Welcome to Dreamz quiz clubs , the first professional quizzing club in Kerala . We'll try and post a question every day and we'll try and make it as informative and interesting as possible . Happy quizzing one n all !!
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2012
Add another person and this becomes an exhaustive list. So, who’s missing? What list is this? Quoting Siddharth Jain, “Boycott, Waugh, Pollock, Alex Tudor and Andrew Hall were left stranded at 99* in Test cricket. Andy Flower was stuck at 199*. Bradman (the missing one from the list) was once stranded at 299*” Cracked by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2012
4 parts. So, this is a 2-pointer. 1. What is the cartoon A about? 2. B is the statue of a person currently located at the headquarters of an organisation he founded. Who? Which organisation? 3. Connect (1) and (2). 4. The statue B was formerly located somewhere else as a tribute to the person’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2012
These are posters released on a specific occasion. What? OR Just identify the animals/creatures depicted in these posters. Mole Day/ Moles, commemorating Avogadro’s Number. Cracked by Appu, Devajyoti Ghosh, Fifthape, Anil Raghavan, Bobby, Siddharth Ravi, Joyce George, Vichumon, Jishnu Satheesan and Nigel Thomas.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2012
What are they doing? Shotgunning. Cracked open by Anil Raghavan, Devajyoti Ghosh, Appu, Bobby, Jishnu Satheesan, Vichumon and Fifthape.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2012
What has been blanked out here? The blanked out portion is also the source for a pop culture term/name of a popular website. Gimme the term/website as well. In Green Lantern #54, Kyle Rayner comes home to his apartment to find that his girlfriend, Alex DeWitt, had been killed by the villain Major Force and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 23rd, 2012
Connect. Quoting Siddharth Ravi, “A – Emma Orczy, known for her novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. B – Donald Caskie. The connect-Inspired by the title Scarlet Pimpernel, the Tartan Pimpernel was a nickname given to Reverend Donald Caskie (1902–1983), formerly minister of the Paris congregation of the Church of Scotland, for aiding over 2,000 Allied [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 22nd, 2012
Connect. Troy McClure from The Simpsons (A), Desolation Jones (B) and Jake Scully from Body Double (C) – all stay in (structures inspired by) The Chemosphere. Cracked only by Appu, Fifthape and Devajyoti Ghosh. Well done!
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 21st, 2012
The name A is derived from B. Gimme either. Croupier, from Croup. See comments for details. Cracked by Fifthape, Bobby, Jyotishraj, Devajyoti Ghosh, Appu, Siddharth Ravi, Jishnu Satheesan and Vichumon.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 20th, 2012
The nematode pictured here gets its common name from its resemblance to something. What? The ruminant parasite Haemonchus contortus has the common name Barber’s Pole Worm, due to its resemblance to a Barber’s Pole. Cracked by Devajyoti Ghosh, Jyotishraj, Bobby and Siddharth Ravi.
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2012
Identify this work of art. What is it based on (and has special meaning for quizzers in general and Kerala quizzers in particular) ? Steve Bell’s ‘Free the Spirit(pun intended? ), Fund the Party’ based on William Hogarth’s ‘Gin Lane‘. Cracked Siddharth Ravi, Jyotishraj, V Chandrashekar, Fifthape, Bobby, Devajyoti Ghosh, Appu, Vichumon, Jishnu Satheesan [...]