Question # 239

What's this xkcd cartoon about?


Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 238

Tailors were brought from Delhi to stitch the costumes
specialists from Surat-Khambayat were employed for the embroidery, Hyderabad goldsmiths made the jewellery,
Kolhapur craftsmen designed the crowns
Rajasthan ironsmiths crafted the weapons
elaborate footwear was ordered from Agra.
For the battle sequence, 2000 camels, 4000 horses and 8000 troops were used, many of them soldiers on loan from the Indian Army.


The song “X" has an unusual history to it: it cost Rs. 10 million at a time when a film would be made for less than a million
It was written and re-written 105 times by the lyricist, before the music director would approve of it
As there was no way to provide the reverberation of sound, the music director had Lata Mangeshkar sing the song in a studio bathroom.


Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 237

The August 1952 issue of the Theatre Arts magazine had an article in its Films section.
It was featured as:The Biggest Star in the World by David Cort. ["And she's not in Beverly Hills -- her name is ____________." Article with full page photo.]
Film-maker Frank Capra wished to meet this star for an opening in Hollywood but was unsuccessful. Who?

Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 236

”It was a new experience for me altogether. I have always done slightly Sugar coated roles. I mean I was in a movie where the most violent thing to happen in the movie was a Slap. I was having tremendous amount of difficulty in performing this particular scene. It was something I had never done before. I couldn’t act and hold the gun at the same time. But the actors and the director were wonderful and helped me get through it”

Who is talking about what?

Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 235

The genesis of this movie was strange indeed. Apparently, the star X & the director Y were very good friends. The story goes that Y prepared a movie poster featuring X & showed it to him. X asked him what the story was. Y promptly replied that he did not have any story. Ever the consummate professional, X proceeded to enquire what the idea was, at least. To which Y blaisely admitted that he didn't have that either; just the poster. So X & Y then came up with a story that they made into a movie; a movie that, inspite of it's initial hype failed to deliver at the box office. Which movie? Also name X & Y.


Question courtesy Suraj Menon
Boat Club Quiz Club(Pune)

Question # 234

Connect




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Comment moderation is back on. Am hardly getting any answers.

Question # 233

Connect the following images.







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Question # 232

Cartoon poking fun at what?

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Question # 231

Connect:




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Question # 230

Connect





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Question # 229

Id the kid. He's a bit psycho

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Question # 228

A peanutty cartoon reference to what?



Question by AT.


No comment moderation from today. Have fun. Just no spamming and flaming. ये यूटूब नहीं हैं। इसे यूटूब मत बनाना।

Question # 227

Id the two people


Question by AT

Question # 226

What's the xkcd cartoon about? And what's airbrushes in the picture below.

Question by AT and Abhilash.

Question # 225

Id the winner. A very famous semi-fictional tv character.

Question # 224

In the olden days, people were shit scared of death, (er, and now they're not? - Ed.) and more so, of being buried alive. There were many stories of people waking up during their autopsy, burial, etc etc. So, to allow for the eventuality of such an occurence (fuck your english is good. - Ed.), special coffins were devised which had a cord on the inside connected to a bell on the ground level, in case anyone WAS buried alive, they could simply pull the cord and ring the bell. But, since graveyards weren't such tourist hot spots, especially at night (duh), someone had to sit near the bell all night long, so that the call from the grave doesn't go unattended.

What english phrase derives its origins from all this brouhaha?

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Question # 223

Connect the abouve pictures

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Question # 222

Connect the photographs to the seemingly wierd list

- Did things in 'threes' e.g.- staying only in hotel rooms with numbers divisible by 3

- Visibly revolted by jewellery, notably pearl jewellery

- Hatred for overweight people

- Obsession with pigeons

- Extreme fasitidiousness (i don't think that's even a word) with cleanliness

Question by AT

Question # 221

Basically the above 3 pictures are in a certain order, and is basically a chain which has lead to something.
What have the above 3 pics in this particular order led to ?


