Hyderabad - 3rd City Quiz Club - November 2017 Quiz kalilur rahman
1. MONTHLY QUIZ -
NOVEMBER
QM : Kalilur Rahman
(Some) Question Credits :
• Subrata Dass
• Novartis Quiz Team
• Your’s Quizzically
• KQA
2. • The graveyard of the St. Pancras Old Church dating back to the Norman era stands out for the architectural
uniqueness of one of the tombs.
• It is the family vault of the Soane family created by Sir John Soane himself in 1816 originally for his deceased
wife. Soane himself was also interred here after his death in 1837.
• Soane was a leading architect of the time and a number of prominent buildings in London still bear
testimony to his creativity.
• Soane was also a well-known collector of ancient and classical artifacts and his house, now a museum was a
magnified version of a WUNDERKRAMMER.
• Soane's tomb though attained iconic status in 1924 when the Royal Fine Art Commission invited design ideas
for XXXXXX.
• The design submitted by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was finally selected. Scott, a celebrated architect himself,
received the invitation at a time when he became a trustee of Sir John Soane Museum.
• Scott only found it fitting to pay tribute to his predecessor by adopting the design of Soane's mausoleum at
the old churchyard of St. Pancras.
9. In Old ROMAN Courts, Instead of
taking Oath on the Sacred Books,
Men used to swear using X. Word
Y originated from X.
If proved false, X of the liars were
fed to the dogs tied nearby.
This punishment could be
powerful even today – especially
for politicians.
What are X and Y? (5 Pts Each)
18. SS CALIFORNIAN COULD HAVE AVERTED THE DEATH OF MANY MORE FROM
TITANIC AS IT MISSED OBVIOUS MESSAGES.
Once Evans’ message had reached the crewmen of Titanic, the warning was
allegedly dismissed by an angry and tired Jack Phillips, who had tapped out: “Shut
up! Shut up! I am busy. I am working Cape Race.”
The SS Californian, however, will be forever remembered and judged by history after
it failed to promptly respond to the Titanic‘s distress signals, despite being only 20
miles away.
During that period, the SS Californian was under the command of Captain Stanley
Lord. He took command a year earlier, and he found himself and his crew in the
North Atlantic after leaving London on April 5, 1912, embarking on a journey to
Boston. Records suggest that Stanley Lord’s ship happened to be close to empty,
not having any passengers on board.
On the evening of April 14, 1912, the crew of SS Californian noted a number of large
icebergs and, following the captain’s orders, halted for the night at around 10:20 PM.
The captain preferred to remain in that spot for the night and then resume the route
in the early morning.
Source: The Vintage News
19. 1. WHAT ARE THESE? NAME
2. WHAT PURPOSE DID THEY SERVE?
FAMOUS DURING LATE 19TH CENTURY
25. T H E M A J O R
O A K
R O B I N H O O D &
M E R R Y M E N
S H E R W O O D
F O R E S T
The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest giving
protection to ROBIN HOOD & THE
MERRYMEN
29. The X was first found in the designs of the Italian military engineer Agostino
Ramelli in 1588. In most European countries in the 16th century, these item were
Y and to do any research with them was, without doubt, a major undertaking.
The wealthy, the scholars, and the priests did the most reading. Items were Z.
31. X = Book Wheel
Y = Heavy & LARGE
Z = HAND PRINTED & EXPENSIVE
32. Setup by STALIN In 1947, What are the following seven popularly known as
1.Moscow State University, Sparrow Hills
2.Hotel Ukraina– Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow
3.Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4.Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel
5.Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
6.Kudrinskaya Square Building
7.Red Gates Administrative Building
34. Setup by STALIN In 1947, What are the following seven popularly known as
1.Moscow State University, Sparrow Hills
2.Hotel Ukraina– Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow
3.Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4.Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel
5.Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
6.Kudrinskaya Square Building
7.Red Gates Administrative Building
SEVEN SISTERS
SKYSCRAPERS
40. • This Indian politician was reviled widely in the West.
Terms such as "Mephistopheles in a Savile Row suit", "the
snake charmer with hooded eyes", "the Devil incarnate"
etc. were used to refer to him, and Time put him on its
cover with a snake hissing behind his head.
• He secured the publication of EM Forster's A Passage To
India and was instrumental in obtaining international
support for India's annexation of Goa.
• Identify this person famous for a 7 hour 58 minute
speech on the floor of the UN. His speech allowed Nehru
the time to consolidate Indian control in Kashmir. He is
said to have fainted at the end of it.
