Friday, September 17, 2010

#85: What is this device?


Answer: Chinese finger trap

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

#84: ID Sport


Answser: Curling. It figured on a Simpsons episode and got me pretty interested.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

FYI QUIZZES 2010

Hey Guys! F.Y.I Bangalore brings you the next edition of F.Y.I quizzes:



Date: June 13th 2010

Venue: Gokul Kuteera, 3rd floor, CMH Road, Indiranagar.

1. The Philosopher’s Stoned: The Literary and Entertainment Quiz

Prelims: 1000 – 1100hrs

Finals: 1100 – 1300hrs

2 in a team

Prizes: 500 for winners.

QM: Suraj

2. The F.Y.I Summer Open 2010

Prelims: 1330 – 1430hrs

Finals: 1430 – 1700 hrs

2 in a team

Prizes: 1000, 500 for top 2 spots.

QM: Mrinal & Suraj

*PLZ NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE THIS TIME.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

#83: ID Award


Answer: The Slammy. Given to pro wrestlers.

Monday, April 5, 2010

#82: ID Subject of Painting


No points for IDing Artist.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

#81: ID Thai delicacy


Often sold raw or fried in Thai markets. ID delicacy.

Answer: Beef Pizzle or Bull Penis. Goes Un-cracked.

#80: Combine!



Arrive at the name of a Rock Band combining the 2 images.
Answer:
A is Iggy from Under the Umbrella Tree
B is the Three Stooges
The band I was looking for was Iggy & The Stooges.
No part points.
Cracked by Abhilash only.

#79: Connect



Give a two word connect for the 2 images

Answer:
A is the Tomahawk
B is the logo of Dodge.
Connect is Dodge Tomahawk.

#78: What does the map depict?


Answer: The Chernobyl disaster. Cracked by Rohan only.

#77: Inventory for what?











What act of self protection can you hope to achieve using the following items?
Answer: Garlic, Silver, Holy Water & UV light are used to kill Vampires. (as Rohan says, real ones... not the wusses in Twilight)
PS: Real Vampires? Hope you're wrong dude...

# 76: Lost!


This is X. In the center was Y. Give both X and Y.
Answer:
X is the Labyrinth at Crete
Y is the Minataur

#75: Scoreboard Open




Who connects the three images?

Answer:
A is the Ping Pong Diplomacy
B is Shit Happens the bumper sticker
C is the Have a Nice Day smiley
Connect is Forrest Gump.

Nanda, Bidyut, Rohan, Athith & Ayush
crack this.

# 74: Logo Of?


Answer: Comic Con International

Thursday, April 1, 2010

#73: Funny Beast


Id now long gone beast
Answer: Tasmanian Tiger

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

[#72: Who connects?]





Answer:
A: The Dubliners who composed the OST for Guy Ritchie's Holmes movie.
B: Bees Saal Baad loosely based on Hound Of The Baskervilles
C: Gregory House played by Hugh Laurie also bears several resemblances to Holmes.

Connect: Sherlock Holmes

[#71: Missing Link]





Who's Missing?
Answer:
A: Blaze Bailey
B: Paul Day
C: Dennis Wilcock
D: Paul Di Anno

Connect: Ex-Vocalists of Iron Maiden. Missing link: Bruce Dickinson.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

# 70: An old friend




Connect...

Answer: A is The Rajasaurus or the Narmadia
B is Medha Patkar
Connect is Narmada.

# 69:

In 2009 he was in Kate. But Kate was torn into pieces at Melbourne so he switched to Kate's Dirty Sister halfway through the year. This year, he's put his faith in Luscious Liz. Who?

Answer: Sebastian Vettel. He names his cars after strange gils.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

# 68: What is this?


Answer: Vacuum Bed. A thin latex film stretching over the body with orifaces in the correct areas extensively used in BDSM acts.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

# 67: Connect



Surprised it went uncracked... A is the Cliffhanger Backflip and B is Sylvester Stallone who played lead in Cliffhanger.

#66: ID superhero


Trey Parker's Orgazmo

#65: Connect



A: Stiletto heels
B: Stiletto Knife

Answer: Stiletto

No. 64: ID the savant


A fictional character X loosely based on person above, Y was portrayed by Z on screen. Y died of a heart attack in December '09. Give me X, Y and Z.

Answer: X is Raymond Babbit
Y is Kim Peek
Z is Dustin Hoffman

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

No. 63


This is a semi-aquatic rodent that has been causing havoc along the coast lines of Louisiana. To prevent their population from going crazy, the state has promoted the animal as food and has provided several recipies too! But apparantly it doesnt taste that good...

ID animal.

Answer: The North American Coypu a.k.a. the Nutria

No. 62


Ok... dont ask too many questions... I'll do that. Just answer these for time-pass factor. No scoring till PU Boards are done with.

Question: This camera is famous for what it captured. The film is said to have given a whole new angle to the investigation of the affair with which this camera is associated. In fact, the film is so popular that it has been named after the photographer, an ordinary man from Brooklyn with an ordinary camera. What am I talking about?

Answer: The Zapruder film. Shot by an unsuspecting Abraham Zapruder dueing JFK's assassination.