Sunday, December 16, 2007

First Cut

1. Connect the following and explain the connection.







ANSWER: The connect is the American singer and actress Madonna.
The first picture is that of the Tree of Life of the Kabbalah Centre of which Madonna is a devotee.
The second picture is that of Sean Penn who is Madonna's ex-husband.
The third picture is that of the Madonna lily
The fourth picture is that of the painting Black Madonna of Czestochowa,Poland
The last picture is that of Eva Peron,the former first lady of Argentina who is referred to as Evita.Madonna played the lead role in the movie of the same name based on her.

2. Identify the people in this picture. A 2005 film was made on them whose poster is shown alongside.



This might help!


ANSWER: The Brothers Grimm

3. The Six Sigma quality system was developed at this company even though it became best known through its use by General Electric. This company was generally known as Ma Batwings to the radio industry, a not-necessarily-complimentary reference to the Ma Bell moniker of the Bell System. Which company?

ANSWER: Motorola

4.The English name of this country is derived from an Arabic word which in turn is derived via Persian from the Turkic word "tobad" meaning "the heights". The localites call their Fatherland "bod" in their native language.Name the country.Flag of the country attached.


ANSWER: Tibet

5.Not in favour of brand or product placement in his movies, this film maker would invent and design brand signs in his movies - he has his own brand of cigarettes, fruit loops, coffee beans, etc which make regular appearances across his films. The only brands that are regularly featured are Zippo, Coca-Cola and assorted makes of cars including a Honda and a Harley chopper. Name the film maker.

ANSWER: Quentin Tarantino

6.Identify and connect these 3 people. The third person is E.E.Cummings.




ANSWER: Somerset Maugham and Ernest Hemingway.They are three of the "Literary Ambulance Drivers", a group of some 23 well-known writers who were ambulance drivers for the Red Cross during World War I.


7.Identify the woman with Roger Federer who said the following about Maria Sharapova.
"We [Sharapova and herself] are quite similar. Being famous sportswomen is not easy and her parents also sacrificed everything for her. And, like her, the idea of being glamorous is very important to me. I always want to look like a girl. I don't agree that you are either a sportswoman or a girl. It's important that there are women who bring glamour to sport."


ANSWER: Yelena Isinbayeva

8.Identify him.This is probably the only known photograph taken of him.


ANSWER: Bahadur Shah Zafar II

9.Identify him.


ANSWER: Gordon Brown,the present Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

10.Identify this best selling author.


ANSWER: Khaled Hosseini,the author of the bestselling The Kite Runner

RESULTS

Preyoshi Ganguli gets 6.5 (loses half a point for not explaining the Madonna connect properly)
Rishabh Kaul gets 5 (no points for not explaining the Madonna connect)
Dj Spartacus gets 5.5( loses half a point for not explaining the Madonna connect properly)
Deva Dasgupta gets 5

Great work guys.Keep it up!