Monday 31 December 2012

QC#54

Happy to say that Quizz Congoz turned 1 year old on this Dec 25th. 
Thanking all quizzers for the support and requesting you to continue it.... :)

Identify this list and fill in the blank

1996- McDowell
1997- Gold Flake 
2002- Tata 
2005-09 - Tamil Nadu Government. 
2009 - present = __________



Aircel Chennai Open

Saturday 29 December 2012

QC# 53

This app was criticized for many of its wrong markings like marking an entire city as a hospital, a nursery as an airport and the 3D view of Brooklyn Bridge appeared collapsed. The Victoria police, Australia advised travelers not to use this app to get directions to  a village named Mildura, where it was marked towards a national park where there is no water supply and the temperature reaches almost 46 degrees in summer...
Which is this app ???


Apple maps

Wednesday 12 December 2012

QC# 52

This controversial picture was established as a part of campaign by which company to develop a culture against hate among people.




Benetton

QC# 51

Whose first post on twitter ?

Pope Benedict XVI










QC# 50

The below shown poster is of the new film X by Quentin Tarantino which got inspiration from a 1966 film Y starring Franco Nero. Y is in the list of the most violent films ever made.
Identify X and the director of Y....



X - Django Unchained
Y - Sergi Corbucci





Wednesday 5 December 2012

QC# 49

Identify these footballers.
Where can you find this statue ?


Champions Statue in Barking road near Upton park.
These are West ham's players who were part of 1966 world cup winning English team, Bobby Moore, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst and Everton's Ray Wilson

Tuesday 4 December 2012

QC# 48

The author of this book is unknown. But the only clue about him is that he is a current English Premier League player who is known to have played for two premier league clubs. He usually writes articles in The Guardian titled ___________________.
Fill in the blank.

The Secret Footballer




Monday 3 December 2012

QC# 47

Identify this controversial art work which was once shortlisted for Turner prize.
Also identify the artist.



The physical Impossibility of Death int the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst

Saturday 1 December 2012

QC# 46

1. "This is the greatest advertisement for our sport. It makes me proud to be a part of it. We often don’t get the respect we deserve in tennis for the athletic demands it places on players, but this should push that respect way up." 

These are the words of John McEnroe on a special incident. What is that ?

2. Identify this Indian footballer who became the first Asian to score a hat trick in Olympics




3. Who is this former Indian football coach, one of the controversial coach?





Answers:
1. The marthon tennis match between John Isner and Nicholas Mahut in 2010 Wimbledon first round which was the longest ever tennis match lasted 11 hours 5 minutes over the course of 3 days

2. Neville d'Souza

3. Stephen Constantine

QC# 45

Identify the lesser known Indian Footballer who gave India their first Asian games Gold medal in football.



Sahu Mewalal