Prelims of the Lone Wolf conducted by the students of NITK Surathkal for the cultural fest Incident 2009.

1. Prelims

3. Saving Private Ryan

5. The Seven-Year Itch

7. Gargoyle

9. King Lear

11. Priory of Sion

13. Throwing shoes at Bush

15. Watson to Holmes about his cocaine addiction

17. Fred Astaire

19. Roger Bannister on his 4-minute mile

21. Raj Patel

23. Sharpshooter

27. Prakash Karat

28. 14. Brandon Sanderson is an American author from Nebraska. He was selected by Harriet McDougal to complete the X series, after the author left behind detailed notes, just in case he was unable to finish the work. Harriet was impressed with his work Mistborn: The Final Empire and chose him to complete Y (the last book in the series). Id X. / Y.

30. 15. Lord Carnarvon died on April 5, 1923 after a mosquito bite became infected. His death was 4 months, and 7 days after he did something that led to his death. George Jay Gould I died in the French Riviera on May 16, 1923 after he developed a fever. Howard Carter died on March 2, 1939. Which event led to the above deaths?

31. Opening King Tut’s Tomb (curse funda)

32. 16. Thea von Harbou was a German actress and author. In 1920, she wrote her first film script with her future husband X. After marrying in 1922, both of them collaborated and created a lot of famous films. While Thea would write the screenplays, X would direct the films. Some of their famous works include: Y (1927) – one of the most famous silent movies X made. Z (1931) – the first talkie that X directed, about a serial killer who killed children. Id X, Y and Z.

34. 17. Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster Music: Robert Harris The song’s opening lines are commonly associated with X, and the song was featured in a prominent 2002 movie ( X ) and its sequel in 2004. The song was also parodied in a famous scene in the 2007 The Simpsons Movie . Id the song. / Id X. Answer:

35. 18. X was an American philanthropist. After studying in Switzerland, he returned to America to work in the family business, before setting up the Yukon Gold Company in Alaska. He retired in 1919, and founded the X Foundation to foster appreciation for modern art. Id X.

36. Solomon R. Guggenheim

39. 20. Connect. / What’s been blanked out?

40. Jim Thorpe Jim Thorpe was an American athlete who, in 1912 won the gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon. However, it was found out at the time that he was a professional baseball player, and as the Olympics was strictly an amateur sportsman’s contest, Thorpe was stripped of his medals. After much hue and cry and other protests, his medals were returned in 1983, 30 years after his death.

41. + = ? 21.

42. White House +

43. 22. Id the book and author.

44. The Host , by Stephenie Meyer

45. 23. Put funda about this scene. (P)

46. 24. Movie poster. What’s the idea?

47. Slide Left Blank

48. 25. Whose name has been blanked out? / Put funda.

50. 26. Shown below is Johanna Sigurdardottir. Why was she in the news recently?

51. World’s (Iceland’s) first openly GAY (or LESBIAN) Head of State

52. 27. Shown here is a scene from the Simpsons episode Mrs. Bouvier’s Lover . The scene is a tribute to which movie? <insert cool video here> <play from 18 minutes>

53. The Graduate Play the answer video from here