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2 for the Day

2008-08-14T08:29:00.006+05:30

Extremely sorry. Havent been able to post questions regularly due to personal reasons. Anyways 2 questions follow:

1. Id.

Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Cardin.

2. Who is depicted in this snapshot from an extremely famous comedy series?

Xenu, the dictator in South Park.

Cracked by RC, Rahul M & Shreya.

Identify.

2008-07-07T20:21:00.003+05:30

Id the chap in the pic below, seen here with his invention. He later founded a company with two others which is a huge success today. The company?

Daniel Swarovski & Swarovski.

Whats Hapenning?

2008-06-07T13:34:00.007+05:30

Explain. Put fundae.

Yeah..yeah. The 'Dog Day Afternoon' incident.

Cracked by Guru & Rahul M.

Go ask Alice. I think she'll know!

2008-06-04T09:28:00.004+05:30

Shown below is a portrait by A of B. A & B?

A - Gertrude Stein.
B - Pablo Picasso.

Cracked by RC, Shreya & Thejaswi Udupa.

The Grand Reality

2008-05-24T07:59:00.004+05:30

Below is a painting by A, which depicts his son,B who would later become a 'stud' director. Also seen is the nanny,C who was also a model for A and mentor to B. Well, then A, B & C?

A - Pierre Auguste Renoir
B - Jean Renoir
C - Gabrielle Renard

Cracked by Rahul M, Saurabh & Thejaswi Udupa.

Safe & Secure..

2008-05-22T08:28:00.007+05:30

Connect:

Antivirus & Computer Security. Peter Norton , John McAfee & Natalia & Eugene Kaspersky.

Cracked by Rahul M.

ABCD..

2008-05-20T09:04:00.004+05:30

The pic shows a Los Angeles-based band A. Of the two albums released by A, the first one was produced by B, whose band C had released an album D. A was named after D, after taking permission from B. Gimme A, B , C & D. (A point for each: A,B,C & D)

A - Ruben & The Jets.
B - Frank Zappa.
C - Mothers Of Invention.
D - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets.

Cracked by Rahul M alone.

Watchmakers?

2008-05-14T19:23:00.004+05:30

Id.

Saatchi & Saatchi. (Maurice & Charles). Surprising. None got it. I am sorry if the title was misleading, the name "Saatchi" means "Watchmaker" in Turkish.

Really simple. Just Id.

2008-05-12T09:48:00.003+05:30

Phil Lynott of 'Thin Lizzy' fame.
Cracked by Rahul, Thejaswi Udupa & TRK.

My 50th Post

2008-04-26T19:27:00.012+05:30

1. These are collectible toys made by a certain Japanese company. The company has produced such toys based on movies, comics, games etc etc. Pic 1 shows a basic figure. Whats it called?

They are called Kubricks (name chosen in honor of Stanley Kubrick.) & are made by Medicom Toy Inc.

2. Id this not-so-famous stage actress who shot to fame by killing herself in an unusual way.

Actress Peg Entwistle committed suicide by jumping to her death from the letter "H" in the Hollywood sign in September 1932, as she saw the sign as a symbol of the industry that had rejected her.

3. Connect/ Put fundae/ Claim to fame?

The six men depicted in the historic photograph, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

4. Who he?

John Belushi (National Lampoon's Animal House & The Blues Brothers)

5. What is depicted in this map?

Dick Jarvis' journey across Mars in Weinbaum's "A Martian Odyssey".

Scores:
Mayukh Bose & Shreya-4
Rahul-3
Debajyothi Adhikari, Pooja & Seema G. R. -1

Total:
Thejaswi Udupa-38.5
Shreya-26
Rahul M-24.5
Rishabh Kaul-15
Tyson Kiran-12
Aryan-9
TRK-9
Varun KR-9
ME-8
Pooja-7
Vivek Krishnan-6
Nikhil-5
Casina-4
Mayukh Bose-4
Nishansolo-4
Nishanth-4
Shyam-4
VIAC-4
Back Sun-3
Prerana-3
Tathagata-3
Aditya Sridhar-2
Karthik-2
Nitan-2
Rahul K-2
Saurya Chakraborthy-2
Suomynona-2
The Red Baron-2
Udit-2
Winoi-2
Darkstar-1
Debajyothi Adhikari-1
Debashish-1
King-1
Leonine-1
Noobieman-1
Phani-1
Seema G.R.-1

Brave Heart

2008-04-13T22:07:00.007+05:30

Whose life is depicted in this stain glass?

Stonewall Jackson.

3D Representation

2008-04-11T10:05:00.005+05:30

Id.

This is a bronze-cast representation of the famous Rembrandt painting, Night Watch.

Cracked by Rahul M & an anon.

Campaign

2008-04-07T08:34:00.003+05:30

What campaign? Whose campaign? Explain.

Harvey Dent. Campaign for the upcoming Batman movie, 'The Dark Knight'.

Cracked by all.

Smoking Kills!

2008-03-27T10:23:00.007+05:30

Connect/ Put fundae.

This is Wayne McLaren, one of the famous 'Marlboro Men'. He smoked a pack-and-a-half every day before developing lung cancer. 1st pic shows Wayne McLaren as Marlboro Man. The 3rd pic shows Wayne in his death bed (lung cancer). The irony-Before his death he also fought for the ban of tobacco advertisements. (Pic 2)

Cracked by Aryan, 2 'Rahuls', Suomynona, TRK & one of the anons.

A Memoir!!!

2008-03-22T18:17:00.008+05:30

Name the book & author/ Put funda.

The Girl in the Red Coat: A Memoir - Roma Ligocka.
Roma Ligocka, who was well known in the Warsaw Ghetto for her red coat was one of the survivors of the Holocaust. The movie 'Schindler's List' was shot in black-and-white but red is used to distinguish a little girl in a coat. The character is believed to be based on Roma.

