Answers - Quizarre quiz 7

Our winners for the Etymology quiz are:

1. Radhika N (wins a voucher worth Rs.200 from LeBooks)

2. Shruti AV (wins a voucher worth Rs.100 from LeBooks)

And the answers are:
1. Hooligan - from Hooly's gang

2. Syllabus

3. Electron - from the Greek word for amber
4. Saving face
5. Genuine
6. Cabs - from the Spanish word for goat
7. Fermium - after Enrico Fermi
8. Catamaran - from the Tamil 'Kattu Maram'
9. Hogwarts headache
10. Rhodesia - after Cecil Rhodes

Do keep checking our site for more quizzes and crosswords. Wish you a happy new year!!

Winners - Qrossie 6

Congratulations to all of you who cracked it! The lucky two to win vouchers from LeBooks are:

1. Vidhitha Kanakamedala

2. Anurupa D

The etymology quiz will remain open for a few more days while Snooty enjoys his siestas back home. Do rush in your entries to quizarre@gmail.com if you haven't already!

The answers to Qrossie 6 can be found here 

Happy holidays and quizzing! 

We'll be back...

Thanks all for the response so far! Quizarre will be taking some time off now, so Snooty and Snotty can get back to their jobs for a change! We will be back next week with the usual and the unusual, so keep watching this space!

Meanwhile, the most recent quiz and crossword will remain open for another week. So keep sending in your entries. Happy quizarring, and see you all soon!

Quizarre: Quiz 7

This time we have an 'Etymology' quiz for you. Hope you have fun solving it!!

Mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject 'Quizarre quiz 7 answers'. And yes, we have fun prizes to be won.

1.  During the late 1800s there existed a gang in London controlled by a person called X. The records of this gang in the London police reports were corrupted, and that is how we know them today. What word am I talking about?

2. In Cicero's letters to Atticus, he refers to X, which means a label identifying the contents of a manuscript. In a 1470 edition, this was misprinted, and the incorrect form has come down to us and is used till date. What is X?

3. Which modern word gets its name from what you see in the picture?

4. Noble ladies and gentlemen of the 1700s used a lot of makeup to impress each other. Since they rarely bathed, the makeup would get thicker and thicker. If they sat too close to the fireplace, the makeup would melt. If this happened, a servant was to move a screen in front of the fireplace to prevent this. What phrase originates from this scenario?

5. This word originally meant 'placed on the knees'. A father legally claimed his newborn child by sitting in front of his family and placing his child on his knee. What word?

6. The first few of these bounced so much that they made people think of goats romping along a hillside. Hence the name. What am I talking about?

7. Which chemical element is named after this gentleman?

8. It literally means 'tied up wood'. It consists of two 'vakas' joined by some structure. Though it has been used since time immemorial in South India and Oceania, it has only recently been introduced to the mainstream, and is now popular among users of such structures. What am I talking about?

9. X is described as a mild condition, which includes headache, possibly with neck and wrist pains, caused by excessively long sessions of doing ________________. The symptoms vanish once the activity is completed. Patients who were advised to take breaks in their sessions refused this advice. What is the term X?

10. Which country was named after this gentleman?

Answers - Quizarre quiz 6

Thanks for the awesome response to the 'Mythology and Folklore' quiz. Our winners (the first two all-correct entries we received) are:

1. Gaurav Kumar Kalal (wins a voucher worth Rs.200 from LeBooks)

2. Pushpendra Pal (wins a voucher worth Rs.100 from LeBooks)

And the answers are:

1. Kailash

2. Baba Yaga

3. Achilles

4. Quetzalcoatl

5. Gordian Knot

6. Gondor

7. Ceres

8. The killing of Raktabeeja

9. Fenrir

10. Lochness

Tomorrow we will have an 'Etymology' quiz. Do check it out and win cool prizes!!

Qrossie 6 - Mythology

Continuing with the mythology theme this week, here's the next Qrossie. Each answer is either a mythological character or creature. The clues lie in the pictures.So rush in your entries to quizarre@gmail.com. The first two all-correct entries win prizes as usual!
Happy solving!

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11.

