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Q.Discovered in the early 1980's by Brian Skiff and Edward Boswell, how are the asteroids 4147 ,4148,4149 and 4150 collectively known as ?
A : THE BEATLES
Q.What change in rules of ODI, did the last ball bowled by Ian Botham to Colin Croft on 28th November 1979, bring about? (incidentally Croft was clean bowled)
A : WI needed 3 runs to win the game. All 10 Englishmen includingthe wicketkeeper were sent to the boundary line to prevent the boundary. the concept of the inner circle with field restrictions,was introduced as direct consequence
Q.During WWII, Bill Wright's Wellington bomber was shot down over Holland and the interrogations that followed were traumatic . Years later it all came to him as a nightmare. As a POW-prisoner of war the Geneva convention allowed him not to answer beyond his name, rank and serial no. This he had to repeat over and over again. The whole thing was tense, claustrophobic and deadly. So what did this inspire him to?
A : To create Mastermind for BBC
Q.In christianity, what is unique in the marriage ceremony of the syrian christians of kerala?
A : The bride wears a mangalsutra with a cross - a unique fusion of Hindu and Christian customer
Q.It is an Arabic word which literally means "talking to women". Another etymological meaning of the word is "painful wail of a wounded deer". What?
A : Ghazal
Q.They come in eight sizes, the largest being a ‘Nebuchadnezzar’. What are they?
A : Champagne Bottles
Q.When a new Pope is elected and he moves to the ante-chamber, who is the first person he meets?
A : The tailor - to take his measurements for a cassock .the meaning of a cassock is "long black or red clerical garment
Q.The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes an elephant's trunk, Germans a spider monkey, Italians a snail, Israelis pronounce it strudels and the Czechs say "rollmops". What is it? A : The @ sign
QIn 1870, a chemist Andrev Albanov was experimenting with charcoal to find out if it had any inherent medicinal properties and one night he left a chuck of charcoal near to an open bottle of iodoform accidentally. The following morning he found that the charcoal had absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely. This led a business man to use charcoal filtration in his process and achieve a good quality which made his product to be differentiated in it's market and he went on to mint millions of money. Who is he? Which Product did he make?
A : PA Smirnoff, Smirnoff Vodka
Q.In 1970, at the age of 16, playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy was selected by composer Vijay Padukone to sing a 60-second ad jingle in Tamil for a national brand. In the studio, Kavita found Geeta Dutt preparing to sing the same jingle in Hindi. Seeing a nervous Kavita, Geeta Dutt said "I have heard you sing well. Do not be afraid. Do your best." That successful ad jingle was her first step to stardom. Which product was the jingle for ?
A : amul spray
Q.9,192,631,770 cycles of caesium vibration is the precise international definition of ?
A : 1 second
Q.Laugh-O-Gram was the name of a company which was co-founded by a very famous name in the world of entertainment. Who ? This company folded up soon after and the co-founder went on to much bigger things
A : walt disney
Q.Early choices for its name were "Facts", "Briefs", "Destiny" and "Chance". What is it known as today
A : time magazine
Q.The British launched a massive operation to defend Gibraltar during World War II. One of the planners named a house he built in Jamaica after this operation's name. Name him, and name his house. [ Hint - He is much more famous in another field, and so is his house
A : Ian Fleming, Goldeneye
Q.The sports company Spalding promoted what major change in Lawn tennis to facilitate T. V. viewership?
A : Changed balls from white to yellow
Q.Why was some of the cast of 'Gone With the Wind' not allowed to see its Premiere?
A : It was premiered in a 'whites only' theatre.
Q.What performing art (ie performed on stage) finds mention in the Ramayana and is thus sometimes considered to be the oldest of performing arts?
A : Mimicry - Mareechas mimic of Sri Ram in the forest to lure Sita out of the magic circle
Q.Why is the Aishwarya Rai starrer "Jeans " called so?
A : Story of two identical brothers - Originally to be called 'Genes' - Later producers feared that Janta might not know what Genes were
Q.In 1955, at the New York Museum of Modern Art, a showcase of Indian culture which featured performances by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and a Bharatanatyam recital by Shanta Rao also featured something which was shown for the first time. It ran for 22 weeks in New York. What was it ?
A : Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali
Q.Who said about Bollywood's films, 'Made for masses by asses?'
A : Sunil Gavaskar
Q.He made his mark with his first film, Praying with Anger, the story of an Indian exchange student who finds himself a stranger in his homeland which was named the Debut Film of the Year at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 1993. After that he wrote & directed Wide Awake for Miramax, which bombed at the box office. Along the way, he also the script for a "little" movie. Success came only with his third major movie. Just name this writer-director?
A : Manoj Shyamalan
Q.In the American film industry what kind of a movie is known as a `sleeper'?
A : A low budget movie which becomes a big grosser, like `The Blair Witch Project'
Q.What originated in 1878 at the Bournemouth Rowing Club due to mishandling of medicine ball?
A : Waterpolo. The ball fell into the swimming pool and people jumped into the water in quest of the ball and started throwing it around
Q.Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe had a huge partnership for Yorkshire vs Essex in 1932. According to legend, what did this give rise to?
A : 555, the name for the brand of cigarettes, since they had a 555 run partnership
Q.What is the Titmus test?
A : ICC test for bowling actions
Q.What unique distinction in test cricket do Lee Germon of New Zealand and Tony Lewis of England have?
A : Debut as captains
Q. R. Spofforth became the first man to claim a hatrick in a test match in 1878. In 1859, who was the first to perform a double hatrick on the first overseas tour to North America?
A : John Wisden
Q.Whats common to Dennis Amiss,Desmond Haynes and Andy Flower?
A : They all scored centuries in the inaugural One Day Internationals of their countries
Q.WHAT IS "MELBAB?
A : MAKING A COMEBACK AFTER ANNOUNCING`RETIREMENT
Q.Back in the 1890s,Three Englishmen - an employee in a lace factory named Kilpin, an employee in a travel agency named Allison and a cobbler named Davies put their proposal to two businessmen - Edwards and Nathan. They wanted to start a sports team. Edwards,president designate, was not known for his generosity and he accepted only because Davies, the cobbler, offered a free workforce and leather to make the players'boots. They named it the _______ Cricket and Football club. Name the club.?
A : AC Milan
Q.I have written screenplays for 23 films including 'Easter Parade' & 'Annie Get Your Gun'.I also created 4 long running tv series(including Hart To Hart & I Dream Of Jeanie) b.I won Tony awards for broadway's 'Redhead' and Academy Awards for 'tHe Bachelor & The Bobby Soxer' c.I was included in the Guinness Book as the most translated author.
A : Sidney Sheldon
VIDEO-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0UEkN0lrZY
Q.Which famous movie inspired from this historical movie?
A.Sholey
VIDEO-2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIjqZddkd58
Q.Which recent bollywoody movie inspired from this movie?
A.Kidnap(Imran khan Starer)
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