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Daily Quiz #77

Anirudh — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:29:49 +0000

The creature shown in figure below shares its name with a certain mental condition. What?

Daily Quiz #76

Anirudh — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:58:32 +0000

Earlier it was a story about A and an old woman. In 2006 Y said the earlier story was bullshit and said the real story was about B. What?

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Daily Quiz #75

VIP — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:32:46 +0000

This is the logo of an annual event, a competition rather, instituted in 1996. What event?

Answer: The world air guitaring competition.

Daily Quiz #74

Anirudh — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:56:30 +0000

Got this question from another quizzing site.

What is this? (remember there should be a musical connection)

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Answer: This is Spinal Tap, famous as the name of the fictional heavy metal band which was also subject of a mockumentary titled “This is Spinal Tap”. Cracked by Debasish, Mahesh, Kaushik.

Daily Quiz #73

Anirudh — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:32:03 +0000

This 1974 R’n'B album was in news again sometime in the last decade. Fundae.

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Quiz #72

VIP — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:35:57 +0000

Why was the man in the pic in the news in April 2009?

Daily Quiz #71

VIP — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:48:10 +0000

What person connects the audio to the picture?

Answer:

Turned out to be a toughie that one. The connect is in fact Louis Banks, sometimes called the Godfather of Indian jazz. The song was the old Nepali national anthem called Shriman Gambhir, which was prevalent till 2006. The song was composed by Banks’ grandfather, Bakhat Bahadur Budapriti. Second pic was obviously of Louis Armstrong. Banks’ father changed his name from Dambar Bahadur Budaprithi to Louis Banks after the legendary musician, seeing his interest in jazz music.

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Daily Quiz #70

Anirudh — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:58:05 +0000

This compilation marks the beginning of musical movement, what?

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Answer: Asian Underground

Daily Quiz #69

Anirudh — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:21:12 +0000

We haven’t been the most regular in posting quizzes in the last couple of weeks, but we will try to make up for it somehow.

Anyways, today’s question concerns current affairs in music.

Connect:

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Read flightless one’s comment for the correct answer.

Daily Quiz #68

Anirudh — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:33:02 +0000

The picture shows the cover of an album that served as an inspiration to a great literary work. Identify both.

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Answer: Quoting the flightless one (who in turn quotes wiki)

“The second book in Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker Trilogy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, was inspired by the song “Grand Hotel”, from Procol Harum’s album of the same name.”