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Hello.
Here you have it, the Wiki Whacki kWiz right where we said it would be.
No general rules besides:
1. The Quizmasters are always right.
2. When in doubt, read Rule No.1
That’s all, folks!
And as the MTV voice, enjoy…
PS: You might want to leave the answers as comments, or mail them to captain.chandrakant@gmail.com or swordthatwasbroken@gmail.com :)

Hello.

Here you have it, the Wiki Whacki kWiz right where we said it would be.

No general rules besides:

1. The Quizmasters are always right.

2. When in doubt, read Rule No.1

That’s all, folks!

And as the MTV voice, enjoy…

PS: You might want to leave the answers as comments, or mail them to captain.chandrakant@gmail.com or swordthatwasbroken@gmail.com :)

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Small Correction  in  the  scoring  system  for  Round  1 . Its  extra  3  points  for  getting  all  correct  and  4  points  for  the  theme .

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11 Responses to “The Wiki-Whacki-kWiz”

  1. Abhi says:

    Cap’n… For a moment I thought Klueless was early this year. And extremely short. But great set, nevertheless.

    Round 1

    2. Donno A, but B is cathay pacific and hence the water body is pacific.
    4. That is paul bunyan. And if you are talking about operation paul bunya, it was in the joint security area in the Korean DMZ.
    5. The caloric reflex test.
    6. A: tympanum, C: Great lakes institute… donno what to make of this cryptic mess.
    8. Evita Ciudad
    11. Michael Dorn?? Worf??? Frow??? WTF
    12. B is stuart law of course. Something do with the mongoose bat.
    13. Bridge over river kwai.
    14. Someone who migrated from A1 to F1, or the works.
    18. The cuban missile crisis.

    Round 2:
    4. Michael X?
    13. Rosie the riveter
    15. Looks like a WWII poster using NY Giants. If so, probably the germans.

    Round 3
    7. Rosemary?? looks a little too simple.
    8. Alexander, julius caesar, and who?
    9. Elvis Presley, after being named ‘one of the ten outstanding young men of the nation’
    10. Sez bob Dylan

  2. Rithwik K says:

    ROUND – 1

    1.nylon
    2.
    3.costarica /san jose/chappaquiddick incideNt
    4.Paul Bunyan, Axe Murder Incident,in the Joint Security Area (JSA) located in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which forms the de facto border between North and South Korea.
    5.Vestibular nystagmus in the horizontal plane showing slow phase (A—C) and fast phase (D) eye movements.
    6.The famous Loktak lake in Keibul Lamjao , the only floating national park in India
    7.
    A-Brooke Shields
    B -Iberian Lynx
    8.Disneyland, Anaheim, California
    9.Atilla the Hun
    10.
    11.Tom Lister, Jr./Tommy “Tiny” Lister
    12.EB White who created Stuart Little / Stuart Law
    13.The bridge over the Kwai River
    14.Sébastien Loeb , Légion d’honneur
    15A – Man Vs Wild?
    15B – US Flag
    15C – Republic
    Connect – Bear Grylls
    16.Djembe drums
    17.
    18.John F Kennedy – This cartoon refers to the failed Bay of Pigs mission, when Cuban exiles tried to overthrow Castro with the backing of Kennedy, and failed.
    19.
    20.Max Yasgur, best known as the owner of the dairy farm in Bethel, New York at which the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held between August 15 and August 18, 1969.
    21.R L Stine
    22.Rana Naved Ul Hasan : IHas :: Steve Woznaik : Iwoz
    23.mikhail kalashinocv of AK 47

    ROUND 2

    1.Guernica (town)
    2.george dewey
    3.Angus McKinnon Young of AC/DC
    4.una bomber
    5.Albus Dumbledore
    6.chernobyl
    7.Laszlo Toth who vandalised Michelangelo’s Pietà statue & Toth is the eponymous inspiration for books of letters by Don Novello
    8.tom yeboon
    9.Oscar award without speaking
    10.The Pulcino della Minerva, an elephant sculpture, a base supporting one of the eleven Egyptian obelisks in Rome.
    11. The Eagle pub in City Road, with the rhyme on the wall
    12.Indian musketers
    13.Princess Leia Organa as Rosie the Riveter
    14.BLACK BEARD
    15.Huddersfield Giants
    16.Ravan in Virgin Comic version of Ramayana
    17.
    18.
    19.
    20.Nicolas Chauvin (“chauvinism”)

