A general quiz slightly inclined on the entertainment side!

1. Vishwas Ahuja
EEE- 4th year

2. Think today!

4. Funda?
 Cary Grant- Cary Granite
 Tony Curtis- Stony Curtis
 Ed Sullivan- Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone
 Rock Hudson- Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudson
 Ann-Margret- Ann-Margrock
 James Darren- Jimmy Darrock
 Alfred Hitchcock- Alvin Brickrock
 Perry Manson- Perry Masonary/Masonite
 Brian Epstein- Eppy Brianstone

5.  Guest appearance on ‘The Flintstones’

6. X?
 The record for most consecutive 50s in cricket world
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cup games is shared by these(4 consecutive 50s each)
Graeme Fowler 1983
X 1987
David Boon 1987-1992
Sachin Tendulkar 1996
Sachin Tendulkar 2003
Graeme Smith 2007
Yuvraj Singh 2011

8. No time to lose
 Jailed during the nationalist movement, Indian leaders
utilized their time very well. The first PM of India
wrote letters that today make up 3 books. His
successor, Mr. Shastri, translated the autobiography of
a scientist and nobel laureate.
 Whose autobiography did he translate?

9.  Marie Curie

10. Too Easy!
 According to apocryphal story, it owes its existence to a
section of tightly packed seats behind the home plate
at Fenway Park in Boston. These seats were so close
together that when ever a fan had to stand up to get a
beer, everyone else in the row also had to stand. The
fans in the next row, frustrated that they couldn’t see
the game anymore, also got up. This created a domino
effect. It caught worldwide attention in 1986.
 What phenomenon?

11. Mexican Wave

12. Fine(d)!
 On 28 January 1896 Walter Arnold, of East Peckham,
Kent was fined 1 shilling plus costs, the first of its kind
of fine in England. He was the first person to be
convicted of this. Arnold had been caught by a
policeman who had given chase on a bicycle. What?

13.  Speeding at 8 mph. Limit was 2 mph

14. Money for all!!!
 Reserve Bank of India vision is to spread easy banking
services to villages and rural areas. in a support of this
cause an Indian Business major launched these
ATMs.(Image on next slide)
What is special about these ATMs and the company
behind this initiative ?

16. India’s first white label ATM

17. What’s in a name?
 McDonalds last year rebranded itself as Macca’s in a
particular country. Which?

18.  Australia

19. Print ad for?

21. Id the model. She also featured on
Vogue’s cover.

22. Marissa Mayer

23. Olympic Sport
 With which sport would you associate the following
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termsStacking the brooms
Reading the ice
On/Off the broom
Lazy Handle
Anti freeze

24. Curling

25. Whose tattoo? Funda?

26.  Angelina Jolie

27. What?
 Several camera techniques and special effects have
evolved to portray this movie making technique- the
most common ones being the edges of the picture may
be deliberately blurred, photography may be jarring or
choppy, or unusual coloration or sepia tone, or
monochrome when most of the story is in full color.
 This technique is often used to create a suspense in the
story or to develop a character.

28. Flashback

29. Id the guy with Gandhi

30.  Charlie Chaplin

31.  Who are Googlegangers?

32.  Person who shares your name and shows up in results
when you google your name.

33.  Zyklon B is a cyanide based pesticide consisting of
hydrogen cyanide(prussic acid), a stabilizer, a warning
odorant methyl 2-bromoacetate, and one of several
adsorbents.
 IG Farben held the patent for this pesticide and owned
42.2% shares of Degesch, the company which
manufactured it.
 The pesticide is very famous in human history because
of usage on a mass scale. What “usage” is being talked
about here?

34.  Gas used in gas chambers by Nazis.

35. ID the band.
Audio of ‘Sugar Sugar’ (1969)
song Hint:Fictional band

36. The Archies
Video of The Archie’s performing the song