Quiz 34

This set was contributed by Rajesh. Please send in your attempts to rajquiz at gmail dot com or leave them as comments on this post.


1)Nobel winner Alexis Carrel's dream was a future in which the human body would become "a machine with constantly reparable or replaceable parts". Carrel hoped that his own scientific nous combined with X's machine making proficiency would make his fantasy about immortal machine enabled human beings a reality.X was internationaly famous by then after his feat that won him The Orteig Prize.X created a perfusion pump that could keep a human organ alive outside of the body. It was called the "Model T" pump. In later years, X's pump was further developed by others, eventually leading to the construction of the first heart-lung machine. Id X

2)The director hadn't seen the first print and was aghast of the shortcomings of the movie when he watched for the first time and wrote an apology to Wheeler who had arranged for a premier .
"The first half, in particular, was full of blemishes-abrupt transitions from shot to shot, scene to scene, destroying the mood, the rhythm, the continuity; imperfect fades and dissolves; uneven print quality, and at least one scene-the stormy night-ruined by inadequate sound.... I was so depressed I couldn't even write and tell you how sorry I was that such a print should have been sent to NY." - .Id the director

3)He entered political life in the service of the Indian princes, becoming secretary to the chancellor of the Chamber of Princes (organization of rulers of the princely states). He also served as the foreign minister of the state of Patiala and as foreign minister and later as chief minister of the state of Bikaner (1944-47). After India gained its independence, he was entrusted with greater responsibilities as ambassador to China , Egypt , and France . He was a member of the States Reorganisation Commission. Who?

4)The song was associated with a distinctive fast dance though originally it had no dance, until a Venezuelan Flamenco instructor created it for her class to dance to, and it eventually caught on with the rest of the world. The dance is performed in time with the refrain of the song. To perform the dance,
* One places his/her arms forward, palm down, right arm, then left arm.
* Then the dancer turns his arms over so that his palms are up, right, then left.
* The dancer puts his hands on his shoulders, first right hand on left shoulder, then left on
right.
* Then the dancer puts his hands on his head, again right, then left.
* The dancer then places his arms on his hips, right hand on left hip, then left on right
* Then the dancer's hands go on their respective hips (or pelvis), right then left
* The routine finishes with a pelvic rotation in time with the line "___ _________!"
* Then the dancer turns 90 degrees clockwise and repeats the same motions throughout the
whole song.

Al Gore danced the "Al Gore version" during his speech to the 1996 Democratic National Convention. This included standing in one place for a moment, then uttering "Want to see it again?". Identify the song

5)New Zealand has three official languages. English ,Māori. and _______________. Charles-Michel de l'Épée created alphabet for this language which is basically unchanged till now. Charles developed this from Juan Pablo Bonet's 'Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos'.Id this language

6)When parsis first came to India , Jadi Rana, the local Shilhara king set five conditions to which the migrants agreed. They were - they should learn Gujarati language, women should wear local costume, they should explain their their religion to the king, they should lay down their arms and a curious 5th clause about their marriage ceremony. What?

7)In 1930, the Aga Khan Trophy was offered for the first Indian to fly solo from India to England or vice versa. X competed, taking off from Karachi to London. When he landed at Aboukir Bay in Egypt, he found that Aspy Engineer, the other contender, flying from London to Karachi, was stranded in the desert airfield for want of a spark plug. X sportingly parted with his spare one and they continued their journey in opposite directions. Aspy beat him by a couple of hours. 'I
am glad he won,' said X, 'because it helped him get into the Royal Indian Air Force.' (Aspy was to be the second Indian to be the chief of the Indian Air Force). Id X


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9)The expression "Don't worry, be happy" by X was printed up on inspiration cards and posters in the 60's. In Bobby McFerrin noticed a similar poster and inspired by the expression's charm and simplicity, McFerrin wrote the now famous song, which was included in the soundtrack of the movie "Cocktail", and became a hit single the following year.It won the grammy for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In an interview McFerrin
said, "Whenever you see a poster of X, it usually says 'Don't worry, be happy,' which is a pretty neat philosophy in four words, I think." Id X

10)Who came out with these obituaries/remembrances?