Anyways,here we go! In case of pictures,click them to enlarge.
As usual,send in your entries to prithwish.nath@gmail.com , or you can just scrap me at orkut (this is not preferable,because that would make cheating much easier)
Prize for this week's edition :- "The Lost World" - Arthur Conan Doyle (e-book)
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Winner : Sourav Bhunia (7+1 TB) Congrats! What a debut !
Debkalpa Goswami - 7
Sourav Bhunia - 7 (+1 TB)
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TIEBREAKER 1 : Comment on this picture :
Ans : Green Day as seen in the 2007 movie adaptation of the legendary TV Show "The Simpsons" -
They performed a "punk-rock"-ed version of the Simpsons Theme Song
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Beatlemania/Music + Technology ANSWERS
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1. The Beatles borrowed something irreplaceable in 1960 from Gerry Marsden and the Pacemakers, never to return the thing taken. Name.
Ans: Ringo Starr
2. The first few editions (60's 70's) of this annual publication used to contain the following information:- Top national headline, top international headline, top trend, top sports headline, top motion pictures, top TV show, top book, top debut etc. Name this publication.
Ans: Billboard Hot 100
3. When and what,and for which song - the last time Beatles won a grammy?(part marking,0.33 X 3)
Ans : 1995 - "Free As A Bird" - Best Pop Performance by a Group with Vocals
4. Who was the music teacher of Laxmikant Kudalkar, to whom he dedicated a song to in one of his movies?
Ans: Anthony Gonsalves......heard the song?
5. Who was the first DJ to play live at an Olympic Games opening ceremony? (HINT : At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens)
Ans: DJ Tiesto
6. Identify him.
Ans: Eric Clapton
7. Identify the Operating System (obviously,this isn't Windows!)
Ans: Solaris
8. When line drawing algorithms were first implemented, it was observed that oblique lines had ugly jagged edges. This problem was termed as the...?
Ans: Staircase Effect....easy,we studied this in Class IV
9. Identify this company (by it's logo below),which caters mostly to other gaming/3D Animation companies or enthusiasts.
Ans: AlienWare
10. Identify this (in)famous device...! [NOTE : Picture has been photoshopped to remove any identification marks,by your's truly]
Ans: Apple Newton - the world's first PDA....which was a programming disaster
