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The Blog of the Peninsular Quizzing Circle , "Q u I z Z i C o 100.00 FM " has tuned into its full frequency and finally reached the most exciting of landmarks - "100" !
Its really been awesome authoring the blog, reading lots of new trivia and information and imparting some information every other day to each and everyone of you ! Any blog is a failure without its followers , and my blog is no exception ! I thank everyone of you who supported me all through - I hope this is just the begining!Today, I've lined up a special question for you! (Click on the pics to enlarge it !! )
6 questions , 1 theme - Open for 3 days !
HINTS ADDED!Points- 1 for each answer and 1 for the theme !(Potential points at stake: 7)Q-1 : Whose Statue? Where?
Hint: This is a university- The person has many things named after him!
Q-2: Connect !!!
Hint: Connect to a famous statue of a famous emperor!
Q-3 : What connects?
Hint: This one's easy enough once u identify all !! ( Google kar le!)
Q-4 : Logos used by the predecessors of X - Who is X??
Hint: A Not too famous football club!
Q-5 : What weird post-death distinction connects them?
Hint: Famous People and post death always point to the same !!
Q-6: Who is missing in this "prestigious" list?
Hint: This list isnt complete, I can still add some more stadiums, but i skipped one in the particular order! Id that!
Q-7 : Theme?
Answers:-
1. Alexander Von Humboldt Statue outside Humboldt University ,
Berlin 2. - Alexander Pushkin, the poet who wrote "Bronze Horseman"
- Peter the great, Former Russian Emperor
- A statue of Peter the great at the banks of Moskva River
Connect: The Statue "Bronze Horseman" of Peter the Great - One of the most famous statues in the world at
Saint Petersburg , Russia
3. BET Awards, ESPY Awards, American Idol and Academy awards- All hosted at the Kodak Theatre ,
Los Angeles 4. The logo of the predecessors of the club VfB
Stuttgart - shown here are the logos of historical sides Stuttgarter FV 93 and Kronen-Club Consttatt
5. Oliver Cromwell, General Robert Blake , John Pym and George Peabody- Their budies were initially buried at
Westminster Abbey,London and then later removed , a unique distinction.
6. 1990 WC Final : Stadio Olimpicio, Rome
1994 WC Final : Rosebowl, Pasadena - USA
1998 WC Final : Stade de France, Paris
2002 WC Final(the missing one!) : International Stadium
Yokohoma
2006 WC Final : Olympiastadion, Berlin
7. Theme :-
Berlin, Germany
St. Petersburg , Russia
Los Angeles , USA
Stuttgart, Germany
London, England
Yokohoma, Japan
They are the
sister cities of "MUMBAI"
Theme went UNCRACKED!!
Scores :-
Suraj S- 4
Jyothi- 3.5
Rithwik- 3.5
Malcaluffin- 3.5
Vineesh- 1.5
Vigneshwar- 1
Hope all of you loved the set!
-VIK
Only Mojo ka Bheja gets it spot on!! Cool work!
Sir George Solti (31 ) , Quincy Jones (27) and Alisson Krauss (26) top the list of people with most no. of Grammy awards !
Quoting Jyothi
A - Marie Tussaud of Madame Tussaud's fame
Gumnaam , Hindi Movie and Desyat Negatriyat, Russian movie are both based on Agatha Christie's "And then there were None" (Earlier called Ten Little Niggers)
They are
Hint: Connect to a famous statue of a famous emperor!
Hint: This one's easy enough once u identify all !! ( Google kar le!)
Hint: A Not too famous football club!
Hint: Famous People and post death always point to the same !!
Hint: This list isnt complete, I can still add some more stadiums, but i skipped one in the particular order! Id that!
