Yayyyy!!!Special day, Special round…
- A large post, consumes bandwidth ravenously. So be patient
- Please send all answers in a single reply, scoring becomes very tough(& painfull) otherwise
- 25 questions, a point a piece
- I have set questions 1-15, hence easy
- Questions 16-25 are contributed by the Hall of Famers,hence not-so-easy
- The post closes in 48 hours
- The usual question a day routine shall resume from Monday!!
Get cracking folks , before that–>Praise us! 
Question 1
Divine begining.. What? Where?
Question 2
A ‘Good’ man, who earned lots of ‘dollars’, and probably the most ‘whistled’ person. He has a name, please tell me the same. DAMN!
Question 3
A had 277152 hours(approximately) while B had 312 hours. Whos & Whats?
A
B
Question 4
SITTER!Id both
Question 5
Place of art… Who is she?
Question 6
Identify the old lady, known for her ‘method’ of ‘education’ which probably each one has had ‘some time’ back!
Question 7
Who?
Question 8
The Mandatory Disney Question! Identify all the characters, put funda
Question 9
Identify both
Question 10
Explain
Question 11
Five things which he said are still eternal. Who?
Question 12
Identify the classic movie
Question 13
Identify the instrument
Question 14
No woman no cry… Identify both
Question 15
The lady shown is the wife of X, X was (in)famous.. Identify both
The following questions are contributed by the Hall of famers!
Question 16
Sid Jain asks you to connect(click for a laaarger image)
Question 17
Dibyo asks you to identify ,the painter & the film title which it inspired
Question 18
Kamal Rathi says identify the lady and put funda. (Think of an American president from the last century)
Question 19
Malcaluffin asks you to identify the people in the foreground what’s happening here
Vinod, do explain the meaning of your alter ego
Question 20
Anubhav Sarathy has this beautiful Question: Connect, this list is growing by the day(as of today, atleast)
Question 21
Id and connect the ids says Avais K
Question 22
Sangram asks you to connect the following
A
B
C
Question 23
Raghuvansh asks you “Where is this man currently employed”?
Question 24
Guru says Connect!
Question 25
To end it a question from the young sensation Rithwik!
Whose statue? Where?
Only Nakul missed out on contributing for this round. But hisabsence was filled by Rithwik(thanks boy!)
Thank you all for making this possible
2) guy who introduced Taxi cabs?
5) rukmini dei arundale
6) maria montessori
7) walchand hirachand
9)Jiddu Krishnamurthy and Annie Besant
10 something to do with guru Nanak?
12) Mr Smith goes to Washington
13)rudra Veena?
15)Veerappans wife?
1.Bharatmatha Temple
2.
3.Pius IX and Urban VII — Longest ang Shortest serving Popes
4.Elvis Presley with ???
5.Rukmini Devi Arundale
6.Maria Montessori
7.
8.Huey, Dewey, Louie and Phooey along with Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck….only apperance of Phoey in St Partck Day adventure…
9.
10.
11.
12.Citizen Kane
13.Vichithra Veena
14.
15.Mathivathani Erambu wife of Vellupillai Prabhakaran
16.
17.Fiddler on the Roof
Q4. Stanley Kubrick and Malcolm McDowell
Q5. Rukmini Devi Arundale
Q6. Maria Montessori
Q7. Walchand Hirachand
Q12. It’s a Wonderful Life
Q13. A rudraveena
Q15. Muthulakshmi, Veerappan’s wife
Q20. Nicknames used by Fake IPL player on his blog
Kudos to the food for thought team for all the effort
.this blog has turned quizzing into a hobby for me.keep quizzing.
