Wednesday 14 December 2011

Quiz 108:14th December 2011

Q1. The ___________ is a zero-fare shuttle bus system at the Honolulu International Airport. The shuttle’s name was inspired by Ward Cunningham and Roberts Hawaii is the person who manages all the functions of these shuttles. Now the name of these shuttle buses has been changed to HNL shuttle. The meaning of the name of this shuttle service is ‘very quick’. Fill in the blank.
Q2. He was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist.              He became a quadriplegic after being thrown from a horse in an equestrian competition in Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. He is known for playing a very famous role for which he thought he was not fit. He refused to wear fake muscles under the costume, and instead went through an intense two-month training regimen supervised by former British weightlifting champion David Prowse. Name him.
Q3.  Identify the movie.
·         "Win or lose... Everyone has their fight."
·         Sean Faris
·         Jeff Wadlow
·         Ryan McCarthy
Q4. The indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water", or the "Land of Springs". It is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. It remains a Commonwealth realm with Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Kingston is the country's largest city and the capital. Name this island nation.
Q5. She is the second of four daughters of Prakash Peshawaria and Prem Peshawaria. Her three sisters are; Shashi, an artist settled in Canada, Reeta, a clinical psychologist and writer, and Anu, a lawyer. She along with 17 other police officers set up Navjyoti India Foundation (NIF) in 1987. Name her.
Q6. Identify.
Q7. Identify.

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