1. Ram gopal verma's latest movie ' Mast' is supposed to be based on a true life incident of a guy who is crazy after an actress . Who and which actress ? ITS RAMAGOPAL VERMA HIMSELF WHO WAS CRAZY AFTER SRIDEVI ! 2. In the movie 'Barsaat' ( the old one ) there is famous rain scene which has Raj kapoor holding Nargis in one hand and a violin in the other .What does this symbolize ? ( Sounds a bit vague but still very workoutable . ) ITS THE LOGO OR THE BANNER OF RK FILMS WHICH WAS DEVELOPED FROM THIS SCENE ( LOTS OF HITS ) 3. Connect the movie ' Pyar mein kabhi kabhi ' and the television serial ' Shanti ' . AH ! MY FAVOURITE ! HARDLY ANYONE GOT THIS . THE PROTAGONIST OF THE TELEVISION SERIAL ' SHANTI ' - MANDIRA BEDI IS MARRIED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIE ' PYAR MEIN KABHI KABHI ' AND HAS IN FACT PENNED THE LYRICS FOR ONE OF THE SONGS IN THE FILM . 4. Which latest movie has ten singers singing the title track composed by three music directors , some of the singers being Udit narayan , Abhijeet , Shaan , Alka yagnik , Kavita krishnamurthy , Mahalaxmi , Jaspinder nirula , Sonu nigam thus creating a record of sorts ? ( I have left out the two most prominent singers on purpose . ) ITS " DILLAGI " ( VERY FEW HITS SURPRISINGLY ! MOST OF YOU SAID EITHER " HUM SAATH SAATH HAIN " OR " ROCKFORD" THE OTHER TWO SINGERS ARE SHANKER MAHADEVAN AND SUKHVINDER SINGH ) 5. Which movie was dedicated to " The Mother " of Pondicherry ashram and also released abroad titled as ' When love calls ' ? MAINE PYAR KIYA 6. How do we know Shamsher raj and Balbir raj better in the film industry ? ( Easily workoutable ) SHAMMI KAPPOR AND SHASHI KAPOOR ( MOST OF YOU GOT THE FORMER BUT GUESSED RAJ KAPOOR FOR THE SECOND ONE ) 7. Connect Amitabh bachchan , Jackie shroff , Salman khan , Sharukh khan and Juhi chawla . ALL OF THEM HAVE OPENED FILM OR ENTERTAINMENT COMPANIES ( I HAVE GIVEN FULL POINTS ONLY TO THOSE WHO MENTIONED THE NAMES OF COMPANIES ALSO OR ELSE ONLY 0.5 PTS ) (( COUPLE SAID THAT ALL THE ABOVE HAVE HAD I-T RAIDS AS THEY WERE INCOME TAX DEFAULTERS )) 8. What is the name of the film company launched by Mani ratnam , Ram gopal verma and Shekhar kapur ? Clue : _______ ________ presents " Dil Se " . INDIA TALKIES 9. Which bollywood comedian got his name from the name of the company he was working in before he got into movies ? JOHNY LEVER WHO GOT THE NAME AFTER WORKING IN HINDUSTAN LEVER LIMITED......WAS ACTUALLY JOHNY RAU . ( GUESS THIS WAS A SITTER , ALMOST EVERYBODY GOT THIS ) 10. An autobiographical movie named " Pandharpur ka ek ladka " is being made under the M-M banner . What does M-M stand for ? M-M STANDS FOR MAQBOOL-MADHURI ( INTERESTING GUESS - SAVARKARS SAID MANGESHKAR-MANGESHKAR ANOTHER INTERESTING GUESS - SIDDROLTA SAID MURASOLI MARAN ) 11. Which english movie from hollywood after being dubbed in hindi was released titled " Bacche ki chahat bane papa ka aafat " ? JINGLE ALL THE WAY ( SOME SAID ' BABY'S DAY OUT ' WHILE OTHERS SAID ' BIG DADDY ' ) 12. Which was the first hindi movie to be telecast on Doordarshan ? Hint : It is one of those old ghost movies . MAHAL ( GOT A LOT OF INTERESTING ANSWERS FOR THIS ONE : UJJWAL DEB - SERIOUSLY " HULCHUL " IS NOT A GHOST MOVIE MADHAV NAIR SAID " BLACK BEARD'S GHOST " ) 1. What was first held on January 15, 1967, at the Los Angeles Memorial Stadium? a. The NFL Superbowl (Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10) 2. Whose enemy is Rice Plate Reddy? a. Quick Gun Murugan 3. At her wedding, who asked Sir Stafford Crips whether he would like some Potato Cripps? a. Indira Gandhi 4. What phrase was developed by the Western Union Telegraph Company to test their equipment? a. "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog"? 5. In which Olympics was cricket last played? a. Paris (1900) 6. His first group was "Bluesology" and his real name is Reginald Dwight. Name him. a. Elton John 7. Which famous daughter is named for her mother's favorite song from Joni Mitchell's album "Clouds"? a. Chelsea Clinton (song - Chelsea Morning) 8. What car is named after the first MD of Telco? a. Tata Sumo (Sumant Moolgavkar) 9. This relegion has three main sub-divisions. The Shehanshahis, who comprise about 75% of the population observe it in August while the Kadimis, who constitute 15% have their new year in July and the Faslis observe it in March. Who ? a. Parsis 10. What famous World War II figure lived at 263 Prinsengracht Road in Amsterdam? a. Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank) 11. These two F-1 drivers had a long standing rivalry - one was called "Doctor" and the other was called "Magic". Who? a. Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna respectively 12. The movie 'The Madness of King George III' was released in England under the title 'The Madness of King George III". The 'III' was dropped from its American release. Why? a. Because Americans would think that this was the third sequel of the movie. 13. Here is a loose english translation of an excerpt from a speech made by Nana Patekar- " He was my teacher when I was at school. I did my best to learn and he did his best to teach. We both knew that we were no good at whatever we were doing. eventually, I quit education and took up acting, he quit teaching and entered politics" Who? a. Manohar Joshi (ex cm of Maharashtra) 14. Connect: A nightclub entertainer, A Scotsman, A Scots dog, Arnold Schwarzenegger, A slot machine, A pink rabbit, A pair of lips, Robert De Niro, Pinocchio, Julius Caeser, A game-show host, Jack Nicholson, A bee and the moon. a. All forms assumed by the Genie in Disney's Alladin movie 15. which great music maestro used the pseudonym ab kureshi as a music director in hindi cinema? a. allah rakha 16. Which upcoming Indian cricketer is named after Kanhai, Vishwanath and Jaisimha? a. Rohan Gavaskar (Rohan Jaivishwa Gavaskar) 17. Sir W.G.Grace's brother G.F.Grace was the first to score a duck in both innings. This was in 1880, v/s Australia. So, what is such a score called? a. Pair (or Spectacles) 18. Where would you be if you walked through the Grace Gates? a. MCC / Lords 19. Trevor Chappell bowled the last ball to Brian MacKenzie in the Australia v/s New Zealand match at the MCG, on Feb 1, 1981. What ball did he bowl? a. Underarm 20. Which Indian cricketer has played for six decades? a. Col C.K.Nayudu 21. After all this hype about the Phantom Menace - here's one about the original article - Star Wars. On what planet does Jedi Master Yoda train Luke Skywalker? [Hint - It is the name for a Buddhist monastery in some parts of South Asia] a. Dagobah 22. This old testament Villainess was killed by Jehu, and has been described as wearing makeup (or painting her face). This led to her name being commonly used to describe a woman with loose morals. Name her. a. Jezebel 