2.ennio morricone
3.popes with longest and the least rein
i.Pius IX-highest
ii.Urban VII-least
5.rukmini Devi arundale
6.maria montessori
7.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
8.Ducktales
Scrooge McDuck
Huey Duck
Dewey Duck
Louie Duck
Webby Vanderquack
Duckworth the Butler
10.Birth of guru nanak where the asrtologer is greeted with clasped hands
12.Mr smith goes to Washington
14.jhon gorgon and his dog marley
15.Muthalakshmi
21.John Romero,John Carmack,the connect is the id software company
23.Darren ferguson appointed at Peterborough United Football Club
1. Belur math – ramakrishna mission.
2. Arthur C clarke?
3. Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning pope
Pope Urban VII, the shortest-reigning pope
5. Sudha chandran?
8.Uncle scrooge, huey, dewey, louie, phooey,donald duck
phooey – termed as the (imaginary)lost bro of huey-dewey-louie , the character was made by mistake
10. A painting depicts visit of Pir Bhikhan Shah to see child Gobind Rai
15. Muthu lakshmi – veerappan’s wife
1. Belur MAth
3. Longest and shortes reigning popes.
5. Andhra pradesh ( kuchipudi)
10. visit of Pir Bhikhan Shah to see child Gobind Rai
13. Veena ( no idea of the variant)
8.Scrooge Mc duck , his nephews and Donald Duck
20. Fake names of IPL players/Teams
9.Jiddu Krishna Morthy and Annie Besant
1 Somnath temple-gujurat
2
3 calenders – and the hours mentioned are the hours mentioned is the amount of compensation time every few centuries or so
5 ms subbalakshmi
6 Maria Montessori-
7 C V raman?
8 Huey, Dewey, Louie and Phooey along with Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck- Phooey was drawn by the artist by mistake.
10 guru nanak holding a rich man;s roti and poor man’s Roti
12
13 Vichitra veena
14 John Grogan and marley
15 Muthulakshmi
16 Saturday night live show
17 M F Hussian-Meenaxi- a tale of 3 cities
18 Debra Schiff- presdent clintons white house receptionist- Had an affair with him
19
20 Nicknames of IPL players given by Fake Ipl player
21
6)maria montessori
8)Scrooge mcduck,donald duck,Huey, Dewey Louie and phooey duck.phooey duck is not really a character,he is the fourth nephew and was drawn by accident!!!!!
12)mr smith goes to washington
13)rudra veena
14)Jhon grogan and marley
16)all the actors have depicted JAMES T KIRK
17)painter:marc chagall
movie:fiddler on the roof
18)rosemary woods.this is known as the rosemary stretch .this is related to the nixon scandal
For what it’s worth, here go my guesses:
2. Mark Felt (Deep Throat)
3. Longest and Shortest reigning Popes
5. Yamini Krishnamurthi
6. Montessori
7. Walchand Hirachand
10. Guru Gobind Singh’s birth?
11. S.R. Ranganathan
12. Mr. Smith goes to Washington
13. Rudra Veena
15. Muthulaksmi, Veerappan
16. I’ll guess ‘Crane’
20. Nicknames given by FakeIPLPlayer
1.Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda
2.Ennio Morricone
3A – Pope Pius IX (His was the longest reign in Church history, lasting 32 years)
3B – Pope Urban VII, the shortest-reigning pope
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5 –
6 – Montessori Method (Maria Montessori)
7 – Walchand Hirachand
8 – Donald Duck,Gladstone Gander,Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, Louie
9 – Jiddu Krishnamurti and Annie Besant
10 – Pir Bhikan Shah, a Muslim Mystic, saw the dawn of a splendid Divine Light in the direction of Patna Sahib, the
birth-place of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. He performed Sajda in that direction and after paying homage, guided by this
Divine Light, he travelled in its wake till he reached Patna Sahib, the holy Sojourn of the New Prophet.
11 – S. R. Ranganathan
12 – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
13 – Rudra veena
14 – Marley and John Grogan
15 – Muthulakhsmi, wife of late sandalwood smuggler Veerappan
16A – William Shanter
16B – James Cawley
16C – Karl Uban
16D – John Belushi
Connect – Star Trek
17 – Marc Chagall
18 – She is Rosemary Woods, personal secretary to President Richard Nixon.
