Hex set
This set took an awful long time to put together. Thankfully Kaushik finally put up the quiz Qs he had promised. It's a beautiful set that he put together, and I really didn't mind that I got screwed by them :). This set is under a bit of a curse, and isn't as good as previous ones, but it does have some interesting info. Let me get the regular routine out of the way, and then onwards.
"Hello, and welcome to XQZ. If you're new to this blog, please see the first posting Ground Zero in order to learn the basic rules of this quiz blog. Remember to use rot13."
En avant!
Set Six
6.1
Cynical Britons often call him the only man to go to Parliament with honourable intentions. His face inspired the mask in the graphic novel "V for Vendetta" (now a movie starring Natalie Portman)
6.2
Who sang this song?
It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold...
or something much more colorful like that.
It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ord'nary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
or stars in the sky.
But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important like a mountain,
or tall like a tree.
When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be.
Hint:
He used to interview nursery rhyme characters.
6.3
Identify this picture: it's a person who has caused much concern in France and other West European countries.
6.4
PC Magazine released a list of the top 100 most important/influential gadgets, toppped by the Apple Powerbook 100. What devices fell in spots 2 and 3? (Taken from Nihilanth Lone Wolf finals)
1. Apple Powerbook 100 (1991)
2.
3.
4. Motorola Startac (1996)
5. CDI mechanical mouse (1970)
6. Casio QV-10 digital camera (1996)
7. US Robotics Pilot 1000 (1996)
8. Diamond Multimedia Rio 300 (1998)
9. Atari 7600 (1977)
10. Tivo Series 1 (1999)
6.5
What are The Palm Jumeirah and The Palm Jebel Ali, and what record will they hold when completed?
*Commercial break*
Random silly bonus question (RSBQ), unconnected with other stuff:
Connect:
1. "An ornament and a safeguard"
2. "No one provokes me with impunity"
3. "I am true to my country"
*We now return to .... Hex set.*
6.6
"____________ is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honour."
Fill the blank, give the person who said it and the book.
6.6
In 1957, Lester B. Pearson (who later became the PM of Canada) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in defusing the Suez Crisis through the United Nations. The selection committee claimed that Pearson had "saved the world". He also made another longlasting contribution, colloquially known today as the blue helmets. What? (Thanks to Edward Wilson-Ewing for this information.)
6.7
The Dot, a robot, The Genius, jigsaw puzzle/logo, a globe, a cat and a dog.
One more item belongs to this group. What?
6.8
Its name means Television of the South. Its advisory council is formed by many international and regional intellectuals, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, poet Ernesto Cardenal, writers Eduardo Galeano and Tariq Ali, newspaper editor and historian Ignacio Ramonet, free software pioneer Richard Stallman, and actor Danny Glover. What is it, and who is its prime supporter?
6.9
Connect the following pictures:
6.10
This is a picture of Duncan's Hall, in Glamis castle. What does it commemorate?
"Hello, and welcome to XQZ. If you're new to this blog, please see the first posting Ground Zero in order to learn the basic rules of this quiz blog. Remember to use rot13."
En avant!
Set Six
6.1
Cynical Britons often call him the only man to go to Parliament with honourable intentions. His face inspired the mask in the graphic novel "V for Vendetta" (now a movie starring Natalie Portman)
6.2
Who sang this song?
It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or gold...
or something much more colorful like that.
It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ord'nary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water
or stars in the sky.
But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important like a mountain,
or tall like a tree.
When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be.
Hint:
He used to interview nursery rhyme characters.
6.3
Identify this picture: it's a person who has caused much concern in France and other West European countries.
6.4
PC Magazine released a list of the top 100 most important/influential gadgets, toppped by the Apple Powerbook 100. What devices fell in spots 2 and 3? (Taken from Nihilanth Lone Wolf finals)
1. Apple Powerbook 100 (1991)
2.
3.
4. Motorola Startac (1996)
5. CDI mechanical mouse (1970)
6. Casio QV-10 digital camera (1996)
7. US Robotics Pilot 1000 (1996)
8. Diamond Multimedia Rio 300 (1998)
9. Atari 7600 (1977)
10. Tivo Series 1 (1999)
6.5
What are The Palm Jumeirah and The Palm Jebel Ali, and what record will they hold when completed?
*Commercial break*
Random silly bonus question (RSBQ), unconnected with other stuff:
Connect:
1. "An ornament and a safeguard"
2. "No one provokes me with impunity"
3. "I am true to my country"
*We now return to .... Hex set.*
6.6
"____________ is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honour."
Fill the blank, give the person who said it and the book.
6.6
In 1957, Lester B. Pearson (who later became the PM of Canada) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in defusing the Suez Crisis through the United Nations. The selection committee claimed that Pearson had "saved the world". He also made another longlasting contribution, colloquially known today as the blue helmets. What? (Thanks to Edward Wilson-Ewing for this information.)
6.7
The Dot, a robot, The Genius, jigsaw puzzle/logo, a globe, a cat and a dog.
One more item belongs to this group. What?
6.8
Its name means Television of the South. Its advisory council is formed by many international and regional intellectuals, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, poet Ernesto Cardenal, writers Eduardo Galeano and Tariq Ali, newspaper editor and historian Ignacio Ramonet, free software pioneer Richard Stallman, and actor Danny Glover. What is it, and who is its prime supporter?
