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QOTD:- 11/11/11 !
  • kungfupanda November 2011

    Well, hello guys this is my 1st post at gyaan.in, "the" quizzing site for India. Ive been observing things over here since the past few years but havent partisipated at thiss forum.I was a part of the quizzing circuit at kolkata ( lakshmipat singhania academy- for those at cal) and right now im in bhubaneshwar.So here, my first set of questions:-


    1. Connect Major Dhyanchand,Jyoti Rao Scindia and Sachin Tendulkar.


    2.X (January 28, 1884 – March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. Showing an intense interest in science as a child, he attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and became a professor of physics in Brussels at the Free University of Brussels. In 1930, an interest in ballooning, and a curiosity about the upper atmosphere led him to design a spherical, pressurized aluminum gondola that would allow ascent to great altitude without requiring a pressure suit. X has inspired something/someone in the field of entertainment. Identify X and what/who he has inspired.


    hope u like it.

    :-D
  • 7Aces7Aces November 2011
    1- Something related to Bharat Ratna, I guess...
    2- Prof. Auguste Piccard. He was the inspiration for the Prof. Calculus character in Tintin
  • MukundM November 2011
    1. its roop singh stadium, gwalior. 
    Welcome 2 Gyaan. btw ur username kf 'panda' is very apt considering u r in BBSR...
  • 7Aces7Aces November 2011
    @MukundM I still don't get the logic of the first answer. Mind explaining it please?
  • 7Aces7Aces November 2011
    OhK! I get it - 

    Dhyan Chand had two brothers - Mool Singh, and Roop Singh
    In this stadium, Sachin Tendulkar became the first and only male cricketer ever to score a double century in an ODI
    The Scindia Family hails from Gwalior

    @MukundM Awesomely worked out...!!
  • kungfupanda November 2011

    Great answers by 7Aces and MukundM.


    @7Aces-You would like to know an interesting fact that Sachin Tendulkar is not the 1st cricketer to score a double ton.Funnily enough, its a former Australia captain Belinda Clark who scored the 1st double ton.

  • 7Aces7Aces November 2011
    @kfp Thank u for the info...!
  • sam November 2011
    hey, all three of them have got the title of major!!!
    can this also be the connect?sachin got it recently and scindia had too got it earlier
  • 7Aces7Aces November 2011
    @sam I'm nt sure if Sachin has a major title... But its always the most convincing connect, in this case it appears to be the former one.
  • ArunavhaChandaArunavhaChanda November 2011
    Sachin is a Group Captain in the Air Force, not a Major.