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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Atomic Proportions

"If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there."
Quiz Club Meet 12th February 2007.
1. Every month an issue of this magazine is mailed, uninvited and for free, to the office of each member of the United States Congress. Which magazine is this?

2. Garfield.com (The online home of Garfield) was providing a free service via ________.com that as of 2004 has been moved to e-Garfield.com. Why?

3. This footballer was once set off by the referee in a match against Crystal Palace and on his way out kicked an abusive Crystal Palace fan. In the press conference called later he entered the room, sat down and said in a slow and deliberate manner; "When the seagulls... follow the trawler... it's because they think... sardines will be thrown... into the sea" and promptly walked off. Nike once ran ads that said – " '66 was a great year for English Football. ______ was born." He has also played the role of the French Ambassador in Elizabeth. Name this footballer.
4. Whose first words on landing on the moon were – "This is it!... I've walked a few steps!... for the first time in the history of mankind there is an EXPLORER ON THE MOON! But already I'm not alone… there's the Captain coming to join me."

5. It was first seen in an antique store, where a meek, ineffectual guy named Stanley who bought it as a gift for his girlfriend. It made him manic, uninhibited, relatively invulnerable (he could be damaged but always snapped back). His conscience disabled, Stanley went on a rampage of killing and maiming the many people who had wronged him in the past. Not surprisingly he wound up dead. What was the gift that he bought?

6. Which product was marketed as Life Is Random. Give Chance a Chance. Random is the new order. Enjoy Uncertainty.

7. In the movie Don – The Chase Begins Again there is a famous painting (which was stolen a few years back and has only recently been recovered) hanging in Don's vault. Which painting is this?

8. She was born Vickie Lynn Hogan, became Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993 because she was a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, landed plum roles in the movies The Hudsucker Proxy and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. Famously derided for being a gold-digger because she married a older oil billionaire – J Howard Marshall. She was involved in a lawsuit for control of his estate after his death against the rest of his kin. She finally won the lawsuit with a vote of 9-0 in her favour. Who is this person?

9. This comic strip created by Sandra Bell-Lundy in 1994 focuses on the lives of Maeve – Sales Director, Kimberly, a housewife, and Susan – whose husband Harvey is a funeral director. Which strip is this?

10. Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, and Melody Thornton together constitute ___ _______________ ______. One of their videos was ripped for the song – Paisa from Apna Sapna Money Money. Which band is this?

atomic proportions...

2 comments:

Irreversibly Screwed said...

1. Hustler!!!
2. they were providing a free email service via gmail.com which was acquired by Google in 2004. So it was moved to e-Garfield.com
3. Eric Cantona
4. Tintin in "Destination Moon" or "Explorers on the Moon"
5. The Mask
6. iPod Shuffle
7. The Scream
8. Anna Nicole Smith
9. Between Friends
10. Pussycat Dolls

Debasish said...

@irreversibly screwed
all correct.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Atomic Proportions

"If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there."
Quiz Club Meet 12th February 2007.
1. Every month an issue of this magazine is mailed, uninvited and for free, to the office of each member of the United States Congress. Which magazine is this?

2. Garfield.com (The online home of Garfield) was providing a free service via ________.com that as of 2004 has been moved to e-Garfield.com. Why?

3. This footballer was once set off by the referee in a match against Crystal Palace and on his way out kicked an abusive Crystal Palace fan. In the press conference called later he entered the room, sat down and said in a slow and deliberate manner; "When the seagulls... follow the trawler... it's because they think... sardines will be thrown... into the sea" and promptly walked off. Nike once ran ads that said – " '66 was a great year for English Football. ______ was born." He has also played the role of the French Ambassador in Elizabeth. Name this footballer.
4. Whose first words on landing on the moon were – "This is it!... I've walked a few steps!... for the first time in the history of mankind there is an EXPLORER ON THE MOON! But already I'm not alone… there's the Captain coming to join me."

5. It was first seen in an antique store, where a meek, ineffectual guy named Stanley who bought it as a gift for his girlfriend. It made him manic, uninhibited, relatively invulnerable (he could be damaged but always snapped back). His conscience disabled, Stanley went on a rampage of killing and maiming the many people who had wronged him in the past. Not surprisingly he wound up dead. What was the gift that he bought?

6. Which product was marketed as Life Is Random. Give Chance a Chance. Random is the new order. Enjoy Uncertainty.

7. In the movie Don – The Chase Begins Again there is a famous painting (which was stolen a few years back and has only recently been recovered) hanging in Don's vault. Which painting is this?

8. She was born Vickie Lynn Hogan, became Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993 because she was a Marilyn Monroe look-alike, landed plum roles in the movies The Hudsucker Proxy and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. Famously derided for being a gold-digger because she married a older oil billionaire – J Howard Marshall. She was involved in a lawsuit for control of his estate after his death against the rest of his kin. She finally won the lawsuit with a vote of 9-0 in her favour. Who is this person?

9. This comic strip created by Sandra Bell-Lundy in 1994 focuses on the lives of Maeve – Sales Director, Kimberly, a housewife, and Susan – whose husband Harvey is a funeral director. Which strip is this?

10. Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Carmit Bachar, Jessica Sutta, Kimberly Wyatt, and Melody Thornton together constitute ___ _______________ ______. One of their videos was ripped for the song – Paisa from Apna Sapna Money Money. Which band is this?

atomic proportions...

2 comments:

Irreversibly Screwed said...

1. Hustler!!!
2. they were providing a free email service via gmail.com which was acquired by Google in 2004. So it was moved to e-Garfield.com
3. Eric Cantona
4. Tintin in "Destination Moon" or "Explorers on the Moon"
5. The Mask
6. iPod Shuffle
7. The Scream
8. Anna Nicole Smith
9. Between Friends
10. Pussycat Dolls

Debasish said...

@irreversibly screwed
all correct.