Christ Quiz: Prelims

Nihar and I just finished conducting a quiz at Christ, and we'll be posting up the questions and answers soon.

Attempt the prelims
Its +5 per question ok?

have fun



we'll add the points to the main scoreboard soon.

Question 433.b: Blowing your own trumpet

These pictures are from the unlicensed biography of a certain firey individual.
Id him.

Question 433.a: Caveat Venditor

_X_ was considered amongst the most versatile actors of his generation, and has gone on to influence a cavalcade of comedians such as Sancho Baron Cohen (Borat), etc.

_X_ was knighted for his acting skills, and was close to Beatles Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.
Video 1 is _X_, in the role of _Y_, reciting a song _Z_.





_X_ is also famously remembered for his role in video 2, sparking off the craze of the phrase stated in the movie, and which went on to be associated with all Indians hereafter. Apu Nahashameemapettilon's voice was based on _X_'s diction of a desi.




But _X_'s coup de grace could be considered being the original _A_, from the series _B_ . HIs version of _A_ was what inspired one of his fans to imitate the same style in the revival of the franchise _B_.

Question:



THen also ID anythign else in the question.

New theme Round: We don't play by the rules

Hey guys
Finally starting off a new theme round
7 questions with 1 red herring
So 8 questions in toto.

All the rules are in our Red Herring Prospectus

http://the-quizzard.blogspot.com/2010/11/red-herring-prospectus-points-system.html

Question 432: Found neither in Giza nor Ibiza

n his Poetics the Greek philosopher Aristotle put forth the idea "A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end". This three-part view of a plot structure (with a beginning, middle, and end – technically, the protasis, epitasis, and catastrophe, was how most dramas were modelled until 1863, when __X__ wrote a book called Die Technik des Dramas.

In this book, he put forth a view which has become the crux of comedies and a tradition in theater. Building upon Aristotle's views, he made a pyramid like structure as shown in the picture.

Question
1) Id X
2) Fill in the blanks in the pyramid (bottom left, top, bottom right)

Sorry im posting after so long.
Most of my questions are being put into the Christ quiz.

Question 431: Mum's the Word!

Id the painting.

Question 430: Ive shone you all i need to

THis is a lego parody of a parody of a famous scene from a movie, a cult classic in which launched actor __X__ really shone. This scene has oft been repeated in many movies and TV shows, and has been rated amongst the scariest scenes in any film ever.

Id

1) The actor X
2) The original movie
3) The parody, and where it was shown.
(pay attention to the video)

Question 429: Knocking on heaven's door

____X_____ is a term synonymously used to denote something impregnable, invincible and what can only be described as the most secure place on earth. It has been denoted in comics, especially in Donald Duck comics ( read Uncle Scrooge), who compares his fortifications as rivaling ___X___.

Cited in movies such as goldfinger, and shows such as Simpsons, Pinky and the Brain, a slew of movies have used this term to describe the ultimate show of a debaucher's dexterity ( or in layman's terms, a crooks cunning and skill).

But what is unknown to most is that it holds a museum to general Patton, a high school, and has a population of 12000 odd people.

Id X

Question 428: Rest In Peace

c

Punch cartoon depicting?

Question 427: If Pink Floyd met The Beatles

2 part question, the answers connect up to a theme.

Find the connect and the answers.
Also, the relation to the question name.

1) In the world of economics, connect the 2 pictures






2) Id X and Y from this extract.


______: This is an outrage! You're out of line, _____X_____


____X_____: ________, Mr. _________, ________r has 33 different vice presidents, each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year. Now, I have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do, and I still can't figure it out. One thing I do know is that our paper company lost 110 million dollars last year, and I'll bet that half of that was spent in all the paperwork going back and forth between all these vice presidents.


The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated.


In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you.


I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them!

The point is, ladies and gentleman, ______________Y_________________ .