1. Anagram this. E.g. Percussion = Supersonic
a. Untraversed =
b. Calumnies =
2. Insert the word that ends the first word and starts the second. E.g. con (TRACT) ion
a. ram ( ) ant
b. plea ( ) footed
3. Popular books without vowels concatenate thus. Identify. E.g. THWHTTGR = The White Tiger
a. CTCHRNTHRY =
b. HCKLBRRYFNN =
4. Homonyms. E.g. A closing : top wall of a room = Sealing : Ceiling
a. Visitors to a clinic : Waiting =
b. Many pigs : Ancient monarch =
5. Decode.
28 34778 8447 2633 73367 78483 2 6377
2 752483 8766 843 27246
288 43 968’83 7368 26 767
843 267937 746853 23 75246!
Answers go here (please open in a new window). Deadline - Sunday, August 29th 2010 at 2359 hrs.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Gaming Quiz (NIC-1)
1. Connect:
"Song 2" - Blur
"The Rockafeller Skank (Remix)" - Fatboy Slim
"It's Only Us" - Robbie Williams
"Bodyrock" - Moby
"19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" - Gorillaz
"To Get Down (Fatboy Slim Remix)" - Timo Maas
"Red Morning Light" - Kings of Leon
"Helicopter - Bloc Party
"Can't Get Enough (Mekon Remix)" - "The Infadels
"Sketches (20 Something Life)" - La Rocca
"Let U Know" - Plastilina Mosh
2. Who are these: Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde
3. The game made its first appearance in 1997. Since then, the game and its variants have become the most-played game on the planet, with over a billion people having played the game.
4. The game was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as The Checkered __________. This was the first game created by Milton Bradley, a successful lithographer.Bradley's game did not include dice, but instead used a teetotum, a six sided top. The game board was essentially a modified checkerboard. The object was to land on the "good" spaces and collect 100 points. A player could gain fifty points toward this goal by reaching "Happy Old Age" in the far corner, opposite "Infancy" where one began.
5. These are the literal translations in english of what?
Iron Fist (Japanese)
Devil (Spanish)
Heaven's Punishment: Wrath of Heaven (Japanese)
Leave luck to Heaven (Japanese)
Answers go here (please open in a new window). Deadline - Friday, August 27th 2010 at 2359 hrs.
Next Quiz - Wordgames (Tomorrow)
"Song 2" - Blur
"The Rockafeller Skank (Remix)" - Fatboy Slim
"It's Only Us" - Robbie Williams
"Bodyrock" - Moby
"19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" - Gorillaz
"To Get Down (Fatboy Slim Remix)" - Timo Maas
"Red Morning Light" - Kings of Leon
"Helicopter - Bloc Party
"Can't Get Enough (Mekon Remix)" - "The Infadels
"Sketches (20 Something Life)" - La Rocca
"Let U Know" - Plastilina Mosh
2. Who are these: Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde
3. The game made its first appearance in 1997. Since then, the game and its variants have become the most-played game on the planet, with over a billion people having played the game.
4. The game was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as The Checkered __________. This was the first game created by Milton Bradley, a successful lithographer.Bradley's game did not include dice, but instead used a teetotum, a six sided top. The game board was essentially a modified checkerboard. The object was to land on the "good" spaces and collect 100 points. A player could gain fifty points toward this goal by reaching "Happy Old Age" in the far corner, opposite "Infancy" where one began.
5. These are the literal translations in english of what?
Iron Fist (Japanese)
Devil (Spanish)
Heaven's Punishment: Wrath of Heaven (Japanese)
Leave luck to Heaven (Japanese)
Answers go here (please open in a new window). Deadline - Friday, August 27th 2010 at 2359 hrs.
Next Quiz - Wordgames (Tomorrow)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Entertainment Quiz (ENT-1)
1. According to the Mock Turtle in Alice in Wonderland, what has the following four branches of study: Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision?
2. What is the lowest string in a violin called?
3. What is this?
M: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work with!
J: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's gotta be something wrong with him!
C: All right J, be nice. So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?
P: Wait, does he eat chalk?
