Saturday, September 13, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
What are these...?
Mumbai:
14/32 2925
09/27 3445
Delhi:
10/28 3810
09/27 2813
11/29 4430
Kolkata:
01/19 2400
19/01 3627
Chennai:
07/25 3658
12/30 6708
Bangalore:
09/27 4120
Hyderabad:
09/27 4280
14/32 2925
09/27 3445
Delhi:
10/28 3810
09/27 2813
11/29 4430
Kolkata:
01/19 2400
19/01 3627
Chennai:
07/25 3658
12/30 6708
Bangalore:
09/27 4120
Hyderabad:
09/27 4280
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here
1> IN late 2004, UK’s Total Film Magazine announced the results of their Best Movie Villain 2004 poll, where 10,000 movie fans voted and an unusual No.1 was chosen. Who?
2> Inspired by many critic’s complaints about the accents of the characters in his second movie, this director decided to counter the criticisms by creating a character that not only couldn’t be understood by the audience but the also couldn’t be understood by characters in the movie. Which movie and what character?
2> Inspired by many critic’s complaints about the accents of the characters in his second movie, this director decided to counter the criticisms by creating a character that not only couldn’t be understood by the audience but the also couldn’t be understood by characters in the movie. Which movie and what character?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
simply connect
by Jakati: potentially the best quizzer in insti, but only if he could start turning up for quizzes......
Monday, August 18, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
One off question
This blog has been dead too long... a one-off question to revive it...
Others please continue posting!
Identify and connect these three pics. I am looking for full funda.
(rot13 your answer)
~Chinmay.
P.S. It may be a sitter, but it was something interesting I stumbled upon.
Others please continue posting!
Identify and connect these three pics. I am looking for full funda.
(rot13 your answer)
~Chinmay.
P.S. It may be a sitter, but it was something interesting I stumbled upon.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
visual connect
visual connects
Q1 This one has been there in a few quizzes, should be simple
Q2. Connect ....give funda for all four.
Q3 Connect ...
--rahul
Q1 This one has been there in a few quizzes, should be simple
Q2. Connect ....give funda for all four.
Q3 Connect ...
--rahul
Monday, January 21, 2008
dry as a bone
1) The name of the band D12 is short for the Dirty Dozen, but the band has only six members. What's the funda?
2) On Wednesday, May 13th, 1997, ABC aired an episode of "Dharma & Greg" in which the couple tries to have sex in public because everyone will be indoors doing something.
3) Srikanth - 0, Gavaskar - 0, Amarnath - 5, Patil -1, Yashpal - 9. With the first five wickets gone thus, yet historic match. How?
4) What was launched in 1929 by the London Rubber company and derived its name from the qualities of "durability, reliability and excellence"?
5) 'Stay in College/ Get the Knowledge/ Stay there till you're through/ If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread/ They can sure make something out of you!". This is doggerel written by a famous sports person. Who?
--rahul
2) On Wednesday, May 13th, 1997, ABC aired an episode of "Dharma & Greg" in which the couple tries to have sex in public because everyone will be indoors doing something.
3) Srikanth - 0, Gavaskar - 0, Amarnath - 5, Patil -1, Yashpal - 9. With the first five wickets gone thus, yet historic match. How?
4) What was launched in 1929 by the London Rubber company and derived its name from the qualities of "durability, reliability and excellence"?
5) 'Stay in College/ Get the Knowledge/ Stay there till you're through/ If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread/ They can sure make something out of you!". This is doggerel written by a famous sports person. Who?
--rahul
Monday, January 7, 2008
set the ball rolling
easy ones to start with
1. identify the occasions depicted by these amul adds
a.
b.
c.
2. give the name of the character and the character on which this is modeled.
3. Though he tried to be historically accurate, Ashutosh Gowarikar made one error in terms of a prevalent rule in cricket matches in those days.(Lagaan)
What rule?
4. give a specific connect between the two characters. Hint-It's a fake world, after all...
5.All of her first three movies(1970s) recieved an 'A' from the censor board.She got so pissed off that she dropped an 'a' from her surname to show her dissent and declared "I have donated the A to Censor Board!"-Which heroine.
--Rahul
1. identify the occasions depicted by these amul adds
a.
b.
c.
2. give the name of the character and the character on which this is modeled.
3. Though he tried to be historically accurate, Ashutosh Gowarikar made one error in terms of a prevalent rule in cricket matches in those days.(Lagaan)
What rule?
4. give a specific connect between the two characters. Hint-It's a fake world, after all...
5.All of her first three movies(1970s) recieved an 'A' from the censor board.She got so pissed off that she dropped an 'a' from her surname to show her dissent and declared "I have donated the A to Censor Board!"-Which heroine.
--Rahul
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Undisputed Attitude
Four simple questions.
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)
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....
Here's a single question - Connect........
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.....
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
a sports quiz
should be easy to crack
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
Four easy questions
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)
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
A short 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?
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
Visual Quiz
Try these out. Plenty of clues in the images.
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.
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
Please leave your answers in the comments section encrypted in rot13 (www.rot13.com). Answers in a week.
- Samarth Mohan
4. Connect the movies:
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).
- 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.
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