The Interim Quiz S02Q12

The response this time was extremely feeble ...we just hope it doesnt get any worse than this.

Update :The last date to send in your answers has been extended till 7th Dec 09.

While the big bosses are all bzee bzee,here is an interim quiz …


Rules:

The questions might be too easy or too vague or both…any such case,please bear with me.

Use of search engines though not encouraged is still permitted :)

Send in your answers latest by 5th dec 2009 to sbadhulika@gmail.com


Reward:

The winner gets cheap (errrr sorry, free :P) publicity on this blog

Regulations:

All arguments in the comments section are subject to the IPC 268 under the category of public nuisance

So…without any further delay,let”s get started… All the best!

1.Identify the famous 4 and connect them.

Answer:Pierre Curie, Marie Curie  and their daughter & Son-in-law Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie-  nobel prize winners all from one family.


2.Identify and connect

Answer:Trouble, Freedom & Konvicted- all being Akon"s albums

3.  Few days from now,it will be 25 years to have loomed large over our lives.

Identify the incident.

Answer: Bhopal gas tragedy

4.Identify and connect . A is related to B in the same way as C is to D.
(A)

(B)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

(C)???

(D)

                                

Answer:Emirates Airlines (A) is national airline of Dubai (B, Flag of Dubai). Etihad Airways (C) is the national airline of Abu Dhabi (D, Flag of Abu dhabi)

5. Identify the movies and connect        

 

Answer:Kamasutra, Monsoon Wedding, Salam Bombay…Films directed by Mira Nair

6.Identify the lady and cite her reason to fame.

Answer:Lena Soderberg, her image is the most widely used test image for all sorts of image processing algorithms

7.What does this signify?

Answer:Acupuncture chart

8.Identify the landmark.

Answer:Colosseum , Rome, Italy

9.Identify the ad and the incident that made it quite a buzz…

Answer:Natalie Imbruglia Ad for PETA’s Anti-Fur Campaign.The incident refers to President Obama killing a fly that buzzed him in mid interview(him in the ad  was self explanatory).

10.Identify this famous personality

Answer:Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scout Movement

11.Prized possessions…what are these?

Answer:Easy...Michael Jackson’s Diamond studded gloves

12.This is an ad for an world class brand. Identify the brand.

Answer:Hermes

13. School chale hum….Line LMN is called???

Answer: Simson"s line ...foot of the perpendiculars drawn from any point on a circle to the sides of a traingle incribed in it are collinear.And the line joining them is called simson"s line.

14.War of words…Hmmm…simply connect

Answer:Civic, Kayak, Malayalam & Rotor …all are palindromes !

Despite this dull response,we still had fun with some jokey :P answers from our participants...

for Q2...Hitman

     Q6... Parveen Babi

     Q13...Diameter...even Trapezium!

And now the scores...

Rithwik 10.5

Preetam Jena 6

Anand Maharana 12.5

Avinash Thomas9

Pulkit Popli 8.5

 
 
The winner is Anand Maharana
(clapping applause sound effect  in the background :)