Saturday, January 23, 2010

Some serious quizzing

1) Chetan Bhagat's next book is definitely going to start with a certain word definitely?. Which word ?. Funda pls.

2) Name this tribe who used to work for maratha kings as contract soldiers, who were paid no salary only profit sharing in terms of percentage of plunder in the early 19th century. Clue: The most recent mega epic disaster by Salman Khan is inspired by them.

3) Connect Ajay Mafatlal, Aparna Mafatlal and Altamount road.

4) What sets apart Evonne Goolagong, Margaret court and Kim Clijsters from the rest of the tennis champions

5) Her real name is Avika Gaur, She acts in the serial which has been top ranked over the past year among hindi language programmes and revived the fortunes of the channel. Identify the character and serial.

6) The climax scene of 3 idiots was shot with this very beautiful lake in its background. There is something unique about the water body. Identify. funda pls.

7) Connect Aravinda de silva, Kamal Hassan and Padma Lakshmi. Very workable.

8) Connect a legendary arabic traveller and explorer of medieval times and the very hummable song from upcoming vishal bharadwaj movie.

9) Identify IIM Indore 2007 batchmate whose childhood friend is vidya balan and second cousin is genelia d'souza.

10) Connect baby elephant balancing on log, frog jumping over three frogs and school of fish in a shark formation and chameleon puts out tongue in a flower formation. They all happen, when the tiger is busy behind the woods.

6 comments:

  1. 1. Must start with four or six. Four because his earlier novels started with one,two, three and five..by choosing four he would prove that he knows how to count till five..by choosing six he would prove that he know how to count till six but hasnt mastered four yet. His last novel would be infinite ways to make money by selling junk.


    2. Pindari Tribe

    3. Ajay Mafatlal underwent a sex change to become Aparna mafatlal to get hold of a property at Altamount Road.

    4. All of them are still playing mothers?

    5. Baalika Vadhu

    6. The scene was shot at Pangong lake, Ladhak. Pangong is NOT the highest lake in the world. The world's highest lake is the crater lake of Ojos Del Salado situated at a height of 20,965 feet. Pangong lake is situated at a height of 14,300 feet only..Pangong is an endorheic lake.

    7. Their names contains the word "Lotus" is different languages

    8. Ibn Battuta

    9. Wayne Fernandes

    10. Accenture

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  2. good one kasturi .. i really like your first answer :)
    @shreyan - i didnt know answers to any...my indian news knowledge is all that is on toi online

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  3. forgot the disclaimer .. this quiz contest is barred for roommates/ friends of author who are privy to the gossip sessions at home,where most of the questions owe their origin to

    Kasturi .. how can you do this :(

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  4. hello....excepting 1,6,7 & 8 ..everything else was new..and i had answered questions 1 & 7 correctly at home...so it didnt make much difference...! :D

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  5. 1) He's decided to stop writing books and get directly into movie-making himself, so he can display his name in larger font than the movie title

    2) Shiv Sena

    3) @Kas - it's the other way round. @Mrunal - IT'S ON TOI!!!

    4) Their names are the butt of the most number of inside jokes

    5) Prefer not to answer this. PLEASE! I have a life!

    6) The only water body near which Chatur dropped his pants (because IIM-B campus did not have a water body)

    7) All were involved with Salman Rushdie (or wanted to be) at some point in the past

    8) Lawrence of Arabia

    9) @Shreyan - you forgot to mention ex-colleague Soha Ali Khan

    10) Hobbes' nightmares

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  6. Thanks! ishu .. late acknowledgement .. nevertheless a wealth of knowledge there :)

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