43. • “Mrs Tashi Hishey” was a
flight attendant on Air
India VIP flights and Times
FM radio jockey for some
time before assuming
flight crew training roles in
various airline operators.
• Her last known location
was somewhere in NZ,
where she settled down to
a typical suburban
housewife's role.
• What famous thing was
created on her trip to
Kodaikanal?
46. • A seminal text regarding this concept uses a
speech delivered at a Fourth of July celebration
as an example. During the 1980 presidential
election, a political advertisement on the radio
referred to Carter, Reagan, and Anderson whilst
invoking this concept.
• Some have alleged that Donald Trump’s 2016
presidential campaign did not use lies, but
rather used this concept.
• Name this concept describing speech that
disregards the truth to impress, most famously
described in a book on said concept by Harry
Frankfurt.
48. • A seminal text regarding this concept uses a
speech delivered at a Fourth of July
celebration as an example. During the 1980
presidential election, a political advertisement
on the radio referred to Carter, Reagan, and
Anderson whilst invoking this concept.
• Some have alleged that Donald Trump’s 2016
presidential campaign did not use lies, but
rather used this concept.
• Name this concept describing speech that
disregards the truth to impress, most
famously described in a book on said concept
by Harry Frankfurt.
• BULLSHIT
49. • One of the most famous French dessert items
is actually Austrian. Earlier known as a
‘Kipferl’ it was in various shapes.
• The iconic shape it has now has a few
interesting origin stories.
• The prevalent one is that a baker in Vienna
found a group of Turkish soldiers trying to
tunnel into the city through his bakery and
blew up the tunnel.
• To commemorate the incident he started
baking the item in a shape which signifies the
Turks. What popular breakfast pastry is
this?
51. • One of the most famous French dessert items is actually Austrian.
Earlier known as a ‘Kipferl’ it was in various shapes.
• The iconic shape it has now has a few interesting origin stories.
• The prevalent one is that a baker in Vienna found a group of Turkish
soldiers trying to tunnel into the city through his bakery and blew up the
tunnel.
• To commemorate the incident he started baking the item in a shape
which signifies the Turks. What popular breakfast pastry is this?
• CROISSANT
• Kipferl
52. • On an episode of Suddenly Susan, this individual
hopes another character has a good lawyer after the
latter declares that the money he wins in a card game
is the only income he has received that has not been
garnished by a certain bank.
• In an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, this
individual’s arrival causes another individual to
almost faint.
• This individual has body-slammed Vince McMahon
and once helped Kevin find a hotel lobby in Home
Alone 2: Lost in New York.
• Name this businessman and reality show host who is
famous in a different field recently
55. • According to Greek mythology, Athena and
Poseidon agreed that whoever gave the city
the best gift would become guardian over the
city. Though Poseidon gave the gift of water,
Athena’s gift was deemed by the other gods
to be more valuable (apparently that’s why
the capital is named after her).
• What gift did she give that plays an
important role in Greek culture, economy,
cuisine and history for more than 10,000
years? A part of it has become a key word in
diplomacy and world culture in cross national
negotiations in times of trouble
58. • This World Heritage site, also known as
Tadmur or Tadmor, was once an
important city that had a central position
in linking Europe and Asia on the Silk
Route.
• The more famous name, by an accident
of orthography, is spelt exactly like the
common English name for the plant
species Borassus flabellifer.
• What is this name?
65. • In the 1980s, for what was to later become
his Nobel-prize winning work, Masatoshi
Koshiba, drawing on the work done by
Raymond Davis Jr, constructed an
underground neutrino detector in a zinc mine
in Japan.
• It was an enormous water tank surrounded by
detectors to sense flashes of light produced
when neutrinos interacted with atoms in water
molecules.
• A similar experiment was done in the 1960s
in India by V S Narasimham, Goku Menon
and others. In which mine did they conduct
the experiments?
68. • A progressive-rock band fronted by Faraz
Anwar is Mizraab is used to play a well-known
musical instrument. Mizraab had successful
stints such as Maazi, Haal, Mustaqbil ("past,
present, future") , their second studio album, is
credited to be one of the first Urdu metal
album. What Instrument players use MIZRAAB
primarily?
71. • Called Yakhchal, you can still see some of
these structures standing in and around
Iran. These are believed to one of the
earliest examples of what?
74. Which country celebrated the golden jubilee of its
constitution, with a spectacular $15 million fireworks
display on November 10, 2012?
