Answers to Quiz - 22

1) Who created the famous Golden Arches logo for McDonald’s?

Jim Schindler

2) Originally called Brad’s Drink, after its creator Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in North Carolina, USA, what is this famous drink called today?

Pepsi Cola

3) Which 18^th Century writer first used the term YAHOO to refer to a race of uncivilized and brutal people?

Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels

4) The logo of Coca Cola was scripted in this distinctive flowing style by Frank Robinson, who was the book keeper of Coca Cola’s inventor John Pemberton. What script does the logo use?

Spencerian Script

5) What iconic figure based on the company’s founder did the cartoonist Tom Browne create in 1909 that has now become the hallmark of excellence in that product category?

Johnnie Walker

6) What word coined by the nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1920 has yielded the name of a major brand today?

Googol from which Google is derived

7) Why did the Japanese company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. change its brand and company name to Toyota in 1936 when it launched its first passenger car?

The number of strokes to write Toyota in Japanese (eight) was thought to bring luck and prosperity

8) Who designed the swoosh logo of Nike?

Carolyn Davidson

9) Which symbol painted by the World War – I Italian ace pilot Count Francesco Baracca on the sides of his planes can be commonly seen in Formula 1 race circuits?

Prancing Horse of Ferrari

10) What are Slats, Jackie and Tanner?

Names of the lions used for Leo, the mascot for MGM productions

QUIZ - 22

1) Who created the famous Golden Arches logo for McDonald’s?

2) Originally called Brad’s Drink, after its creator Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in North Carolina, USA, what is this famous drink called today?

3) Which 18^th Century writer first used the term YAHOO to refer to a race of uncivilized and brutal people?

4) The logo of Coca Cola was scripted in this distinctive flowing style by Frank Robinson, who was the book keeper of Coca Cola’s inventor John Pemberton. What script does the logo use?

5) What iconic figure based on the company’s founder did the cartoonist Tom Browne create in 1909 that has now become the hallmark of excellence in that product category?

6) What word coined by the nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner in 1920 has yielded the name of a major brand today?

7) Why did the Japanese company Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Ltd. change its brand and company name to Toyota in 1936 when it launched its first passenger car?

8) Who designed the swoosh logo of Nike?

9) Which symbol painted by the World War – I Italian ace pilot Count Francesco Baracca on the sides of his planes can be commonly seen in Formula 1 race circuits?

10) What are Slats, Jackie and Tanner?

Answers to Quiz - 21

1) In which sport is the Stimpmeter used?

Golf. It is used to measure the speed of a putting green

2) Name the poisonous herb made famous in an Harry Potter novel and which was also linked to the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer, the coach of Pakistan cricket team

Aconite

3) What trophy is awarded to the world mixed team badminton championships that are played every alternate year?

Sudirman Cup

4) In retailing business what are Category Killers?

A large retail chain store that is dominant in its product category. This type of store generally offers an extensive selection of merchandise at prices so low that smaller stores cannot compete

5) What type of geographical formation is a Tomobolo?

A bar of sand connecting one island with another

6) What is aischrolatreia?

The love of obscene words

7) What is the name of the model developed by economists John Hick and Alvin Hansen in 1937 that has been widely adopted as the universal framework for studying macroeconomics?

The IS-LM Model

8) Who invented the electronic music synthesizer?

Robert Moog

9) Which famous photographer was given the epithet ‘eye of the century’?

Henri Cartier-Bresson

10) Name the term coined by Stanley B Prusiner in 1982 to describe infectious agents solely comprising proteins that cause fatal diseases in animals and humans by affecting the structure of the brain or other neural tissue.

Prion

QUIZ - 21

1) In which sport is the Stimpmeter used?

2) Name the poisonous herb made famous in an Harry Potter novel and which was also linked to the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer, the coach of Pakistan cricket team

3) What trophy is awarded to the world mixed team badminton championships that are played every alternate year?

4) In retailing business what are Category Killers?

5) What type of geographical formation is a Tomobolo?

6) What is aischrolatreia?

