Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Crack it with a guess!!

Well lets begin..[* are knot-breakers!!]..

Post your answers to deepakdondas@gmail.com

Very very pleasantly surprised with the number of responses this time...Its the best so far!!Keep it coming guys!!

Apetiser (Google it by copy pasting and you get the answer..)

A- up-and-down, circular-swing, whip ,figure-eight, Two-up & Two-down,all-out, thrust,hammer, breakdown, full-body,gallop,half-body...What are these??

Ans: Well for all you Wrok Fans..This are the different styles of HeadBanging .Try it the next time you WROK!!

B-There have been numerous instances when the Nobel Peace Prize hasn't been awarded.But never has been an explanation given for the same by the Nobel Committe except for one instance.."There was no suitable living candidate" which ofcourse came from the provision in Alfred Nobel's will that only living people could receive the prize.What am i talking about ?

Ans: Mahatma Gandhi's Demise in 1948 .Hence he could not receive the Nobel Prize..Later when Dalai Lama got it,the committe said that it was a tribut to Mahatma Gandhi..

Main-Course (Identify the Pic ..Then Google ..)

1.Identify the NGO ..A famous ad campaign is on these days..


Ans: This is the Jaago Re ! One Billion Votes Campaign in partership with Tata Tea.
(The hint was the one shown by the finger and the Tata Tea logo and people holding hand in hand..)


2.Connect the 3 Movies..

Ans: Rambo: First Blood Part II, Pearl Harbor and Norbit were all nominated for an Academy Award and a Razzie..



3.Identify the major fiction writer..He has got plenty of books and movies ,written and made on him..He is so famous he even has a literary award named after him..
Ans: Franz kafka..The literary award named after him is Franz kafka.


4.Which Family?
Ans: The Beagle Family..A Beagle family photo, as seen in DuckTales. From left to right: Burger, Baggy, Bouncer, Bigtime, Ma Beagle, Bugle, Bankjob, and Babyface..

5*.Connect the 2 pics..[The man in the background seems familiar...may be he holds the key ..]
Ans: Connection is Red Dawn..Operation Red Dawn was carried out to capture Saddam Hussain which was named after the movie "Red Dawn" whose poster is in the right.



6.Whose Flag??

Ans: Maharastra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Flag. I better be careful to say nething else..

7. Identify the person on the left..He is not a scientist!!

Ans: He is no Scientist ..But he is God for all children and some men...Walt Disney.The man with the highest number of oscars till date..

8.Identify the band or the album..


Ans: The band is Scorpions and the album is "Wind Of Change".
Well klaus Meine (2nd from left) was a big hint..


9*.Connect the Pics..The left top and bottom pics depict the same thing.. [There are enof hints ..but u need to see them..]If you work around you get the answer...

Ans: My Favourite Question of this quiz...The Pictures on the left show a Battle . The hint said "See" and "Get your painting braing out..".The Colour on the top right was Magenta.
The Connection was .. Battle Of Magenta..The Two pics are the paintings of Battle Of Magenta. The colour Magenta, discovered in 1859, was named after this battle, as was the Boulevard De magenta in Paris,which is the bottom right pic..
{Pink Slip was a gud guess.: -)}

10.Identify the two..or just tell why are they famous??
Ans: Orkut Büyükkökten(founder of Orkut) and Mark Zuckerberg (founder of facebook) ..Tribute to the guys who help us in Passing Time..
(A fun answer was--The Richest bachelors in the world..well may be true..)


11.This is a remake of which famous Movie.??
Ans: Remake of Golmaal in Tamil...Thilu Millu ...
(Nailed By Vicky..Some Side-Effects of Chennai..Anton said Don..Nice Guess tho..Aswini said Chandramukhi??)
{Hint was the moustache thing in the pic..)

12*.This is a print ad for what??Its obvious..

Ans: Guinees Beer..
(Hint was the Bird , Which is a Guinees and the Ads showed the drinks too..)



13..Connect this 3 pics..

Ans: Connection is Anu Malik..
Anwar(1st pic) Malik, better known as Anu Malik 's song "Chamma Chamma" from China Gate was used in the English movie Moulin Rouge(3rd Pic), and "Chunari Chunari" from Biwi No.1 was used in Monsoon Wedding.(2nd Pic)

14.Identify..
Ans: Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010..



