Sunday 16 September 2007

"Passwords" courtesy Arvind

Read clues for the following 10 answers 1 by 1. More points are won for fewer clues to answer!

1. Personality

A. The King of Cancellations
B. 1990 World Cup in Italy
C. Plácido Domingo and José Carreras
D. "Oprah" Winfrey


2. Man-made object

A. Six Grandfathers
B. Named after Charles E. _____________, a prominent New York lawyer
C. Has 4 things
D. Rapid City, South Dakota


3. City

A. If the Earth was a single state, __________ would be its capital -Napoleon Bonaparte
B. 1204: the Fourth Crusade
C. Top 25 of world's largest cities by population (2005 data)
D. The City on Seven Hills


4. Book

A. Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon, was carrying the book when he was arrested immediately after the murder and referred to it in his statement to police shortly thereafter. John Hinckley, Jr., who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was also reported to have been obsessed with the book.
B. In 1981, was both the most banned book in United States as well as the second most taught book in public schools.
C. List of people who have tried to make a film out of it: Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson to Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio, Elia Kazan, Harvey Weinstein and Steven Spielberg, John Cusack, Jerry Lewis, Billy Wilder
D. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSik6Dovog8


5. Natural Formation

A. Its formation is one of the most important geologic events in the last 60 million years.
B. The recognition that yellow fever is caused by mosquitos and not human contact helped trade enormously.
C. First seen by Vasco Núñez de Balboa on September 25, 1513.
D. A narrow strip of land that is bordered on two sides by water and connects two larger land masses. (the opposite of a strait)


6. Fictional Character

A. David Niven, the only actor to play him in a 1935 movie.
B. "a spineless invertebrate"
C. Belongs to The ______ Club, where _______ is an English something whose characteristics are that "it does no work, living off the labour of others".
D. Bertram Wilberforce


7. Personality.

A. "The Cosmic Kite"
B.

C. 'Come hug me, or the referee isn't going to allow it.'
D. 10


8. Movie

A. Raven McCoy
B. Black comedy, also known as black humour is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously are treated in a humorous or satirical manner.
C. Other actors considered for the film included Sylvester Stallone, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Calderon, Mickey Rourke, Matt Dillon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan, Joan Cusack, Isabella Rossellini, Daryl Hannah, Johnny Depp, Christian Slater, Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and Pam Grier.
D. Honey Bunny


9. Brand Name/Product Name

A. Childe Harold Wills, Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas.
B. Revolutionary idea due to William C. Klann and not who you think
C. automatic transmission
D. Tin Lizzie/ Flivver


10. Mythological Character

A. Had a sister whose name meant girl with fish like eyes
B. His capital city was built by the architect of the gods
C. Shiva Tandava Stotra
D. Worshipped in Khonpura village in MP.

1 comment:

Rahul said...

1. Luciano Pavarotti.

2. Mount Rushmore.
In 1883, a tin mine, the Etta, was opened, which caused excitement among Eastern investors. In 1885 Rushmore was in the Black Hills of South Dakota to check the titles to properties for an eastern mining company owned by James Wilson. Although an Easterner, Rushmore quickly made friends among the miners and prospectors. One day he was returning to headquarters of the Harney Peak Consolidated Tin Co., Ltd., located at Pine Camp, which was north of the great granite peak soon to bear his name. With him were a local business man, and William W. Challis, a prospector and guide. As they neared the mountain, Rushmore turned to Challis and asked its name. Challis jestingly replied: "Never had any but it has now - we'll call the damn thing Rushmore." The United States Board of Geographic Names officially recognized the name "Mount Rushmore" in June 1930." Forty years later, Charles E. Rushmore donated $5000 towards Gutzon Borglum's sculpture of the four presidents' heads on the mountain - the largest single contribution. The Memorial was dedicated by President Coolidge on August 10th, 1927

3. Istanbul, Byzantium, Constantinople, Stamboul and Tsarigrad

4. Catcher in the rye. 1:20 into the song.

5. Isthmus of Panama.

6. Bertie Wooster.
Florence Craye to Bertie: "If you fail, I shall know that your Aunt Agatha was right when she called you a spineless invertebrate and advised me strongly not to marry you."

7. Maradona

8. Pulp Fiction

9. Model T Ford

10. Ravana