FUNDAMENTALS
This week we delved deep into the secret dossiers of the MI 5 to deliver some interesting questions for you. This quiz on 007 is for your eyes only.
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FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
1. In Octopussy, actor Louis Jordan plays Kamal Khan, a corrupt Afghan prince living in India. Who plays the role of Gobinda, his right hand man?
2. The title of which Bond movie was taken from a poem by the seventeenth century Japanese poet Bassho?
3. The name of the production company formed to produce Bond films was called Eon. Eon is actually an acronym. What is the full form?
4. Vijay Amritraj who appeared in a bit role in Octopussy can be seen driving Bond through the market place in a three wheeler. He is also seen disguised as what?
5. Which Bond movie was called 'The Skin of a Corpse' in Germany?
6. The eponymous title track of 'Golden Eye', the movie that introduced Pierce Brosnan, is performed by Tina Turner. Who wrote the tune?
7. In which movie would you find a character named Henry Gupta, a techno terrorist who works for media mogul Elliott Carver?
8. Which famous author penned the script for the 'You Only Live Twice'?
9. Two Bond Women had Pussy attached to their name. The most famous is Octopussy played by Maud Adams. What was the other?
10. Much before, the BMW and the Aston Martin, what was the car used by Bond in his first movie 'Dr. No' in 1962?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Superman is associated with the Daily Planet newspaper. With which newspaper is Spideman associated? (Hameem Shah, Hyderabad)
2. If code red is used to define a possible fire/smoke in the hospital, what code is used for a medical emergency such as cardiac arrest of adult?(Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
3. Which Indian master batsman and occasional off spinner called "Tat" because he imitated offspinner Roy Tattersall beautifully? (KC Bhandari, Chennai)
4. This disease is mentioned in Charak Samhita as 'Vishoochika' and the name is still used in Ayurveda. Name this disease? (Abhijit Basak, Dumdum)
5. In 1893, a British merchant Albert Levy while on a visit to the United States, travelled on a train that broke all speed records. The train pulled by Locomotive 999 was known as Queen of Speed. When Levy came back, he trademark the name of the train as well as the triple numeral series 111 to 999. What famous brand did he create? (Vasudev Prakash, Mysuru)
6. This sauce was accidentally invented by Lee Kum Sheung in China in 1888 when he lost track of time his clear soup turned into a thick brown soup. The recipe for this sauce now involves sugar, corn starch and carament, among others? (Daniel Murad, Kochi)
7. Creating an Orrery requires good craftsmanship. Several of these were built in the 17th and
18th century. What exactly is an orrery? (UN Murthy, Secunderabad)
8. Conceived by Dr. S Radhakrishnan as the chairman of the University Grants Commission, the organisation was started in Rjghat in 1969 commemorating the hundredth birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, with K K Gupta of the Delhi University as the first volunteer. Name this national level organisation which has the motto "Not Me But You" ? (Bikram Keshari Jena, Nayagarh)