   

Down

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Winners - Qrossie 5

Thank you for sending in the answers, which, by the way, are put up here! We received several all-correct entries, and the two that reached us first were by:

1. Anirudh Shastry (wins a voucher worth Rs.200 from LeBooks)
2. Nishadh Amonkar (wins a voucher worth Rs.100 from LeBooks)

Congrats to the winners! And those who missed out, there's another chance coming up - a mythology crossword. Do keep checking in!

Quizarre: Quiz 6

This time its a 'Mythology and Folklore' quiz. Hope you have fun solving it!!

Our prizes are sponsored by www.lebooks.in (see logo on side panel), which is a great website for books of all kinds. Do check it out whenever you have the time. The first 2 places get vouchers worth Rs.200 and Rs.100 respectively from LeBooks, which they can use while purchasing merchandise worth at least Rs.400 and Rs.200 respectively from LeBooks. In case of a tie, the entries submitted earlier shall be considered.

Anyway, here's the quiz. Do mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject 'Quizarre quiz 6 answers'.

1. It is locally called the Precious Jewel of Snow, and believed to be the center of the world. A stream is said to flow from here to a nearby lake, from where rivers flow in the four cardinal directions (N-E-S-W), called the mouths of the Lion, Horse, Peacock and Elephant respectively. It is a spiritual center for four great religions. What is this precious jewel of snow?

2. Identify this antagonistic folk character who flies on a giant broomstick or mortar, and is said to kidnap and eat small children.

3. Identify the person in the bottom center.

4. Identify this god whose name is a combination of the term for a vividly colored bird and a term meaning serpent.

5. X was a plain guy who used to live in the plains of Phrygia. A prophecy of the oracle made him the king of the land. According to the oracle, the first person who came into the city with a wagon was to be made the king. X was the first person. In gratitude he offered his wagon to Zeus. Instead of yoking it to an ox, he yoked it to a pole. As ages passed this place became a shrine and also a curious puzzle for travelers. What am I talking about?

6. This kingdom developed following the defeat of the great enemy, and had its main city along the river. Two fortresses were built on either side, the towers of the Sun and the Moon. Later when the kingdom fell from glory, and the enemy grew in power again, the tower of the Moon was lost, and the city along the river was mostly abandoned. The tower of the Sun was renamed as the Tower of Guard. Which kingdom?

7. Identify this Roman goddess.

8. What is depicted here?

9. This mythical monster in the form of a wolf was prophesied to cause the end of the gods. So the gods had it chained in a cage. But it grew so strong that no bonds could restrain it, so the gods used a chain of magic and tied the wolf down, deep below the earth's surface. At the end of the world, the wolf will kill the chief god, but in turn will be killed by the god's son. Identify.

10. This creature is believed to be from a line of plesiosaura. Many anecdotes reference it, but no concrete evidence has been found so far, save for many photos and videos which are subject to debate. The latest evidence supposedly stems from a Google Earth image which shows the creature's four legs and body. Sonar explorations have turned up nothing at all, making this creature more myth than reality. Identify this creature named after the place it has been 'seen'.

Answers - Quizarre quiz 5

Thanks for the overwhelming response to the 'Around the World' quiz. Our winners (the first two all-correct entries we received) are:

1. Rishi Tandon (wins a voucher worth Rs.200 from LeBooks)

2. Sathanbabu Mathankumar (wins a voucher worth Rs.100 from LeBooks)

And the answers are:

1. Palestine

2. Leichtenstein

3. Gulliver's Travels

4. Giuseppe Garibaldi, San Marino

5. Bridgetown, Barbados

6. Bolivia

7. Dinar

8. Freetown

9. Mauritius

10. Ethiopia

Tomorrow we will have a 'Mythology and Folklore' quiz. Do check it out, fun prizes to be won!!

Qrossie 5 - What's in a name?

The world trip continues with this week's crossword! Only this time, it's all about how places and people got their names. Rush in your answers to quizarre@gmail.com and win fun prizes!

