Topic : Entertainment ANSWERS

Topic : Entertainment
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Send your answers to prithwish.nath@gmail.com,or to prithwish_nath@rediffmail.com
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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)