Quiz 27

This quiz was contributed by Captain Chandrakant Nair. Please post your answers as comments on this page or mail to captain dot chandrakant at gmail dot com.

1. Anuradha Menon , a former theatre artist , made her mark with the Lilette Dubey plays “ Zen Katha” and “ Jammy” . She , however , has given up being a theatre artist and her current profession is deemed offensive to a particular section of people in India by critics . What is her profession ?

2. An iconic logo . Whose ?

3. The first official usage of this title which was popularised by Pravda was by Stalin on May 1 , 1945 through his Supreme commander order no. 20 . This order affected 4 cities initially and today 12 cities are addressed by this title . What ?

4. As per the WHO ,what connects the following diseases – Cholera , Yellow Fever and Plague ?

5. Which organism gets its name from this important naval base in Italy ? (Black Arrow)

6. One of the theories regarding the origin of the name of this sketch comedy group goes like this . In the 1998 documentary Live At Aspen the group implied that X was selected as a gently-mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a legendary British general of World War II . They wanted a "slippery-sounding" surname and settled on Y. Just name the group .

7. Established in 1950 by the Belgian water polo champion Gerard Blitz , it involves a plethora of villages constructed in the most exotic locations on planet Earth . The staff is called “Guest Officers” (GO) while the clientele is termed “ Guest Members”(GM) . Its unique feature is that GOs and GMs dine , drink and dance together every day and night . What am i talking about ?

8. A replaced B in 1997 . Why ? Also identify both A and B .

A

B

9. What climatic aberration connects the following scientists ?

Clue - C has an ophthalmological disorder named after him

A

B

C

10. A designed it . It was named after B . Farhan Akhtar is gifted one by his wife in the movie “Rock On” . What ?

A

B

11. She is the first woman from India to take part in a leading golf tour , the US LPGA tour . In 2005 , she faced top female golfers from around the world in the first professional skins game in India in an effort to demonstrate top level women’s golf in India . Who? (See Pic )

12. Eunice Gayson (A) and Zena Marshall (B) are actually the first ones who should have been credited with it . However , someone else is generally accepted as the first one . Who and what is being talked about ?

Clue – Current Affairs

A

B

13. Who about what ?

“ I think it is timeless because it's about making love in the summertime. There is a slight misconception it's about a year, but it's not. It has nothing to do about a year , it has to do with a sexual position”

14. What are the following ?

• Medieval - Episcopal and Papal (1184-1230s)

• Spanish - Set up by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (1478 – 1834 )

• Portuguese - Set up by Joao III ( 1536 – 1821 )

• Roman - Set up by the Pope ( 1542 – 1860 )

15. He has won only one FA cup – meagre if one thinks of his calibre. It was the 1953 edition . His team Blackpool was trailing the Bolton Wanderers 3 -1 until 65 mins . In spite of his teammate Stan Mortensen scoring a hat-trick to claim victory with a final scoreline of 4-3 for Blackpool , it was his outstanding dribbling that actually made this happen . As a result , the final was named after him for posterity . Which soccer great ?

16. What is a form of Government in which the responsibilities of the government are so minimal that they cannot be reduced much further without it becoming a form of anarchy known as ?
Clue – Cricket

17. The first ones were developed independently by SAAB and Heinkel during WW I .It was incorporated for the first time in 1940 in a Heinkel He 280 Jet Fighter . The first test in air was on a SAAB 17 in 1944 . A Kamov 50 was the first chopper to have one . Even Neil Armstrong has used it for his exploits on moon . What ?

18. What are Astrological , Celtic Cross , Horse-shoe , Tetractys , Star , Mirror , 3 – Card etc types of ? ( The list is not exhaustive )

19. Sitter - He wanted his viewers to end looking for for representational elements in his paintings , thus he abandoned naming them and started numbering them instead . As a result , some of his most famous works have the titles Number 3 , Number 5 , Number 8 , Number 1 , Number 32 etc . Which legendary painter ?

20. It involves generation of smoke from a pressurised container holding a low viscosity oil like Chevron / Texaco Canopus 13 . The oil is injected into a hot exhaust causing it to vaporize into a large amount of dense white smoke . The smoke is emitted in bursts , like dots . The output is controlled by electronic signals . The product , as a result , can last upto 60-90 seconds and can be one mile in the longest dimension . What is being described ?

Answers:

1. Channel V VJ Lolakkutty , whose accent has hurt many a mallu sentiment .

2. Radio Keith Orpheum

3. Hero-City

4. These are the only 3 diseases that are internationally notifiable , ie any occurrence of any of these anywhere in the world has to be reported to the WHO

5. Tarantula from Taranto which was a major naval base during WW II

6. Monty Python

7. Club Med

8. The Grand Bauhinia medal (A) replaced the order of the british empire (B) in Hong Kong as the highest award cos they passed from the British hands to Chinese in 1997.

9. Climatic connection – "Year without a summer" - all three have periods of unusually low solar activity named after them .Gustav Sporer , Edward maunder and John Dalton ( Daltonism =Colour Blindness).

10. One of the world's finest guitars , the Gibson les paul . A is Ted McCarthy of the Gibson corporation n B of course is the one n only Les paul .

11. Smriti Mehra

12. Ursula Andress ; Bond girls

13. Bryan Adams about 'summer of 69' .

14. Inquisitions

15. Sir Stanley Matthews – the final is known as "the Matthews final"

16. Nightwatchman state !!

17. Ejection seat

18. Spread patterns in Tarot cards .

19. Jackson Pollock .

20. Skywriting !!

Scores:

Manjith - 9

Sreeram - 10

Snehaj - 3

Pankaj Singh - 14

Chandrima - 5

Arun - 1

Ijaz Aslam - 4.5

Bagaboys - 0.5

Mohammad Shabeer K - 2.5

Chanchal Pati - 6

Praveen D - 6

Abdul Raouf - 13

Ranjit C - 5