Brilliant crack by TRK and one of the anons.

Four Ages

2008-03-13T19:05:00.003+05:30

Identify.

Franz Liszt. Cracked by Rahul & Shreya.

Identify The Two Missing & Connect

2008-03-10T21:48:00.004+05:30

Two of them are missing in this list. One among them is very famous (hence have left it blank) and the other, not so famous. (To be frank..could not find a pic of him). Identify both and connect.

As Rahul says "Add Henry Fonda & Joseph Sweeney...you will have 12 Angry Men".
I am Surprised. Only two of 'em cracked it, Rahul & TRK.

Put Fundae

2008-03-09T14:57:00.008+05:30

Who is believed to have written this letter and to whom? (Both their names have been blanked out)

From Clyde Barrow ('Bonnie & Clyde') to Henry Ford.

Cracked by Aryan, Aravind, Noobieman(mail), Shreya, Shyam, Udit, & Vivek Krishnan.

Id both.

2008-03-07T22:19:00.004+05:30

Helen Keller & Alexander Graham Bell. Cracked by all.

Coat Of Arms

2008-03-05T22:10:00.006+05:30

Whose coat of arms? (Granted in 2002.)

Sir Paul McCartney. An easy one. The motto was a giveaway, Ecce Cor Meum, also a McCartney album.
Cracked by Aryan, Rahul, Shreya, Shyam, TRK & Tyson Kiran.

The Present?

2008-03-04T09:37:00.007+05:30

Almost everyone got this one. It is Y Venugopal Reddy, the present RBI governor.

Total:
Thejaswi Udupa-38.5
Shreya-17
Rahul-14.5
Rishabh Kaul-14
Tyson Kiran-11
Varun KR-9
ME-8
Aryan-5
Nikhil-5
Pooja-5
Casina-4
Nishansolo-4
VIAC-4
Vivek Krishnan-4
Back Sun-3
Nishanth-3
Prerana-3
Tathagata-3
TRK-3
Aditya Sridhar-2
Nitan-2
Saurya Chakraborthy-2
Shyam-2
The Red Baron-2
Winoi-2
Darkstar-1
Karthik-1
King-1
Udit-1
Vinay-1

Another Connect

2008-02-24T18:36:00.009+05:30

Connect:

Hangar 18. (Check comments for explanation)
Cracked by all.

Lets Go Back To The Stone Age

2008-02-20T15:08:00.011+05:30

Connect:

Some of the Flinstones characters are named after these men/woman.
Only Shreya got this one. Great crack.

Id.

2008-02-16T08:27:00.002+05:30

Identify.

Warner Brothers.

Cracked by Karthik, Pooja, Rahul, Shreya & 2 anons.

Rock and Roll

2008-02-15T07:47:00.001+05:30

Where would you find these huge glasses?

Buddy Holly Center. Cracked By Shreya.

Two Sitters For The Day

2008-02-14T08:40:00.001+05:30

1. Connect:

Breakfast Of Champions. Wheaties Slogan, the movie & Kurt Vonnegut novel.

2. Connect:

Hard Rock Cafe. Name inspired by Morrison Hotel. Motto-Love all Serve all, adopted from Sai Baba.

Scores:
Aditya Sridhar-2 Nishanth-2 Rahul-2 Shreya-2 Aryan-1 Pooja-1 Shyam-1 Udit-1 Varun KR-1

Identify

2008-02-13T18:04:00.000+05:30

Greta Garbo.

Cracked by Shreya, Varun KR, TRK, Rahul, Nitan & The Red Baron .

Connect

2008-02-11T14:18:00.000+05:30

Connect and give full explanation.

This one was a toughie. Hats off to Shreya! She got the painter & a part of the answer right.
The connect is Pablo Picasso. The woman in the first pic is Dora Maar, Picasso's Croatian mistress, inspiration for his painting, Dora Maar au Chat. 2nd pic-Igor Stravinsky, a good friend of Picasso, both collaborated on many works. Picasso even painted a portrait of him. The 3rd pic shows the coat of arms of the town, Guernica, Spain. His painting, Guernica is a depiction of the Nazi bombing of Guernica.

Scores:
Shreya-1

Easy Bl**dy Easy!

2008-02-10T19:31:00.000+05:30

The movie?

Black Sabbath. The band was named after the movie.

Scores:
The Red Baron, Nitan & Rahul got it right. Aryan, Pooja & Shreya..better luck next time..

General Quiz 6

2008-02-08T12:53:00.000+05:30

1. Lets start off with an easy one! The artist?(very much in the news!)

Carla Bruni.(The albums-Quelqu'un m'a dit & No Promises)

2. Id the ship & put funda on the material used for its construction.(Both pics show the same ship)

The USS New York. It was built with scrap steel from the rubble from the World Trade Center (post 9/11).

3. Id the novel and its connection to the CS Lewis books.

Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. The name Terabithia is derived from Terebinthia, a Narnian island, created by C. S. Lewis.

4. Put funda..

On April 1, 1996, the fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer announcing that they had purchased the bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it to "the Taco Liberty Bell". It was a Fools' Day hoax. (Was it a repeat??Sorry..if it was)

5. Id. (Identifying even one of them will get you a point)

Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen, Tom Wolfe and Gore Vidalin. (TRK got Tom Wolfe right)

Scores:
Varun KR-3
Nishansolo-2
Anon-2
Rahul-1
Rishabh-1
Shreya-1
TRK-1

Movie Quiz 6

2008-02-06T21:28:00.000+05:30

1. Id the painter.

Viggo Mortensen.

2. Connect:

A Clockwork Orange. Anthony Burgess wrote the novel. Kubrick directed the 1971 film adaptation. Andy Warhol directed the 1965 adaptaion(called 'Vinyl').

