FUNDAMENTALS
Take these ten shots at the goalpost in this week’s quiz on nicknames of football clubs.
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FOOTBALL CLUB NICKNAMES
1. Pensioners is an unlikely nickname for a football club playing a vigorous game of football. It is the name that Chelsea supporters proudly sport. How did they get this nickname?
2. The Argentine club Boca Juniors from Buenos Aires is nicknamed Xeneizes meaning The Genoese. Why?
3. The English club Sheffield Wednesday is nicknamed ‘Owls’. How did it get its name?
4. The supporters of Aston Villa are called Villains and Gooners are the fans of Arsenal. If you were a part of the Toon Army, which club would you be supporting?
5. Two club teams in English football have been referred as the 'The Invincibles' as both of them completed an English league campaign unbeaten. One of them is Preston North End team of 1880s. Name the modern era team that earned this moniker?
6. The Argentine club River Plate is sometimes called the Los Millonarios or the Millionaires. The origins of this name goes back to the 1930s. What happened in 1930s that led to his nickname?
7. Yellow Submarine - yes how the club is called by its fans. Which Spanish club is nicknamed el Submarino Amarillo meaning yellow submarine on account of its yellow stripes as well as it low profile compared to the high flying Spanish club in Real Madrid and FC Barcelona?
8. The Argentine club Estudiante has one of the most unique nicknames among all football clubs el pincharratas or rat stabbers. How did the club get this strange name?
9. The German club FC Schalke 04 is called Die Knappen and the Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk is named Hirnyky. Both monikers have the same meaning. What?
10. In which city would you find the Leoes (The Lions) in a constant fight with the Aguias (The Eagles)?
ANYTHING GOES
1. The US Capitol is the name given to the building in Washington DC which is the seat of the US Congress. But where would you find the Capitol Complex, a site that is included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites? (Abin K I, Ernakulam)
2. Baker Street has been associated with Sherlock Holmes since 221B Baker Street was first introduced in the 1887 novel
The Scarlet Letter. Which real life person set up an establishment in Baker Street in 1836 which continues in the same address till this day? (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
3. Darvaza crater or door to hell is a tourist attraction in Turkmenistan that is counted among the most unique natural attractions. However, the crater is not a natural one. How did it form? (U.N.Murthy, Secunderabad)
4. The 2009 Nobel Prize for chemistry was given to three scientists for their studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Two of them were Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonah. Who was the third?(S Miracle, Secunderabad)
5. She won a Silver Medal in Archery at the Olympics in 1908. She even represented England twice in field Hockey in 1899 and in 1904, she won the British Ladies amateur Golf championship in 1904. However her biggest achievement is in another sport. Who and what sport?(BK Harinath, Mysuru)
6. What term is given to an unpaid leave of absence. where employees still technically retain their jobs. Usually, this is a temporary arrangement, and workers will one day be able to return to their jobs.(Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
7. How did the wedding of an American named Hope Cooke to Palden Thondup Namgyal in 1963 create buzz in South Asia? (Desh Kumar, New Delhi)
8. Who is the owner of Blue Origin, the company that is planning first private human space flight in 2021? (Sushuvon Banerjee, Kolkata)