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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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Re: New Trivia!!! - 21-11-2005, 02:38 PM

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And while on this topic, a quick ques: what does the 'T' in T-Series stand for?
Is it trishul?

Here are few from me

Q.) Who among the following is the only grandson of Mohammed Ali Jinnah ?
a) Nusli Wadia
b) Habil Khorakhiwala
c) Arvind Dubash


Q) This company was founded on 18 July, 1968 as NM Electronics. By what name is the company known today?
a) NM Semiconductors
b) National Semiconductors
c) Intel

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Re: New Trivia!!! - 21-11-2005, 05:45 PM

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Is it trishul?

Here are few from me

Q.) Who among the following is the only grandson of Mohammed Ali Jinnah ?
a) Nusli Wadia
b) Habil Khorakhiwala
c) Arvind Dubash


Q) This company was founded on 18 July, 1968 as NM Electronics. By what name is the company known today?
a) NM Semiconductors
b) National Semiconductors
c) Intel

Ketan
a) nulsi wadia
b) intel

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questions time folks..

1. ________ is the chinese counterpart for Yogic Pranayama.
2. "__________ has played footbal too long without a helmet"
who is being talked about, who's saying that?
[hint]: actually person speaking is joking abt the talked person's IQ
3. connect Jared Lito and Jack Jones
hey guys these are still unanswered...any takers


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Re: New Trivia!!! - 21-11-2005, 07:42 PM

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hey guys these are still unanswered...any takers
patience my good man.... people were busy with the wily CAT this weekend...and since its bitten my pride off , it will be good to get some of it back.... so then...

Chi Gung or Qi Gung is the chinese counterpart for Yogic Pranayama

Former US president Gerald Ford has played footbal too long without a helmet... that's the answer to your first question. lets get to your next question... who's saying that ...its another former US president Lyndon Johnson




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sound of music! questions? - 22-11-2005, 10:11 PM

Hey guys... collected some music questions... (not my original though)... enjoy maadi

1. Who was the opening act of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in
August,1969?


2. Which was Jimi Hendrix's first hit single?

3. What was the title of the The Beatles' second album released in
the United States?

4. Who sang the Eagles song "Life in the Fast Lane"?

5. Who replaced Joe Perry of Aerosmith when he left?

6. Guitar virtuosi Steve Morse, Joe Satriani and Tommy Bolin were at
some point of time members of which landmark classic British Rock
band?

7. What was the last Beatles song to reach number one on the US
Billboard Top 40 pop charts?


8. What 1970's mellow-rock singer was the subject of Roberta Flack's
hit "Killing Me Softly with His Song"?

9. Which is the famous rock band formed from Linda Ronstadt's backing
musicians?


10. Who was the drummer for Paul Mc Cartney on "Mc Cartney" his first
solo album?

11. What Fleetwood Mac song did Santana did a cover of?


12. What is Paul Mc Cartney's middle name?

13. What day of the week is not mentioned in The Beatles' "Lady
Madonna"?

14. Who is the song "Angie" by Rolling Stones about?

15. What John Lennon song was written, recorded and produced in one
day?

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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 22-11-2005, 10:56 PM

Ya dude i love grisham and love quizing...so wat say
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Re: New Trivia!!! - 23-11-2005, 10:13 AM

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questions time folks..
1. ________ is the chinese counterpart for Yogic Pranayama.
2. "__________ has played footbal too long without a helmet"
who is being talked about, who's saying that?
[hint]: actually person speaking is joking abt the talked person's IQ
3. connect Jared Lito and Jack Jones

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Chi Gung or Qi Gung is the chinese counterpart for Yogic Pranayama

Former US president Gerald Ford has played footbal too long without a helmet... that's the answer to your first question. lets get to your next question... who's saying that ...its another former US president Lyndon Johnson
1(its chi Gung) & 2 correct
3. [hint] if u figure the answer u will have a murderer, an actor, two writers and a singer


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 23-11-2005, 10:49 AM

Qs....

1. He has been christened as "The king of bankruptcy"........people describe his funds as vulture funds but he says term pheonix might be more appropiate....Who am i talking about??

2. Who said this "Will have Stalinism rather than participatory democracy".
3. This legend had XY home runs in 19XY.who am i talking about and give the numerical value of XY.

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Re: sound of music! questions? - 23-11-2005, 12:24 PM

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Hey guys... collected some music questions... (not my original though)... enjoy maadi

4. Who sang the Eagles song "Life in the Fast Lane"?

6. Guitar virtuosi Steve Morse, Joe Satriani and Tommy Bolin were at
some point of time members of which landmark classic British Rock
band?

8. What 1970's mellow-rock singer was the subject of Roberta Flack's
hit "Killing Me Softly with His Song"?

9. Which is the famous rock band formed from Linda Ronstadt's backing
musicians?

11. What Fleetwood Mac song did Santana did a cover of?


12. What is Paul Mc Cartney's middle name?

13. What day of the week is not mentioned in The Beatles' "Lady
Madonna"?

4. Don Henley?

6. Deep Purple

8. Don McLean....mellow-rock? wazzat??...folk, I would say

9. Eagles...btw, could anyone fill me in on Linda Ronstadt's kinda music?

11. Black Magic Woman

12. James

13. Saturday


There's a seperate thread for music trivia hidden somewhere here in PG too, you could check that out. Me too lazy to hunt for the link right now...


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Re: sound of music! questions? - 23-11-2005, 02:51 PM

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1. Who was the opening act of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in
August,1969?
2. Which was Jimi Hendrix's first hit single?
3. What was the title of the The Beatles' second album released in
the United States?
7. What was the last Beatles song to reach number one on the US
Billboard Top 40 pop charts?
15. What John Lennon song was written, recorded and produced in one
day?
1. Pt. Ravi Shankar & Jimmy Hendrix ?
2. a cover of "All Along The Watchtower" from Dylan
or, if you are askig for an original Hendrix..i think "Purple Haze"
3. From Me To You (info from the jacket of 1's Album)
7. The Long & Winding Road (ditto)
15. Imagine ?
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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 23-11-2005, 03:46 PM

Nice trivia stuff capricorn => (quizzophile cum phylomath)

bt i guess, it wud b more fun, if v have these posted here

Ps: Wht say QE " The Pastoral Hendrix" & ci 'mon[ Simon "russian it is]"

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