23. Which hot new IT startup's logo was recently designed by a boy called Chetan? a. Mindtree - Wipro / Ashok Soota etc. (Chetan is a spastic) 24. H N Nanani, Group MD of Xerox Business, booked a ticket from New Delhi to New York via Frankfurt. What first did he achieve by making this booking ? a. First to travel after Y2K (Jan 2, 2000) 25. Introduced by Momofuko Ando over forty years ago, it was initially perceived as an impractical luxury item. Priced at 10 cents a pack, this food product cost at least six times more than the cost of a dish of this in a restaurant. Now it is the most popular of its kind in the world. Brand and Company. a. Ramen Noodles - Nissin Foods 26. The 39th, 65th, 68th and 70th (*) elements are all named after which town? a. Ytterby 27. The modern Burmese script resembles the early script of which Indian language? a. Telugu 28. In 1992, which comet broke into 21 large fragments and crashed into Jupiter resulting in fireballs larger than the earth? a. Shoemaker Levy 9 29. Which is the only species of snake that builds its own nest (found in India)? a. King Cobra 30. Swiss Chemist Jacques Brandenburger was trying to create a stain-resistant fabric in 1908. He applied a coat of liquid cellulose to a tablecloth. Unfortunately, when the cellulose dried the coating peeled off. What discovery had he made by mistake? a. Cellophane 31. What is the only reserve forest where you can find Asiatic Lions in India? a. Gir 32. Which Indian town did the British call Seven Pagodas, as they could not pronounce the Indian name? a. Mahabalipuram 33. Which cartoon character hates trees being cut down or uprooted, and starts crying? a. Dogmatix 34. This game was first called Gossamer. Its second name turned out to be a registered trade name and was soon dropped. What name do we now use for this game? a. Table Tennis 35. The ancient Greeks had a unit equal to 606 ft and 9 inches. What did they call this unit? a Stadium 36. Which planet did the ancient Greeks know by two names - Hesperus, the morning star and Phosphorus, the evening star? a. Venus 37. If IBM says "Think", who says "Think Different" and has run a series of ads on this theme? a. Apple Computers 38. In 1771, Robert Clive (Clive of India) achieved what he had once failed to do in 1744 at the age of 18. What feat? a. Suicide 39. What's common - Belkuli, Bengal, Jagarna, Desi, Maghai? a. Types of Betel leaf 40. How are the Siberian, Royal bengal, Sumatran, The Indo- Chinese & the South Chinese different from the Caspian, Javan & the Bali? a. Tigers (the last three are extinct) 41. Donkey Kong was a game published in the mid-80s. The game died out but the central charcter in the game (who made his debut in the game) lived on to be one of the most lovable game character of all time. Name, please? a. Mario 42. Once denied an autograph by his idol, Sugar Ray Robinson ("Hello, kid, how ya doin'? I ain't got time"), he vowed he would never turn anyone down. Though the volume of mail is enormous, it is his principal activity at home and it is reported that he has probably signed more autographs than any other athlete ever, living or dead. An estimated 3 billion or so television viewers saw him open the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, his free arm trembling visibly from the effects of Parkinson's. Name this demi-God? a. Mohammed Ali 43. Which Scandinavian company was originally in the paper and timber business but decided in the late 70's to switch over to telecommunication where they today are a major player? a. Nokia 44. Shabana Azmi;s role of Rambhi in the National award winning "Godmother" ran into trouble when a real-life female gangster and politician got angry because Shabana's character was based on her. Who? a. Santokhben Jadeja 45. James Watt not only earned the title of "Father of the steam engine" but also had the unit for power output named after him. However, what term did James watt himself coin for what we call a watt? a. Horsepower. 1 HP=746 Watts 46. The Amercican Revolution was partially sparked off by the Boston Tea party incident. Who owned the tea that was dumped into the Sea? a. East India Company 47. Where would you expect to come across a member of the Fatah Hawks Party? a. Palestine (ultra militant muslims under the PLO) 48. With what festival would you associate the following flowers: holly, mistletoe, and poinsettia? a. Christmas 49. They started their musical career as Tom and Jerry while still in school, but became superstars under their real names. Who are they? a. Simon and Garfunkel 50. Two rock superstars, one male and one female, died in consecutive months-Sep. and Oct. in 1970. Both were victims of drugs and fast living. Who were they. a. Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin. 51. Who described what as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma"? a. Churchill, talking about the Soviets 52. On which famous novel was the hindi film Phir Subaha Hogi based. a. Crime and Punishment. 53. In Hindu Mythology, who were the parents of Rakshasas? a. Kashyapa and Khasa (or Diti) 54.Who was the founder of the Servants of India Society? a. Gopala Krishna Gokhale (1905) 55. In the DPT vaccine, what does the P stand for? a. Pertussis (whooping cough) 56. In Greek mythology, who were the parents of Hercules? a. Zeus and Alcmene 57. What is special about the Madeira River in South America? a. Largest tributary of another river (the Amazon) 58. Cricket bats are made of willow, what wood are hockey sticks made from? a. Mulberry wood 59. In the film Gandhi, who played the role of Gopal Krishna Gokhale? a. Dr. Sreeram Lagoo 60. How do we know TV personality Sanjay Mishra better? a. Apple Singh 61. His original name was Vijay Pal,and he was born in Chindwara, a small Rajasthani village. He came to Delhi and met K.K.Birla, who gave him land to start the Birla Vyamshala. How do we know this person better (he recently passed away)? a. Guru Hamuman 62. Deb Kant Barua was a fairly well known chamcha or sycophant of Indira Gandhi. What popular phrase did he coin in her praise? a. Indira is India, India is Indira 63. What record breaking event took place in Chennai between 6 & 7 April 1999? a. Swayamvaram was shot (23 hours&58 mins - longest movie in one shoot) 64. In 1994 & 1995,Tom Hanks won 2 consecutive Best Actor Oscars for "Philadelphia" & "Forrest Gump" respy..Who is the only other actor to have won 2 back-to-back Oscars? a. Spencer Tracy (1937:"Captain Courageous" and 1938:"Boys' Town") 65. After which play of Henrik Ibsen was Satyajit Ray's film "Ganashatru" based.? a. Enemy of the People 66. Which country's stamps are embellished with the words "Hellas".? a. Greece 67. On which regal object would you find the engraving Elh Bennck, Eir Blavek .... ["If you gather thistles, expect to get pricked"] a. King Ottokar's sceptre. 