The General Quiz S02Q01

A Good response to the 1st Quiz this season...I would request People to please mail answers and not tell them to QM on Gtalk and be satisfied..We would be giving the "Season Winner" a Great Award..Weekly Winner would be getting "Free Publicity" at the Blog..

1 .What is missing in the Pic ? Identify who would fit in the Place of the Question Mark ?
[P.S-A High five to all who answer this..]


Answer : Borat . All the characters are played by Sacha Baron Cohen namely Ali G (RESPECT!) ,Borat and Bruno..
2 . Identify the movie.


Answer : Bodyline ..Had to feature with the Ashes starting this week.

3.This is not an exhaustive list . What special privilege that these people are entitled ?

Answer : The people shown above are exepmt from Frisking before boarding Flights in India . Apart from the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, former presidents, Lok Sabha Speaker, Cabinet Ministers, SC judges, it also includes Chiefs Ministers, Deputy CMs, ambassadors of foreign countries, high commissioners and their spouses, Cabinet Secretary, visiting foreign dignitaries, people protected by SPG and the Dalai Lama. Robert Vadra makes a entry into the list only when accompanying people protect by the SPG.

It has nothing to do with "Condom" Subrajit!!

4.Connect the 3 pics..Was in the news recently..Easy one .

Answer : Kodakchrome. Kodakchrome was recently taken off the market after 70 odd years in service . Some of the iconic images captured by it were Steven Mccury's Afghan Girl and the assasination of John F.Kennedy.

And nothing to do with number 30 as gagandeep said.."sharbat gula found at age 30; jfk shot at 12:30; a 3020 mm reel"

5. Whats "Special " About "The Cover" ?
Answer : Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx, a myth that states that individuals or teams who appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated magazine will subsequently experience bad luck.
SI addressed their own opinions on the "alleged" cover jinx in a 2002 issue that featured a black cat on the cover.


6 . What connects the two completely different Acts ?

Answer : As someone said..it was a "crap" connect..Well may be..

The wrestlemania logo was inspired by 20th Century FOX logo and 21st century Fox was an album by Samantha Fox . How easy can one get ??

7. What is this Patent for ?

Answer : US patent 5255452, filed by Michael Jackson, described the anti-gravity lean used in the music video for "Smooth Criminal".


8 . Identify the Indian Mag.


Answer : Chandamama...

9. Where would you find these paintings ? [4 of them are shown below ]



Answer : You would find these and many more pics ON the Berlin Wall. Easy one..

10 a . Connect .

Answer: Scuderia Ferrari , the racing division of Ferrari.. Only Ferrari get 1/2 marks ..

10 b .Which company being the biggest "supporter " of 10a fails to get a "name-space for itself "due to EU laws ?

Answer: Marlboro ,despite being the biggest sponsor of Scuderia Ferrari cannot use its Logo for publicity as it is against the EU laws..What Crap!!
11. Connect the movies.


Answer : All the movies were inspired by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's White Nights.Saawariya is ofcourse the most infamous one of them.

12. Answer .The Invisible Man.. :)

13 . What connects the Man (highlighted) to the Picture below it ?

Answer : Wisden . The man pointed in the picture above John Wisden who launched the "Wisden Cricketer's Almanack" .The 2nd Pic of Wisden 2008 cover featuring KP.

And for the scores :
Aswini--10.5
Preetam--9
Subrajit--7 (Rectified!!Sorry for the calculation error)
Anoop Vraj--8.5
Ayyapa Kancharla--2.5
Gagandeep Bhatia--6

Next Quiz in 2 -3 days time.. And BTW Congratulations to Aswini..Your gift hamper is on the way..[Hopefully it reaches you someday soon..]