Our prizes are sponsored by www.lebooks.in (see logo on side panel), which is a great website for books of all kinds. Do check it out whenever you have the time. The first 2 places get vouchers worth Rs.200 and Rs.100 respectively from LeBooks, which they can use while purchasing merchandise worth at least Rs.400 and Rs.200 respectively from LeBooks. In case of a tie, the entries submitted earlier shall be considered.

So here are the clues for Qrossie 5

Across

3. These people speak a language of clicks and clacks. When the Dutch colonialists arrived, they coined this name from the Dutch expression for stuttering and stammering (10)

4. This language meaning "a person who hopes", was developed as a means to promote international understanding and peace (9)

7. This country named after Jesus, means "The saviour" in Spanish (2,8)

10. This country was named so because it was created as a homeland for freed African-American slaves (7)

11. Early explorers discovered this land was rich in silver, which lent it the name (9)

12. The name of this African language is derived from the Arabic word for coast or boundary (7)

Down

1. The name of this river means "the colour red" (8)

2. This state literally means thirty-six forts, though experts believe it gets its name from the one-time rulers of the region (12)

5. In the era of colonialization, this archipelago received its name which means "rich port" (6,4)

6. An Italian explorer observed local dwellings built over water here, due to which he named it "Little Venice". This is popularly believed to be the origin of this country's name (9)

8. This place has a rich political, cultural and religious history, and is named after the word for monastery (5)

9. A former capital of the country, this place gets its name from an incarnation of Goddess Kali (6)





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Winners - Qrossie 4

The Hollywood crossword got an overwhelming response! Thanks all, and do check out the quiz while we work on the crossword for this weekend.

The all-correct unscramblers (in the order we received their entries) are:

Ameya Mhatre
Vimal Warrier
Aby Philip
Vivek N
Archana Sastry
Neelam P
Mridul Muralidharan
Malavika Datar
Nishadh Amonkar

Quizarre: Quiz 5

As we finish a month in operation, we thought we would take you around the world for a change. Well, actually it was just Snotty spending too much time over a Hammond atlas and then deciding to make use of the time he wasted. Anyway, this one's based on countries, capitals, currencies and flags.


Also, starting with this quiz, we will be giving out prizes to the top 2 entries in every quiz/crossword/anything else we put up. The prizes have been graciously sponsored by www.lebooks.in (see logo on side panel), which is an awesome site for books of all kinds, so do check it out whenever you have the time. The first 2 places get vouchers worth Rs.200 and Rs.100 respectively from LeBooks, which they can use while purchasing merchandise worth at least Rs.400 and Rs.200 respectively from LeBooks. In case of a tie, the entries submitted earlier shall be considered!!


Anyway, here's the quiz. Do mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com. And if you like our blog, do tell your friends also about it. Thanks!!


1. Identify the country from its flag.

2. Which country closed down its army and military forces more than a century ago because they were becoming too expensive to maintain?


3. Lemuel described his fictional journeys to these countries in his books. The story of the first journey is actually a satire on the rule of King George I, and the third is a satire on the Royal Society. What am I talking about?


4. Identify the person and the country which issued this commemorative Euro coin.

5. Which city was established as capital of its country in 1628 because of its topography being better suited for a shipping harbour?


6. Which country is named after the person shown, who led it along with other countries, to freedom from colonial rule?

7. This currency derives its name from the Greek word meaning "give". It can also etymologically be linked to an old Roman coin. It is currently officially in use in 9 countries. Name it.


8. The picture shows the famous Cotton Tree where the first inhabitants of this city prayed when they landed here. The city's name stems from the previous status of its settlers. Name it.

9. Which country has English as its official language, the rupee as its currency, and 52% of its population as Hindu?


10. One of the oldest countries in existence, it can be traced back as a nation to the 10th century BC, and has retained its independence save for a brief occupation by Italy. It was also the first Christian state in the world, in the 4th century AD. Name it.

