EQL CURTAIN RAISER QUIZ

EQL Curtain Raiser finals

THESE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE FINALS OF THE QUIZ. THANXX TO JOBIN TOM OF JYOTHI NIVAS PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR SENDING ME THIS SET.



anagrammania(clues wer given accordingly.. not part of the qs though)
1. genuine class-alec guiness
2. the great charmer-margaret thatcher
3. richly ill no tan-hillary clinton
4. fine in torn jeans-jennifer anniston
5. a major held icon-michael jordan
6. only man in mars-marilyn mason
7. he bugs gore-george bush

basic qs
1. name the film with angelina jolie in the lead as mariane paul,wife of daniel paul,the
journalist who was slained?
a mighty heart
2. ”though it was i who invented it,bill gates made it famous..”..what was mr. david
Bradley refferin to here??
Ctrl+alt+del
3. in 19th century.due to short supply of wood n coal,wat did d Egyptians use as fuel for
their locomotives???
Mummies
4. X, ‘night of sevens’,’white day’ r three of the same genre with X most famous.watz X?
valentine’s day
5. ‘I create as I speak…” which aramic word/phrase translates into eng thus??
Abracadabra
6. citation for wich particular prize read “ for adopting the mathematical concept of
imaginary nos. in the biz world”.it was awarded to the CEOs of Enron,Worldcome,
Sunbeam etc..
ignobel prize for economics.. all comp. involved in scandals..

sights n sounds(a/v)
1. portrait of Vincent van gogh
2. audio of ndtv 24x7 composed by a r rehman
3. underarm bowl by Trevor chapel, against kiwis, playin under greg chappel..
4. kill bill title song(bang bang..)
5. summer of 69,bryan adams
6. bill gates(under bars.. an old pic)

missing link
1. Jordan,midland,spyker,_________
force India f1..under diff names d same team…
2. scwarzennegar,tomy lee jones,jack nickolson,heath ledger,jim carrey..connect
villains in d batman movies
3. oru vadakkan veeragatha,mathilukal,vidheyan,ponthanmada,_______
baba sahib ambedkar..films that won mammootty the bharat awards..
4. trinity,rds-1,hurricane,geboise blue,596,the beginning,chagai-1,_________
smiling Buddha..code names of first nuclear test of various countries
5. mike myers,cameroon diaz,eddie murphie,antonio banderas.. connect
voices in shrek movie
6. connect george orwell; a british PM;head of state visitin Washington…
blair..original name of orwell was _____ blair(J)..a british pm-tony blair .. head
of state visitin Washington stays at blair house..


basic qs 2
1. ”it reminds me of a wasp”,xclaimed enrico piaggio wen he first laid eyes on this.wat
name was given to it as a result of this?
Vespa
2. ’akebono’ n ‘kanishki’ r legendary sumo wrestlers.in the internet history,wat was
started in 2 comp named after them??
Yahoo!
3. At about the same time as Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, a strikingly similar play
in plot was written by a famous author.Name the author n work..
Jew in Malta, Christopher Marlowe
4. Whose famous last words wer “Last words are for fools who havnt said enough”..?
Karl Marx
5. Samuel Wilso, of Troy, NewYork was the meat supplier for the soldiers stationed in
upstate NewYork. A monument mrks his birthplace in Arlington,Massachusetts n a
monument marks his burial in Oakwood cemetery,Troy,NY. Y is he so imp for the
Americans??
He was the inspiration for Uncle Sam(Durin WorldWar)
6._________ Fauntllory ______ was born on June 9,1934.His less known relatives
include Uncle Ludwig Von Drake, sister Della, cousin Fethry.Whom r v talking abt?
Donald Duck
rapid fire
1. if the kiwi rugby team is called all blacks wat r their bsktbal team known as?
Tall Blacks
2. ”Though art the…” this is the translation of wat??
Jana Gana Mana
3. “The Music stopped n I stood still n found myself out of the hill left alone against my
will”..whose words??
The Pied Piper
4. whose autobiography is “its not abt the bike..”?
Lance Amstrong
5. which channel has its logo after _____(J)castle in Germany??
Disney World
6. Its design composes of __ marbles that holds.. buzz……….
Bahai Ltus Temple
7. About wat logo did Peter Scott say,”we wanted a black n white image as it reduces our
cost….”?
Giant Panda of WWF
8. which internet undertakin has the caption “Stand on the shoulders of giants”?
Google’s Corner
9. Which Spanish term of the 13th century meanin buzz…..
Guerilla….