SO SORRY!! :'(

I'm so sorry, everyone! Somehow, I ended up absolutely blank for the last 2 months or so!! But I promise, I'll start again. LET THIS BLOG BE REBORN!! :)

Long time no see....of me!

I'm terribly, TERRIBLY sorry, I didn't post for QUITE a long time. Now, let's get back, shall we? Here are some questions.

1. Hundred year old eggs are a delicacy of which country?
2. Who wrote The Wizard Of Oz?
3. Who are 'Di Capriettes'?
4. Who's name in Star Wars films is used to describe the temperature of water?
5. Who was introduced in The Mysterious Affair At Styles, and died in Curtains?

My 25th post!

OK, last time's answers. Well, Farukh Balsara is Freddie Mercury's real name. He is the lead singer of the band 'Queen'. 2. Jupiter 3. Greenday 4. Cats 5. The Jackson 5  6. Yesterday - The Beatles.
Some questions today. Sorry to anyone who's reading, I'm feeling really lazy, and can't come up with a theme right now!

1. What is the name of the actress who plays Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies?
2. About who's campaign to educate people about global warming is the documentary 'The Inconvenient Truth'?
3. Which great singer and songwriter, part of one of THE most famous bands of all time, was also part of the 'Plastic Ono' band?
4. Who is known to have said, 'My only international rival is Tintin'?
5. Why will it be a holiday in England on 29th April?

Answers will come your way next post!!

Music Rocks!!!

Ok, last time's answers. Yasu has already told us, The first one is Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the second is Babe Ruth. The third person is Sinead O' Connor. The fourth is the notorious child-catcher, from the movie 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', The fifth person is the poet Robert Browning. As my name says, I am a die hard musiclover. I love all types of of music, from classical to rock, country to R&B. So it's time I do another Music Quiz. Here goes:-

1. How do we know Farukh Balsara, lead singer of a certain band, better?
2. After which planet does Mozart have a Symphony?
3. Which rock band's debut album's cover featured a hand holding a heart shaped bleeding grenade?
4. Which musical, featuring the song 'Memory', is based on a book by T.S. Eliot?
5. Which band did Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael make up?
6. Which is the all time most covered song?
   

I will give the answers next day! :)

Ok, here are the answers, as Yasu has already told 2 of them. The first, is obviously Florence Nightingale. The second is Robert De Niro. He gives the voice for Don Lino, the leader of the great whites in the movie Shark Tale. The third is John Dalton. Ok, here are some pictures, and you've got to identify them, or answer the question related to them.

 1.  Identify this composer. (hint : what he's holding)

2.  Identify this baseball player.

 3.  Identify this Irish singer.

 4.  From which film is this picture?

5.  Name this poet.

I think posting the answers the next day is a better method, so, enjoy! 

Who Am I?

Hello everyone, I'm back again, and, it's been quite a while, so I decided to do a Who Am I. By the way, India won the Cricket World Cup 2011! Enjoy!

1. I am a famous nurse born in 1820. I served as one in the Crimean War. I'm the lady with the lamp. Who Am I?
2. I am a famous actor born in 1943. I gave the voice for Lenny's father in 'Shark Tale'. Who am I?
3. I am a famous English chemist. I am best known for my pioneering work in the development of the modern atomic theory.Who am I?

I'll give the answers next day, and sorry for the number of questions I gave, I'm in a huge hurry. Bye!!

Guess the 'thing' 's inventor!

Well here I am, posting once again. Today's is different.The first letter of each answer will make up a certain thing. You need to post the inventor of that 'thing' as a comment on this post. Enjoy!

1. The Japanese art of Flower arrangement.
2. The fear of death.
3. The mania of collecting postage stamps.
4. The country of which Quito is the capital.
5. The animal with the scientific name Procyon lotor.
6. A series of ancient geoglyphs located in southern Peru.
7. The singer who was a truck driver.
8. The most venomous snake in the world is the Inland ____.

