1. In one version, Harry Johnson and Louise Claire Clarke are sitting at a dinner table talking about the lack of choices in a new governmental plan, famously saying, “If the government chooses, we lose.” In another, Louise walks in on Harry and a friend shooting hoops, and they talk about the same theme. Today, analysts credit them as being major players in a furore that forced this proposed legislation down. Which?
2. This tune was originally written in 1914 by Kenneth Alford, and won an academy award for its score. To many Britons, it served as an example of British fortitude and dignity in the face of privation. In 1957, it was used in this academy award winning film, which shared the same name as the novel by the French writer Pierre Boule. Which movie/tune am I talking about?
Which specific picture is he talking about?
4. Connect the following images:
5. Justin Leonard and Jose Maria Olazabal were even at the 17th round of a golf tournament, Leonard sunk a 45 foot putt for a birdie, triggering raucous celebrations from the American crowd with players, wives and fans running onto the green. Olazabal tried to regain focus, but missed his putt. This incident created much controversy and bad blood, and the appropriateness of the wild celebration was debated extensively in the media. What am I talking about?
6. The map shows the world based on membership in a particular united nations list. The countries in blue were past members, but don’t qualify anymore, whereas the countries in red are still members. What list do I refer to?
7. On June 13, 2007 the video was posted to the popular video sharing website YouTube. The video garnered over one thousand views within the first five hours of its posting.[5] By the second day of its posting the American news media had taken notice of the video's growing popularity. The video featured Amber lee Ettinger lip-syncing while Leah Kauffman provided the vocals. It also prompted many answer videos on youtube, one of which was called “HotforHill”
8. Born in 1926, he learned economics at Columbia university and NYU and eventually made it to wall street where he ran a consulting business that forecast the economy. Except Jimmy Carter, he has worked with every American president since 1969, and was named by Reagan in 1987 to the position, that he is famous for, and which he held till very recently. He recently came out with his autobiography. Who is this?
9. Connect the following images: I did it, reaction, trophy
10. This American movie caused irritation and anger in the UK for its treatment of a specific operation in the Second World War. The first capture of Naval[1] Enigma machine in the way indicated in the movie was in 1941 by HMS Bulldog, but the movie insinuates it was by American vessel. The film was raised at Prime Minister's Question Time where Tony Blair agreed with questioner Brian Jenkins MP that the film was "an affront" to British sailors. There were other inaccuracies alleging lack of German humanitarian support to enemy survivors at sea. Which movie?
11. Fanciful stories of how this was created are modern-day legends. These include tales that it was invented in Poland to celebrate the defeat of a Muslim invasion at the decisive Battle of Tours by the Franks in 732, with the shape representing the Islamic crescent and that it was invented in Vienna in 1683 to celebrate the defeat of the Turkish siege of the city, as a reference to the crescents on the Turkish flags. There are tales linking them with the kifli and the siege of Buda in 1686; and those detailing Marie Antoinette's hankering after a Viennese specialty. What is it?
12. This is an ecological hypothesis that proposes that living and nonliving parts of the earth are viewed as a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism. Named after the Greek earth goddess, this hypothesis postulates that all living things have a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that promotes life overall. James Lovelock initially defined it as a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet. This was initially ignored by most scientists, but later came in for criticism from many and interest from some others. What is it?
13. Complete the two more in the list, which is in reverse order: Amartya Sen (1998), Susumu Tonegawa (1987), Kenichi Fukui (1981), Eisaku Sato (1974)
14. This television channel had to be closed down on April 21, 1996 when one of its partners, Orbit Communications corporation owned by Prince Khaled of Saudi Arabia, pulled the plug on it because of a program on an allied channel critical of the Saudi Arabian govt. Most of its staff went to work for Al Jazeera. In october 2005, the service was re-announced and is due to start broadcasting soon. Which channel am I talking about?
15. "My life's aim has been to serve as I might towards those ends. Your loyalty, your confidence in me, has been my abundant reward. I speak now from my home and my heart to you all; to men and women so cut off by the snows, the desert or the sea that only voices out of the air can reach them; to those cut off from fuller life by blindness, sickness or infirmity, and to those who are celebrating this day with their children and their grandchildren - to all, to each, I wish a happy Christmas. God bless you." Written by Rudyard Kipling, this message in 1932 started a tradition that has been followed every year. What am I talking about?
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