Sports and politics is not a cocktail!

Sports and politics don't mix but sports have been used, over years, as a means to highlight political issues. Is this right? Can the politicians not refrain from using sports as a platform for political gains?

Sports in its unadulterated form is a means of enjoyment, a celebration of physique, acumen, will power, determination, team work and ability. Let it remain that! Let it provide smile to the billions and not a frown!

I believe that geo-political issues should have been kept out of the Olympics journey this year. Olympics is a tradition, an event that every athlete looks forward to, its an opportunity for a sports person to leave an everlasting imprint on this world- and it comes once in four years. Let it be a white canvas that it deserves to be for each one of the athlete. Lets not paint it blood red!

Peace!

Quiz 2: Simple 5

Another set of 5 simple questions…get cracking and refrain from googling…

1. The first of these popular ads was run during the World Series in 1997. It was created by McCann-Erickson. Actor Billy Crudup has been the voice in the US market; in the UK, actor Jack Davenport is the voice. Name the company and the ad campaign.

2. The current incarnation of A is the result of a merger between Confinity and X.com. Both companies were located on University Avenue in Palo Alto. Confinity's website was initially focused on reconciling beamed payments from Palm Pilots with email payments as a feature and X.com's website initially included financial services with email payments as a feature. Identify A.

3. What is the term for the largest ships capable of transiting the Suez Canal fully loaded, and is almost exclusively used in reference to tankers?

4. Identify the picture of the geographic entity taken from space shown above (I am looking at the specific water body nearest to the two land masses which is the focus of attention)

5. This person exploiting several loopholes in the banking system siphoned of funds from inter-bank transactions and bought shares heavily at a premium across many segments, triggering a rise in the Sensex in early nineties. When the scheme was exposed, the banks started demanding the money back, causing the collapse. Identify this person.

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Quiz 1: Simple Five

1. Who introduced cinema to India by unveiling six silent short films at the Watson's Hotel in Bombay, namely Entry of Cinematographe, The Sea Bath, Arrival of a Train, A Demolition, Ladies & Soldiers on Wheels and Leaving the Factory?
2. This lethal agent was first used in WW1 by Germany prior to the Third Battle of Ypres. The Germans marked their shells yellow as a means of identification. Identify the agent?
3. This company came into existence in 1945 as M/s Bachraj Trading Corporation Private Limited. It has a plant in Pantnagar in Uttaranchal among other plants elsewhere in India. It made it to The Forbes Global 2000 list for the year 2005. Name the company.
4. What is common to the following airlines: Asiana Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways.
5. Once bonded, a male and female of this species tend to live their whole lives together as a monogamous couple. During the mating season, June to March, the pair call to each other at night, and meet in the nesting burrow every three days. These relationships may last for up to 20 years. Their eggs can weigh up to one quarter the weight of the female. Usually only one egg is laid per season. Although it is about the size of a domestic chicken, it is able to lay eggs that are about six times the size of a chicken's egg. Identify the species.

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