68. Psalm 137 ; A Lament of Isaraelites in Exile. ------------------------------, we sat dowwn; There we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows nearby we hung our harps. Those who captured us told us to sing; they told us to entertain them. "Sing us a song about Zion". Easy, just fill in the blanks. a. "By the rivers of babylon" 69. On 23rd Feb 1999, the Italian soccer star Gianluca Vialli modelled for the Italian Kappa Sports wear company. Now, the question is who was the photographer? a. Mel C *sporty spice* 70.One of Salman Rushdie's novels has given lyrics and a title to a song by a rock-band. Which Band? a. U2 (The Ground Beneath Her feet) - Rushdie has appeared on stage with Bono 71. Which country's flag is of a single uniform colour,with no symbol, motif or words on it? a. Libya (a green cloth) 72. Why did Henry Ford stick to one color for his Model T Ford, and what was that color? a. Black (japanned black enamel was the cheapest and fastest drying paint) 73. The fact that former American presidential contender Bob Dole was in the test group for this drug made headlines, and was talked about endlessly on various talk shows. However, Pfizer was actually looking for a cure for angina (heart attacks) when it first tested this. What? a. Viagra (Viagra prevents blood clots by hampering platelets, and it enhances blood flow by relaxing the walls of arteries and veins.) 74. These got their name from the Arab word for tar, as they were first wrapped in cloth from India called mulmul khas and then coated in tar. What am I talking about? a. Mummies. 75. In the 1880s, the British Government wanted to send troops to Sudan. However, they did not have any ships readily available. So they used a travel agent to book tickets for the soldiers Which was this travel agent? a. Thomas Cook 76. In 1947, US Air Force pilot Kenneth Arnold was on a test flight when he saw some objects in the sky. The name he coined is still used for those objects. What? a. Flying Saucers 77. This man's wife Deianeira was kidnapped by the centaur Nessus , so he shot Nessus with an arrow poisoned with the blood of the Hydra. Nessus realized his own blood was now poison, so he gave it to Deianeira, telling her that it was a love potion. She gave it to her husband, who died. Who? a. Hercules 78. Hint: This song was first published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1891, in a collection of college songs. Listed as a traditional Scottish song, it may have been written by Charles Pratt. It may also be about Prince Charles, whom many believe to have been Britain's rightful king. 79. The lyrics of this song first appeared in 1804's 'Original Poems for Infant Minds' by Ann and Jane Taylor. The tune comes from a 1765 French song 'Ah, Vous Dirai Je'. What? a. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 80. In Greek myth, King Lycaon tried to serve Zeus with human flesh and so Zeus cursed him. What was the curse, and what popular legend did it originate? a. Turned into a wolf, werewolves (the term is Lycanthropy) 81. Every Memorial Day, as many as 350,000 fans gather at the Brickyard to watch cars fight it out over 200 laps on a 2.5-mile oval track. Winners get the Borg-Warner Trophy and a drink of milk, a tradition begun in 1933 when winner Louie Meyer asked for buttermilk. What? a. Indianapolis 500 82. This recipe is locked in a bank vault in Atlanta and is supposed to be a total secret, especially an ingredient called 7X, which is thought to be a blend of the oils of lemon, orange, lime, cassia and nutmeg. What? a. Coca Cola 83. In a tennis match, you're serving first. You score three straight points. The next point is game. So what is the score now? a. 40 - Love 84. This man was the estate agent for the Earl of Erne in County Mayo, Ireland. He was responsible for collecting the high rents the Earl charged his tenants. Irish patriot Charles Stewart Parnell suggested something to the earl's tenants. What word originated from this? a. Boycott (Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott) 85. Claude Monet's painting of a sunrise over Le Havre harbour was rejected by a 1874 show at the Paris Salon. It sparked off a whole new movement in art. What was this movement? Impressionism (the painting was "Impression: Sunrise") 86. Which nation's flag is based on a prayer shawl called a tallis? a. Israel (the star of David on a blue bordered white background) 87. Called Divehi Raajje in the local language, this nation's people are mostly Sinhalese and Tamilians, and its people are mostly Sunni Muslims. What? a. Maldives 1. Name the charioteer who rides the chariot carrying Rama,Lakshmana and Sita out of Ayodhya when they are leaving for the exile.He is also a minister in Dasharatha's court. SUMANTHRA ( ONLY 0.5 POINTS FOR ALL THOSE WHO WROTE SUMANTHA ) 2. Name the garden in which Sita was imprisoned by Ravana in Lanka . ASOKAVANA / ASHOKAVATIKA 3. When Ravana kidnaps Sita and imprisons her in Lanka , she refuses to accept him as her husband despite his repeated requests. At this juncture one of Ravana's ministers suggests that he should " force his attentions " upon her. But Ravana says that he cannot .Why ? I want the whole funda right OK HERE IS WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR..... RAVANA ONCE SAW AN APSARA NAMED PUNCHIKASTHALA WHO WAS GOING TO THE ABODE OF BRAHMA . DESPITE HER PROTESTS RAVANA " FORCES HIS ATTENTIONS " ON HER . SEEING THIS BRAHMA CURSES RAVANA THAT IF HE TOOK ANY WOMAN BY FORCE HIS HEAD WOULD BURST INTO A THOUSAND PIECES . SOME OF YOU PEOPLE GAVE ME THE VEDAVATI INCIDENT ALSO AND SOME GAVE AN INCIDENT INVOLVING NALA-KUBERA AND RAMBHA . BUT ACCORDING TO MY SOURCE ( IE THE RAMAYANA BY KAMALA SUBRAMANIUM ) THE ANSWER I HAVE GIVEN IS THE RIGHT ONE . THEREFORE NO POINTS TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE THE OTHER TWO INCIDENTS . NO POINTS ALSO TO ALL THOSE WHO VAGUELY MENTIONED ABOUT SOME CURSE WITHOUT GIVING ANY DETAILS . ONLY ANUSTUP DATTA GOT THE WHOLE FUNDA RIGHT AND HENCE GETS ONE FULL POINT FOR IT . ONE FUNNY ANSWER I RECIEVED WAS FROM PRAMOD KUDVA WHO GAVE THE REASON FOR RAVANA NOT FORCING HIMSELF ON SITA AS IT WOULD HURT RAMA ! ! ! 4. Which vanara / monkey was sent to Ravana as an emissary of peace in a last ditch attempt by Rama . ANGADA ( LOTS OF HITS ) 5. Where or rather on which mountain did Rama meet Sugriva and Hanuman . ITS THE RISHYAMOOKA MOUNTAIN NEAR THE LAKE PAMPA ( NOT CHITRAKOOT MOUNTAIN ) 6. We all know that Ravana's brothers were Vibhishana and Kumbhakarna . But apart from these two he had two more brothers . Name them . KHARA AND DUSHANA GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANSWERS FOR THIS ONE - SOME DOUBTED THE FACT WHETHER HE HAD ANY BROTHERS AT ALL WHILE OTHERS SAID THAT HE HAD LOTS OF BROTHERS AND NOT JUST TWO ! SOME OF THE ANSWERS I RECIEVED WERE :- MAREECHA - HE IS ACTUALLY RAVANA'S UNCLE . MAHIRAVANA - HE IS RAVANA'S SON THOUGH I DON'T KNOW FROM WHOM ! AHIRAVANA - I THINK HE IS ALSO RAVANA'S SON . KUMBHA , NIKUMBHA - THEY ARE THE SONS OF KUMBHAKARNA . SUBAHU , MAHODHARA , MALI , SUMALI - DON'T KNOW WHO THESE ARE . ANYBODY WHO HAS ANY ARGUMENTS / INFORMATION / CONFIRMATION ABOUT WHATEVER I HAVE I HAVE WRITTEN ABOVE CAN MAIL ME BACK . 