Question 1423

Connect the following to a song.

Answer: Connect: The Spirit of Radio by Rush.
1. The song's name was inspired by Toronto radio station CFNY's slogan.
2. The final lines of the song ("For the words of the profits were written on the studio wall.../Concert hall/And echoes with the sounds of salesmen") are an allusion to the famous final lyrics from the Simon and Garfunkel classic "The Sound of Silence": "...the words of the prophets/Are written on the subway walls/And tenement halls/And whispered in the sounds of silence."
3. The song is on the album "Permanent Waves", the cover art for which comes from a photo, taken by Flip Schulke, of the Galveston Seawall in Texas during Hurricane Carla on September 11, 1961.
4. Marconi, inventor of the radio.

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Queston 1422

On 5 November 2011, at the annual fireworks display at Edenbridge, Kent, a 12 metre tall bonfire effigy shown in the image was unveiled. To what event was it a direct reference to?

Answer: This is an effigy of Mario Balotelli. Balotelli and his friends set Balotelli's house on fire when a firework was let off in it, and later that week Balotelli was unveiled as Greater Manchester's ambassador for firework safety. The next day, he celebrated his goal by unveiling a shirt with the words: "Why always me?" on it.

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Question 1421

First created by the UK Government during the onset of WWII,  it's sole intention was to boost the morale of the nation in light of the invasions. Due to it's limited distribution, it was little known until 2000, when a number of private companies started using it(or variants) for advertising/publicizing their products. It has created numerous other product ranges including parodies. Its message has also been felt relevant to the recent recession and has been adopted as an unofficial motto by many organisations. Since its copyright expired after 50 years, it is can be used by anyone publicly thus increasing its popularity.

It is the last version in a series of three. The first one is titled "Freedon Is In Peril. Defend It With All Your Might." while the second one is called "Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory".

What am I talking about?

Answer: The "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters.

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Question 1420

Simple science comic question.
Id the blank.

Answer: Polar.

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Question 1419

What's their connection?

Answer: The sons of all the Beatles. Clockwise from top left, sons of Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison.

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Question 1418

The following is a short parody of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem Kubla Khan. The poem, written by X takes pot-shots at Y and describes X's experiences of co-scripting one of the greatest films of Y's career.

For MGM did Y, ____

A stately astrodome decree

While Art, the s.f. writer, ran

Through plots incredible to man,

In search of solvency....

So twice five miles of Elstree ground

With sets and props were girdled round...

A savage place! as eerie and enchanted

As ere beneath a flickering arc was haunted

By child-star wailing for her demon mother...

For months meandering with a mazy motion

Through stacks of scripts the desperate writer ran

Then reached that plot incredible to man

And sank, enSCUBA'd in the Indian Ocean.

And midst the tumult Y heard from far

Accountants' voices, prophesying war!

Identify X and Y.

Answer: X: Arthur C. Clarke Y: Stanley Kubrick. (The film is 2001: A Space Odyssey)

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Question 1417

X is a horror fiction novel by Susan Hill which has been adapted into a 1989 made-for TV film, a 2012 film and also a stage play. It is the second longest-running play in the history of the West End, after The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie.

In the 1989 television film, the main protagonist of the novel was played by actor A while the same role was portrayed by B in the 2012 film adaptation.

A and B are more famous for portraying a father-son pair in one of the highest grossing film series of all time and remains both of their careers' most famous role till date.


Solve for X, A and B.
1 point for X. Half points each for A and B.

Answer: X: The Woman in Black A: Adrian Rawlins B: Daniel Radcliffe

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Question 1416

"Live Scenes from X" is a live album by a certain American band. The album was recorded live in August 2000 in the city X. The album cover was based on an earlier album cover that depicted a heart in flames. As the live concert was held in the the city X, they changed the heart in flames to depict something else. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the band was forced to recall the album and re-release it with an alternate album cover.

Original cover art

Why was the band forced to recall the album?
(No points for identifying band/album)

Answer: The covert art depicted the skyline of New York, including the World Trade Center in flames and the album was co-incidentally released on 11th September, 2001 thus forcing the band to recall it.

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Question 1415

Possible origins of the name of a certain fictional geographical entity are:

1) The author, the creator of this fictional entity created the word from root words from the Algonquian language. Experts have said that the author based the name on a river in Massachusetts called the Housatonic river and some others say it's derived from the name of a tribe descended from the Native Americans of Massachusetts.

2) The name is formed when you drink one too many whiskeys and tonic and ask the bartender for just one more, and then when he fails to apprehend the meaning of your words, you try to write it on a cocktail napkin, but the W comes out upside down somehow.

This name is also shared with a valley and a University in the same fictional universe.
What name?

Answer: Miskatonic, the author being H.P. Lovecraft.

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Question 1414: Crikey! That’s a big one!

'X' and 'Y' (both local names) are two kinds of creatures of the ________ order found in India.

The scientific name for 'X' literally translates to "the ________ of the marsh". The local name 'X' is a corruption of a Urdu word which means "water monster". This is in turn is derived from makara, the Sanskrit word for ________.

'Y' originates from the Hindi word for a clay pot with a long neck, much like the snout shape of an adult male in 'Y'. Scientific reference is probably a misspelling of the word 'Y' and it also reflects the nativity to the Ganges. 'Y' is one of the longest of all surviving ________.

X? Y? (all blanks same)

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X: Mugger (magarmach)
Y: Gharial
Blank is Crocodile or Crocodilia (order).

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