Fiercely loyal to Nixon, Woods claimed responsibility in 1974 grand jury testimony for inadvertently erasing up to 5 minutes
of the 18 1/2 minute gap in one of the Nixon audio tapes (specifically, the one from June 20, 1972) that were central to the
scandal. Her demonstration of how this might have occurred – which depended upon her stretching to simultaneously press
controls several feet apart (what the press dubbed the “Rose Mary Stretch”]) was met with skepticism from those who believed
the erasures, from whatever source, to be deliberate. Later investigators identified five to nine separate erasures. The
contents of the gap remain a mystery
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20 –
21A – John Romero
21B – John Carmack
Connect – Quake, Doom
22A – Pia Singh (daughter of K.P.Singh)
22B – DLF IPL Logo
22C – Coat of Arms of Monaco
I dont know if you are looking for this, but DLF chief K.P.Singh is the Honorary Consul General, Principality of Monaco.
23 –
24A – Eric Clapton
24B – Louis Bertignac
24C – Laurent Fabius
24D – Arno Klarsfeld
24E – Charles Berling
24F – Mick Jagger
24G – Leos Carax
Connect – Carla Bruni
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1.
2.
3.A is pope Pius IX who reigned for 31 years B is Pope Urban VII who reigned for 13 days
4.
5.
6.Maria Montessori
7.
8.scrooge mcduck,donald and huey dewey and louie scrooge is donald`s uncle and huey dewey and louie are his nephews
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.VIchitra Veena
14.
15.
16.James T kirk of Star Trek!
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18.
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20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.statue of John Pemberton the creator of Coca cola
Apologies, firstly to FFT moderators for not contributing a q on this momentous occasion. I think Rithwik has more than compensated with a good question, considering the standards that his blog maintain.
On the occasion of posting 500 questions, you guys deserve more than a pat on the back. To be able to post good quality questions on a daily basis, considering the constraints of your lives and introducing innovations like Monthlies, you guys are in a league of your own.
I have benefited immensely from your blog, both in terms of competitive quizzing and competitive spirit.
keep up the good work. Here’s wishing you luck.
my answers:
2) Ennio Morricone
3)Pope pius the XI and Urban VII Longest and shortest ruling popes.
5)Rukmini Devi Arundale
6)Maria Montessori
7)CV Raman
8)Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Donald duck And Uncle Scrooge
9)Jiddu Krishnamurti and Annie besant
10)Guru Gobind Singh pledging to help both Hindus and Muslims (by metaphorically lifting both pots) when asked by Pir Bhikan Shah
12)Bicycle thief
13)Rudra veena
14)John Grogan and Marley
15)Muthulakshmi, wife of veerappan
16)Actors who have portrayed Captain James.T.Kirk
17)Blue Violinist by Mark Chagall
18) Rose mary woods, secretary to nixon who erased crucial converstaion in the ixon tapes.
20)nick names in fake ipl player blog
21)John romero and John Carmack, developers of First Person Shooter games like DOOM
1. Belur Math
2. Ennio Morricone
3. Longest and shortest reigning Popes. Pius IX reigned for 32 years, while Urban VII (I’m going Mallu now) Pope-d before his consecration.
4. Malcolm McDowell, Stanley Kubrick
5. Rukmani Devi Arundale
6. Maria Montessori
7. Walchand Hirachand
8. Scrooge, Donald, Huey, Louie,Dewey and their “lost brother” Phooey. Phooey was actually only drawn in by mistake.
9. J Krishnamurthy & Annie Besant
10. Pir Bhikhan Shah visiting young Guru Gobind Singh.
11. SR Ranganathan
12. Mr Smith goes to Washington
13. Rudra Veena
14. Marley, John Grogan
15. Muthulakshmi, w/o Veerappan
16. Actors who played James Kirk
17. Chagall, the Blue Violinist, Fiddler on the Roof
18 Rosemary Woods, Watergate tapes blank explanation FAIL.
19.
