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Quizzich Vishwas Ahuja EEE- 4 th year

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A general quiz slightly inclined on the entertainment side!

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  • 1. Vishwas Ahuja EEE- 4th year
  • 2. Think today!
  • 3. Funda? Cary Grant- Cary Granite Tony Curtis- Stony Curtis Ed Sullivan- Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone Rock Hudson- Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudson Ann-Margret- Ann-Margrock James Darren- Jimmy Darrock Alfred Hitchcock- Alvin Brickrock Perry Manson- Perry Masonary/Masonite Brian Epstein- Eppy Brianstone
  • 4. Guest appearance on The Flintstones
  • 5. X? The record for most consecutive 50s in cricket world cup games is shared by these(4 consecutive 50s each) Graeme Fowler 1983 X 1987 David Boon 1987-1992 Sachin Tendulkar 1996 Sachin Tendulkar 2003 Graeme Smith 2007 Yuvraj Singh 2011
  • 6. No time to lose Jailed during the nationalist movement, Indian leaders utilized their time very well. The first PM of India wrote letters that today make up 3 books. His successor, Mr. Shastri, translated the autobiography of a scientist and nobel laureate. Whose autobiography did he translate?
  • 7. Marie Curie
  • 8. Too Easy! According to apocryphal story, it owes its existence to a section of tightly packed seats behind the home plate at Fenway Park in Boston. These seats were so close together that when ever a fan had to stand up to get a beer, everyone else in the row also had to stand. The fans in the next row, frustrated that they couldnt see the game anymore, also got up. This created a domino effect. It caught worldwide attention in 1986. What phenomenon?
  • 9. Mexican Wave
  • 10. Fine(d)! On 28 January 1896 Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent was fined 1 shilling plus costs, the first of its kind of fine in England. He was the first person to be convicted of this. Arnold had been caught by a policeman who had given chase on a bicycle. What?
  • 11. Speeding at 8 mph. Limit was 2 mph
  • 12. Money for all!!! Reserve Bank of India vision is to spread easy banking services to villages and rural areas. in a support of this cause an Indian Business major launched these ATMs.(Image on next slide) What is special about these ATMs and the company behind this initiative ?
  • 13. Indias first white label ATM
  • 14. Whats in a name? McDonalds last year rebranded itself as Maccas in a particular country. Which?
  • 15. Australia
  • 16. Print ad for?
  • 17. Id the model. She also featured on Vogues cover.
  • 18. Marissa Mayer
  • 19. Olympic Sport With which sport would you associate the following termsStacking the brooms Reading the ice On/Off the broom Lazy Handle Anti freeze
  • 20. Curling
  • 21. Whose tattoo? Funda?
  • 22. Angelina Jolie
  • 23. What? Several camera techniques and special effects have evolved to portray this movie making technique- the most common ones being the edges of the picture may be deliberately blurred, photography may be jarring or choppy, or unusual coloration or sepia tone, or monochrome when most of the story is in full color. This technique is often used to create a suspense in the story or to develop a character.
  • 24. Flashback
  • 25. Id the guy with Gandhi
  • 26. Charlie Chaplin
  • 27. Who are Googlegangers?
  • 28. Person who shares your name and shows up in results when you google your name.
  • 29. Zyklon B is a cyanide based pesticide consisting of hydrogen cyanide(prussic acid), a stabilizer, a warning odorant methyl 2-bromoacetate, and one of several adsorbents. IG Farben held the patent for this pesticide and owned 42.2% shares of Degesch, the company which manufactured it. The pesticide is very famous in human history because of usage on a mass scale. What usage is being talked about here?
  • 30. Gas used in gas chambers by Nazis.
  • 31. ID the band. Audio of Sugar Sugar (1969) song Hint:Fictional band
  • 32. The Archies Video of The Archies performing the song