The 77,282 fireworks launched over the period of an
hour in the capital city earned a place in the
Guinness Book of Records as the biggest fireworks
display of all time.
77. • After the Danes lost the Battle of Bornhbved in 1227, the
Slav-inhabited region south of the Baltic Sea became
available for German colonization.
• The bishops and dukes of Pomerania, Brandenburg,
Uckermark and Prignitz sent out glib "locators", or
medieval recruitment officers, offering rich rewards for
relocation.
• Thousands of young adults from Lower Saxony and
Westphalia headed east - there are five villages called
Hindenburg running in a straight line from Westphalia to
Pomerania, as well as three eastern Spiegel bergs.
• This trail of history and etymology may explain which
fairy tale?
79. Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Rattenfänger von Hameln, also
known as the Pan Piper, the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character
of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany.
80. For 31 years, the record for longest televised
golf putt was held by British broadcaster and
chat show host Terry Wogan, whose record of
33 yards was set during a charity
tournament in 1981.
In 2012, that mark was obliterated at a
charity event by a man who seemingly
couldn't stop breaking sporting records that
year.
Name this champion athlete, iconic and
greatest ever in another discipline, whose
putt measured an astonishing 50 yards.
83. Adolphe Quetelet – a
Belgian statistician
popularized the Bell curve
and the normal distribution.
However, his search for the
‘average man’ in terms of
physique, led him to develop
something which went by
the name of ‘Quetelet Index’
but is very popular under a
different name today.
What is the new name?
86. Why did the small village of Tembhli in Maharashtra
get a makeover in 2010: roads were remade, every
hut in the village of 261 households was fitted with
an electric light and women can brag about
handpumps that have started working.
Pramod Chitte, a policeman stationed here, isn’t sure
if all this will help. What he knows is that the village
will be remembered in some way.
“I am sure Tembhli’s name will come up in quizzes
as the place where ….”
89. This is St. Paul’s Cathedral during the Blitz. It stands
on the highest point in the city of London and was
the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962.
Give me its height in feet, specifically chosen to
indicate that one could worship there anytime and
not just on Sundays
92. Lake Balkhesh in Kazakhstan is fed by seven rivers and has been
shrinking, like the Aral Sea, for many years now. Approximately 600 km
long overall, the lake is divided into two sections, east and west, by a
strip of land called the Saryesik Peninsula. The eastern section is
narrower and deeper, while the western section is shallower.
In spite of the two halves being linked by the Strait Uzynaral, this lake
is unusual in that one half is useful, while the other half isn’t. What is
this reason?
98. • Julius___ founded this company in 1897, and was a
pioneer in processed food products during those
days.
• The company introduced many products (not
mentioning since it would be a giveaway).
• After many changes in ownership, it was taken over
by another giant, ____ in 1947.
• The original name remains a well known brand in the
portfolio for the giant.
• In most countries the brand is known for a different
product, but in India and Malaysia, it is synonymous
with a unique product.
• Despite its share of troubles, it remains a market
leader in India.
ID brand and you get the Giant.
101. Bellona was an Ancient
Roman goddess of X,
corresponding to the Ancient
Greek Enyo. She was called the
sister of Mars, and in some
sources, his wife or an associate of
his female cult partner Nerio. This
painting of the goddess is
attributed to Rembrandt and was
completed in 1633. It is held at
the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York.
What was she Goddess of?
Clue: Take a close look at the painting to get
the answer
104. NY
Built by Toyota , this car X has a slight resemblance to
another iconic car company Y , which went all electric
recently.
QUESTION CREDIT : SUBRATA
107. • Recently Sweden had two misfires
when it came to naming
important infrastructure using
public polls.
• A popular BBC report suggested
the name XY for a polar research
ship being sent on a Atlantic
Mission. Against all odds the
farcical name won .
• A similar name also won the
contest for a train running
between Stockholm and
Gothenberg.
• Name Both.
110. • This was in News recently when Donald trump had threatened
to declare this organization as a terrorist organization. In reality
its part of the armed military forces of a country .
• Name the org either in its native language or English
116. • Gongshaudao is a new Chinese movie that is
about to be released. It translates to “The Art of Attack
and Defence” .
• It is produced by Jet Li and stars many of the stars of
the current Chinese cine world including Donnie Yen ,
Tony Jaa and one passionate Tai Chi practitioner X who
is not very well known as an Actor.
• Who is X ?
119. • The premise of the X is simple. A X is an incredibly heavy wheel
that takes huge effort to push. Keep pushing and the X builds
momentum.
