Sunday 4 December 2011

Quiz 71: Answers

Q1. It was originally a gesture developed for use in basketball where it first appeared among the University of Louisville team in the 1979-80 seasons. The name was coined by Derek Smith, a key player in the team. By 1980, it was being widely used in other sports as well. Give the term.

                        High-Fives

Q2. The French engineer, Pierre Azaria, started the Compagnie Generale d’ Electricite (CGE) with the aim of taking on the likes of AEG, Siemens and General Electric. In 1966, CGE took over the Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Atomiques, de Telecommunications et d’ Electronique. How do we know this company today?

                        Alcatel

Q3. He sometimes saves his daredevil muscle for the high-seas----like when he helped the Australian yacht, Travelex, score a second-place finish I the 226-mile Pittwater to Coffs Harbour race near Sydney. He is also an avid musician and is the front man of a band called 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. Who is he?

                        Russell Crowe

Q4. The Beatles have inspired more Jazz musicians to cover their tunes than any other rock band. One of the first jazz musicians to take on a high profile Beatles-Jazz project was a guitarist. In 1969, he made an entire album of Beatles tunes for his A & M Records label. Name him also this album.

                        George Benson. The Other Side of Abbey Road

Q5. I use the name Robert D. James and live behind closed doors in Pasadena in fear that the Russians may kidnap me. I have given most of my money to the worldwide church of God, a religious sect that perhaps rightly believes that Satan heads governments worldwide. Who am I?

                        Bobby Fischer

Q6. Identify.


                        Lee Kun Hee, Chairman of Sansung

Q7. Identify.


                        Ambience mall, Gurgaon - India

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