Topic : Krazy Picks Vol.IV ANSWERS

Krazy Picks Volume IV ANSWERS
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Send your entries to prithwish.nath@gmail.com,or prithwish_nath@rediffmail.com

Winner: Arjit Sir (5.5 correct answers)
Other Entries : Saptamendu (4 correct answers,including all 3 mistakes from last question)
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1. Yo man,wat eggsactly iz "Engrish" ?
Ans : Grammatically incorrect variation of English,caused due to bad translation from (mostly eastern i.e. Chinese,Japanese,Korean,etc.) foreign languages

2. What was the earliest "P2P" or Peer-To-Peer system in widespread use?
Ans: Usenet(Users exchanged news articles with each other)

3. Name 2 Bond films which are not considered part of the 21-film series(i.e. they were unofficial)
Ans: Never Say Never Again & Casino Royale

4. What was Pierce Brosnan forbidden to do,after signing the 4-film contract,playing James Bond?
Ans: He was forbidden to wear a tuxedo(a type of suit) in any film he would appear(other than a 007 film)

5. What is the full form of the police unit S.W.A.T ?
Ans: Special Weapons And Tactics

6. Which was Nokia's only N-Series mobile phone that did not follow conventional N-Series naming?
Ans: The N-GAGE

7. According to Yann Martel,his 2002 Booker Prize winning novel would make the reader believe in what?
Ans: God

8. Which novel's subtitle/tagline was "....to say nothing of the dog.." ?
Ans: Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

9. What do these 3 people have in common?
Ans: They all have been made fun of by Eminem in his songs !!

FRED DURST (Lead Singer of Limp Bizkit)


JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE


MICHAEL JACKSON

10. This is a news broadcast from the year 2130 A.D. :-

"This just in,the terrorist group Al-Whatevera-Zaed detonated the AntiMatter Bomb,stolen from the CERN facility,just west of Geneva,as their demands to release their fellow comrades from the Alcatraz Prison was not met...It is reported almost half the population of New York City has been wiped out in the blast,and the poisonous fumes and other products formed as a reaction from the blast are slowly killing many more.We go live now to the Pentagon,where the President is currently being briefed on the situation...the President will be making his address to the citizens of America shortly, from there..."

Find out the errors,if any,from the above extract.
Ans: There are 3 factual errors :-

1.The Alcatraz Prison has no longer been used as a prison since 1969(much like India's Cellular Jail)

2.When Anti-matter reacts with Matter(i.e. Anti-Matter bomb explosion) it releases energy with 100% efficiency,and no byproducts,residual,poisonous matter is created.

3.The President MUST make any kind of address to the people from the WHITE HOUSE,not from anywhere else

Topic : Entertainment ANSWERS

Topic : Entertainment
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Winner : Saptamendu Goswami (7 Correct)
Runner Up: Debkalpa Goswami (6 Correct)
Others: Arijit Sir (3 correct)
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1.In the world of entertainment,what is the "Fourth Wall" ?
Ans: An imaginary/invisible wall that separates the real world(of the audience) from the world of the play/movie/game

2.Taking inflation into account,what is the highest grossing film of all time?
Ans: Gone With The Wind($2,699,710,936 worldwide.Highest grossing film without inflation,The Titanic - $1,865,000,000 worldwide)
Taking inflation into account,the Titanic grossed $2,245,078,963 worldwide

3.Which tennis player was "cartoonized" for his special guest apperance in an episode of the cartoon TV series "The Simpsons"?
Ans: Pete Sampras,Venus Williams,Serena Williams(any one)

4.If you are an avid gamer,you should get this easily. What is the most common assumption that can be made if a movie is made from a game? Gamers have termed it the "Golden Rule Of Game-To-Movie adaptations". Examples of such adaptations : Resident Evil,Bloodrayne,House Of The Dead,and most (in)famously,Doom,which starred "The Rock" Dwayne Johnson.

HINT: The only such movie that did not follow the "golden rule" was "Silent Hill"

Ans: Movie's storyline would be changed,resembling nothing close to the original story of the game.(Silent Hill followed the original story 99%)

Doom was considered one of the biggest game-to-movie disappointments ever,greatly upsetting Doom(game) fans.(Including me)
Considering this info,here's a depressing piece of news: Movies of great games like Max Payne,Far Cry,Halo,Diablo,Dead Or Alive will be released in the future...(let's keep out fingers crossed,shall we?)

