Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2010
Find the Monthly Set – 13 here . With this question , we windoup our World Cup Special . Viva La Albiceleste !! Connect . Quoting Appu , “The Battle of Nuremberg is the nickname (after the 1632 Siege of Nuremberg-B) of a football match played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup between Portugal and [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2010
The last couple of questions from our World Cup Special coming your way . Connect . A – Telly Savalas , of Kojak fame . B – The 2002 World Cup Final between Brazil and Germany . The connect – Pierluigi Collina . He is nicknamed Kojak because of his distinctive look , and officiated [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2010
Finally , its back ! Blame worldly-pleasures-induced-laziness , work-induced-sleepiness and a host of other reasons for the monthly being on hiatus for the past couple of months . The rules remain the same , only that its bigger and better this time out ! A maximum of 30 points to be scored from 2 [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 27th, 2010
Connect the chap in the centre in A to the movie B . Quoting Deepu , “Two quotes by German football legend Sepp Herberger(A) appears in Run Lola Run(B), “The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is pure theory,” and, “After the game is before the game” Cracked by Appu , [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 26th, 2010
Id this legend . How is his memory kept alive today ? Quoting Prasanth , “Ricardo Zamora, the legendary Spanish ‘Keeper. His memory is kept alive by The Ricardo Zamora Trophy, an award in the La Liga established by Spanish newspaper MARCA in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest “goals-to-games” [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 25th, 2010
Id the location . What’s happening here ? ( Pic 2 should give you a clue ) This is the Soccer City in Johannesburg , the event being Nelson Mandela’s first speech in Johannesburg after his release from prison . One could see a shaft from a gold mine providing the backdrop to the packed crowd [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2010
What ? Where ? Quoting Rajith Ravi , “A memory of The miracle of Berne . Stade de Suisse Wankdorf Bern, outside view. In the center, the backside of the restored 1954 FIFA World Cup Final match clock is seen” Cracked by Deepu , Rajith Ravi , Sreeram , Arun and Siddharth Jain .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2010
Who is this manga character based on ? The attire was a dead giveaway . This is Ricardo Espadas from the Japanese Manga Captain Tsubasa based on Jorge Campos . Cracked by Prasanth , Rithwik , Rajesh Mohan , Rajith Ravi and Arun .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 22nd, 2010
The blog and all the people associated with it were in suspended animation for the past few days , all thanx to the fun we had at the woodstock of quizzing . Apologies , we are back in business a la the Spanish football team An easy one to resume proceedings . Statue of someone [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2010
What is being referenced here ? Quoting a man who mesmerized us at the woodstock of quizzing , “Graham Poll sending off Croatia’s Josip Simunic after three and not two yellow cards, in the 2006 World Cup. Here he is being heckled by Arsenal supporters” Cracked by Jackandlagoon , Prasanth , Rajith Ravi , Bobby , [...]
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