• Keep pushing and eventually it starts to help turn itself and
generate its own momentum--and that's when a company goes
from good to great.
• Pretty cool, but admittedly not particularly helpful. We all know
success is based on focus and hard work. But dive a little deeper
and the X concept can provide clarity and help drive strategy for
any business in any industry.
• Here's why.
• A X is also a self-reinforcing loop made up of a few key
initiatives. Those initiatives feed and are in turn driven by each
other, and build a long-term business. Amazon Prime is an
example of this business strategy.
128. WHO ON WHAT
• I wrote X around the concept that in many cases the
least competent, least smart people are promoted,
simply because they’re the ones you don't want doing
actual work.
• You want them ordering the doughnuts and yelling at
people for not doing their assignments—you know, the
easy work.
• Your heart surgeons and your computer programmers—
your smart people—aren’t in management.
• That principle was literally happening everywhere.
131. • A "surveyor's chain” is a
measuring device, whose
form will be familiar to
students of civil engineering
even today.
• It was first used in England in
the late 17th century primarily
to help landowners measure
land.
• It has 100 metal links of equal
length, each of 7.92 inches.
• The legacy of this chain is still
preserved in a very different
field. How
134. Taken in Kolkata in 1959 , who is the
Photographer?
Clue: This Photographer visited
Kolkata and New Delhi at his
friend/mentor’s insistence and took
some (brilliant!) pics during the visit
136. Fidel Castro Sent Che to India on a tour in 1959. India was one of the first
countries to recognize Fidel Castro’s socialist government after the Cuban
revolution. Ever since, both countries have maintained close contacts in various
international fora, most importantly the United Nations.
137. Connect the following Quote and the Event
1. Quote - “Anything born on a Friday would
be doomed”
2. Event – “ The surrender of the Japanese
Army to the “Supreme Allied Commander of
South East Asia” in 1945 during World War II
139. • Connect is a reason for freedom at midnight of
15th of August
• Japanese surrendered to Mountbatten on 15th
Aug 1945 during WW II so he considered the
day auspicious (15th August)
• Indian astrologers had said that Friday was a bad
day for a new beginning .
• Astrology considers the first rays of Sun as
signaling the start of a day and English standards
consider Zero (dark thirty) hours as start of a day
a compromise was reached with freedom at
midnight
140. • Following the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia in the spring of 1941,
seventeen-year-old crown prince Peter II Karađorđević left the
country.
• After spending some time in Athens, Jerusalem, and Cairo, the royal
entourage finally settled in London.
• Peter completed his education at Cambridge. On 20th of March
1944, Peter married his third cousin, Princess Alexandra of Greece
and Denmark.
• Since her mother was firmly against this marriage, it took the
approval of King George VI and the Prime Minister, Winston
Churchill, to convince her.
• The young couple took up residence in Claridge’s, a fancy London
hotel, Suite 212.
• A year later, on 17th of July 1945, Alexandra gave birth to a boy
(Alexander) in the same suite.
• However as per official accounts Alexander was born in Yugoslavia.
How was this made possible as per Urban legends?
142. Peter asked Churchill to cede Suite 212 to
Yugoslavia for a day and was granted his
wish .
Thus Alexander was born in London,
Yugoslavia
143. • In 1780 a Chinese gentleman called
Yong Atchew received a grant of land
from Warren Hastings the Governor
general of Bengal, in an area about 30
km from Kolkata.
• His tomb still exists in this area named
Atchipur/Acchipur after him.
• What did he start, which was the first
of its kind in this region and thus led
to a ubiquitous word in most Indian
languages of the region?
146. • During 1857 revolt the majority of the
rebels in Delhi were outsiders
• The language and customs used were
different from locals
• This foreignness led the people to call the
rebels as Tilangi.
• What did Tilangi mean?
148. • Tilangi refers to Telangana which was
known for its cavalry men.
• A lot of Tilangi horsemen had rebelled and
had come to Delhi from UP to help the
fellow rebels.
• They spoke Telugu which was foreign to
the Delhiwallahs they were called Tilangis
Thus Spake Tilangis
151. Sweden Sans . A Sans Serif type face
developed solely for the use of Swedish
Govt., Ministries, Agencies and Corporations
152. • Silbo Gomera is a language , a variation of Spanish used
by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands to
communicate across the deep ravines and narrow valleys
that radiate through the island.
• It enables messages to be exchanged over a distance of
up to 5 KMs.
• Due to this loud nature, Silbo Gomero is generally used in
circumstances of public communication.