3. Id the movie. (This is a poster of the movie in Germany)

Halloween.

4. Connect to a Oscar nominated movie:

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

5. What is caricatured in this image?

James Stewart in Rear Window.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-3
Shreya-3
Nishansolo-2
Rahul-2

Total:
Thejaswi Udupa-37.5
Rishabh Kaul-13
ME-8
Tyson Kiran-8
Shreya-7
Rahul-6.5
Nikhil-5
Back Sun-3
Casina-4
Varun KR-4
VIAC-4
Vivek Krishnan-4
Prerana-3
Tathagata-3
Aryan-2
Nishansolo-2
Saurya Chakraborthy-2
Tyson MSK-2
Winoi-2
King-1
Pooja-1

Music Quiz 5

2008-02-01T20:32:00.001+05:30

1. Connect:

Baba O'Riley(by the Who). The first part of the title comes from Meher Baba(Pic 1), who was Pete Townshend's spiritual guru. The second part comes from Terry Riley(Pic 2), an experimental musician Townshend admired. Some people know the song as "Teenage Wasteland."

2. The album & artist?

Karma Code & Lacuna Coil.

3. Connect:

Marilyn Monroe. The bands shown in the pics are Marilyn Manson, Misfits, Norma Jean & 7 Year Bitch.
Marilyn Manson - The combination of the forename of Marilyn Monroe and the surname of serial-killer Charles Manson.
Misfits - named after Marilyn Monroe's final film.
Norma Jean - Monroe's real name.
7 Year Bitch — from the Monroe film The Seven Year Itch.

4. The meaning of this word is unknown. It was popularized by an extremely popular song. It may probably refer to doing injustice or a euphemestic term for another expletive or a reference to one of the band's earlier albums. One of the dictionaries describes it as a type of jazz music. Gimme the word.

'Phunk' as in Don't Phunk with My Heart by the Black Eyed Peas.

5. Poster for which musical event?

The Concert For Bangladesh.(organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar)

Scores:
Aryan-2
Shreya-2
Anon 1-2
Varun KR-1
Anon 2 & Shrinidhi Rai-Better luck next time!

Sports Quiz 3

2008-01-31T07:43:00.000+05:30

1. Identify this legend & where would you find this statue?

Matt Busby(Sir Alexander Matthew Busby-the longest serving manager in the history of Manchester United) & one would find the statue at the Old Trafford Stadium.

2. This man has been in the news in 2007 for a particular reason. Questions about him have been asked in several quizzes. Whos he?

Mir Ranjan Negi and everyone knows the Chak De.. funda. He he has also been participating in a dance show called 'Jhalak Dikhlaja'.

3. Put Fundae..

Poster of the only Olympic cricket match. Only two teams competed-France & England. England won.

4. Mugshot again. Easy one.

Jennifer Capriati, arrested for possession of marijuana.

5. Identify.

Bernie Ecclestone.

Bonus Quesion?
Oh yeah! Not the ladies..Their hubbies/boyfriend/whatever?

1-Ashley Cole(Cheryl 'Tweedy' Cole), 2-David Beckham(Victoria Beckham) & 3-Wayne Rooney(Coleen McLoughlin)

Scores:
Rahul-2
Rishabh-2

Comics & Literature Quiz 3

2008-01-28T15:02:00.001+05:30

1. These are some of X's famous creations(comics). Whos X & Gimme his most famous creation?

Herge (Georges Remi) & The Adventures of Tintin.

2. The character & the comic?

Howard the Duck in Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness.

3. Id.

Tennesse Williams.

4. What has been blanked out?

Three Blind Mice. (The billing from the Radio Times issue, illustrating the night's programmes on radio for Queen Mary including the performance of Three Blind Mice)

5. Movie based on the life of which famous author?(Gimme the movie's name too)

Janes Austen & Becoming Jane.

Scores:
Nikhil-2
Pooja-1
Rahul-2.5
Shreya-2
Anon-2

Movie Quiz 4

2008-01-26T10:09:00.000+05:30

1. Connect:

The Maltese Falcon. The novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine "Black Mask". Humphrey Bogart with the Maltese Falcon(in the 1941 movie 'The Maltese Falcon'). The yatch 'The Maltese Falcon', apparently the world's largest privately-owned clipper yacht.

2. Id the movie.

Anatomy Of A Murder.

3. Connect:

Wes Craven.(The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare on Elm Street & Scream)

4. Identify.

George A Romero.

5. Connect:

Napster. Shawn Fanning had a cameo appearance, playing himself, in the film The Italian Job, where Seth Green's character accuses Fanning of stealing Napster from him while he was taking a nap (And therefore the name "Napster").

Scores:
Anonymous-2
Prerana-3
Homesgone-Better luck next time!

Music Quiz 4

2008-01-24T10:09:00.000+05:30

1. Gimme the band named after this character.

Uriah Heep from the Charles Dickens character of the same name in David Copperfield.

2. The newspaper article shown below was the inspiration for a famous song by a very famous band. The song, the band & funda?

The song, 'Jeremy' by Pearl Jam.The song takes its main inspiration from this newspaper article about a 15-year-old boy named Jeremy Wade Delle, from Richardson, Texas who shot himself in front of his English class in Richardson High School on the morning of January 8, 1991.

3. The blanks?

Martin Scorsese & B.B. King. (Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King)

4. Id.

50 Cent. (shudnt have asked this one)

5. The band named after this place.

Dimmu Borgir(after Dimmuborgir, a volcanic formation found in Iceland).

