Quiz set 2

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1. In the Sherlock Holmes adventure, The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the family of a murder victim resides at X Lodge. In the adventure of The Five Orange Pips a frightening letter is postmarked from X, India seven weeks before the death of Colonel Openshaw. What is X ?

Ans: Pondicherry

2. This is a map of the countries visited by a certain person. Who?

A map of all the countries visited in the Indiana Jones franchise. KEY= RED- "Raiders of the Lost Ark" only (Film I) GREEN- "Temple of Doom" only (Film II) BLUE- "The Last Crusade" only (Film III) ORANGE- "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" only (Film IV) PURPLE- Films I and III BROWN- Films I, III and IV YELLOW- Films I and IV

3. What’s happening here ?

Ans: The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 being presented in absentia to Liu Xiaobo.

Q4. Identify this monument. Clue – It’s a national historic landmark of the US. But it’s a bit different from the others.

A 4. The American Legation in Tangiers, Morocco, is the only National Historic Landmark on foreign soil.

Q5. What is the claim to fame of Emoor Bhagavathy temple in Palakkad, Kerala in Indian politics?

A5. Congress symbol inspired from this.

Q6. Whose statue ??

Ans6 : Statue of Andy Warhol in Bratislava, Slovakia.

7. CONNECT.

ALL THESE MOVIE POSTERS WERE DESIGNED BY JOHN ALVIN. THE LADY IS FARAH ALVIN, HIS DAUGHTER AND HE IS A DISNEY FINE ARTIST.

Q8) Auctioned object from Why did it make headlines?

A8) The window from where Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK

Q9) CONNECT THE FOLLOWING VISUALS.

A9) INSPIRED THE NAMES OF SEARCH ENGINES. YAHOO – FROM GULLIVER’S TRAVELS LYCOS – FROM THE SPIDER FAMILY LYCOSIDAE ALTA VISTA – VIEW FROM ABOVE (this one is cryptic – shows people viewing from Mt Everest) ASKJEEVES (NOW ASK.COM) – FROM WODEHOUSE’S CHARACTER JEEVES.

Q10. Identify the child actors and Connect. 1) 2)

4) 3)

Ans 10) INCEPTION (2010) The cast contains a large number of lead actors who started in movies and TV as children: Leonardo DiCaprio first started appearing on TV, including as a regular in "Parenthood" (1990) and "Growing Pains" (1985), as a young teen; Joseph Gordon-Levitt had his first TV roles at age seven; by age ten, Ellen Page had started as a regular on the series "Pit Pony" (1999); and while still in kindergarten, Lukas Haas made his film debut in Testament (1983).