Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Funda?

Can u explain the funda behind Boeing naming its aircraft models as 707, 727, 737 etc...

Saturday, March 24, 2007

UnRock Trivia (Answers)

1.) A limited edition of X’s European release album came with an autograph by X and a message "With love and big kisses".

Lyrics of X’s World Famous number:

".................

when I get hold of you ...

I'm seeking protection with you, babe

I'm lying in your lap, babe

I'm burning in your fire, babe

Have mercy"

Who be X?


X= Tarkan (Simarik's muaaaaaah fame)

2.) She goes by the stage name "Y" meaning the trade wind. Is often described as the on-screen Lolita of the music industry for her consistent portrayal of the same in her music videos. Critical reviews of her work: "Sweet syrupy pop ditties wrapped in silky synths, violins and catchy techno beats". Y Search is "an internet search engine exclusively designed for the promotion of the singer Y." It was created in 2006 to obtain better search results for the keyword "Y" compared to other search engines.

Enuff said...

P.S. I am gonna break a lot of IITian hearts wen i say this... "She is married and a mother".. so says Wiki :(

Y= Alizee


3.) His entire family tree looks like a circus of athletes. Consequently, he also tried his hand at water polo and (un)fortunately for him was selected to represent his national side. His father is Portuguese (Jewish) and his mother is Chinese Jamaican. He claims to be a direct descendant of Solomon through his father. His chart-topping number was a dancehall-style song featuring a jumpy handclap rhythm known as the Diwali Riddim (Rhythm). He performed at the 2007
World Cup Opening Ceremony. Who be he?

Sean Paul


4.) Just guess this:D

A rough translation of a song primarily in Spanish and Gibberish:

"I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie

to the hip hip hop, a you don't stop

the rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie

to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat"

The song please?

The Ketchup Song


5.) Z is an electronic musical project started by the "Cretu" couple. Z has always been involved in copyright infringement lawsuits due to their incessant sampling right from Gregorian chants, aboriginal Taiwanese Chants to When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin. Z’s biggest hit was a sensual track with an insistent beat based around "questioning" the sexual desires of Marquis de Sade (the Sadism guy).

Z?

Z= Enigma


6.) A tough one :D

"This song is built around a sample of "Aye Naujawan Hai Sab Kuchch Yahan," from the 1972 film Apradh - originally performed by Asha Bhosle - the intro to the song is actually taken from the beginning of another song "Yeh Mera Dil Pyaar Ka Deewana" (from the film Don and also performed by Asha Bhosle, and composed by Kalyanji

Anandji)."

The song please?


Dont Phunk With My heart - Black Eyed Peas


7.) Possible explanations of what :

> what a monkey wrote on a type writer when an experiment took place involving monkeys and type writers
> something derived from the chanting of African street musicians
> a gibberish word meaning nothing


Chumbawamba

~Surdy

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Ikk hor mini quiz...

1. 20 franc swiss note....what indian connection..??

2. Maino : Sonia
Komalavalli: X ??

3. Tom Cruise threatened Paramount with withdrawal from promotion of his latest film Mission: Impossible III if a particular episode of this series depicting him as a homosexual wasn't withdrawn for airing before its re-broadcast.....This series somehow did not gather much controversy and passed relatively unnoticed for showing a caricature of Prophet Mohammed well before the Danish newspaper controversy. Which is this series which perpetually stays in controversy..?

-Tayal


answers encrypted as ROT13 in comments...

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Encrypt with rot13.com. Answers in a week.

1. Which novel starts thus?
"If youth, throughout all history, had a champion to stand upfor it; to show a doubting world that a child can think; and,possibly, do it practically; you wouldn't constantly run across folkstoday who claim that "a child don't know anything." A child's brainstarts functioning at birth; and has, amongst its many infantconvolutions, thousands of dormant atoms, into which God has put amystic possibility for noticing an adult's act, and figuring out its purport."

(This is workable. Hint - Even if you don't know the book's name, guess the funda. The book itself is not famous)

2. Why did Mike Whitney, the Australian cricketer, once say that he was the only man to have taken a hattrick with two balls?

3. Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum shared the title of Overseer of the Manicurists in the Palace of King Niussere during the Fifth Dynasty ofEgyptian pharaohs, circa 2400 B.C., and are listed as "royal confidantes" in their joint tomb.
Niankhkhnum means "joined to life" and Khnumhotep means "joined to'the blessed state of the dead'" and together the names can betranslated as "joined in life and joined in death". What is special about Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum?

-Vaibhav

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