Football World cup quiz

Q1

 

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

1. Identify the gentlemen. Why are they part of World cup quiz?
2. What record connects the 2 gentlemen?
3. Connect the 4 players
4.  What is the contribution of this cartoon character to the football world cup?
5. Explain - In the context of world cup.
6. Complete the series
   • tango
   • asteca
   • estrusco
   • questra
   • tricolore
   • fevernova
   • __________
   • __________ 
    

My Google Adsense Account is disabled

Today my mail told me that Google had disabled my Adsense account. Hmm!
The mail said

"After reviewing our records, we've determined that your AdSense account
poses a risk of generating invalid activity. Because we have a
responsibility to protect our AdWords advertisers from inflated costs due
to invalid activity, we've found it necessary to disable your AdSense
account. Your outstanding balance and Google's share of the revenue will
both be fully refunded back to the affected advertisers.
....."

So something went wrong. I am not a great geek to find this out. And Google will not explain and why should they. It's their program.
Of-course there is a chance for me to appeal against this via an appeal process.
I will not approach them because my earnings were something around 16$ since I started blogging. Not worth wasting Google's time :)

Anyway my blog is slightly lighter now and some advertisers are richer by 16$. 

  

Musical marvels from a super trio

Which combination of strikers have scored most goals for a club or a nation?

Which opening pair has the record for most century partnerships in test cricket?

Which CM, home minister pair are the most successful and for which state?

Is UPAlliance more successful than the NDAlliance?

Which director actor pair have produced the most hits in Bollywood and Hollywood?

Some of these can be googled and answers would be available.

Some would need more research and analysis. They would be interesting as well.

One such combination is the trio of Mano Murthy, Sonu Nigam and Jayanth Kaikini.

I did some analysis on this combination.

This combination has given Kannada movie industry close to 15-18 songs from 2006 till now. These songs span over around 12-13 movies. Some of the movies are mega hits, but some are mega flops. The star cast also varies from big stars, big directors to small time guys. During these years, the Kannada film industry has seen fewer ups and many downs.

With all these factors, all the songs these guys made hits. Super hits.

The trio is not spared from some criticism. Mano's music is repetitive. Sonu is a stereotype singer. Jayanth is a purist writer.

But ultimately what matters is how the listener takes them. And its a big thumbs up from the Kannada audience. 

I am just not bored of listening to some of their musical marvels.

Gelathi Neenirvaga - Male Barali, Manju irali 

Male Ninthu Hodha Mele - Milana 

Ee Sanje Yakaagide - Geleya 

Maatinalli Helalarenu - Bombaat 

Remember a couple of compliments about them -

Jayanth once said on TV - "Mano's music has space for some thought. Listeners can pause and think and then the music continues. That why he is unique."

A friend of mine, Mr SP once said - "When Sonu takes a breath in the song 'Male Ninthu Hodha Mele', my breath just goes away. He reminds me of my ex-lovers" 

Thanks Mano, Sonu and Jayanth for the hits. Expecting more hits from you.

1st weekend of football world cup 2010

As the dark continent turned bright for the world's most watched sporting event, here are a few thoughts about the play.

 

Real Madrid latest buy - Vincent Enyeama?

Nigeria would have lost by 5 goals if their goalie Enyeama did not produce a match saving performance. He stood between Messi and goal atleast 5 times. Superb saves. The bosses at Real Madrid must now be thinking of getting Enyeama into Bernabeu. At-least then Real can thinking of stopping Barca's ace striker - Messi.

 

No Greenery in England

Reports of Robbery of Greens have been increasing in England. Interestingly the same reports are coming from USA. Analysts at Gopadi institute found the reason. English guys are on a killing spree on whatever is Green after Green robbed them of a victory against USA. In the USA, Green is the national hero. So anything Green is being robbed and saved as memorabilia of their 1-1 draw against the friendly enemies - Brits.

 

Pole - The last man standing

After Tshabalala goal of the tournament (so far) followed by the dance of the tournament, the pole prevented a victory for SA against Mexico. Mphela's strike managed to hit the woodwork saving the Mexican smile. 

After Green's blunder, the pole helped England salvage a draw against USA. The close kick took a deflection from Green's hand and hit the pole as USA drew 1-1. 

Ghana's joys would have been multiplied by 2 if Gyan's late strike hadn't hit the pole.

 

Veron theory

Juan Sebastian Veron has been selected by Maradona over Cambiaso. the old Veron has an interesting playing skill.

If an Argentina player gives him the ball, the ball will be kicked back to him.

If the opponent gives the ball to Veron (remember he cannot get the ball from the opponent, opponent has to give it to him), the ball will end-up either outside the play area or will be a missed pass.

Argentina plays just 10 men...Veron is just like a tree in the middle.

 

Australia to increase their Defense budget

In a late night announcement, Aussie prime minister has announced a steep hike in his defense spending. This came after he watched the Aussie team going down 4-0 to Germany. Asked for an explanation, the team coach Pim Verbeek said that they lacked the sting in their defense. Not used to massive defeats in any sport, Aussies are in deep mourning.

 

Messi, the Lampard of Argentina ?

Messi started the world-cup with 3 great passes...All 3 should have been in the net. Thanks to the blunt strikers, none were converted to goals. Frustrated with this, Messi started his attack on the goal. 4 to 7 strikes at the goal, all saved. Remember Lampard in the previous world-cup. 17 shots at goal and not a single one converted. Will Messi turn out to be the Lampard of Argentina. I hope not.

 

Serbia gets a new world class volleyball player

Zdravko Kuzmanovic is the new volleyball player of Serbia. The Serbian defender (in football) forgot that he was playing football. Leaped up in air, he played the best volleyball drop shot ever by a Serbian. Unfortunately the referee was spot on and so was Ghana's Gyan. Igor Kolaković, the Serbian volleyball coach has already sent a SOS for Kuzmanovic.

    

Camouflage

Shot on the beaches of Kundapura, Udupi District, India.

Visit the sweet beaches.

When it rains, work stops!

20 mins of heavy rains lashed the whitefield area of Bangalore today.

It was accompanied by rough winds. Water was pouring down.

I stood by the glasses which are the walls of my office.

Observed the activities around me. 

A guy was busy clicking photos of the rain (probably he would publish a photo blog).

Colleagues were just watching the rain from the coffee corners.

Guys stood up from their seats and watched the glass being washed thoroughly.

Heard somebody telling - what coding in this weather, watch the rain.

There were some oohs and aahs..."Cant go home now?, what happens to my bike?"

People who wanted to move to the next building (for meetings) stood waiting for the rains to stop, realizing that the umbrellas would fly away.

Amid all these brakes from work, the office boys were busy. Busy pushing out the water that had entered office through the slit of the office door.