1. If all concerned members agree then whose currency will be RUPA ?
Ans : Currency of SAARC countries .
2. Which word will come before and after “ down, lake , cover “ ?
Ans : Under .
3. Why Bir Bhadra Mishra was famous ?
Ans : Ganga Action Plan .
4. What is FIFO and LIFO ?
Ans: First In First Out Last In Last Out . ( Almost cracked by everybody )
5. Which Dhaka college physics reader sent a four page report to Einstein ?
Ans: Satyendranath Bose . ( the most popular ans was J .C. Bose )
6. General Huge Rose commented that this person had been "the bravest and the best" of the rebels . Who ?
Ans : Jhansi Rani Laxmibai .
7. NASA named after a person their new project K C . Who ?
Ans: Kalpana Chawla . ( Almost cracked by everybody )
8. Who sang the ‘ Khaike pan banaraswala ‘ in the original and the new Don movie ?
Ans : Old - Kishore Kumar .
New - Udit Narayan + Shahrukh Khan . ( I've n't credited anyone as nobody mentioned SRK , it was QM Barry's decision in that quiz .)
9. What is Etymology ?
Ans: Study of Origin of words .
10. Normally he is spectacled , 5 ft 11 inch but in case of any mission he is 6 ft 2 inches tall . Who ?
Ans : Superman . ( Another popular ans was Spiderman , but i wonder why because he did not wear spectacles .)
11. India has brought its highest value commemorative stamps of Rs 45 /- im memory of whom ?
Ans: Mother Teresa. ( The popular ans was Mahatma Gandhi )
1)This year’s Oscar nominations were announced on
January 23, 2007. Which is the only film nominated (in
any category) for the Oscars this year, that has been
directed by a husband-wife duo?
Ans) Little Miss Sunshine
2)This year’s Golden Globe awards were announced on
January 15,2007. This actor was expected by many to
win in his category. He lost. But his daughter got an
award. Name the father-daughter duo.
Ans) Jack Nicholson/Lorraine Nicholson (Miss Golden
Globe)
3)Judi Dench appeared on screen for only 8 minutes in
“Shakespeare in love”. But she still managed to win
the Oscar for Best Actress in a supporting role.
Interestingly, the record in the “Best Actor in a
supporting role” category is also for 8 minutes. Name
the actor and the film. (0.5 point for each)
Ans) Anthony Quinn / Lust for Life
4)The then Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad took UN
Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to see which
Hindi film, when the latter visited India in the
nineties?
Ans) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994)
5)We, in India do not believe in waiting for our turn
in queues. But how can one blame us, when our biggest
movie star Amitabh Bachchan himself says in a film
“Hum jahan khade hote hain line wahin se shuru hoti
hai” ("Wherever I stand, the queue starts from there")
!! Which film ?
Ans) Kaalia
6)With respect to Cinema, which country is the odd one
out from the following list ?
And why ? (0.5 point for each)
Bahamas, Rwanda, Bahrain, Cambodia, Chile, Namibia,
Nicaragua, Chad, Kenya.
Ans) Chile / The other countries did not produce a
single film in the nineties (1990-1999)
7)Which forthcoming Rani Mukherjee starrer is loosely
based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story “White
Nights” ?
Ans)Saawariya
8)Which actor (gender-neutral term), who passed away
in 2006, was born as “Farhat Ezekiel” into a Jewish
family in 1932 ?
Ans)Nadira
9)Think "2006 in Cinema". How do we know the movie
character “Mr.Sagdiyev”, who was born on July 30,1972
better ?
Ans)Borat
10)Time for me to get back to work ...On which
movie’s posters would you see the tagline “Let’s go to
work” ?
Ans)Reservoir Dogs
1)This year’s Oscar nominations were announced on
January 23, 2007. Which is the only film nominated (in
any category) for the Oscars this year, that has been
directed by a husband-wife duo?
Ans) Little Miss Sunshine
2)This year’s Golden Globe awards were announced on
January 15,2007. This actor was expected by many to
win in his category. He lost. But his daughter got an
award. Name the father-daughter duo.
Ans) Jack Nicholson/Lorraine Nicholson (Miss Golden
Globe)
3)Judi Dench appeared on screen for only 8 minutes in
“Shakespeare in love”. But she still managed to win
the Oscar for Best Actress in a supporting role.
Interestingly, the record in the “Best Actor in a
supporting role” category is also for 8 minutes. Name
the actor and the film. (0.5 point for each)
Ans) Anthony Quinn / Lust for Life
4)The then Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad took UN
Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to see which
Hindi film, when the latter visited India in the
nineties?
Ans) Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994)
5)We, in India do not believe in waiting for our turn
in queues. But how can one blame us, when our biggest
movie star Amitabh Bachchan himself says in a film
“Hum jahan khade hote hain line wahin se shuru hoti
hai” ("Wherever I stand, the queue starts from there")
!! Which film ?
Ans) Kaalia
6)With respect to Cinema, which country is the odd one
out from the following list ?
And why ? (0.5 point for each)
Bahamas, Rwanda, Bahrain, Cambodia, Chile, Namibia,
Nicaragua, Chad, Kenya.
Ans) Chile / The other countries did not produce a
single film in the nineties (1990-1999)
7)Which forthcoming Rani Mukherjee starrer is loosely
based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story “White
Nights” ?
Ans)Saawariya
8)Which actor (gender-neutral term), who passed away
in 2006, was born as “Farhat Ezekiel” into a Jewish
family in 1932 ?
Ans)Nadira
9)Think "2006 in Cinema". How do we know the movie
character “Mr.Sagdiyev”, who was born on July 30,1972
better ?
Ans)Borat
10)Time for me to get back to work ...On which
movie’s posters would you see the tagline “Let’s go to
work” ?
Ans)Reservoir Dogs
