1. Ian Holm won the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor in the year 1969 beating Anthony Hopkins. For what movie did Ian win the award?
2. What name in Italian means ‘Four Eyes’?
3. The CBI initially named 8 people as the Bofors accused. 7 of them were: Prakashchand Hinduja, Srichand Hinduja, Gopichand Hinduja, Former Bofors Chief Martin Ardbo, Former Defence Secretary SK Bhatnagar, Quattrocchi and Win Chadha. Who was the 8th?
4. A Joint Parliamentary Committee set up to probe the Bofors allegations, concluded in 1998 that there was ‘no evidence of middlemen or of any kickbacks other than winding-up charges’? Who was the chairman of this distinguished committee?
5. The Hinduja brothers made payments to three coded accounts. Two were Tulip and Lotus. What was the third one called?
6. He asked Rajiv Gandhi almost 400 questions on the Bofors controversy. And ended up defending the Hindujas in the Bofors case. Who?
7. This lady co-founded the Swisss Watch Company BorgeauD in 2007. BorgeauD recently launched the world’s first watch that indicates Rahukaalam. Which lady?
8. Former Bofors Chief Martin Ardbo maintained a diary where he kept daily notes of the Bofors saga using cryptic names for the protagonists. Experts say Q was Quattrocchi, and P was Olaf Palme. By that logic, who were N and R?
9. “The CBI has found him suspect. But we have not seen till today the papers that he has done something." X made this statement about Y in a press conference. Identify X and Y.
10. The Anatronic Group of Companies has a website that lists Narora Atomic Power Station, Kakrapar Atomic Power Station, Kaiga Atomic Power Project, Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Kalpakkam Atomic Power Station and Hindustan Aeronautics as its clients. Who was the founder chairman of Anatronic?
Post the answers in the comments section. The first person to answer all the questions right will get Rs. 64 crores as notional kickbacks to a coded swiss bank account of your choice.
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Friday, August 18, 2006
The Final Question
Why am I shutting down this blog?
Because I have to find answers for life's larger questions.
Because I have to find answers for life's larger questions.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Quick Poser # 1
Isaak & O Saathi Re were considered. But finally X was chosen as the title of the film after an audience poll. Identify X.
Omkara
Omkara
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Quick Trivia # 1
Boman Irani used to run a chips company that owned a brand by the name, 'Golden Wafers'.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Thematic Quiz : Offensive Trivia
1. In ancient times, the Romans called it the Digitus Infamis. How do we know it better now?
The Middle Finger.
2. Only two X-rated films have ever been nominated for an Oscar (Best Picture Category). One won the Oscar. One didn’t. Name both.
Midnight Cowboy & A Clockwork Orange. Clockwork lost out to French Connection in 1973.
3. Calista Flockhardt, Alanis Morissette, Brooke Shields and Glenn Close have all performed in this Eve Ensler Cult Play. Gimme the name of the play.
Vagina Monologues.
4. Some years back there was an Indian portal called gaandmasti.com. If you sign up for their portal, they used to confer you with a cool title. What was the title?
Gaandu!
5. These are the first lines from a popular chuck berry number:
When I was a little biddy boy
My grandma bought me a cute little toy
Two Silver bells on a string
She told me it was my ________
Just fill in the blanks.
Ding-a-Ling
6. What’s common to - Anthropophagus, Slubberdelugians, Guanogatherers, Certified Diplodocuses and Dunderheaded Coconuts?
These are some original insults from Captain Haddock.
7. “No _______ ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb ________ by die for his country.” What’s the dash in this unforgettable Gen. Patton quote?
Bastard.
8. “…my indifference is boundless,”
“…it makes my gorge rise,”
“…I don’t give a hoot,”
“…nothing could interest me less,”
“…I just don’t care.”
These were the options before David Selznick. Instead he chose to pay a fine of
$5000 and use the original line. What was the original line?
“Frankly my dear…I don’t give a Damn,” the immortal last line of the film ‘Gone with the Wind’.
9. In Chennai slang, if someone calls you a BJP what do they mean?
Bhayangara Jollu Party. (Bhayangara = incorrigble, Jollu = lech)
10. The movie 'Scarface' created a record in the 1980s by using the F-word 206 times. Today, it’s a pale no.3. Which movies are No.1 & No.2?
