Quest Pistols # 27

trivialized !!

Question 1)

In April 2009, A , the less known ,elder brother of an Indian icon Y joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.Owing to the immense popularity of Y in the nation and the region likewise,the BJP decided to rope in A for local campaigning in favour of the party for the then upcoming/ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.

What is Y primarily associated with ?

Answer

Indian Cricket Team .( Y is Mahendra Singh Dhoni & A is Narendra Dhoni)

Question 2)

This well known song performed by an equally well known artist was recorded and produced in 1982 and sold under the Epic Records label.Interestingly,when the song producer called up a leading music artist Z and asked him to render his instrumentation for a part of the song, Z thought it to be a prank call.It was later only that the things were cleared and Z went on to record the song along with the artist,that too free of charge.The song moved on to the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Identify Z.

Answer

Eddie Van Halen,the lead guitarist of the band Van Halen.( He rendered the guitar solo in Michael Jacskon's Beat It )

Question 3)

When England won the Football World Cup in 1966, the celebration banquet also featured a black and white stray, mongrel dog as a guest.As a mark of honor,he was allowed to lick the plates clean. His owner collected a £6,000 reward. It was actually 'X' that brought this dog into such limelight.

What is X ,as it was known during that time ?

Answer

The Jules Rimet Trophy ( The Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the FIFA World Cup Champion until it was stolen again in 1970 and never recovered.Pickels the dog founded it when it was stolen in 1966 from an exhibiton)

Now also Connect/Identify the common link among X,Y and Z.

Answer

The connect is Nike.

Nike is the official clothing sponsor of the Indian Cricket Team.

The Jules Rimet Trophy had the statue of Nike,the Greek goddess of victory.The iconic sporting brand Nike is also named after it.

For Eddie Van Halen,quoting The Rolling Stone Magazine's website news dated 17/6/2009

"Eddie Van Halen’s red, white and black splatter-striped “Frankenstrat” guitar is one of the Van Halenleader’s true signatures. In fact, it’s so closely associated with the guitarist, Van Halen had the color scheme copyrighted in 2001. Now he’s suing Nike because he says the sportswear giant put a similar design on one of their Dunk Lows sneakers."