Anwers and Scores of Monthly Set #2

Sharp Shooters presenting the Monthly Set #2.This set contains 15 easily crackable questions + 10 questions with a common theme/connect.Post the answers as comments or mail them to quiz4rithu@ymail.com.The scores and the ans will be given by 25-4-09.

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Part A [15*1=15]

1. Whick famous character was inspired by this Actor???

2.Connect

A

B

C

3.Which famous incident is being depicted???

4.Which Event Connects???

A

B

C

5.Identify the 3 legends involved in fighting.

6.A was inspired by a song of B and A created X.The demand of X greately increased due to C.

B

C

X

7.Connect [A Toughie]

A

B

C

8.What was the contribution of this man to mankind???[B is a clue]

A

B

9.Connect

A

B

10.Identify the “unusual” athlete.

11.A:B :: X:??? Who is missing and Explain???

A

B

X

12.Who Connects???

A

B

C

13.Identify the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A

14.What does the yellow line signifies???

15.Letz wrap the Part-A by an intresting question.
The island X was discovered by A and was initially named after B.Later, after several decades X got its present name.How was X immortalized on 19th century???Identify all.

A

B

Part B [10 * 0.5 = 5]

There will be 9 Question which a common theme/connect.The links to the theme / connect may be in the question or the answer.

16.Connect these Actors.

A

B

17.What was headed by this person for the first time???

18.Connect

A

B

C

D

E

19.Connect

A

B

20.X had a great dream.X approached famous people including A and B for making his dream to a reality. Eventually the project was taken over by Y.What was the project or X’s ambition???

X

A

B

Y

21.Connect B and C to A.

A

B

C

22.Who is missing???

A

B

C

D

E

F

23.Connect to the world of Music [The list is not exhaustive]

A

B

24.Connect to a person

A

B

C

25.Theme/Connect?????

Answers

Part A

1.Conrad Veidt served as the inspiration for the appearance of the comic book supervillain The Joker through his role as Gwynplaine in The Man Who Laughs.

2.Gerrymandering : a form of redistribution in which electoral district or constituency boundaries are deliberately modified for electoral advantage. Gerrymandering may be used to help or hinder particular constituents, such as members of a political, racial, linguistic, religious or class group.
The term gerrymandering is derived from Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), the governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812. It is a portmanteau of Gerry and salamander; the districts drawn in this case were shaped like a salamander.[Cracked by almost everyone]

3.Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone,which gave rise to the popular quotation, “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”

4.”Quoting Moid

Connect: “The Sydney Riot of 1879″- was one of the earliest riots at an international cricket match.

A) Billy Murdoch who was controversially given out..

B) George Coulthard, whose decision to give out Billy Murdoch led to the riot.

C) Edmund Barton- who later became the first Australian Prime Minister and got knighted, umpired the game and helped to defuse the riot.”

5.Heavyweight boxer Jack Dempsey mock punching Harry Houdini (held back by lightweight boxer Benny Leonard)

6.Pretty Simple!!!
A – Gilbert Baker , B – Judy Garland , C – Harvey Milk , X – Rainbow Flag / LGBT flag ; Song in question being the very famous “Over the rainbow” from ‘ Wizard of Oz’

7.Connect – Monty Python

The Python programming language by Guido van Rossum is named after the troupe.
The Australian palaeontologist who discovered the fossil snake was a Monty Python fan, and he gave the snake the taxonomic name of Montypythonoides riversleighensis in honour of the Monty Python team
The character Monty in the comic strip with the same name, created by Jim Meddick, is named after Monty Python. The bizarre and unpredictable humour in the strip is clearly inspired by Monty Python.

8.L. L. Zamenhof – Inventor of Esperanto, a constructed language designed for international communication
[Clue is the flag of Esperanto]

9.Again “Quoting Moid

Connect “The Busby Babes”
A) A plaque at Old Trafford,Manchester United in memory of the officials and players who lost there lives in the Munich air disaster on 5th feb 1958.The team picked up the affectionate nickname *The Busby Babes*, due to the youthfulness of many of the players picked by Sir Matt Busby.

B) The statue of Sir Matt Busby-Whose team was known as *The Busby Babes*

[Half credits for Munich Air Disaster]

10.Stanisława Walasiewicz (also known as Stella Walsh).The controversy was regarding her sex. An autopsy showed that she possessed male genitalia, although some sources suggest she also displayed some female characteristics. Detailed investigation has also revealed that she had both XX and XY pair of chromosomes. So the controversy on her gender remains unsolved to this day.

