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