Answers to Saturday the 14th

The answers are:

1. Dream Team (From top left in clockwise manner: The Dream Team Movie starring Michael Keaton and Christopher Llyod; The Dream Team WWF tag team comprising of Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake and Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine; The Marvel Comics Dream Team comprising of American Dream, FreeBooter, Crimson Curse and BlueStreak; The US Basketball Team at 1992 Olympics nicknamed Dream Team consisting of legends like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Larry Bird etc.)

2. Maitri, India's second permanent research station in Antartica built after Dakshin Gangotri got buried under ice.(I have awarded points to those who have mentioned either of the two names or Antartica)

The Truth Seekers for this round are:

Sudarshan Mohan - 3 (early bird)
Brian D'Souza - 2
Varun Agarwal - 2
Sandipan Chakravarty - 2
Mathew Vargese - 2
Karan S - 2
Pratik Shukla - 1
Shishir Shivhare - 1
Mohammed Zuber - 1

Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. I will be back with the next round next Tuesday.

Saturday the 14th

Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 12th February, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 12th Feb.

Here we go...

1. Connect.

2. Identify this building/place, even mentioning its importance would do. (clue: Think India)

Answers to Thir13en Ghosts

The answers are:

1. Satyajit Ray (From top left in clockwise manner: Byomkesh Bakshi, Satyajit Ray had made a movie Chiriyakhana based on one of Byomkesh's stories with Uttam Kumar portraying the master detective; Ray Bizarre Font developed by Satyajit Ray; Columbia Pictures, which was supposed to produce the Ray movie The Alien with Marlon Brando and Peter Sellers in the lead, however the movie was never made and the script is rumoured to have inspired Steven Spielberg into making E.T.; the cover of the Sandesh magazine that was revived by Ray; Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from The Simpsons which was a tribute to Ray's character from the Apu trilogy.)

2. PEdestrian LIght COntrolled Crossing (PELICON Crossing), also known as Pelican crossing. ( I got a variety of answers for this but I needed this specific answer so points to only Sabarish and Sandi for this answer)

The Truth Seekers for this round are:

Sabarish Senthil - 3 (early bird)
Sandipan Chakravarty - 2
Prateek Vijayavargia - 1
Santanu Dey - 1
Brian D'Souza - 1
Tathagata - 1
Karan S - 1
Nishanth Raman - 1

Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. I will be back with the next round soon.

Thir13en Ghosts

Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 23rd January, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 23rd Jan.

Here we go...

1. Connect.

2. Name this device/equipment which I think is extensively used in foreign countries but not in India (correct me if I am wrong).

Answers to 12 Angry Men

The answers are:

1. Coca Cola (From top left in clockwise manner: SunTrust Bank in Atlanta which holds the original copy for the formula of Coca Cola; John Pemberton, creator of Coca Cola; Taal which showcased Coca Cola in a in-film branding mold; Pizza-Hut which has a tie up with Coca Cola [this clue was a bit ambiguous because Pizza-Hut also has a tie up with Coke's rivals Pepsico, so sorry for this clue]; Olympic games, Coca Cola was its first ever sponsor and has been sponsoring it till date)

2. Iron Maiden, a historical torture device. The photo shown is the most famous one of Nuremberg.

3. This is a map showing the penetration/maximum usage of social networking sites across the globes. The actual map is shown below. No points have been awarded for answers such as orkut users or orkut density.

The TRUTH-SEEKERs for this round are :-

Pranesh Prakash - 4 (early bird)
Bhavin Vora - 2
Mit Chowdhury - 2
Rajiv D'Silva - 2
Prahlad S - 2
Nishanth Raman - 2
Sabarish Senthil - 2
Sandipan Chakravarty - 2
Sayantan Bose - 1
Sylvian Patrick - 1
Rajkamal Vasu - 1
Anubhav Chatterjee - 1
Niranjan Salimath - 1
Pratik Shukla - 1
Nikhil - 1
Dhruv Mangal - 1

Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. The total number of challengers on the podium has gone past 50, so the game is really heating up. I will be back with the next round soon.

12 Angry Men

Well I am back and hopefully this year we will see even better quizzes than last year. Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 16th January, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 16th Jan.

Here we go...

1. Connect these.

2. Identify this structure. A generic answer would do. (Clue: Think of a band)

3. Here's a bonus question to start off the new year. What is the map depicting? (Clue: Its got something to do with internet, lookout for some pattern)

Roman Holiday

It's been a hectic year of quizzing since this blog got reincarnated into its current form. Having seeing almost 9 quizzes, 18 questions, 49 contenders on the podium and more than 1500 hits, the blog is still asking for more. I have no intentions of disappointing it. However since I'll be on vacation for last part of this year, the quizzing will get restarted in the first week of Jan, '08. Sandi is still enjoying the top spot but he is getting some tough competition from Nishith. But next year do watch out for these dark horses who have risen the ranks pretty swiftly - Ullash, Chetan and VIAC. As for the others, you very well know how a couple of early bird entries can change the podium standings. So there is plenty to watch out for next year. Till then, here's wishing a Happy New Year in advance.
Every beginning has an ending but this ain't the end because soon I'll be back.

