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Izzies are 'light' IZ questions that are ideal for beginners and children

Which famous sportsman suffered a serious accident on 29 Dec 2013 while skiing on a mountain named Dent de Burgin in France?

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Michael Schumacher, the 7-time Formula One winning driver. More here.

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Izzies are 'light' IZ questions that are ideal for beginners and children

This country held elections in Jan 2014; the main opposition party (BNP) refused to participate, thus assuring the ruling Awami League of victory. Which country?

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Bangladesh. More here.

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Izzies are 'light' IZ questions that are ideal for beginners and children

"The Empty Hearse" is the name of a TV episode that aired in January 2014. It marks the return of which British show?

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Sherlock", the modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes. The title is derived from the original Holmes story "The Empty House" in which Holmes makes his return after being presumed dead.

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Izzies are 'light' IZ questions that are ideal for beginners and children

Thought not yet confirmed, which famous figure from Indian business is rumoured to be interested in contesting from South Bangalore for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections?

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Nandan Nilekani, former Infosys CEO. More here.

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Izzies are 'light' IZ questions that are ideal for beginners and children

"Jai Ho" is Salman Khan's next Hindi film release, in Jan 2014 and has music by Sajid-Wajid. Which music director, closely associated with Salman Khan, will be the voice of the song "Photocopy" in the film?

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Himesh Reshammiya. More on the film.

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Izzies are simpler questions that are ideal for beginners and children

Rakhi Birla is the only woman minister in which ministerial Cabinet which was sworn into power in December 2013?

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The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi. More here.

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(Izzies are IZ questions meant for beginners, especially children)

Which Russian city will host the Winter Olympics in Feb 2014?

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Sochi. Read for more.

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His initials contribute fifty percent to the name of the famous company he founded in 1943, while another twenty five percent comes from the farm where he was born. He resigned from the company's board in June 2013 after a very and successful innings.

Which businessman, also author of "A Testament of a Furniture Dealer", is this?

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Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, the furniture retailer.

This day last year: Q.626

Q.984

This week's IZzie

 
What is this list about, and who is the latest addition (some may say casualty):

• 2005: Mariano Puerta (Argentina)
  
• 2006: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
  
• 2007: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
  
• 2008: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
  
• 2010: Robin Soderling (Sweden)
  
• 2011: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
  
• 2012: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  

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The list of people who lost to Rafael Nadal in the finals of the French Open. David Ferrer of Spain is the entry for 2013, helping Nadal to a world record number of titles at the same Grand Slam.

This day last year: Q.619

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Time for this week's IZzie

For what reasons, related to a very different sport, was the President of the All India Chess Federation in the Indian news for most of the end of May 2013?

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The President of the AICF is N. Srinivasan, also the President of the BCCI. You probably know the rest.

This day last year: Q.612

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This week's IZzie

This is an almost-complete list of football teams associated with someone. One name is missing. Who is the person, and what is missing?

East Stirlingshire
St. Mirren
Aberdeen
Scotland

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Sir Alex Ferguson, and Manchester United. These are the teams that he has managed.

This day last year: Q.591

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This week's IZzie

The Indian National Awards for Films for 2013 were awarded by the President of India on May 3rd, 2013. In 2012, it had been announced that these awards would be given away each year on this date. What significant event in the history of Indian films is being commemorated by the choice of this date?

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The film "Raja Harishchandra", considered India's first feature film, was released on this day in 1913.

This day last year: Q.584

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This week's IZzie

For today's question, we will delve into the past: in November 2010, which footballer was nicknamed "The Cannibal of Ajax" by a Dutch newspaper after an incident in which he tried to take out a piece of the PSV Eindhoven player Otman Bakkal with his teeth?

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The Uruguyan Luis Suarez who plays for Liverpool in the English Premier League. In April 2013, he was banned for ten games for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic (more meaty details here).

This day last year: Q.577

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This week's IZzie

In April 2013, he attempted to run for election from constituencies in Karachi, Kasur, Islamabad, and Chitral. Only the administration in Chitral accepted his papers, but even that was eventually disallowed.

Who?

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The former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who, to compound his misery, now finds himself under arrest. More here.

This day last year: Q.570

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IZzie for the week

In April 2013, Walt Disney Pictures announced a sequel to the Pixar hit "Finding Nemo". It's called "Finding ____", and will be centred around an important character seen in the previous film. It'll release in 2015 - since we're telling you two years in advance, try not to forget.

Fill in the blank to complete the title of the movie.

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"Dory", the fish that has retrograde amnesia.

This day last year: Q.563

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This week's IZzie is also a vIZual

Image: Amazon

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A review is here, and here's an excerpt. A link to the book.

This day last year: Q.556

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Time for this week's IZzie

Which democratic country renewed a state of war with its neighbour in March 2013, thus ending sixty years of uneasy ceasefire, also taking such steps as cutting off all official communications between the two?

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The Democractic People's Republic of Korea a.k.a North Korea. The country has been particulary belligerent towards the South in 2013, and some US-Korean military exercises haven't helped. See this for a summary.

This day last year: Q.549

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Time for this week's IZzie

Today's question is a vIZual, from a recent TIME magazine cover. Identify the person featured on it.

Image: TIME.com

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This day last year: Q.521

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Oscar 5

Since today is also IZzie day, a simple one to round things off: Two of the Best Picture nominees for 2013 have titles in French: one means "love" and the other is just sad. What are these titles?

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"Amour" and "Les Misérables".

This day last year: Q.513

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This week's IZzie

Much of this country's details were not available in Google Maps until January 2013. In an update to its data, Google Maps now shows details of various landmarks from this country whose geography may not be a mystery anymore, but almost everything else is.

Which country?

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North Korea. See this report for more.

This day last year: Q.492