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Chit-Chat / Your Interests Talk about your interests, ambitions, obsessions. Make friends over common interests - soccer, poetry or rock bands. It's time to lay back and relax, you don't have to make sense.

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My '?'s - 22-08-2005, 11:02 AM

Hey al!!!!

Wokay gues al d previous '?' s have been answrd....chalo bachchon nw sum frm moi ..as usual vry simmmmble!

1.] On which :bday: birthday did harry Potter learn of his magical powers :whatthat:

2.] The real name of whch South Indian Star iz Shivshankara Varaprasad

3.] Hw many sides does a dodecagon hv :whatthat:

4.] Temme wats a vexillologist interested in :whatthat: &

5.] Whch 1982 film used the maximum no. of xtras eva!! :whatthat:


:razz: :razz: answer answer :razz: :razz:

tataaaaaaaaaaaaa n ul take care....;-)

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22-08-2005, 11:10 AM

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Hey al!!!!

Wokay gues al d previous '?' s have been answrd....chalo bachchon nw sum frm moi ..as usual vry simmmmble!

2.] The real name of whch South Indian Star iz Shivshankara Varaprasad



:razz: :razz: answer answer :razz: :razz:

tataaaaaaaaaaaaa n ul take care....;-)

luv alwayzzzzzzzzz,
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22-08-2005, 02:57 PM

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Hey al!!!!

Wokay gues al d previous '?' s have been answrd....chalo bachchon nw sum frm moi ..as usual vry simmmmble!

1.] On which :bday: birthday did harry Potter learn of his magical powers :whatthat:

4.] Temme wats a vexillologist interested in :whatthat: &

5.] Whch 1982 film used the maximum no. of xtras eva!! :whatthat:


:razz: :razz: answer answer :razz: :razz:

tataaaaaaaaaaaaa n ul take care....;-)

luv alwayzzzzzzzzz,
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1. tenth?

4. flags :smile:

5. umm...Gandhi?


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22-08-2005, 03:51 PM

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Hey al!!!!

Wokay gues al d previous '?' s have been answrd....chalo bachchon nw sum frm moi ..as usual vry simmmmble!

1.] On which :bday: birthday did harry Potter learn of his magical powers :whatthat:

2.] The real name of whch South Indian Star iz Shivshankara Varaprasad

3.] Hw many sides does a dodecagon hv :whatthat:

4.] Temme wats a vexillologist interested in :whatthat: &

5.] Whch 1982 film used the maximum no. of xtras eva!! :whatthat:

well..just giving my shots!!
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2.chiranjeevi/rajnikant
3.12
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BTW, Many happy returns of the day chiru
well..same..happy returns of the day from me too man!!..btw..its ur bde!!
take care
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Ans to General Quiz 1 - 22-08-2005, 10:15 PM

Hi there,

Once again PG's seem to b gettn most things rite...Here r the answers in proper order though...

N try to ans the next quiz...

Regards,
Brij.





1. Which is the largest cantilever bridge in the world?

A. Quebec Bridge in Canada at 550m is the largest followed by Forth Bridge, Scotland at 521m...Howrah Bridge at 457m is the 5th largest in the world.


2. Which are 2 high profile sportsmen who have commited to travel to India in the month of October to participate in a peace rally to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary?

A. Evander Holyfield n Mike Jordan


3. Which famos talk show host owns the production firm 'Harpo Productions'?

A. Oprah Winfrey.


4. Who was the shuttle commander of the recently launched space shuttle by NASA, 'Discovery'?

A. Eileen Collins


5. What is 'Bulimia Nervosa'?

A. Bulimia Nervosa is a psychological eating disorder; the term literally means 'Nervus hunger of the Ox'...It involves behaviour wherein 1 wants to eat large amnt of food in short spans n then develops an urge to get rid of that food by vomitting/exercising so as to not gain weight.


6. With which sport would you associate Shiva Keshavan?

A. S.Keshavan wld b the sole representative frm India at the Winter Olympics in 2006 at Turin. The game - 'Luge'. Earlier he has reprsntd India in the winter games of '98 n 2002 as well.


7. Which was the 1st Indian Pharma firm to enter Canada?

A. Ranbaxy.


8. With which brand/firm would you associate 'Making more possible'?

A. ABN Amro


9. George W Bush is an alumnus of which US B-School?

A. Yes, it is Harvard.


10. Sachin Tendulkar's debut in Test Cricket coincided with that of another player. Name him (Hint: Champion fast bowler)

A. Waqar Younis at National Stadium, Karachi.
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General Quiz 2 - 22-08-2005, 10:38 PM

Hi again,

Here is the quiz 4 2nyt...


