Quiz 19

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1)Grrr! , a magazine for kids is brought out by which organization founded by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco?

2)When Laxmi Merchant, the sister of the legendary Indian opening batsman Vijay Merchant, went to get X's autograph, he scanned through her book for a suitable page, eventually settling upon one containing the names of the 1933-34 MCC touring party. Captained by Douglas Jardine, the team included the Yorkshire slow left-armer Hedley Verity and the Essex all-rounder Stan Nichols. The party had 16 members. To their list of numbered signatures was now appended: “17. X”. id X

3)In 1941, the British Secret Service requested John Waddington Ltd to create silk maps which can be used by World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis. The maps were hidden inside something that was patented Charles Darrow .Other than maps, hidden inside these were compasses, real money and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by the International Red Cross. Which product, am I talking about?

4)Current affairs -Which Indian actor was recently honored by The Dutch by bringing out a postal stamp on him?

5)According to his 2006 autobiography ,it probably started when he was 14 when two coaches were discussing his attitude. One said "Does this kid think he's as cool as Loggins or something?" and started calling him X .Another version says that the nickname actually originated from the book 'Primal Fear'. The story goes that he liked the book very much . The protagonist of the novel had the name X and so he got that name. Still another belief is that he was called X after Rene (Mo), an Australian comedian who painted his face black and white. . Who is X and whats his nickname?

6) Should be simple. Connect these Visuals

7) Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma and his kin were the first passengers. Mr E.G. Salter, Assistant, Operating Superintendent of London Passenger Transport Board was the first driver. What am I talking about?

8) Id the person in the visual.

9) In 1856, he took up the new art form of photography. He made portraits of Michael Faraday , Lord Tennyson among others. He is now considered by many to be one of the very best Victorian photographers, and is certainly the one who has had the most influence on modern art photographers. He also appears to have invented, or at least certainly popularised, the ‘Word Ladder’ a form of brain-teaser that is still popular today: the game of changing one word into another by altering one letter at a time, each successive change always resulting in a genuine word. Another invention is a writing tablet called the Nyctograph for use at night that allowed for note-taking in the dark; thus eliminating the trouble of getting out of bed and striking a light when one wakes with an idea. ID the person in question.

10) "The Pet Goat" is a children's story contained in the book 'Reading Mastery II: Storybook 1', by Siegfried Engelmann and Elaine C. Bruner The story is of a girl's pet goat which eats everything in its path. The girl's parents want to get rid of the goat, but she defends it. In the end, the goat becomes a hero when it butts a car robber into submission. Why was this in news related to an incident that happened early this decade?

Answers:

1)PETA
2)Gandhiji
3)Monopoly
4)Bhojuri actor Manoj tiwari
5)Andrew Symmonds and Roy
6)charles lindbergh' son who was kidnapped by Bruno Hauptmann . the third visual is movie poster of 'murder on the orient express' , movie adaptation of agatha christies novel of the same name which was inspired by this incident
7)First KSRTC
8)M Karunanidhi
9)Lewis Carrol
10)the book prez bush was reading to school kids during wtc attack. he came into criticism for keeping on reading this inspite of being briefed about attack

Scores:
Reshmi G - 4
Arun AS - 3.5 (0.5 for qn 6)
Ajay Parasuram - 5.5 (0.5 for qn 6)
Snehaj - 3
Anil Ramachandran - 8
Ranjith AR - 7
Ashwin menon - 5
Govind Menon - 4.5
Sulaiman TV - 5
Varun - 3
Praveen VR - 4
Sreeram - 8
Manjit - 3
Wasi - 5
Nanditha -7
Jithin - 7