KCircle10th April 2010Mithun Paul

●Golden Rules: ●1. There are No Rules…All you need to do is make a few

educated guesses.

●2. If you don’t get the answer after reading the question once, read again

●3. Still if you don’t get the answer, you haven’t read carefully. Go to step 2.

●4. In case of doubts, refer to the above rules..

●This is designed to be more of an Entertainer and less of a Quiz. All references to Seriousness is purely co-incidental

●The Quizzeee can ask for clues anytime, until someone VETOes

●Qn 1)Connecta)●The literal Hindi meaning of this name is "moment". ●But in Arabic and English speaking countries it means

Radiant/brilliant

b)●The title X, derived from a Persian word, literally

meaning son of the emir or simply a prince.

●It is usually used for a member of a royal family or a member of the highest aristocracy. It is still in use today by members of ruling or formerly ruling princely and royal houses all over the world including a few salute states of India .

What event in the  Commons or in the House of Lords gives the members just 8 minutes to join the appropriate lobby? Because of this time limit during which the MPs need to scramble back, the MPs who might have been taking a break in the nearby restaurants , pubs or shops,  will either be  informed by a miniature version of this kept in these shops connected to the main version,or ofcourse using pagers or mobile phones by their colleagues.

Clue next slide if needed

●K J Yesudas originated this legend

●But the person in question has not

confirmed this in public – so far

●If true, he would have been

around 9 years of age then

●Since Mar 2009 the internet

downloads of this song has

increased considerably

Song:Vellithen Kinnam

Movie – Penpada

(1978)

Language:Malayalam

Lyrics: Baranikkavu

shivakumar

Male

Vocalist:Jayachandran

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●R.K.Shekhar(rahman's father) was the music

director for this film. He had totally 4 songs to

compose. He had composed 3 song and was

taking a break. That time 9 year old AR Rahman

came and played some music bits in

Harmonium. All were surprised and asked him to

do the full song. Everyone liked it and took it as

the 4th song of that movie. Whole orchestra is

done by his father RK Shekar but the basic tune

is Rahman's

Qn) In 1989, essayist Gore Vidal cited contemporary rumors that this was a nickname Y used for his mistress Marion Davies; a reference to her clitoris,a claim repeated as fact in the 1996 documentary The Battle Over ______ and again in the 1999 dramatic film ‘RKO 281’. A resultant joke noted, with heavy innuendo, that Y/X died "with this on his lips”According to Louis Pizzitola, author of ‘Y Over Hollywood’, this was a nickname that Orrin Peck, a friend of  Y, gave to his mother, Phoebe Y. It was said that Phoebe was as close, or even closer, to Orrin than she was to her own son, lending a bitter-sweet element to the word's use when being mentioned about a boy being separated from his mother's love.The Creator, explaining the idea behind the word said, "It's a gimmick, really, and rather dollar-book Freud."The symbolic this used in the film was bought for $60,500 by film director Steven Spielberg in 1982, at the time the highest price paid for a piece of film memorabilia. Spielberg commented, this will go over my typewriter to remind me that quality in movies comes first." According to Peter Bogdanovich, the creator's reaction to Spielberg's purchase of it was "I thought we burned it..."

From the last words of CHARLES FOSTER KANE

in the movie CITIZEN KANE

Y=Hearst, Randolf, on whom allegedly Citizen

Kane was based on

What was initially nick named by its founder as dapple-wings in 1897 while working in Secunderabad?

Which spreads malaria as discovered by sir Ronald Ross while working in the osmania univ campus,Secunderabad

How do u know ‘A short-intermediate acting benzodiazepine derivative, flunitrazepam is prescribed for the treatment of severe insomnia, marketed by Roche most commonly under the trade name Rohypnol’ better?

Or Date Rape Drug- from the movie HANGOVER

Qn)______________ is a Germanic given name, from hun "warrior" and beraht meaning "bright". This is more known as the name of a literary scholar born in 1910 in Paris._____ 's first love, Annabel Leigh, is named after the "maiden" in the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, and their love is described in phrases borrowed from Poe's poem. ______________'s double name recalls Poe's "William Wilson", a tale in which the main character is haunted by his doppelgänger, paralleling to the presence of _________'s own doppelgänger, Clare Quilty. _______is not, however, his real name, but a chosen pseudonym.

______________'s field of expertise is French literature (one of his jobs is writing a series of educational works that compare French writers to English writers)

●From Nobokov’s Lolita

Qn) Who was the Times of India Editor/Critic who died in 1954?