7) What is the name of the model developed by economists John Hick and Alvin Hansen in 1937 that has been widely adopted as the universal framework for studying macroeconomics?

8) Who invented the electronic music synthesizer?

9) Which famous photographer was given the epithet ‘eye of the century’?

10) Name the term coined by Stanley B Prusiner in 1982 to describe infectious agents solely comprising proteins that cause fatal diseases in animals and humans by affecting the structure of the brain or other neural tissue.

Answers to Quiz - 20

1) Unlike American Presidents, only one British Prime Minister was assassinated. Who was this unfortunate person?

Spencer Perceval

2) What did the Swiss astronomers, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discover in 1995?

The First Exoplanet, a planet outside our solar system

3) Name the first person to have his genome fully sequenced recently.

James Watson, co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA

4) What is Glamping?

Glamorous Camping, living outdoors in luxurious tents

5) The winner of which prestigious literary award is presented along with the cash prize a bronze statuette called Bessie?

The Orange Prize

6) Who created the comic strip character Modesty Blaise?

Peter O'Donnell

7) From which African language does Chikungunya, the mosquito borne disease, derives its name?

Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease

8) Name the giant sphere surrounding the solar system, from which all comets are believed to originate.

The Oort Cloud, after the Dutch astronomer who in 1950 postulated its existence

9) Name the anti-consumerism movement, that originated at a San Francisco dinner party in December 2005, whose members take a vow not to buy anything new except, food, medicine and underwear.

The Compact

10) The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe, created by the Belgian cartoonist who used the pseudonym Peyo. What was his real name?

Pierre Culliford

QUIZ - 20

1) Unlike American Presidents, only one British Prime Minister was assassinated. Who was this unfortunate person?

2) What did the Swiss astronomers, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discover in 1995?

3) Name the first person to have his genome fully sequenced recently.

4) What is Glamping?

5) The winner of which prestigious literary award is presented along with the cash prize a bronze statuette called Bessie?

6) Who created the comic strip character Modesty Blaise?

7) From which African language does Chikungunya, the mosquito borne disease, derives its name?

8) Name the giant sphere surrounding the solar system, from which all comets are believed to originate.

9) Name the anti-consumerism movement, that originated at a San Francisco dinner party in December 2005, whose members take a vow not to buy anything new except, food, medicine and underwear.

10) The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the forests of medieval Europe, created by the Belgian cartoonist who used the pseudonym Peyo. What was his real name?

Answers to Quiz - 19

1) Vorticism was a short lived British art movement of the early 20th century, which grew out of Cubism. Which famous American poet gave this name to the movement?

Ezra Pound

2) Name the founder of Parkour, also known as free running, a physical art of French origin, the aim of which is to move from point A to point B as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the possibilities of the human body.

David Belle

3) 6^th May is observed every year as International No Diet Day. Who started this movement in 1992?

Mary Evans Young

4) Name the late 19^th Century Dutch writer and psychiatrist who coined the term ‘Lucid Dreams’ to describe dreams in which the dreamer is aware that he is having a dream

Frederik van Eeden

5) Who is considered to be the inventor of the mobile phone?

Dr. Martin Cooper

6) Name the 18^th Century German musician and physicist who demonstrated that sound can affect physical matter and has the ability to produce geometrical patterns

Ernst Chladni

QUIZ - 19

1) Vorticism was a short lived British art movement of the early 20th century, which grew out of Cubism. Which famous American poet gave this name to the movement?

2) Name the founder of Parkour, also known as free running, a physical art of French origin, the aim of which is to move from point A to point B as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the possibilities of the human body.

3) 6^th May is observed every year as International No Diet Day. Who started this movement in 1992?

4) Name the late 19^th Century Dutch writer and psychiatrist who coined the term ‘Lucid Dreams’ to describe dreams in which the dreamer is aware that he is having a dream

5) Who is considered to be the inventor of the mobile phone?

