Saturday, 2 April 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 310

Should be an interesting one, and slightly NSFW.

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The lady holding the bird is Jeanette Howard. What is ‘special about this bird?

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

PS: Here’s a fervent wish that India wins the World Cup!

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Nine answers, and all of you seemed to have got this, more or less. This is Gertie, the egg-laying hen who, after a year from birth, sprouted male characteristics and genitalia, causing the owner to consider renaming him/her as Bertie.

Friday, 1 April 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 309

For tomorrow.

X was born in Mujaffarnagar, Bihar, in 1983. A fan of Sachin Tendulkar, X has gone on to claim that Sachin himself gives him tickets to watch matches of India. X is known to have even travelled by bicycle all over India to watch matches and support the team! For obvious reasons, I cannot give X’s photo here, but suffice to say that he has supported the Indian cricket team in nearly 150-200 occasions! Id X.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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18 answers, and though some of you may not have got the name correct, i’m sure all of you are referring to this guy:

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Isn’t it?

Thursday, 31 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 308

A straight and simple one…

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Identify the film.

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Ten answers, and all correct! This is indeed shirish Kunder’s upcoming film Joker!

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 307

Connect…

1.

asus

2.

mobil1

3.

Readers Digest

4.

TriStar

An easy one, actually. What connects these organisations or products?

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Six answers, all correct, but probably the clearest is from pritfloyd. Asus derives its name from Pegasus, the mythical creature that is a winged horse, and the others have Pegasus as part of their logo.

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 306

Keeping it easy…

who

Simply identify.

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Too easy, people say, and so, 18 answers! This is indeed UN General Secretary Ban-Ki Moon.

Monday, 28 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 305

Let’s make this an easy one.

A recent development in the filming of director Sanjoy Nag’s Memories in March, which stars Deepti Naval and director-turned-actor Rituparno Ghosh, has caused the film to be touted as probably the first film to have done something. In what respect is this film a first?

Can be easily googled, but try answering without it first….

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Five answers, but only pritfloyd and Subhajyoti have what I was looking for. This is probably the first movie ever to change its language because of the leading lady. It was supposed to have been shot in Bengali, but Deepti Naval was so uncomfortable with it that the film-makers decided to shoot it in Hindi!

Sunday, 27 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 304

Here’s an easy identify….

  1. He was in the Vietnam war, helping the US army find and defuse hidden mines.
  2. He was a qualified civil engineer, and joked that this fact lost him the lead role in Apocalypse Now, because Francis Ford Coppolla asked him to build pagodas instead!
  3. After his first wife was killed in an accident, he gave up his children to a childless American couple.
  4. He was ‘encouraged’ to come to India after seeing Parveen Babi’s face on a magazine cover. He later ended up living as Babi’s neighbour.

Identify him.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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14 answers, and barring the one that said Osama Bin Laden, all else are correct. This is Bob Christo!

Saturday, 26 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 303

A straight and simple one.

Which ad campaign holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest-running ad campaign in the world, and has continued despite political pressure on some of the topics it has spoken out against?

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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12 answers, and all correct! This is indeed Amul’s ad campaign featuring the girl in the polka-dot dress!

Friday, 25 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 302

Try this.

who

This gentleman is currently on a 10-city tour of India. Identify him.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Ten answers, and all correct! This is indeed Chris Pfeiffer.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

QR – Cure – Quizzing Realms – 301

Simple one for the day.

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What is the claim to fame of this pooch?

Meanwhile, RIP Liz Taylor.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Just four answers! I thought this was an easy one! This is Hong Dong, a 10-month old Tibetan Mastiff sold for $1.5 million, making it the world’s most expensive dog!