7. As the story goes , there is an old woman who waits for years just to have a darshan of Rama and Rama fulfils this desire of the old woman during his exile and grants her salvation . Who ? SHABARI ( ALMOST EVERYBODY GOT THIS ONE ! ) 8. In the final battle between Rama and Ravana , who sends his own chariot and charioteer to aid Rama in the 'destruction of the evil' . Name the chariteer also . INDRA SENDS THE CHARIOT AND THE CHARIOTEER IS MATALI . 9. Who is the first rakshasi to be killed by Rama and Lakshmana at the behest of sage VISHWAMITRA ? TATAKA / TATAKI ( AGAIN LOTS OF CORRECT ANSWERS ) 10. Just give me the name of Laksmana's wife Clue : Think of a bollywood actress URMILA ( CARRIED AWAY BY THE CLUE , PERHAPS , B SREERAM WROTE URMILA MATONDKAR THOUGH I AM NOT SURE LAKSHMANA'S WIFE HAD THAT AS HER MAIDEN NAME ) 11. During the building of the bridge across the sea to reach Lanka , the vanaras / monkeys moved mountains to use as material for building the bridge.As the story , goes when the construction was complete , the monkeys dropped the mountains and moved on.One such mountain began weeping saying that it could not have been of use to lord Rama . Taking pity on it , Rama blessed it saying that he would specially use it in his next avatar. Just name the mountain . ( Workoutable ) ITS MOUNT GOVARDHANA WHICH KRISHNA LIFTS ON HIS LITTLE FINGER TO SAVE GOKUL FROM THE WRATH OF INDRA . ( MOST OF YOU WORKED THIS ONE OUT ) 12. The sage Valmiki has written the Ramayana in sloka format , all the slokas being composed in a particular metre .Name the metre . Hint : One of the quizzers on quiznet shares his name with this metre ITS ANUSTUP METRE AND NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING WHO THE QUIZZER I WAS REFERRING TO IS ! ( ONE INTERESTING ANSWER I RECIEVED WAS FROM MAHESH V WHO GUESSED THE NAME OF THE METRE AS " PAUL PAQUET " ! ! ) 13. Who was the guardian angel of Lanka who is the first to meet Hanuman when he enters the city after his famous leap across the ocean ? ( Again workoutable ) LANKINI IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR BUT I HAVE GIVEN 0.5 PTS TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SAID LANKESHWARI , LANKADEVI , ETC . 14. We know that the eagle Jatayu tries to save Sita when she is being kidnapped by Ravana and dies in the process .Jatayu had an elder brother eagle . Name him . SAMPATI 15. Which musical insrtument was Ravana an expert at playing and , in fact had impressed lord Shiva so much that he danced his Tandava nrutya to his music. RUDRAVEENA THAT'S IT FROM THE QUIZMASTER'S DESK . HOPE ALL OF YOU ENJOYED ANSWERING THE QUIZ AS MUCH I ENJOYED SETTING IT . 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He went on to teach at the University of Chicago for a number of years during which he worked on a number of mathematical problems and proofs he is however remembered for something entirely different, his favorite book Zen And the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. ? The Unabomber- Ted Kazncxi *  To love when it can be lost ; to go on when progress seems futile; to believe with every fibre in your body; to live and to hope and to never give in. The Brand ? Reid and Taylor * Which British writer on being offered a sum of 1000 pounds by a publishing house for his novels, refused and replied, "Im fed up with being humble, When Mario Puzo can get 2 and a half million dollars for 500 pages and characters sayintg things like ," I knew I was full of shit". Anthony Burgess * What is Caligynephobia the fear of ? Fear of Beautiful women * A hurriedly written letter to a man in the U.S attorneys office in Chicago slipped in the corset of a his wife, who went out to buy candy and attend her elder brothers birthday party led to what ? Arrest of John Dillinger * Ernest Breaux, working in his lab in Grasse, discovered that his mixture of aldehydes and coal tar had a distinctive jasmine-like smell. After four tries at mixing 128 ingredients in various proportions, the resultant was marketed in a distinctive plain grey box with a black and white label. Named after his employer, it is ? Chanel No.5 * What was started as a result of the killing of Bridget Bishop ? The Salem Witch Hunt * Just name the Machans ? Ehsaan, Loy and Shankar * How do we better know Margaret Mary Emily Ann Hyra Ryan. Meg Rayn * He has two Pekinese dogs , Dot and Buddy has been in the news recently ? Parvez Musharaff * Connect  a graph of the demand for one of the as a function of Income, with all prices being held constant to Karl Marx ? Engels- engel curve and F. Engels * Dedicated to quizzing and to quizzers fill in the blanks of this Wordsworth poem: " I Heard a thousand blended notes While in a grove I sat reclined ; In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. "To her sad works did nature link The human soul that through me ran ; __________________________ ______________________ The human soul that through me ran, and much it grieved my hear to think what man has made of man. * What had been inspired by BBCs Smith and Jones series and spiced with Don Martin (MAD magazine artist) like humor, The One Fine day series ? The Maggi Its different series of ads with javed jaffery and pankaj kapoor * What word owes its existence to William ________, a planter and one time justice, in Virginia, USA and his rough, ready and brutal way to dole out justice. Lynching * Which former Indian cricketer is nicknamed Buggy ? Abbas Ali Baig * What does the acronym Interfet stand for ? International Force for East Timor Finals * Which husband and wife pair feature as characters in the a soon to be released computer g game, Omicron? Bavid Bowie * The name for this region comes from the Tartar for Sleeping Land. Siberia * Which highly controversial figure has Robert Ray replaced, and at what post ? Kenneth Starr * Name the two collaborators working together on an Indian dance musical provisionally titled Bombay Dream Wasnt used in the finals- A.R Rahman and A. Lloyd Webber * Connect the village of Shekawatito indias economic wealth ? 