Season II Quiz V

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This weeks Challenge:


What term is used to denote word directly taken into one language from another, otherwise with little or no translation?

2. The person in the photo is a very normal photographer, but one photograph of this guy has a lot of 'Social' 'cultural' and 'economic' impact and the impact is visibly seen in the pop culture. What are we talking about?



3. The guy in the photograph has 'connected people' (But any case he is not a Nokia Employee!) . What made him famous?





4. Which American actress’s middle name is Karuna. She and her siblings spent time in Almora, India as children, and the Dalai Lama sometimes visited their home. As a child, she suffered bouts of body dimorphic disorder. Which 'Pulpy' woman are we talking about?



5. Who is the person in the photograph. If we were to mislead you by adding some trivia.. he is the Nephew of John Mathai, the second fiance minister of India, who resigned from the cabinet because of the increasing power of Mahanalobis.


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Answers for Season II Quiz IV

This weeks response was really great, we have received a tremendous 50+ mails, with in the first 4 days. Keep up this quizzing spirit guys! We will also publish the names of the perfect scorers from the next week.

1. CPI is the only party that has never changed its election symbol till date. Congress has changed it from the Cow and the calf to Hand that we see now. Several parties contested in the first general election like the Bolshevik Party, Ambedkar Forward Block( With an elephant!), Forward Block( Followers of Subhash Chandra Bose), have failed in ensuring even the deposits. The first general elections has also seen the highest percentage of independents till date.

2. He is Bahadur Shah Jaffar, the last Emperor of India. The photo is taken shortly before his death.

3. Bhyomkesh Bhakshi. The most popular Bengali detective inspired by Sherlock Holmes. The character is made immortal by the actor Rajat Kapoor( Who also played the role of Gandhi in Making of Mahatma).

4. That is Gary Old Man. He even allegedly quoted that the makeup was so elaborate that it ' Neither allowed him to breathe nor allowed him to sweat'. This character is Mason Verger the only surviving victim of Hannibal Lecter.

5. The connection is John Connors. The protagonist in the Terminator series. The charecter will be played by Christan Bale in the movie Terminator Salvation.

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Season II Quiz IV

Your and repeated requests acted as catalysts to create the Neo Quiz Spot Challenge. Every week we will publish 5 questions on Friday Evening by 5 pm. The answers are expected by Tuesday Noon of the following week. The answers and names of the top scorers will be published with in two days that is on Thursday by 5 pm. Please spread the quizzing to as many friends of you as possible. The Entries for this quiz will close on 24th March by 12 pm. Please send your answers to neoquizspotweeklychallenge@gmail.

1. What is the only national political party from India to have contested all the general elections using the same electoral symbol right from the election of 1951 ?

2. This is the last or precisely the only photograph which famous person?

3. This is a glimpse from the television adaptation of a well known Bengali short stories. These stories have even inspired Satyajit Ray to make a movie (Which was neither a commercial nor critical hit). Rituparno Ghsh is also set to make a trilogy of this series. Now, what or WHO are we taking about?

4.Who is the actor behind this eloborate makeup ?

5. Connect these four actors



The Entries for this quiz will close on 24th March by 12 pm. Please send your answers to neoquizspotweeklychallenge@gmail.com

Season II, Quiz II Answers

1. Identify this flag

Ans. Genghis Khan's Flag

2. Identify this person, added wings to mankind's dreams


Ans. Howard Hughes

3. When used as a verb, the word "#8@$^*" typically means "to make", "to be", "to laugh", or "to do". The word appears to serve the same function as the Spanish verb "hacer" or the French verb "faire". What is the word?

Ans. Smurfs


4. This vessel and a few other of its kind have saved the lives of about 1200 "inferior race" people. What are we talking about?




Ans. Oskar Schindler used to produce such vessels during WWII

5. What is the name of this famous statue?



Ans. Veiled Rebbecca

Season II Quiz II

Your and repeated requests acted as catalysts to create the Neo Quiz Spot Challenge. Every week we will publish 5 questions on Friday Evening by 5 pm. The answers are expected by Tuesday Noon of the following week. The answers and names of the top scorers will be published with in two days that is on Thursday by 5 pm. Please spread the quizzing to as many friends of you as possible. The Entries for this quiz will close on 10th March by 12 pm. Please send your answers to neoquizspotweeklychallenge@gmail.


1. Identify this flag


2. Identify this person, added wings to mankind's derams



3. When used as a verb, the word "#8@$^*" typically means "to make", "to be", "to laugh", or "to do". The word appears to serve the same function as the Spanish verb "hacer" or the French verb "faire". What is the word?


4. This vessel and a few other of its kind have saved the lives of about 1200 "inferior race" people. What are we talking about?




5. What is the name of this famous statue?




The Entries for this quiz will close on 10th March by 12 pm. Please send your answers to neoquizspotweeklychallenge@gmail.com

Season II, Quiz I Answers

1.

a. Darwin
b. Evolutionary Tree

2.Dhanwantari

3.George Robert Lazenby

4. Girish Wagh

5. Hariwansh Rai Bachdhan and AB