Miscellaneous quiz

MISC QUIZ:

1)Simple one to befin with:This guy should have sent shivers through his opposition with his "critically acclaimed" technique.He is also remembered as the originator of what many consider one of the most eloquent descriptions of the sport of cricket:
Cricket is battle and service and sport and art.

Whos he?And what was his technique?

2)The person in the below pic is the one who wrote under the pen name "Paul French" and also formulated the three law of robotics.

first law:A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
second law:A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
third law:A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Whos he?

3)No this is not any graphic gimmicks.It is an image taken from a recent exhibition from the top players of tennis and was known as "BOS".Expand BOS.

4)WII is a leading _________ brand?

5)Which recent hindi film is loosely based on the following film?There are enough clues.

6)Identify the mascot.

7)Simple,Identify the famous personality.

8)Name the new american idol and what record does she hold?

9)The ocassion is the Oscars.Who is this bearded gentleman? George Lucas has stated that he was the inspiration for his Star Wars character Han Solo.

10)With which nobel layreate would you associate the following logo.Think Micro!

ANSWERS:

1)Douglas Jardine,Bodyline bowling.

Jardine never referred to this kind of short-pitched bowling as "bodyline", preferring to call it "Fast Leg Theory".

2)Isaac Asimov.Later, Asimov added the Zeroth Law: "A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; the rest of the laws are modified sequentially to acknowledge this.

3)Battle of the surfaces which Nadal won.

4)Video game console.

The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: [wiː]) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. The console is the direct successor to the Nintendo GameCube. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3,[3] but it competes with both as part of the seventh generation of gaming systems.A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions

5)Ta Ra Rum Pum.

6)Bravo of the world Military Games to be held from Oct 14 to Oct 21.

7)Satyajit Ray!In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival; it was accepted on his behalf by actress Sharmila Tagore.

8)Jordin Sparks.She is the youngest winner of the award.

9)Francis Ford Coppola with the best director award for wht els but for "The Godfather" film.Does he look like Han Solo?

10)Mohammed Younus.The logo is that of Grameen phone which sponsored the India-Bangladesh series.