40% of Indias Industrial wealth can be attributed to this village, basically, birla, glaxo vip all start out from here- the founders * 12th century Bavarian Ludwig the I called them a source of unlimited revenue and established an order to ensure its purity ? Beer * Complete the list Pramod P Monacha, Vinayak Narayn Deosthali, Ram Narayan Popli &&& Harshad Mehta- list of convicted * The automobiles license plate number is PUN12, give me the owners name or the group which own it. Macho and Banjo of channel [V] * The Marquis of Mantrose he wrote his first essay on Sir Walter Scott, his first book was Sir, Quixote of Moors. He is remembered for a south African engineer and war hero he created. Who or the hero ? James Buchan- The 39 steps * Wolfgang Wodarg of the Social Democratic Party has coined this term very much in vogue and in the news especially with respect to India ? Biocolonialism , patenting things like basmati * Jughead is to Hot dog, Sabrina is to Salem, Betty is to Caramel- her cat * Executed by being hanged for a short period of time , taken down while still breathing and having his bowels turned inside out and burned. His head was then struck of his body and divided into ¼ ths , the punishment was known as hanged drawned and quartered. His dismembered body parts were then sent to various parts Berwich, London, Aberdeen and Perth. William Wallace * His most famous pupils are Steve McQueen , James Coburn and Kareem Abdul Jabbar as a matter of fact a sequence of Abdul Jabbar and him practicing this art, inspired Bruce Lee to cast Abdul Jabbar in the Game of Death, he developed the marshal art Jeet Kun Do or the way of the unblocked fist, who ? Googly- Bruce lee * What happens a chimneysweep working for his master Grimes at the Hathover Place, because of an attempt to clean himself meets, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby and her golden rule, in an adaptation of Darwins, The Origin of Species for children Water Baby * What happened when a dreaded gangster called Danny Cee was apprehended by District Attorney Harvey Dent and his accomplice ? He becomes 2 face  Batmans foe * Born in 1923 in Cannore, to an agricultural family the 4th of seven children. He went to rishikesh and became a disciple of Swami Sivanone who later dismissed him. He joined the army and served in the Maratha Light Infantry, left it later, he met his benefactor when a bottle of pickle accidentally came to him which were meant for the benefactor, he set up Indias first and only lace unit in 1957. Capt. C.P Nair- founder of The Leela group of hotels * Kidnapped by Capt. Samuel Arghall, lady Rebecca was used as a pawn to negotiate peace. She then ditched her previous bf, and married John Rolfe on a visit to his country she contracted smallpox and died. Who ? Pocohontas * A descendent of left by Roman legions in Germany it was used as a security measure especially if you carried money, it served as a guard, courier, policeman And gets its name from an area in Germany. Rotweiler * The name of which Indian city literally means New Village Pondicherry- Pondi- kuttu * Called the father of Indian economics for urging (unsuccessfully) to initiate industrialization and state welfare programs also was a judge in bombay for 7 years.? Mahadev Gobind Ranade * How is the death of Orion immortalized and important for us today ? The constellation Scorpio, a sc bit him and he died, therefore when Scorpio rises Orion sets * Connect Ronaldo, Martina Hingis, Omar Sharif, Gerad Gepardieu, Carla Bruni, Zinedine zidan, Jacques Villenuve. Working for the children of Kosovo- * In Holland during the 1800s, when this bird built its nest in your house you were considered blessed, and hence reverence for the bird. This gave rise to something what ? The fable of the stork bringing a baby * This word literally means "table" in Latin. The name stands for a round-table society, where race, color, creed, national origin, age, politic, or social background are irrelevant. Founded in England in 1946 by Roland Berrill, a barrister, and Dr Lance Ware, a scientist and lawyer. ? Mensa * What gets its name from the Snake God in the voodoo cult of West Africa and the Caribbean , it can be broken down to 2 words in Kongo meaning god and fetish. Zombie * Which word gets its name from a dance where a figure representing death forces you to dance with him until you fall down dead. It is thought that this a representation of a Jewish dynasty of Biblical times, in a medieval play. Macabre- the Macabees * Afraid of his daughters failing mental health he took her to the best doctors he could find, the most prominent being Carl Jung. The daughter thought that her condition was mor eof sex starvation than anything else. Though Jung treated the girl he also made a diagnosis of the father mental abnormality maybe some kind of mental illness which is inconceivable to average understanding . He had become a hypocondriac, suffered from insomnia and fits of dark depression and fainting. He both acknowledged and denied this, he envisioned his mental degradation as his daughters and tried his best to prove her sane. As Jung put it, both were going to the bottom of the river only Lucia was falling,____ was diving. He died in Zurich and the daughter lives on in a sanatorium. James Joyce * Which magazines adline is Investment Journal Dalal Street * Started in mid 1980s by , Hindustan Protein Limited (HPL) based on middle class consumption attitudes. Its name was suggested by the advertising agency Chaitra, a cuddly character who appeals to all, 6 months later HPL was taken over by another company which also owns the Gagan Vanaspati brand. The product. Uncle Chipps * RL Hodsworth amateur botanist and introducer of skiing in India is more famous for accidentally discovering what ? Valley of Flowers * Made his debut as a backup to Little Dot, created by Warren Kremer supposedly named after his son and modeled on his employer. At a point during the 70s he starred in 32 titles simultaneously, who? Richie Rich * In 1960 the kidnapping of a Ricardo Klement caused a worldwide stir, this one laborer in his father's small mining company, salesman for an electrical construction company and also worked as a travelling salesman for an American oil company, scholar . Why the stir? He was Adolf Eichmann * A business executive, philanthropist. In 1962 he started an electronic data processing business, Electronic Data Systems (EDS). Over the next two decades he built his business by serving the vast data processing needs of medical insurance companies. He later sold out to General Motors (GM) . Attacked the govt. over its vietnam policy and attempted to deliver food, medicine, mail, and clothing to United States prisoners of war in Vietnam. In 1979 he organized a dramatic commando rescue of two EDS employees jailed in Iran after that country's revoltion. Ross Perot * William Gaines was the publisher of a vast comic book empire, the most famous of which being Tales From The Crypt. Other titles were Two-fisted Tales, The vault Of Horror, and Weird Science. When during the1950's, someone got the bright idea that comic books were tools of the devil  maybe even run by Communists as a way to ruin the minds of American children. So bloody comics like his came under fire, and he was forced to attend senate hearings with his other 2 colleagues, fed up with the peoples attitude they started something else chucking their old magazines. MAD * About whom did Trevor Bailey write, "He did not just dislike opposing batsman, he regarded them as Gen. Sherman regarded the Indians, The only good Injun is a dead Injun. Dennis Liliee * Be not afraid of greatness; some men are born great; some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. 