Question of the day #165 The Little Master VIII

•The person in the pic (left) X, pipped Tendulkar to be awarded Mumbai's

Junior Cricketer of the Year in 1986-87, which a famous letter from Gavaskar

to Sachin (referring to himself) which read: “Don’t be disappointed at not

getting the Best Junior Cricketer award from BCA. If you look at the past

award winners, you will find one name missing and that person has not done

badly in Test cricket!!”

•Identify the cricketer X.

Question of the day #164 The Little Master VII

•What has been blanked out? Who are the creators of this brand?

Farewell Sachin Tendulkar Quiz - November 16, 2013

As a fitting tribute to the legend called Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, on the day of his eventful swansong, the Quizzing Club of IIM Raipur organized a quiz dedicated to the Master Blaster. 

The answers for the Quiz are given below:

Farewell Sachin Tendulkar Quiz Answers - November 16, 2013 from Indian Institute of Management Raipur Quizzing Club

The following two teams ended up in a tie and thus, emerged as the winners. Congratulations to both the teams!

1. Sushant Singh and Smruti Prakash (PGP 2013-15)

2. Amrit Jain and Nitin Sonkar  (PGP 2013-15)

Question of the day #163 The Little Master VI

•When Sachin Tendulkar scored a brilliant 119* to score his maiden test

century against England, to save the Manchester test in 1990 enroute to his

first ever man-of-the-match award, he couldn’t savour the moment.

•Eight years later, he went ahead and did what he couldn’t do at that

moment.

Question of the day #162 The Little Master V

The picture marked a historic occasion in the history of English County cricket,

when a 70-odd-year tradition was broken when Sachin Tendulkar became the

first cricketer to achieve a particular feat. What was the occasion, and who

was originally slated to achieve the feat?

Question of the day #161 The Little Master IV

Who is missing in this elite list?

Question of the day #160 The Little Master III

How are these people related to this week’s theme? Why were they in the news recently?

Question of the day #159 The Little Master II

On a day of Christmas, Hrishikesh Kanitkar had to endure an eventful ODI debut as

the match between India and Sri Lanka, at Nehru Stadium, Indore found its place

dubiously in the record books as the first ever incident of its kind. A local lawyer even

demanded that the captains Arjuna Ranatunga & Sachin Tendulkar, and the match

referee Ahmed Ibrahim be arrested.  

What was the fuss all about?

Question of the day #158 The Little Master I

What is the significance of this event :

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Question of the day #158 Blood Money

X is a movie
- Based on a true story
- In IMDB Top 250
- The director refused to be paid any salary for making the movie, nor did he autograph anything related to this movie
- This was his first R rated movie
- Won more than 5 Academy Awards
- Highest grossing Black and white film of all time (if not adjusted for inflation)

Identify X

Question of the day #157 Stand up comedy!!

X is a TV Show :

- Aired in NBC
- Had 9 seasons
- Had 4 lead Characters
- one was a fictionalized version of one of the creators
- Considered widely as one of the greatest TV Shows ever
- The series ended with all the 4 main characters ending up in Jail.....


Identify X

Question of the day #156 Records!!

Who does this list represent?

Question of the day #155 Winners

How are they unique

Question of the day #154 Dint happen

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Question of the day #153 Music

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Question of the day #152 Ezekiel 25:17

X: 'The Academy should just walk up to Y's door, knock on it and put the Oscar in Y's hand!'

Identify X and Y

Question of the day #151 Versatility

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Question of the day #150 Something Fishy

     When X was born he was swapped by mistake with a fisherman's baby. X's uncle luckily spotted a mark and identified the swap. X says "I would have become a fisherman if not for my uncle.....I am still amused by possibilities of fishing in Mahim... ". 

      Identify X.

Question of the day #149 Never before

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Question of the day #148 Out!!

  Complete the list : 

Russel Endean 

Andrew Hilditch 

Mohsin Khan

Desmond Haynes

Graham Gooch

Steve Waugh

_______. 

What is the list about?

Question of the day #147 Banned from Cricket!

1.     X was the reason for something bad in the cricketing fraternity but also something great for mankind. His inclusion led to an uproar which ended many great player's career. Identify X and What was this particular incident he was associated with ?

Question of the day #146 Steyney

        On what incident did Dale Steyn tweet this?

Question of the day #145 75 years!

Which cricketing trophy, for test matches between two specific countries, was instituted in 2007 and named after a person who played for both the countries?

Question of the day #144 CCS

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Question of the day #143 Of Spring?

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Question of the day #142 External Affairs!?

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Question of the day #141 Patriarchy!?

Identify the Indian state which has never elected any women in state legislature. 

Only two women candidates contested elections in 2013 and four in 2008 elections respectively from this state.

Question of the day #140 Swastik

X is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party.

X has served in the state assembly as Forest &Environment minister and cooperation minister.

X shares his name with one of the most hated dictators of 20^th century.

Identify X. 

Question of the day #139 Party!!

Name three leaders who formed a political party on 25 May, 1999 after they were expelled from INC for disputing Sonia Gandhi’s Italian origin to lead INC.

Question of the day #138 Discipline and decorum

Theme : Indian Politics

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Question of the day #137 Champions!

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The list is in a particular order

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Question of the day #136 Consistency

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Question of the day #135 Two times lucky!

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