This document appears to be the answers to trivia questions from a game show called "End of Daze 2010". The answers include references to authors Neil Gaiman and H.G. Wells, historical figures from the French Revolution like Robespierre, and pop culture topics like the bands The Doors and movies like Titanic.
The Titanic sailed from Southampton on April 10, 1912, and sank after striking an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Even after 101 years, the tragedy of the Titanic still echoes in our collective memories. There are so many stories of that fateful journey - of bravery, of cowardice, of self-sacrifice, and more. Today, you’re going to hear some more stories, some of the lesser-known stories. Because Titanic wasn’t just a human tragedy. Come back to Titanic with me, and let me tell you about … the forgotten passengers.
Mr. Schwan's neighbor Doug, ham radio operator KA0GYF, traveled to Washington, DC recently. The SMLS5 class had two conversations with Doug via ham radio before and during the trip. This conversation was on the morning of October 21, 2009 from the Florida House, Florida's embassy in Washington. Thank you, Doug (and wife, Marilyn) for taking the time to visit our classroom via radio!
The Titanic sailed from Southampton on April 10, 1912, and sank after striking an iceberg on April 15, 1912. Even after 101 years, the tragedy of the Titanic still echoes in our collective memories. There are so many stories of that fateful journey - of bravery, of cowardice, of self-sacrifice, and more. Today, you’re going to hear some more stories, some of the lesser-known stories. Because Titanic wasn’t just a human tragedy. Come back to Titanic with me, and let me tell you about … the forgotten passengers.
Mr. Schwan's neighbor Doug, ham radio operator KA0GYF, traveled to Washington, DC recently. The SMLS5 class had two conversations with Doug via ham radio before and during the trip. This conversation was on the morning of October 21, 2009 from the Florida House, Florida's embassy in Washington. Thank you, Doug (and wife, Marilyn) for taking the time to visit our classroom via radio!
The start of one of the most destructive wars in history started with some guys getting thrown out a window. Kepler makes a law of physics. Someone loses their head; literally. What else happened that year? And what happens if one of those events is changed? Will that change our modern world?
The start of one of the most destructive wars in history started with some guys getting thrown out a window. Kepler makes a law of physics. Someone loses their head; literally. What else happened that year? And what happens if one of those events is changed? Will that change our modern world?
Part of the IIT BHU Quiz Championship for the session 2013-14.
For other quizzes of the championship, please visit the Slideshare account of IIT BHU Quiz Club.
Finals - The Shyam Bhatt Memorial Open Quiz 2013 at AFMC PuneChandrakant Nair
Questions from the 2013 edition of the Shyam Bhatt Memorial Open Quiz held on 16 Feb 2013, at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. This is also the oldest running Open Quiz in Pune.
Prelims - The Shyam Bhatt Memorial Open Quiz 2013 at AFMC PuneChandrakant Nair
Questions from the 2013 edition of the Shyam Bhatt Memorial Open Quiz held on 16 Feb 2013, at Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. This is also the oldest running Open Quiz in Pune.
2. • A – Neil Gaiman
• B – Gaim from Battlestar Galactica
• C – Thermidor , a story about the French
Revolution
• D – Maximilian Robespierre , the one year
period in question being The Reign of Terror
• E – Arthur Dillon , who was guillotined during
The Reign of Terror
3. • F – Jean-Hilaire Belloc ( his son being Louis Belloc
)
• G – Joseph Priestley ( yes , the Oxygen guy ;-) )
• H – The London Fog nightclub in LA ( The
daughter in question being Marie Belloc Lowndes
and her work being The Lodger which was the
basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger: A Story
of the London Fog
• I – The Doors , who started their career at H
4. • J – Venice ( The Doors , the band from Venice )
• K – Josef Masopust , arguably the biggest Star of
the 1962 World Cup ( Venice is a sister city of his
hometown Most )
• L – European Footballer of the Year
• M – ‘Hand of God’ goal by Maradona in the 1986
World Cup ( In 1960 , Luis Suarez of Spain won
the award . So , namesake is Luis Suarez of
Uruguay . And he proved to be very ‘handy’ in
Uruguay’s QF match against Ghana and he
described his ‘feat’ as the real ‘Hand of God’ )
5. • N – A panel from The Bayeux Tapestry
• O – Edward the Confessor ( N depicts his
funeral . The hand of god is also visible in the
panel )
• P – Lady Godiva Device , a nuclear reactor at
the Los Alamos lab , named so as it was ‘naked
and unshielded’ . The movie is Lady Godiva of
Coventry ( 1955 ) .
• Q – Clint Eastwood
6. • R – Master Chief from Halo , as displayed at
the Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam
• S – Shelley Winters ( The oscar she won for
The Diary of Anne Frank is on display at The
Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam . Her
other Oscar came from the 1965 flick A Patch
of Blue )
• T – The Greatest Story Ever Told
7. • U – Miss Saigon ( Rapper Saigon’s first album
was The Greatest Story Never Told )
• V – Mary T Meagher , nicknamed Madame
Butterfly ( Miss Saigon was based on Puccini’s
Madame Butterfly )
• W – Louis XVI of France ( The place being
Louisville , Kentucky )
• X – Heart of the Ocean from Titanic
8. • Y – Harlan Ellison , who accused James
Cameron of using his works without
permission for The Terminator
• Z - Loose Cannon , a 200 word piece of flash
fiction accompanied by an 800 word
introduction by Neil Gaiman .