[arkuscaesar]

Hi Apurv,

any idea what the cutoffs were for the prelims as well as for the alumni prelims??:neutral:

[Aces high]

any of you guys going for the landmark quiz on 15th?

[ash_win_loser]

Originally Posted by disciple_of_apocalypse

1. who was beatles' drummer before ringo?

2. connect "and death shall have no dominion" and "mr. tambourine man"

3. what is the claim to fame of ' Cavallino Rampante'?

4. who is the player who has scored the most goals in the fifa world cup overall? and who is the palyer who has scored the second highest number?

5. connect "mycroft" and the number "13".

4. Highest-Ronaldo
2nd Highest-Gerd Muller

5. ok this one's a really wild guess....Does the connection have something to do with the Sherlock Holmes series, as in Mycroft holme's brother making his appearance in the 13th story or something along those lines.....

[disciple_of_apocalypse]

Originally Posted by ash_win_loser

4. Highest-Ronaldo
2nd Highest-Gerd Muller

5. ok this one's a really wild guess....Does the connection have something to do with the Sherlock Holmes series, as in Mycroft holme's brother making his appearance in the 13th story or something along those lines.....

4. correct.

5. good attempt.
mycroft- sherlock's brother - residence baker's street- baker's dozen- the number 13.

[siddhesh_j]

1. drummer before ringo - aha ... this qn was asked in my coll quiz how can i forget : Pete best !!

3. what is the claim to fame of ' Cavallino Rampante'?
It is ferrari's symbol - the prancing horse ...

tambourine man -umm- is it something to do wid bob dylan ???

[disciple_of_apocalypse]

the above answers are correct.

the second answer would be


" and death shall have no dominion" is a poem written by the poet dylan thomas, and a certain robert zimmerman was inspired so much by dylan's poetry that he changed his last name from zimmerman to dylan and became bob dylan, and wrote songs like ' mr tambourine man'.

[aspire]

Some questions from the friday night quiz at GIM

1.General antonio lopez de santa anna was the military dictator of texas before being overthrown by the freedom fighters in the mid 19th century.
He introduced something to ease the tension of the soldier's camps.Which has become a multi -billion industry today.
What did he invent ?

2.According to the 1933 edition of the oxford, what word was defined as a person employed to make calculations in a laboratory or surveying operations etc?
3.Which company's name can be prefixed to the following , to get the names of its subsidiaries:Foods,Nepal,Egypt,Oncology and Pharma.
4.Who said "We knocked the bastard off"?
5.The euro can be spent in only one south american country. Which is it ?

happy quizzing

regards

shailesh

[disciple_of_apocalypse]

Originally Posted by aspire

Some questions from the friday night quiz at GIM


4.Who said "We knocked the bastard off"?
5.The euro can be spent in only one south american country. Which is it ?

4. it is hilary and norgay when they conquered everest
5. this one's french guyana which uses euro as it is still a french colony.

[amitnsitian]

Originally Posted by aspire

Some questions from the friday night quiz at GIM

1.Chewing gum
2.Computer
3.Dabur
4.Edmund Hillary

[aspire]

Hi ,
amit and disciple both of you got ur answers right .
will post the remaining questions soon..

regards

shailesh