A few questions I posted in a quiz group I am part of. Most contain visuals. Some are very easy, a few are a bit twisted. Give it a try :)

1. The Quirky World !
By Debojyoti De
11 June 2014
Q1 : Erika 'Aya' LaBrie, joined US Air Force, lived in Japan for a brief time, represented
USA in multiple Archery competition and won lot of laurels, but, she is more famous for
her marriage in 2007. Who did she marry ?
Ans : Eiffel Tower, her current name is Erika Eiffel.
Q2 : Born in 940 AD, he was a fierce warrior. His first mate, best friend and lieutenant in
raids was Fortuitous Eduardo, more popularly known as Lucky Eddie. His son shows no
interest in his father's profession and wants to be a dentist. His dog, Snert, barks with an
accent - Voof! Who is he ?

2. Ans : Hagar the Horrible.
Q3 : Arguably founded before 1356, this community was known to be an organized gang
of professional assassins and robbers. In 1830s, a certain William Bentinck and his chief
captain William Henry Sleeman vowed to eradicate this entire clan and were somehow
successful. Which community ?
Ans : Thuggees.
The story of Thuggee was popularized by books such as Philip Meadows Taylor's novel
Confessions of a Thug, 1839, leading to the word "thug" entering the English language.
In his 1897 travelogue Following the Equator Mark Twain devotes two chapters to the
Thugs and how they operated.
Q4 : According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the correct names for X facility
are the Nevada Test and Training Range and Groom Lake, though the name X was used
in a CIA document from the Vietnam war.
Other names used for the facility include Dreamland, and nicknames Paradise Ranch,
Home Base, Watertown, and Groom Lake.
The base's current primary purpose is publicly unknown; however, based on historical
evidence, it most likely supports development and testing of experimental aircraft and
weapons systems.
Now, enough of data, just tell me what is X ?
A picture hint in case you want it :

3. Ans : Area 51
Q5 : Identify this star cast :
Ans : Simpsons

4. Q6 : A bit of a long question. Read carefully before you answer. Question is : why is this
following conversation so famous / unique ?
On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs took out his iPhone and dialed a Starbucks in San
Francisco. "Good morning," answered the polite voice of employee Ying Hang "Hannah"
Zhang. "How may I help you?"
"Yes, I'd like to order 4,000 lattes to go, please," Jobs said, grinning. "No, just kidding.
Wrong number. Goodbye!"
Ans : Jobs was on stage at the Moscone Center, where he had just unveiled the iPhone to
the world. His call to the Starbucks that day was the first real public phone call made
from an iPhone in history

5. Q7 : Jump London is a 2003 documentary which explains some of the background to X
and culminated with Sébastien Foucan, Johann Vigroux, and Jérôme Ben Aoues
demonstrating their X skills. A practitioner of X is often called a traceur, with the
feminine form being traceuse. David Belle (picture below) is considered the founder of
X. What is X ? no typos please.
Ans : Parkour. David starred in a couple movie that highlighted his Parkour movies -
District 13 and District 13: Ultimatum
Q8 : Again a long question. Read carefully before you type.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health
institute of the United States. The CDC is a federal agency under the Department of
Health and Human Services. Its main goal is to protect public health and safety through
the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability. The CDC focuses national
attention on developing and applying disease control and prevention. It especially focuses
its attention on infectious disease, food borne pathogens, environmental health,
occupational safety and health, health promotion, injury prevention and educational
activities designed to improve the health of United States citizens.
On May 16, 2011, the CDC's blog published an article instructing the public on what to
do to prepare for a X invasion. While the article did not claim that such a scenario was
possible, it did use the popular culture appeal as a means of urging citizens to prepare for
all potential hazards, such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and flood.
What is X ?

6. Ans : zombie
Read for more information :
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
Q9 : The following picture is an iconic one. Most of you will be able to identify it.
However, there are a couple *changes* in the picture used in this report of Di Tzeitung, a
Satmar Hasidic newspaper published in Brooklyn, NY. What changes ?

7. Ans : The newspaper edited the image to remove Hillary Clinton and Audrey Tomason
due to its policy of not running photographs with women because of modesty laws (as per
Hasidic Judaism religion).
Q10 : The person on right most famously drew the picture on the left (The Courtyard of
the Old Residency – not the full name). Identify the person.
Ans : Adolf Hitler, the name of the picture is “The Courtyard of the Old Residency in
Munich” drawn in 1914.

