Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Undisputed Attitude
Answer in rot13 (http://www.rot13.com/) in the comments section.
- Vaibhav.
The questions:
1. The German government issued a set of regulations, effective April 1, 1905, which introduced three new conventions:
1. Ruhezeichen ("Cease-sending signal")
2. Suchzeichen ("Quest signal")
3. Notzeichen
How do we know Notzeichen better?
2. On March 18, 1995, a certain person issued a two-word press release: "I'm back." Name the person, and give funda.
3. Which site devoted to movie reviews takes its name from a practice of old time audiences on watching a play they didn't like?
4. Fill in the blanks.
McDonalds
Chinese army
US department of defense
_____________________
Walmart
National Health Service(UK)
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
A Single....
A famous song by a very famous band 'X' features a chorus sung (or rather chanted) by a large number of people who were fans of 'Y', attending a stadium where Y 'performed'.
The song sung by the chorus is called 'Z' , which is the anthem of 'Y'........
X, Y, Z ?
I can give a hint if required.
Follow ROT13.
~Chinmay.....
Saturday, November 3, 2007
sports time
should be easy to crack
1923-. .42
24- .50
25- .29
26- .31
27- .37
28- .37
29- .30
30- .37
31- .34
32- .34
33- .33
34- .36
35- .32
36- .35
37- .35
38- .29
39- .14
2) CONNECT (EXHAUSTIVE)
Roberto Moreno, Nelson Piquet, Martin Brundle, Ricardo Patrese, Jos Verstappen, J.J. Lehto, Johnny Herbert, Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa, Gachot, Moreno, Zanardi, De Cesaris
3) When the U.S delegation noticed that there was no American flag among the national flags for the opening ceremonies, they retorted in a certain manner which marked the birth of this certain exception in the opening ceremony which continues till date. Who was the athlete involved and what is the tradition?
4)
-rahul
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Timepass
use rot 13
--Rahul
1 Who portraying whom and holding what?
2) What has been blanked out ? Its a name
3) Why is this pic significant in the history of cricket ? and who is the batsman ?
4)
Saddam Hussein, Ayrton Senna, Daniel Pearl, Lee Harvey Oswald, Karl Wallenda- not an exhaustive list
Saturday, October 20, 2007
mix quiz
do use rot13 and yes pain Vaibhav for treats
1) X, a sportsperson, was and still is, known as Y in his native country. He took the name X only when he moved to the world stage. Another player( same country), who is known to the world as Y went by a nickname Z initially in order to avoid confusion with X. In 1996 Olympics X played as Y since another player named X, who was 2 years his senior, was also on the team.
2) Name the place.
3) give a connect.
nobody seems to be getting the third one so 1 hint-this fourth pic should make it simple
4) What specific thing would connect the following?
Note-Not an exhaustive list
-Rahul
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Visual Quiz
Please follow the ROT13 rules....and a CCD treat assured for the winners..
1. Identify both of them. Funda or the approach is quite apparent in the image.

2. Identify both of them. importantly the person on the right...and he is NOT her dad..

3. Such images are custom made for quizzes...Identify both of them and the movie....

4. This is slightly tough...What recurring gag was inspired by these Belgian pirates...where have you seen four similarish people together...rack your brains...all of you have definitely come across them.

5. Which 'contemporary' fictional character is inspired from the protagonist of this comic strip. Try to match the features again....

Ciao!
Shibu
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Bollywood Quiz
- Samarth Mohan
1. Connect. (Hint: Someone plays a double role)
a) The movie: ”The Fakir”
b) The music video: “Breathless” (Indian)
c) The movie: “Dil Chahta Hai”
3. Connect.4. Connect the movies:
a) Jumai Shasthi
b) Bhakta Prahlad
c) Kalidass
5. Connect.6. Connect.
7. Connect.
8. Most usually we hear of Hindi movies being “inspired” from English ones. But here is an example which has turned the situation on its head. A critically acclaimed English movie (8 academy nominations) was said to be inspired by a Hindi movie (which ironically wasn’t much of a hit itself).
Name both.