization inspire today?

Saturday, July 2, 2011

210.

Narasimhavarman I was a Tamil king of the Pallava dynasty who ruled South India from 630 - 668 CE. He is the son of Mahendravarman I. Narasimhavarman was also known as Mamallan (great wrestler) and Mamallapuram, an important tourist spot in Chennai was named after him. The picture is his statue found in Mamallapuram. He is much revered and adored in Chennai and Tamilnadu.

Narasimhavarman I is claimed to be one of the Seven Indian kings who never lost on the battlefield to their enemies. During his father’s reign, Pulikesi II of Chalukyas, annexed Kanchipuram, the Pallava capital and handed his father a bad defeat.

In order to avenge this defeat, once he ascended the throne, Narasimhavarman led his army along with his general Paranjothi and invaded Vatapi, successfully defeating the Chalukya king Pulakesi II in 642 CE. Vatapi was completely burnt and razed to ground.

In order to commemorate his victory over Chalukyas, he changed the insignia of the Pallava empire. The emblem, which had been a “raging bull” until that point of time was changed to something else.

My question is what was the new insignia and what did it inspire in today’s modern India..

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

201.

This is Mark Cuban, the American internet entrepreneur and entertainment tycoon, who owns Landmark Theatres, the largest chain of theatres in USA and Magnolia Pictures. Of what other business entity, he is also the owner of, which was much in the news?