4. The Lower Keys Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) is an endangered subspecies of the marsh rabbit (S. palustris), a species widespread in the southeastern United States. It is about 16 inches in length, with brownish dorsal and grayish ventral fur. However its claim to fame lies in the fact that it is named after a famous pioneer in the entertainment industry. Who?
5. Over 6 million feet of film shot during production; 48,000 swords, axes, shields, and makeup prosthetics; 20,602 background actors cast; 19,000 costumes made by the wardrobe department; 2,400 behind-the-scenes crew members at height of production; 180 computer special-effects artists employed; 114 total speaking roles; 100 real locations used for backdrops; 50 tailors, cobblers, designers and others in wardrobe department; 30 actors trained to speak fictional dialects and languages. What mammoth undertaking are we talking about?
Answers go here (please open in a new window). Deadline - Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 2359 hrs.
Next Quiz - Gaming Quiz (Tomorrow)
2. What is the lowest string in a violin called?
3. What is this?
M: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work with!
J: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's gotta be something wrong with him!
C: All right J, be nice. So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?
P: Wait, does he eat chalk?
4. The Lower Keys Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) is an endangered subspecies of the marsh rabbit (S. palustris), a species widespread in the southeastern United States. It is about 16 inches in length, with brownish dorsal and grayish ventral fur. However its claim to fame lies in the fact that it is named after a famous pioneer in the entertainment industry. Who?
5. Over 6 million feet of film shot during production; 48,000 swords, axes, shields, and makeup prosthetics; 20,602 background actors cast; 19,000 costumes made by the wardrobe department; 2,400 behind-the-scenes crew members at height of production; 180 computer special-effects artists employed; 114 total speaking roles; 100 real locations used for backdrops; 50 tailors, cobblers, designers and others in wardrobe department; 30 actors trained to speak fictional dialects and languages. What mammoth undertaking are we talking about?
Answers go here (please open in a new window). Deadline - Thursday, August 26th 2010 at 2359 hrs.
Next Quiz - Gaming Quiz (Tomorrow)
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Sports Quiz 1 (SPO-1)
1. What recent phenomenon in sport has been measured as being 102 decibels loud (as loud as a police siren)? Clue : Tennis
2. In 1996, general manager Bob Whitsitt began rebuilding this NBA team using players who were talented, but who had questionable attitudes and/or criminal records. This worked initially, as the team reached the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, but the strategy soon backfired on the Blazers as the local community soured on a team better known for its off-court antics than for its on-court abilities. The team began to be known as the "Jail ________". Name the team.
3. From his first days playing the game as a high school All-American at Everett High School in Lansing, ________ was a unique player. He earned his nickname when he was only 15, from local sports writer Fred Stabley Jr., who watched him put up 36 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists in one game.
Name him.
4. This legendary tennis player playfully acknowledges his well-known belligerence in media. Examples : his appearance in a 2005 car commercial for the SEAT Altea where he angrily shouts his trademark "Clearly inside the line" line at an officer who has ticketed him for parking incorrectly. He also portrays himself in the 2002 film Mr. Deeds where he lauds the title character for getting angry and assaulting an antagonist. Who?
5. The following is an excerpt from the New York Times.
HAVANA, Feb. 23--Cuban rebels kidnapped _________, world autoracing champion, from his hotel in downtown Havana at gunpoint tonight.
The unmasked men entered the lobby of the Lincoln Hotel while _________ was talking with three racing associates. One man guarded the doorway. The other walked up and stuck a pistol into _________’s back and ordered him out.
The racing star was quickly bundled into a waiting automobile, which moved off at high speed.
The rebel movement led by Fidel Castro immediately announced its responsibility for the kidnapping. A rebel spokesman telephoned news agencies and said __________ had been abducted by the rebels. The Cuban refused to say what would be done with the driver. Which F1 driver is referenced?
Answers go here. Deadline - Wednesday, 25th August at 2359 hrs.
2. In 1996, general manager Bob Whitsitt began rebuilding this NBA team using players who were talented, but who had questionable attitudes and/or criminal records. This worked initially, as the team reached the Western Conference Finals in 1999 and 2000, but the strategy soon backfired on the Blazers as the local community soured on a team better known for its off-court antics than for its on-court abilities. The team began to be known as the "Jail ________". Name the team.
