Quizzers Anonymous 1.0

General Quiz

Prelims

Trivial Pursuit

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Scotland – St. AndrewWales – ________England – St. GeorgeNorthern Ireland – St. Patrick

Blank?

St. David.

They are the Patron Saints.

2______ ______ has a unique place in football folklore as the only man to play in what were perhaps the two most famous games in history – a stunning 6-3 win over England at Wembley in 1953 and a 7-3 demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1960 European cup final.

The country he played for had a then tactically advanced 4-2-4 formation, that made the team virtually unbeatable. England suffered a 7-1 humiliation to them the following year.

He was a legendary footballer with an incredible record of 514 goals in 529 matches. His last name means ‘rifleman’ and aptly describing his lethal left foot - scourge of the defences in the 20 years after WW II.

One of the greatest footballers ever known. Who?

Ferec Puskas

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The song's lyrics are unique, one phrase, repeated in 14 Indian languages.

The song highlighted the different linguistic communities and societies that live in India and was telecast for the first time on Independence Day 1988, after the telecast of the Prime Minister’s speech.

Which song?

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

_________ is a self-governing Crown Dependency located in the Irish Sea and is not a part of either the United Kingdom or the European Union.

Vikings and Scandinavians form a large part of the civilization over the ages. The island’s flag has a symbol of the ancient ‘triskelion’ – three bent legs, each with a spur, joined at the thigh.

What?

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The Isle Of Man

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“The Wizard and the Hopping Pot”“The Fountain of Fair Fortune”“The Warlock's Hairy Heart”“Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump”“___ ___ _ __ ____ _____”

Five stories, from which book?

The Tales of Beetle the Bard

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One of the explanations of the origin of this term a moth stuck in a relay of a Mark II Computer at Harvard University.

Another explanation, provided by Oxford Dictionary, is that this term was used in reference to airplane engine testing in a 1945 article in the Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

What term?

Debug

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This famous trio entertained Americans in the early twentieth century with physical slapstick comedy punctuated by quickly-delivered one-liners, within outrageous storylines.

‘Soup to Nuts’ was their first Hollywood film, released by Fox Studios. In 1933, MGM signed for a movie contract beginning with a musical comedy called ‘Nertsery Rhymes’. They then became extremely famous with their movies with around 190 short films.

A film, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, under the MGM banner is scheduled to be released in 2010. The studio has set Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio del Toro to play the characters.

The three people are collectively called what?

The Three Stooges

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Shockwave, Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl, Grimlock, Fortress Maximus, Ultra Magnus, Frenzy, Blackout, Barricade, Brawl, Scorponok, Bonecrusher, Jazz, Bluestreak, Soundwave, Smokescreen, Inferno, Elita One, and many more. What?

The Transformers

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________ ____(1925,1926,1927)ARSENAL (1933,1934,1935)LIVERPOOL (1982,1983,1984)MANCHESTER UNITED (1999,2000,2001)

Huddersfield Town

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Connect: Raj, Shanti, Vijay, Shakti, Samta, Kisan, Veer, Ekta.

Raj Ghat, Shantivan, Vijay Ghat, Shakti Sthal, Samta Sthal, Kisan Ghat, Veer Bhumi, Ekta Sthal

Memorials around Raj Ghat

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“She rolls! Forty-five knots!Ninety!A hundred and thirty five!Nose comes up to twenty degrees!She's airborne, she flies, ________ Flies!”

Fill blank.

Concorde

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Volkswagen __________ is a car whose idea was conceived by Ferdinand Piech, then chairman of Volkswagen. He wanted the VW engineers to create a car that would overwhelmingly surpass the German prestige market leaders, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Initial development of the ________ began with Piech giving his engineers a list of ten parameters the car needed to fulfill. One of these parameters was that the ________ should be capable of being driven all day at 300 km/h (190 mph) with an exterior temperature of 50 °C (122 °F) whilst maintaining the interior temperature at 22 °C (72 °F). The other parameters were not revealed to the public.

The name __________ derives from the name of the son of Phoebus (or Helios) in Greek Mythology and also from the name of a horse-drawn carriage from the 19th century.

Fill blank.

Volkswagen Phaeton

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X was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench and Graham Nolan.

According to a priest that X speaks with, there is a possibility that his biological father is an American doctor. In researching this issue, X comes to the conclusion that he and Y share Dr. Thomas _______ as their biological father. Ultimately, however, it is revealed that Dr. Thomas is not X's father, and X leaves to settle peacefully in the mountains of Kanchenjunga.

However, X is best known for breaking Y's back and leaving him paraplegic.

X and Y?

