THE Wiki-Whacki-kWiz ROUND I ANSWERS
THE Wiki-Whacki-kWiz ROUND I
ANSWERS
1
What ceramic
material could one
possibly connect this
image to ?
Nuclear Meltdown known as CHINA SYNDROME .
Ceramic , therefore is CHINA .
2
Take direction from
A to B’s water body .
A B
Take direction from Sir Edwin Southern ,
inventor of the Southern Blot – SOUTH
Water body of Cathay Pacific – PACIFIC
So , you get SOUTH PACIFIC
3
Which two places does this bridge connect ?
This is the BRIDGE OF NO RETURN in the
Demilitarized Zone and connects North and
South Koreas .
4
Where did he
get operated ?
Operation Paul Bunyan or the Axe Murder
Incident happened near Panmunjom , a village
in the DMZ between North and South Korea .
The figure , of course , is of Paul Bunyan , the
mythological American Lumberjack .
5
This is not to be
measured in water
or air .
What may result ?
Electronystagmography ( ENG ) , ie the
measurement of nystagmus , when done
on LAND , would give us ENG + LAND =
ENGLAND
6
Take out the head from A ,
take out the jumbled nail from
B’s cycle pattern and take out
the mgmt institute from C .
What would you end up with ?
A
B
C
• Take out the head , ie Cephalon from Diencephalon ( A ) , you get DIEN
• Carrot ( B ) takes 2 yrs to complete a life-cycle . So , its a Biennial plant . Take out the jumbled nail , ie nial from Biennial , you get BIEN
• Take out the mgmt institute from the floating Phumdi , you get PHU ( mgmt instt being MDI , Gurgaon )
• So , you end up with DIEN BIEN PHU
7
The maiden decided to go offline and add
the animal as a pet with the condition that
it come without the unknown .
What happened as a result ?
• Brooke Shields’ maiden name is Brooke . She decided to go offline , so drop the ‘e’ and we get BROOK . If she decides to add a Lynx to her kitty sans ‘x’ which is the unknown qty , you get LYN .
• BROOK + LYN = BROOKLYN
8
Where ?
• DISNEYLAND
9
• What would a pest affecting his brother be known as ?
• Attila the Hun’s brother was BLEDA , known as BUDA in native language ( Hungarian ) . So , a pest affecting him would be BUDAPEST .
10
What would happen if somebody took the
numberless A to B’s capital to avoid a knock-out ?
A B
• A – Amino acid Alanine , take out the number which here is Nine and we end up with ALA
• B – Mali , capital being Bamako , avoid the knock-out or KO , you have BAMA
• ALA + BAMA = ALABAMA
11
This klingon got bored
of his name and decided
to reverse his alias .
What was his new
name ?
• Tom Lister Jr . , famous wrestler , played the role of Klaang , the first ever klingon to make contact with the humans in the pilot episode of the TV series Star Trek : Enterprise .
• His alias is ‘Zeus’ . Reverse it and you get SUEZ
12
• A’s most famous creation decided to drop B as a friend and instead adopt C as a friend .
• What resulted ?
A B C
• EB White’s ( A ) most famous creation Stuart Little decided to drop Stuart Law ( B ) as a friend and befriend Kid Rock ( C ) instead .
• So , we get ( Stuart Little – Stuart + Rock ) = Little Rock
13
What ?
• The Bridge over River Kwai
14
• He went anonymous after giving away the first blood group from his surname .
• How would we then know him ?
• If Sebastian Loeb went anonymous by loosing the first blood group ( O in this case ) from his surname , he would be known as Leb + Anon = Lebanon
15
A + B + C = ??
• Bear + Flag + Republic = Bear Flag republic , alternate name for the California Republic , the precursor of modern day California
16
• Use the blood group instead of the indefinite article .
• This is the CONGA . Use the blood group ( O here ) instead of the indefinite article ( A ) . So , Conga becomes CONGO .
17
• Er , No , the later one .. Just keep the rest .
• Take out the -er from Berliner , you get Berlin
18
• What’s being ridiculed here ?
• The Bay of Pigs invasion
19
A + B + C = ??
A B
C
• Assam Rifles ( AR ) + Antibody ( AB ) + Indian Airlines ( IA ) = ARABIA
20
Just identify the man / place .
• Max Yasgur at his farm , the venue of WOODSTOCK in 1969
21
• What would this scary author be known as if he had pallor ?
• If RL Stine had pallor , he would become Pale + Stine = Palestine
22
• If A named his autobiography the same way B named his , then what would A’s autobiography be known as ?
A B
• Steve Wozniak’s ( B ) autobiography was named iWoz taking the first three letters of his surname , so Naved ul-Hasan Rana’s ( A ) autobiography would be known as iRan / Iran .
23
• What does this Russian monument commemorate ?
• The Soviet War in Afghanistan ; monument in Moscow
THE THEME• China
• South Pacific
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Panmunjom
• England
• Dien Bien Phu
• Brooklyn
• Disneyland
• Budapest
• Alabama
• Suez
• Little Rock• Bridge over River Kwai• Lebanon• California• Congo• Berlin• Bay of Pigs• Arabia• Woodstock• Palestine• Iran• Afghanistan
Places mentioned in the Quizzer’s Song ,
Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire”
THANK YOU !