Answers - Quizarre quiz 4

Thanks for the participation. We have 2 all-correct entries this time:

1. Dinesh Iyer
2. Sayuli Pai Raikar

Four people score 9/10 and are worth a mention here:

1. Aby Philip
2. Gaurav Kumar Kalal
3. Sahil Jain
4. Vimal Warrier

And the answers are:

1. John Traicos
2. Sir Frank Worrell
3. The spare helmet had to be kept behind the keeper
4. The 'injury' was not sustained during the course of the match
5. Clive Lloyd (For those who answered Bill Ponsford, well, Ponsford also had a bat called 'Big Bertha', but he was never captain, and his bat weighed 2 pounds 10 ounces, not 3 pounds as asked in the question)
6. John Wisden
7. Run out, timed out, handled the ball, obstructing the field, hit the ball twice
8. Indira Gandhi's assassination
9. Lawrence Rowe
10. Bob Willis (in pic 2) changed his middle name to Dylan as he was a fan of Bob Dylan (in pic 1).

Tomorrow we have an 'Around the World' quiz with countries, capitals, currencies, flags. Also, starting with tomorrow's quiz, we will be giving out prizes to the top 2 entries in each event. More details tomorrow. Watch this space!!

Qrossie 4 - Scrambled!

So this is a slightly different crossword. All clues are in the form of anagrams. To give an example, if the clue is "Hated her leg (5,6)", unscramble the letters to get the answer - Heath Ledger.
To make it more fun, all answers are the names of Hollywood stars. Try it out, and send in as many answers as you can get to quizarre@gmail.com.
Happy solving!






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Winners - Qrossie 3

Thanks for a great response again! Click here for the solution. Here are the winners (in the order we received the answers)

Pratik Patki
Ameya Mhatre
Anirudh Shastry
Kshitij Mathur
Archana Sastry
Abhishek Kapoor
Sayuli Pai Raikar
Puneet Nagi
Naresh Bharadwaj

Congrats all! And watch this space for the next crossie which will be up soon!

Quizarre: Quiz 4

Cricket. The gentleman's game. The game which unites India. Ten questions for you. Please to answer. And then mail the answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject line "Quizarre Quiz 4 answers".


1. Born in Egypt, played for South Africa, laid low for 22 years, then turned out in the Zimbabwe colors and even took a five-for against India in tests. Who?


2. Identify this West Indian great

3. Mike Brearley and his bowler Phil Edmonds tried something new against Yorkshire to get them to score faster. The ploy doesn't seem to have worked, but Edmonds did take three wickets, and shortly afterwards the regulations were amended so the ploy couldn’t be tried again. What rule was created to stop this incident from recurring?


4. In a women's league match in Denmark, the new batswoman was several months pregnant. She got tired while batting and asked for a runner but the umpire declined. On what grounds was this justified?


5. Which famous cricketer and captain had a 3 pound bat nicknamed "Big Bertha", after the German WWI howitzer of the same name?


6. Name this gentleman who once clean bowled 10 batsmen in an innings but is much more famous for something he did after his retirement.

7. Time for some theory. Name the five ways a batsman can get out, wherein the bowler does not get credit for the dismissal.

8. India were well placed on 210/4 in 40 overs against Pakistan in Sialkot in October 1984, with Dilip Vengsarkar on 94* poised to be the first Indian ODI centurion in Pakistan. But the match was abandoned. Why?

9. Identify this cricketer who started off with a 200 and a 100 on debut, also has a triple to his name but had to retire early because he was allergic to grass.

10. Connect the two people you see in the pictures.

         

Answers - Quizarre quiz 3

An overwhelming response this time, with a whole five all-correct entries. The winners are (in alphabetical order):


1. Aby Philip
2. Ameya Mhatre
3. Jeanette Marsh
4. Nishadh Amonkar
5. Nishit Desai


And the answers are:
1. Sunil and Nargis Dutt
2. Dadasaheb Phalke
3. Mogambo and Crime Master Gogo
4. Laxmikant Pyarelal
5. Tezaab
6. Shabana Azmi
7. Macbeth
8. Chupke chupke
9. Priyanka Chopra (12 roles in 'What's your rashee?')
10. Shobana Samarth


Thanks for your participation. Watch out for the cricket special quiz coming up tomorrow.

Qrossie 3 - Cartoon time!

