Monday, March 5, 2007

March 2nd '07 (continued..)

1. The book numbering system by ISBN(International Standard Book Number) underwent a major change from January 1, 2007 . What was it?

2. Adolf Hitler acted in a propaganda movie, on the Nazi party rally in Nuremberg ,in 1934. Though it had such an infamous cast, it was acclaimed internationally for its camera work and other technical qualities. The director of the movie was a lady, Leni Reifenstahl. Name the movie.

3.During the unfortunate "underam incident" of 1981, Greg Chappell was the Australian captain. Who was the bowler who bowled the underarm delivery and who was the batsman?

4. On 17th February 2005 ,the underarm incident was light heartedly revisited when Glenn McGrath pretended to throw the ball underarm to Kylie Mills of New Zealand. Umpire Billy Bowden produced a mock red card for this. This match is a landmark in cricket. What is the importance?

5.This is said about a programming language : "The most intelligent way to misuse a computer." Which is this language?

6."Who am I, a mere Prime Minister before the Queen of Music". Who was the famous prime minister who made this quote. Who is described as the "queen" here.







Answers:
1. The number of digits was increased from 10 to 13.
2. Triumph des Willens (Triumph of Will)
3. Brian McKechnie was the batsman and Trevor Chappell was the bowler. The batsman at the non-strikers end was Bruce Edgar who was on 102(not out). His century is known as "the
most overlooked century of all times".
4. The first ever international 20-20 match.
5. LISP
6. Jawaharlal Nehru on M S Subbalakshmy.

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