Scores:
Nikhil-2
Tyson Kiran-3
Rishabh-2

Sports Quiz 2

2008-01-22T17:02:00.000+05:30

1. What is depicted here?

This is the Villeneuve Curva (San Marino Grand Prix), the location of Roland Ratzenberger's fatal crash.(Everyone went for Ayrton Senna crash at Tamburello corner - Ayrton Senna question has been asked several times)

2. What list is this?

Victims(Israeli Olympic team) of the 1972 Munich Olympics.

3. Connect:

Liverpool F.C. Pic 1 - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel. Liverpool F.C. was founded by John Houlding(Pic 2).

4. The trophy?

Davis Cup.

5. Connect:

Force India F1. The team was formed when a consortium led by Vijay Mallya and Michiel Mol(Pic 1) bought Spyker F1. The team will use Ferrari engines. Adrian Sutil & Giancarlo Fisichella-The Drivers.

Scores:
Tyson Kiran-2
Nikhil(mail)-1
Rishabh-Got the Munich part right!

Comics & Literature Quiz 2

2008-01-18T17:24:00.000+05:30

1. What resulted from this strip?

Specialist Chip Gizmo, the computer geek in Beetle Bailey comic strips. The contest to name the new character Gizmo first appeared in this 6 May 2002 strip when Gen. Halftrack walks into Mort Walker's studio demanding a new character to help him with computer related stuff. The contest was sponsored by Dell Computer Corp., and it received more than 84,000 entries. It raised more than $100,000 for the Fisher House Foundation, a non-profit organistation that provides housing for families of patients at military and veterans hospitals.

2. Meera Jain, Aunt Maya, Uncle Bhim, Nalin Oberoi, Hari Oberoi. What am I talking about?

Spider-Man: India. Peter Parker is Pavitr Prabhakar. The names mentioned are analogous to Mary Jane Watson, Aunt May, Uncle Ben, Norman Osborn(the Green Goblin) & Harry Osborne respectively.

3. Connect: (Hint: Mass Muder --> Famous book)

'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. It deals with the slaying of Herbert Clutter(Pic 3) & his family by Richard "Dick" Hickock(Pic 2) and Perry Smith(Pic 1).

4. The cartoonist?

Dr. Seuss.

5. Who is depicted in this coin?

Helen Keller.

Scores:
Tyson Kiran-3
Saurabh-1
Anon-3

Crack IT! 3

2008-01-16T09:44:00.001+05:30

1. Gimme the species & funda behind its name.

The GoldenPalace.com Monkey. It was discovered in western Bolivia's Madidi National Park in 2004 by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Rather than choosing a name themselves, they auctioned off the naming rights to raise funds for a nonprofit organization. GoldenPalace.com(an online casino, well-known for its winning Internet auctions, mostly for bizarre items) one of over a dozen bidders, paid US$ 650,000 to have the species named after them.

2. Headquarters of which IT giant??

Infosys.

3. The last event was on the 5th of September and it was titled "The Beat Goes On". The next one will be on January 15, 2008, titled "There's something in the air". What am I talking about?
Stevenote. (Speeches by Apple CEO Steve Jobs)

4. Connect:

All these albums were released on a USB stick. (other than CDs)

5. Logo of???

The Windows Vista Codename (Longhorn) logo.

Scores:
Tyson Msk-2
Varun KR-2

Movie Quiz 3

2008-01-14T11:04:00.000+05:30

1. Connect:

Good Night, and Good Luck. The movie portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow (Pic 1) and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy (Pic 2).

2. Actor & Movie??

Frank Sinatra as Maj. Bennett Marco in The Manchurian Candidate.

3. The images show four not-so-famous actors. One was murdered and the others died of natural causes but many people believe it was 'something else' that killed them. What?

The Poltergeist curse. Dominique Dunne(starred as Dana in the first movie), Heather O'Rourke(played Carol Anne in all three movies), Julian Beck(played Kane in Poltergeist II), Will Sampson(played Taylor the Medicine Man in Poltergeist II). The rumor is a superstition largely derived from the fact that all four cast members died in a relatively short span of time (six years) between the release of the first film and the release of the third, with one dying during production of the second film.

4. Gimme the movie. The movie was remade recently.

3:10 to Yuma(1957) starring Glenn Ford.

5. Connect:

Grace Kelly. Her marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. The French fashion house Hermès's most famous product, the "Kelly Bag". The singer, Mika famous for his "Grace Kelly" song.

Music Quiz 3

2008-01-13T10:31:00.001+05:30

1. Connect:

Penny Lane(a famous song by the Beatles). Pic 1 - A view down Penny Lane in Liverpool. Pic 2 - Kate Hudson played the role of Penny Lane in the movie, Almost Famous.

2. The show is CSI: Crime Scene Investigatio, but whos the guest star?

Roger Daltrey of The Who.

3.

Dimebag Darrell. Three others who were killed by Nathan Gale in the Damageplan Concert Shootout: Club employee Erin Halk( Pic 1), 29 of northwest Columbus; concert attendee Nathan Bray(Pic 2), 23 of Columbus; and Damageplan security guard Jeff "Mayhem" Thompson(Pic 3), 40 of Texas.

4. The album & artist??

Off the Deep End by "Weird Al" Yankovic.

5. Connect:

Janis Jopilin. Joplin's famous "psychedelically" painted Porsche & Roger Miller originally performed "Me and Bobby McGee" but best remembered for Janis Joplin's cover of the song.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-4
Rishabh-3

Never Been Bizzed 3

2008-01-12T12:17:00.000+05:30

1. Connect:

Dilbert. Created by Scott Adams(Pic 1). Daniel Stern (Pic 2) voices Dilbert in the TV series. Logo of Scott Adams Foods (Pic 3). Scott Adams Foods also has a burrito brand called Dilberito.

2. Whos this?

Burger King.

