The inventor of a periscope didn't get permission to take out a patent on his equipment. Why?
A : Accurate description of it already existed in "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"
The term AIDS was coined in 1982. Previously the disease was called GRID.What is the full form?
A : Gay Related Immuno Deficiency
What is special about the book "Gadsbi", a novel by E.V.Rice?
A : It has over 50,000 words but not a single "e"
In 1885, what did Canada sell the State of New York for $150,000?
A : Niagra Falls
This word was 1st used by actress Marianne Faithful in the 1968 film "I'll never forget what's his name." The record for maximum use is in Brian De Palma's movie "Scar face", in which it is used 200 times. What's the word?
A : Fuck
Which 3 contestants of the 1994 Miss India pageant have made successful in the film industry?
A : Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen. , Pooja Batra
Greeks have the longest, Japan the shortest and Saudi Arabia none. What is it?
A : National anthem
HP has developed a new programming language as an alternative to Java. What have they named it?
A : Chai(as in tea)
What is the full form of YAHOO?
A : Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
What does the term "spectacles" mean in cricket?
A : A duck in both innings
By Debamitro Chakraborti (CSE II)
Which country does the domain name suffix '.ch' represent?
A : Switzerland
Who has scored music for Tanuja Chandra's forthcoming film , 'Sur'?
A : MM Kreem
Jayesh Gandhi and Uday Benegal are leading members of a group , which was long ago part of the group Indus Creed. What group are talking about?
A : Alms for Shanti
Gurinder Chadha (of BILB fame) was directing a movie called 'London' some years back which was later completed using a different director , music director and story. Which film?
A : Dillagi (1998)
This writer has written the Danzig trilogy , two of whose books are Cat and Mouse ('61) and Dog Years ('63). Who is he ?
A : Gunter Grass
A Tale Of Three Cities is a film starring Tabu and shot in Jaisalmer , Prague and Hyderabad. Who is the director?
A : MF Hussain (he's gone fida over Tabu this time!)
Which personality has written the recent novel 'Rerun At Rialto' ?
A : Tom Alter
This film is based on a play by Girish Karnad and has music by Shandesh Shandilya with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Which film?
A : Agnivarsha
This man is an engineer as well as a composer. He has composed Asha Bhinsle's song in the Rasna ad. Who?
A : Shombit Sengupta
Austrian-born Joy Gessner married George Adamson. What world-famous book did they write later on?
A : Born Free
Harry Potter Round
By Debamitro Chakraborti (CSE II)
In the film we see the first transformation Prof McGonagall shows her students is turning into herself from a cat. This was not the same as in the book. What was in the book?
A : The first transforamtion McGonagall showed her students was turning the desk into a pig and back
Lumos is the spell to turn on a light. What's the spell to turn it off?
A : Nox
Whose achievements include the discovery of 12 uses of dragon's blood and defeating the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945?
A : Albus Dumbledore
What was Fang's breed?
A : boardhound
Sonorus is the spell to increase the volume of your voice. What is the spell to decrease the same?
A : Quietus
By Deblina Ghosh (CSE II)
What was Wormtail's real name?
A : Peter Pettigrew
What was the colour of Mad Eye Moody's magical eye?
A : Vivid electric blue
Who was the captain of the Slytherin team while Harry was at Hogwarts?
A : Marcus Flint
Who did the "sorting hat " belong to before it came to Hogwarts?
A : Godric Gryffindor
Who was headmaster at Hogwarts before Dumbledore?
A : Armando Dippet
Personalities Round
By Debamitro Chakraborti (CSE II)
He joined Punch in 1960 and wrote some comedies and one detective novel later. But he is remembered for the stories he wrote inspired by his son and one of his toys. Name this writer.
A : AA Milne , creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin was his son and Winnie one of his toys
Like Mick Jagger has been knighted , someone else from the cinema world has recently been awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Chapman University. This his third doctoral degree. Who is he?
A : Arnold Schwarzenegger
This person's father is PL Raj , who was a dance director of old Hindi movies.
A : Leslie Lewis (his full name is LL Raj)
She won an Oscar for best actress in the movie Moonstruck. Sometime back , she acted in the film Tea With Mussolini. She is an active campaigner in AIDS and gay-related issues. Her daughter is Chastity , an open lesbian. Who is she?
A : Cher
This person's first film was THX 1138 , and the next one was American Graffiti - a film on American adolescents. However , he is remembered for the movies he made after this. Who is he?
A : George Lucas
By Deblina Ghosh (CSE II)
He made piano renditions of popular dance nos.-"An old fashioned locket"and "Our bunglow of dreams" released by Columbia records in 1930.
A : Don Bradman
He was the 1st American to make $100m an yr.
A : Al Capone
"I could have become a doctor, instead I became the greatest quack in history.
A : Clarence Nash (the voice of Donald Duck)
She couldn't seduce Arjuna .So,she cursed him to become a eunuch.
A : Urvashi
Novelist GVDesani literally translated this man's name as "action-slave-fascination-moon-grocer".
A : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Literature Half Round
By Deblina Ghosh (CSE II)
What's special about the words "Facetious" and "Abstemious"?
A : Contains the vowels in order
Who was the 1st author to use the typewriter?
A : Mark Twain
What does Sherlock Holmes say on screen, that he never says in a book?
A : Elementary, my dear Watson
Who is a "zapper"?
A : One who frequently changes channels on T.V
Alexander Pope wrote" Drink deep in taste not the Pierian spring".What was the line just before this?
A : A little learning is a dangerous thing
In literature how is "Ormond Sucker" better known as?
A : Dr.Watson (mentioned in the 1st copies of A Study In Scarlet)
'Sawaal Chaar Options Ka' Half Round
By Debamitro Chakraborti (CSE II)
Khushwant Singh's book Truth , Love and a Little Malice is dedicated to :
his wife
all the women he has ever loved
Audrey Hepburn
his daughter
Ekta Kapoor's latest TV serial 'Kamal' is about
divorced mothers
bar girls
schoolgirls
callgirls
The film which was loosely adapted form Dead Poets Soceity is :
Humraaz
Mohabbatein
Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
iDream Productions' forthcoming film 'Jajantaram Mamantaram' starring Jaaved Jaffrey and Gulshan Grover , is an Indian version of which English work>
Gulliver's Travels
Don Quixote
Robinhood
The Lord Of The Rings
Sujoy Ghosh's forthcoming film 'Jhankar Beats' is a tribute to :
Gulzar
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
RD Burman
AR Rahman
Answers: 1-d ; 2-b ; 3-b ; 4-a ; 5-c
Visuals
By Deblina Ghosh
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Aamir Khan
Jackie Shroff
Do Bigha Zameen
Revathi , director of Mitr - My Friend
Lee Falk
Thomas Alva Edison
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