Q1
_________is a design created in 1971 by Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student at Portland State University. She met Phil Knight while he was teaching accounting classes and she started doing some freelance work for his company, Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). BRS needed a new brand for a new line of athletic footwear it was preparing to introduce in 1972. Knight approached Davidson for design ideas, and she agreed to provide them, charging a rate of $2 per hour. What design?
Q2
Guns-N-Roses are so upset with a blogger that FBI agents recently
arrested the 27-year-old blogger Kevin Cogill. Cogill appeared in
court in the afternoon wearing a T-shirt; his girlfriend sat court and
afterward said, "Rally the troops," but declined further comment. Why
was he arrested?
Q3
The photograph was taken by the professional photographer Charles O'Rear, a resident of St. Helena, Napa County, for digital-design company HighTurn. Although O'Rear's focus was on photographing winemaking in the Napa Valley, the hill didn't have grapevines when the photograph was being taken in the late 1990s. This was because of a bug infestation in the grapes as a result of which the entire vineyard had to be pulled out, and the hill was covered by only grass. The photograph was taken aside the highway 12/121, and by a hand held camera. What are we talking about?
Q4
James Douglas Muir has a large antique car and motorcycle collection of various international marques. The collection spans from the early 1900s to the late 1960s. He constantly works on his collection in his spare time. The collection includes an original 1912 Stanley Steamer and a very rare 1964 Studebaker Avanti, as well as classic sports cars like Bugattis. He is also a promoter of the mechanical crafts through a column in Popular Mechanics and his educational activities. How do we better know him as?
Q5
He has been described by Capt. Arthur Hastings as: 'He was hardly more than five feet four inches but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. Even if everything on his face was covered, the tips of moustache and the pink-tipped nose would be visible. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible; I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police.' Identify the person.
Q6
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first created a bald telepathic villain bent on dominating the entire world. He appeared in the short story "The Reign of the ________" from Science Fiction #3, a science fiction fanzine that Siegel published in 1933. Siegel re-wrote the character in 1933 as a hero, bearing little or no resemblance to his villainous namesake. What did Jerry create?
Q7
Farrokh Bulsara was born in Stone Town on Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsis from the Gujarati region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India. The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat. As Parsis, the family practiced the Zoroastrian religion. He attended St. Peter's School, a boarding school for boys in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai), India. At St. Peter's, he was a bright student who excelled at several sports. At school, he formed a popular school band, called The Hectics, for which he played the piano. He later became lead singer and co-founder of a famous rock band, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Identify the famous guy.
Q8
He was born Krishna Bhanji in Snainton, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of Anna Lyna Mary (née Goodman), an actress and model, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor. His father, an Ismaili Muslim, was born in Kenya of Indian Khoja Gujarati descent, as his paternal grandfather was a spice trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where his father lived until moving to England at the age of fourteen. He grew up to be an Oscar winning actor. Who?
Q9
Poketto Monsutā in Japanese means 'Pocket Monsters'. It's also related to one of the most successful and lucrative media franchises in the world. What are we talking about?
Q10
In April, 2003, British Army Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock were convicted for cheating on the UK version of the show. The allegation was that when host Chris Tarrant asked a question, Whittock, who was part of the audience, would cough in order to guide Ingram to the correct answer. Members of the audience raised suspicions over Whittock's coughing and the police were called in to investigate. The programme was not broadcast until after the trial. The defence claimed that Whittock simply suffered from allergies, but all three were found guilty and given suspended sentences. They maintained their innocence. Which show?
Q11
Identify the animal in the above image. (Hint: In cartoons, he spins like a tornado and talks gibberish.)
_________is a design created in 1971 by Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student at Portland State University. She met Phil Knight while he was teaching accounting classes and she started doing some freelance work for his company, Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS). BRS needed a new brand for a new line of athletic footwear it was preparing to introduce in 1972. Knight approached Davidson for design ideas, and she agreed to provide them, charging a rate of $2 per hour. What design?
Q2
Guns-N-Roses are so upset with a blogger that FBI agents recently
arrested the 27-year-old blogger Kevin Cogill. Cogill appeared in
court in the afternoon wearing a T-shirt; his girlfriend sat court and
afterward said, "Rally the troops," but declined further comment. Why
was he arrested?
Q3
The photograph was taken by the professional photographer Charles O'Rear, a resident of St. Helena, Napa County, for digital-design company HighTurn. Although O'Rear's focus was on photographing winemaking in the Napa Valley, the hill didn't have grapevines when the photograph was being taken in the late 1990s. This was because of a bug infestation in the grapes as a result of which the entire vineyard had to be pulled out, and the hill was covered by only grass. The photograph was taken aside the highway 12/121, and by a hand held camera. What are we talking about?
Q4
James Douglas Muir has a large antique car and motorcycle collection of various international marques. The collection spans from the early 1900s to the late 1960s. He constantly works on his collection in his spare time. The collection includes an original 1912 Stanley Steamer and a very rare 1964 Studebaker Avanti, as well as classic sports cars like Bugattis. He is also a promoter of the mechanical crafts through a column in Popular Mechanics and his educational activities. How do we better know him as?
Q5
He has been described by Capt. Arthur Hastings as: 'He was hardly more than five feet four inches but carried himself with great dignity. His head was exactly the shape of an egg, and he always perched it a little on one side. His moustache was very stiff and military. Even if everything on his face was covered, the tips of moustache and the pink-tipped nose would be visible. The neatness of his attire was almost incredible; I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police.' Identify the person.
Q6
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster first created a bald telepathic villain bent on dominating the entire world. He appeared in the short story "The Reign of the ________" from Science Fiction #3, a science fiction fanzine that Siegel published in 1933. Siegel re-wrote the character in 1933 as a hero, bearing little or no resemblance to his villainous namesake. What did Jerry create?
Q7
Farrokh Bulsara was born in Stone Town on Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, were Parsis from the Gujarati region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India. The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat. As Parsis, the family practiced the Zoroastrian religion. He attended St. Peter's School, a boarding school for boys in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai), India. At St. Peter's, he was a bright student who excelled at several sports. At school, he formed a popular school band, called The Hectics, for which he played the piano. He later became lead singer and co-founder of a famous rock band, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Identify the famous guy.
Q8
He was born Krishna Bhanji in Snainton, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of Anna Lyna Mary (née Goodman), an actress and model, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor. His father, an Ismaili Muslim, was born in Kenya of Indian Khoja Gujarati descent, as his paternal grandfather was a spice trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where his father lived until moving to England at the age of fourteen. He grew up to be an Oscar winning actor. Who?
Q9
Poketto Monsutā in Japanese means 'Pocket Monsters'. It's also related to one of the most successful and lucrative media franchises in the world. What are we talking about?
Q10
In April, 2003, British Army Major Charles Ingram, his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whittock were convicted for cheating on the UK version of the show. The allegation was that when host Chris Tarrant asked a question, Whittock, who was part of the audience, would cough in order to guide Ingram to the correct answer. Members of the audience raised suspicions over Whittock's coughing and the police were called in to investigate. The programme was not broadcast until after the trial. The defence claimed that Whittock simply suffered from allergies, but all three were found guilty and given suspended sentences. They maintained their innocence. Which show?
Q11
Identify the animal in the above image. (Hint: In cartoons, he spins like a tornado and talks gibberish.)
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