Question #53

In the midst of World War II he calculated, on the basis of positional probability, where enemy submarines might surface. Although he was merely a pawn, he helped "checkmate" the enemy. Who is he?

Answered correctly by Nihar, Mridul and mak

Answer: Reuben Fine

Question #48

OK. So, Indians are very passionate about cricket. Here is another cricket question. Who is the fellow below? And why is he famous/infamous?

HINT: Even Tilak Raj or Malcolm Nash would be in awe of him.

Answered correctly by vish and aviralshrivastava.

Answer: This is Bert Vance. He conceded 77 runs in an over! You might consider looking up here for an interesting account of the incident.

Question #45

This type of bat has been in news recently and you will see more of it very soon.
What is this bat known as?

Cracked by Utsav, sattepesatta, Arun Mallya, Nazar.
Ans: It is known as "Mongoose bat" made specially for T-20 cricket. Matthew Hayden is supposed to use this bat in IPL 2010

Question #42

For cricket freaks

As I said I was looking for a very specific answer. Correct answer by vish
Answer: They are the first/only  person to score centuries for 2 different countries in tests and ODI's respectively. The person on the left is Kepler Wessels who scored century for Australia and SA and the one on the right is Eoin Morgan who scored century each for Ireland and Bangladesh.

Question #39

This game is a variation of chess. What is it known as? Also identify the two new pieces.

Cracked by Vish, Drakejuyal, iamayush and Sourav Ray
Answer: Quoting iamayush "This is called " Capablanca Chess " . The two pieces are the "Archbishop" (Left), which is Bishop + Knight , and the "Chancellor"(Right) , which is Knight + Rook". It was introduced by Jose Raul Capablanca to reduce the number of drawn games.

Question #30

Identify.
Hint: It took a man 13 years more to achieve the same feat she had achieved.

Cracked by all who tried!!
Answer: Quoting iamayush: "This is Belinda Clark , who scored the first double hundred in ODI's against Denmark , in December 1997 ."

Question #27

He won 5 olympic medals for swimming. But he is better known for another reason. Who is he and what is his other claim to fame.

Cracked by Kaushik and SLG.
Answer: As quoted by SLG "Johnny Weissmuller.
He was a terrific actor and was famous for his role of 'Tarzan' in films,probably he played it best."

Question # 22

The two pictures on the left should be enough.
Click image to enlarge.

Went uncracked, though Kaushik came close.
Answer: Battle of the sexes.
Top Left is a picture of a game "Battle of the Sexes" used in the game theory.
Bottom Left is Billy Jean King winning the "Battle of the sexes" game.
Third is of a pop singer Ludacris whose album "Battle of the sexes" will release soon.

Question #5

Identify him. He holds a unique distiction for what?


Highlight to view answer.
Answer: He is Bunny Austin. He holds the distinction of being the the first tennis player to wear shorts.