After whom Filmfare awards were initially called CLARES

Qn) Before the fight, a reporter asked __________ if he thought he could survive in the ring with the champion, to which __________ allegedly answered

“ I've been a survivor my whole life...if I survived the Marines, I can survive X. ”

1975 Heavyweight title against ALI...

Seeing this match, Silvester Stallone got inspired to write ROCKY

More clues

next slide if

needed

Canonical ______________s include

    * Manasara _____ _____ (by Manasara),

    * Mayamatam (by Maya),

    * Samarangana Sutradara (by Raja Bhoja),

    * Aparajita Priccha (a dialogue between ______ and his son Aparajita, written by Bhuvanadevacharya)

    * Silparatna

    * ManushyalayaChandrika

Qn)This came into being in 1983, powered by the vision of one man – M P Ramachandran - the current Chairman & Managing Director. Started as a proprietary concern, manufacturing and selling a single product in a single district, the organization has grown to become a multi-brand, multi-product company with operations all over the nation.

Pic next slide

Now you know why they were all wearing White :P

Qn) My Namesake - Connect

Son of Mithun Chakrabarthy. He was named after the first syllables of his two

favorite stars MIchaeljackson and MOHammed ali

●1985-2010: 25 YEARS OF

●First Part of its name comes from William X an

English immigrant, who set up a starch, soap

and candle business in New York City in 1806.

●Second part was named for the two oils used in

its manufacture.

●The word __________ is an anglicized from of the Sanskrit word kataka that assumes two different meanings namely “military camp”  and secondly, the fort of capital on the seat of the Government  protected by the army.

The fort being BARABATI,

which is famous for its Cricket

stadium

●Qn)

●Founded in Turin in 1895 by Luigi __________, it was initially run from a small grocery store at Via San Tommaso 10

●__________ has recently ventured into the Indian __________ market by buying out the entire stake of the Chennai-based Sterling Infotech group, chaired by C Sivasankaran, which owns the __________ chain The __________ __________ Company

Who bought out the indian coffee chain BARISTA recently

Qn)In 49 BC, civil war broke out between _______ and Pompey. Whilst the Romans were distracted by this, Pharnaces, King of Pontus, decided to seize the opportunity and, with the forces under his disposal and against little opposition, made himself the ruler of Colchis and Lesser Armenia. Deiotarus, the king of Lesser Armenia appealed to Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, the lieutenant of _______ in Asia, for support, and soon the Roman forces sought battle with Pharnaces. They met at Nicopolis in Anatolia, Pharnaces defeated the small and green Roman army.After this show of strength against the Romans, Pharnaces drew back to suppress revolt in his new conquests. However, the extremely rapid approach of _______ in person forced Pharnaces to turn his attention back to the Romans. At first, recognizing the threat, he made offers of submission, with the sole object of gaining time until _______'s attention fell elsewhere; but _______'s speed brought war quickly, and battle took place near Zela (modern Zile in Turkey), where Pharnaces was routed and was able to escape with just a small detachment of cavalry. Put fundaes?

It was at the end of this quick,short war with Pharnaces 2 of Pontus that Julius Caeser exclaimed his famous rhetoric: I came I Saw I conquered

Qn)

_______ was founded in Chicago in 1938 by ________Siegel

A Chicago establishment with over 175 employees, ____________ is an 82,000 square foot full service manufacturing facility

They were the first to use zinc instead of lead in metal castings

The firm which manufactures the OSCAR Statuette, along with others

like Grammy, Clio etc

Qn) The _____ _____ blend is named after the 2nd ________ ____________, British Prime Minister in the 1830s and author of the Reform Bill of 1832, who reputedly received a gift, probably a diplomatic perquisite, of _____flavoured with bergamot oil, taken from bergamot, a citrus fruit typical of Southeast Asia and grown commercially in Italy

Qn)What unique fact connects the following paitings?(Not an exhaustive list)Sandro Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi (1481),

Raphael's School of Athens (1510).

Titian's Allegory of Prudence (1565-70).

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School of ATHENS by Raphael

Titian’s Allegory of Prudence

In all these paintings, the artists have ensured that one character in the

entire canvas resembles themselves. Painters during the Renaissance

tended to avoid producing formal self portraits, but frequently inserted images of themselves in their

painting.