Question by Ejaz

Question # 220

Phataa poster nikla CONNECT(TM)

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Question # 219

Original concept art for?


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Question # 218

This village is situated in Raichur district of Karnataka. It has sporadic electric supply, and no internet (which is the height of irony). It has no english signboards. Two explanations regarding its interesting name are given -
@ 12th century kannada poet Allama Prabhu initially named it 'Gavi Gallu' meaning 'cave of stone'
@ It was originally called 'Koduva Gallu' ('singing stone') after the sound the river makes on striking the rocks.
On being informed of a certain coincidence, the inhabitants of this village said (in all their naïveté) they were proud that something this popular has been named after it, even though its name and the 'other' name have different etymologies.
What is this village's name?


Question by AT

Question # 217

X was made from a Graflex camera side-attach flash, while the Y was made from a Micro Precision Products flash attachment. The handle grips were made of rubber windscreen wipers, and D-rings were attached to the bottoms of the units so that they could be worn on belts. The Z was the most complex at the time. It was assembled from parts of an Armitage Shanks Starlite model Handwheel, Browning ANM2 machine gun booster, WWI No.3 Mk.1 British Rifle Grenade and a Rolls-Royce Derwent Mk.8/Mk.9 Jet Engine Balance Pipe.

What are X,Y and Z? there's no need to give me X,Y and Z individually. just the common term.

Question by Ruru Ray

Question # 216

Bystander Apathy is a phenomenon of disputed existence where individuals are less likely to offer help in an emergency situation, if other people are present. Bole toh, the more the number of onlookers, the less likely anybody would offer help.

This gained recognition after the famous Kitty Genovese rape and murder in 1964 when a serial rapist and murderer stabbed Kitty over half an hour in the presence of many witnesses, each one of them doing jack shit about it.

Which comic book character decided to become a vigilante after reading about this event (which actually happened by the way) in the papers? He made his characteristic mask from a dress Kitty ordered (this didn't happen in reality).



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Question # 215

Fill in the blank. (The dark rectangle in the image)

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Question # 214

G is a term initially used in Japan to describe James Bond movies, since frankly all they consisted of was sex and action.
So much so that James Bond was given the title of Mr. G. A song called 'G' featured on the 'Thunderball' soundtrack. Now the term encompasses (whatever the fuck that means) all such sex and action laden totally commercial (read my kinda) movies, novels, and whatnot.
There is also a pretty good movie by that name, which pays homage to that genre.
Er, G?

Answer : Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Question # 213

Id this famous personality

Answer: Chuck Norris

Hope it's not too easy

Question # 212

Platform: Hybrid square steel tube spaceframe with bonded carbon composite panels
Engine(s): Two common rail injection diesel engines with twin compound turbochargers and intercoolers
Transmission(s): Forward transmission and final drive connected to forward engine; rear transmission and final drive unit connected to rear engine
Wheelbase: 5.9 m
Length: 9.1 m
Width: 1.15 m
Height: 0.98 m to canopy ; 1.34 m to fin tip
Curb weight: 2.7 tonnes
Fuel capacity: 9 Litres

Specs of what vehicle?

Answer : JCB Dieselmax

Question # 211

1. Eclipse
2. Dubai
3. Al Said
4. Prince Abdulaziz
5. Al Salamah
6. Rising Sun
7. Al Mirqab
8. Octopus
9. Savarona
10. 8th Wonder
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24. X

This is a list of something arranged in a decreasing order. No 24, X has an Indian connection.

Give the list and X.

Answer : World's largest yachts and X is Indian Empress

Kinda arbit question.

Question # 210

Hatchand Bhaonani Gurumukh _______ _______

Answer : Charles Sobhraj
Question by AT

Question # 209

Connect the following images



Answer: Connect is just the word Bose. Check comments for explanation

Question by Swarnendu Dey.