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• What does ICC stand for ?
• The term ‘a pair’—where a batsman is out for nought has it’s origin in an object that resembles two zeros placed side by side. Which object ?
• Who inaugurated this year’s world cup ?
• After how many overs can a new ball be taken?
• This quote of Ian Botham led to one of the many disciplinary actions against him: “Everyone should send their mothers-in-law to ___________”
• Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest one day hundred (37 balls). Who has hit the second fastest(44 balls) ?
• What are the names of Sachin Tendulkar’s kids ?
• When was the only time cricket was played in the olympics?
• When is the world cup final going to be held ?
• Which cricketer has sung along with Asha Bhosle in the album “Asha & Friends” ?
• This is the full name of a cricketer. Identify the blanksSahibzada Mohammad ____ Khan ____
• Who had scores of 0,0,1,0,0,0 in his first three test matches and a 0 in his first one-dayer?
• What is Don Bradman’s Test average ?
• Which fielding position is most likely to field a French cut?
• KS Ranjitsinhji, K S Duleepsinhji and Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji all came from the royal family of Nawanagar, now known as Jamnagar. Who was the last member from this pedigree to have represented India ?
• What was burnt to create the Ashes?
• ‘Z’ is the autobiography of which former test cricket captain?
• what is the position right behind the wicketkeeper called ?
• To which country does the cricketer Anthony Ireland belong to ?
• What would happen if a player fielded the ball with his cap?
• Which cricketer’s middle name is Chandidas?
• In world Cup 1975, East Africa was one of the teams. Which are the countries which formed a part of East Africa?
• What is the common terminology used for running out the batsman when he is backing up at the non-strikers end?
• The West Indian Batsman George Headley was nicknamed“The Black ______”
• In the interval of a New Zealand – England day-night ODI at Wellingtonin 2002, the director of a movie stood on the pitch with a microphone and persuaded the crowd to make howling, growling and grunting noises for use in battle scenes in his film _____________. Which Film ?
• In which city was the world’s first ever indoor one-day international cricket match played?
• Gary Sobers is regarded as one of the best all-rounders in test cricket. He played only one ODI. How uch did he score ?
• Wife of this cricketer phoned him during a test match. It was told to her that he had just gone inside the field to bat. The wife told that she would prefer to hold because he never survives more than a few balls. Who is this cricketer ?
• To which country does the cricketer Jeetan Patel belong to ?
• Who is “Masaba” and how is she related to Bollywood and West Indian cricket?
• Who is the only man to play in both his country’s first and the 100th test match?
• What is shane warne’s middle name?
• The BCCI logo is derived from the emblem of India’s highest order of chivalry (during the days of the British Raj) founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. What was the order called ?
• To which country does the cricketer Qaiser Ali belong to?
• What is the contribution of Paul Hawkins to the world of cricket?
• Who was the first cricketer to be given out by a third umpire ?
• “It involves the deliberate and systematic targeting of the opposing team’s captain, in the hope that if the captain is given out or rendered ineffective, it would lead to diminished respect for the captain’s authority and the rest of their team losing morale and the will to win”. What is the specific term for this strategy?
• Who is the captain of the England World Cup team?
• To which country does the cricketer Saleem Mukuddem belong to?
• In Australia, what are referred to as “sundries” ?
• Who said to whom “Mate ! You have just dropped the world cup ” ?
• In cricket, what is meant by the phrase “bowling a maiden over”?
• In the match between India and Pakistan at Jaipur on 02-10-1983, Which new rule was introduced?
• The nickname of Glenn McGrath is what?
• How many runs did Sir Donald Bradman need in his last innings to finish with a Test average of 100?
• What is the first innings lead required to ask the opposition to follow-on in a Test match?

