Who What Which ?

Posting some questions from my quiz done at K Circle, Hyderabad. Mail me the answers at: durgesh.singh@gmail.com Questions: 1. Chuck Cunningham syndrome, Jumping the shark, Fonzie syndrome, Spin-off, Cousin Oliver... Whats common to these terms? 2. It has been presented 33 times in the past. Recipients include Robert Peary, Roald Amundsen, Capt. Robert Bartlett, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Richard E. Byrd, Charles Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Michael Collins, Richard Leakey, Jane Goodall, Robert Ballard, Bertrand Piccard, Brian Jones.... What? 3. Early known instance of using this is in a newspaper advertisement in the New York Herald Tribune, March 10, 1953. Promoting the film Lili, starring Leslie Caron, the ad read as follows: Today You'll laugh __ You'll cry __ You'll love __ What am I talking about? 4. Name the neighborhood of New York City that includes the area between 34th Street and 57th Street, from 8th Avenue to the Hudson River. [Hint: The Godfather] 5. What take its name from a pair of celebrated racing cars built and raced by Louis Zborowski and his engineer Clive Gallop, in the 1920s? 6. He looks and sounds like Elvis Presley, except for having blonde hair and a Fonzie-ish[as from Happy Days] appearance. Incredibly narcissistic and dumb. He lives in the fictional town of Aron City. Who? 7. A series of animated short subjects produced by Walt Disney Productions from 1929 to 1938. Donald Duck got his start in The Wise Little Hen, 1934 and Pluto's first appearance without Mickey Mouse in Mother Pluto, 1936. Seven times Academy award winner of short series. Name the series. 8. Bernd Maylander is a German racing driver who has previously competed in the DTM series. Whats his present job? 9. He started his career as a wicketkeeper and played cricket clubs. He joined his father's firm and made it into one of India's top construction firms. His firm constructed Kolkata's M.P.Birla Planetarium in 1963. In 1996, the BBC declared him to be one of the world's top six sports executives. Who? 10. In the 1958 film North by Northwest, director Alfred Hitchcock wanted to do it but couldnt. Sydney Pollack did it in 2005. What? 11. King Parikshit of Hastinapur, one day walking in the countryside found a man beating up a one legged bull and a famished cow. He recognised the figures immediately. Who were they? 12. A member of Eric Clapton's band played this album for him and asked him to cover it. Initially he refused to so, as it would be disrespectful to the original artist. This was Clapton's only #1 hit. Give me the song and the original artist. 13. Glenn Frey came up with the title when he was up all night drinking and the sun was rising when he finished the song. The line, "take another shot of courage" refers to how if you drink this, it will give you courage to talk to women. Which song? 14. He never took seriously the awards he himself received. And once said "I owe my Swedish Order of the North Star to my cook, whose skill won the approval of an eminent stomach," "And my French Order was conferred upon me as the result of a close personal acquaintance with a minister." Who? 15. During W.W. II, the head of Hitler's Luftwaffe, Hermann Goring, offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who could kill or capture a famous American airman. Who was this airman? * Zelda, Yosemite, Yoda, Warhol, Tsunami, Trinity, Perseus, Jaguar, Dulcimer, Cyan, Spartacus, Osiris ...... and the list goes on. For what? technorati tags: quiz hyderabad blog