FUNDAMENTALS
Amomentous chapter in the history of cricket came to an end with the retirement of MS Dhoni. We pay a quizzing tribute to Captain Cool in today's quiz.
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CAPTAIN COOL
1. Santosh Lala was a middle-order batsman and a medium-pacer who played eight first-class matches for Jharkhand. What is his contribution to the cricketing career of Dhoni?
2. There have been few occasions when Dhoni has taken off his wicketkeeping gloves and bowled. Who is his only international wicket?
3. Dhoni's instagram account is named Mahi7781. What is the significance of the number 7781?
4. Dhoni's 224 against Australia in the Chennai Test in 2013 is his highest test score. En route to 224, Dhoni registered the highest Test score by an Indian wicket-keeper when he was on 193. Whose record did he beat?
5. According to Gautam Gambhir, there is one MS Dhoni record that is going to stay forever. What record is that?
6. In the 2016 movie, 'M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story', Sushant Singh Rajput played the role of Dhoni. Deepak Dutta acted as Dilip Vengsarkar and Ravindra Mankani as Jagmohan Dalmiya. Who played the role of chief national selector Kiran More?
7. Dhoni has the most stumpings (120) by any wicket-keeper in an ODI career. He is also the only one to complete a century of stumpings. Who comes second with 99 stumping victims?
8. What connects Tapash Baisya, Khaled Mashud and Martin Guptil with reference to Dhoni's first and last ODI match?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Nicola Griffin, British mode, is the face behind lingerie brand JD William's latest collection. She has also been on the cover of 'Sports Illustrated'. What distinguishes her from other models? (UN Murthy, Secunderabad)
2. Clean Slate Films is an Indian film production and distribution company established in October 2013. Based in Mumbai, it mainly produces and distributes Hindi films like Pari, NH10 and web series Pataal Lok. Which bollywood actress is behind Clean Slate Films?(Dr Shanu Chandran, Vellore)
3. The hardness of minerals is determined by a scale named after a German geologist. Name the scale? (Soulath Mohammed, Secunderabad)
4. Which popular Indian brand's logo is meant to represent upper class and lower class drinking from the same cup?(Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
5. Arjuna is known by several names. One of his names in Partha. Why is he called Partha?(M. Vislesha, Secunderabad)
6. Ciudad del Este is the second largest city in this country. What is the name of the capital and the largest city?( Shishir Siddu Miracle, Secunderabad)
7. What unusual thing was officially designated as a “natural resource” by Michigan state's Department of Natural Resources in 1985? ( K Raghavan, Chennai)
8. What was invented when its founder, Alberto Perez, forgot to bring his cassette of pop songs to an aerobics class, so he had no choice but to play the mixtape he had in his car? (Sanjay Nair, Noida)