Friday, April 17, 2009

Season II Quiz V Answers

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

Ans. Loan Word. The words like Police(French), Cummerbund(Hindi) are the greatest examples of this.

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?



Ans. The Guy is Alberto Korda. He is famous for the photograph Guerrillero Heroico. A photograph of Che after the La Coubre disaster. This went on become probably the greatest photograph ever and generated merchandise worth billions.

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




Ans. The guy is Tim Berners Lee. The father of internet.

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?

Ans. Uma Thurman. Famous for her potrails in Pulp Fiction and Poison Ivy in Batman and Robin. She was also the wife of Gary Oldman. She is a Buddhist now.

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.



Ans. Varghese Kurien Sir. The father of White Revolution.