    ROUND 3

    1.Queen Elizabeth and The members of the band YES
    2.carnation flower
    3.george harrison
    4.Marilyn Manson
    5.
    6.text box icon
    7.Judi Dench/Daniel Craig the M and Bond in the Casino Royale
    8.Julius Ceasar / Davids / Brutus ?
    9.The letter is from Elvis Presley to Richard Nixon
    10.Taratula and John Lennon

    ROUND 4

    1.
    2.NOD 32
    3.All famed painters r here – Ravi Varma , Davinchi , Vangogh
    4.
    5.G. V. Desani the author of All About H. Hatterr
    6.
    7.
    8.speedo lazer
    9.catch 22/joseph heller
    10.Ralph Bakshi

  3. shijil.u says:

    round1

    5.polygraph testing
    6.magic potion in asterix
    8.agra?
    10.alalnin
    14.sebastian loeb
    18.cuban misile crisis
    round 2
    4.malcom x
    16.ravana

    fantastic effort capt& hvr

  4. Arun Hiregange says:

    Set 1
    =====

    1. Red China

    2. South Pacific (Cathay Pacific etc)

    3. North & South Korea

    4. Operation Paul Bunyan you mean? In Korean demilitarized zone in 1976. Panmunjom, which fits the theme, is nearby though not the same place, according to Wiki. :)

    5. England (but I dont know how)

    6. Dien bien phu (Diencephalon – cephalon (head), biennial – nail, ?)

    7. Brooklyn (Brook(e) + Lyn(x))

    8. Disneyland

    9. Budapest

    10. Alabama (Ala(nine) + Bama(ko))

    11. Suez (reverse of Zeus)

    12. Little Rock (EB White’s Stuart Little – Stuart Law + Kid Rock)

    13. Bridge on the River Kwai

    14. Lebanon (Sebastian Loeb -o + anon)

    15. California (but I dont know how)

    16. Congo (Conga -a +o)

    17. Berlin (Berliner – er)

    18. Bay of Pigs invasion

    19. Arabia (Assam Rifles, Antigen Binding, Indian Airlines)

    20. Max Yasgur / Woodstock

    21. palestine (Pale + RL Stine)

    22. iRan (like iWoz)

    23. Russians in Afghanistan

    Theme: Places mentioned in Billy Joel’s We Didnt Start the Fire (in order)

    Set 2
    =====

    1. Guernica

    2.

    3. Angus Young of AC/DC. Money Talks promotion.

    4.

    5. Albus (white) Dumbledore (bumblebee)

    6.

    7. Don Novello used to write under the pen name of Laszlo Toth (who vandalized the Pieta) and played Father Guido Sarducci on SNL

    8. Jenson Button

    9. Omar Sharif & ??

    10. Pulcino della Minerva in front of Basilica of Saint Mary Above Minerva in Rome, I presume by offspring you mean chick (pulcino)?

    11. From The Eagle’s website: “Up and down the city road, in and out of the Eagle. That’s where the money goes, pop goes the weasel!” How many other pubs have a famous nursery rythme about them…….none, except us! We are the world famous Eagle pub, one of London’s oldest and most famous taverns.

    12.

    13. Carrie Fisher / Princess Leia as Rosie the Rivetter

    14.

    15. US Army or Marines

    16. Ravana from Ramayan 3392AD

    17.

    18. Brick Lane

    19. Somehow reminds me of a Bacardi ad, based in Tahiti maybe.

    20. Nicolas Chauvin

    Set 3
    =====

    Bombed in these two sets!
    I wish the points were not so lopsided: first 50 over 43 questions and next 50 over just 20. :)

    1. Karodame (German for Queen of Diamonds), ??, Yes->No->On.

    2. White Jacket and Pink Carnation. Lots of people come to mind: James Bond, Bertie Wooster, …

    3. Howard Hughes and perhaps Jack Kerouac

    4. Marilyn Manson (Brian Hugh Warner), takes name from Marilyn Monroe

    5.

    6.