written by Rajaram S

1. Born to Narayan Paglu Rao in Maharashtra, she received her degree from Mooljee Jaitha (M.J.) College in Jalgaon. In 1962, she was also voted the “College Queen” in M.J College. She also excelled in Table Tennis and had won various inter-college events. She is currently married to Devisingh Ransingh (her third marriage). Identify her. >> Pratibha Devisingh Patil
2. One of the origins of the name of this place is from the word Kalikshetra, meaning “Ground of the Goddess Kali.” Which place? >> Kolkata
3. 1. A Peepal tree 2. A banana tree 3. An idol 4. ??? >> Abhishek Bachchan. Aishwarya was “married” to the listed three before her marriage to Abhishek.
4. What do you have to do to make your life jingalala? >> Install Tata Sky. (From the Ad Jingle)
5. In Vedic times, a Brahmin boy was considered equal to an animal until a certain event took place. What was that event? >> Upannyanam or the thread ceremony
6. When Sachin Tendulkar went for his first Test series to Pakistan, he did not sign the contract with BCCI. Someone else signed it on his behalf. Who signed it and why? >> His father, as he was a minor then
7. This hill station is around 64 km from Pune and is also called the “Chikki” capital of India, as there are a lot of local outlets there manufacturing this sweet. Which place? >> Lonawala
8. Which Indian actor, who has not acted in any movies in his mother tongue, made his debut in the 1975 Kannada movie Katha Sangama? >> Rajinikanth
9. How do we better know baked chicken chunks cooked in curry sauce? >> Chicken Tikka Masala
10. What is common to Bo Derek, Maradona, The Prime Minister of England, Vishnu and this question? >> The number 10!
11. What is the capital of the state of Jharkhand? >> Ranchi
12. Lord Vishnu, in all his avatars, has spared the life of only one Asura. Who? This Asura who is still believed to be alive, visits once a year and a festival is celebrated because of his visit. Which festival? >> Mahabali and Onam
13. Yusuf Nulwalla, Sameer Hingora, Baba Chauhan, Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi and Aziz Ahmed Mohammed. Who is the sixth? >> Sanjay Dutt
14. Dada, Abdulla & Co recruited a person on year long contract in the late 19th century and sent him for a posting in South Africa. Who? >> Mahatma Gandhi
15. Kusumpur, Pushpapur and Azeemabad are older names of which city? >> Patna
16. Below is the photo of the Indian team for a particular sport (a 1998 photo). Which sport? >> Sumo Wresting team of India!

    

17. On 31st October 1984, the 2nd ODI in the wills series between India and Pakistan was happening at Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot, Pakistan. Pakistan had won the toss and decided to field. India were 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. The match was abandoned then. Why? >> Indira Gandhi was assassinated

18. Whenever a forest is shown in a movie, it is always accompanied by a chirping sound. This is the sound of the cicada which is quite famous for the noise it produces in dense forests. There is a famous place in Kerala which is called ____ Valley because there are no cicadas in this forest. Fill in the blank. >> Silent Valley

19. English dictionaries tend to define the word as ‘a child’s vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard’. What word? >> Scooter

20. Something made from sugar, corn syrup, corn starch and lecithin was enough to make Zaheer Khan very angry. What? >> Jelly Beans

21. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, A- Alpha, B- Bravo, C-Charlie etc. For one letter, something related to India appears. For which letter and what is the code? >> I for India

22. Father: Ramesh. He had 4 kids. Nitin, Savita and Ajit are three of them. Who is the fourth? >> Sachin Tendulkar

23. Americans call it a faucet. What do we call it in India? >> A Tap

24. For India, name the National Flower, the National Fruit, the National Animal and the National Bird? (0.5*4) >> Lotus, Mango, Tiger and Peacock

25. By doing a wordplay on the acronym html, this BITS Pilani graduate created something which took the world by storm. What? >> HoTMaiL

26. Who hit 5 sixers in Yuvraj’s last over in the match against England? >> Mascarenhas

27. Which is the national soup of India? >> Mulligatawney Soup

28. This waterway of around 150 kms width separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands. What is its name? >> Ten Degree Channel

29. A word which has been formed recently. If you are ________, it means that you have lost your job because it has been outsourced to India. Fill the blank. >> Bangalored

30. X comes in different sizes like137*63 mm, 147*63 mm, 157*73 mm, 167*73 mm and 177*73 mm. What is X? I would definitely like to have many of the 177*73 ones. >> Currency Notes

written by Rajaram S

Below are the questions from the pelims of a quiz contest recently conducted in amdocs. The questions were framed by Lokesh.