20. Thank you, Anubhav, for laying waste my idea of a fakeiplplayer question at some future quiz.
21. John Romero, John Cormack – Romero founded Id software where Cormack was chief programmer, together they created the concept of first person shooters.
22. DLF/KP Singh – Pia Singh is KP Singh’s daughter and MD of some DLF group companies, DLF sponsors IPL and KP Singh is the honorary consul of Monaco
23. Peterborough United. This is Fergie’s son no? Awesome question.. Kudos to the guy who set it, must be quite an awesome dude!!
24. Carla Bruni
25.
2. Ennio Morricone
3. Pope Pius IX, excluding Saint Peter, the longest-reigning pope. Pope Urban VII, the shortest-reigning pope
5. Rukmini Devi Arundale
6.Maria Montessori
8. Uncle Scrooge and his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
9. Jiddu Krishnamurti & Annie Besant
10. A painting depicting the visit of Pir Bhikhan Shah to see child Gobind Rai
12. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
13. Rudra Veena
14. John Grogan andMarley of Marley and ME fame
15. Muthulakshmi – Veerappan’s wife
16. Chagall – The blue violinist
17. Rose Mary Woods – Richard Nixon’s personal secretary.
21. John Romero & John Carmack cofounded — id Software
1.
2.ennio morricone
3.longest and shortest reigning popes
4.
5.rukmini devi
6.montessori
7.walchand hirachand
8.
13.veena
15.mutthulakshmi(wife of veerappan)
17.violinist on the roof………….?
I started answering on FFT around october end last year and i have been driven regulary since then ( so much that tmmrw i have my end sem exams & i have still found some time to answer here ) .
.. the variety of questions…something for everyone. I love participating on the blog.
Congrats for 500 post, keep going.!!!
Here are the answers for some questions
1.
2. Ennio Morricone
3. Pope Pius IX – longest reinging pope & Urban VII – Shortest reigning pope
4.
5
6′
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8 . Duck Family – consiting of Scrooge, Donald , Lewy Dewy, hooey & an additional. phooey Duck , who used to appear in comics by mistake.
9)Bhikan Shah testing child GuruGobind Singh .He placed two bowls of sweets before the newborn; one bowl was purchased from a Hindu’s shop, and the second from a Muslim’s shop, The baby placed his hands on both the bowls, thus indicating that both Hindus and Muslims will be treated equally by him.
10.
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12 Mr Smith Goes to Washington
13 gottuvadhyam 0r popularly known as Chitra vina
14. Marley & John Grogan
15 Muthulakshmi -Veerappan’s wife
16 . James T. Kirk of Startrek depicted onsreen by William Shatner , James Cawley , Chris Pine , John Belushi
17. The Blue Violinist Print by Marc Chagall
18. Rose Mary Woods , Richard Nixon’s secretary
19.
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21 . John Romeo & JOHN Carmack the id Software Founder – the one which makes Video games like DOOM , Quake
22 .
CONGRATS!!!!!GREAT WORK GUYS-HATS OFF TO U!!!
1.Belur Math(Ramkrishna Mission)-Kolkata
6.maria montessori
7.Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
8.Scrooge Mcduck,Donald,Huey,Duey,Luey and very rarely the fourth cousin Phooey is also seen
9.J Krishnamurty and Annie Besant
10.The young guru nanak touched both pots-one sweets by hindus and the other by muslims
thus giving equality to both
13.rudra veena
15.mutthulaxmi-wife of veerappan
18.The rose mary stretch-Rose Mary Woods
20.This may be weird,but all the names are from that fale ipl player blog
22.my question
2.Ennio Morricone
3.Pope Pius IX & Pope Urban VII are the longest and the shortest reigning popes respectively.