1. Name the author of the bestseller 'Bookless in Baghdad'.

2. Which is the largest agency in India 4 literary translations?

3. What is a 'Black Lung'?

4. How is Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah better known as?

5. In which city was the 1st ever human trials of vaccines to prevent HIV (In India) undertaken?

6. Who translated the 'Gitanjali' frm Bengali to English?

7. Which country has the highest Christian population in the world? (In terms of no. of people and not percentage or anything else)

8. In Feb'05, which state in India issued a ban on smoking in Govt. offices?

9. If 9/11 is related to the US n 7/7 to the UK, what is 3/11 related to?

10. What is the name of Former Pak cricket captain Imran Khan's political party in Pak?


Rite then, more questions tomm; For the moment, answer these...

Regards,
Brij.
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22-08-2005, 11:09 PM

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Hi again,

Here is the quiz 4 2nyt...


7. Which country has the highest Christian population in the world? (In terms of no. of people and not percentage or anything else)

9. If 9/11 is related to the US n 7/7 to the UK, what is 3/11 related to?

Rite then, more questions tomm; For the moment, answer these...

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7.maybe America

9.Madrid train blasts


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23-08-2005, 06:10 AM

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Hi again,

Here is the quiz 4 2nyt...


1. Name the author of the bestseller 'Bookless in Baghdad'.

2. Which is the largest agency in India 4 literary translations?

3. What is a 'Black Lung'?

4. How is Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah better known as?

5. In which city was the 1st ever human trials of vaccines to prevent HIV (In India) undertaken?

6. Who translated the 'Gitanjali' frm Bengali to English?

7. Which country has the highest Christian population in the world? (In terms of no. of people and not percentage or anything else)

8. In Feb'05, which state in India issued a ban on smoking in Govt. offices?

9. If 9/11 is related to the US n 7/7 to the UK, what is 3/11 related to?

10. What is the name of Former Pak cricket captain Imran Khan's political party in Pak?


Rite then, more questions tomm; For the moment, answer these...

Regards,
Brij.
1. Shashi Tharoor

4. Sultan of Brunei?

7. America

8. Gujrat?

9. Madrid blasts

10.Tehrik-e-insaaf.


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answers!! - 23-08-2005, 08:51 AM

Heyyy al !!!

Francesco CATtie :
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The one and only Chiranjeevi

BTW, Many happy returns of the day chiru
Riteon!! :razz: chiru indeed

simon :
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4. flags :smile:

5. umm...Gandhi?
Flags...dats rite!! n umm...Gandhi.....? wel umm...ye ye dats rite again!!

dICONoCLAST :
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well..just giving my shots!!
1-eleventh
2.chiranjeevi/rajnikant
3.12
5.gandhi
Heyy...Cool haan...u got max rite BTW...options r given wen questions r asked.. not answered

:whatthat: Wokay ---> :satisfie:
1.] 11th
2.] Chiranjeevi
3.] 12
4.] Flags
5.] Gandhi

live_n_let_live999 :

Quote:
6. Who translated the 'Gitanjali' frm Bengali to English?
7. Which country has the highest Christian population in the world? (In terms of no. of people and not percentage or anything else)
10. What is the name of Former Pak cricket captain Imran Khan's political party in Pak?

6. Rabindranath Tagore
7. US
8. Tehrik - e insaaf



tataaaaaaaaaaaaaa n take care al of ul.............;-)

luv alwayzzzzzzzzz,
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23-08-2005, 05:29 PM

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Heyy...Cool haan...u got max rite BTW...options r given wen questions r asked.. not answered
ok...sorry//was just confused ..with chiranjeevi nd rajnikant!!

well..now..my turn to get into active quizzing..something i lost in all dese past years//
>>
try these:
1.in 1987,veerappan made a public proposal for marriage through his emissaries.
it was not reciprocated tough.whome did he propose to?

2.who were MANDAVI nd STRUTAKRITI in hindu myth?( ok..i will give a hint; ramayana )

3.who introduced Macaroni nd Spaghetti inti Italian cuisine?

4.Who is supposed to b the first cartoonist of Tinkle comics?

5.which indian PM suffered from NAcrolexy? ( google out nacrolexy..u may get the answer!!)


well..5 questions to satrt with is Ok i guess!!


take care all
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