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VISUAL QUIZ - 10

Q) Identify The Person. Ans:- Charles Manson. VISIT       http://quriozzity.com/g/        FOR MY DAILY QUIZZES THIS AUGUST................

VISUAL QUIZ - 9

Q) Connect.... GIVE IT A TRY........... Ans: The Connection is FACEBOOK. Kareena Kapoor's on-screen pet in Golmaal 3 has been named Facebook by the director Rohit Shetty. The dog's real name is Jerry (Image 1) which is the same one which had been seen earlier in 'All The Best' and 'Sunday'. The Social Network , an upcoming comedy-drama film directed by David Fincher about the founding of Facebook, is adapted from Ben Mezrich's (Image 2) 2009 book 'The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal' . The original concept for Facebook was borrowed from a product produced by Zuckerberg's prep school Phillips Exeter Academy , (Image 3) which for decades published and distributed a printed manual of all students and faculty, unofficially called the "face book". Thanks Bidyut for giving answer but expected the connection from you.......again thanks Joseph for trying the question...

AUDIO CONNECT - 4

For the first time I want to start a Audio Connect Quiz Set where in a single Audio there will be 3 or 4 songs, you have to find the connection between these songs or films. It is same as Visual Connection but here your Ear has the advantage...... Hope You will like it....... Q) Connect............ GIVE IT A TRY....... Ans :-  "White Knights" a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, originally published in 1848. The songs in the audio were from the  movies which were based on this story. Manmohan Desai (Chhalia (1960)) song teri rahon mein, Shivam Nair (Ahista Ahista)song Ishq ne tere ishq ne, Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Saawariya)song saawar saawar, and Jananadhan (Iyarkai)tamil movie song azhage azhage. Again Bidyut cracked this question Hats off to Bidyut ...........

VISUAL QUIZ - 8

Q) Identify the Product..... Ans:- UBUNTU COLA Thanks Bidyut and Anupom for giving answer........

AUDIO CONNECT - 3

For the first time I want to start a Audio Connect Quiz Set where in a single Audio there will be 3 or 4 songs, you have to find the connection between these songs or films. It is same as Visual Connection but here your Ear has the advantage...... Hope You will like it....... Q) Connect............ GIVE IT A TRY....... Ans:- Bunty Aur Babli (2005). The First song titled "I'm in Love" was composed for the film, but it was deemed inappropriate for such a rustic and earthy film and eventually appeared in Neal 'N' Nikki (2005). The second song "Salaam-E-Ishq" from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978), which featured Amitabh Bachchan, who also stars in this film was heard in the mujra hall in this film . The third song "Dil Cheez Kya Hai" from Umrao Jaan (1981) was heard in the mujra hall in this film . Interestingly, Aishwarya Rai, who has a special appearance in this film, plays the titular character in Umrao Jaan (1981)'s remake, Umra...

VISUAL QUIZ - 7

Q)Connect...... (Inputs from Anupom and Framed by me) Give it a try..... Ans:- These are codenames of different Microsoft Operating Systems . Win 95, codenamed after the city of Chicago (picture 1 is the film Chicago). Win Me, codenamed after Dolly, the first cloned sheep (picture 2). Win Vista, codenamed after Longhorn Bar (picture 3 is the Longhorn Cattle) . Win 7, codenamed twice after the the Blackcomb ski resort (picture 4 is the resort's logo). Win NT4.0, codenamed after the city of Cairo in Egypt (Picture 5 is of Cairo film) Win NT3.5, codenamed after Daytona International Speedway (picture 6) in Daytona Beach, Florida. Win 98 & 2000, codenamed after the city of Memphis, Tennessee (picture 7)  Win XP, codenamed after the city of Whistler (picture 8). Again Bidyut has given the right answer. Thanks a lot for your answer.Hope you will continue to give answers in this blog.

VISUAL QUIZ - 6

Q) Connect.... (Inputs from Anupom and Framed by me) Give It A try .......... Ans:- These are all code names for U.S. presidents used by The United States Secret Service. * Harry S. Truman - General (5th image , Buster Keatons movie The General) * John F. Kennedy - Lancer(10th image ,Mitsubishi Lancer) * Lyndon Johnson - Volunteer ( 2nd image, the SHAM 69 famous album) * Richard Nixon - Searchlight(7th image) * Gerald Ford - Pass Key(6th image ) * Jimmy Carter - Deacon(9th image ) * Ronald Reagan - Rawhide(11st image, Rawhide film starring Clint Eastwood) * George H. W. Bush - Timberwolf (3rd image) * Bill Clinton - Eagle(1st image) * George W. Bush - Trailblazer(8th image, The chevrolet Trailblazer) * Barack Obama - Renegade.(4th Image) Again many many thanks to Bidyut for answering this visual quiz......

