Quest Pistols # 18

The art of staying busy during the vacations..

A was a was a British first-class cricketer from England.He joined the British Army during the First World War.

A was killed in 1916 during the Battle of Somme,a battle in which B ,an iconic future leader but less known at the time of the battle,also participated

The well known writer C named his most famous fictional character X after A . The television adaptation of X was best portrayed by an English actor D.

D played the lead role in the movie based on the Pulitzer Award winning biography of E.

E is remembered as one of the best literary figures till date. A widely performed play written by E served as an inspiration for Ashta Chamma,a Telugu comedy released in 2008.

This be the climax. X has inspired Y. Y happens to be a major player in the world of technology.

Identify A,B,C,D,E,X,Y

Answer

A--Percy Jeeves, a Warwickshire cricketer

B--Adolf Hitler

C--P.G.Wodehouse

D--Stephen Fry

E--Oscar Wilde

X--Jeeves

Y--Ask.com

Quest Pistols # 17

Question

This one is a sitter..

The image has been taken from the website of this upcoming stuff. Name it.

Answer

Bing,Microsoft's soon to be launched search engine.

Quest Pistols # 16

Question:

A week ago,this Indian American made waves and quite unconventional ones !!

Name the lady and the reason of her being in news.

Answer

The lady in question is Rashmi Sinha.Born in Allahabad and a PhD from Ivy League,Rashmi is the CEO and co-founder of SlideShare , a popular presentation-sharing Internet site.

Recently,Playboy Magazine has named Rashmi amongst America's 10 sexiest CEOs.

Quest Pistols # 15

Connect.

Answer

Amelia Mary Earhart,the noted American aviation pioneer and pioneer.
The first image if of Amelia Earhart.Hilary Swank,shown in the other image,stars in the upcoming film "Amelia" based on Amelia Earhart.

Quest Pistols # 14

Question:

Connect the above two images.

Answer

The term "15 Minutes of Fame" was coined by the famous American film director Andy Warhol.Ram Gopal Verma (shown in the second image) and Andy Warhol  both had their production houses called "The Factory"

Quest Pistols # 13

Question:

His new job ?

Answer

Shown in the image above is Madhu Kannan.Madhu Kannan has been appointed as the managing director and chief executive officer of The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), thus filling in the nine month vacancy after his predecessor Rajnikant Patel quit.

Quest Pistols # 12

Connect/Give funda.

Answer

The connect/funda is Glasgow Smile.

A Glasgow smile is a nickname for the practice of cutting a victim's face from the edges of the mouth to the ears. The cut – and the scars it leaves – form an "extension" of what resembles a smile. The practice originated in the Scottish city of Glasgow,which gave it its name.

The top image is that of The Joker from the movie "The Dark Knight".The bottom image is that of Tadanobu Asano who played Kashikara in the well known Japanese shock film "Ichi The Killer".Both the characters had a Glasgow Smile in the movies.

The map indicates Glasgow with a blue dot.

Quest Pistols # 11

1.)




What is being advertised?

Answer

Palmolive

2.)



This is an ad for a serial aired on radio in 1952, sponsored by X(famous brand). Identify X and the serial.

Answer

The New Adventures of Dane Dare,sponsored by Horlicks.

Quest Pistols # 10

The character shown in the images above is X.Brand Y has a longtime association with X and this association is one of it's kinds.The parent company of Y has decided to discontinue the brand by the end of 2009.

Identify X and Y.

Answer

X:Robertson's Jams

Y:Golly

In 1928 Robertson’s started the Golly brooch collector scheme which became the longest running collector scheme in history, only finishing in 2001 when Golly was replaced by Roald Dahl characters.In December 2008 Premier Foods,the parent company of Robertson's announced that it would discontinue the Robinson brand in 2009 in order to focus on its more successful Hartley's jam brand.

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Quest Pistols # 9

Booked !!

Question:This extremely popular and iconic 16th century artwork served as the cover of an equally popular book.

Name the book

Answer:

Hot,Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Freidman.The artwork is "The Garden of Earthly Delights",a tripytch painted by Hieronymous Bosch.

Question:

The cover of the print rendition of a not-so-famous play.The title of this play(blanked out in the image) is extremely well known and recognized in some other terms.

Give the title.

Answer:

Six Degrees of Separation.