• Messages conveyed could range from event invitations to
public information advisories.
• Question is how does this language travel 5 KM without
any external interference or how is the language spoken?
155. Born 1858 in Cornwall, Bobby was an established stuntman performing for
years with the Barnum and Bailey Circus. He is famous for what he did in 1911. It
was in 1926 during a publicity tour of New Zealand that Leach, after of one of his
lectures, slipped on an orange peel on a pavement close to his flat in Princes
Street and broke his leg. The leg injuries he suffered during his falls attempts
might have weakened the limb that now was broken.
What did he achieve?
157. First Man to survive a Niagara fall in
a barrel after the Victorian Daredevil
– Annie Edson Taylor (1901) who
was the first woman to survive the
stunt!
158. “I had an Alaskan Malamute when I was writing the film.
A very sweet dog, she would always sit next to me when I was
writing.
And when I’d drive around, she’d sit in the front seat.
A Malamute is a very large dog—like a hundred and thirty
pounds and bigger than a human being and very long-haired.
Having her with me all the time inspired me to give X a
sidekick Y who was like a big, furry dog. Not quite like a dog,
but intelligent.” – Z
Identify X, Y & Z
161. When the Eiffel Tower was built in 1909 , it had a license for
20 years at the end of which its ownership would revert to
the city of Paris who planned to tear it down.
(part of the original contest rules for designing a tower was
that it should be easy to dismantle).
However what saved the tower from demolition ?
163. It was used as a Radio Telegraphic tower.
French wanted to continue this important tower and
decided to continue.
The tower, built in a ready to dismantle structure, continued
and is enticing tourists (300 Million+ and growing) from all
over the world!
167. Identify X & Y
* £40m X’s legs
* £25m Michael Flatley legs
* £5m America Ferrera's smile
* £4m Ken Dodd's teeth
* £3.5m Bruce Springsteen's voice
* £1.15m Heidi Klum's legs (the pair)
* £500,000 or $1 million Betty Grable's legs
* £350,000 Dolly Parton's breasts (the pair)
* £250,000 Egon Ronay's taste buds
* £200,000 The cricketer Y’s handlebar moustache
169. Identify X & Y
* £40m David Beckham’s legs
* £25m Michael Flatley legs
* £5m America Ferrera's smile
* £4m Ken Dodd's teeth
* £3.5m Bruce Springsteen's voice
* £1.15m Heidi Klum's legs (the pair)
* £500,000 or $1 million Betty Grable's legs
* £350,000 Dolly Parton's breasts (the pair)
* £250,000 Egon Ronay's taste buds
* £200,000 The cricketer Merv Hughes’s handlebar
moustache
173. Whose family crest ? It is emboldened with the gentle
Persian words, humata, hukhta, havarshta, which
translates as ‘good thoughts, good words, good
deeds’,
175. The Tata crest with the gentle Persian words, humata, hukhta,
havarshta, which translates as ‘good thoughts, good words,
good deeds’, adorns the main gate of Esplanade House
178. Bus shelter which could be offered free to municipalities
because it is paid for by its advertising panels. Originally
introduced by JC Decaux
179. • The Royal Château at Amboise in the Loire Valley in
France is a medieval fortress, refitted in a royal residence
in the 15th and 16th century during the reigns of King
Charles VIII and King Francis I.
• From the second half of the 16th century, the residence
fell into decline, and it was restored when Amboise
belonged to Louise of Savoy, the mother of King Francis
I. King Francis I maintained the royal residences at the
château of Amboise and Blois.
• In 1516, the King invited the someone to live and work in
the town
• This person’s tomb is still existing in this town.
• Who?
182. • When he was 64-years-old,
da Vinci came to France and
was lodged at Cloux Manor
which was nearby the royal
chateau of Amboise. His
work included architecture
and urbanism.
• Some authors claim
Leonardo worked on the
project of the Château of
Chambord and the palace of
Romorantin.
• When da Vinci died, on 2nd
May 1519, he was buried in
the church of Saint-Florentin
which was part of the
château.
183. • Identify and why is he in
news recently?
• What is he doing in the Pic
above (multiple people)
185. • One theory that circulates among
conspiracy theorists is that Oswald
was given instruction on
murdering the president in Mexico
City, either from the Cubans or the
Soviets.