1. Name the project developed by a Stanford Univ. graduate, during his free time given officially by his employer. The name is an old Turkish word, meaning “city of happiness, pleasure, joy, luck”. >> Orkut
2. ___________is the country named after Lord Jesus, referring him as “The Saviour” in their native language. >> El Salvador
3. Hotmail –> Microsoft :: PeopleSoft –> Oracle :: Cramer –> Amdocs :: TimesTen –> ________. >> Oracle
4. ___________, a famous American Actor spent a great time on impressions, than his academics. His future was put into jeopardy, when he was nearly expelled for assaulting a Teacher in school, as the teacher referred him as a “caveman”. He has now surpassed the earning power of all other famous Hollywood Stars , with grosses as a leading man that total over US$3.35 billion. >> Eddie Murphy
5. In a pack of playing cards, “A” (Ace) had the least value, whereas “K” the most valued. But, after the _______, “A” is considered to have more value than “K” (King), depicting that the common civilians are more powerful than the King. >> The French Revolution
6. Identify the brand names for the following tag lines
   a. The Passionate Pursuit of Perfection. – ____________________ >> Lexus
   b. Like.no.other – ___________________________ >> Sony
   c. Sense and Simplicity – ____________________ >> Philips
   d. Ideas for life – ________________________ >>Panasonic
7. Connect the following cities: Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Rotterdam, Antwerp, New York. >> World’s busiest Sea Ports and Commercial Centers
8. Whenever, we write the name of this famous website’s brand name, we generally end up in writing the name, which was trademarked by another company (manufacturer barbecue sauce and knives). What is the name of the website ? >> Yahoo!
9. Identify the Hollywood movie released in November 1980:
   The movie is the real-life story of an unlovable, stubborn middle-weight boxing champion as he struggles to be champion. The director of this movie even though was not recognized by Oscar, the applause for the movie was so much encouraging, and finally he hit the OSCAR Award for his recent movie. >> The Raging Bull
10. What is the name of the company, started in 1982, less than 25 years old and their couple of software products, combined are installed on more than 700 million connected PCs and devices worldwide. _________. >>Adobe
    What are the names of the software products ?? _______and ______>> Acrobat Reader and Flash Player
11. Dennis Gabor (1900–1979), a Hungarian physicist, received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1971, for his invention in 1947. His invention added a new dimension in consumer products labeling technology. What did he invent? _______ >> Holography
12. Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K , a company established in Nihonbashi after the Second World war, had its brand name as “Totsuko”. In Jan 1958, they chose a new brand name, because their customers of other nationalities were finding difficult to pronounce the brand name. This company is now called as ______>> Sony
13. The “CE” Mark, labeled on Toys, machinery, electrical and electronic items , has no meaning as an abbreviation in English, but the marking is done as an indication of _______.>> European Conformity (for safety) – Conformitte Europeane (in French)
14. VIACOM (a group which owns Paramount Pictures), started a chain of seafood restaurants, with the first restaurant in Cannery Row, CA. , inspired by __________, the movie they produced. The restaurant gained fame for its unique paging system consisting of two license plates on the tables. STOP & RUN. (Clue: Movie released in 1994 & a winner of 6 Oscars). >> Forrest Gump
15. i, i*j, i*j*j, i*j*j*j, …. where j is the common ratio and i is the scale factor. In mathematics the above sequence of numbers are termed as ________ .>> Geometric Progression
16. _____________, is the term used in Software Engineering to describe a dying project which has little by little become too complex to be understood even by its own developers.>> Software Peter Principle
17. Connect the words: Smart, Hero, Fire, Eight O’ Clock, Lift, Coke, Real Gold, Signature.>>Branded Drinks of Coca Cola Company
18. Admired by the philanthropic efforts by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, this multifaceted artist, declared that, when he dies he would donate half of his assets to charity to help the needy. (Clue : His birth name literally means “born in Hong Kong”). He is known to us as _______ >> Jackie Chan
19. B . C = Before Christ (Ex., 5th Century B.C)
    A . D = _________ (Ex. 20th Century A.D) >> Anno Domini
20. Expand the following acronyms. (0.5 x 4 = 2 Points)
    i. B M W – ______________ (Category :Automobile) >> Bayerische Motoren Werke
    ii. J V C – ________________ (Category: Electronics) >> Japan Victor Company
    iii. H S B C – _______________ (Category: Banking) >> Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation
    iv. N C R – ________________ (Category: ATMs , Technology) >> National Cash Register
21. On July 17, 2007, an Airbus A320 (Passenger Airliner), during its landing, slipped, overran the runway of Cogonhas Airport in Sao Paulo (Brazil), crashing into a warehouse. This is the deadliest air crash in Latin America, with no survivors on board. The plane was operated by __________ airlines. >>TAM Airlines
22. ______ , a famous Greek Mathematician, is “The Father of Geometry”. His unique way of solving the theorems, by logical reasoning and a set of accepted first principles, still serves as the backbone of mathematics. (Clue : He is from a city, which is not a part of Europe) >>Euclid
23. This song is considered to be the one hit wonders of all time. Brazilian Air Force used this song in its advertisement in the second half of the ’80s, in the Brazilian TV network and was also played at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Identify the song.>> The Final Countdown
24. The Tennis Championships at Worple Road, Wimbledon, London has been started since 1877. Who is the youngest-ever winner of Men’s singles title @ Wimbledon ? >> Boris Becker
25. Hollywood star _______, sued the owners of the Florida airport, where he’s looking to land his jumbo jet, claiming that the airport owners falsified their 2006 records to show that the landing field could not accommodate large planes. >> John Travolta
26. The following Internet domain extensions are assigned to countries that are from the same continent. Identify the countries for the following extensions. (Ex., *.cy – Cyprus)
    i. .ng : _______________________ >> Nigeria
    ii. .za : _______________________ >> South Africa
    iii. .zm : _______________________ >> Zambia
    iv. .zw : ________________________>> Zimbabwe
27. Ethanethiol which gives a pungent and repulsive odour, is added to natural gas (used as fuel), for easy identification of the fuel leakage and its disaster. This additive is popularly known as _______________ >> Marcaptans
28. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), distributed ________, free of cost, to the people in city of HamBurg in USA, asking them to accept for changing their city’s name, during its campaign against cruelty to animals. >> Veggie Burger
29. Airbags deployed in cars, is a marvelous invention in the field of crash science & safety engineering. In cars its denoted as SRS Airbag, where SRS refers to _________. >> Supplementary Restraint System
30. The US Federal Government signed a law in July,2002 in response to the major scandals in corporate accounting. (Companies : Tyco, Enron etc.,) President George W. Bush signed it and stating it included “the most far-reaching reforms of American business practices, since the time of Franklin. D. Roosevelt”. This world famous US corporate law is named after its sponsors and is known to as ________. >> Sarbanes-Oxley Act or SOX
31. In 1892, two major electric companies, Edison General Electric Company and its business rival Thomson-Houston Electric company, merged to form the General Electric Company (GE). The merger was arranged by __________, a famous financier in US. >> J.P.Morgan
32. A five year, intercontinental project of study of human anthropology, worth US$40m is sponsored by the National Geographic Channel, IBM and Waitt family foundation. This is referred as “moon shot of anthropology”. The name of the project is _______. >> The Genographic Project
33. Which is the home country of third largest film industry in the world next to US (Hollywood) and India (Bollywood) ? >> Nigeria
34. In which country, it is illegal to chew gum, as it causes a uncontrollable public nuisance ? >> Singapore
35. After winning the World War II, United States fought a battle with Japan to re-capture this territory. (Clue : The motto of this territory is “Where America’s Day Begins”)
    i. What is the name of the territory ? ____________ Guam
    ii. what is the name of the battle ? ____________ Battle of Guam

