FUNDAMENTALS
SENJAM RAJ SEKHAR
The Indian cricket team will have its task cut out when they begin their much discussed tour of Australia. Today’s theme is not cricket related but everything to do about the land down under.
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DOWN UNDER
1. Harold Holt, the 17th Prime Minister of Australia and the first Aussie PM to be born in 20th century met an unfortunate end. How? 2. Where would you see the chef owner of ‘Press Club restaurant, the chef owner of Fenix restaurant and the author of Cravat-A-Licious together? 3. The Australian Open was first played in 1905. The name Australian Open was given only in 1969. What was it called for 64 years? 4. Which anti submarine missile of Australian navy is named after an Australian aboriginal word for Throwing stick? 5. This brand is one of few Australian FMCG brands to acquire worldwide fame. It was invented by J. Hagemann, a German immigrant to Australia, who crushed chrysanthemum flowers to produce a pyrethrum extract which was an insecticide. It is now part of portfolio of Reckitt & Colman who made it into a household name across the world. Which brand? 6. Sydney and Melbourne, the two great Aussie cities have a good natured rivalry between them. Some of these manifest in jokes that they make about each other. Complete his joke, “Do you have any childrenYes, two living and one….” 7. When James Cook landed in the east coast of Australia in 1770, he was accompanied by two friends from a particular profession. These two friends were so fascinated by the sight one particular inlet, they ended up naming the inlet after their profession. What? 8. While this has been in use for thousands of years in Australia, but the rest of the world noticed it only after the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. A gentleman named Jackie Byham made use of the Olympics to sell this. He ended up selling more than 5,000 units. It soon became popular across the world. What are we talking about? 9. Jorn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House, spend seven years in Sydney from 1959 to 1966 on his masterpiece. How many times did he return to Australia after 1966? 10. What is common to Shakespeare, Myola, Wheatwoolgold, Emu, Eucaplyta, Sydmeladperbrisho, Opossum, Gladstone, Thirstyville, Kookaburra and Cromwell in connection to Australia?
ANYTHING GOES
1. If IB station in Orissa on the Howrah — Nagpur rail route has the shortest name, which Railway station in India has the longest name? (J. Anukoolam, Bengaluru) 2. The dots in the logo of this company represent the first three outlets opened. Originally, the founder had planned on adding a dot for every store he opened. This quickly became impractical. Identify this brand? (Chintalapudi Naveen, Pathapatnam, Srikakulam) 3. “The die is cast” is an idiom now. It was originally uttered by who and when? (Vasudev Prakash, Mysuru) 4. Robert Williams was an American Engineer who worked in Ford’s factory in Michigan. He died while gathering parts in storage facility due to an accident. His family sued Ford for a total of $15 Million and the court concluded that there were not enough safety measures in place to prevent such an accident from happening ? What is so historic about this death? (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad) 5. Which temporary 600bed hospital during World War I in Mumbai was the first of its kind to have electricity, American fans, German elevators, Turkish baths and English butlers? (Partha Sarkar, Kolkata) 6. Who is the only bowler in cricket history to get Australian cricketer Don Bradman dismissed hitwicket? (Gargee Sarkar,Panpra-Khatra, Bankura) 7. What is common thing a Pilot and Co-Pilot on passenger plane not allowed to have on flight to ensure safety? (T.V.S. Rao, Visakhapatnam) 8. The Taiwan Travel Act passed by US Congress in March 2018 has made China very unhappy. What does the act enable? (Deepak Gomes, Kolkata)