Topic : Krazy Picks Vol.I ANSWERS

Krazy Picks Vol.1: ANSWERS
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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" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!