Sunday, November 15, 2009

Quiz of the day - 15th November 2009

Q.1) Who is this pretty girl (...about my age...) and what is her recent claim to fame?



Q.2) Name this movie which is touted to become a multiple oscar winner...

Q.3) What is does this list signify :

1. India
2. India
3. India
4. India, Thailand, Malaysia
5. India, Australia
6. India, Parts of Africa

Q.4) The Egyptians and the Persians first used these 3,000 years ago. They also were used to proclaim the winner of the Olympics.They were used as early as 1150 in Baghdad and also later by Genghis Khan and Tipu Sultan. In 1860, Paul Reuter, who later founded Reuters press agency, used them to deliver news and stock prices between Brussels and Aachen, the terminals of early telegraph lines. The outcome of the Battle of Waterloo was also first delivered by a them to England. During the Franco-Prussian War they were used to carry information between besieged Paris and the French unoccupied territory. Recently, the Taliban had banned them in Afghanistan.

What is being talked about?


Q.5) What is special about this simpsons episode? (a noob quiz question...but i wanted to post it on the blog anyway :P )

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. Taylor Swift
Swift won four CMA Awards: Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year for "Love Story," Female Vocalist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year.

2. Invictus

3. No idea!

4. Carrier Pigeons

5. Montgomery Burns as "Lord Montymort" in a parody of Harry Potter in The Simpsons.

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aseem goyal said...

3rd is the roadies journey uptill now..

Arkantos said...

who's punjabi munda? is that sukhbir or rishoo or someone else?

Anonymous said...

Sukhbir :)

Arkantos said...

@Punjabi Munda - Nice to see ur participation...lemme know if u wanna be a contributor...btw did u delete ur facebook account?

All questions have been answered correctly...

Anonymous said...

@Arkantos:

Thank you!

I actually deactivated that account!

You can expect my presence here! As always, I love the level of your quizzing.

Missed getting selected in Qu33k this time, messed up on some questions I knew, but anyways had a fun time.

I heard that you won't be here next year? That sucks. I waited for Qu33k all year long. Ha ha.