WHO IS A 'SCOPTOPHOBIC'?
A:SOMEONE WITH INTENSE FEAR OF BEING SEEN
CONNECT WINONA RYDER,OLGA KORBUT(OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST),BESS MYERSON(FORMER MISS AMERICA)
AND JENNIFER CAPRIATY?
A:CELEBS CAUGHT 4 SHOPLIFTING
TERRY SEMMEL TOOK OVER AS PRESIDENT OF WARNER BROS. IN 1980.HE HELPED W.B. 2 DIVERSIFY
FROM A $750MILLION MOVIE STUDIO INTO $11 BILLIONTIME WARNER INC.IN JULY 99,HE SUDDENLY
RESIGNED FROM W.B. .NOW HE IS THE CHAIRMAN & CEO OF A COMPANY WHICH HE FINDS 'VERY
SIMILAR 2 W.B. OF 1980s.WHAT IS THIS GIANT ?
A:YAHOO!
WHICH ENGLISH WORD DERIVES FROM THE FRENCH WORD 'FISHER'(MEANING 'TO FASTEN')?
A:FISH PLATES
THIS ITALIAN WORD 4 'PLACE OF REFUGE' HAS SECURED A PLACE IN ENGLISH & HAS 2 B USED
VERY FREQUENTLY.WHAT IS IT?(HINT:U ILL FIND IT IN A VERY FAMOUS NOVEL)
A:MAFIA(DO I HAVE 2 MENTION 'THE GODFATHER'?)
WHY R 'NAVY SEALS',THE SPECIALLY TRAINED US FORCES,CALLED SO?
A:SEALS IS 4 SEA,AIR & LAND.THEY R SUPPOSED 2 B EQUALLY EFFICIENT EVERYWHERE.
WHAT IS THE JAPANESE 4 'EMPTY HANDS'?
A:KARATE
IF DIAMOND IS 60,GOLD IS 50,THEN WHAT DENOTES THE 20th ANNIVERSARY?
A:CHINA
IF 1 HAS 'ALEXANDER BEARD',WHAT KIND OF BEARD DOES HE HAVE?(HOPE PADDY DA FEEL IT NOW!)
A:NO BEARD
WHAT IS JERUSALEM CALLED I RABIC?
A:AL QUDS
IF THE FRENCH CALL IT LA MANCHE,WHAT DO WE CALL IT?
A:THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
ITALIAN MATHEMATICIANGERONIMO CORDANO PUBLISHED THE LAWS OF CHANCE GOVERNING
& DICE GAMES ,BUT WAS MUCH MORE FAMOUS 4 HIS ACCURATE HOROSCOPIC PREDICTIONS.THERE
WAS 1 PREDICTION HE MADE THAT CAME TRUE & PLACED HIM VERY HIGH IN THE TRIVIA HALL OF
FAME.WHAT?
A:HE PREDICTED HIS OWN DEATH IN 1576 EVEN DOWN TO THE EXACT HOUR.WHEN THE TIME CAME,
HE WAS STILL GROWING STRONG.SO HE KILLED HIMSELF!!!!
Topic Selection Round
By Sayan Ghosh
Kolkata
I USED 2 ACT 4 'AMETEURS',AN ENGLISH THEATRE GROUP IN KOLKATA.LATER ON, I WAS DESTINED
2 B THE KING OF MY FIELD.CAN U GUESS ME?
A:AMITABH BACHCHAN
THIS VERY FAMOUS CALCUTTAN WAS CALLED 'SIR SURRENDER NOT' BY HIS FOMER COLLEAGUES
AFTER ACCEPTING OFFICE UNDER THE BRITISH IN 1921.WHO WAS HE?
A:SURENDRA NATH BANERJEE
Who am I
I WAS BORN ON 30 NOV,1835,WHEN HALLEY'S COMET WS VISIBLE FROM FLORIDA,MISSOURI.
LATER I BECAME A VERY FAMOUS PERSONLITY.IN 1909,I WROTE--"I CAME IN WITH HALLEY'S
COMET IN 1835.IT IS COMING AGAIN NEXT YEAR & I EXPECT 2 GO OUT WITH IT......THE
ALMIGHTY HAS SAID ,NO DOUBT:'NOW HERE R THESE 2 UNACCOUNTABLE FREAKS;THEY CANE IN
TOGETHER,THEY MUST GO OUT TOGETHER'".AN INDEED,I DIED ON APR 21,1910 WHEN THE HALLEY'S
COMET WAS ONCE AGAIN VISIBLE IN THE SKY.