5.Which Bond villain had stainless steel teeth that could bite through virtually anything?(But failed to bite through Bond's throat as he electrocuted them~!)
Ans: Jaws (he is not from 'Goldfinger' !! He appears in "The Spy Who Loved Me" & "Moonraker")

6.Identify him.
Ans: Freddy Krueger,villain from "Nightmare On Elm Street" series

7.Name the film.
Ans: Scream

8.Identify him.
Ans: "This is THE MAAASK~!!!!!"

9.Identify him.
Ans: Michael Myers,villain from "Halloween" series

10.Identify him.
Ans: THE PRINCE OF PERSIA ~!!!

Krazy Picks Vol. III ANSWERS

Krazy Picks Vol.III ANSWERS
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Winner: Debkalpa Goswami(5/10)
Runner Up:Arijit Sir(4/10)
Other Entries:Saptamendu Goswami(1/10)
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1.In which country,are the students legally authorised to write answers in SMS Language?
Ans: To say in SMS Language,"GR8 BRI10" (That's England)

2.He has received 45 Academy Award nominations, an accomplishment surpassed only by Walt Disney.He also composed the music for all 6 star wars films, Superman, Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and the first three Harry Potter movies.Who is he?
Ans: John Williams

3.Which Finnish band made the opera metal/symphonic metal genre popular worldwide?
Ans: One of my favourite bands...Nightwish

4.Which horror writer was the creator of the Cthulu group of mythos,and also the fictional book known as "Necromicon",which was the gateway of the dead into the living world?
Ans: Howard Phillips Lovecraft

5.What do Frederic Kreuger,Jason Vorhees,and Michael Myers have in common?

Ans:They are all demonical/supernatural serial killers of the "slasher horror" genre of films(movies in which a group of people are stalked and killed off one by one by a maniac)
The movies:-
Freddy Krueger : Nightmare On Elm Street (series)
Jason Vorhees: Friday The 13th (series)
Michael Myers: Halloween(series)

6.Let's imagine that the crew of a ship are on the verge of a mutiny.But the captain then gives the order to "Splice The Mainbrace!" and the mutiny is prevented for the time being.What did the captain mean?
Ans: Have a drink

7.Black hats,White hats,and Grey hats are "species" of what?
Ans: Hackers

8.Identify the band
Ans: Godsmack
9.Identify the band
Ans: Weezer

10.This grant caused quite an outroar from many of the world's leading Software companies,but in the end it was the world's many people who benefited.Actually brought about for a free OS based on UNIX,this grant/license allows programmers to distribute their programmes for free,gives all recipients of a program the right to run, copy, modify and distribute it, while forbidding them from imposing further restrictions on any copies they distribute,effectively giving rise to what we call "Freeware".What am I talking about?
Ans: The GNU Public License (remember the license screen you have to say" I agree" while installing every freeware?)

Topic : Krazy Picks Vol.II ANSWERS

Krazy Picks Vol.2
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Send your entries to prithwish_nath@rediffmail.com !~
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Winner: Arijit Sir (6 /10)
Runner Up: Debkalpa (4 / 10)
Other Entrants: Saptamendu Goswami (3 /10)
Abhishek Das (1 / 10)

Just a small request,I would encourage others to participate in this quiz,every week it just comes down to Arjit Sir and Debkalpa...this gets boring after a while...so,if you know someone who is interested in quizzing,tell them about this quiz,so the competition will be better! Just remember this request,and happy quizzing to all !
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1.Which famous drink is made using only Worcestershire Sauce and Tomatoes?
Ans: The Bloody Mary

2.Henry Ford asked Thomas Alva Edison to design what for the Model T Ford,the world's first car?
Ans: The Battery of the car

3.Why is Emile Gabborio held in high regard in literature?
Ans: Gave rise to a new genre of literature....Private Detective/Mystery

4.If a cricket umpire extends his one arm,and makes a round motion in the air with it in front of him,what does it indicate?
Ans: Start of a powerplay

5.Which bowler got 10 wickets(in one innings) the maximum number of times in cricket?(Question isn't wrong)
Ans: A.P.F. Freeman..inspite being a superb bowler,he was never selected for the English national team for the Ashes!

