In a pack of cards, there are in fact three male figures which do not have moustaches. Name the 3.
A : King of Hearts, jack of diamonds & clubs
Was featured on the BBC at the age of nine due to his piano-playing histrionics, and is today the fastest piano player in the world. With albums like Abstract, Ecstasy, Raag Time, Live in Karachi and Sargam he is one of the most popular Pakistani artists. Who?
A : Adnan Sami
Which is the only country to have its map on the National flag?
A : Cyprus
Name the board game that was invented in 1933 during the American Depression by an unemployed man by the name of Charles Darrow
A : Monopoly
What is the Stockholm Syndrome?
A : A kidnapped guy becoming sympathetic with one's captors
Which animal was replaced by the tiger in 1972 as India's national animal by the Indian Board of Wildlife?
A : Lion
Althea Gibson was the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament. Who was the second?
A : Serena Williams
Whose ships were the Sao Rafael, Sao Gabriel and the Berrio?
A : Vasco Da Gama
Which creature from Homer's Illiad is composed of parts from a lion, a goat and serpent?
A : Chimera
It was originally going to be called "Lies! The Sex, The Drugs, The Violence, The Shocking Truth". But they changed it to GN'R Lies. Why?
A : Someone at Geffen noticed that the name was too long. So they changed it to "GN'R Lies".
What is Athina Roussell famous for?
A : She is the world's most richest teenager, having inherited $2.7 billion from the Onnassis estate.
Find the link: G869537 & 0215892038.
A : They supposedly are the passport number and phone number respectively of Dawood Ebrahim in Pakistan.
"I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Who said this?
A : Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Radio Broadcast, October, 1939.
"I'm not making very much but I'm happy and making enough for cigarettes. I get free tennis shoes from converse, I have six pairs of jeans, and I bum T-shirts off people. But materially I don't need much." - Who said this and why?
A : Slash said that he did not mind making less money and having more fun with Snakepit.
This artist first had a U.S. Top 40 hit in 1970, and is still going strong today. He released a Duets album in 1995, singing duets with K.D. Lang, P.M. Dawn, Little Richard, Don Henley, Chris Rea, Tammy Wynette, Gladys Knight, RuPaul, Paul Young and others. Name the artist.
A : Elton John
Between his movie debut as an extra in A Hard Days Night in 1964 and starring in the movie Buster, this artist was able to squeeze in quite a career in music. He reluctantly became the lead singer of a major British rock group through attrition, followed by a very successful solo career that is still going strong. Name the artist
A : Phil Collins
In Comics, who is known as Bergel (Arabic), Tournesol (Danish), Zonnebloem (Dutch), Tuhatkauno (Finnish), Bielien (German)?
A : Professor Calculus
The Pakistani army in addition to its other responsibilities manufactures and markets cornflakes. Under what brand name?
A : Fauji
In the army, the rank badges worn on the shoulders are stars. In the navy they are called epaulettes. What are the cloth rank badges worn by the Air Force officers called?
A : Pips
British Airways was the first to introduce in-flight movies. Similarly, what was first introduced by tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways?
A : In-flight Gambling
They were called the "Traitorous Eight" and the " Fair Children". What did they start?
A : Intel
John Keogh of Australia reinvented the wheel in 2001. What prize did he get for this?
A : He obtained a patent for it - to show how flawed the patent system was. His patent was for a "circular transportation facilitation device"
What invention of the confectioner George Smith was named after a famous race horse of the early 20th century?
A : Lollypop
The present day computer has inherited the keyboard from the typewriter. The type of keyboard is known as QWERTY because of the alphabets on the top row at the left. Now tell me, why is it QWERTY & not anything else?
A : Because the positioning of the alphabets on the QWERTY keyboard slows down typing speed. It was implemented during typewriters because they couldn't handle too much speed. However the tradition has carried on. Which is why non-QWERTY keyboards are also found today.
Debian is a company which has Linux distributions. What is the peculiarity of all Debian Linux Distributions?
