THE NITK QUIZ BLOG

Id these wonderful gentlemen and connect.Some call them human rights activists!

Cracked by Logik,Ajay Parasuraman,Sudarshan,Debashish.

ANSWER: Al-Zaidi and Jarnail Singh, famous Shoe-throwers.

Id. zimply. felt liek an engineer again. so what if i aint gonna get a job?

p.s.: no connect. rather, connect is ob. so shove off!

Answer:

Clockwise from top left:

Lakshmanjhoola, Hrishikesh, Himachal Pradesh

Vidyasagar Setu, Calcutta, West Bengal

Hebbal Lake flyover (when in construction), Bengalooru, Karnataka

Bandra – Worli Sea Link, Mumbai, Maharashtra (still in construction)

Cracked by Kash, partially.

Identify this technique and give the phrase in English it originated.

Cracked by: Aditya Sridhar, Logik and half cracked by Anand Shankar

Answer: Parthian Shot and Parting shot

This question was made in a hurry. Better questions will be put up from tomorrow.

Connect:

Cracked by: Ajay Parasuraman

Answer: Plays by George Bernard Shaw – Caesar and Cleopatra, Man and Superman, Pygmalion

Cracked by Rajiv Rai, Ajay Parasuraman.

ANSWER: Day of the Jackal.

Pic 1: Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry, whose attempt on De Gaulle was fictionalized in Day of the Jackal.

Pic 2: Fredrick Forsythe, the author.

Pic 3: Carlos the Jackal.

Pic 4: The 1973 movie Day of the Jackal.

Connect.

Cracked by Ajay Parasuraman,Johny Walker,Rithwik.

ANSWER: The Joker.

Pic 1 and Pic 2: Bill Finger and Bob Kane credited with creating Him.

Pic 3: Red Hood ( Jokers persona before he became the Joker).

Pic 4: Joker’s  image is said to have been inspired by Conrad Veidts character in ‘The Man who Laughs’.

Group photo of ?

Cracked by Wanderlust,Rithwik,Ajay,tarantinofan.

ANSWER: These were the accused in the Mahatma Gandhi assasination case. Refer to Rithwik’s answer for the names.

Id the sport being played.

Cracked by Ajay,Johny Walker,The Editor,Pappan.

ANSWER:

Jai Alai(A variety of Basque Pelota).The ball reaches speeds of 302 km/h.

Origin of which phrase?

Cracked by Ajay,Anees and Rithwick.

ANSWER: Thin Red Line.

Themed ride. What theme??

Cracked by tarantinofan,Johny Walker,Wanderlust.

ANSWER: The Riddler.

ID the person on the right.

Cracked by quite a few of you.
ANSWER: John Bull, personification of Britain like France’s Marianne.

ID the gentleman on the left.

Answer: Allan Pinkerton, of the PInkerton Detective Agency fame

Cracked By: Rithwik K, Malcaluffin and Rahul