• “It is clear from government files
declassified in recent decades that
Oswald’s six-day trip to Mexico
was never adequately investigated
by the CIA, the FBI and the State
Department–and, as a result, by
the Warren Commission, the panel
named by President Lyndon
Johnson to investigate the
assassination
LEE HARVEY OSWALD
JFK ASSASINATION
& Role of CUBA & SOVIETS
186. Under what name do the people of Nepal celebrate Diwali.
Hint below
189. This Question has 2 parts
In the early 20th century, the country of France was emerging from the devastating
effects of the Dreyfus Affair. The country had been deeply divided over the fate of
French Artillery Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been accused of selling military
secrets to the Germans.
The most popular sports newspaper in France at this time was Le Vélo, with over
eighty thousand subscribers. Due to the differences of opinion over the guilt or
innocence of Captain Dreyfus, a few journalists and businessmen, including Comte
Jules-Albert de Dion and Édouard Michelin, courted disgruntled advertisers and
started their own newspaper, L’Auto, in 1899.
They hired former award-winning cyclist and sports journalist Henri Desgrange as
editor. They started something that is a phenomenon still. Due to popularity of the
phenomenon, by 1923, issues of L’Auto had increased to 500,000 copies a
day. In 1904 Le Vélo ceased its activities and L'Auto eventually transmogrified into
L'Équipe in 1944.
1. What is this Phenomenon?
2. For second part , how is the paper linked to the phenomenon memorablia
192. Up in the Blue Mountains is a village called Blackheath. On the fateful
day, X and his colleague from the Sheffield Shield team, Oscar Wendell
Bill, had been invited to a game against Lithgow. The game was meant
for the inauguration of a new concrete pitch at their oval. It resulted in
the in perhaps the fastest century in terms of overs, following is the
sequence.
• 1st Over — 6, 6, 4, 2, 4, 4, 6, 1 (33, all to X)
• 2nd Over — 6, 4, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 4 (40, all to X)
• 3rd Over — 1*, 6, 6, 1, 1*, 4, 4, 6 (27 to X, 2* to Wendell Bill).
Identify X , How long it took for the century, and Province he played for
in this match
194. Don Bradman scored a hundred in three eight-ball overs, spanning around 18
minutes
As entertainment it was superb, but it hardly stood either batsman in good
stead for the opening match of the Sheffield Shield season the following
Saturday. The pair were dismissed for ducks in the same over from Queensland
fast bowler Eddie Gilbert.
195. Raymond Benjamin Caldwell, (April 26, 1888 – August 17,
1967), was an American major league pitcher from 1910
to 1921. He was known for throwing the spitball, and he
was one of the 17 pitchers allowed to continue throwing
the pitch after it was outlawed in 1920.
Caldwell was notorious during his playing career for his
addiction to alcohol and partying, he possessed a self-
destructive streak that many of his contemporaries
believed stopped him from reaching his potential. In
1924, Miller Huggins wrote: 'Caldwell was one of the best
pitchers that ever lived, but he was one of those
characters that keep a manager in a constant worry.
If he had possessed a sense of responsibility and balance,
Ray Caldwell would have gone down in history as one of
the greatest of all pitchers.'
Yet, despite his achievements on the field and his antics
off it, Caldwell is perhaps best remembered for X whilst
playing for the Cleveland Indians against the Philadelphia
Athletics in 1919; he refused to leave the game, having
pitched 8.2 innings, and went on to record the final out
for the win.
Identify X
197. He was hit by a lightning and still went on to pitch the remainder of the
game
198. X was contested as a team event in the Summer Olympics at every
Olympiad from 1900 to 1920. Originally the competition was entered by
groups called clubs. A country could enter more than one club in the
competition, making it possible for one country to earn multiple medals.
This happened in 1904, when the United States won all three medals, and
in 1908 when the podium was occupied by three British teams. Sweden
was also among the top countries with two medals, one as a member of
the mixed team.
During its time as an Olympic sport, it was considered to be part of the
Olympic athletics programme, although this sport and athletics are now
considered distinct. Following is the overall tally of this Olympic sport.
What is this SPORT?
201. Despite not playing Baskeball since High School, X was drafted no.
139 by the NBA’s Kansas City Kings after winning the Men’s
Decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
He became famous in a reality show and for a major, monumental
decision he made that made him famous.
Identify him and his new identity.
1990 Original Intent
1986 The Love Boat (TV Series)
1985 Me and Mom (TV Series)
1985 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
1985 Sudden Death (1985) ...
1984 The Fall Guy (TV Series)
1981 CHiPs (TV Series)
1981 Grambling's White Tiger (TV Movie)
1980 Can't Stop the Music
1980 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (TV
Movie)
Some of his acting filmography