6.Which word is used to denote the food of the gods?
Ans: "AMBROSIA"

7.Who or what is a "Pachyderm" ?
Ans: "Pachyderm" or "Pachydermata" refers to ungulates,mainly elephants

8.Name the best selling E-Book author of all time.
Ans: Dan Brown

9.Which is the only Sherlock Holmes story in which the true murderer could not be legally persecuted?
Ans: Silver Blaze(as the killer was a horse)...the question is wrong...I forgot about Hound Of Baskervilles......

10.What is common to the rivers Acheron,Cocytus,Phlegethon,Lethe,and Styx ?
Ans: In Greek mythology,these rivers are all entrants to the underworld,at the boundary of earth and Hades(that's 'Hell' in Greek)

Topic : Krazy Picks Vol.I ANSWERS

Krazy Picks Vol.1: ANSWERS
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Send your entries to prithwish_nath@rediffmail.com

Winner: Arijit Sir(6 Correct)
Runner up: Debkalpa(5 Correct)

Prize for this week : The book : "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" -Ian Fleming
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1. In Hindu mythology,whose other name is "Maruti" ?(not 800!!)
Ans: Hanuman

2."There are a pair of rabbits in a garden. Now,if they produce a pair of babies at the end of every month,and the babies reach adulthood in 2 months,how many pair of rabbits would be there in the garden at the end of a year?" No, don't worry,I'm not asking you to solve this,but a certain mathematician,to solve this problem,created something (which was named after him) which is held in high regard in mathematics.What is it?
Ans: The Fibonacci Sequence

3.Complete this : Feluda - Topshe :: Byomkesh Bakshi - ?
Ans: Ajit

4.According to Greek mythology,how did misery/pain/chaos come into the world?
Ans: When Pandora opened the box which she held.

5.Who is a "Consipiracy Theorist" ?
Ans: A person who tries to explain some incident as a secret plan...
E.g.1. "The Da Vinci Code" is about the world's best known conspiracy theories.
2.UFO crash landing ocurred in Roswell
3.UFO's and dead bodies of aliens are being preserved,and R&D going on based on alien technology,at Area 51
Search Wikipedia or Google for more.



6.The books "Health & Fitness" and "Indian Summers" have something in common.What is it?
Ans: Both were written by Indian Cricket Team coaches(John Wright & Greg Chappell respectively)

7.Which was Bruce Lee's first movie which was originally in English (i.e. it was filmed in english,not dubbed later)?
Ans: Enter The Dragon

8."Catch-as-catch-can","Graeco-Roman","Garbage",and "Lucha-Libre" are varieties of which sport?
Ans: Wrestling (Catch-as-Catch-can and Graeco Roman are technical/strategical in nature,while Garbage wrestling involves the use of weapons,and dangerous environments,and involves a lot of violence.Lucha Libre is traditional Mexican high-flying/technical wrestling)

9.Actor David Arquette has never won an Academy Award,but has won something which is yet unachieved by any other professional actor/actress.What am I talking about?
Ans: He is the only non-professional wrestler to win a Wrestling Championship.He contested in a match in the (now out of business) wrestling federation World Championship Wrestling(WCW) and won their World Championship in that match.

10.In 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the english language withing 24 hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write a certain word on walls around the city of Dublin.Within a day,the word became extremely popular with the people,and it even acquired some meaning among the people.What was this word (which we frequently use today) ?
Ans: Don't fall out of your seat!!!....The answer is "QUIZ" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Topic : Computers / Tech ANSWERS

COMPUTERS/TECH : ANSWERS
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As usual,send entries to prithwish_nath@rediffmail.com

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Prize for this week : The song:-

"This Is Extreme!(ECW Theme)" by Harry Slash & The Slashtones

Winner : Arijit Sir(8 correct answers)
Other Entries : Debkalpa(7 correct answers)
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1.Why is the programming language JAVA named "JAVA" ?
Correct answer: "Java" was the favourite brand of coffee of the programmers of Java.

