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OQ #81:

1. LA Lakers. The blank refers to lakes.

2. The city of Mumbai

3. Quid Pro Quo, made popular in the film The SIlence of the Lambs

4. Appatakkar, of "Avlo periya Appatakkar ah nee?" fame

5. Holy water.

Sudhan gets qn 2 right.

Adhithya gets 1, 2, 3 and 5 

Aravind JK - 2, 3, 4

Unknown visitor - 3 and 5

Mohsin - 1 and 2

OQ #81

And the final set. Thanks for the participation folks!

1. Their name came from their home state being the “Land of 10,000 _____”. However, in 1960, they moved to a new city in a different state, but retained their name even though their new home city had no _____. What am I talking about?

2. Catherine of Braganza was the Portuguese queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland who married King Charles II in 1662. What was given as the dowry in this marriage?

3. _______ most often means a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. People often use the term to mean "a favour for a favour" and the phrases with almost identical meaning include: "give and take", "tit for tat", "this for that", and "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours". This phrase was extensively used in a famous 1991 movie. Give me the phrase and the movie.

4. Amritlal Thakkar was a famous social reformer. The Government of India even issued a stamp in his honor in 1969. He was a very knowledgeable person and an expert in many fields, to such a level that he would promptly answer any question that was fired at him. Why is he famous to us/What is his popular nickname?

5. Coin vending machines  are  very  popular today from dispensing beverages to checking weights. But  what was the first  coin vending  machine created  to dispense?

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OQ #80

1. X: Vishwanathan Anand, Y: Chess

2. Moonwalk, Michael jackson's autobiography

3. BSNL Sports Quiz

4. Rajnikanth’s acting classes

5. Calvinball, from Calvin & Hobbes

6. Gregory House, House, M.D.

7. Subramaniyam Swamy

Vignesh KR gets 1, 2, 3 and 4 right.

Aravind Subramanian - 3, 4, 5, 6

Adhithya gets them all. So does Ashwin Murali.

Aravind JK gets 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Vignesh S - 3 and 7

Surya Narayanan gets 1 right

Anon. gets 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.

Reminder: QuizTrac 2012

Sorry for the late post folks.

Rotaract Club of PSG College of Arts and Sciences organizes one of South India's largest Open quizzes, QuizTrac yet again. Prizes worth 60k are up for grabs. There's a Junior QuizTrac as well, for school students. Teams should consist of 2 members each.

Date: 22/01/2012 (Sunday)
Time: 11.00AM (Junior), 2.00PM (Open)
Venue: GRD Auditorium, PSG CAS, Avanashi Road
Quizmaster: Prof. M. Rangarajan

Please come earlier so as to register. Prizes for the best college team, family team, corporate team and girls team will be there, as usual.

OQ #80

Yet another set...

1. X recalls this incident to be the most significant moment of his life. X was once travelling in a train when a fellow passenger asked him about his profession. X replied, “I play Y for a living”. The other man replied, “To earn a living out of Y, you must be X” not knowing who X really was. This incident was also made into an advertisement recently. Who is X?

2. Relatives of Doubleday employees were hired as couriers, to deliver portions of this book from the company's head office in to the printing plant. At the printing plant, the book was given the code name ”Neil Armstrong”. Which famous book?

3. X made its debut in the year 2002 on the occasion of  the Football World Cup. The Programme was conceived, devised, planned and first produced by Shri. P.S. Parameswaran, . The show has on an average received calls from more than 30,000 viewers and also 3,000 e-mails per show. It reaches around 83 countries. X has now entered the Limca Book of records as the longest running weekly ____ show on television in India. X?

4. Raja Bahadur used to be driver on the bus route  from Srinagara to  Majestic Circle in Bangalore. He used to supplement his income by running a dairy business. Every month, he used to send Rs.200 towards a cause. What? Exact answer please.

5. Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules
and they gotta keep score!
X is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great,
'cause it's named after me!

The X Theme Song… X?

6. Two famous fictional characters’ address is 221B Baker Street. One is Sherlock Holmes. Who is the other? PS: The answer is not Watson.

7. If 

Swami and Friends : R K Narayanan

then

Swami and Friends – A Few Enemies Too : ?

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OQ #79:

1. Sachin Tendulkar

2. Up. Animated feature films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar

3. "I’ll pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" - Wimpy, from The Popeye Show

4. Corleone

5. X - Chewbacca, Y – Indiana Jones

6. Sujatha’s Vasanth and Ganesh

Vignesh gets 1, 2, 3 and 5 right.

Sudhan - 1 and 2

Omi - 3, 4, 5

Adhithya - 1, 2, 4 and X from 5 

Senthil - 1, 3, 4, X from 5 and 6.

OQ #79

Another set from one of the wildcard rounds:

1. Which great cricketer’s first outing in the international arena was as a substitute for Pakistan XI against Cricket Club of India Golden Jubilee XI at the Barbourne Stadium in 1988-1989?

2. If Disney’s The Beauty and the Beast was the first, what was the second?

3. This is one of his favorite catchphrases. He uses it when he doesn't have money to buy food. It first made an appearance in 1932. This phrase is now commonly used to illustrate fiscal irresponsibility and still appears in modern comedies such as The Drew Carey Show and The Office.

The good phrase?

4. X is a small city of around 12000 people in Italy. After the Arab conquest of southern Italy, the town was dominated by Arabs, who gave it the name Qurlayun. The town’s people were known as “Courageous Civitas” because of its position on the front line in all wars. The town was also infamous for its numerous criminal activities. The town became famous in 1969 when _______ used this in his works. X?

5. The character X’s creation as a "gentle, hairy, .............." was inspired by George Lucas seeing his own Alaskan Malamute dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. The dog also inspired the name of the lead character in another series of films, Y.

X and Y please.

6. The main characters are based on James Hadley Chase’s Vic Malloy and Jack Kerman. Some of the actor’s who portrayed them include Jaishankar and Rajnikanth as X. Vijay Athiraj and Y.G Mahendran as Y. But the widely concluded statement is that none of them portrayed the characters to their actual greatness. The best suited personality for X and Y are said to be Oviyar Jeyaraj’s creations.

Who am I talking about?