X=Bane

Y=Batman

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“I said to him on that first day, ‘If I ever see you throw a ______, then it is over’. For me it is unacceptable that a kid breaks a ______. I told Y they are expensive and there are a lot of people who cannot afford them. He listened well and that is why he never shows his anger in that way.”

X on Y.

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______ originally meant ‘a place of refuge’. It then became the name for “the secret organization that sprang up to fight against the rulers who had crushed the country and its people for centuries”.

What?

Mafia

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I along with my better half (we form a celebrity couple) was offered a role in the British gangster flick `Red Light Runners' which I turned down. My and my wife's controversial waxwork at Madame Tussaud‘s museum as holy couple Joseph and Mary was attacked by a visitor.

Who?

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Connect:Paul Michael LevesqueMark William Calaway Steven Anderson/WilliamsAdam Joseph CopelandAndrew Test MartinGlenn Thomas Jacobs

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'The X' is the part of the sea that can be seen from land, excluding those parts that are near the shore. Someone who was watching out for a ship to arrive would first see it approaching when it was '________________' and expected to dock before the next tide. Something that is '_____________' isn't happening now or even in a minute or two, but will inevitably happen before too long.

What phrase am I talking about?

In the offing

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There are many stories associated with the Emperor X. One of which is as follows. After his victory in battle over the then Mughal king, he rode to the palace with great revelry. On reaching the palace, he summoned the wives of the Mughal king to be brought before him. He then placed his sword on the table in front of them, turned around on a cot and slept. The clueless Queens just stare at the sleeping monarch. Later, X awakes up to find the sword on the table and the queens with downcast eyes and heads bent down. X looks at then for a moment and says, “You are not deserved of being queens of the Mughal Empire. Not one of you had the courage to lift the sword and kill me. If the mothers themselves are such cowards, then it is understandable that their children would be so too. This victory, I have thoroughly deserved”, and walks out. Identify X.

Nadir Shah

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1984 – Rafer Johnson – A wick at the top of the archway and through a pipe

1992 – Antonio Rebello – An archer shot of a flaming arrow

1996 - ________ ___ - A mechanical, self-propelling fuse ball, up a wire, to its final resting place

2004 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis - A giant needle that bowed down to accept ‘it’.

What?

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X is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for this popular sitcom. The last name of X is a reference to one of the main female charaters of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Ekaterina Alexandrovna __________, who is pursued by Konstantin Dmitrievitch Levin through the early stages of the novel, before she finally accepts his proposal of marriage. X is shown to enjoy cigars, hockey, scotch and guns. X?

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The original idea behind X Y, now known as X.com, was to allow users to get answers to questions posed in everyday, natural language. It supports a variety of user queries in plain English as well as traditional keyword searching. Y is the name of a famous fictional character. X and Y?

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'The X' is the part of the sea that can be seen from land, excluding those parts that are near the shore. Someone who was watching out for a ship to arrive would first see it approaching when it was '________________' and expected to dock before the next tide. Something that is '_____________' isn't happening now or even in a minute or two, but will inevitably happen before too long.

What phrase am I talking about?

Damn…Repeated q

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X qualified in Transportation Design from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, U.S. and worked with General Motors USA . He became one of the largest auto accessory manufacturers in his country. His company made the first prototype for the Aston Martin Vanquish which appeared in the James Bond movie Die Another Day.

Dilip Chabria

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From the early 1100s, Snidget-hunting had been popular. The Snidget, today, is a protected species. But at that time it was very common in northern Europe though difficult to detect because of their ability to hide and their very great speed.It’s size, coupled with it’s remarkable agility made it difficult for predators to catch it. The Snidget subsequently formed an integral part of a ‘game’. By the middle of the following century, however, Snidget numbers had fallen very low and a substitute for the bird was frantically sought to enable the game to proceed.This led to the invention of the _______ _____ by Bowman Wright, the inspiration for it being the ‘Snidget’. Blank?

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On April 15th 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield, England, was a deadly human crush that resulted in the loss of the lives of 96 fans of Liverpool Football club. One of the 96, was a 10 year old boy named Jon-Paul Gilhooley, the cousin of X – who at that time was 9 years old.

In September of 2006, X published his autobiography titled ‘X: My Autobiography’, which went on to win the Sports Book of the Year honour at the British Book Awards. In it he writes, "It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life. Seeing his family's reaction drove me on to become the player I am today.“ The book ends with the line "I play for Jon-Paul.”‘X’ is...?

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Literary significance of this?

Derivation of the phrase:

Double cross

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Id Id

Location and significance

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30

Connect

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Id

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Doodle for?

**33

Sitter.

Flag of?