answers to jaquizzi ix

Round 1.

1. Carribbiean, or West Indies. James bond was the name of an ornithologist that Ian Felming chose for his hero. The name appeared in a book called ‘Birds of the Caribbean.’ and obviously, Jack Sparrow is in the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’.

2. Pac-Man3. Balasaheb Thackeray4. Richard Feynman5. Michael Crichton, Eaters of the dead. The film was The 13th warrior6. Sanjay Manjrekar and Vinod Kambli7. First Indian album to be released in CD format8. Dai Lewellyn’s Ward, and Desmond Lewellyn as Q (the quartermaster) in many bond

films9. X-men10. Tony Blair11. Sherlock Holmes12. Amitabh Bachchan plays ‘God’ in all three films

Round 2.

1. Pink Floyd2. Notes of ‘Happy birthday to you’3. This painting by Claude Monet started off the Impressionist school of painting4. All four have inspired names of music bands. (Clockwise) Jalebee Cartel, Avial, Black

Eyed Peas and The Cranberries5. Supposed entry to platform 9 and ¾ of Hogwarts fame in Harry Potter books.6. This spoof of the MGM logo is by the creators of Asterix. The question was what is the

meaning of what is written in the band. Answer: “These Romans are crazy!”7. The little boy is Bappi Lahiri8. Answer included. Vuvuzela Hits9. Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa10. Ray Roman, one of the two fonts created by Satyajit Ray11. The first paragraph of ‘Without You’, by Del James. It inspired November Rain by Guns n

Roses12. The gentleman sitting down is Ramon Magsaysay

Round 3.

1. Muhammad Ali, because he called himself Greatest Of All Times.2. Surround sound3. Quentin Tarantino. Kaante was inspired by Reservoir Dogs, a Tarantino film. Kill Bill was

directed by him, and he acted in Desperado.4. All have played Video Games characters on screen. Max Payne, Lara Croft: Tomb

Raider, Hitman and Resident Evil respectively5. Mickey Mouse6. Recipe for Salsa7. Snoop Dog8. Thomson and Thompson from Tintin comics9. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star10. Mohiniyattam11. Dodo. His real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, and he stuttered while pronouncing

his surname12. Black Sabbath