What Do You Know About Them?

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  1. Oldhand

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    Set I

    This is basically an 'Identify The Player' quiz.
    What's different is that we will have no 'helpful' pictures :p
    The questions will be live only for 24 hours :)

    Q1. This doubles pair was born in the same month and the same year.
    Clue: In fact, they were born exactly two weeks apart.
    Identify the duo :cool:

    Q2. This player created sporting history in May 2005.
    Clue: He has something in common with a 2008 Merecedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster and an F3 (Fujita) tornado :rolleyes:

    (Digging your memory or asking around is OK.
    Guesses and DNA analyses are also welcome.
    But don't go googling for the right answer :D)

    Prizes are yet undecided but will be quite special.
    You can see the 1st and 2nd prizes here: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=747106&postcount=230
     
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    A1. I know the answer because I looked it up on a hunch. So, I'm not putting it out here.

    A2. This one was easy. Fu Haifeng's world record smash. Speed kills (the opponents). :)
     
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    Q1 = Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan

    Q2 = Fu Haifeng


    Is it correct? I'm just guessing?:)
     
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    yeap, after checking i think i'm correct:D
     
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    2008 Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Roadster's (expected) top speed: 332km/h
    F3 (Fujita) Tornado: windspeed range 254–332 km/h
    Fu Haifeng's world record smash: 332km/h....:p
     
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  6. Oldhand

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    Answers - Set I

    Darn... those questions didn't survive even an hour :crying:

    The original idea was to let the questions run for 24 hours :eek:
    But now, that plan is pretty much useless :crying:

    Grrrrrrr... hold on for another set :mad:

    By the way:
    ... does this mean 'I don't really know'? :p
     
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    Ha! So, this is what I get for having the courtesy of not killing the thread with just one reply. ;)
     
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  8. Oldhand

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    Well, it died exactly four minutes after you decided not to kill it :D
     
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    An easy lift asks for a kill, doesn't it? So, do I get a broken racket or what? :p
     
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    Set II

    Set II

    Q1. He won three Olympic medals, three titles at the World Championships, two golds at successive Asian games and six crowns at the Asian Championships.
    Clue: For someone with so remarkable a record, he now remains almost inconspicuous :)

    Q2. She is an Olympic gold medallist and can smash harder than Andy Roddick can serve :eek:
    Clue: She was born in January... some say, on the first day of the year.

    (Those who dare answer correctly within the hour will be assassinated at my expense :mad:)
     
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    Not yet, not yet.
    Don't worry... Cheung has quite a few :D
     
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    A1. Intentionally left blank to avoid loss of life.

    A2. Same as above.
     
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    This set, I think, is headed for an even quicker death :crying:
     
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    Q1 = Yang Yang

    Q2 = Huang Sui
     
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    Ahhhhhh, how pleasurable it is to say...
    ...that you're wrong :D

    Anyway, 'partially correct' doesn't qualify for Cheung's artwork :p
     
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    both or only one of them???:crying:
     
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    One of them is wrong.
     
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    Inconspicuous? Aren't pictures of his wife and kid in this forum?
     
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    You could even sort of splice SIQ1 and SIIQ1 together and ask what Olympic opponents were born less than one week apart. (Hint #2: their respective partners were born exactly 3 weeks apart in a different month of the same year.)
     
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    I said 'he'... leave the family out of it :D
     
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