THE NITK QUIZ BLOG

Id.

BIG CLUE:

Cracked by Rahul, Bhargava.

ANSWER:

A plan of Tenochtitlan( now city of Mexico), the centre of the Aztec world. The founding of the city on that spot is based on the legend of the Aztecs who were looking for a place where the eagle devours the serpent on a cactus.

Id the place.

Cracked by Debasish,Ragwho and Nishanth.

ANSWER:

The Bridge of Sighs in Venice. The last look of Venice convicts would get before being moved into the dungeons. The name was coined by the British poet Lord Byron.

Very simple. Identify.

Answer: The FIFA Club World Cup Trophy, which was won by Man Utd. Cracked by bhargavaurala, whatzinaname and Rahul Nayak

Simple. Connect the above bands.

Slightly arbit I s’pose.

Answer: The bands are called Amon Amarth, Gorgoroth and Morgoth. The connect is their names are inspired by names/places from the JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth

Went uncracked!

Inspired from what?

Answer: Gift of the Magi, O Henry

Cracked by: Bhargava, Aditya, Capt P J Vogon, Johny Walker and Debashish

This lead character of a popular video game was the previous mascot of?

Cracked by: Johny Walker, Rithwik K and Whatzinaname

Answer: Cool spot is the previous mascot of 7Up

ID the guy.

Vague Clue:

Answer : John von Neumann. MAD magazine mascot Alfred von Neumann was meant to be the clue.

Cracked by : Whatzinaname, Johny Walker and Ajay Parasuraman

ID:

Died this day in 2008. Wife of famous poet, mother of famous actor. Sufficient?

Cracked by Anirudh Patil,Wanderlust,Reja.

ANSWER:

Teji Bachchan.

Put Funda.

Cracked by Miraj,Nishanth and Shyam.

ANSWER:

The earlier trademark of Old Spice. Based on the ship called “Friendship”.

Put Funda.

Cracked by Bhargava and Vish.

ANSWER: Connect is the song Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.

Pic 1: The Montreux Casino which was ruined when a fan fired a flare gun inside.

Pic 2: Lake Geneva

Pic 3: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing when the incident occured.

These inspired Roger Glover to come up with the title Smoke On the Water.

Cracked by Naveen Giles,Nishanth Raman, Ramkumar, Whatzinaname.

ANSWER:

John Nash.

Put Funda.

Clue:

Cracked by Ajay,  Tarantinofan and Bhargava.

ANSWER:

Dance of Death.

Who is the iconic figure these people represent?

An equine clue is provided.

ANSWER

Juan Valdez, Columbian national icon, representative of The Columbian Coffee Farmer.

Cracked only by Vanwaril.

Maha biscuit time. ID the album with this cover.