5. Rukmani Devi Arundale
6.Montessori
7.Walchand Hirachand
8. Hey,Dewey,Louie,Phooey(4th nephew), Scrooge Mcduck, Donald Duck
10. Pir Bikham Shah & Guru Gobind Singh. The two pots in his hands represented hindus & muslims and whenasked to choose between the two, guru gobind singh chose both of them simultaneously, thus signifying his efforts will be equal for both the communities.
13. Vichitra Veena
15. X- Veerappan, Muthulakshmi
17. Marc Chagall (The Blue Violinist), Homage to chagall
18.Rosemary Woods(Nixon’s seretary)
21. John Romero & John Carmack. connect-FPS
22.Ness Wadia??
24. Carla Bruni is said to have had relationships with all of them.
1) Ramakrishna temple at Belur Math
2) Ennio Morricone
3) Pius IX &Pope Urban VII longest and the shortest reigns as Pope.
4) Simon and Garfunkel?..duh!!
5) Rukmini Devi Arundale…Kalakshetra
6) Maria Montessori
7) Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya
8) Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie
9) J Krishnamurthy and Annie Besant
10) A painting which depicts visit of Pir Bhikhan Shah to see child Gobind Rai, who became Guru Gobind Singh
11) S. R. Ranganathan – Five Laws of Library Science
12) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
13) Vichitra veena
14) John Grogan and Marley (his family dog)
15) Veerappan’s wifey!!
HALL OF FAME QUESTIONS:
16) I know only William Shatner…so I’m guessing the connect as Captain Kirk…?
17) The Blue Volinist by Chagall…no idea about the movie though
18) Rose Mary Woods…Nixon’s secretary during the Watergate scandal
19) …… (Mods to provide answer to my question!!)
20) Various dons/ex-cons contesting this elections
21) john romero and john carmack…popularised the FPS (first person shooer) genre of video games
22) Connect is Vijay Mallya
23) current Kings XI Punjab physio
24) Eric Clapton….so, all these singers have composed songs based on the death of their near ones,,?
25) Mendeleev, Moscow?
PS: yet to find a meaning for my alter ego “Malcaluffin”…I had coined this when I was writing an essay in school
@Mods..spectaculastic job!!
Keep rolling!!
1. Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.
2. Frankly, my dear, I don’t understand a damn!!
3. A: Pope Pius IX
B: Pope Urban VII
Longest and shortest reigning popes
4. ??
5. Rukmini Devi Arundale, who established Kalakshetra.
6. Maria Montessori
7. Walchand Hirachand
8. Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck, along with Huey, Dewey, louie, and “phooey”. Phooey is
not a character, but a fourth nephew drawn accidentally at times.
9. Jiddu Krishnamurthy and Annie Besant
10. A young Guru Gobind Singh touches both hindu and muslim sweets from Pir Bhikhan Shah,
indicating that he would treat them both equally.
11. Surendranath Dasgupta?
12. Anatomy of a murder??
13. Rudra Veena
15. Ramalinga raju’s wife??
16. A: William Shatner of Boston Legal
B: James Cawley
c: Chris Pine
D: John Belushi
All have portrayed James T. Kirk in various Star Trek instalments.
17. The painting is “the blue violinist” by Marc Chagall. No idea about the film title it
inspired. Is it fiddler on the roof??
20. If this question is actually about the Fake IPL player lingo, its a kick-ass one.
A: Devdas – hmmmm.. Bevda team.. Royal Challengers
B: Bunty aur Babli – Ness wadia and preity zinta
C: Chhotta Chetan – Gautam Gambhir
D: Prince Charles – Yuvraaj Singh
21. John Romero and John Carmack, programmers who founded ID softwares, the gaming company
behind doom, quake and others.
22. A: Simi Garewal
B: DLF IPL
Just guessing… Feroze Khan???
23.
