An absolute sitter after yesterday’s question.
Simple. Identify the screen personae. Image courtesy 9GAG.
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Two answers here, but 200 more hits than the day before! The four hairstyles/heads/silhouettes are indeed in the likeness of the lead cast of The Big Bang Theory.
Ok folks, I am back.
Shifted to Delhi about three months ago, and have been working for The Financial World, a relatively new newspaper from the Tehelka stable.
Managed to start a business quiz column here, so will upload those questions here too. Answer all of them correctly via SMS, and you could win a good book!
Meanwhile, here’s today’s question of the day.
This is a very specific kind of yeti crab. It got it nickname from a certain feature it has in common with the star of an erstwhile famous television show in the USA. What is the nickname?
Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
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Just one answer? Expected better, folks! ‘Rage’ is correct. This is indeed The Hoff, named after the very hairy David Hasselhoff, of Baywatch and Knight Rider fame.
This one’s going to be quite a bit convoluted.
The song A was supposed to have been composed for film B, starring X in the lead. Instead, gained fame when picturised on Y in the film C.
Years later, Y’s son Z starred in a film D, whose name and theme song were inspired by a famous song from one of X’s most famous films.
Strangely enough, Z is seen humming (more like ‘reciting’) the song A as he interrogates ‘suspects’ by injecting what is initially shown as a deadly cocktail of drugs into them.
Identify all – A, B, C, D, X, Y and Z.
Hint: C’s remake, which also had its interpretation of A, is spawning a sequel.
PS: Take a look at the latest post on my opinion blog.
PPS: There may not be any more questions for the next few days (again). But this time it’s because I am moving to Delhi to take up a new offer. More on that when I get there and get a new internet connection and start posting again.
Meanwhile, happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
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Three answers, and two have got it.
A is Khaike paan banaras wala.
B is Banarasi Babu
X is Dev Anand
Y is Amitabh Bachchan
C is Don
Z is Abhishek Bachchan
D is Dum Maaro Dum
X’s mother, a veterinarian like X’s father, paid a record house to write a song, get X to sing it, record a video and publish it. She paid them $4,000 for a vanity release on Facebook and Youtube. Initially, it received only about a 1,000 hits, but went viral later, remaining a trending topic on Twitter for several days all across the world.
Unfortunately, despite the large number of views, the reviews of the song were mostly negative, and it was panned badly by critics.
The upshot of it all was that X began to be bullied in school, and had to drop out, preferring to be home-schooled. However, X later said that the move to drop out was so that X could focus more on career prospects.
Simple. Identify X. Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
PS: Happy Mahalaya / beginning of the Navaratras, for tomorrow.
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A dozen answers over several days, and all correct! This is indeed Rebecca Black, of Friday fame, or infamy, whichever you choose.
Another connect, but it’s not exactly a filmi one.
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2. Only the artiste matters.
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What connects these three and an event that took place in March-April this year?
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Five answers, and four correct. Karthike Ramesh, I was not talking about Rabindranath Tagore, but Raghab Chatterjee. The other two are Ranidu Lankage and Shankar Mahadevan (of course). These three sang the three different versions of De Ghumake, the official song of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Meanwhile, I welcome back an old patron of this blog – Partha the oncologist. Nice to see you back.
Fender, that famous manufacturer of guitars, especially the Stratocaster electric guitar, which has several collections of it released.
This is exactly one such signature Fender Squier XXXXXX Electric Guitar Strat. The blocked-out part is the artiste’s name. Identify him.
Hint: He is the first from his country to be bestowed with this honour.
Further hint (not much of a hint): The following are some of the features of the guitar.
A better hint, making it much easier: This guitar is available only in India. Oh, and I think you can see his signature on the guitar too!
Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
PS: Apropos what Kapinjal Chowdhury said regarding QR 341. A lot of people tried to answer the question on several pages of Facebook. As I have stated earlier, it is becoming increasingly difficult to reply to all of them, or even keep track of them! That’s the first reason I haven’t mentioned Mit Chowdhury’s name as one of those who answered. The second reason, of course, was that the answer was not correct. There’s a significant difference between Bengali bands and bands from Kolkata.
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Three answers, and only two correct. This is indeed Ehsaan Noorani, from the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio.
Apparently, the last one was too difficult. So here’s one that should elicit a little more response, as opposed to no answers last time.
This photo is a comical take on the origins of what?
Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
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Twelve answers, but only a few correct. Wonder hoe people got to conclusions like Yahoo! Also, this isn’t Stone Hedge, folks, it’s Stonehenge!
A connect after quite some time.
Hints: The symbol is the last alphabet in an Indian language. And the gap to which the arrow points towards actually has a name.
Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
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Looks like this one is too tough. No answers so far! The connection is musical bands from West Bengal / Poschim Bongo, or more specifically, Kolkata. The first is Fossils, the second is Chandrabindoo, the third is Cactus, and the fourth is Cassini’s Division. Will try to make it easier this time.
Try this, for a change.
Just give me the names of the instrument and the performer.
Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
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Four answers, and none of you got the instrument correct! However, three of you correctly identified this gentleman as Niladri Kumar. The instrument he is playing is the zitar, his own creation. It is a combination of the sitar and the guitar.
This shouldn’t be too difficult.
The words shown above form a famous laconic phrase. Tell me, who said these, and to whom? Even if you don’t get those, simply tell me how this is immortalised in popular culture. And no, I am not looking for the place where these words are inscribed.
Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!
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Five answers, and four correct. This is what King Leonidas said to Xerxes: “Molon labe! (Come and get them!)” Their saga is immortalised in the film 300. Wonder why nobody mentioned it.
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