23-05-2005, 08:35 PM
long time since i posted a quiz on this..hope it doesnt get massacred
1. [history]he was an important party member of the communists during the time of Stalin, his name signifies a tool which can be used for hammering nails. we can remember his name in another explosive manner too :wink:
2. [fiction]this is a boy who specialises in arts which are beyond us. four manuscripts bearing his name have already appeared...and he is not he-whom-everybody-knows
3. [history] this fellow was a king..however Plato called him "great". his line was defeated by a person, the whole world acknowledges as great now. which king am i referring to ?
4. [fiction]this author was a thriller writer. his books have a particular way of being titled. only one book is named differently. name the book/author.
5. [fiction]where would u find the expression "curiouser and curiouser"
6. [fiction]this pulitzer prize winning author has written a lot about atolls of the pacific. (although his novels are bound to be sweeping historical tomes) he calls these islands "paradise". whom am i talking about?
7. [history] probably the most famous mutiny ever on a british ship.origially bound for a cargo of breadfruit saplings, this ship seemed to deadlier cargo in store

innumerable books/movies have been made for it..and we still dont know for sure, about the victim/culprit. identify the event.
8. connect [6] & [7]
cheers
QE