6) Name the 18^th Century German musician and physicist who demonstrated that sound can affect physical matter and has the ability to produce geometrical patterns

Answers to Quiz - 18

1) Mixolimnion and monimolimnion are the top and bottom layers of a lake whose waters are stratified and do not mix. What is the name for such a lake?

Meromictic lake

2) Name the world’s most prestigious award in architecture, which is commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize for Architecture

The Pritzker Prize

3) Which law named after an English banker says ‘When there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation"?

Gresham’s Law

4) By what term are mammals that lay eggs (example – platypus and echidna) known?

Monotremes

5) Which species of monkeys almost always give birth to twins?

Marmosets

6) Originally used to describe a specific style of furniture that was popular in 19th Century Vienna, name this term that developed into a description of art, architecture and eventually a middle-class social phenomenon that centered on the family and private life.

Biedermeier

7) Name the legendary red wine grape that is exclusively cultivated across the state of California?

Zinfandel

8) What is the term used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their book A Thousand Plateaus to describe theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation?

Rhizome

9) Name the 19th Century Norwegian mathematician whose pioneering work in group theory led to groups being named after him.

Sophus Lie

10) Who in 1905 founded Sinn Féin, the oldest political movement of Ireland devoted to the cause of Irish Republicanism?

Arthur Griffith

QUIZ - 18

1) Mixolimnion and monimolimnion are the top and bottom layers of a lake whose waters are stratified and do not mix. What is the name for such a lake?

2) Name the world’s most prestigious award in architecture, which is commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize for Architecture.

3) Which law named after an English banker says ‘When there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation"?

4) By what term are mammals that lay eggs (example – platypus and echidna) known?

5) Which species of monkeys almost always give birth to twins?

6) Originally used to describe a specific style of furniture that was popular in 19th Century Vienna, name this term that developed into a description of art, architecture and eventually a middle-class social phenomenon that centered on the family and private life.

7) Name the legendary red wine grape that is exclusively cultivated across the state of California?

8) What is the term used by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their book A Thousand Plateaus to describe theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation?

9) Name the 19th Century Norwegian mathematician whose pioneering work in group theory led to groups being named after him.

10) Who in 1905 founded Sinn Féin, the oldest political movement of Ireland devoted to the cause of Irish Republicanism?

Answers to Quiz - 17

1) Which day of the year is observed as Pi day?

March 14th (3/14) to commemorate the mathematical constant Pi (3.14). It is also Albert Einstein’s birthday

2) What term describes the difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics?

Dyscalculia

3) What is often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics?

The Fields Medal

4) It was not until 1976 that the four-colour conjecture was finally proven by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken at the University of Illinois. Who proposed it in 1852 while trying to colour the counties of England on a map?

Francis Guthrie

5) 1729 is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways. What is this number famously known as?

The Hardy-Ramanujan Number

6) Name the Czech born mathematician who in 1931 published the Incompleteness Theorem, which is widely held to be the most important contribution of 20th Century mathematics.

Kurt Gödel

7) Name the 8th Century Arab mathematician who is considered as the father of algebra and from whose name the word algorithm is derived.

Al-Khwarizmi

8) What term coined by Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975 describes non-regular geometric shapes that have the same degree of non-regularity on all scales?

Fractal

9) For discovering what mathematical entities is the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the first civil liberties group dedicated to protecting the health and growth of the Internet, sponsoring cooperative computing awards, with over half a million dollars in prize money?

Prime Numbers

10) Name the 17th Century French friar who is best remembered today because of his name being associated with a certain class of Prime Numbers?

Marin Mersenne

QUIZ - 17

1) Which day of the year is observed as Pi day?

2) What term describes the difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics?

3) What is often described as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics?

4) It was not until 1976 that the four-colour conjecture was finally proven by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken at the University of Illinois. Who proposed it in 1852 while trying to colour the counties of England on a map?

5) 1729 is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways. What is this number famously known as?