8. Q11 : Identify the superhero who has been blacked out in the middle.
Ans : Super Commando Dhruva

9. Q12 : This is a picture from the 2014 Kolkata Book Fair. What special thing is depicted
in this picture ?
Ans : The Stall of Wikipedia first time in any bookfair for the first time worldwide.
Q13 : Who was the more famous (but mortal) sister of Stheno and Euryale ?
Ans : Medusa, one of the three Gorgon sisters who was slain by the demigod and hero
Perseus.

10. Q14 : Name this person who hoped to become a priest but was not allowed to because of
his stuttering. In response, he wrote a poem which mentions stuttering.
Learn well your grammar / And never stammer / Write well and neatly / And sing soft
sweetly / Drink tea, not coffee; Never eat toffy / Eat bread with butter / Once more don't
stutter.
Hint : In one of his most famous book a Dodo bird is drawn to vaguely resemble himself,
and he often tended to say his own real last name "Do-Do-Dodgson".
Ans : Lewis Carroll, the writer of Alice in Wonderland, whose real name was Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson
Q15 : During 2012 Superbowl, Coca Cola had shown a great social ad. A couple bears
were seen watching the game, tweeting all the time and enjoying coke with their friend
Penguins. Now, what is so surprising about this ad ?
Ans : Theoretically Polar bears and Penguins live in opposite poles, hence, seeing them in
the same commercial is a bit odd ! Read this for more on the commercial :

11. http://www.heather-smith.com/?p=428
Q16 : After six month of gruelling *something*, these tokens / chips are awarded to
deserving candidates. Explain or give funda.
Ans : Sobriety token or "chip", given for specified lengths of sobriety, on the back is
Serenity Prayer. Here green is for six months of sobriety; purple is for nine months.
Q17 : Who are featured in this Red List ?
Ans : Threatened Species (not only the Extinct ones). This is the logo of International
Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (also
known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List)

12. Q18 : X Gulp is a drink which was said to come in "4 great flavors": Glutamate Grape
(glutamic acid), Sugar-Free Radical (free radicals), Beta Carroty (beta carotene), and
Sero-Tonic Water (serotonin). Although ostensibly free, the company claimed the
beverage could only be obtained by returning the cap of a X Gulp bottle to a local
grocery store: a causal loop. Launched in April 2005, which company manufactured it ?
Ans : Google Gulp, a April Fool's day prank hosted by Google in 2005

13. Q19 : Straightforward question. Identify this series :
Ans : Barrack the Barbarian.
Q20 : These two brothers in the foreground (Harry and Charlie Davies-Carr) made
history in 2007 when they occupied the first spot on a coveted list. As of today, they have
come down to 4th
spot. What list ? Give funda.
Ans : List of most viewed YouTube videos. It is the "Charlie Bit My Finger – Again!",
more simply known as Charlie Bit My Finger or Charlie Bit Me video.

14. TEASERS
Q1 : Connect all these following :
(L to R : Maserati, USB, Blue Devil and Poseidon)
Ans : Trident. Maserati and USB has Trident in their logo whereas Blue Devil and
Poseidon always carry a Trident.
Q2 : Mr X, the son of an apple farmer in Tasmania in the early 1900s, splits a beer atom
with a chisel in order to add bubbles to beer, discovers the theory of relativity and travels
to Sydney to patent it. While there, he invents the electric guitar and surfing while
romancing Marie Curie. He invents rock and roll and uses it to save the world from being
destroyed due to misuse of a nuclear reactor under the watchful eye of Charles Darwin.
Synopsis of a hugely popular 1988 movie made by Australian actor/director Yahoo
Serious. Who is X ?
Ans : Albert Einstein. The movie is named “Young Einstein”.
Q3: Who is the writer of the famous book "The Poem of the Right Angle (Le Poeme de
l'Angle Droit)", a series of 19 paintings and corresponding writings. He also wrote After
Cubism, Modern Painting, The Decorative Arts of Today, The Radiant City and most

15. famously "Toward an Architecture".
Ans : Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, the famous pioneer
of modern architecture (who designed the city of Chandigarh as well).