A : They are all named after characters from Toy Story (as of yet)
Who built a museum for Jimi Hendrix called the �EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT� in Seattle? Clue: This celebrity sponsor has a rock band named GROWN MEN?
A : Paul Allen
Only one character in Calvin & Hobbes is left-handed. Who?
A : Susie Derkins
Painter, sculptor, artist, engineer, scientist cum genius Leonardo da Vinci wrote many of his notebooks with his left hand. When he used his left hand for writing he adopted a certain technique that made his jottings difficult to unscramble. What is this technique called?
A : MIRROR WRITING. He wrote backwards from right to left. You could read it right by looking at the mirror!
What is common to Kapil Dev, Lisa Ray and Leander Paes in the context of brand endorsement?
A : All have endorsed RADO watches
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower cited four weapons that helped most to win the Second World War. One was the C47 Skytrain / Dakota Transport. What were the other three?
A : The jeep, the bazooka and the atom bomb
So, in true storybook fashion, love conquered all obstacles. After a tumultuous engagement that included a 28 day, 7 hour, 8 minute, 22 second hunger strike, these two unlikely misfits tied the matrimonial knot in the memorable comic strip wedding scene of February 17, 1933. What are we talking about?
A : The marriage of Blondie and Dagwood
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul". Who said this?
A : Marilyn Monroe
"They found me unconscious by my motel elevator. I ended up in the hospital and woke up with all these tubes sticking out of me. They told me I'd been dead for 8 minutes." Who said this and what does it refer to?
A : Slash when he came back from the dead after taking some unspecified hard drug in September 1992 in San Francisco
On January 22, 1990 Slash and Duff McKagan appear at the American Music Awards. A certain event makes the organizers think of introducing a new concept which unfortunately doesn't work out. What is it?
A : The funda of live recordings to be edited and then showed on TV
What is common to the brands Rolex and Hallmark?
A : Their logos are exactly the same
If 'ASAP' stands for as soon as possible, then 'RSVP' is the Americanized short form for?
A : Repondez-S'il vous plait
We all know that ZION is the last surviving human city in the Matrix, but what is Zion according to the Bible?
A : Jerusalem
Time for mythology. When Krishna was accidentally killed by Jara, Vishwakarma on instruction from Vishnu started building an image with Krishna�s bones which he
placed inside the image. The image however could not be completed and is therefore worshipped in its unfinished form. Which idol am I talking about ?
A : Jagannathdev of Puri
Tirupathi temple has got mobile signal jamming technology installed around the
temple complex so that the devotees and the lord himself don't get disturbed. Now they have banned mobile phone itself totally inside the temple complex. Why ?
A : Some devotees were found taking snaps of Lord
Venkateswara with their hi-tech mobile phones fitted with camera.
Calcutta Trivia: There are 2 colors of taxis in Calcutta, yellow taxis and yellow & black. What's the difference?
A : Yellow/Black is only within city limits, while yellow is All Bengal
Marilyn Monroe posed for the Red Velvet. But why did she do it?
A : Because she needed money to get her car out of the police garage.
Harry Potter Round
What's common to the foll names - "Harry Potter and the Mudblood Revolt", "Harry Potter and the Quest of the Centaur", "Harry Potter and the Alchemist's Cell", "Harry Potter and the Pyramids of Furmat", "Harry Potter and the Chariots of Light"?
A : All the five are names that have been copyrighted by Warner Bros. which has given rise to the speculation that any of these might be possible titles for the future HP books.
Before his hearing, what does Harry vow he would do if he got off?
A : He promises to donate 10 Galleons at the magical fountain of Breathen at the ministry
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus. What does it mean?
A : Never tickle a sleeping dragon
What, does Remus Lupin say, makes the Wolfsbane Potion useless?
A : Sugar
In OoTP, Arthur Weasley tells Harry that Kingsley Shacklebolt is informing the Ministry about a certain place where Sirius Black is (which of course is done to put them off-track and not interfer with the Order). Question is: Where?
A : Tibet
What is common to James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Rita Skeeter?
A : They are all unregistered animagi
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