3. Connect:

Quaker Oats company. It owned Fisher-Price between 1969-1991. Haddon Sundblom(Pic 2) painted the iconic image of the Quaker Oats man(He was best known for the images of Santa Claus he created for The Coca-Cola Company.) It financed the making of the film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', obtaining in return a license to use a number of the product names mentioned in the movie for candy bars.

4. The advertiser?

Heinz Ketchup.

5. Connect:

On three separate occasions, the Apple homepage featured images of notable figures(alongside the "Think Different" slogan) though they were not part of the campaign:
* In 2002, when Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize.
* In 2005, when Rosa Parks died.
* In 2007, when Al Gore received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-2

General Quiz 5

2008-01-11T18:57:00.000+05:30

1. These are some of X's famous sculptures but which was his most famous sculpture? Name X & the sculpture.

X - Frédéric Bartholdi & the sculpture, the Statue of Liberty.
1-The Bartholdi Fountain in Bartholdi Park, the United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC, United States;
2-Switzerland Succoring Strasbourg, at Basel, Switzerland;
3-Fontaine Bartholdi, on the Place des Terreaux, in Lyon, France.

2. It was held at the Wembley Stadium in London. The event was broadcast in almost 150 countries. In December 2006, when tickets for the event were made available, more than 22000 tickets got sold out in less than 17 minutes. Which event am I talking about?
Concert for Diana.

3. The Species???

The species, Crichtonsaurus bohlini named after Michael Crichton (in honour of Jurassic Park) and Birger Bohlin, a Swedish paleontologist.

4. What is this? (Picture as seen from Earth's orbit)

Suez Canal.

5. Awards for people who serve the humanity by losing their ability to reproduce or should I say remove themselves from the gene pool! Well, this might be a consequence when trying to attempt a stupid feat. What are these awards called?
Darwin Awards.

Guess, the quiz was too easy..
Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-4

Sports Quiz

2008-01-10T19:41:00.000+05:30

1. Connect. Hint: Rivalry & Politics led to its creation. (Gimme full story)

Tour de France. The story: The dominant sports newspaper in France at the end of the 19th century was Le Vélo. Like other sports papers, it mixed sports reports with news and political comment. France was split socially over the guilt or innocence of a soldier, Alfred Dreyfus (Pic 3), who had been found guilty of selling secrets to the Germans. Le Vélo stood for Dreyfus's innocence. Angry scenes followed between the advertisers and the editor, Pierre Giffard (Pic 1), and the advertisers withdrew their support and started a rival paper. One of them was Henri Desgrange (Pic 2). He started a newspaper called L'Auto. To promote sales of L'Auto, the Tour de France began. It was a publicity measure to outdo the Paris-Brest et retour race organised by Giffard. The idea came from L'Auto's chief cycling journalist, 26-year-old Géo Lefèvre.

2. Gimme the team & the occasions.

BMW Sauber. They put "Thank You" messages towards Michael Schumacher on the back of their cars for the German's last Grand Prix in Brazil. The 2nd one was when Jacques Villeneuve got married.

3. Connect:

Sharapova has been known to wear eccentric or revealing outfits from Nike on court, but the one in the pic is supposedly a Breakfast at Tiffany's-inspired dress.

4. Their contribution to the world of sports?

The members of IBM’s Deep Blue team (l-r) Joe Hoane, Joel Benjamin, Jerry Brody, Feng-Hsiung Hsu, C.J. Tan and Murray Campbell. The Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov. It was actually a measure taken by IBM to promote its image as a leader in computer technology.

5. He played for Corinthian Casuals, Chelsea & Manchester City in amateur football. He also took part in Wimbledon and has won a title too. He also won a doubles title at the Olympics & captained British Davis Cup team. One of his notable achievements include defeating actor and film director Charlie Chaplin at table tennis with a butter knife instead of a bat. Name this multi-talented sportsman.

Max Woosnam.

Scores:
Back Sun-3
Thejaswi Udupa-3
Winoi-2

Comics & Literature Quiz

2008-01-09T18:37:00.000+05:30

1. Identify.

Linus from Peanuts.

2. What is depicted here?

A statue of Digory Kirke (C.S. Lewis's fictional alter ego from The Magician's Nephew) in front of the wardrobe of his book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in East Belfast, Northern Ireland.

3. Id.

Robert A. Heinlein, L. Sprague de Camp & Isaac Asimov.

4. Connect:

The Hugo Awards, Hugo Gernsback(after whom it is named) & the 2007 Hugo Award Trophy.

5. The first French satellite was named in whose honour?
Asterix. Asterix-1 was the satellite.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-3

Crack IT! 2

2008-01-08T12:58:00.000+05:30

1. With which company would you associate the Squishycow symbol?
Tucows. (see pic below)

2. Which hugely popular website did these 2 start?

Chris DeWolfe And Tom Anderson.

3. This game's popularity prompted Microsoft to develop a Windows 95 port of the game to promote the operating system as a gaming platform. One presentaion also had Bill Gates digitally superimposed into the game. Which immensely popular game am I talking about?
Doom.
->Recognizing the game's popularity, Bill Gates made a video presentation to promote Windows 95 while digitally superimposed into Doom to blast zombies.

4. Connect:

Control-Alt-Delete.
Ethan Ryan MacManus, from the gaming-related webcomic and animated series, Ctrl+Alt+Del.
David J. Bradley,invented the "Control-Alt-Delete".
The band, Ctrl-Alt-Del.

5. Funny hair-style eh?? Identify.

Mitchell Baker, former CEO - now Chairman, Mozilla Foundation.

Scores:
Casina-3

Movie Quiz 2

2008-01-07T10:54:00.000+05:30

1. Name the dish (also the name of a movie).

Ratatouille.

2. Connect to a famous Oscar winning actress.

Reese Witherspoon."Sweet Home Alabama" a song by Lynyrd Skynyrd(Pic 1). June Carter Cash(Pic 2). Vanity Fair is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray(Pic 3).