    7. Rose & Judi Dench

    8. Alexander, Caesar, David. So Charlemagne is the guy who quit from the pack of cards?

    9. Elvis Presley was made a “Federal Agent-at-Large” by Nixon in the fight against drugs

    10. Bob Dylan equated his book Tarantula to John Lennon’s nonsensical work In His Own Write

    => Voted top entertainment/pop culture icons of 20th century

    Set 4
    =====

    1. Rock Star, ??, ??, Lithium (Li) by Nirvana

    2. NOD32 Antivirus, ??

    3.

    4.

    5. GV Desani translated Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as “Action – Slave Fascination – Moon Grocer”

    6. Michael Jordan? Though this guy somehow reminds me of a murderer/assassin, I dunno why.

    7.

    8.

    9.

    10. Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings. Earlier by Ralph Bakshi.

  5. Hadi says:

    Round 1

    1 Uranium dioxide
    4 Operation Paul Bunyan -JSA in Korean Demilitarized zone
    5.nystagmus
    11.Klaang, played by Tom Lister Jr
    14.Sebastien L(o)eb
    15.A- Bear grylls + B us flag…?
    16.Conga drum = congo (A being indefinite article?)
    18 Bay of Pigs’ failure
    19 Gurkhas?+antigens?+ airlines =gorkha airlines?
    21 R.L.Stine
    22.Naved ul Hassan….

    Round 2

    10.Piazza della Minerva..Bernini statue..elephant carrying obelisk..referred toa s Minerva’s pig?

    13.Someone as rosie the riveter (geraldine doyle) image -We can do it!

    Round 3

    9.Elvis Presley asking to be made Federal Agent at Large? letter to Nixon

    Guess thats all.:P
    Great qs

  6. Nishanth Raman says:

    round 1
    2-panama canal
    4-paul bunyan
    13-bridge on the river kwai
    14-sebastian loeb
    18-cuban missile crisis
    23-afghanistan war monument in moscow

    round 2
    3-mick jagger
    6-the day the music died – clear lake, iowa
    8-jenson button
    9-Tarek El-Sharif(son of Omar Sharif) played young Yuri in Dr. Zhivago
    10-The Obelisk of Luxor in Paris
    13-Princess Leia Organa as Rosie the Riveter
    14-Calico Jack a.k.a Red Rackham

    round 3
    8-steely dan
    9-elvis presley was made Federal Agent at Large
    10-bob dylan

    round 4
    3-Live Earth 2007
    7-Second Battle of El Alamein
    10-amitabh bachhan

  7. anil raghavan says:

    round1
    1)silicon carbide
    2)western pacific
    3)india/burma
    4)paul bunyan/bangor
    5)test in bladerunner for replicants
    6)loktak
    7)brooklyn
    9)bubonic plague
    10)malaria/bamako
    110nacluv
    12)e.b.white/stuart little(stuart law?/kid rock
    13)bridge on the river kwai
    14)leb
    16)congo
    18)cuban missile crisis
    20)yasgur/woodstock 69
    21)r.l.stine
    23)stalingrad
    theme guess is michael crichton

  8. anil raghavan says:

    part2
    3)angus young
    4)haddock
    6)aircrash in which buddy holly etal died
    7)pieta/lazlo toth/don novello,the latter used to write in toth’s name who tried to destroy pieta
    8)aamir khan9)omar sharif&son tareq played the part of yuri in dr.zhivago perhaps first time same charecter,difft stage played by father&son
    11)j.k.rawling
    13)pricess leia/yes we can/carrie fisher
    16)los angels dodgers
    17)arihant/nuclear submaerines
    18)downing st
    19)andamans
    20)nicolas chauvin

  9. Kaustuba says:

    Round I
    ——————-
    1. China
    2. South Pacific
    3. Bridge of No Return connecting north and south korea
    4. Panmunjaon
    5. England
    6. Dien Bien Phu Falls
    7. Brooklyn
    8. Disney Land
    9. Budapest
    10.Alabama
    11.Suez
    12.Little Rock
    13.Bridge on river Kwai
    14.Lebanon
    15.California
    16.Congo
    17.Berlin
    18.Bay of Pigs invasion
    19.Something to do with Chandrayan – Moonshot connection
    20.Woodstock
    21.Palestine
    22.Iran
    23.Russians in Afghanistan. Afghan War