6) Name the Czech born mathematician who in 1931 published the Incompleteness Theorem, which is widely held to be the most important contribution of 20th Century mathematics

7) Name the 8th Century Arab mathematician who is considered as the father of algebra and from whose name the word algorithm is derived

8) What term coined by Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975 describes non-regular geometric shapes that have the same degree of non-regularity on all scales?

9) For discovering what mathematical entities is the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the first civil liberties group dedicated to protecting the health and growth of the Internet, sponsoring cooperative computing awards, with over half a million dollars in prize money?

10) Name the 17th Century French friar who is best remembered today because of his name being associated with a certain class of Prime Numbers?

Answers to Quiz - 16

1) What is the slang term for the Canadian dollar?

Loonie

2) Placebo is a medicine given more to please than to benefit the patient. What does placebo mean in Latin?

I shall please

3) Which celebrated astronomer was the first to study the crystal structure of snow, publishing in 1611 the treatise ‘on the six-cornered snowflake’?

Johannes Kepler

4) What is the term used for a company that has no specific business plan or purpose other than acquiring or merging with another unidentified company?

Blank Cheque Company

5) He is the great grandfather of Aleksander Pushkin, who wrote an unfinished novel about him – The Moor of Peter the Great. Name this African slave who was brought to Russia by Peter the Great.

Abraham Petrovich Gannibal












6) What is the name of the Russian revolutionary movement of 1860’s and 1870’s that takes its name from the Russian phrase for ‘going to the people’?

Narodism

7) One of the world’s first great architectural styles that evolved more than 4000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia continues to be widely used even today. What is the name of this terraced pyramid structure?

Ziggurat

8) What is the term used by Dr. Lyall Watson to describe the sudden spontaneous and mysterious leap of consciousness achieved when an allegedly "critical mass" point is reached in animal and human behaviour?

The hundredth monkey phenomenon

9) What word describes the act of looking at something, especially accidents on the road, when you drive by?

Rubbernecking

10) Which sect of Shiite Islam has given to the world the word Assassin due to the terrorist and murderous activities of its members in the 11th Century?

Nizari Ismailis

QUIZ - 16

1) What is the slang term for the Canadian dollar?

2) Placebo is a medicine given more to please than to benefit the patient. What does placebo mean in Latin?

3) Which celebrated astronomer was the first to study the crystal structure of snow, publishing in 1611 the treatise ‘on the six-cornered snowflake’?

4) What is the term used for a company that has no specific business plan or purpose other than acquiring or merging with another unidentified company?

5) He is the great grandfather of Aleksander Pushkin, who wrote an unfinished novel about him – The Moor of Peter the Great. Name this African slave who was brought to Russia by Peter the Great.

6) What is the name of the Russian revolutionary movement of 1860’s and 1870’s that takes its name from the Russian phrase for ‘going to the people’?

7) One of the world’s first great architectural styles that evolved more than 4000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia continues to be widely used even today. What is the name of this terraced pyramid structure?

8) What is the term used by Dr. Lyall Watson to describe the sudden spontaneous and mysterious leap of consciousness achieved when an allegedly "critical mass" point is reached in animal and human behaviour?

9) What word describes the act of looking at something, especially accidents on the road, when you drive by?

10) Which sect of Shiite Islam has given to the world the word Assassin due to the terrorist and murderous activities of its members in the 11th Century?

Answers to Quiz - 15

1) What is Gelotolgy the study of?

Gelotology is the study of humour and laughter and its effect on the body.

2) Where is he headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specalised agency of United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system?

Geneva

3) What is the science of simulating pressure, texture, vibration and other sensations related to touch?

Haptics

4) Name the Berlin-based non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1993 to curb corruption in international transactions.

Transparency International

5) What is the name given to positions in space where gravitational forces and the orbital motion of a body balance each other?

Lagrange Point

6) After which French engineer was the unit to measure the speed of telegraphic transmission named?

Baud after Jean-Maurice-Emile Baudot

7) Name the American inventor who is credited with having built the first solar cell in 1880’s.

Charles Fritts

8) Name the world's first commercially available general-purpose computer

The Ferranti Mark 1

9) In which historic Copenhagen building, recently in news for its demolition, was March 8 proclaimed as International Women’s Day in 1910?