VISUAL QUIZ - 5

Q) Connect.......... (THIS QUESTION IS FROM MY FRIEND ANUPOM BORA, TEZPUR) Ans:- Carles Puyol . 1st Image: Superman . 2nd image: Rahul Dravid. His nickname is ‘ The Wall’ . 3rd Image: Tarzan 4th Image: The logo of FC Barcelona . 6th Image: King Richard I of England, who is known as ‘ the Lionheart’ . 5th Image: JC Van Damne appeared in the 1990 action movie ‘the Lionheart’ So, all these converge into only one name- Carles Puyol , the present captain of FC Barcelona, who has the nicknames ‘ Superman ’ because of his explosive strength in the field, ‘ Tarzan ’- because of this looks with long shaggy hair, ‘ Wall ’, used mostly by his Barcelona fans because of his strong defensive qualities and ‘Lionheart’ because of his fearless attitude while playing. Hats off to Bidyut for cracking this visual connect.

VISUAL QUIZ - 4

Q) Connect..... GIVE IT A TRY........ Ans:- Open source CMS WordPress releases are code named after above well-known jazz musicians starting after version 1.0.                    Version       Code Name                   1.2               Mingus   (Charles Mingus)                   1.5               Strayhorn (Billy Strayhorn)                   2.0               Duke (Duke Ellington)  ...

VISUAL QUIZ - 3

Q) Connect... GIVE IT A TRY................. Ans:- Diego Forlan . Diego Forlan known as "Cachabacha", after a fictional witch character(1ST IMAGE). Independiente (7TH IMAGE is the logo o that club) was Forlan's first professional football club. In his first season in Spanish football with Villarreal, Forlán scored 25 league goals and won the Pichichi Trophy,named after the famous Athletic Bilbao player, Rafael Moreno "Pichichi" (5TH IMAGE). This is the only time that a footballer of Villarreal got that award in the long history. In 2009, Forlan appeared in a music video for Coti (3RD IMAGE). Maximiliano  Lopez (4TH IMAGE) ,an Argentine football player who currently plays as a striker for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A married Argentinean model Wanda Nara, sister of Forlan's Girlfriend Zaira Nara. He is the founding member of the Fundación Alejandra Forlán (6TH IMAGE is the logo of the organization), headed by his sister Alejandr...

AUDIO CONNECT - 2

For the first time I want to start a Audio Connect Quiz Set where in a single Audio there will be 3 or 4 songs, you have to find the connection between these songs or films. It is same as Visual Connection but here your Ear has the advantage...... Hope You will like it....... Q) Connect............ GIVE IT A TRY....... Ans:- Neeraj Vohra. He acted as a police inspector in Hello Brother(1st song) and his onscreen name was also Niraj Vora. He was the lyricist of the second song "Umariya, Bin Khewat Ki Naaiya" from Majhli Didi (1967). He was the music director of the 3rd song from the film Pehla Nasha(1993). Khiladi 420 was his directorial debut, the 4th song is from that film. THANKS BIDYUT FOR GIVING SUCH A WONDERFUL ANSWER. YOUR ANSWERS ARE MY INSPIRATION.

VISUAL QUIZ - 2

Q) Connect...... Give answers in comment.................... Answer:- Sohrab Modi . His First Film Khoon ka Khoon (1935) was an adaptation of Hamlet (1st Image). He married Mehtab (2nd Image), an actress 20 years his younger who he had directed in Parakh (1944) and Jhansi ki Rani (1953) (2nd Image is from this film), India's first technicolour film, where she was in lead role. In 1960 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Berlin International Film Festival (3rd Image is the poster of 2010 Berlin International Film Festival ) and the Head of that Jury was Harold Lloyd (5th Image). Modi's greatest film was Sikander ( 6th Image). The movie was rated by a British writer as "well up to the standard of that old masterpiece The Birth of a Nation .(4th Image)".

AUDIO CONNECT-1

For the first I want to start a Audio Connect Quiz Set where in a single Audio there will be 3 or 4 songs, you have to find the connection between these songs. It is same as Visual Connection but here your Ear has the advantage...... Hope You will like it....... Q) Connect............ GIVE IT A TRY....... Answer:- Madhur Bhandarkar . First song " Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji " from film " Ishkiya " gives the name to the new movie to be directed by Madhur Bhandarkar . Second song is from the film " Trishakti ", which was his directorial debut. Third song is from the film " Rangeela " where he acted as Film Producer PC's (Avtar Gill) assistant.

VISUAL QUIZ-1

Q) Connect........ Answer:- Andrés Iniesta . Connection: He has  Illusionist ( 1st image) and  The Brain (4th image) as sobriquet. Louis van Gaal (2nd image) handed him his debut on 29 October 2002, a UEFA Champions League game against Club Brugge. Andrea Pirlo (5th image) was Man of the Match for the final game of 2006 world cup and in 2010 world cup it is Iniesta He dedicated his goal in final to Dani jarque who relieved Raúl Tamudo ( 3rd image) of his captain duties of RCD Espanyol that choses Blue and white stripes as shirt colours and as the central colours of the club badge in homage to the colours appearing on the shield of the great Catalan Admiral Roger de Lluria ( 6th image).