12th Night  Shakespeare * When Henry VIII, spotted a deer whilst hunting in this area he used to shout tally-ho, when he spotted a smaller prey he yelled something else. This area was converted into a hunting ground and got its name from the cry, which area. So-ho 1.if the first maruti 800 was given to lord venkateshwara at tirupati,the first tata sumo was given to the personal guards of the then prime minister p.v.narasimha rao,to whom was the first FORD IKON given??? 1.the first question is dedicated to the ''bearded monster'' who for some reason has been in the thick of things!!!since sleaze is his favourite subject , my first question should please him a lot... when richard branson's virgin group decided to launch premium condoms in the market, they soon found themselves in a catch-22 situation.it had been a practice to associate the ''virgin'' name in all its forays/ventures.so when branson realized that it would be foolish to launch a condom and call it 'virgin' he took a bold step..for the first time the board decided not to incorporate the virgin name in the brand..instead they chose a very catchy name for the condoms..the product did quite well for few years.later branson sold it off to ansell.so folks just tell me the name chosen by the group for its range of premium condoms??? # MATES..only avinash/siddharth cracked this one:-) 2.connect nicholas hayek,aishwarya rai and the word ''papparazzi'"??? #nicholas hayek is the founder and the current chief of the swatch group..aishwarya rai endorses 'longines' watches which is owned by the swatch group..the model specific to india is called 'la dolce vita' and the word papparazzi comes from the movie of the same name.. very few got the full funda correct..however i have given pts to anyone who mentioned the swatch group... 3.which celebrity endorses 'weight watchers'' and the crockery brand ''wedgwood".. # sarah ferguson or 'fergie'.. 4.what is the ''Chicago school''??? # trains judges/lawyers to chair the antitrust cases in USA.it was established in the reagan/bush era..the current crop of lawyers (e.g.janet reno,joel kline etc)are some of the eminent products of the above school..no one got this correct.. 5. he is called ''the arabian warren buffet"..made his intl debut with citicorp..he has more than 120 firms registered in the cayman islands under the name ''5-KR''(KR stands for the initials of his children)his wide and eclectic portfolio now includes stocks like euro disney,four seasons,apple,netscape,motorola,planet hollywood and many others..just name this maverick businessman??? # prince al-waleed-bin-talal.. 6.Nike's first ad on micheal jordon was done by an oregon based agency called wieden and kennedy..it was directed by a struggling film maker in those days..just name the director of that ad who shot to fame immediately after that legendary ad?? # spike lee..some of u did get this toughie!!! 7.we have heard of the bombay club,paris club and so on.so pals, what is the ''Miami club'' # perhaps the most interesting and creative answers came for this..i guess miami confused all of u..the answers ranged from an exclusive club for nudists owned by donald trump to surfing club of tom cruise.folks it has nothing to do with all that..miami club is an international consortium(a club of nations) led by USA opposing the biosafety protocol regarding the genetically modified foods(GM foods) well no correct answers for this one too:-( 8.we all know that proctor & gamble got to know each other because they married the two sisters of cincinnati.now years later a similar thing happened in our very own country.two sisters got married to two enterprising gentlemen here..one was gururaj deshpande who has been in the news as his company's (sycamore)IPO has created a sensation on wall st..who is his more familiar co-brother??? # narayana murthy..most of u got this right. 9.i am sure all of u would have heard of the eminent hindi novelist shivani..brilliant writer.now her second son has carved a niche for himself in indian corporate world..who is he??? # i think only sundaram cracked this one..muktesh pant folks (ex lever,ex pepsi and now at the boston headquarters of reebok) 10.what was invented in 1973 by martin cooper of motorola??? # first cellular phone.. 11.krishan gopal srivastava from madhya pradesh entered GBOWR recently by pulling the 450 tonnes vessel''gobindapur'' of the calcutta port trust with his ''teeth''.the vessel did move for 40m across the waters.this historic feat was sponsored by a major corporate house of calcutta who also launched its latest product after the feat.name the brand and the company??? # EMAMI(nirog dant manjan!!!) 12.who were referred to as ''the kings of the jews and the jews of the kings"... #quite guessable..rothschilds.. 13.real trivia here:what is a brannock device??? # the device used in shoe shops to measure the foot size.. named after its creator , chales brannock.. 14.in 1915, T.L.Williams,a chemist created a lash darkener to help his sister woo her beau Chet.it worked:his sister married chet and thus was born a major cosmetics company..name the company(hint:can be worked out if u know the name of william's sister) #maybelline..maybel was williams sister..most of u mentioned revlon and elizabeth arden... 15.this one is for all the ad agencies who have been sweeping the BEQ99..as per discovery channel's ad what travels 1,00,000 kms a day? # how about blood in the human body :-)) 16.who is the chairman of the ''ittefaq'' group of companies?? # nawaz sharif ..very very topical..most of u got this right again. 17.word origin:this word comes from the medeival french word which meant ''cut or divide into pieces''..it was associated with the french tailors who used to cut cloth into pieces for making a suit.which word??? # retail..only sundaram cracked this one. 18.who owns a PR firm in london called ''RJH communications'' # sophie-rhys-jones...prince edward's company is called 'ardent communications' 19.what in business is ''mario puzo syndrome"... # a situation where a company launches a product which in due course becomes immensely popular..buoyed but this success it soon launches another product similar/sequel to the first one but due to reasons several the product fails to attain the success level of its predecessor...only prashant cracked this blinder. 