Ungdomshuset (Youth House)

10) In medicine what is the name given to delivery agents that enhance the effectiveness of the active drug?

Adjuvants

QUIZ - 15

1) What is Gelotolgy the study of?

2) Where is he headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specalised agency of United Nations dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property system?

3) What is the science of simulating pressure, texture, vibration and other sensations related to touch?

4) Name the Berlin-based non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1993 to curb corruption in international transactions.

5) What is the name given to positions in space where gravitational forces and the orbital motion of a body balance each other?

6) After which French engineer was the unit to measure the speed of telegraphic transmission named?

7) Name the American inventor who is credited with having built the first solar cell in 1880’s.

8) Name the world's first commercially available general-purpose computer

9) In which historic Copenhagen building, recently in news for its demolition, was March 8 proclaimed as International Women’s Day in 1910?

10) In medicine what is the name given to delivery agents that enhance the effectiveness of the active drug?

Answers to Quiz - 14

1) Why is Google’s cafeteria at its headquarters in Mountain View named as Café 150?

Because all ingredients for everything on the menu are sourced from within 150 miles of the Google campus.

2) What is the Israeli system of self-defence, which in Hebrew means ‘Contact Combat’?

Krav Maga

3) The world’s most expensive coffee is derived from berries processed in the digestive system of the Palm Civet, a small cat like creature found in the island of Sumatra. Name this coffee.

Kopi Luwak

4) What symbol that is widely used today was originally developed by Harvey Ball in 1964 to ease the tension between the employees of two insurance companies that had merged?

Smiley

5) Which company has developed ‘T9 Text Input’, the global standard for mobile text messaging?

Tegic Communications

6) Which New York hotel tycoon in 1919 created a $25000 prize for the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, which was eventually won by Charles Lindbergh?

Raymond Orteig

7) Name the Sun God, the chief God of the Inca Pantheon.

Inti

8) The asteroid, which astronomers in 2004 believed was on a collision path with our planet, was named after the Egyptian God of Destruction. What is its name?

Apophis

9) In Greek mythology who was condemned to stand forever in water under trees laden with fruits, but never able to reach out to them?

Tantalus

10) Which celebrated advertising personality said ‘The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife’ ?

David Ogilvy

QUIZ - 14

1) Why is Google’s cafeteria at its headquarters in Mountain View named as Café 150?

2) What is the Israeli system of self-defence, which in Hebrew means ‘Contact Combat’?

3) The world’s most expensive coffee is derived from berries processed in the digestive system of the Palm Civet, a small cat like creature found in the island of Sumatra. Name this coffee.

4) What symbol that is widely used today was originally developed by Harvey Ball in 1964 to ease the tension between the employees of two insurance companies that had merged?

5) Which company has developed ‘T9 Text Input’, the global standard for mobile text messaging?

6) Which New York hotel tycoon in 1919 created a $25000 prize for the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris, which was eventually won by Charles Lindbergh?

7) Name the Sun God, the chief God of the Inca Pantheon.

8) The asteroid, which astronomers in 2004 believed was on a collision path with our planet, was named after the Egyptian God of Destruction. What is its name?

9) In Greek mythology who was condemned to stand forever in water under trees laden with fruits, but never able to reach out to them?

10) Which celebrated advertising personality said ‘The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife’ ?

Answers to Quiz - 13

1) What are Folle Blanche, Colombard and Ugni Blanc?

They are the three mandatory grapes from which the wine must be derived to make Cognac

2) Which is the world’s oldest daily newspaper that is still in publication?

Weiner Zeitung, which appeared for the first time on August 8, 1703 under the name of ‘Wiennerisches Diarium’

3) What organisation was founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 with the aim to ‘live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ’?

The Catholic Worker Movement

4) Which Italian political party uses a portrait of Gandhi in its logo?

Radicali Italiani (Italian Radicals)

5) After which French astronomer is the scale for classifying total lunar eclipse named?

