- 1. The Gun Powder Quiz 5th Nov 2013Sandesh | Pranshumaan
2. #1. This scene featuring Justus D. Barnes appears at the end
of The Great Train Robbery. What did it inspire? 3. 1. Gun Barrel
Sequence 2. The ending to Goodfellas 4. #2. Regarding the etymology
of X, one version says that X was first used in Europe against the
rule of the Capetian House of Anjou on 30 March, 1282. X is
supposedly the acronym for Death to France, Italy Ahead, or Death
to France, Italy Begs. What is X? 5. Mafia 6. #3. ID the man on the
extreme left, the inspiration behind a couple of Bollywood movies.
7. Haji Mastan 8. #4. ___________ (1996) (made into movie, 1999)
Survivor (1999) Invisible Monsters (1999) Choke (2001) (made into
movie, 2008) Lullaby (2002) Diary (2003) Haunted (2005) Rant (2007)
Snuff (2008) Pygmy (2009) Tell-All (2010) Damned (2011) Invisible
Monsters Remix (2012) Doomed (2013)Id the missing first name. 9.
#5. Finish the quote: 10. #6. The website of this prominent Indian
political party got hacked on 2nd November. Which party? 11. AIADMK
12. #7. The design studio Wowmakers, based at Start Up Village,
Kochi, on September 28, 2013; proposed Anonymous India (the Indian
arm of the global Anonymous movement) to use Xs face, as an
alternative to Guy Fawkes. ID X. 13. #8. What has been blanked out?
14. #9. In 2009, making its way around the Web was this photo of
Chinese artist Chen Wenlings new sculpture, entitled "What You See
Might Not Be Real." The work, then on display in a Beijing gallery,
is said to be "a critique of the global financial crisis with the
bull representing the golden bull of Wall Street and the man pinned
to the wall representing the jailed financier ___________. FITB.
15. Bernie Madoff 16. #10. The jindun gongcheng or The Golden
Shield is the censorship and surveillance project operated by the
Ministry of Public Security division of the Chinese Government.
Through this program, the government has censored websites
belonging to outlawed prodemocracy groups and others covering
police brutality, Tiananmen protests of 1989, Chinese edition of
BBC News etc. Relaxations were allowed during the 2008 Olympics.
How do we better know jindun gongcheng? 17. #11. My God, Help Me to
Survive this Deadly Love is a painting by Dmitri Vrubel. Created in
1990, the painting depicts Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker
kissing. The painting was destroyed in 2009, and Vrubel was
commissioned to repaint the piece. What was special about the site
of the painting? 18. Mural on the Berlin Wall 19. #12. ID the
artist. 20. Banksy 21. #13. Inspiration behind what? 22. Saving
Private Ryan 23. #14. The world according to? 24. Nineteen
Eighty-Four 25. #15. ______ was here is an American popular culture
expression that became popular during World War II. Its origins are
debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle a
bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a
prominent nose peeking over a wall with the fingers of each hand
clutching the wall became associated with GIs in the 1940s. The
Guardian noted in 2000 that several readers had told them that "Mr.
Chad" was based on a diagram representing an electrical circuit.
FITB 26. #16. ID the iconic poster. 27. Woodstock 28. #17. What
connects these two? 29. World's most prolific killers Behram An
Indian Thug, holds the record for most murders by a single
individual. He strangled 931 people between 1790-1840 with a piece
of yellow & white cloth, called Rumal Elizabeth Bthory The
similar record by a woman. However, the count is 610. And the era
is 1560-1614. 30. #18. Game Anyone? Not many people have heard of
Macaulay Honors College, a school in New York City with 1770
students & just one athletic team: The Marauders. It qualified
for a recent world cup. Which game ? 31. Quidditch Sixth Annual
World Cup held in Kissimmee, Florida 32. #19. Who is he ? Some of
the aliases he has used are: Matches Malone Ragman Detective Hawke
Sir Hemingford Grey Frank Dixon Dr. Fledermaus 33. Hint Matches
Malone To get into places Ragman Homeless Man that lives on streets
Detective Hawke To gain trust of people who would talk to cops Sir
Hemingford Grey Uses to purchase land Frank Dixon To get under the
cover of a normal person Dr. Fledermaus To get full access of
people who have been locked at the asylum 34. #20. Whats that
Effect ? X is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove or
censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of
publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the
Internet. 35. Streisand effect: It is named after American
entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt in 2003 to suppress
photographs of her residence inadvertently generated further
publicity. 36. #21. Veteran spy and soldier Nicholas had set out
plans for the organization X at some point after World War II, but
decided not to act since he felt the U.S. government would deny
such a request.A United Nations-based international group somehow
obtained the plans, and presented them to the U.S. government.