20.this company was founded by hakim abdul hameed.its most famous brand gets its name from the principal character of the book ''masnavi gulzar-e-nasim''..just name the brand?? # rooh afza from hamdard..quite workable.. 21.thomas perkins is a very famous venture capitalist in the silicon valley.he had a very illustrious wife till last month who since then has filed for a divorce..who was his wife??? # danielle steel..only avinash and siddharth answered this toughie.. 22.i am sure all of u by now would have seen the famous ad of ''allianz ''..now the music used in that ad has been lifted from a very famous hollywood movie..name the movie?? # last of the mohicans..avinash/siddharth again cracked this one.. 23.lou dobbs,the most famous reporter/analyst of CNNFn recently quit cnn and has started his own venture called''space.com''..now he created ripples in the IT industry when he roped in a very famous personality to be his comapny's ceo..whom did he rope in?? # sally ride..does that name ring a bell..only lego and kalilur got the toughest question of this quiz right... 24.this company was founded in boston and was the first to start the hire-purchase scheme in the world..by 1908 its HO was the tallest building in new york.it was in the news recently as it has filed for chapter 11(i.e. it has gone bankrupt)which company??? # singer 25.which search engine gets its name after a mythical lakota indian spider that won its battle with wit and not force??? # inktomi..quite a few got this right.. 26.it was originally launced by the rowntree company and was called''chocolate crisps''..later it was named after a famous 18th century drinking club thronged by the gentlemen of that city...name the brand??? # kit kat 27.which brand gets its name from a non-conformist religious group in USA.later this was sold to american cereal company?? # quaker oats.. 28.it is a 30 year old brand and was formed when the chellaram family and the parker pen company decided to start a venture.name the brand?? # chelpark 29.1820 was the year when he set up a grocery ,wine and spirit business in kilmanrock.in 1908,sir alexander ----- decided to incorporate a portrait of his grandfather in the firm's ads..tom browne , a commercial artist was commissioned to draw the founder as he might have appeared in 1820.lord stevenson,a colleague of alexander scribbled the phrase'' born 1820-still going strong''..thus was born a very famous brand..name the brand?? # johnny walker 30.this company was founded by D.H.McConnell and its first employee was Mrs. P.F.A.Allre..which company is being referred to here??? # avon cosmetics. Now the 10 questions from the finals. Guys, please dont send me the answers. Scroll down for the answers written below: 1. Which great sea-faring people get their name for the Greek word for "red" because of the dye they used to produce ? 2. Who are the only two actors to win the Oscars for playing the same character ? 3. Give me the most famous person in the list : Elmo Lincoln,Gene Pollard, P Dempsey,Frank Meriyll,Rex Barker,Gordon Scott,____ ? 4. John Cage has a piece called 4 min 33 sec,in which a person sits in front of a piano doing nothing for that duration of time. So why Cage has called this piece 4 min 33sec ? 5. Who wrote the foreward to the Diary of Annie Frank when it was first published in the USA ? 6. The credit of having invented which aspect of journalism goes to Horace Greeley,editor of the NY Tribune and James Gordon Benett,proprietor of NY Herald ? 7.According to PG Wodehouse,what is found in the following form:bradsen compass,sowing machine,the comet,the atomic mixer,the and the Gremlin boogie,among others ? 8. Dr Humphrey Osmond cioned which word combining the Greek word for mind or soul and the Greek word for "to reveal or to manifest" ? 9. Adbul Rehman Bukhatir started the CBFS because he wanted honour which Pakistani cricketer ? 10. The Grrel word for "dog's tail" referring to the polestar(the Ursa Minor constellation) because mariners observed it all the time,has given rise to which English word ? (For answers....please scroll down) 1. Phoenicians 2. Marlon Brando and Robert de Niro, for playing Don Vito Corleone, in the "Godfather" series. 3. Johnny Weismuller 4. Because 4 min 33 sec = 273 sec = minus 273 deg C= absolute zero when all motion stops 5. Eleanor Roosevelt 6. The Interview 7. All different forms of hangovers 8. Psychedelic 9. Hanif Muhammad 10. Cynosure 1. He was a habitual gambler and is credited with writing the first treatise on the Mathematics of Probability called "Book on Games of Chance", published posthumously in 1663. In 1570, He was arrested and jailed on charges of heresy for casting the horoscope of Jesus and also for writing the book " In Praise of Nero " about the hated anti-christian Roman emperor. Who is this famous mathematician? a. It was the famous Italian Mathematician Gerolamo Cardano. He is more famous for his solution of the cubic equation, published in his magnum opus "Ars Magna" ( Great Art ). 2. Who wrote this ? And what is it ? ( This is a translation ) " But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a quadratoquadratum into two quadratoquadrata, or generally any power. beyond the square into two like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it. " The main question is- Where was this written? ( see quote "... margin is too narrow ...." ) a. I think most of you didn't understand the ques. It is the Fermat's Last Theorem. I wanted to know where he had scribbled it. It was on his personal copy of Diophantus' "Arithmetica" on the margin besides Proposition II.8, expressing a perfect square as the sum of two other perfect squares. 3. Okay, easy one. This mathematician vacated the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics for Newton. Who? a. It was Isaac Barrow. 4. In June 1696, Johann Bernoulli published a challenge problem in Leibnitz's journal "Acta Eruditorum". He called it the problem of the "Brachistochrone" from the greek words for "shortest" and "time". What is the "Brachistochrone" ? In all five solutions were received, including one of his own. Who were the other four guys? a. The Brachistochrone was an upside down cycloid. It is the fasted path between two points, for a body under the influence of gravity. The solutions provided were by Newton, Leibniz, Johann's brother Jacob Bernoulli and by the Marquis de l'Hospital. The challenge was targetted at Newton. Newton submitted( debatable ) an anonymous reply. On reading the solution, Johann is said to have remarked, "I recognize the lion by his paw." 5. Who said this in his autobiography ? - " There was a footpath leading across fields to New Southgate, and I used to go there alone to watch the sunset and contemplate suicide. I did not, however, commit suicide, because I wished to know more of mathematics." a. I thought this was easy, Bertrand Russell. 