Other answers which I have considered correct:--

1.Java was created by James Gosling, Arthur VanHoff, Andy Bechtolsheim. The name is thus the first letters, J of James, A and V of Arthur Van Hoff and A of Andy

2. Just Another Vague Acronym

NOTE:-The name Java was coined at a local coffee shop frequented by some of the members. It is not clear whether the name is an acronym or not; although some accounts claim that it stands for the names of James Gosling, Arthur Van Hoff, and Andy Bechtolsheim, or Just Another Vague Acronym, it is generally accepted that "Java" does not stand for anything. Lending credence to the idea that Java owes its name to the products sold at the coffee shop is the fact that the first 4 bytes (the so-called "Magic number") of any class file are, in hexadecimal, 0xCAFEBABE..."CAFE"...this piece of information,along with the fact that "Java" was the favourite brand of coffee of the programmers,was the reason why "JAVA" was named so.

2.PCI,AGP,and PCI-X are the varieties of which computer peripheral?
Answer: Graphics Cards

3.What are the two biggest rival companies manufacturing/developing gaming consoles?
Answer: Sony(Playstation) & Microsoft(X-Box)

4.Name a third generation gaming console other than the Playstation 1.
Answer:Nintendo 64 & Sega Saturn

5.How does MP3 differ from WAV?
Answer: 1 min. of audio on MP3 takes about 1 MB,while 1 min. on WAV takes atleast 10 MB
( because MP3 removes the frequencies inaudible to the human ear, while WAV retains them)
-explanation courtesy of Arijit Sir

6.What is the "E3"?
Answer: Electronic Entertainment Expo - world's largest technology exhibition/trade fair, held annually in the USA

7.How is the famous Michelangelo connected to computers?
Answer: 'Michelangelo' is a computer virus
POINT OF INTEREST: 'Anna Kournikova' is also related in the same way~!

8.Most commonly used computer mice are USB,PS/2,combo,etc.We know what USB is,but what is the full form of PS/2 ?
Answer: (IBM) Personal System/2

9.What are "Qwerty" and "Azerty" ?
Answer: Keyboards

10.In power form,how many gigabytes make up one petabyte?
Answer: 1024 to the power 2 GB = 1048576 GB (more accurate)
or
10 to the power 6 = 1000000 GB

Cartoons/Comics/Superheroes ANSWERS

imkComics,Cartoons,and Superheroes
Topical Quiz -ANSWERS
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Prize for this week : None(sorry!They'll be back next week)

Winner:-Saptamendu Goswami (9 correct answers+Bonus)

Other Entries:-

Debkalpa Goswami(7 correct answers+Bonus)
Arijit Sir(6 correct answers)
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1.What are the cartoons"DragonBall Z","Get Backers","Full Metal
Alchemist",'Naruto","Rockman EXE",etc.known as?
Answer: "Anime"(Japanese Animation)

2.Frank Castle is better known among criminals by what name?
Answer: "The Punisher"

3. Name Superman's father.
Answer: "Jor-El"

What weapon does Wolverine(one of the X-Men) use?
Answer: His Adamantium Claws

5.Of all the superheroes created till date,who is the only blind one?
Answer: "DareDevil"

6.Identify the superhero(go to http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1sk7.jpg)
Answer: "DareDevil"

7.Identify the superhero(go to http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2cs1.jpg)
Answer: "Captain America"

8.Identify the superhero(go to http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3fc2.jpg)
Answer: "The Hulk"

9.Identify the superhero(go to http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4vv6.jpg)
Answer: "The Punisher"

10.Identify the comics/cartoon(go to http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5uj6.jpg)
Name all the characters visible here(excepting the dragon & the cloud) for a special bonus prize.
Answer:- Comics/Cartoon - DragonBall Series
Characters(From Left) - Gohan,Bulma,Krillin,Chi-Chi,Goku,Piccolo
Point Of Interest : The Cloud is "Nimbus" and the dragon is "Shen-Long"

NOTICE

I can't update this site right now due to my half-yearly exams.But don't worry,The Krazy Kid shall be back in a few weeks!

Topic : Music ANSWERS

Send your entries to prithwish_nath@rediffmail.com , along with names of 2 books you would like as prize.If you win,I'll send the books to you via e-mail.Also,those who come second will get 1 book as prize.