A:MARK TWAIN
MY 1st WIFE WAS JANE WYMAN,AN ACTRESS WHO WON THE ACADEMY AWARD 4 BEST ACTRESS
IN 1948 4 THE FILM'JOHNY BELINDA'.I MYSELF WAS CONSIDERED A C-GRADE MOVIE STAR
IN HOLLYWOOD.AFTER DIVORCE I MARRIED NANCY DAVIS WHO WAS A COMMUNIST BEFORE.LATER
ON I CAME INTO THE US POLITICAL SCENARIO,REACHING THE ULTIMATE HEIGHT IN 1980 .
A:RONALD REYGON
Music
WHICH SINGER ,CALLED YUSUF ISLAAM AFTR CONVERTING,RELEASED THE ALBUM "A IS FOR
ALLAH" IN 2000?
A:CAT STEVENS
IN 1958 FILM 'RAGINI',FOR WHICH HERO ID MOHD RAFI SANG 4 THE 1st TIME?
A:KISHORE KUMAR
Literature
WHICH SURNAME MEANING 'BITTER' WAS ASSUMED BY RUSSIAN RITER MAX PESHKUNOV?
A:GORKEY
WHICH BOK WAS ORIGINALLLY CALLED "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL"?
A:WAR & PEACE,LEV TOLSTOY
Business
WHICH COMMERCIAL WAS INDIA'S 1st CANNES WINNER?
A:"1 BLACK COFFEE PLEASE",ERICSSON MOBILES
WHICH SHOE BRAND'S NAME WAS ORIGINALLY USED 4 TINY FRIED BALLS OF CORN USED BY
AMERCAN FARMERS TO QUIETEN THE DOGS?
A:HUSH PUPPIES
Mixed Bag
WHAT INCIDENCE HAPPENEDIN THE REIGN OF ROMAN EMPEROR TIBERIUS?
A:JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED
WHICH ORIGINAL WORD GIVES BIRTH 2 THE WORD 'DOLL'?
A:DOROTHY
Big B
WHAT WAS THE SPECIALITY ABOUT BIG B'S ROLES IN THE FILMS 'JALWA','GOLMAAL' & 'KRODH'?
A:HE MADE SPECIAL APPEARENCES AS HIMSELF
A MEGA PRODUCER HAD PLANNED 4 A BIG BUDGET MOVIE CALLED 'AKHRI MUGHAL' WITH
AMITABH BACHCHAN IN THE 1980'S.LATER,AFTER 20-ODD YEARS ,HE COMPLETED THE FILM
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.WHOM?
A:ABHISHEK BACHCHAN,REFUGEE.(WASN'T IT GUESSABLE?)
Ultimate Chao Half-Round
JOSH HERNETTE,IN HIS NEW FILM '40 DAYS & 40 NIGHTS' MAKES A RESOLUTION WHCH HE
LATER FOUND VERY DIFFICULT 2 MAINTAIN.WHAT WAS IT?
A:HE GAVE UP SEX 4 4O DAYS
BRITISH ACTRESS CLAIRE FORLYANNY SUED A HOLLYWOOD CO-STAR 4 HAVING SEX WITHOUT
HER CONSENT.HOWEVER THE SUPERSTAR PROVED HIS INNOCENCE IN THE COURT.WHO IS THIS
HOLLYWOOD STAR?
A:KEANU REAVES
WHAT COMPLEMENT DID HUGH GRANT GIVE LIZ HURLEY WHEN THEY BECAME BIZ PARTNERS?
A:"SHE HAS THE BEST BOOBS IN SHOWBIZ"
BRITNEY SPEARS WAS VOTED THE 'TRIPPLE F' OF 2001.NOW,WHAT DOES THE 3 F'S STAND FOR?
A:FUN FEARLESS FEMALE(THE OBVIOUS GUESS DOES NOT ALWAYS PAY,THOUGH IT WAS F)
HAVELOCK ELLIS WRITES IN HIS "PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX"----------
"IT IS POSSIBLY THIS CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS SEXUAL INVERSION WHICH RENDERS IT SO
IMPORTANT.THIS IMPORTANCE IS MANIFESTED IN 3 WAYS-
1)ITS WIDE DIFFUSION & THE LARG PART IT HAS PLAYED IN VARIOS EPOCHS
OF CULTURE.
2)ITS FREQUENCY IN CIVILISATION TODAY AND
3)THE LARGE NO OF ISTINGUISHED PERSONS WHO HAVE MANIFESTED THIS ABBERATION."
WHAT WS HE TALKING ABOUT?
A:HOMOSEXULITY
IN THE HISTORY OF THE 'TIME' MAGAZINE,PRINTER'S DEVIL HAS TROUBLED ON VERY
RARE OCCASIONS.ONE OF SUCH,PERHAPS THE MOST TERRIBLE,HAPPENED WHEN ONE OF QUEEN'S
CHILDREN WAS BORN.WHAT WAS THAT?
A:IN 'BUCKINGHAM PALLACE','B' WAS REPLACED BY 'F'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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