With the advent of Tineye and similar software, no quiz can claim to be completely Google-proof. This is not a particularly tough one, but it should be fun to work through, and just cutting and pasting in Google will probably not help. Good luck!

1. These are just a few in a list that includes a Belgian racing champion, an Austrian analyst and at least two French presidents. What list?

2. In the 19th century there were two. There were three from 1907, four from 1912 and five from 1937. About a decade later, it was decided that it was not a good idea for a newnation. What am I talking about? Hint—sport.

3. Connect this man to another who adapts the works of Bertolt Brecht and even better known playwrights. Thinking of floral underwear could help.

4. What variety of product would you be researching if you came across these images?

5. Popular culture: which sportsman is next? Just a little tricky!

6. The one on the left is supposed to have written it, the one on the right actually did. For full points, name both the authors and the fictional characters involved?

7. With which famous moment in international sport would you associate this dictator who had no personal proficiency in sport?

8. The first was the 6600. The best one is currently in China, made with almost 41,000 different ones. Youmeasure them by a unit that both Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan fear. What?

Answers shall be provided on July 30. Five winners will receive gift packages. Mail your entries to blink@thehindu.co.in by July 23 , complete with postal address. Quizmaster’s decision regarding selection of winners and all other aspects of the contest shall be final and binding.

Joy Bhattacharjyais a quizmaster and Project Director, FIFAU-17World Cup

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