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Tokyo: Inside the Delta SkyClub at Tokyo-Narita Airport

• Jan 06, 2011 from jaunted in Lifestyle
  15-ish hours. That's how long a flight it is on Delta direct from Tokyo-Narita International to New York-JFK, and trust us when we say that you'll feel every one of those hours passing by in the air. So it's all the more important to make the most of your time on the ground before take-off, by eating, finishing up your work, or just plain chillin'. All that is exactly what we recently did at the Delta SkyClub, taking advantage of a Groupon deal where we paid $25 instead of $50 for the Day Pass. What'd we get for that $25? Well, a glass of green tea and a few finger sandwiches, and the feeling

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Pt. V

• Oct 08, 2010 from weatherforecas
  GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Pt. V
  WHO WAS INDIAS FIRST CRICKET COACH?
  Ajit Wadekar was the first to coach the Indian cricket team. He was both the manager and the coach of the Indian cricket team from 1992 to 1996. John Wright was Indias first foreign coach.
  WHAT IS A SUCKER BALL IN CRICKET?
  When a bowler intends to tempt batsman into scoring runs by bowling a ball which appears easy to hit and the batsman hits the ball but t results in his dismissal by either being stumped, bowled or caught, such ball is called a sucker ball.
  WHICH BATSMAN HAS REMAINED NOT OUT MOST OFTEN IN CRICKET ODIS?
  Michael Bevan of Australia has remained not out most often in ODI cricket 67 times in 196 innings of 232 matches he has played. He has scored 6,912 runs with an average of (53.58).
  WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST WINNER AT WIMBLEDON?
  Swedish tennis legend Bjorn Borg was the youngest winner at Wimbledon. At 16, Borg was the Wimbledon junior champion in 1973. American Kathy Rinaldi, 15, was the youngest woman winner at Wimbledon (1981). Martina Hingis of Switzerland won the 1996 Wimbledon at 15 years too. At 17, Boris Becker won the mens singles title in 1985.
  HOW MANY ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS IN CRICKET HAVE ENDED IN A TIE?
  Twenty one one-day international cricket matches have ended in a tie. While Australia has been involved in the most (8), the others are Pakistan (6), West Indies and South Africa (5), England, Zimbabwe and New Zealand (4 each) and India and Sri Lanka (3 each). Australia and South Africa have played four tied matches.
  WHY IS CRICKET NOT A DISCIPLINE IN THE OLYMPICS?
  Cricket was played just once, at the Paris Olympics in 1900. Cricket is played by just 10 countries at the highest level (though there are nearly 100 associate members of the ICC) and this would normally disqualify it from being included as an Olympic sport. The International Olympic Committee claims mass participation is a must (minimum of 16 nations). The only other occasion cricket was part of a multi-disciplinary meet was at the 1998 Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur.
  WHEN WERE COLOURED UNIFORMS INTRODUCED IN ODIS?
  Coloured uniforms for ODIs were introduced in 1977 by Kerry Packer for the World Series matches in Australia which did not have official status, even though many world class cricketers took part. However, it was a revolution in itself. Its legacy is a permanent change in the way the game is funded, watched, played and perceived. World Series pioneered three-cornered tournaments, night cricket, floodlights, coloured clothing, coloured balls, drop-in pitches, on-field microphones and multitudinous
  WHO HOLDS THE RECORD FOR WINNING THE MOST NUMBER OF OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS FOR SWIMMING?
  In the 1972 Munich Olympic games, Mark Spitz won seven Olympic gold medals, a feat yet unequalled by any other Olympic athlete. Even more remarkably, Spitz set a new world record in each of the seven events the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle, 4 x 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m medley
  IN CRICKET, WHAT IS POWER PLAY?
  The original rules of ODIs stated that during the first 15 overs, only two fielders should be allowed outside a 30-metre circle around the wicket. This meant that attacking batsman were likely to score runs quickly in the first 15 overs, but would become more watchful at the end of the spell. In an effort to keep the game more exciting during the middle overs, the 15 over block with fielding restrictions at the beginning of the innings is reduced to 10, and thereafter, the captain of the fielding side has to decide when to bring his fielders in again for two further blocks of 5 overs, at any time he likes. These 5 over spells are called Powerplay 2 and Powerplay 3. (Powerplay 1 is the first block of 10).
  WHAT IS THE MILEAGE OF F1 CARS?
  For every 100 kilometres, a 900 bph F1 car uses 70 litres of petrol. A team uses about 1,200 litres of petrol during a Grand Prix weekend.
  WHY IS THE SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TEAM CALLED PROTEAS?
  The Protea flower with pink and yellow petals, is the national flower of South Africa, and hence their cricket team is called proteas. Similarly, South Africas rugby team is called springboks, which is the countrys national animal.
  HAS ANY PLAYER IN CRICKET BEEN DECLARED OUT BECAUSE HE CAME LATE TO THE GROUND TO BAT?
  Law 31 in cricket provides that an incoming batsman must be in position to take guard or for his partner to be ready to receive the next ball within 3 minutes of the fall of the previous wicket. If this requirement is not met, the incoming batsman will be declared timed out. The fielding side has to appeal for the wicket to be awarded. There is no known incidence of this in an international match. There are three cases, however, in first class cricket. H Yadav Tripura vs Orissa at Cuttack in 1997; Vasbert Drakes Border vs Free State at East London in 2002 and A J Harris Nottinghamshire vs Durham UCCE at Nottingham in 2003.
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