6. Who's conjecture, first written in a letter to Euler states, "Any even number greater than or equal to 4 can be written as the sum of two primes." ? a. Easy again. the Goldbach conjecture. Most of you got this. 7. Connect : William Shanks ( value of pi to 707 places in 1873 ) and J.W.Wrench ( value of pi to 808 places in 1947 ) . I want an exact answer. a. Well, the connection is that both of them erred in their values of pi. Shanks at the 527th place and Wrench at the 723rd place. Both of their mistakes were corrected by D.F.Ferguson. He corrected Shanks in 1946. Then Wrench published his valuue upto 808 places, which was again corrected by Ferguson. 1."We look before and after And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught: ____________________" Complete the line. > "Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought." - from P.B. Shelley's ' To a Skylark' 2.Seamus Heaney [1995], Wislawa Szymborska ['96], Dario Fo ['97], Jose Saramago['98],___________['99]. Complete the list . > Easy one. Günter Grass - Nobel Prize for Literature '99. 3.What is the name of John Milton's celebrated plea for a free press and free discussion [1644] which takes its title from the name of the hill of Ares in Athens, where the highest judicial tribunal of the city used to meet? > 'Areopagitica', from Areopagus 4.He was a founder member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men [later the King's Men],and a shareholder in both the Globe and Blackfriars. He is best remembered for playing the title roles in Shakespeare's tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Richard III. Who? > Richard Burbage 5.In his 'Groatsworth of Wit' [1592] he warned his friends, "fellow scholars about this city" - Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe and George Peele probably - against "those puppets...that spake from our mouth, those antics garnished in our colours", and particularly against one :"an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Who was speaking and about whom? > Robert Greene about William Shakespeare. > [Half a point for each name.] 6.This is a term that was coined by John Ruskin in the third volume of 'Modern Painters' [1856] for the practice of attributing human emotions to the inanimate / unintelligent world. What term? > Pathetic fallacy 7.Henry Fielding was a good stylistic mimic, and adept at literary parody.The popularity of Samuel Richardson's novel 'Pamela' or 'Virtue Rewarded' [1740] prompted him in the following year to reply in print with a skilful parodic squib. What did he call it ? > 'Shamela' 8.These famous lines are taken from the morality play 'Everyman': "Everyman, I will go with thee and be thy guide. In thy most need to go by thy side." Which character speaks these lines? > Knowledge 9.This poem was written by Sir Edmund Spenser to celebrate the double betrothal of Katherine and Elizabeth, daughters of the Earl of Worcester. Its famous refrain 'Sweet Thames run softly , till I end my song' is echoed in T.S.Eliot's 'The Wasteland'.The name of this poem is a word that was invented by Spenser. What? > Prothalamion 10. "___________________________________ Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. " > "A little learning is a dangerous thing" - from Alexander Pope's ' Essay on Criticism' 1. It was the fourth day's play between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi, 1959-60 (4-12-1959). Interestingly it produced only 104 runs for the loss of five wickets - the second slowest day's play in Test history. It is known for another famous occasion/incident. Why will this particular test be of importance to americans?. The answer is Dwight Eisenhower became the first US President to watch the Slow and 5 day Long version of the British baseball(cricket) game and made a comment after the slow progress. 28% hits 2. Pick two prime numbers, a, b. Find two other numbers c,d, such that (c*d)-1 is divisible by (a-1)*(c-1). Announce only the number "c", and a*b. These can be used by anyone to encrypt a message, but only you can decrypt the message as long as you keep "d" secret. What are we talking about? ( I Need an accurate answer) This is the basis of what RSA public key encryption algorithm system devised at MIT by Ron Rivest ["ree-VEST"] and Adi Shamir. The "A" stands for Leonard Adleman. His contribution was to find the flaws in all the other systems that Rivest and Shamir came up with. 36% hits. The other common answer was public key encryption. Since I asked for an accurate answer, I did not give any marks Another Snippet, Professor Adi Shamir of the Weizmann Institute(where he moved after working in MIT)announced and demonstrated design for an unusual piece of hardware. This hardware, called "TWINKLE" (which stands for The Weizmann INstitute Key Locating Engine), is an electro-optical sieving device which will execute sieve-based factoring algorithms approximately two to three orders of magnitude as fast as a conventional fast PC. This can be found in http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/bulletins/twinkle.html the URL for RSA is http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/3-1-1.html 3. This people's national epic is the longest poem in the world, with over half a million lines according to Guinness book of world records. This is an encyclopedia of traditional stories about battles with the Kalmaks and migrations from the Altai Mountains to the Talas River Valley in the Tien Shan. Which country? The answer is Kyrgyzstan or Kirghizia which split from USSR. The other clue I thought of giving was, Name this Turkic ethnic group predominating in a former Soviet republic with its only international airport now named Manas Bishkek. There were a lot of answers of Mongols. Patha said kirghiz people in Mongolia so he is the only half point scorer. 4. Which Irish-born Anglican priest and writer's last words were "Ah, a German and a genius ! A prodigy, admit him !" after learning of the arrival of the composer Handel? (Clue: he died in 1745). An easy one I suppose. Jonathan Swift of Gulliver's travels Fame 44% Hits 5. Another last words about one of my favourite persons. "I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring" was the last word of the person who signed his paintings as ofey. His love life was picturized and directed by mathew broderick of "Inspector Gadget" and "Godzilla" fame into a movie called "Infinity". Should be very easy. Who is he? The most favorite question with 67% hits. Richard P Feynman considered the greatest "physicist" on earth this century after/on par Einstein by many.