January 2015 Quiz

Who’s who…

QM: Hemant Mainkar

Who’s who…• 10 questions regarding achievers / famous

personalities

• 10 points for correct answer for direct question

• 5 points for passed question

• No negative marks

• Sequence of passing: clockwise

• Direct question will be addressed to the person next to whoever answered the previous one

• If nobody answers, direct question will be addressed to the next person in sequence

Who’s who…Question 1

• Identify this person who achieved a unique distinction recently

• Manjul Bhargava, Mathematics prof at Princeton who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014

• First Indian origin person to achieve this distinction

Who’s who…Question 2

• Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson recently completed an awe-inspiring feat, closely followed across the world by enthusiasts and news media

• What?

• First free climb of Dawn wall at El Capitan rock formation (Yosemite), which took them 19 days!

• They used ropes only to protect them from falling and scaled the 900 metre rock face

Who’s who…Question 3

• This image is taken from a comic book series that was launched in 2011. Name the comic book series or its unlikely hero.

• “Superputin” featuring Vladimir Putin as the hero

• Medvedev is also featured in it as his sidekick!

Who’s who…Question 4

• The photograph above features Shazia Ramzan & Kainat Riaz

• What is their claim to fame?

• Classmates of Malala Yousufzai, who were also shot along with her

Who’s who…Question 5

• Identify this iconic actress who plays the witch in this latest Disney fantasy

• Meryl Streep, one of the all-time greats of Hollywood (triple Oscar winner)

Who’s who…Question 6

• The image above shows a portion of the cover page of Spanish author Javier Moro’s recent book “El sari rojo” which caused quite a stir in India

• Whom is this book about?

• Sonia Gandhi – It’s called “The Red Sari” in English which is her dramatized biography. The Congress party objected to it and wanted to have it banned

Who’s who…Question 7• This batsman holds two contradictory records –

highest number of ducks in a series (4 in 2007 World Cup), and highest number of test innings without a duck (78)

• Whom are we talking about?

• A B De Villiers, who recently smashed the records for fastest 50 (16 balls) & fastest century (31 balls) in ODI’s against West Indies

Who’s who…Question 8• This legendary Hollywood star has been active for over

fifty years now, and still remains busy

• Although he was an iconic actor famous for his action movies, he never won an Oscar for acting

• He later took up direction, and has won multiple Oscars for Best Director

• He was also the Mayor of Carmel-by-the-sea, California for a brief period

• Whom are we talking about?

• Clint Eastwood, who’s recently in the news for “American Sniper”

Who’s who…Question 9• Although he does not own the place, this celebrity has been

residing at Flat 3b, 3 Hans Crescent, London SW1X 0LS in the area of Knightsbridge (London)

• He is far more famous than the owner of this place, and has been forced to live there since 2012 due to peculiar circumstances

• Whom are we talking about?

• Julian Assange, who has been stuck at the embassy of Ecuador in London, in order to avoid extradition to Sweden

Who’s who…Question 10• Ironically, whose famous last words were “Don't

worry, they usually don't swim backwards.”?

• Steve Irwin, the “crocodile hunter”, who was trying to approach a stingray fish from behind during the filming of a documentary