3. From his first days playing the game as a high school All-American at Everett High School in Lansing, ________ was a unique player. He earned his nickname when he was only 15, from local sports writer Fred Stabley Jr., who watched him put up 36 points, 16 rebounds and 16 assists in one game.
Name him.
4. This legendary tennis player playfully acknowledges his well-known belligerence in media. Examples : his appearance in a 2005 car commercial for the SEAT Altea where he angrily shouts his trademark "Clearly inside the line" line at an officer who has ticketed him for parking incorrectly. He also portrays himself in the 2002 film Mr. Deeds where he lauds the title character for getting angry and assaulting an antagonist. Who?
5. The following is an excerpt from the New York Times.
HAVANA, Feb. 23--Cuban rebels kidnapped _________, world autoracing champion, from his hotel in downtown Havana at gunpoint tonight.
The unmasked men entered the lobby of the Lincoln Hotel while _________ was talking with three racing associates. One man guarded the doorway. The other walked up and stuck a pistol into _________’s back and ordered him out.
The racing star was quickly bundled into a waiting automobile, which moved off at high speed.
The rebel movement led by Fidel Castro immediately announced its responsibility for the kidnapping. A rebel spokesman telephoned news agencies and said __________ had been abducted by the rebels. The Cuban refused to say what would be done with the driver. Which F1 driver is referenced?
Answers go here. Deadline - Wednesday, 25th August at 2359 hrs.
Monday, August 23, 2010
General Quiz (GEN-1)
1. Obelix (of Asterix fame) gets angry when he hears a three letter word. Which one?
2. Around the 1900s, an American vendor selling cooked frankfurters supposedly called them ”hot ______ sausages” as they resembled the long bodied dog. Later the hot dog term came to be used for the same thing. Give the original name.
3. Connect - golden delicious, empire, Rome beauty and gala.
4. This South American soccer star has a rare distinction of scoring 2 hat tricks in the world cup and a total tally of 10 goals. Who is he?
5. This word connects a famous cartoon, a desert in a Australia, a cricketer who was appointed as coaching consultant to India and two sisters from the music world. Which one?
Answers go here. Deadline - Tuesday, 24th August at 2359 hrs.
2. Around the 1900s, an American vendor selling cooked frankfurters supposedly called them ”hot ______ sausages” as they resembled the long bodied dog. Later the hot dog term came to be used for the same thing. Give the original name.
3. Connect - golden delicious, empire, Rome beauty and gala.
4. This South American soccer star has a rare distinction of scoring 2 hat tricks in the world cup and a total tally of 10 goals. Who is he?
5. This word connects a famous cartoon, a desert in a Australia, a cricketer who was appointed as coaching consultant to India and two sisters from the music world. Which one?
Answers go here. Deadline - Tuesday, 24th August at 2359 hrs.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Quiz of the Week 1 (QOTW-1)
1. This word connects a famous cartoon, a desert in a Australia, a cricketer who was appointed as coaching consultant to India and two sisters from the music world. Which one?
2. What recent phenomenon in sport has been measured as being 102 decibels loud (as loud as a police siren)?
3. What is this?
M: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work with!
J: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's gotta be something wrong with him!
C: All right J, be nice. So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?
P: Wait, does he eat chalk?
4. Identify - This game made its first appearance in 1997. Since then, the game and its variants have become the most-played game on the planet, with over a billion people having played the game.
5. Decode.
28 34778 8447 2633 73367 78483 2 6377
2 752483 8766 843 27246
288 43 968’83 7368 26 767
843 267937 746853 23 75246!
2. What recent phenomenon in sport has been measured as being 102 decibels loud (as loud as a police siren)?
3. What is this?
M: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work with!
J: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's gotta be something wrong with him!
C: All right J, be nice. So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?
P: Wait, does he eat chalk?
4. Identify - This game made its first appearance in 1997. Since then, the game and its variants have become the most-played game on the planet, with over a billion people having played the game.
5. Decode.
28 34778 8447 2633 73367 78483 2 6377
2 752483 8766 843 27246
288 43 968’83 7368 26 767
843 267937 746853 23 75246!
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