André Danjon

6) Which six countries signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957, that led to the formation of the European Economic Community, the precursor to European Union?

France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

7) What is the Torino Impact Scale used for?

To categorize the earth impact hazard associated with newly discovered comets and asteroids

8) In honour of which 13th Century Persian mystic poet has UNESCO dedicated the year 2007?

Jalal-ud-din Rumi whose 800th birthday is being observed this year


9) Based on whose theories did Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers develop the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personal preferences?

Carl Jung’s theories in his work Psychological Types

10) Name the political action committee in USA that derives its name from the saying “Early money is like yeast, because it helps to raise the dough” and whose aim is to help elect Democratic women to political office.

EMILY’s List

QUIZ - 13

1) What are Folle Blanche, Colombard and Ugni Blanc?

2) Which is the world’s oldest daily newspaper that is still in publication?

3) What organisation was founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933 with the aim to ‘live in accordance with the justice and charity of Jesus Christ’?

4) Which Italian political party uses a portrait of Gandhi in its logo?

5) After which French astronomer is the scale for classifying total lunar eclipse named?

6) Which six countries signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957, that led to the formation of the European Economic Community, the precursor to European Union?

7) What is the Torino Impact Scale used for?

8) In honour of which 13th Century Persian mystic poet has UNESCO dedicated the year 2007?

9) Based on whose theories did Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers develop the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personal preferences?

10) Name the political action committee in USA that derives its name from the saying “Early money is like yeast, because it helps to raise the dough” and whose aim is to help elect Democratic women to political office.

Answers to Quiz -12

1) Titanic (1997), Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) share the honours for the film to have won the most number of Oscars. How many Oscars did they each win?

Eleven

2) What is the Oscar connection between Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola?

They are the only women directors ever nominated - for the films Seven Beauties (1976), The Piano(1993) and Lost in Translation (2003) respectively

3) In terms of Oscars, what is common to the films - "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), and "On Golden Pond" (1981).

They all brought Oscars to Katherine Hepburn, who holds record for winning the most number of acting Oscars



















4) If Titanic, Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King share the honour for the film winning the most number of Oscars, which two films share the honour for the most nominations at 14 each?

"All About Eve" (1950) and "Titanic" (1997)

5) In the history of Oscars. What unique distinction is held by Harold Russell ?

In 1946 Harold Russell, a disabled World War II veteran was presented a special Oscar for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans through his appearance in "The Best Years of Our Lives." Later that evening he also won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the same performance, thus becoming the only person to win two Oscars in the same year for the same performance in the same film.

6) What is unique about the film Midnight Cowboy that won the Oscar for the Best Picture in 1969?

It is the only X-Rated film to have won the Best Picture Oscar








7) Who has won the most number of Oscars (4) for the Best Director?

John Ford



















8) Name the only silent film to have won the Best Picture Oscar

Wings (1927)

9) Name the man who is credited with designing the Oscar statuette and which he also himself won 11 times for Best Art Direction.

Cedric Gibbons









10) Which country has the distinction of winning the most number of Best Foreign Language Film?

Italy (13)

QUIZ - 12

A day after the Announcement of the Academy Awards, this quiz has to be all about the Oscars

1) Titanic (1997), Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) share the honours for the film to have won the most number of Oscars. How many Oscars did they each win?

2) What is the Oscar connection between Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola?





























3) In terms of Oscars, what is common to the films - "Morning Glory" (1933), "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "The Lion in Winter" (1968), and "On Golden Pond" (1981).

4) If Titanic, Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King share the honour for the film winning the most number of Oscars, which two films share the honour for the most nominations at 14 each?

5) In the history of Oscars, what unique distinction is held by Harold Russell ?

6) What is unique about the film Midnight Cowboy that won the Oscar for the Best Picture in 1969?

7) Who has won the most number of Oscars (4) for the Best Director?

8) Name the only silent film to have won the Best Picture Oscar

9) Name the man who is credited with designing the Oscar statuette and which he also himself won 11 times for Best Art Direction.

