Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Answers 8 -14

Challenge 8

1. Lindsay Lohan launched 6126 Holiday Collection of legging , inspired by Marilyn Monroe's birth date ,6/1/26.
2. Nike Swoosh
3. Chanel
4. Sir Vivian Richards.He represented Antigua in 1974 World Cup Football Qualifiers.
5. The Stretch Limousine.

Challenge 9

1. The instrument is Kazoo, made famous by Popeye.
2. The Coca Cola formula.
3. In 16th and the 17th century France, the 4 kings in a deck of cards represented a great ruler of the past.The King of Spades is said to be David, King of Israel; the king of Clubs is supposed to be Alexander the Great; the king of Hearts, the French King Charlemagne; and the king of Diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus .
4. Your best friend while answering this quiz, Wikipedia ;) .
5. AC/DC . They felt that the name suited their energetic style.

Answers Compendium

Answers for Challenge 1-7


Challenge 1

1. Metallica
2. Sudhir Naik
3. Sting
4. Shree Shree Rajadhiraja Shree Shree Madana Kamaraja Shree Shree Vilasa Raja Shree Shree Madhubana Raja Shree Shree Krishnadeva Donga Raja (1994)(Language-Telugu)... Source IMDB
5. All of them are names of Comic characters.

Challenge 2

1. George Best
2. George W. Bush
3. Steve JObs
4. Mickey Mouse
5. founders of Virgin Comics.

Challenge 3

1."AIR MAIL" postage stamp was issued on 29th May 1948, to commemorate the 1st external air service commenced on 8th June 1948 from Bombay to London via Cairo (Egypt) and Geneva (Switzerland).

2.Located at 15,500 feet, Hikkim in Himachal Pradesh is the highest post office in the world.

3.Electronic Arts

4. Microsoft staff of 1978
First Row ( L to R)
Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis,Marla Wood, Paul Allen
Second Row (L to R)
Bob O'Rear, Bob Greenberg, Mark McDonald, Gordon Letwin
Top Row (L to R)
Steve Wood, Bob Wallace, Jim Lane

5. Harrison Ford

Challenge 4
1. Ocean's Eleven
2. Lacto-ovo-vegetarian
3. Tuareg
4. BabruVahana
5. Haji Ali Dargah (Mumbai)

Challenge 5

1. Vin Diesel
2. Lashings Cricket XI
3. Shocking but it is Sharon Stone!!
4. Sepak Takraw
5. Pentagon

Challenge 6
1. All of them attended Beverly Hills High School
2. Rocky
3. Samantha Ronson
4. Kaavya Vishwanathan 'How Opal Mehta Got Kissed Got Wild And Got A Life'
5. LG

Challenge 7

1. The train is used as Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter movies.
2. All of them formed the DVD forum, formed to chalk out the standards and universally accepted format for commercial use of DVD.
3. Operation Bayonet -> Golda Meir (first pic) approved the operation (aka Wrath of God) to assassinate individuals involved in 1972 Munich massacre. The third pic is of Waldi, the mascot for the Olympics.
4. The common link is Queen park Rangers, an English football club.
The person in first pic is Amit Bhatia ( son in law of Steel tycoon L.N. Mittal and) the Vice-Chairman of QPR.
Second pic doesn't require any introduction, but still he is Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One tycoon and co-owner of QPR.
5. Canada