Mini street quiz at iim c

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This is a mini street quiz I had done at Ulhaas 2008, a marketing Fest of IIM-Calcutta

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Identify

• Bonnie and Clyde

Connect

Wikipedia founders

What comes in place of question mark?

Personal Computer

• This person played 190 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He has the record of the only instance of all ten wickets being taken "bowled" in any first-class match, a feat he achieved in 1850. He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1913. Who?

• John Wisden

• An insurance company NIG gives an £1-million insurance cover to triathletes participating in a particular race for some reason. What reason?

• (hint- the race takes place in one of the western European countries)

Attacks by Loch Ness Monster (it takes place in Scotland)

An artist’s impression of something great he achieved himself. Identify the artist and his

achievement

• AC Doyle dismissing WG Grace

These are some of the rules of a particular sport. Identify the sport

• Any player may declare a new rule at any point in the game .The player may do this audibly or silently depending on what zone the player is in.

• Any penalty legislation may be in the form of pain, embarrassment, or any degradation the rulee wishes to execute upon the other player.

• Any rule above that is carried out during the course of the game may never be used again in the event that it causes the same result as a previous game.

• Calvinball

• It is an extremely poor, fourth-world country that has recently abandoned Socialism. Its citizens and culture seem to resemble those of Eastern Europe. Most of the nation is covered with waist-deep mud, which the residents use to build houses. Much of the economy is also mud-based. The mud is caused by an abundance of oil and coal near the surface. Pigs in this country have intelligence and social standing comparable to the humans and are sometimes shown as having a role in the government. Frisbee is the national bird of this country.

• Which country?

Elbonia

Connect

Flying and non-flying dutchman

• What is Anne Taylor Gilbert’s contribution to English literature?

Twinkle twinkle little star

Connect

Stephen King’s works

Complete the poem

Poem by Louis Untermeyer called "Rainbow in the Sky”

"Wire, briar, limber-lock

Three geese in a flock

………………………….”

• One flew east and one flew west

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

connect

• At Gregory Peck’s funeral recently, the eulogy was read by a little known actor called Brock Peters. Why he, of all people?

Connect

Deep throat

Which movie

Midnight cowboy

• This sport was originally played on ‘raths ' or chariots, and was known as Rathera. The rules of the game were framed at Gymkhana Poona in 1914. Eklavya award is given to the best male player and Rani Laxmibai award to the best female player of this sport every year. Which sport?

Kabaddi

Which word did this movie give to the English language

Paparazzi

What did this lead to

Rocky

Identify the icon – the screen name, not the real one

Identify

Another Padamsee. She was the first in a long list of stunners. Name

her

Connect

Which legend was the first person to advertise this product?

Another legend designed this ad while working for DJ Keymer. Who?

Identify the occasion

A happier occasion - identify

The brand?

What is this an inspiration for?

Whose logo?

Again, identify the logo

Identify

Two iconic brands. One is Harley Davidson. What's the other?

Identify

answers

• (1) lalitha ji (2) catbert (3) karen lunel, the first liril girl (4) modeled for both Pepsi and coke (5) wg grace (6) satyajit ray (7) amrish puri’s death (8) karthikeyan’s F1 debut (9) Benetton (10) the paramount pictures mountain (11) white star line (titanic) (12) natwest bank (13) john s pemberton (14) Marlboro man (15) Philip kotler