The countries which won the Olympic Football Gold during the period 1952–1980 were all communist countries. 1952 – Hungary 1956 – Soviet Union 1960 – Yugoslavia 1964 – Hungary 1968 – Hungary 1972 – Poland 1976 – German Democratic Republic 1980 – Czechoslovakia
In the spellings of the first 100 natural numbers, ‘a’ does not occur even once. One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty One, Twenty Two, Twenty Three, Twenty Four, Twenty Five, Twenty Six, Twenty Seven, Twenty Eight, Twenty Nine Thirty. Thirty…
In the 78th minute of the Federation Cup final 2004, Cristiano Sebastião de Lima Júnior collided with Mohun Bagan’s goalkeeper Subrata Paul. All this happened in the process of scoring a goal while chasing a pass inside the penalty box. It was incidentally the second goal in the 2–0 victory of Dempo Sports against Mohun…
Tripos is the final honours examination for a BA degree at Cambridge University. This word originates from the Latin word tripus, which means ‘tripod’. Tripus refers to the three-legged stool on which a graduate sat to deliver a satirical speech at the degree ceremony.
The tusks of a walrus are the upper canine teeth which grow very long, sometimes to even one metre. They use their tusks for gripping ice, fighting enemies and even for scraping up the shellfish and clams they eat. The tusks are also indicators of their age and importance. The one with longest tusk leads…
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was in the same ship in which Swami Vivekananda travelled to the USA on his historic trip to represent the Hindu religion at the Chicago Parliament of Religions, 1893. Both of them had a focused discussion on the spread of science education in India. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata offered Swami Vivekananda the post of…
