The document summarizes the questions and answers from a quiz club meeting held on February 8, 2009. It includes 18 questions from various topics like history, science, pop culture etc. along with their corresponding answers.

1. QUIZ CLUB MEET 08 th February, 2009 Conducted by Ishan Mahajan DISCLAIMER : A ll these questions have been lifted from various blogs due to paucity of time. My thanks to all those fanta-siastic quizzers!! If you think u can make a better quiz on your own, then DO IT the next time we ask you to…

2. X when ingested does no lasting damage but the body's response is self-defence: sweat pours, pulse quickens, tongue flinches and tears may roll. However the person gets pleasure from pain relief i.e. the bloodstream floods with endorphins and the person gets a high. What is X? Ingestion of X is also found to enhance the taste of other items. hint 1

4. Six children of Brahma jeered at him when he fell in love with Saraswati- his own creation, and so to say, his 'daughter'. Brahma became very angry and cursed these six children to be born in demonic wombs. They got salvation finally at the hands of Lord Krishna. Who were they? 2

6. It is a procedural defense (and, in many countries, a constitutional right) that forbids a defendant from being tried twice for the same crime on the same set of facts. If the defendant successfully proves that he has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense then the projected trial has to be prevented from proceeding. X has been used as a plot many a times in movies as well as in fiction , notably crime thrillers. Identify? A hollywood movie of the same name was released in 1999 starring Ashley Judd. hint 3

8. Guy in the pic was in news recently. Why? 4

10. A appeared as herself in B ’s maiden directorial venture. She is the sister of a certain Vasanth Kumar Shivshankar Padukone, who was later renamed to C . A ’s daughter, D , is a reputed film director and is known for her woman-oriented films. C had got a job of a telephone operator at a Lever Brothers factory in Kolkata but soon he left it and moved to Mumbai. Name A, B, C and D. 5

12. Sigma 6, The MegaDeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, The Abdabs, Tea Set, ________. Fill in the blanks. 7

14. A. His official birth date is August 21, 1921. He made his debut in 1966 and went onto star in dozens of films and specials. B. He is so popular in Poland that a street in Warsaw is named after him. C. 'The Tao of _____' is an elementary but entertaining introduction to Taoism, using him as the central character. The book was on the New York Times Bestseller list, and is often used in college religion courses. D. He was recently awarded a Hollywood Star on the Walk of Fame. Identify him. 8

16. These boys from Hyderabad did something extraordinary to get their names into the history books. What? 9

17. B Manoj Kumar and Md. Shaibaz Tumbi 320 (127 balls) and 324 (116 balls) Partnership of 721 in 40 overs beating the previous best by Kambli and Tendulkar (664 runs in two days). Highest victory margin. The opposing team was bowled out for 21. No six was hit during the entire innings.

18. What has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different patterns ? 10

20. “ Tatha cha smaryate yojnanam sahastre dwe dwe shate cha yojane ekain nimishardhen kramamana namostute iti” This is a prayer to the Sun God mentioned as a commentary by Sayanacharya on the 4th verse of the hymn of Rig Veda 1.50. What is the significance in scientific terms of this prayer? 11

22. A new Belgian carrier, Brussels Airlines, has been forced to change its logo. What was the reason for doing so? 12

24. His only failing grade in school at the age of 14, was an 'F' in music class. In 1961, he joined the US Army and was a trainee paratrooper. His military records show that he was considered an incompetent soldier, repeatedly caught sleeping while on duty and missing at midnight bed-check. It is believed that his constant use of LSD was an integral part of his creative process. He was found dead in a basement flat in London. He died amid circumstances which have never been satisfactorily explained. He had spent the night with his German girlfriend , and likely died in bed after drinking wine and taking 9 Vesperax sleeping pills, then drowning in his own vomit. 13

26. Google MentalPlex, Google Gulp, Google Romance, Google TiSP, etc . All of these fall into a certain category. But there was one among these (which is obviously not given here) which was the odd one out. What was it and what was different about it? 14

28. What is the significance of the five flags shown here? 16

30. Connect… 17

31. Jodie foster, John Hinckley Jr., Ronald Reagan Hinckley tried to impress Jodie Foster (who he was fixated upon) by emulating the guy in her movie “Taxi Driver” and made a bid to assassinate Ronald Reagan.

32. 18 Connect

33. 18 Shane Warne Ian Botham Patrick Veira Gary Sobers Their Autobiographies were called “My Autobiography”

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36. Thank You!