'Casino' used the 4-letter word 362 times. 'Pulp Fiction' used it 271 times. 'Good Fellas' came a close third by using it 246 times. Though 'South Park – Bigger, Longer, Uncut' has a reputation for being a movie filled with expletives…Guardian puts the f-word count as 140 odd.
The Middle Finger.
2. Only two X-rated films have ever been nominated for an Oscar (Best Picture Category). One won the Oscar. One didn’t. Name both.
Midnight Cowboy & A Clockwork Orange. Clockwork lost out to French Connection in 1973.
3. Calista Flockhardt, Alanis Morissette, Brooke Shields and Glenn Close have all performed in this Eve Ensler Cult Play. Gimme the name of the play.
Vagina Monologues.
4. Some years back there was an Indian portal called gaandmasti.com. If you sign up for their portal, they used to confer you with a cool title. What was the title?
Gaandu!
5. These are the first lines from a popular chuck berry number:
When I was a little biddy boy
My grandma bought me a cute little toy
Two Silver bells on a string
She told me it was my ________
Just fill in the blanks.
Ding-a-Ling
6. What’s common to - Anthropophagus, Slubberdelugians, Guanogatherers, Certified Diplodocuses and Dunderheaded Coconuts?
These are some original insults from Captain Haddock.
7. “No _______ ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb ________ by die for his country.” What’s the dash in this unforgettable Gen. Patton quote?
Bastard.
8. “…my indifference is boundless,”
“…it makes my gorge rise,”
“…I don’t give a hoot,”
“…nothing could interest me less,”
“…I just don’t care.”
These were the options before David Selznick. Instead he chose to pay a fine of
$5000 and use the original line. What was the original line?
“Frankly my dear…I don’t give a Damn,” the immortal last line of the film ‘Gone with the Wind’.
9. In Chennai slang, if someone calls you a BJP what do they mean?
Bhayangara Jollu Party. (Bhayangara = incorrigble, Jollu = lech)
10. The movie 'Scarface' created a record in the 1980s by using the F-word 206 times. Today, it’s a pale no.3. Which movies are No.1 & No.2?
'Casino' used the 4-letter word 362 times. 'Pulp Fiction' used it 271 times. 'Good Fellas' came a close third by using it 246 times. Though 'South Park – Bigger, Longer, Uncut' has a reputation for being a movie filled with expletives…Guardian puts the f-word count as 140 odd.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Wiki Treasures # 3
Janus, Oceanus & Leverrier were three names considered for planet number 8. Finally on December 29, 1846, the scientific world chose Neptune.
Quick Trivia # 0
Chixalub is the name of the asteroid that's believed to have killed the dinosaurs some 60 million years ago.
Wiki Treasures # 2
The sentence, 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' was developed by Western Union to test its telex machines.
Monday, May 08, 2006
I Missed His Book, But I Read His Name
Though authors are a dreadful clan
To be avoided if you can,
I'd like to meet the Indian,
M. Anantanarayanan.
I picture him as short and tan.
We'd meet, perhaps, in Hindustan.
I'd say, with admirable elan ,
"Ah, Anantanarayanan --
I've heard of you. The Times once ran
A notice on your novel, an
Unusual tale of God and Man."
And Anantanarayanan
Would seat me on a lush divan
And read his name -- that sumptuous span
Of 'a's and 'n's more lovely than
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan" --
Aloud to me all day. I plan
Henceforth to be an ardent fan
of Anantanarayanan --
M. Anantanarayanan.
Wrote John Updike after seeing a review of a book by Mr. Ananthanaryanan. Can you tell me the name of the book? To know the answer click the comment link.
To be avoided if you can,
I'd like to meet the Indian,
M. Anantanarayanan.
I picture him as short and tan.
We'd meet, perhaps, in Hindustan.
I'd say, with admirable elan ,
"Ah, Anantanarayanan --
I've heard of you. The Times once ran
A notice on your novel, an
Unusual tale of God and Man."
And Anantanarayanan
Would seat me on a lush divan
And read his name -- that sumptuous span
Of 'a's and 'n's more lovely than
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan" --
Aloud to me all day. I plan
Henceforth to be an ardent fan
of Anantanarayanan --
M. Anantanarayanan.
Wrote John Updike after seeing a review of a book by Mr. Ananthanaryanan. Can you tell me the name of the book? To know the answer click the comment link.
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