WEEK 2: General Knowledge

1. Which film-maker has received the most Academy Awards (as at 2006)?

Ans: Walt Disney

2. What is the name of the wood where Winnie the Pooh lives?

Ans: Hundred Acre Wood

3. Which writer created the fictional British MI6 spy George Smiley?

Ans: John le Carre

4. Bob Hoskins played crime boss Harold Shand in which 1979 film?

Ans: The long good Friday

5.What film featured the ukulele-playing singer 'Sugar' Kane?

Ans: Some Like It Hot

6.What is Jennifer Beale's day job in the 1983 film Flashdance?

Ans: Welder

7.Who sang the theme song to the original Alfie film starring Michael Caine?

Ans: Cilla Black

8.Which film was re-named Flight Pacific 121 and then changed back to its original title?

Ans: Snakes on a Plane

9.Which iconic rock music frontman sang backing vocals on Carly Simon's 1973 hit You're So
Vain?

Ans: Mick Jagger

10.Who played Jeff's (James Stewart's) girlfriend Lisa Carol Fremont in the 1954 Hitchcock film Rear Window?

Ans: Grace Kelly

WEEK1: ENTERTAINMENT

1.Tom Cruise plays a naval lawyer in which 1992 film?

Ans: A Few Good Men

2.Who released a 1975 album entitled Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy?

Ans: Elton John

3.Who does Ricky Gervais play in the TV series Extras?

Ans: Andy Millman

4.In which 1983 film does Steve Martin play Doctor Hfuhruhurr?

Ans: The Man with two Brains

5.Bernard Cribbins made the most appearances on which British children's TV programme?

Ans: Jackanory

6.Who wrote the book Lord of the Flies?

Ans: William Golding

7.Who was the first member of the British royal family to be interviewed on TV?

Ans: Prince Philip

8.What was the title of James Dean's last film?

Ans: Giant

9.Who is the voice of Marty the Zebra in the 2005 film Madagascar?

Ans: Chris Rock

10.The song Oh What a Beautiful Morning comes from which musical?

Ans: Oklahoma

SCOREBOARD

PATICIPANT	SCORE	NAR
1. Debkalpa Goswami	56.5	+3
2.Prithwish Nath	59.50	+6
3.Arijit Ghosh	24	+2

PARTICIPATION RULES

1. There will be 10 questions every week on a particular topic.

2. Each correct answer will fetch 1 point. (No negative marking)

3. Winner will be declared after a period of 10 weeks.

4. Scoreboard will be displayed after every week.

5. In case of a tie after 10 weeks, winner will be decided on “net answer rate (NAR)”. NAR will be displayed on the scoreboard every week.

6. NAR depends on how quickly you send in your answer. Eg:- If A sends on Monday and B on Thursday, then NAR of A is +2 and that of B is 0.

7. The point difference between the winner and the runner-up is the mega-bytes he earns for his jackpot prize along with other prizes.

8. The answers has to be rushed in at sourav_namaste@yahoo.co.in

GOOD LUCK!!

SOURAV
Manager

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