Quiz 13

1. After this memorable event in the history of the USA, the Chicago Times wrote that Americans should be embarrased by such "dish-watery utterances". What was the event?

2. In middle 2006,U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney called himself the ___ _____ of the Bush administration. Discussing the need to vigorously pursue intelligence, Cheney said to CNN's John King, "It means we need to be able to go after and capture or kill those people who are trying to kill Americans. That's not a pleasant business. It's a very serious business. And I suppose, sometimes, people look at my demeanor and say, well, he's the ___ _____ of the administration."
Which famous fictional character was he referring to?

3. Once, the actor Richard Burton was on a flight from Mexico, heading back to California when he sat next to a young marketing executive interested in acting. Burton advised him that if he wanted to pursue it as a career, he would have to give up everything else and pursue it with both hands. That young man promptly followed Burton's advice, and later went onto become an Oscar winner, and one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Who?

4. Known in Japan as Toru Ohira, in Latin America as Francisco Colmenero and in Germany as Tilo Schmitz, ________ first appeared in Disneys' "Alice Solves The Puzzle" in 1925, long before Mickey Mouse,
and thus making _________ Disney's oldest continuing character.From 1992, _______ has been voiced by Jim Cummings.________ also makes a cameo in the very last scene of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".Whoitis?

5. To which famous actor is Uma Thurman's yellow jumpsuit in Kill Bill Vol. 1 a direct tribute?

6. In the early 1990s, the term, ____-______ , began appearing as a pun on "perestroika", the reform policy of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev. Critics viewed the policy as "a lot of fizz without substance" and as an attempt to usher in Western products in deals there with the old elites. _______, as one of the first American
products in the Soviet Union, became a symbol of the relationship and the Soviet policy. Fill in the blanks.

7. The stage production of this movie had been a hit on Broadway in its original production and in a revival two yaers later with George Jessel in the lead role. With Warner Bros. refusing to meet Jessel's salary demands, he turned down the part in the film. Name this very very famous movie,based on the play "Day of Atonement" by Samson Raphaelson?

8. Sitter: Arcticalymene rotteni, A. viciousi, A. jonesi, A. cooki and A. matlocki are all trilobite species named after which legendary band?

9. IN Araimic,this phrase roughly means "what I speak is destroyed". The phrase is also believed to be influenced by the Latin word cadaver, meaning "corpse". It is one of the very few NOT adapted from
Latin by its creator. What?

10. "The enemy advances, we retreat. The enemy camps, we harass. The enemy tires, we attack. The enemy retreats, we pursue." What kind of military tactic is Mao Tse-tung describing?

Answers:
1. The Gettysburg address
2. Darth Vader
3. Kevin Costner
4. Black Pete
5. Bruce Lee
6. Pepsi-Stroika
7. The Jazz Singer
8. The Sex Pistols
9. Avada Kedavra
10. Guerilla Warfare

Scores:
Bondu-4
Sreeram-3
Rajesh-2
Arun George-10