3. Id both.

Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.

4. Weave a story.

The "little black dress" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, designed by Givenchy, was sold at a Christie's auction on December 5, 2006, for £467,200 (approximately $920,000), almost seven times its £70,000 pre-sale estimate. This is the highest price paid for a dress from a film. The proceeds went to the City of Joy Aid charity(founded by Dominique Lapierre) to aid underprivileged children in India.

5. Actress & Movie??

Bette Davis in the Oscar nominated movie, 'Mr. Skeffington'.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-3
Casina-1

Music Quiz 2

2008-01-06T11:06:00.000+05:30

1. A famous singer was named after her?

Dido Armstrong named after the mythical Carthaginian queen, Dido.

2. How is this place immortalized in the world of music?

The place is Giant's Causeway, located on the north-east coast of Northern Ireland. The Causeway appears on the cover of the Led Zeppelin album 'Houses of the Holy'.

3. Which two artists have been caricatured in this drawing?

Elvis Presley & Paul McCartney. Its called "Elvis McCartney", a drawing by Klaus Voormann for the Paul McCartney album 'Run Devil Run'.

4. The Band?

Arch Enemy (Melodic death metal band from Sweden).

5. Id the painter?

Bob Dylan.

Scores:
Only 1 answered, Thejaswi Udupa - 3.5

Total: (as of now)
Thejaswi Udupa-15.5
Me(thats what he calls himself!)-8
Rishabh Kaul, Vivek Krishnan, VIAC-4
Tathagata-3
Varun KR, Saurya Chakraborty, King-1

Never Been Bizzed 2

2008-01-04T23:04:00.000+05:30

1. Identify the city.

The city, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Hershey was originally named Derry Church, Pennsylvania. It was renamed Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1906 after the growing popularity of Hershey's Chocolate. As a sign of the popularity and company identification of Hershey's Kisses, the streetlights there are shaped like Kisses, both wrapped in foil and as plain chocolate, dangling from the poles. Also, the Hershey Chocolate Factory can be seen in the background.

2. The company they founded???

Compaq - founded by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto.

3.Identify.

Hector Ruiz, AMD, CEO.

4.Absolut _______.

Absolut Marilyn.

5. Mojo:Austin Powers::Forbidden Fruit:?
Desperate Housewives. Perfumes endorsed by them.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa-3
Varun KR-1

General Quiz 4

2008-01-03T09:01:00.000+05:30

1.Connect:

The connect is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie).
The guy in the first pic is Ken Kesey - The movie is based on his novel.The movie won all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor in Lead Role, Actress in Lead Role, Director, Screenplay). The movie inspired Metallica's song Welcome Home (Sanitarium).

2.Id the building. (both pics show the same structure)

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

3.Identify this controversial Olympic Gold champion. What was the controversy? (It remains unsolved to this day.)

Stanisława Walasiewicz (also known as Stella Walsh).The controversy was regarding her sex. An autopsy showed that she possessed male genitalia, although some sources suggest she also displayed some female characteristics. Detailed investigation has also revealed that she had both XX and XY pair of chromosomes. So the controversy on her gender remains unsolved to this day.

4.Chinese:Fage; French:Phoque; Korean:Ssipal; Welsh:Ffwc; English:??

The F word. (Really sorry..if anyone got offended)

5.Flag of which organization?

Adbusters Media Foundation. Its a not-for-profit, anti-consumerist organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They describe themselves as "a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age."

Scores:
Only 1 answered, Saurya Chakraborty-1

General Quiz 3

2008-01-01T22:44:00.000+05:30

Firstly, A Happy New Year to all.

1. Google Doodle to mark what occasion?

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 15, 2007.

2. Connect:

Pic 1 is Charles Lindbergh.
Pic 2 is Rudyard Kipling.
Pic 3 Insignia of Nazi Germany. (the 'Big Clue')

The connect is the Swastika symbol.
Older editions of Rudyard Kipling's books have a swastika printed on their covers associated with the picture of the Hindu god Ganesha (see pic below). A swastika was painted on the inside of the nosecone of the Spirit of St. Louis (see pic below) & everyone knows the Nazi connection.

3. "Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth."
Whose epitaph??

Benito Mussolini.

4.The band?

Death.(All hail Chuck Schuldiner!)

5.What book is he holding? Put Fundae.

Thats Dalai Lama with a copy of Tintin in Tibet. On June 1, 2006, Tintin became the first fictional character to be awarded the Dalai Lama's Truth of Light award.

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa(mail)-5
Me-3

The Movie Quiz!

2007-12-31T20:19:00.000+05:30

1.Connect:

Fake trailers from the movie, Grindhouse.

2.Sitter. Id Both.

Ingmar Bergman & Ingrid Bergman. (Ingrid is not related to Ingmar Bergman although they have worked together)

3. Character & Movie??

Leatherface from the movie, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974).

4. Another easy one. "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." Quote from which movie?

Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

5. Map to which fictional place??

The map to Skull Island (as seen in King Kong,2005)

Scores:
Thejaswi Udupa: 4
Rishabh Kaul: 4

General Quiz 2

2007-12-29T09:26:00.000+05:30

1.Identify & Connect:
a)

b)

c)

The connect is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) also called Lou Gehrig's Disease. Points for both.
a) is actor, Gary Cooper who plays the role of star baseball player Lou Gehrig in the movie, The Pride of the Yankee(which is based on Lou Gehrig's life).
b) is Benedict Cumberbatch starring as Stephen Hawking in the critically acclaimed Televison film, Hawking.(Hawking-victim of ALS)
c)ALS is also called Charcot's disease(named after famous French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot - the one in pic c).