11.According to film critic Roger Ebert Jack Black [B] was a reminiscent of Orson Welles [A] and Robert Armstrong was a reminiscent of Cecil B. DeMille.
So the missing one is Robert Armstrong.Both Armstrong and Jack Black acted as Carl Denham in King Kong films.[Went Uncracked!!!! Ajay parasuraman mentioned Carl Denham-But no credits]

12.Connect – Spock of Star Trek fame

A) Leonard Nimoy-best known for playing the character of Spock on Star Trek.
B) Zachary Quinto -has been casted to appear in the 2009 film Star Trek, as Spock.
C) The band Spock’s Beard took their name from Spock’s appearance in “Mirror, Mirror”.

13.Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu,Mali. Read More >>

14.Satellite image of Berlin Wall

15.The navigator and explorer Otto von Kotzebue[A] initially named Bikini Atoll Eschscholtz Atoll after the scientist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz[B].Swimsuit Bikini named after this island.
[Went Uncracked]

Part B

16 A) River Phoenix
B) Ethan Hawke

Connect:-*Explorers*- 1985 Science fiction film which was the first feature film of both River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke.

17.Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics [IUCAA] which was headed for its first decade by astrophysicist Dr Jayant Narlikar.

18.The ingredients are :
A) Misteltoe-A herb
B) Fish
C)Pump jack
D)Salt in water
E)Carrots

The magic portion in Asterix series is produced by these ingredients. [Cracked only by Captain!!!]

19.Lt. Gen. Saad El Shazly was responsible for planning and implementing a crossing offensive of Operation Badr and The Badr Brigade which was formed by Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim to fight Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime in Iraq.

Thus the Keywords are “BADR”

20.John Gielgud – Ingmar Bergman – Akira Kurosawa – Peter Greenaway ; Gielgud’s dream was to make a movie version of ‘the Tempest’ and to act the role of Prospero.

21.A) Jose Maria Morelos,National hero of Mexico
B) Flag of State of Morelos,Mexico
C) Historic Centre of Morelia-capital of the Mexican state of Michoacan.
Connect: The state of Morelos and city of Morelia is named after *Jose Maria Morelos*.

22.Days of the week named after them.
Sun – Sunday
Moon – Monday
Tyr -Tuesday
Woden – Wednesday
Frigg – Friday
Saturn – Saturday

Therfore the missing one is Thor after whom Thursday is named.

23.Connect – Both of them have Viking metal bands named after them.

A) Mount Doom-Orodruin as depicted in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
B) Again norse God Tyr [Went Uncracked]

24.Connect – Nicolaus Copernicus

A) Copernicia – genus of 24 species of palms
B) The Gateway Theatre, seat of the Copernicus Foundation
C) Olsztyn Castle where he lived as the administrator of Allenstein and Mehlsack (Pieniężno); he was in charge of the defenses of Olsztyn and Warmia during the Polish-Teutonic War of 1519-21.

25.Theme/Connect

EXPLORER – USA

We can see the famous Statue of ARYABHATTA on the grounds of IUCAA, Pune – INDIA

ASTERIX – FRANCE

BADR – PAKISTAN

PROSPERO [Major character in The Tempest] – UNITED KINGDOM

MORELOS – MEXICO

THOR – NORWAY

VIKING – SWEDEN

COPERNICUS – POLAND Read More >>

THE FIRST SATLITES OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES [Including who have launched satellites with the aid of others]

Theme cracked only Chandrakant Nair A k a Captain!!!! Hatz Off Sir!!!!

SCORES

1.Captain Chandrakant Nair – 17
2.Suraj – 13
3.Moid Siddiqui – 12
5.Ajay Parasuraman -10.5 [Only attempted Part A]
4.Kamal Rathi – 10.5
5.Jyothi – 8
6.Incognito – 7.5
7.Sreeram – 7
8.Shyam – 7
9.Jackson – 7
10.The Beastie Boy -5.5
11.Anu the wild -5
12.Raja V-5
13.Varun KR -4
14.Abhra Das -4 [Through Mail]
15.Manjith-3
16.Hrishikesh Varma-2
17.Anil Ramachandran-2
18.Sreeji -2 [Through Mail]
19.Vikas-1
20.Goutham -1

Hope everyone liked the Monthly Set #2 .Do feed back as comments….

Regards,
Rithwik K