Friday, June 17, 2011

State of Affairs : Bad A$$

1.Identify

2.Sharing his initials with a deceased Chief Minister of a South Indian state,this composer(not from the same state) is the youngest and only Indian to receive the Cyprus International Film Festival Award in 2006 for the movie "Raam" . Identify him.


3.Connect

4.How big is an A4 sheet compared to an A1 sheet(in terms of area) ?

5.5 bloggers from this middle-eastern country were recently tried behind closed doors for propagating Anti-establishment ideas.Unlike the other countries affected by the Jasmine Revolution,these bloggers do not enjoy the support of the masses and were greeted with cries of "Long live the Khalifa" as they were brought to court.
Identify the country.

6.What??


7.Irving Berlin wrote a song asking for "it" to be blessed.Simon and Garfunkel sang that they've come to look for "it".What are we talking about here?


8.Which letter completes the series : B,C,F,H,I,K,N,O,P,S,U,V,W,_ ?
   (Except for the missing letter,the list is exhaustive)

Courtesy :   Mr.Swethan Jasty(Question 1)
                  "Friday" Magazine(Questions 7 & 8)




6 comments:

  1. 2 - Yuvan Shankar Raja....loved 7/G brundavan Colony...:)
    3 - well Kesha has a song called Silk Wolf. Apart from that, no clue!...Who's the man?
    5 - UAE

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  2. 2)Yuvan shankar raja- it's 7/G, rainbow colony in tamil ;)

    4) A4 is 1/8 the size of A1

    6) America ..(irving berlin wrote 'god bless america')

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  3. 8) I suppose they are the only elements in the periodic table with one letter symbols.

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  4. 1.Syd Barrett
    2.Yuvan Shankar Raja(YSR)
    3."Dirty Picture" [The man is Milan Lutharia,who is directing Vidya Balan in an eponymous biopic on "Silk" Smitha.Kesha has a song featuring Taio Cruz - dirty picture]
    4.A1 is 1/8th the size of A4.
    5.United Arab Emirates
    6.Pottermore.(The signature is JK Rowling's.Check out the website)
    7.America!
    8.Missing letter is Y(Yttrium): The only elements in the periodic table with one letter symbols.

    Credits : Messrs.Ajay,Swethan,Prashant M and Vivian.Well done,all of you!!

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