Sunday, May 27, 2007

    The Next 10

    1)Complete the list Harichandan, Mandar, Surtaru, --------- & --------?

    And tell me what’s special about these 5 names.

    2)This band that was named after an adult toy mentioned in the William Burroughs novel "Naked Lunch." Just name the band.

    3)What common vocation connects Pope Pius XI, Mao Tse Tung and Casanova?

    4)This brand name was a synonym for Icebox since the 1820s. In 1918, a small company (owned byGeneral Motors from 1919 to 1979 and now by Electrolux) seized upon the idea of building cold storage device for consumers and became the largest producer of this equipment and a by-word for this category. Which company?

    5)The name of this oilseed was changed so that it does not offend any delicate sensibilities. In America it is now called Canola. What is it called in India?

    6)What was originally a wooden board or leather screen at the front of a horse-drawn vehicle to protect the driver and those sitting alongside from the mud splashed up by the horse's hooves?

    7)On July 4 this year, Fiat will launch a new version of an iconic brand which it first rolled out exactly 50 years back. What's the brand it launched in 1957?

    8)Identify him.


    9) Connect Tyrone Power, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Navin Nischol and Anthony Hopkins

    10) In the 1840s, Alexander Hoag and his wife Melinda, along with an accomplice, French Jack became famous throughout New York City for his ingenious con games. How do we know him?


    Good Luck!

    Answers out in two days

    Mail to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

    3 attempts:

    vj_pilani said...

    1. parijaat and kalpaka
    2.steve lyan
    3.librarians
    4.fridge
    6.dash board
    7.nuova fiat 500
    8.alfred nobel
    9.rape seed

    Khandu said...

    YOU SPOILSPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    can't u read??? u r supposed to mail the answers...
    anyway half of the answers are wrong!!!!

    vj_pilani said...

    dude....i found this easier....anyways who is askin u to look at my answers....iam not worried if my answers are wrong...just attempted.