Question # 267

Todabhim in the Dausa district in Rajasthan is the country’s leading producer of something that is built using a water pump set converted into engine and runs on diesel.
The object in question is also unmistakably a part of hostel lingo. What?


Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 266

Built by a king for his daughter to ship all that she wanted to, this market place derives its name from the canals filled with water that sparkled like silver in the moonlight. What place is this?


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Question # 265

Id the face behind the blue circle


Question by BK and group

Question # 264

When the name of this place was changed a few years ago, Outlook magazine called it ‘the biggest sex change in the history of modern india’. What place?


Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 263

This individual's name is said to mean 'one of the most common amphibians' in the vernacular. Evidence suggests that this name was artificially made up, because it does not mean 'one of the most common amphibians' in any known language. The creator of this name stated that it's first syllable should rhyme with "cow" and so it is pronounced this way in Britain, while in America it is almost always pronounced to rhyme with "go". What name/character is referred to here?

Question by Suraj Menon

Verve Quiz 2009 Presentations

The first quiz hosted by AT, Venkat and I.

Prelims

Verve Quiz 2009 Prelims

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Finals

Verve Quiz 2009 Phinalz

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A few questions are audio and video. Ignore those for now.
The prelims presentation also has answers.
If you want any answers for the questions in finals, please reply in comments.

Question # 262

The Vampire is a turbojet-propelled car that currently holds the outright British land speed record of 300.3 mph (483.3 km/h).

Vampire was 30 feet (9.1 m) long and consumed from 7 to 10 UK gallons of fuel per mile. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Orpheus turbojet engine, it could accelerate from standstill to 272 mph (438 km/h) in six seconds, a personal best set at Santa Pod Raceway.

Vampire was originally constructed by Allan 'Bootsie' Herridge as one of a pair of identical match race jet dragsters in 1981.


What's the significance of this car?

Question # 261

Ad for ?

Question # 260

Id the following medals.






Answer : These are the Nobel Prize medals for Physics/Chemistry, Peace, Medicine, Literature and Economics


Answered by Kaushik

Question # 259

Mascots for a particular event. Id.

Question # 258

X is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums.The effect gained new popularity (its use often becoming an in-joke) after it was used in Star Wars and many other blockbuster films as well as television programs and video games.

It has become a well-known cinematic sound cliché, and is claimed to have been used in over 149 films.

The sound is named for a character in The Charge at Feather River, a 1953 western where the character is shot with an arrow. This was believed to be the second movie to use the sound effect and its first use from the Warner Brothers stock sound library.

ID X

Hope not too arbit a question

Question # 257

An old Amul ad about what?

Answer : Something to do with Nayagan

Unrelated xkcd
Click on it to get the complete strip

Question # 256

The guy in the first pic, is a huge Star Trek fan, though not an actor by any stretch of imagination. He is seen playing a (non-speaking) supporting role in a Star Trek episode. Ya i know, i don't expect you guys to recognize him OR know his name (fuck i didn't know who he was till 5 minutes ago)... so i also put in a photograph of his undescribably beautiful wife ;-] might help you a little. ID both (more importantly the guy).

Question by AT


Answer : King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan

Answered by Kaushik, Ejaz and Anonymous.

Question # 255

Unairbrush



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Question # 254

Connect

Question # 253

Specific but non-exhaustive connect







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Question # 252

What is common to the following? (bole toh connect)
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger Than Life
Fighting For Freedom: Revolution and Civil War
Honor Deferred
Farce of the Penguins
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Inglourious Basterds


By AT

Quarter of Solace

While innocently (?) browsing through the blog i just realised we completed 250 QUESTIONS!!! YAASSS!!! Pass the booze. (citation needed)

Question # 251

I can't decide who are they making fun of here. Just to be safe, ID both.

By AT

Question # 250

Homie -
! Born L.N.V.R.S.S.R. Raman (FUCK)
! Brought up in Zambia, educated in the UK and US
! Performed for a Zambian election campaign, made Zambia's first music video.
! Has contributed musically to loads of Tamil films (e.g. Baba, Boys, New, etc etc), Hindi films (Saathiya, Yuva, RDB, Bunty Aur Babli, etc) even Hollywood films (Slumdog, Couples Retreat) and even a Chinese flick (Warriors of Heaven and Earth)
! Collaborated with A.R. Rahman for making a UN Anthem, was MTV Youth Icon at one point of time.
ID ma Homie, y'all. Peace.


By AT

Question # 249

Never is H's real name revealed. He is supposed to be inspired from Akira Kurosawa movies and works of Frank Miller, among other things. His sword was forged by Odin, Ra and Vishnu. He on one occasion helped 300 warriors fight against a massive army (no kidding!). He recieved training from Vikings, African tribals, Robin Hood, Egyptians, Shaolin monks, Mongolians, Greek olympians, etc etc. The opening 2D animation of Kung Fu Panda is a homage to H.

WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GUY?

-By AT

Question # 248

P starts at Srinagar, goes on till Kanyakumari.
Q starts at Silchar, ends at Porbandar.
They intersect at Jhansi.
And what, pray, are P and Q?

Question by AT

Question # 247

As Gandalf, the old guy from LOTR (i mean cmon, how many Gandalves do you know), catfought with the Balrog in the mines of Moria, he broke the bridge on which the Balrog was standing. But the Balrog, in an act of epic in-your-facery, wrapped his whip around Gandalf's ankles, pulling him along. As the old fuck fell into the abyss, he shouted to Frodo & Co., "____, ____ _____!".
What is Balrog's blood group? (Ok, no, joking. Just Unblank)

Question by AT

Issued in OUR interest

Due to technical, mechanical, metaphysical difficulties, there may or may not be (with all due respect to mr. heisenberg) a question today. Anyway i would like to take this moment to make an appeal to our distinguished audience - DUDES!! QUESTIONS!! We'll be eternally grateful for people sending in questions. The email address is on the left. And we're not picky or anythin (even "What is the spelling of 'paranormal'?" will do). (Ab)Normal activities will resume tomorrow (or today).

Question # 246

Connect



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Question # 245

______ ______ dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Unblank. (Latin is, er, Greek to me)

Question by AT

Question # 244

Connect


Ancient Chinese saying - A man with an erection walking sideways through a half open door, is going to ________.'


Question by AT

Question # 243

For making vaccines for viral diseases, viruses need to be cultured. And viruses, being the douches that they are, can only grow inside living cells. For culturing polioviruses, mainly cells from monkeys are used. So after growing the viruses in these cells, these cultures are chemically treated so that the cells are removed, only the viruses inside them remain.
Now, suppose a virus was present inside the monkey cell from before, it would mix with the cultured polioviruses, and therefore be propagated with the vaccine. This was probably the case with the X virus.
This is one of the theories of origin of what/ ID X.

Question by AT

Question # 242

Unairbrush

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Question # 241

In the Government of India Act 1935 , 3 border changes were made.

Sind is separated from Bombay.
Orissa is separated from Bihar.
_________________________

Led to X achieving independence. ID X


Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 240

The origins of this sport are uncertain . In Egyptian and Chinese legend , it is said the sun and moon play this game over light and darkness. This game is shown in one of the carvings at the Sun Temple in Konark . According to the OED , the phrase now used as the name of the sport originally meant the decisive contest; the real struggle or tussle; a severe contest for supremacy before being associated with this sport. Which sport ?


Question by Suraj Menon