Today’s question comes from Anil Kumar. Connect, with details. AC Milan legend Alessandro ‘Billy’ Costacurta (Visual 2) got his nickname because he is one of the biggest fans of the basketball team Olympia Milano, who were sponsored by a fruit drink company called ‘Billy’ in the early 80s. As basketball teams in Italy were known…
Connect. ‘Adidas by Stella McCartney’ is a special line from Adidas designed by Stella McCartney and the face (and body) of the line is the gorgeous Maria Kirilenko, shown wearing one of the dresses in Visual 2. Stella McCartney’s mom, Linda McCartney is the woman in Visual 1. Cracked by only two of you…
Identify and connect. Farley The Fox is the mascot of the Calgary Hitmen ice-hockey team. The team takes its name from legendary wrestler Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, who also co-founded the team. Cracked by 16 of you! In order – zizzyphus, Atul Mathew, Raghuvansh, Sumo, RacerX, vijaysarathy, ixo, sueibo, Vivek Cheriyan, Dibyo, Ajay Parasuraman, Gokul,…
Connect. The Cabernet Franc (Visual 1) and Sauvignon Blanc (Visual 2) grape varieties were cross-bred to create the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, which is used to produce the Cabernet Sauvignon wine, one of the most popular red wines in the world. Cracked by four of you! In order – Thejaswi Udupa, zizzyphus, Raghuvansh, and vijaysarathy. Good…
Today’s question comes from Vikram Rajan, again, who is determined to make up for yesterday’s question! Identify both and connect. Thomas Sangster (Visual 1) and Andy Serkis (Visual 2), who have been cast as Tintin and Captain Haddock respectively in the upcoming Tintin movies by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Cracked by 10 of you!…
Today’s question comes from Anil Kumar, star quizzer and my ‘corporate team’ mate! Originally from Hyderabad, he has been a QFI regular for the last four years after having moved here on work. Identify both the players and connect. Salvatore Schillaci (Visual 1) was nicknamed ‘Toto’. Sebastien Squillaci (Visual 2) has a surname which sounds like ‘Schillaci’,…
Connect, with details. Tian Han (Visual 1) wrote ‘March Of The Volunteers’, the Chinese National Anthem, which was originally released as an album by Pathe Records, the cover of which forms Visual 2. It was also the theme song of the propaganda movie ‘Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm’ (Visual 3) before being…
Today’s question comes from Meera Krishnaswamy, a long time QFI member, and former semi-finalist on ‘Mastermind India’ (Topics: ‘Friends, the TV show – Seasons 1-6’ and ‘Indian Test Victories Abroad’). A notable feature of her Mastermind adventure was that she scored a perfect 20/20 in her specialized subject round on ‘Friends’, answering blinders such as ‘What is Joey’s last name?’….
Identify both guys. What connects them? ‘Fritz the Cat’. Robert Crumb (Visual 1) created the character and Ralph Bakshi (Visual 2) made the hit 1972 movie based on the comic books. This movie famously turned out to be the first X rated animated movie. I must say it gives me some perverse pleasure to announce…
Identify both and connect. The visuals showed Matthew Webb and Gertrude Ederle, who were the first man and woman, respectively, to swim across the English Channel. Cracked by 7 of you! In order – vijaysarathy, ixo, Thejaswi Udupa, Raghuvansh, Nidhi, zizzyphus, and Cranial rub.