Nicholas recruitment to the post of executive director marked his
first knowledge of X's existence.While Nicholas acted as the
operational head of the agency, he reported to a twelve-member
council.X often operates as much as a covert agency as a
quasi-military one. Initially it is depicted as affiliated with the
United States government. Later, it was depicted as under the
jurisdiction of the United Nations, with vast technological
resources at its disposal. 37. SHIELD 38. #22. Which two movies are
referenced in this picture released by the White House on Twitter
39. Star Trek and Star Wars During a press conference about his
discussions with Congressional leaders to avoid the federal
spending cuts known as the sequester, President Obama said, I know
that this has been some of the conventional wisdom thats been
floating around Washington that somehow, even though most people
agree that Im being reasonable, that most people agree Im
presenting a fair deal, the fact that they dont take it means that
I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mind meld with these folks
and convince them to do whats right. 40. #23. Connect Basil
Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Frank Langella, Peter Cushing, John
Barrymore, James D'Arcy, Michael Caine, John Cleese, Peter Cook,
Rupert Everett, William Gillette, Stewart Granger, Charlton Heston,
Anthony Higgins, Raymond Massey, Roger Moore, John Neville, Leonard
Nimoy, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Nicol Williamson,
Christopher Lee, Hans Albers , Joaquim de Almeida , Alexander
Armstrong, Tom Baker , Keith Baxter , Nicholas Briggs, Clive Brook,
Hugo Flink, Matt Frewer, John Gielgud, Guy Henry, Carleton Hobbs,
Ronald Howard , Roger Llewellyn , Peter Lawford , Vasily Livanov,
John Longden , Patrick Macnee , Algimantas Masiulis , Clive
Merrison, Keith Michell, Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Jonny Lee Miller,
David Mitchell, Ron Moody , Alan Napier, Alwin Neuss, Eille Norwood
, Peter O'Toole, Reginald Owen, Michael Pennington, Robert Rendel,
Ian Richardson, Nicholas Rowe, Richard Roxburgh, George C. Scott,
Mack Sennett, Paul Singleton , Tod Slaughter , Robert Stephens, Ben
Syder, Robert Webb, Alan Wheatley, Geoffrey Whitehead, Paxton
Whitehead , Douglas Wilmer, Arthur Wontner, John Wood, Edward
Woodward, Igor Petrenko 41. Robert Downey Jr and Benedict
Cumberbacth complete the list 42. #24. Who In 1990 he founded The
Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film
preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation ,a
non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and restoration
of neglected world cinema +20/-10 He directed a music video for
"Bad", starring M.J. and co-starring one of the first appearances
of yetundiscovered Wesley Snipes, which was released in late 1987
+15/-5 43. Martin Scorsese 44. #25. FITB In English folklore, a
______ is a household spirit inhabiting fields, marshes or other
topographical features. It causes mischief and things to disappear,
milk to sour, and dogs to go lame. Always malevolent, the household
______will follow its family wherever they flee It is said that the
______ crawls into people's beds at night and puts a clammy hand on
their faces. Hanging a horseshoe on the door of a house and leaving
a pile of salt outside your bedroom are said to keep it away 45.
Boggart 46. #26. Remember it? X is a term in psychology which is
used to describe any familiar situation which is not recognized by
the observer. Y is similar to, but distinct from, the phenomenon
called tip of the tongue, a situation when someone cannot recall a
familiar word or name, but with effort one eventually recalls the
elusive memory. 47. X- Jamais vu - any familiar situation which is
not recognized by the observer. Y- Presque vu - a situation when
someone cannot recall a familiar word or name tip of the tongue Dj
vu - "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong
sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced
had been experienced in the past. 48. #27. It is common practice
for Political parties in this part of the India to own TV Channels.
Which unlikely entity owns Al Manar TV, which broadcasts shows such
as: Beit al-ankabut (The Spider's House) Hadith al-sa'a (Talk of
the Hour) Al-din wa al-hayat (Religion and Life) Nun wa al-qalam
(The 'Nun' and the Pen) 49. Hezbollah 50. #28. During the span of
its usage, the X has gone by several names. Some of these are The
National Razor, The Widow and The Patriotic Shortener. Antoine
Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry was subjected to the X,
after being charged with several offences, including selling
adulterated tobacco. What is X? 51. Guillotine 52. Free for All:
FITB A (3 letters) is the worlds largest advertising company by
revenues, with headquarters in London and Dublin. B is Executive
Chairman & National Creative Director of the Indian arm of C,
an international advertising and PR agency, which was acquired by A
(1989). B recently acted in the movie D, also starring E and F. E
received his bachelors degree in Economics from Jai Hind College,
Mumbai; and shot to limelight by starring in the G franchise of
films. B, during his tenure at C, mentored H, who has won two
National Film Awards, the first for movie I, and another for the
movie Chittagong (2013). Coincidentally, J starred in the movie I.
J and H worked together for the CannesWinning campaign K. J will be
seen in the next installment of G. 53. continued F is widely
regarded as the first of his kind in India. He produced Jhalak
Dikhla Jaa, the Indian version of Dancing With the Stars. L is Bs
sister, and starred in the Hindi Comedy Well Done Abba, directed by
M. M, a Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner is Ns uncle, who won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English, for O. O,
based on the novel of the same name by P tells the story of a
young, disillusioned Indian Civil Servant played by Q, who has
played in the ARFU Championship, playing both the scrum-half and
right-winger position. 54. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P QWPP plc
Piyush Pandey Ogilvy/ Ogilvy and Mather Madras Cafe John Abraham
Siddhartha Basu Dhoom Prasoon Joshi Taare Zameen Par Aamir Khan
Thanda Matlab Coca Cola Ila Arun Shyam Benegal Dev Benegal English
August Upmanyu Chatterjee Rahul Bose 55. #28. Long Connect: Give
the one word connect 56. Naxalism is the dominant/recurrent
theme