6.9
Connect the following pictures:
6.10
This is a picture of Duncan's Hall, in Glamis castle. What does it commemorate?
posted by Rare Hand Axe at 4:23 PM
6 Comments:
This Quiz proves that Google & I between the two of us know everything under the Sun. The only trouble is that sometimes we have a bit of a communication problem due to Google's cryptic 42-esque answers. Anyway here goes:
6.1 Thl Snjxrf, bs gur Thacbjqre Cybg snzr [Tbbtyrq]
6.2 Xrezvg gur Sebt [Tbbtyrq]
6.3 Gur Cbyvfu Cyhzore, gb qb jvgu Jrfgrea Rhebcr pbaprea bire n purnc Rnfgrea Rhebcr ynobhe sbepr. Guvf jnf n cbfgre ol gur Cbyvfu gbhevfz qrcg. gb nyynl srnef, gur onaare fnlf ~ ``V nz va Cbynaq, pbzr va (terng) ahzoref'' [Tbbtyrq]
6.4 (2.) MRAVGU FCNPR PBZZNAQ GI ERZBGR PBAGEBY, (3.) FBAL JNYXZNA [Tbbtyrq]
6.5 Ynetrfg zna znqr vfynaqf funcrq yvxr Cnyz gerrf [Tbbtyrq]
[Hapbaarpgrq Obahf Dhrfgvba] Rqtr vafpevcgvbaf ba gur Ratyvfu/Abegurea Vevfu, Fpbggvfu, Jryfu irefvbaf bs gur Oevgvfu 1 Cbhaq Pbva [Tbbtyrq]
6.6 Ohyysvtugvat, Urzzvatjnl va Qrngu va gur Nsgreabba [Tbbtyrq, jung pna V fnl, tbbtyr frrzf gb or bhgqbvat zr va bhe cnegarefuvc gbqnl, gubhtu va punenpgrevfgvp snfuvba, V pubbfr gb yriry gur oynzr ba gur ubabenoyr Dhvm Znfgre sbe uvtuyl tbbtynoyr dhrfgvbaf]
6.6 Gur HA Crnprxrrcvat Sbepr [Tbbtyrq, (V unat zl urnq va funzr ... jnvg vg fubhyq or gur DZ'f urnq, lrf V unat gur Dhvm Znfgre v uvf funzr :) ^_^]
6.7 Pyvccvg gur cncrepyvc, gur Z$ Jvaqbmr bssvpr nffvfgnag ningnef [Zl svefg hatbbtyrq uvg]
6.8 GryrFHE [Tbbtyrq bs pbhefr]
6.9 Greel Tvyyvnz'f Zbivrf: Wnoorejbpxl, ZC naq gur Ubyl Tenvy, Srne naq Ybnguvat va Ynf Irtnf(uhagre gubzcfba'f zbggb), guvf V'z hafher ohg Nqiragherf bs Oneba Zhapunhfra(?) [Lnl sbe zr, nabgure hatbbtyrq bar]
6.10 Gur xvyyvat bs Xvat Qhapna ol Znporgu [Tbbtyrq, ohg zngpurq zl svefg jvyq thrff naljnl]
Fpberf: Zr 2, Tbbtyr 10, Tbbtyr+Funagu grnz 12/12
6.5 Ohvyqvatf orvat znqr. Bapr znqr, gurl jvyy or gur uvturfg, fhecnffvat Crgebanf..zl thrffvf gung gurl ner nyfb orvat znqr va Znynlfvn. (be Vaqbarfvn ng orfg)
6.6 ohyysvtugva, urzvatjnl, qrngu va gur nsgreabba...tg ohyysvtugvat naq urzvatjnl vzzrqvngryl..sbetbg gur anzr bs gur obbx-fb tbbtyrq.
6.7 Vz ag fher og vf vg RG ? nyy q ccy jub jrer hfrq gb znxr gur svany snpr bs RG..va gug pnfr gur zvffvat jbhyq or Gur Cernpure-Tnaquv..Travhf=rvafgrva..guvf jbhyq gura or n ercrngrq da.
Varun
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6.1 Thl Snjxrf.
6.2 Xrezvg Gur Sebt, perngrq ol Wvz Urafba.(tbbtyrq)
6.3 Gur Cbyvfu Cyhzore, flzoby bs purnc Rnfg Rhebcrna ynobhe.(tbbtyrq)
6.4 Gur Mravgu Fcnpr Pbzznaq Erzbgr pbageby naq Fbal Jnyxzna erfcrpgviryl.(tbbtyrq)
6.5 Gur ynetrfg negvsvpvny vfynaqf/nepuvcryntb va gur jbeyq.
EFOD Rqtr vafpevcgvbaf ba Oevgvfu pbvaf bs 1983, 1984 naq 1985 erfcrpgviryl.(tbbtyrq)
6.6 Ohyysvtugvat, fnvq ol Rearfg Urzvatjnl va uvf obbx Qrngu va gur Nsgreabba.(tbbtyrq)
6.7 Ur vf xabja nf gur sngure bs zbqrea crnprxrrcvat naq gur zna oruvaq gur sbezngvba bs Havgrq Angvbaf Crnprxrrcvat Sbepr.(tbbtyrq)
6.8 Pyvccl, gur Bssvpr Nffvfgnag.(tbbtyrq)
6.9 GryFHE be Yn Ahrin gryrivfben qry Fhe, jvgu vgf cevzr fcbafbe nf Irarmhryn(Uhtb Punirm).(tbbtyrq)
6.10 Gur ertvpvqr bs Xvat Qhapna ol Znporgu va Funxrfcrner'f cynl, Znporgu.(tbbtyrq)
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