TOPIC : Krazy Picks Vol. V

TOPIC : "Krazy Picks" Volume. V
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PRIZE : "Just Like You Imagined" - Nine Inch Nails (OST of the film "The 300")

WINNER : ARIJIT SIR

Debkalpa : 6.5 /10 (+3 TB)
Arijit Sir : 6.5 / 10 (+3 TB,WON BY "DEAD ON ARRIVAL" RULES)
Sourav : 3 / 10

TIE-BREAKER #1:- Identify this Italian philosopher/novelist :-


Answer: Umberto Eco

TIEBREAKER #2 :- This is the official logo of which community?



Answer: The Hacker Community

TIEBREAKER #3 [SUDDEN DEATH]:- What is,till date,the longest running Sci-Fi TV Series?

Answer : Dr.Who

TIEBREAKER #4 [***+DEAD ON ARRIVAL+***]:- Who is this ?



Answer : Frank Zappa

TIEBREAKER #5 [***+DEAD ON ARRIVAL+***]:-
What do the characters(fictional,lucklily!) Samara Morgan and Sadako Yamamura have in common?

Answer : Both are essentially the same character,Samara Morgan is from the movie "The Ring",the American adaptation of the Japanese Horror film "Ringu" (also the novel of same name) , while Sadako Yamamura is from the original.

NOTE: "Ringu" was the only film that REALLY scared me,and - don't laugh - robbed
a night's worth of sleep from me..HEY! I SAID NOT TO LAUGH! I was only 11 then....
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Send your entries to prithwish.nath@gmail.com,Happy quizzing,all~!
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1. "The city so nice they named it twice" - Name it.

Ans: New York City

2. Which island was known as "Navigator’s Islands" before the 20^th century?

Ans: Samoa

3. What do the following places have in common:-

San Diego,Orleans,Venice,Newcastle,Manchester

Ans: All codenames of AMD Athlon 64 CPU's

4. Which was the shortest war in history?

Ans: Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896,Zanzibar surrendered in 38 minutes

5. While bidding on Ebay.com, if you got “sniped”, what happened to you?

Ans: You got outbidden in the last few seconds of an auction(often done deliberately by "snipers" to avoid competition/bidding war) (I have deducted 0.5 marks for this question....you guys should have read the language of the question PROPERLY and ANSWER ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE~!!)

6. Which cricketer is credited with the invention of the “Doosra” and “Teesra”?

Ans: Saqlain Mushtaq/Muthaiya Muralitharan

7. Identify the place.

Ans: Westminster Abbey

8. Identify the place.

Ans: The NYC Capitol Building

9. Identify this famous singer/songwriter.

Ans: Johnny Cash

10.Which Italian mathematician,better known for his EXTREMELY accurate future predictions, predicted his own death in 1576, right down to the exact hour,and when the time came, he was still healthy, so he committed suicide to prove himself right?

Ans: Geronimo Cardano