3. Pope Pius IX – longest reigning Pope
Pope Urban VII, the shortest reigning one
4. Stanley Kubrick, and Malcolm McDowell (as Alex) from the sets of Clockwork Orange
7. Walchand Hirachand
8. Huey, Dewey, Louie and Phooey along with Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck – Phooey Duck is the fourth nephew of Donald Duck and lost brother of Huey, Dewey and Louie. He is not really a character, he is the fourth nephew drawn by accident in the Donald Duck comic.
10. Pir Bhikhan Shah visiting Guru Govindji as a child with two bowls of sweets.
13. Rudra Veena
14. John Grogan – Marley and Me
16. Not sure, if I can answer my own questions…
17. Marc Chagall’s Blue Violinist – Fiddler on the roof
18. Ann Whitman ?
20. IPL nicknames ?
By the way, great job with the Blog, man. Keep it going !!
Lack of tims, so answering only the easy ones
4. Malcolm McDowell and S. Kubrick
6. Maria Montessori
8. Huey, Dewey, Louie and Phooey along with Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck
12. Mr Smith goes to Washington
15. Muthulakshmi, Veerappan’s wife
17. Marc Chagall, Fiddler on the Roof
Congrats!! Wonderful job!!!
2. Ennio Morricone
3. Pope Pius ix and Pope Urban vii
6. Maria Montessori
8. Huey, Dewey, Louie, Phooey, Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck
10. Guru Gobind Singh
11. S.R.Ranganathan
13. Rudra Veena
15. Muthulakshmi and Veerappan
20. fakeiplplayer’s nicks
1) Akshar Dhaam temple
2) composed “The good, the bad and the ugly”‘s tune
7)vishweshwarayya
9) Jiddu Krishnamurthi and Annie Besant
10) Dera sacha sauda
13) Veena
15) Veerappan’s wife Muthulakshmi
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3) A->Pope Pius IX – longest serving pope
B->Pope Urban VII – Shortest time as pope
6)Maria Montessori
8)Scrooge McDuck and his grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie
along with Donald Duck
13) The rudra Veena
15) X- Veerappan, The image – Muthulakshmi, his wife
16) All actors who have played the role of Captain James Kirk in Star Trek (Shatner, Cawley and the others)
1.
2. Ennio Morricone
3. Pope Pius IX Pope Urban VII longest and shortest terms of papacy
4. McDowell and Kubrick
5.
6. Montessori
7.
8. Huey, Dewey, Louie and Phooey, Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck
9.
10. Guru Gobind Singh blessing the two bowls of sweets symbolising Hindus and muslims of India
11.
12.
13. Vichitra veena
14.
15. Veerappan’s wife Muthulakshmi
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20.
21. my question (Carmack and Romero ID software)
22. Kushal Pal Singh is the Honorary Consul General of Monaco(C) and owns DLF(B)
23.
24. Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger is all I know
1.belur math,belur near kolkata
5.jayalalitha
6.montesseri
7.seth walchand doshi
8.uncle scrooz with nephews
9.annie besant with jawahar lal nehru
10.young guru nanak doing sacha sauda(fair trade)
11.j.krishnamurti
13.veena
15.widow of vardrajan mudaliar
nagesh
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1.belur math
2.Ennio Morricone, an Italian composer
3 A= Pope Pius IX
B= Pope Urban VII
4 Malcolm McDowell and Stanley Kubrick
5 Rukminidevi Arundale
6 Maria Montessori
7 Seth Walchand Hirachand Doshi
8 Donald Duck,Gladstone Gander,Scrooge McDuck, Huey,Dewey, Louie
9 Jiddu Krishnamurti and Annie besant
10 Pir Bhikan Shah with the child Guru, Gobind Rai
11 S. R. Ranganathan
12 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
13 rudra veena
14 marley-grogan
15 Muthulakshmi, Veerappan’s wife
16 A: William Shatner of Boston Legal
B: James Cawley
c: Chris Pine
D: John Belushi
17 The Blue Violinistby Marc Chagall
18 Rose Mary Woods
19 ??
20 !!!
21 john romero and john carmack
22 Director: Pia Singh