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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: quizzophile cum phylomath - 24-03-2006, 11:54 PM

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1. "A brilliant sun " is a documentary movie made about which famous industrialist in India?

Guessing... Some Birla?
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2. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only
one country (other than Vatican)?
Lesotho by SA.
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6. Who officially opened the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games?(hint:think evil)
Adolf Hitler

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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 24-03-2006, 11:59 PM

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Q1 Whom does Chidambaram quote quite often in his budget speeches?
Thiruvalluvar and Swami Vivekananda in Budget'06
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Q2.Which is the largest selling drug in the world?
Guessing... Viagra?
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Q3.Who owns HARPO films?
Oprah
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Q5 Who was the president when the Vietnam war started and who succeeded him?
Eisenhower if I remember right
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Q9Who was the first woman in space ?
Valentina Tereshkova
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Q13.What was the name of the Pakistani general who signed the surrendering document with Gen Singh after the 1971 war ?
Gen.A.K.A. Niazi


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 25-03-2006, 10:13 AM

Q1 Whom does Chidambaram quote quite often in his budget speeches?
Thiruvallavur
Q2.Which is the largest selling drug in the world?
Lipitor
Q3.Who owns HARPO films?
Oprah Winfrey
Q4 Who owns a company called GOAT?
Mohammed ali (Greatest of all times)
Q5 Who was the president when the Vietnam war started and who succeeded him?
Johnson succeeded by nixon
Yaar why do i get the feel that answering questions is more easier than putting up !!!!
Q6Which airline has the tag line , smooth as silk?
Thai airways
Q7 With what animal is an invasion of an island of cuba associated during the cuban missile crisis.?
pigs (Bay of pigs invasion)
Q8 What was the fictional name given to the dictator who was to be killed by the american forces days before the cuban missile crisis?
ostrac(reverse of castro)
Q9Who was the first woman in space ?
Valentina tereshkova
Q10Who invented the revolver ?
colt
Q11 What is the name of the gun that James bond uses .
Walter PPK
Q12.What drug did sherlock holmes advocate was good for mental faculties if used in less amount ?
Cocaine
Q13.What was the name of the Pakistani general who signed the surrendering document with Gen Singh after the 1971 war ?
Gen Niazi
Q14.By what name are the F16 AND F18's referred to ?
Falcons and super hornets
Q15.Under what name was the indica exported to the U.K?
City rover
Q16What was project scorpio?
The secret project by Mahindra and Mahindra to design Scorpio
Q17.legrand the french major recently took over this Major Indan switchgear manufacturer?
MDS Switchgear
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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 04:22 PM

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Had to revive my favorite thread.

Some Q's then.

1) Which 19th century philologist was commissioned by British East India company to edit and publish the Rigveda in 1847?

2)Which word in English originally meant 'Water of Life' in Gaellic?

3)Which poet wrote In Memoriam dedicated to his close friend Arthur Hallam?

4) If it is Clinton: Bush then Buddy:-------?

5)How do we know Mrs.Gurusharan Kaur better?


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 04:29 PM

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Had to revive my favorite thread.

Some Q's then.

1) Which 19th century philologist was commissioned by British East India company to edit and publish the Rigveda in 1847?

2)Which word in English originally meant 'Water of Life' in Gaellic?

3)Which poet wrote In Memoriam dedicated to his close friend Arthur Hallam?

4) If it is Clinton: Bush then Buddy:-------?

5)How do we know Mrs.Gurusharan Kaur better?

Q5 Mrs Manmohan singh
Q4 spot
Q3 Tennyson
Q2 wine guessing!
Q1 no clue


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 04:33 PM

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Q5 Mrs Manmohan singh
Q4 spot
Q3 Tennyson
Q2 wine guessing!
Q1 no clue
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Aspire, come on post some Q's.


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 05:17 PM

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Aspire, come on post some Q's.
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Pls tell me which answers were right , rather disclose all teh answers , I will try posting some questions , lets c if i can find a few good ones , relatively easy , dont believe in putting up really tough ones ...
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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 05:59 PM

Some easy one's
1.What is the full form of SARS?
2.The Roman alphabet once consisted of 23 letters. What are the three that were added later?
3.What is the motto of US investigative agency 'Federal Bureau of Investigation' (FBI)?
4.Which country's flag is not a rectangle ?
5.Where is cocacola headquartered?


chalo guys u all do this much my explorer is giving probs


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 06:07 PM

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1.What is the full form of SARS?
2.The Roman alphabet once consisted of 23 letters. What are the three that were added later?
3.What is the motto of US investigative agency 'Federal Bureau of Investigation' (FBI)?
4.Which country's flag is not a rectangle ?
5.Where is cocacola headquartered?


chalo guys u all do this much my explorer is giving probs
1.Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
3.Fidelity, Bravery and integrity.
4.Nepal....its a combination of two red triangles, one over another
5.Atlanta


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Re: quizzophile cum phylomath - 27-03-2006, 06:11 PM

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Q time folks......

1. "A brilliant sun " is a documentary movie made about which famous industrialist in India?
2. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only
one country (other than Vatican)?

3. Which is the only sport which is not allowed to play left handed??
4. Parvati patil and Padma Patil are the two characters of Indian origin in the Harry potter series. According to J. K. Rowling which book served as an inspiration for these two characters?

5. The face of the main character of the film was modeled after Albert Einstein, Carl Sandberg and a pup dog. Identify the movie.
6. Who officially opened the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games?(hint:think evil)

happy quizzing
1. Aditya vikram Birla.
2. Lesotho by SA.
3. Golf.
4. Midnight's children by Salman Rushdie
5. ET.
6. Hitler.

1,2,6 answered by Thecky


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