Tuesday, January 01, 2013

01.01.2013:

QUIZ:

1.   After whom is the month of January named?
    The two-faced Janus, the Roman God of beginnings and transitions.

2.   Which football team is the subject of the film “Fever Pitch”?
      Arsenal

3.   Name the acclaimed actor in films like “The Dirty Picture” and “Parineeta” celebrating her birthday today?
     Vidya Balan

4.   Competitors in which globally popular sport always have their birthdays on January 1?
    Racehorses

5.   If cricketers use bats, then what do polo players use?
    Mallets

Monday, December 31, 2012

01-01-2013

31.12.12:

Quotes About Success:

 1. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

2. “Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

3. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get”

4. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

5. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Cricket:

The Indian cricket team capped off the year with another loss, going down by six wickets to Pakistan in the first ODI between the two sides at the Chepauk in Chennai.
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar celebrates after taking the wicket of Pakistan batsman Mohammed Hafeez during the 1st ODI in Chennai. HT Photo/Mohd Zakir 1st ODI: India vs Pakistan

India, put in to bat in trying conditions, managed 227 for six, largely thanks to a superlative unbeaten century from captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (113 not out).

This was India's final match of a year that has seen them win just two series -- an ODI series against Sri Lanka and a Test series win over New Zealand.

30.12.12:

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