1st Place: Arijit Sir(6/11)
2nd Place:Debkalpa Goswami(5.5/11)(penalised)

1.We all know what 'music' is..but..what exactly is 'muzak' ?
Answer:Soft music playing in elevators,railway stations,airports,etc.

2.What was the first ever single to be sold online?(it was a 99 cent pay-download)
Answer:"Electric Barbarella" -Duran Duran

3.Which controversial artist calls himself the "Antichrist Superstar"?
Answer:Marilyn Manson

4.What is Madonna's FULL NAME?
Answer: Madonna Louise Ciccone

5.Which song,sung first by Jim Steinman,remade/resung by Celine Dion,and just recently Meatloaf,have all been chart toppers?
Answer:"It's All Coming Back To Me Now"

6.If you're a rock fan,yet never listened to Led Zeppelin,what are fans,as well as the rock community most likely to tell you?(one sentence)
Answer:"You haven't got the 'LED OUT'"

7.What is the full form of the music style 'R&B'? (E.g. of R&B Artists:-Mary J.Blige,Mariah Carey,Jennifer Lopez,Gwen Stefani)
Answer:Rhythm & Blues

8.Which Red Hot Chilli Peppers' latest song has been accused of being plagiarised(copied) from "Mary Jane's Last Dance",the hit song by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers?
Answer:"Dani California"

9.On February 13th,2004,astronomers at Harvard discovered a celestial body which looked like "A CARBON STAR".Which famous song was this star named after?(Hint:think of an insect)
Answer:Named "Lucy" after "Lucy In The Sky(with Diamonds)" -Beatles

10.If a normal remix is named like this:-"Smooth Criminal(Remix) -Michael Jackson",if the band 'Queen' did the remix,how would they name it?(It's not that simple)
Answer:All Queen remixes are called "Rah-mix"
E.g."Smooth Criminal" (Rah-Mix)

11.Which song had 45 Musicians,21 Vocalists(singers),was broadcast live on telivision,then hit the stores as a compilation on March 7th,1985,was played on April 5th that year on over 5000 radio stations SIMULTANEOUSLY(at the same time),became #1 US Single and remained for 4 weeks,and earned $50 million for a certain charity from album,song,video,and revenue sales? (If you're a true music fan,you should answer this,there are too many hints)
Answer:"We Are The World"

Topic : Quotes & Taglines ANSWERS

Quotes and Movie Slogans/Taglines quiz------------------------------------------

Official Winner:-None(1 entry only)
Unofficial Winner:-Debkalpa Goswami(2 Correct Answers)

Answers:-
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You have to identify the people who said the quoted lines.For the taglines,identify the movie.

Remember,quotes can also be by fictional characters!


1."I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Answer:Martin Luther King Jr. (his famous "I have a dream" speech)

2. "I lied to myself that it was over. I was still alive, my loved ones were still dead. It wasn't over."
Answer:Max Payne(from Max Payne 2)

3. "Oh, come and stir my cauldron,
And if you do it right
I'll boil you up some hot, strong love
To keep you warm tonight."

Answer:Celestina Warbeck(song from HP Book 6 Half Blood Prince)

4.“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.”
Answer:APJ Abdul Kalam

5."God created the Heavens, he created the earth! He created all the Hulkamaniacs! Then, he created a set of 24-inch pythons, brother!" What'cha gonna do...What'cha gonna do...when the 24-inch pythons run wild on you?"
Answer:Hulk Hogan(professional wrestler)

6."Of every album I have listened to, the best of the year by far has been 'Invincible'. Michael Jackson deserves a lot more credit than he is getting, one of the most influential performers of all time."
Answer:Eminem!

7."I love the whole world of dance, because dancing is really the emotions through bodily movement. And however you feel, you just bring out that inner feeling through your mood. A lot of people don't think about the importance of it, but there's a whole psychological thing to just letting loose. Dancing is important, like laughing, to back off tension. Escapism...it's great."
Answer:Michael Jackson!

8."A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." Identify the movie.
Answer:Star Wars

9."The question of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered." Identify the movie.
Answer:Independence Day

10."When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth." Identify the Movie.
Answer:Dawn Of The Dead

Weekly Topical Quiz

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Prithwish Nath,AKA The Krazy Kid (in Radical Wrestling Federation)

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