Here are a few questions from a quiz I conducted yesterday.
1. Who, in an Oscar acceptance speech made in 2003, said, "Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And, whenever you've got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up"?
2. All the following expressions mean the same thing. What?
"Assumed room temperature"
"Promoted to subterranean truffle inspector"
"Turned his toes up"
3. According to Hindu tradition and belief (as I have said before, I don't like the phrase "Hindu mythology"), who was able to spend time with her husband only from dawn to dusk?
(Hint: There is a temple dedicated to her in Manali in Northern India)
4. The most popular product of this company was launched in the late 1880s. At one point of time, this company was the largest industrial buyer of silver in the world. Which company are we talking about?
5. What does the internet abbreviation "DILLIGAD" stand for?
Hint:
6. In 2007, India decided to allow the import of Harley Davidson motorcycles from the US in exchange for being allowed to export what to America?
7. The name of which sport, included for the first time in the Asian games in Beijing in 1990, originated from an expression that means "holding hands"?
8. What is common to the movies Bawarchi, Shatranj Ke Khilari, Lagaan, Parineeta and Jodha Akbar?
9. Which four letter word means "sound" as well as "shade"?
10. Who comes next in the sequence?
Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, ____________
11. Which board game was originally known as "Mokshapat"?
12. Which cartoon character appeared on the cover as well as the centerfold of Playboy magazine?
FYI, all the above questions were answered by the participants. I'll put up the answers in the comments section in a couple of days.
The answers:
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2. They all mean that a person has died.
3. Hidimba (Hidimbi), wife of Bhima, mother of Ghatotkacha, who could spend time with Bhima only from dawn to dusk because during the nights he was guarding his brothers and mother when they were in the forests.
4. Eastman Kodak
5. "Do I Look Like I Give A Damn?", words famously spoken by Daniel Craig as James Bond in "Casino Royale" when a bartender asked him whether he would like his martini shaken or stirred.
6. Mangoes
7. Kabaddi, from Tamil/Malayalam "kai pidi" meaning "hold hands"
8. In all these movies, Amitabh Bachchan was the narrator
9. Tone
10. Sarah Palin (all losing Vice Presidential candidates from 1992 - 2008)
11. Snakes and Ladders
12. Marge Simpson