This is one for the cartoon fans! All answers are the names (in part or full) of characters from cartoon shows. All you have to do is look at the picture, jog your memory and get the name. Encircled numbers tell you where in the grid to put the answers. Send us a screenshot of the filled-in grid at quizarre@gmail.com. Happy solving!

Across

Down

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Winners - Qrossie 2

The usual suspects cracked it again! For the solution to the second qrossie, click here.

Aravind C
Nirmal Raj


Coming up this weekend - a cartoon special! Watch this space for more...

Quizarre: Quiz 3

Three weeks since we began, and the response has been awesome. Well now that Snooty is back to a regular job, today's quiz was a little (ok fine, a lot...) delayed, we hope you won't mind.


So. The third Quizarre quiz. Here it is. We decided on a theme this time, and what better than good old Bollywood?

10 questions again. Mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com, with the subject line "Quizarre Quiz 3 answers".


1. X played Y’s son in this landmark movie. Y was then an established actress, X was a newbie. During the shooting, there was a fire on the set, and X saved Y from near certain death. They married soon after. Their son is also a famous actor. Identify X and Y.


2. Identify this gentleman



3. His name means 'passion' in Swahili. He tried to destroy India, first using adulterated food and later rockets. He died at the end of the movie when the hero blew up his base. Later his nephew became a villain too, but in a comedic role. Identify the villain and his nephew.


4. Identify the duo

5. The landmark silent movie "Battleship Potemkin" has a now famous scene in which a baby's pram rolls down the flight of steps as the mother looks on in horror. This scene was there in the movie "The Untouchables" where Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia save the baby. A Hindi movie also had this scene, with Anil Kapoor doing the baby saving honors. Name the film.


6. Meena Kumari holds the record for being the only actress to bag all the nominations for the Best Actress award in a year. But in those days, there were only 3 nominations. Another actress later got 4 of the 5 nominations, and won the award for one of them. Who?


7. Which classic literary work is this movie based on?

8. A professor who pretends to be a driver. Another professor pretending to be the first one. The first's professor's wife pretending to have an affair with the driver (who is actually her husband). All this to fool the first professor's wife's brother-in-law who she praised so much that the first professor got an inferiority complex. A timeless comedy. Identify.


9. Sanjeev Kumar did nine roles in the movie "Naya Din Nayi Raat". This record was broken by Kamal Haasan who did ten in "Dashavatharam". Who holds the current record for most roles in a Hindi movie?


10. A famous actor in her own right, two of her daughters, a grandson and two granddaughters all are famous actors. Identify.

So there you go. Mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com, with the subject line "Quizarre Quiz 3 answers". And do keep watching this space for more quizzes and crosswords and much more...

Answers - Quizarre quiz 2

It was just our second quiz and we got four times the response we had to the first one... Thanks a ton!!


The best entries are listed here (all with a score of 9/10):


1. Vivek N
2. Manish Krishnan
3. Sathanbabu M
4. Pratibha


Thanks for your participation. Watch out for the Quizarre quiz the Third coming up tomorrow.

Qrossie 2

Here's another crossie, to get you through another lazy weekend. So get cracking, and mail us a screenshot of the completed crossword at quizarre@gmail.com.



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Winners - The first Qrossie

Thank you all for the enthusiastic response, and the first three all-correct entries were sent by:

1. Rohini & Srivats
2. Nirmal Raj
3. Aravind C

Congratulations! And get ready for the second Qrossie which should be up over the weekend.
Those of you who want a quick look at the first Qrossie, click here. But try it out once before hitting that 'Solution' button!

Quizarre: Quiz 2

Well, well, so we have completed a week in operation. And we were confident enough to call the first quiz the first quiz, and not just the quiz, because we were sure there would be a second, and a third, and so on and so forth. Thanks for the support, it feels nice to see our hit counters ticking away. So without much ado, and before Snooty gets admonished again for digressing, we launch into Quiz 2.


So here we are, 10 questions again. Mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com, with the subject line "Quizarre Quiz 2 answers". 
Oh and before we forget, each answer is connected to the one before it.


1. This chap wasn't as confident as us, so the first issue of his magazine, named after a short lived automobile company where the Vice-President's mother worked, was published undated. Now of course its very famous and all that. So who is the chap and which is the magazine?


