August 1 is the great Sir Frank Worrell’s 91st birth anniversary. While remembering the cricketer revered around the world for his talent and statesmanship, this week’s quiz looks at people honoured and remembered in foreign lands.

1. In February every year, the Cricket Association of Bengal celebrates Frank Worrell Day. For what particular reason is he remembered in Kolkata?

2. The Bolivian Ministry of Tourism promotes a trail which leads from the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz through the villages of Valle Grande and La Higuera. Which foreigner’s life is the inspiration for this trail?

3. In which religion is a foreign head of state’s visit on April 21, 1966, celebrated as Grounation Day, the second holiest holiday of the religion?

4. A 1928 Sergei Eisenstein film was based on a book written by an author whose life was the subject for a 1980s film which won an Oscar for best direction. Name the author, one of the few Americans to be buried in the Kremlin.

5. Who is currently the only active sportsman honoured on an Austrian stamp? Hint: He’s not Austrian!

6. In 2006, which American was posthumously awarded a Padma Vibhushan, many years after he won both the Nobel Peace Prize and the US Presidential Medal of Freedom?

7. The Peoples’ Friendship University, started in 1960, is regarded as one of the top five universities in Russia. By what name was it known between 1961 and the end of the communist rule?

8. If you entered the Rose Bowl in Hampshire to watch a cricket match, you would be walking or driving on a road named after which international cricket great?

9. Who was bestowed honorary Cambodian citizenship in 2005 for purchasing 60,000 hectares of forest land and turning it into a wildlife reserve?

10. In 1967, a ceasefire was declared in the civil war between Nigerian General Gowon and the secessionist forces of Biafra. Which international sporting hero’s appearance in a game in Lagos prompted the ceasefire?

Answer

1. He was the first to donate blood to Nari Contractor after the Indian cricketer fell to a Charlie Griffith bouncer in a match in 1962. The CAB organises a blood donation camp every year to commemorate his gesture

2. Argentine Che Guevara. He died in an ambush in Bolivia

3. Rastafarian. The visitor to Jamaica was Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, regarded a living god by Rastafari

4. John Reed, author of Ten Days that Shook the World . The 1980s film was Reds, directed by Warren Beatty

5. Roger Federer. The Swiss also released a stamp in 2007

6. Norman Borlaug, regarded as one of the fathers of the green revolution

7. Patrice Lumumba University, named after the Congolese head of state, who died in a plane crash

8. Marshall Drive, named after the great West Indian cricketer Malcolm Marshall, who lost his life to cancer in 1999

9. Angelina Jolie

10. Pele, playing for Brazil

Joy Bhattacharjya is a quizmaster and Project Director, FIFA U-17 World Cup

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