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SET-2

(1)A sitter for you tech-savvy guys....connect and explain.

Ans: Connect is "LAMP (software bundle)" and that is why the hint.

L- Linux (penguin in pic1 denotes it)

A- Appache HTTP Server (pic2 is of TVS Apache bike)

M- MySQL database software (dolphin in pic3 refers it)

P- PHP (pic4 is of Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of PHP)

(2)Enjoy Mathematics...don't be math-phobic. Yea!! just connect.

Ans: Knight's tour

It is a mathematical problem involving a knight on a chessboard. The knight is placed on the empty board and moving according to the rules of chess, must visit each square exactly once. It was studied by EULER (euler expression in the image), LEGENDRE(pic1), DE MOIVRE (de moivre theorem in the image) and VANDERMONDE(he was the first to recognize Determinant(in the image) as independent functions).

(3)Identify this Guruji and connect.

Ans: Maharshi Mahesh Yogi

pic1- Flag of Global Country of World Peace or GCWP by him.

pic2- The Beatles (he is also known as Beatles guru)

pic3- Logo of Trancendental Meditation Org. introduced by him.

pic4- Yogi himself.

(4)Connect these images and the video 'C'.

Ans: Big Four Record labels (EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group & Warner Music Group)

pic1- EMI interference referring EMI Groups

pic2- logo of Sony Music Entertainment

pic3- Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group

vid C- "Happy birthday to you" a song that is traditionally sung to celebrate a birthday anniversary.Warner Music Group ownes the copyright of this song.

(5)Identify and Connect.

Ans: connect is "Ventriloquism"

pic1- Edgar Bergen, the famous ventriloquist who popularised the idea of comedic ventriloquism.

pic2- Ramdas Padhye, the very famous Indian ventriloquist and puppet maker.

pic3- In the movie 'Dil Hai Tumhara', Jimmy Shergil used to perform ventriloquism with a puppeteer named 'Rangeela'.

(6)Connect this beautiful lady & videos 'A' and 'B'.

Ans: Angelina Jolie

pic- Famous supermodel Gia Marie Carangi, Jolie starred in HBO's GIA, portraying supermodel Gia Carangi.

vid A- Kung Fu Panda, She gave her voice for Master Tigress in Kung Fu Panda.

vid B- Shark Tale, a comedy by Dreamwork Animation. The film features the voice of Angelina Jolie as Lola (listen the conversations in the video carefully, this is not a real clip of any of the Harry Potter movies)

HERE ARE THE VIDEOS MENTIONED ABOVE.

[A].

[B].

[C].

SET-1

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(Mail ur answers to bcrecqc@gmail.com before 28 feb by midnight)

(1)If A:B::C:D, then identify 'D'. Explain your connect.

Ans- Flag of Georgia

As per the hint (logo of International Luge Federation), the connect here is the "death of Lugers during Winter Olympic preparation".

British Luger Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki died during one of the training runs at 1964 Winter Olympics(pic A) and very recently Georgian Luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili suffered a fatal crash during a training run at Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic(pic C).

(2)Connect.

Ans- Connect is "XANADU"

pic1-Project Xanadu is the first hypertext project founded by Ted Nelson in 1960

pic2-Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry(Xanadu a fictional estate is considered as a source of inspiration for the gothic structure of Hogwarts)

pic3-Xanadu 2.0 (Bill Gates' house)

pic4-Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane of the film Citizen Kane.

(3)Connect to a very influential personality.

Ans- Elbert Einstein (the myth of "Pollination crisis" by him, he loved the music very much and used to play Violin, and 3rd pic symbolizes the concept of "Twin paradox" which is an important consequence of the Theory of Relativity)

(4)Connect to a giant.Give explanation also.

Ans- Telenor

pic1-Canal Digital, a leading TV content distributor of Telenor.

pic2-Comparison of browser performance, showing OPERA WEB BROWSER of Telenor is superior.

pic3-Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank, GTC by M. Yunus has a partial stake in "Grameenphone" of Telenor.

pi4-ad poster of Uninor(a joint venture of Telenor with Unitech) in Indian cities.

(5)CONNECT.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Ans- Jackie Chan

pic A-Golden Langur (In Kung-Fu-Panda, the voice of Jackie Chan as master monkey, a golden langur )

Vid B-Rush Hour 3 featuring Jackie Chan.

Vid C-In April 2008, Jackie Chan was invited for the audio launch of an Indian film, entitled Dasavathaaram (2008) in Chennai

Vid D- In 2007, Chan recorded and released the song "We Are Ready", the official one-year countdown song to the 2008 Summer Olympics.

(6)Give one word that connects these videos to the Nobel Prize?

Ans-"Internet"

vid A-"Charlie bit my finger" is an internet meme and the most viewed YouTube video of all time.

vid B-"Superhero SID music video" a new internet safety campaign for young children run by UK council for Child Internet safety, is launched as a part of EU Internet Safety Day on 9th Feb,2010.

And the Internet has made the list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

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