QUIZ 23

Q1
Born on New Year's Eve, he played for 6 football clubs, scoring a total of 167 goals, before he entered the fray of managing teams. His son, Darren, is the current manager of Peterborough United. Identify the person.

Q2
He was, initially, created due to the implementation of a 'duplicating ray'. Another version was created by The Joker. His powers include : freeze vision, flame breath, X-ray vision which can see ONLY through lead, etc. His weakness is blue kryptonite. Who are we talking about?

Q3
Timex said that the industry standard used to be eight-twenty but that looked too much like a frown and created an unhappy look. So it was changed to.....what?

Q4
_______ is the allotrope of carbon where the carbon atoms are arranged in an isometric-hexoctahedral crystal lattice. FITB.

Q5
Maheshdas Bhat died in the battle of Malandari Pass, attempting to quell unrest amongst Afghan or Pashtun tribes in Northwest India. We know him better as?

Q6
He was born Chandra Mohan Jain. As a youth, he became an atheist; he took an interest in hypnosis and was briefly associated with communism & socialism, ideoligies which he later berated. He moved to America in 1981, and created the Oregon Commune. But, he later announced that acts of bio-terror using Salmonella were organized by the Commune by Ma Sheela. Coupled with immigration violations, he was forced to leave America and returned to India and died in 1990. Who?

Q7
The erroneous publication in 1888 of a premature obituary by a French newspaper, condemning him for his invention, declaring him as "The merchant of death", forced him to leave a legacy which would benefit mankind. Who or what are we talking about?

Q8
In 1997, Entertainment Weekly magazine named him the number one movie legend of all time. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked "Bogie" the greatest male star. Star of films like The Maltese Falcon and The African Queen, he was part of the rat pack. Name this famous actor.

Q9
It is a plot device that motivates the characters or advances the story, but the details of which are of little or no importance otherwise. Eg. The Maltese Falcon, Dead Man's Chest. What?

Q10
What does GNU stand for?

Q11
Identify the person in the above image. (She's English, neither Belgian nor French:))

The Early Bird: Ashok Ninjar, Jaipur

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