2. Identify

3. Identify the duo

4. Famous residence of a famous singer. Identify

5. Identify the movie

6. His middle name is Nelliyattu, and his parents are doctors from South India. He has been awarded the Padma Shri. He directed 45 home movies before the age of 17, and includes one in each of his movies' special edition DVDs. Identify him.

7. Identify the structure

8. Which deity is depicted here? Also identify the historical site

9. This festival has a number of traditions. One is the new clothes worn. Another is the very elaborate feast prepared, and served on banana leaves. Yet another is the creation of a floral decoration in front of the home, which is usually circular and 1.5m in diameter. Competitions are also held while creating this design. The fourth is possibly the most famous tradition, and how the outside world recognizes the festival. Name the festival, and the fourth tradition.

10. This phenomenon continues to the present day, but the Boom began in 1972 and continued for a period of 10 years. It started out due to a severe resource crunch in the affected region, and skilled resources from other countries began to be sought after. These resources naturally came in large numbers, and still do. Name this phenomenon.

That's all for now. Mail in your answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com, with the subject line "Quizarre Quiz 2 answers". And keep watching this space for more quizzes and crossword and a whole lot more...

Answers - the first Quizarre quiz

Thanks a ton for the response so far. We are overwhelmed, speechless, awed, humbled.... Well, Snooty is rambling as usual... never mind.

We hope you had loads of fun breaking your heads over the first Quizarre quiz. The three best entries are listed here:

1. Ashwin Bhavadasan

2. Anirudh Shastry

3. Sushmita Narayana

And, the answers are...

1. Asterix and Obelix

2. Elizabeth Taylor

3. Tennessee Williams

4. All About My Mother / Todo Sobre Mi Madre

5. Sahara desert

6. Liam Gallagher of Oasis

7. Mark David Chapman

8. The attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan

9. Martin Scorcese

10. Anthony Spilotro

Thanks for your participation in Quiz one. Watch out for the second Quizarre quiz coming up tomorrow.

The first Qrossie

Snooty lay peacefully asleep, dreaming of death-defying leaps of thought and wicked connects for his next impossible-to-crack quiz. Oh, the world was so easy to befuddle! Miles away, the drug peddler was a little more cautious. She wasn’t quite used to this yet. She darted down another devious alley, scrambling to hide. Couldn’t afford to be too obvious. She left no easy trails, though there were clues dropped aplenty! After enough running, dodging and battling it out with technology, the first Qrossie finally took shape.

While she recuperates, the chequered field is now yours to conquer! All you need to do is send a screenshot of your solution to quizarre@gmail.com. Solve quick, and you shall enter the hallowed winners’ roll.




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The First Quizarre Quiz...

Well, well, so after weeks and weeks of being badgered, Snooty finally obliges. Or maybe it’s because he finally found some time out, being with no job for the time being. Be that as it may, here’s the quiz below. 10 questions, and each answer is connected to the previous one. Ergo, answer 1 is connected to answer 2, 2 to 3 and so on. Please note that the connects are not the answers, they just serve as hints. So break your heads over it, and send in your answers as a numbered list to quizarre@gmail.com. We will put up the names of the first three all-correct entries, so here’s your chance to see your name on our site, and tell your grandchildren the tale of how you finished the first Quizarre quiz (of course, by then we will be major famous and all that!!)

I can sense a whack awaiting me for rambling on, so here’s the quiz…

1. This symbol X is always used to make a footnote reference in a book. Another symbol Y is used if a second footnote is needed. Thus X may occur by itself on a page, but Y is never alone and always accompanying X. So these two chaps supposedly see X and Y, and have a brilliant (and now famous) idea. So what or who are X and Y?

2. Identify

3. Identify

4. Identify the movie whose poster is shown

5. What does this map show?

6. Identify the singer

7. Identify the man shown here...

8. What is happening or has happened here?

9. Identify

10. Identify

Well then, hope you enjoyed it. Do remember to mail the answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com, we shall post the winners in a few days.


Coming up next this weekend: The first Quizarre crossword!!