Finally back again!!!

yMy exams are over, and finally I get to blog again! I think I'll post some dry questions now, and don't worry, soon I'll come up with an interesting idea. Enjoy!

1. Which metal's name means 'unknown metal'?
2. Who is the first batsman in cricket to be given out by a third umpire?
3. Which film won the 'best animated feature' oscar in 2011?
4. 'The Nutcracker', 'Swan Lake', 'Sleeping Beauty' are ballet suites composed by which composer?
5. Which Dicken's story revolves around a man named Ebenezer Scrooge?

Answers : Xenon, Sachin Tendulkar, Toy Story 3, Tchaikovsky, A Christmas Carol

Ologies

Hello again! I'm back (I know that's like my motto), and....well, here are some ologies you need to tell me are the study of :-

1. Etymology
2. Oncology
3. Choncology
4. Ethology
5. Myrmecology

Answer : Words and their origins, Cancer, Shells, Animal Behaviour, Ants

IDENTIFY!

I'm  back, and I thought, let's make a picture quiz. Here goes, Enjoy!

1.  Name this girl.

2. Name this hilarious actor.

3. Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee.......

4. Name this famous painting, or its painter.

5. Who is this, and what did he co-create?

Answers: Anne Frank, Steve Martin, Muhammad Ali, La Guernica-Picasso, Jerry Yang, who co created Yahoo.

Riddle-me-ree!

Everyone, I'm back. Today, I thought, I'd venture a little away from hard-core quizzing and give some riddles. Don't think riddles are not part of quizzing, they very much are. Many quizzes have these in buzzer rounds, So here goes, have fun!

1. A man looks at apicture and says about it :-

                                 Brothers and sisters I have none,

                                 But this man's father is my father's son.

        How is the man in the picture related to him?

    2.  If John went to Nairobi, Oklahoma, Hampshire amd Jamaica, who went to York, Nicaragua, Newcastle and Kolkata?

   3.  2 cows are standing, one facing east, the other facing west. How are they eating from the same stack of hay?

  4.  I arrive once in every second, once in every minute and once in every year. What am I?

  5.  The man who makes it does not need it. The man who buys its does not use it. The man who uses it  doesn't know he is. What is it?

Answers : His son. Kenny, They are facing each other, the letter E, A coffin.

Back yet again!!

Thank you Ann for posting the answers! I'm back on a Saturday, as I promised. So, today, as I'm posting in a bit of a hurry, I'll give some really interesting dry questions and answers. Enjoy:-

1. As it is said, when two Englishmen meet, what do they first talk about?
2. West End is to London, as Broadway is to...?
3. What is the longest running play in history?
4. Which authors real name is Darrell Waters?
5. Who played 'The Gladiator' in the movie of the same name?

Answers: The Weather, New York, The Mousetrap, Enid Blyton, Russell Crowe

BACK AGAIN!

My exams are approaching, so I can only sit at the PC once a week! But I promise I will post something every time. So I thought, my way is to give the questions and write the answers alltogether below it. But today I'm NOT going to type the answers. You are going to find them, and post them as a comment! It's a bit of a hard work I know, but everyone can google it, and one thing will lead to another, and you might just increase your knowledge! But please do give me the answers :) ! enjoy!

1. Which country has the most number of UNESCO world heritage sites?
2. Who was the first black artist to feature on MTV?
3. Which mountain range separates France and Spain?
4. What is triskaidekaphobia the fear of?
5. Who is the President of the Society of Sober Sailors (S.S.S.)? (fictional)

Dates quiz

There are so many days celebrated throughout the world. So I thought that today, I would make a quiz on some of these dates in 2011. Enjoy!

1. When is world literacy day celebrated?
2. 5th June is....?
3. World Athletics Day is celebrated on...?
4. World Music Day is celebrated on?
5. World Television Day?

Answers: September 10, World Environment Day, May 5, June 21, November 21