15..Identify the Band from its album cover...Its obvious their name is not Survivors..!!Thats a good enof hint..
Ans: Lynrd Skynrd..The Hint was "Survivors"
The band after its release of the 5th album were heading back from the tour when their plane crashed resulting in the death of their lead vocalist and song writer Ronnie van Zant alongwith casie gaines, stevie gaines, the pilots and their road manager...But the came back from this accident after 14 long years and have been playing till date..Some Survivors these guys..
The 5th Album's name was Street Survivors..



16..Connect the 3 pics.
Ans: Baba Amte, Grameen Phone and Ramakrishna mission – All recipients of the Gandhi peace prize.

17.Identify the "odd-one-out" Award??

Ans: The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is awarded periodically to "Creative producers, whose bodies of work reflect a consistently high quality of motion picture production."
The trophy for award recipients is in the form of a bust of Thalberg rather than the familiar "Oscar" statuette.

18..Identify the person...Was recently in the news..

Ans: Paul Krugman, 2008 Nobel prize winner for Economics.

19*..Connect..[They are all very famous artists..But that aint the connect..Think Entertainment..]
Ans: Another Favourite.
Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello and Leonardo da Vinci name of the 4 mutant turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
(
Gr8 crack by Akhandal..Brilliant Answer..)


20.Identify the Band fromthis album cover..The hint is there in the pic ..i hope..
Ans: Led Zepellin and Stairway to Heaven..Need I say More..


21.The________ ??This is a still from the theatrical trailer of whic movie??


Ans: The Departed...Revolver and Boston's Skyline might have been a hint...It got Mr Scorcese his highly deserved Oscar..


22.Just Identify...
Ans : Midnight's Children..
(The Time on the clocks was the hint.)


23.a..Identify the four..
Ans: Bimal Roy, Dilip Kumar, Naushad Ali, Meena Kumari

23 b*...Identify the very famous movie..

Ans: Do Bigha Zameen


24..Connect 23 a and 23 b

Ans: All winners of the first filmfare awards constituted in 1954.
Bimal Roy – best director for Do bigha zameen,
Best film – Do bigha zameen,
Best actor – dilip kumar for Daag,
Best music director – Naushad for baiju Bawra,
Best actress – Meena Kumari for Baiju Bawra.

25.The man is very happy..But whats the significance of this pic?

Ans: First ATM Counter at the Barclays..The Person is british actor Reg varney..

26. Dilbert Cant See. What would he do? Whose help he would take...Just identify whats missing in the pic.
Ans: Google



And Now for the scores..:

Murali Duggineni---5.5
Avinash------------9.5
Ritwik K-----------5
Sabyasachi--------14
Akhandal----------21(Winner!!)
Anton-------------4
Preetam-----------18.5
Manas-------------16
aswini------------12
karo--------------10
subrajit-----------5
Vicky Rout-------17 (Best Debut Award..)

[P.S-Apetisers scores not included..they were just for warming you up!!btw all got them right...]

13 comments:

Don Z said...

For the Pics not properly visible..Open the pic in a new window..by right clicking to get a better resolution pic

Preetam Jena said...

2 difficult

Don Z said...

Wats 2 difficult..

All are guessable...no googling required..if u see the pic properly u see the obvious answers...

Don Z said...

Hint for 3:

search for all literary prizes..very few are after a writer..

6:In news all the time..

Don Z said...

More hints:

1.The question number forms a part of the answer..Something to do with India ..as the colours suggest..

5.The picture on the right is of a movie's DVD cover..

7.His name is still famous today as it was 50 years back..

9.Get Your painting brains out..the major hint is the top right pic..

17.This is given out during the very famous award ceremony..

18.Economics..

21..This movie got X a very deserved Y .

Preetam Jena said...

Y g hints 4 da easy ones.
Gimme hints for the music videos.I find dem damn tuff.

Don Z said...

Hints are for everyone..What u find easy others might find hard

Two of the 3 bands are too popular to ask for hints..Like their breakthru albums..

♫♥♥MANAS♥♥♫ said...

HAIR hint deichu.. grrrr....

Akhi said...

11. Answer is thillu mUllu not thillu mIllu......

Preetam Jena said...

Manas dat was gud 1...
Newaz gud 2 see so many people sending answers....

♫♥♥MANAS♥♥♫ said...

abey deepak.. i too gave golmaal as answer.. u didnt appreciate me u !@!@#$^ :)

Preetam Jena said...

even I did...
Wat no appreciations for the old fellows????

Don Z said...

ok..u guys also nailed it..but that Viky getting it right was a Chennai Side-effect...