I know the question was a toughie or should I say 'arbit'.

2. In Economics, what is 'Monopsony'?
Its a market form with only one buyer, facing many sellers as opposed to Monopoly. Good example is the Arms Industry, where the government is the only buyer.

3.What has been blanked out?

iPod.

4.Id this Booker Prize winning novelist.(Clue:One of his novels was made into a movie recently)

Ian McEwan and the book(made into a movie) is 'Atonement'(starring James McAvoy and Keira Knightley).

5.In computer science, a _________ _________ is an _________ that gives up finding the optimal solution for an improvement in run time.
Fill in the blanks(2nd & 3rd dash have the same word). The name of which fictional character is derived from this term? (2 points for this one..1 for the term and 1 for the fictional character.)

Heuristic algorithm & the fictional character is HAL 9000.

Scores:
Only 1 answered..King(baluindeevaram@gmail.com) - 1

Music Quiz 1

2007-12-28T12:42:00.001+05:30

1.What has been blanked out?

Stairways To Heaven.

2.Identify.

Jimi Hendrix.

3.Connect:
a)
b)

c)

S & G met in an elementary school, when they both appeared in the school play Alice in Wonderland. Simon was the White Rabbit & Garfunkel, the Cheshire Cat. They formed the group 'Tom & Jerry' before S & G. Their music was featured in the film The Graduate.

4)The easiest question of the quiz.The band?

Metallica.

5)

Identify this place notorious for murders of four teenagers on June 4, 1960. A famous band takes its name from these murders. Gimme the band.(Metalheads should get this one!)

Children Of Bodom. (Place - Lake Bodom).

Scores:
Me-5
Vivek Krishnan-4
VIAC-4
Tathagata(mail)-3

General Quiz

2007-12-27T14:40:00.000+05:30

1) (Sitter) Connect:
a.Harpo Productions
b.Aneres
c.Egroeg Sacul, a minor character in the Star Wars-themed ride Star Tours.

All are ananyms. An ananym is a name which has the letters reversed.
a. Harpo Productions, founded by Oprah Winfrey. "Harpo" is "Oprah" spelled backwards.
b.Aneres, the clothing line designed by Serena Williams. "Aneres" is "Serena" spelled backwards.
c. Filmmaker and Star Wars creator George Lucas, whose name was modified into "Egroeg Sacul"

2)The video of this memorable incident which occurred on September 17, 2007 had more than 4 million views when posted on the internet. This incident led to the creation of a new word. The New Oxford American Dictionary listed this word as one of the words of the year for 2007, popularized by the widespread use of a quote/phrase related to the incident. Also, this quote was named as the most memorable quote of 2007 by the Yale Book of Quotations. Gimme
the word and the phrase.

Incident:University of Florida Taser incident.
Phrase:"Don't tase me, bro!" & the word is 'tase' or 'taze'.

3) Connect:
a)

b)

The connect is Spencer Elden.
Pic a) shows Elden on the cover of cEvin Key’s The Dragon Experience in 2003.
Pic b)shows the band Nirvana..as all know Spencer Elden is the baby who appeared on the iconic cover of Nirvana's album Nevermind.

-->Spencer Elden

4) (Easy One)
ATI : Radeon
NVIDIA:???????

GeForce.

5)Identify (both):

Thats Walt Disney & Salvador Dali.

Connect

2007-12-26T18:40:00.000+05:30

1.

2.

3.

4.

Answer : Hugo Weaving.

1.Guy Fawkes (V's trademark Guy Fawkes mask in V for Vendetta - Hugo Weaving is V in the movie adaptaion).

2.He voices the Decepticon leader, Megatron in the 2007 movie, Transformers.
3.Weaving's first major role was in the television series Bodyline in 1984, as the English captain, Douglas Jardine. Bodyline was an Australian television miniseries which dramatised the events of the 1932–1933 English Ashes cricket tour of Australia.(Pic of Douglas Jardine, Don Bradman & Harold Larwood. They were the like the main characters).

4.He played the role of the half-elf Elrond in Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.(Pic:Elrond, as seen in the 1978 film adaptation.)

Daddy Of Death Metal - Chuck Schuldiner

2007-12-02T20:25:00.000+05:30

\m/ Chuck Schuldiner \m/

Known to many as the founding father of death metal, Chuck Schuldiner's brand of heavy metal opened the doors for a genre that had only been hinted at by efforts from Slayer and Venom. Beginning Death in 1985, the first few demos that leaked out of his Florida home created a strong buzz in the underworld. By 1987 he had managed to release his first album, Scream Bloody Gore, a landmark moment in death metal. Much like Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails, Death was merely a name given to his efforts to create the illusion of a band. The other members continually changed, and the band was so influential that entire careers were built out of stints in his touring and recording lineups. He had a very fruitful career working in the metal underground, releasing album after album of brutal death metal as the genre grew up around him. Known for his intense, technically sound playing skills, he managed to be one of the few survivors of the genre's fading popularity during the mid-'90s.

As the decade wound down, Schuldiner received the unfortunate news that he had a brain tumor. Death disbanded and he tried to get treatment, but mounting medical bills and a distinct lack of funds despite his years of making music began to take its toll on him. In a show of support virtually unheard of in the metal world, hundreds of musicians began to flock to his aid, holding benefit concerts and selling items on the eBay website in hopes of helping Schuldiner pay for his treatments. Schuldiner recorded a new album during this period, but at the last minute he decided not to resurrect the Death name and released it under the telling name of Control Denied. His condition worsened, and by 2001 he was bedridden and being taken care of by his mother. Rock artists as diverse as Dave Grohl, Napalm Death, Ozzy Osbourne, and Anthrax stepped up the efforts to earn Schuldiner more money for his medical bills; Grohl even tried to involve him on a metal album he was putting together. But on December 13, 2001, Schuldiner passed away in the afternoon. Perhaps the most appropriate tribute to his lasting influence occurred in the next few weeks, as his official website was flooded with over 14,000 tributes and postings despite virtually no mainstream media sources bothering to report his death.

