quiz -18

Q.1.Put Fundae.



Ans :Blair Witch project

You can see another such poster also.




Q.2. Connect.




Ans :The Count of MonteChristo

pic 1- Alexandre Dumas , the author
pic 2-Château d'If
pic 3-Statue of Abbé Faria next to the Old Secretariat in Panaji
pic 4-James Caviezel who did the role of jesus christ in "The Passion of the Christ" also played the role of Edmond Dantès in the 2002 movie "The Count of MonteChristo'


Q.3.These 5 siblings inspired something very famous. Put funda.





Ans: Saving Private Ryan.

They are the Sullivan brothers who all died during the same incident in World War II, the sinking of the light cruiser USS Juneau.As a direct result of the Sullivans' deaths, the U.S. War Department adopted the Sole Survivor Policy. So it inspired the movie "Saving Private Ryan"

Q.4.Connect.




Ans: Books by Thomas Harris on Hanibal Lecter

pic 1 - "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun" painting by William Blake - inspired the book " Red Dragon"

pic2-In Voluptas Mors, 1951, photo by Philippe Halsman. Used in miniature in "The Silence of the Lambs" advertising poster.

pic 3- "Hannibal" ,the Carthaginian military commander

pic 4-Gaspard Ulliel who played the role of hannibal lecter in "Hannibal rising"

Q.5.Identify him





Ans: Seth Godin ( the "purple cow" fame)

Q.6.This monk is credited with the invention of a very famous drink. Identify the drink.


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Ans: Champagne , the monk is "Dom Pierre Pérignon"

Q.7.Connect.




Ans : Famous ads by David Ogilvy

Q.8. Identify the sport.




Ans: Sepak Takraw

Q.9 .Connect.



Ans: AJAX

pic 1- Ajax ,the mythological Greek hero in trojan war

pic 2-AFC Ajax

pic 3-Google uses "AJAX" scripting language


Q.10. Connect.



Ans: Treaty of Park Avenue

The movie still shown is from the movie 15, Park Avenue. The pictures are of Isaac Asimov and Arthur Clarke.

The Asimov-Clarke Treaty of Park Avenue, put together as Asimov and Clarke were travelling down Park Avenue in New York while sharing a cab ride, stated that Asimov was required to insist that Arthur C. Clarke was the best Science Fiction writer in the world (reserving second best forhimself), while Clarke was required to insist that Isaac Asimov was the best Science writer in the world (reserving second best for himself)

Nice attempts were made and a lot of ppl participated. Kudos to all.

Scores:

Vineet -6
manas -4
Shovik-8
Sarthak-8
Shantanu-5
Rahul Raj -6
Srinivas -5
Adwait Prasad -4
Gowtham -5
Rama Nathan -8
Shivmani -6
Mohit Modi-6
Jolly Rover -4

Happy Quizzing.