Quiz Club Meet for 5th September
1. In the Ramayana, Lord Rama's mother, Queen Kaushalya is the daughter of the King of Koshal. Which modern day place would be Koshal?
Orissa
2. All episodes of Season 5 of this sitcom were named after Led Zeppelin songs and subsequent seasons followed the same pattern. For the sixth season it was The Who, for the seventh it was The Rolling Stones and for the eighth season it was Queen. Which sitcom is this?
That 70s Show
3. This engineer from IIT had a perfect score of 1600 in his SAT, has an IQ of 240 and also has some super-powers such as Telekinesis and the ability to make other people explode, which he learned while at IIT. Who?
Asok
4. Simply name the song.
They won't take you to the vet
You're obviously not their favorite pet
You may not be a bed of roses
And you're no friend to those with noses
Smelly Cat
5. This company was founded by Justin Frankel in 1997 and bought over by AOL in 1999. The company's name is a parody of Microsoft, deriving from the fact that ____ is smaller than micro. The company's mascot is Mike the Llama. Which company is this?
Nullsoft
6. Unix was created by Dennis Ritchie alongwith __________. ______________ is also the author of B the precursor to C. Apart from Unix he also came up with Multics and the Plan 9 Operating Systems. He wrote the Bon Programming Language and came up with UTF-8 Character encoding. He is currently a fellow at Entrisphere Inc. Name this legend in computer science.
Ken Thompson
7. Who is the author of The Phantom of Manhattan a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera? He is more famous for writing modern day thrillers. In his own words - "I had done mercenaries, assassins, Nazis, murders, terrorists, special forces soldiers, fighter pilots, you name it, and I got to think, could I actually write about the human heart?"
Frederick Forsyth
8. Kambei Shimada, Katsushiro Okamoto, Gorobei Katayama, Shichiroji, Kyuzo, Heihachi Hayashida and Kikuchiyo are collectively better known as?
The Seven Samurai
9. There is a school for ‘Gifted Youngsters’ at 1407 Graymalkin Lane in Salem Center, a city in Westchester County, New York though every human only sees it as the Westchester chapter of Jehovah’s Witnesses. What are the students collectively known as?
X-Men
10. This band was initially called Starfish before they settled on their current name which was taken from a friend who had grown tired of the name as it was 'too depressing'.
Coldplay
11. Who is "Chief Internet Evangelist" at Google? He is more famous for a paper he published in 1974 alongwith Robert E. Kahn.
Vinton Cerf
12. A Kiss Before Dying, a novel by Ira Levin has been adapted to film three times; a 1956 version starring Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward and a 1991 version starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young. Name the third movie.
Baazigar
13. This character was originally drawn by Derek Riggs but has had various incarnations drawn by Melvyn Grant and is also featured in a first-person shooter video game, Ed Hunter. Which character is this?
Eddie - Iron Maiden's Mascot
14. _____A_____ movie theatres were known for continuous programs of B movies, usually consisting of a double feature where two films were shown back-to-back. Since most large urban areas in the US did not have drive-ins, these movies were shown in older theaters that formerly featured burlesque shows which included "bump and _____" dancing, leading to the term _____A_____. Just give me A.
Grindhouse
15. Ye Mahan Drushya hain,
Chal raha Manushya hain,
Ashru, Sweth, Rakta se Latpat Latpat Latpat…
________, ________, ________. Fill in the blanks.
Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath
Orissa
2. All episodes of Season 5 of this sitcom were named after Led Zeppelin songs and subsequent seasons followed the same pattern. For the sixth season it was The Who, for the seventh it was The Rolling Stones and for the eighth season it was Queen. Which sitcom is this?
That 70s Show
3. This engineer from IIT had a perfect score of 1600 in his SAT, has an IQ of 240 and also has some super-powers such as Telekinesis and the ability to make other people explode, which he learned while at IIT. Who?
Asok
4. Simply name the song.
They won't take you to the vet
You're obviously not their favorite pet
You may not be a bed of roses
And you're no friend to those with noses
Smelly Cat
5. This company was founded by Justin Frankel in 1997 and bought over by AOL in 1999. The company's name is a parody of Microsoft, deriving from the fact that ____ is smaller than micro. The company's mascot is Mike the Llama. Which company is this?
Nullsoft
6. Unix was created by Dennis Ritchie alongwith __________. ______________ is also the author of B the precursor to C. Apart from Unix he also came up with Multics and the Plan 9 Operating Systems. He wrote the Bon Programming Language and came up with UTF-8 Character encoding. He is currently a fellow at Entrisphere Inc. Name this legend in computer science.
Ken Thompson
7. Who is the author of The Phantom of Manhattan a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera? He is more famous for writing modern day thrillers. In his own words - "I had done mercenaries, assassins, Nazis, murders, terrorists, special forces soldiers, fighter pilots, you name it, and I got to think, could I actually write about the human heart?"
Frederick Forsyth
8. Kambei Shimada, Katsushiro Okamoto, Gorobei Katayama, Shichiroji, Kyuzo, Heihachi Hayashida and Kikuchiyo are collectively better known as?
The Seven Samurai
9. There is a school for ‘Gifted Youngsters’ at 1407 Graymalkin Lane in Salem Center, a city in Westchester County, New York though every human only sees it as the Westchester chapter of Jehovah’s Witnesses. What are the students collectively known as?
X-Men
10. This band was initially called Starfish before they settled on their current name which was taken from a friend who had grown tired of the name as it was 'too depressing'.
Coldplay
11. Who is "Chief Internet Evangelist" at Google? He is more famous for a paper he published in 1974 alongwith Robert E. Kahn.
Vinton Cerf
12. A Kiss Before Dying, a novel by Ira Levin has been adapted to film three times; a 1956 version starring Robert Wagner and Joanne Woodward and a 1991 version starring Matt Dillon and Sean Young. Name the third movie.
Baazigar
13. This character was originally drawn by Derek Riggs but has had various incarnations drawn by Melvyn Grant and is also featured in a first-person shooter video game, Ed Hunter. Which character is this?
Eddie - Iron Maiden's Mascot
14. _____A_____ movie theatres were known for continuous programs of B movies, usually consisting of a double feature where two films were shown back-to-back. Since most large urban areas in the US did not have drive-ins, these movies were shown in older theaters that formerly featured burlesque shows which included "bump and _____" dancing, leading to the term _____A_____. Just give me A.
Grindhouse
15. Ye Mahan Drushya hain,
Chal raha Manushya hain,
Ashru, Sweth, Rakta se Latpat Latpat Latpat…
________, ________, ________. Fill in the blanks.
Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath
1 comment:
got 8. and somehow missed agneepath!
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