written by Rajaram S

Questions from a puzzle event called “Crack the logic” which i conducted in amdocs. The numbers in the brackets were the points awarded for each of the questions.

1. Give an English word which starts with “he” and ends with “he”, other than the word “he”.[1]

2. How many questions are there in this quiz? [1]

3. How many squares are present in the figure below? [2]

4. Which famous ex-American President wrote the autobiography of Bill Clinton titled “My Life”? [1]

5. There is a circular forest of radius 10 Kilometers. How far can a dog run into this forest? [1]

*6. What is the next in the series? [2]

1

11

21

1211

111221

312211

7. What is the next word in the series? [2]

AID GUESS DEGREE ESTATE COLUMN SENSE _____
8. Fill in the blank. [1]

Prince Charles is Prince Harry’s father’s ______.

*9. Find the next number in the series. In case you didn’t know, 10^27 is called Octillion. [2]
10^3, 10^9, 10^27, 10^2, 1, ___

*10.The Amdocs Social Club had recently ordered a new display board advertising the facilities of the new Gym. The new gym had treadmills and cycles. But, the writing on the display board mentioning “treadmills and cycles” was not very friendly to the eye as the words were spaced too close to each other. So, Gopa wrote a mail to Nicos asking him to get this corrected. Nicos noticed that the sentence written by Gopa had the word “and” appearing five times one after another. What could have been the sentence that Gopa had written in the mail? [2]

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written by Rajaram S

Long Long ago, there used to be a website Ticklewit.com. This site used to have daily competitons involving quizzes, puzzles and other fun stuff. They used to give away Fabmart coupons. Thanks to them, i became a Gold member at Fabmart! Below are the questions which have appeared on the quiz section of this site. Btw. these questions are from more than 8 years ago. So, the validity of some of these questions now may be in doubt. Let me know of such questions, I shall delete them.

written by Rajaram S