10) Which country has the distinction of winning the most number of Best Foreign Language Film?

Answers to Quiz - 11

1) Which is the only country whose postal system provides a unique postal code to handle letters written to Santa Claus?

Canada and the postal code is HOH OHO

2) The Schengen states are 15 countries in Europe who have signed a treaty to allow free movement between them. The treaty was signed by 7 countries originally in June 1985 in the town of Schengen. In which country is this town located?

Luxembourg

3) First theorized by a British Physicist in 1964, name the hypothetical elementary particle, which plays a key role in explaining the mass of other elementary particles.

Higgs Boson

4) Curran is the name of a hi-tech material created recently by two scientists, David Hepworth and Eric Whale, from a vegetable fibre. Which vegetable is Curran based on?

Carrots

5) Which ancient South Indian script is used to write the languages of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand and Khmer (Cambodia)

Brahmi

6) Which style of architecture that derives its name from a 16th Century Italian Architect became very popular in England and in many North European countries in the 18th Century and later in USA, most notably in buildings designed by Thomas Jefferson.

Palladian Architecture after Andrea Palladio

7) Which breed of dog became the symbol of Holland’s House of Orange after it warned the household of Prince Williams against the invading Spaniards? Much later this breed of dog was adopted as the mascot of the Orange brand of mobile phone.

Pug

8) Which word coined by Peter Merholz in 1999 is a widely used noun and verb these days?

Blog

9) Which crime was made punishable by hanging under the Black Act passed in Britain in 1723?

Hunting or stealing deer under disguise by getting the face blackened

10) Which country’s best known traditional dance is Punta?

Honduras

QUIZ - 11

1) Which is the only country whose postal system provides a unique postal code to handle letters written to Santa Claus?

2) The Schengen states are 15 countries in Europe who have signed a treaty to allow free movement between them. The treaty was signed by 7 countries originally in June 1985 in the town of Schengen. In which country is this town located?

3) First theorized by a British Physicist in 1964, name the hypothetical elementary particle, which plays a key role in explaining the mass of other elementary particles.

4) Curran is the name of a hi-tech material created recently by two scientists, David Hepworth and Eric Whale, from a vegetable fibre. Which vegetable is Curran based on?

5) Which ancient South Indian script is used to write the languages of Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand and Khmer (Cambodia)

6) Which style of architecture that derives its name from a 16th Century Italian Architect became very popular in England and in many North European countries in the 18th Century and later in USA, most notably in buildings designed by Thomas Jefferson.

7) Which breed of dog became the symbol of Holland’s House of Orange after it warned the household of Prince Williams against the invading Spaniards? Much later this breed of dog was adopted as the mascot of the Orange brand of mobile phone.

8) Which word coined by Peter Merholz in 1999 is a widely used noun and verb these days?

9) Which crime was made punishable by hanging under the Black Act passed in Britain in 1723?

10)Which country’s best known traditional dance is Punta?

Answers to Quiz - 10

1) What is Machinima?

Machinima is a way of making films using the technology of video games.


2) A portmanteau is a word derived by combining portions of two or more separate words, for example – advertorial (advertisement + editorial) or blog (web + log). Who coined the word portmanteau?

Lewis Carroll in Though the Looking Glass

3) A clandestine subversive organisation working within a country to further an invading enemy's military and political aims is known as ‘Fifth Column’. Who coined this phrase?

Emilio Mola Vidal, a Nationalist general during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), originally coined the term. As four of his army columns moved on Madrid, the general referred to his militant supporters within the capital as his "fifth column," intent on undermining the loyalist government from within.

4) Developed in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville, what is the Scoville scale used to measure?

Scoville Scale measures the hotness of chillies

5) In September 2006, which city became the first fully wireless city in the world offering access to the Internet from anywhere?

Taipei

6) XBRL is poised to revolutionize business accounting throughout the world. What does XBRL stand for?

XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language

7) What acronym coined by University of Colorado professors George Pring and Penelope Canaan describes a form of litigation usually filed by a large organisation to intimidate and silence a less powerful critic by so severely burdening them with the cost of a legal defence that they abandon their criticism.

SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation)

8) Called ‘The Last Great Race on Earth’ the Idiatrod is a dogsled race run over 1150 miles in Alaska and takes 9-12 days. Between which two points is this race run?

Idiatrod is run between Anchorage and Nome

9) The largest single span arch bridge in the world is in South Africa and is also recognised as the highest commercial bungee jump in the world at 216m. Name this bridge.

Bloukrans Bridge

10) The Black Museum, now referred to as the Crime Museum is not open to members of the public but is used as a lecture theatre for the curator to lecture police and like bodies in subjects such as Forensic Science, Pathology, Law and Investigative Techniques. Where is it located?

Black Museum is in London

QUIZ - 10

1) What is Machinima?

2) A portmanteau is a word derived by combining portions of two or more separate words, for example – advertorial (advertisement + editorial) or blog (web + log). Who coined the word portmanteau?

3) A clandestine subversive organisation working within a country to further an invading enemy's military and political aims is known as ‘Fifth Column’. Who coined this phrase?

4) Developed in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville, what is the Scoville scale used to measure?

5) In September 2006, which city became the first fully wireless city in the world offering access to the Internet from anywhere?

6) XBRL is poised to revolutionize business accounting throughout the world. What does XBRL stand for?

7) What acronym coined by University of Colorado professors George Pring and Penelope Canaan describes a form of litigation usually filed by a large organisation to intimidate and silence a less powerful critic by so severely burdening them with the cost of a legal defence that they abandon their criticism.

8) Called ‘The Last Great Race on Earth’ the Idiatrod is a dogsled race run over 1150 miles in Alaska and takes 9-12 days. Between which two points is this race run?

9) The largest single span arch bridge in the world is in South Africa and is also recognised as the highest commercial bungee jump in the world at 216m. Name this bridge.

10) The Black Museum, now referred to as the Crime Museum is not open to members of the public but is used as a lecture theatre for the curator to lecture police and like bodies in subjects such as Forensic Science, Pathology, Law and Investigative Techniques. Where is it located?

Answers to Quiz - 9

1) An important element of Bond films is the beautiful women. Who is the only actress to have played the role of a Bond Girl twice?

Maud Adams. She plays the role of Andrea Anders, the villain's girlfriend in ‘The Man With The Golden Gun’ and later played the title role in "Octopussy’

2) Another important element is the theme music. Which singer has the distinction of providing the theme song in more than one Bond movie?

Shirley Bassey,the Welsh crooner is the only artist to provide the theme for more than one Bond film. She has sung the themes for ‘Goldfinger’ ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ and ‘Moonraker’

3) Which was the first Bond film to win an Academy Award?

‘Goldfinger’ for Best Sound Effects and it was won by Norman Wanstall

4) Ian Fleming named James Bond, after an author because his name was "brief, unromantic, Anglo-Saxon, and yet very masculine - just what I needed.” Name this book, which is a collector’s item among Bond fans?

Birds of the West Indies








5) Which is the only Bond theme song to have reached No.1 on the US charts?





The theme to ‘A View To A Kill’ by Duran Duran

6) "Orbis non sufficit" is the motto of James Bond’s family. Its English translation is also the title of a Bond film. Which film?

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

7) Who is the only singer to have made a personal appearance during the opening credits of a Bond film?

Sheena Easton is the only performer to appear in the opening credits of a bond movie ‘For Your Eyes Only’

8) Universal Exports is the fictional trading company that Bond represents in Ian Fleming’s novels. In the later novels this name was changed by Fleming, since the cover was discovered by the opponents. What is the new cover name?

Transworld Consortium. The films however continued to use the older name

9) In the novels and the movies Bond's boss is known as M. How was the head of the real Secret Service known by?

The designation C after the original director general of MI6, Sir Mansfield Cumming. There is a theory that Fleming chose M since this is what he called his mother. In the novels, M is named as Sir Miles Messervy, which may explain the use of the letter