Crack IT!

2007-11-30T13:55:00.000+05:30

1.Invented by Armando M. Fernandez, a technician at Xerox at that point of time. Its three most important benefits were higher speed, more precision and comfort for the human. Personal Computer Gamers are known to use its benefits to the highest level.What important invention am I talking about?
Ans.The Mousepad.

2. In Spring 1991, inspired by the e-mail signature of Frank Sheeran and goaded on by Ian Chai,Glenn Chappell wrote a nifty little 170-line ``C'' program called ``Newban''. In hindsight, we now call it _________ and in various incarnations it circulated around the net for a couple of years. In early 1993, Ian decided Newban was due for a few changes, so they added the full ASCII set, to start with. The fonts for the program were inspired by various UseNet articles and signatures.What am I talking about?
Ans.The Figlet software. Glenn Chappell was the main programmer and Ian Chai, and Frank, whose .sig (email signature) inspired the program. FIGlet is a computer program that generates text banners, in a variety of fonts, comprised of letters made up of conglomerations of smaller ASCII characters (see ASCII Art). (see pic below)

3. The original IBM-PCs, that had hard drives, referred to the hard drives as Winchester drives.Why is this?
Ans. This is due to the fact that the original Winchester drive had a model number of 3030. This incidentally,is also a Winchester firearm.

4. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run a certain program, probably because of the fact that it is one of the hardest programs to get running.Which program?
Ans.Microsoft Flight Simulator.

5. " I've heard it suggested that in the future, instead of commuting to work, some people may be computing to work." Who said the above lines?
Ans.Ronald Reagan

6. The first PalmPilot was released ten years ago, ushering in the PDA revolution. What company originally made PalmPilot? What other company sued, forcing the PalmPilot's name change?
Ans. The PalmPilot was manufactured by Palm Computing, a division of U.S. Robotics.
Pilot Pen Corporation brought a trademark infringement suit againt the company. Beginning in 1998, the devices were known officially as Palm Connected Organizers.

7.This is one of the most commonly used test models in computer graphics (see pic below). What's it called?
Ans.This model is known as the Stanford Bunny. It was developed in 1994 at Stanford University. It is made of 69,451 triangles, which were determined by range-scanning a ceramic bunny figurine.

8. How and where would you most probably read the following: "And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days."

Ans. When you type about:mozilla in the location bar of Netscape.

9. It could have been: Calex, Elcal, Calecom, Elcom, Calcomp, Digicom, Tronicom, Comptek, Computek, Esscotek or Ectek. But what name was finally chosen for this startup?

Ans.. Intel

10. Many talented programmers, unhappy with what was going on at Fairchild Semiconductors left it to create their own startups. Intel and AMD are just 2 examples of semiconductor companies that arose out of Fairchild Semiconductors. What did the press dub these startups that arose from Fairchild as?

A. Fairchildren

Never Been Bizzed 1

2007-11-30T13:11:00.000+05:30

1.Despite the high tech image of NASDAQ, they have brought down the electronic exchange twice.Once,they knocked out the power in 1994, and the NASDAQ system failed to roll over to its battery backup, causing an interruption in trading of one half hour.In 1987, they entered a transformer and caused a power surge, halting trading for 8 minutes.Other instances of downtime have occurred when computer systems have unexpectedly rebooted or software upgrades have gone awry. What?Squirrels.

2.This term was coined by journalist Don Hoefler in 1971. He used it as the title of a series of one of the articles in a weekly trade newspaper Electronic News which started with the January 11, 1971 issue. Which term?Silicon Valley.

3.The word was coined by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871). In the book, Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice words from Jabberwocky, saying, "Well, slithy means lithe and slimy .....................You see it's like a _______________........." Carroll often used such words to a humorous effect in his work.It is also said it comes from Middle French formerly referred to a large travelling bag or suitcase with two compartments.Portmanteau.

4.Three Frenchmen fighting the British soldiers in the Sunderbans, West Bengal sought refuge in a temple, wounded and dying. The temple was of Goddess Laxmi.This gave rise to something else,What?The brand name,Lakme.

5.In 1788, a nineteen-year-old Welshman, named Thomas.P, came to Madras to seek his fortune. At that time banking was his principal business, but he also bought and sold commodities such as Madeira wine, books, real estate and Bengal lottery tickets.The company he started still bears his name and is the second oldest commercial house in India and one of the oldest in the world. As a company, they first began operations in sugar production. It then diversified into fertilisers and other farm inputs. Sulphuric acid was used in the production of these fertilisers and the first ceramic products made by them were jars to store this acid. It is this division that went on to become X in 1952.What is X ? Identify the company.X is Parryware.Company obviously is Parry's.

6.It was a product developed by Roche in 1933. Initially it contained phenacetin as the active ingredient,thus had trouble from chemists. But later phenacetin was replaced by acetaminophen, a proven safe and effective drug that was easier on the stomach than aspirin.Which product?Saridon.

7.In markets like Andhra Pradesh, retailers refer to it as ‘Virtual Gold’ –‘Bangaram’ and ‘Sona’.This widely used product has existed since 1935. Which one?Zandu Balm.

8."It takes AGES to be as good as ____" was the tagline for which product or atleast the company?SEGA

9."Once you go ___. You'll never go back" tagline for?Also complete the blank.Apple Macintosh computers,in the 1990's.Blank is Mac.

10."More reasons to shop at _________"What? WM Morrison's .The slogan is intended to be read in a Northern English accent, which makes "More reasons" sound similar to "Morrisons"