[thyisthyname]

hey guys me had to ask this one... my friend asked me when she read this week's outlook mag

what is so special about the movie ' DEEPTHROAT '

P.S..... mods plz do not ban me for giving the answer to this question

[shrikanthk]

Originally Posted by thyisthyname

hey guys me had to ask this one... my friend asked me when she read this week's outlook mag

what is so special about the movie ' DEEPTHROAT '

P.S..... mods plz do not ban me for giving the answer to this question

Not sure abt this.
DEEPTHROAT was a porn movie in the 70's.
The anonymous person who tipped off Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstien about the Watergate scandal was also nicknamed DEEPTHROAT.

[thyisthyname]

Originally Posted by shrikanthk

Not sure abt this.
DEEPTHROAT was a porn movie in the 70's.
The anonymous person who tipped off Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstien about the Watergate scandal was also nicknamed DEEPTHROAT.

Yes yes..... it IS and not was and a fairly recent one at that ........ i cannot hold it any longer

it is the highest grossing porn movie ever.... 600 million dollars...pretty cool

[neeti]

James Earl Jones has given the voice to death vader in star wars III, done the verizon commercial(verizon n AT&T have tied up,rite) as well as CNN(the commercial which said "This is CNN....")

[thyisthyname]

Originally Posted by neeti

James Earl Jones has given the voice to death vader in star wars III, done the verizon commercial(verizon n AT&T have tied up,rite) as well as CNN(the commercial which said "This is CNN....")

he did the at and t commercials too..... some time back ......james earl jones it is... the voice of darth vader in ALL the star wars..... the voice of cnn also

damn.. gotta think of a better question next time

[donB]

Originally Posted by donB

ok here is a good one...Prince Charles is first in line to the British Throne. But Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip also has a claim...what is his number?

well no one seems to want to answer this!! the no is 558!!

[brat]

Originally Posted by donB

Henry IX. He is currently HRH Prince Henry of Wales

yup...henry IX it is......wonder if he'll be as colourful as the last henry?

[QuintEssence]

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

[CATCALL]

Originally Posted by QuintEssence

5. [fiction]where would u find the expression "curiouser and curiouser"

5. Alice in wonderland

[neeti]

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]




7.famous of all mutinies-the British HMS Bounty
... Fletcher Christian led the mutineers of the British ship HMS Bounty to the island of Pitcairn in polynesia. The voyage was undertaken to obtain a large number of breadfruit plantings to be taken to the Caribbean where they would be transplanted to provide food for the slaves in those colonies.

8.Tales of the South Pacific
This first of the big James Michener novels, set in World War II Polynesia, won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1948

9.both events related to polynesia