Answers to Ocean's Eleven

The answers are:

1. All these movies are based on poems. (From top left in clockwise manner:- The Grinch based on Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole the Christmas; Troy based on Homer's Illiad; Beowulf starring Christopher Lambert and Rhona Mitra based on the Anglo Saxon epic poem Beowulf; Pumpkinhead based on Ed Justin's poem Pumpkinhead.)

2. Vinton Gray Cerf who is famously referred to as "Father of Internet". He was one of the brains behind TCP/IP and currently is the chief internet evangelist for Google.

The TRUTH-SEEKERs for this round are :-

Nishit Ganatra - 1
Ullash Gutgutia - 1
Batty Bryant - 1
Nishanth Jayarajan - 1
Shyam Naren - 1
Manjit Mohanty - 1
VIAC - 1
Sandipan Chakravarty - 1

No early birds this time. Still congratulations to all of truth-seekers. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. I am taking a break for a week. So I will be back with the next round on 18th Dec.

Errata - Part Deux

This is a clarification for the answer no. 3 posted in the PART DEUX quiz . The question had three pictures - Anil Kumble, Debashish Mohanty and Subhash Gupte and it was a connect question. The answer that was mentioned by me was that they were the only Indians to have picked up 10 wickets in an entire innings on Indian soil. One of my blog readers, Mit Choudhary points out that they weren't the only ones. In fact considering only first class matches, there two other Indians who have achieved this feat. PM Chatterjee took 10/20 in a Bengal vs Assam match in 1956-57 while P Sunderam repeated the act picking 10/78 in a Rajasthan vs Vidharba match in 1985-86. Thank you, Mit for this great piece of information.

Ocean's Eleven

Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 11th December, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 11th Dec.

Here we go...

1. Connect the movies.

2. Identify him. (Clue: He is known as father of something)

Answers to Starter for 10

The answers are:

1. The one and only Sachin Tendulkar.(From top left in clockwise manner:- Ferrari 360 Modena, that was presented to Sachin by Ferrari for equaling Don Bradman's feat of 29 Test centuries and which later got into a Tax row with Indian Govt.; Ramakant Achrekar, Sachin's Coach; Lashings World XI with which he made a comeback from his tennis elbow injury with a outstanding average and strike rate above 100; Virgin Comics, who are in talks for creating a superhero based on him)

2. The Color Purple, a critically acclaimed movie by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey. This movie was nominated for 11 Oscars but couldn't win even a single one, a record it shares with The Turning Point.

The TRUTH-SEEKERs for this round are :-

Manish Achuth - 3 (early bird)
Sandipan Chakravarty - 1
Nishanth Jayarajan - 1
Ullash Gutgotia - 1
Vibhash Awasthi - 1
Nishit Ganatra - 1
VIAC - 1
Parag Lokhande - 1
Shrinidhi Rai - 1
Susilkumars Sundaravaradan - 1
Ajay Sahoo -1
Vivek Acharya - 1
Chetan Prusty - 1
Souvik Mandal - 1


Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. I will be back with the next round tomorrow.

Starter for 10

Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 3rd December, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 3rd Dec.

Here we go...

1. Connect.

2. Identify this movie whose poster is shown below. (Clue: Although critically acclaimed it holds a dubious record w.r.t. awards)

Answers to Ninth Gate

The answers are:

1. Reebok.(From top left in clockwise manner:- Chariots of fire, the running shoes worn by the famous athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddel in the 1924 Summer Olympics, featured in this movie were designed by none other than Reebok Shoes Company; Manish Arora, who has designed the Fish Fry range of shoes for Reebok; Scarlett Johansson, who is the brand ambassador for Reebok and promotes the Hearts range of shoes; Jay-Z, who was the first non-athlete to recieve a signature Reebok shoe - I knowingly didn't include any athletes :))

2. Palk Strait (Other acceptable answers are Adam's Bridge, Rama Bridge, Sethusamudram Project)

The two quiz no-early-bird jinx has been broken and we finally have an early bird winner this time. Thanks for the great response shown. Keep flooding my mailbox the same way. The TRUTH-SEEKERs for this round are :-

Nishit Ganatra - 3 (early bird)
Ullash Gutgutia - 2
Praveen - 2
Sadashiv N - 1
Sandeep Kumar - 1
Anand Shankar - 1
Ais Dev - 1
Neelu Tripathy - 1
Sabarish Senthil - 1
Sandipan Chakravarty - 1

Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link.