School of ATHENS by Raphael- Self on Center Right

Allegory of Prudence

Qn)Even though Saint ___________ is a crucial figure in christian literature, his name doesnt occur anywhere in the 4 gospels,  until the Gospel of Nicodemus in 4th Century AD.It is very common for prison chapels to be dedicated to Saint ___________.The name of "___________" was adapted from a Greek word meaning "sunset" or "death."He represents not only the epitome of a repentant malefactor, but also God's willingness to forgive even at the last moment.Fill in the blanks?

The thief who was crucified with Jesus on the right side, who repented for his

sins just before his death.Hence Prison Chapels

Qn)This is an American company currently owned by Harman International. It was founded in 1946 by James ______Lansing. It’s said that around age 12, he built a small transmitter that put out a signal strong enough to disrupt a local radio station. Not long after arriving in Salt Lake City, he founded Lansing Manufacturing Company to build _________

First original product was the D130, a 15-inch ______for which a variant would remain in production for the next 55 years. The D130 featured a four-inch flat ribbon wire coil and Alnico V magnet. Early products included the model 375 high frequency driver and the 075 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) ring radiator driver.

The ring radiator drivers are also known as "______bullets" because of their distinctive shape. Though quite frequently overlooked as an exclamation mark, its logo is a triangle on a circle.Who/what are we talking about?

From James Borough Lansing

Qn)_____  is a shore town with an un-finished bridge leading to a wildfire-prone area and a nuclear power plant; as a result, ferries had been used as an alternative method to travel in and out of town

This is stated to be the only man-made object that could be seen from space besides the Great Wall of China.

What?

The fictitious DOME In which the movie TRUMAN SHOW happens

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●Qn)

●Once, while tuning his sitar at All India Radio, Pt. Ravi Shankar was asked by the program director to create a new raga

●Ravi Shankar masterfully manipulated the note sequence of Gandharam, Nishadham, and Dhaivatam to create Rag Mohan Kauns, a variation on Rag Malkauns.

●Whom did he dedicate this raga to?

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Mahatma Gandhi

[Ga Ni Dha]

Answer

Great Leonopteryx- Page based the colors on Earth's birds, poison dart frogs, and Monarch butterflies, though he altered the patterns so that their inspirations would not be so obvious to moviegoers. The skull and crest shapes appear to be derived from pterosaurs from the genus Tapejara

●Qn )

●The village of lakhamandal is near Mussorie.

●This place was also known as “________" With meanings: "The place to be remembered by all generations" and "The place of the alphabet".

●The main occupation of the people here is making ropes from the branches of Bhimal Tree.

●The young branches are soaked in water for six months, then fibres are stripped and weaved into rope.The sticks which are left after the fibre has been stripped make excellent torches and burn for a long time.

●Put fundaes

These are the

descendants of

Laceras, the cult to

which Purochana (who

had built the lac

palace to plot to kill the

Pandavas.)belonged.

●Qn )●The X consists of a park at street level, square pools

with the water level 30 feet below street level, fed by waterfalls along the walls. At the centers of the pools are square parts which are further recessed, and in which the water flows.

●Visitors can descend to an underground space around the pool, behind the waterfall; through a curtain of water they can look at the pool. Surrounding the pool, between the visitors and the waterfall, is a low stone parapet. The names of the Z would be inscribed in it, in random order

●In addition there is a Y Museum, also underground.

●What is being described?

●Qn)

●Once he had come to the land of his ancestors to participate in a historic ceremony conducted beneath a sacred tree in the gold-mining village of Krindjabo, populated by the Agni tribe and located near Abidjan, Ivory Coast. As the village people stood in admiration, Amon N' Djaolk, the traditional tribal chief of Krindjabo, placed a crown of gold upon his and pronounced him “King of Sani"..

●Once when he came off the plane in Gabon, he was greeted by an excited, screaming crowd who carried a banner that proclaimed: "Welcome Home _______.“ According to African spokespersons It was a triumph in which he drew more spectators in Gabon than Nelson Mandela and more in the Ivory Coast than the Pope

●In Greek mythology ____ was a beautiful nymph fond

of woods and hills. She had only one drawback, she

was very fond of talking. In any chat or argument the

last word was hers.

●One day Juno was seeking Jupiter, who was busy with

other nymphs. ______ was assigned to delay juno

with her talk so that the nymphs could escape in time.

Now later when Juno found this , she cursed ____

saying ‘you shall still have the last word, but no power

to speak first.’

●Fill in the blanks?