    Connect – Names of Places mentioned in “We didn’t start the fire”

    Round II
    ————————–
    1.Bombing of Guernica
    2.Archduke Franz Ferdinand marrying Sophie Chotek – supporting this was considered Kaiser Wilhelm II’s only diplomatic gesture
    3.Angus Young
    4.
    5. Queen Elizabeth
    6. The day the music died, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valence’s plane crash site
    7
    8.Brad Pitt
    9.Only actors to have represented their countries in contract bridge? :D
    10
    11
    12.Pop goes the weasle nursery rhyme
    13 Princess Leia/Carrie Fisher as Rosie the Riveter
    14.Blackbeard
    15
    16.Ravana
    17
    18
    19
    20 Nicholas chauvin

    Round III
    —————————–
    1.Tim Burton (Just went with first name that popped that ends with ‘on’)
    2
    3 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (The first guy is Hunter Thompson. No idea after that)
    4.Charles Manson (Marylin Manson is the boy)
    5.Rolling Stones(Guy in the picture is Jann Wenner)
    6.
    7.Rosemary
    8.Van Halen
    9.Elvis Presley
    10.Bob Dylan

    Connect : Roman Polanski (Wife murdered by Manson, named his kid elvis, directed rosemary’s baby..)

    Round IV
    ——————-
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5. Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi – G V Desani translated his name into english as shown in the pics
    6.
    7.
    8.
    9. On the moon ( I know buzz aldrin has a little less hair. But, worth a shot)
    10.Peter Jackson

  10. Uppayi Mappila says:

    Set 1:

    4. The guy is the mythological lumberjack Paul Bunyan. There was a US military operation in

    N Korea named “Paul Bunyan Operation”. Hope thats what the question meant!

    7. Brooke shields, lynx.
    Brook+lyn=brooklyn.

    8. disney land in 1956.

    9. Budapest. The pic is of Attila, who’s brother was Bleda or Buda.

    10. The capital is Timbuktu (Mali). dont know the answer.

    11. Hellboy?

    12.A is E B White who created Stuart Little B= Stuart Law C = Kid Rock. dont know the answer

    13. Bridge on the river kwai

    14. The guy is Sebastien Loeb. Giving up the first bloodgroup wud make him Sebastien Leb. ??

    15. Bear Grylls of” Man vs Wild” + USA + Republic by Plato.

    16. Conga drums –> Congo ?

    17.

    18. Bay of Pigs..cigar with cuba and castro written on it, exploding in Kennedy’s face.. Hopefully not the Missile Crisis

    19. Max Yasgur, Woodstock

    21. the author is R L Stine. pallor is some pale skin disease. :(

    22. B is Wonziak who’s bio was iWoz. A is Rana Naved Ul Hassan. Hopefully his bio is iRana ?

    Round II:

    1. Guernica

    3. Angus Young of AC/DC .

    8. Floyd Landis ?

    9. Omar Sharif and Tarek Sharif (his son) who played the role of Dr. Zhivago (grown up and child). Not sure whats the achivement..they havent won any awards.

    13. Carrie Fischer (of Princess Leia fame) as Rosie the Riveter.

    16. Ravana? this is a character from the Ramayana game by Sony.

    20. Nicolas Chauvin

    Round III:
    1. Bill Clinton

    2. the flower is carnation flower.

    4. Marlyn Manson

    7. Young and holy – Virgin + M -Madonna? she has written a book called english roses

    8. Charles is the one missing. no idea about music connection

    9. Nixon making Elvis “Federal Agent at Large” in the war against drugs

    10. Bob Dylan. Wrote Tarantula which he compared with Lennon’s book.

    Theme: Michael Jackson?

    Round IV:
    1 video game Rock Band.

    2. Slipknot, a band whose members wear masks. ?

    3. a is painters.

    4. The statue is Richard the Lionheart. The number seems to have
    something to the number of heartbeats in a person’s life.

    5. The man is GV Desani. He translated Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to
    “Action – Slave Fascination – Moon Grocer. The other pictures refer to
    each of those.

    6.

    7. looks like Sergeant York

    8. Mihir Sen ?

    9.

    10. Peter Jackson made a new version of Lord of the Rings

  11. vigneshwar says:

    round 4 -3-self portrait

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