Mostly Harmless: 03/03/06

Ragam Lone Wolf : Round 5

ON THE ROCKS!! A dry round

1. X is a very important concept in Islam. X has three important dimensions. In a moral and spiritual sense X means representatives of Allah on Earth. X also means the political system of Islam and is the most mentioned dimension. Third dimension of X means the government in Islam. After the WW1 X acquired a new meaning its most popular one. What is X?

2.The Rituale Romanum was first written in 1614 under Pope Paul V gives a formal description of the ritual. According to Malachi Martin a Jesuit professor the various stages involved are namely The Presence, Breakpoint, The Voice, The clash and expulsion. What ritual are we talking about?

3.He was made famous by Jeff Widener of Associated Press. The British tabloid Sunday Express named him Wang Weilin. During his moment of glory on the "Great Avenue of Everlasting Peace, he is supposed to have uttered these words : Why are you here? My city is in chaos because of you"; "Go back, turn around, and stop killing my people"; "Go away" . He is fictionalised in Stephen Coonts novel Hong Kong (2000).He is one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century according to Time magazine. Name him.

4.What found in India what are classified as the monocled, the spectacled and the King?

5.He was the forceful wartime premier of France from 1917 to 1920. Nicknamed Le Tigre (The Tiger) and Le Père la Victoire (The Father Victory) he was a major contributor to the Allied victory in World War I. As a framer of the postwar Treaty of Versailles, he opposed leniency toward Germany after WWI. So most people believe the effects of his decision contributed to the events that led to World War II. Give his name.

6.How do we better know the Naval Support Facility Thurmont a part of Catoctin Mountain park in Frederick County, Maryland, outside Washington?

7.X is responsible for the invention of speedometer and cow-catcher . X was the first to realize that the width of a tree ring depended on the weather in the corresponding year. X also holds credit for standardizing the Postage system. Although primarily known as an inventor, X was a cryptanalyst too. His greatest achievement in this field being the cracking of the Vignere Cipher. The turning point in X's scientific career occurred in 1821, when he and the astronomer John Herschel were examining a set of mathematical tables used as the basis for astronomical, engineering and navigational calculations. One set of tables, the Nautical Ephemeris for Finding Latitude and Longitude at Sea, contained over 1,000 errors. Disgusted by this X went on to invent something which paved way for a new branch of science.Identify X

8.All American, The Lingering, The Push-Off, The Pull-In, The Topper, The Bone Crusher, The Dead Fish and the Twister are types of what?

9.The motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are responsible for a series of books, name it.

10.They were a community of mystics living around Mecca. They attended to the needs of Pilgrims visiting the holy shrine of the Karbala. This community wove fabric out of wool, and themselves wove robes made from the discarded fluff. So they came to be known as ___ and ___ is the Arabic word for a strand of wool. Jesus Christ is also considered a saint by ____.Fill up the blanks

11.Connect Flint,Bowyer,Brick,Deveraux,Martin,Constable,The White, Wardrobe, Beauchamp, Bell, Bloody, Byward, Middle, St. Thomas, Wakefield, Broad Arrow, Salt, Develin, Well, Cradle and Lanthorn

12. Bruno Reuter was born in Cologne, Germany in 1956. He taught himself to play the organ while recuperating from a motorcycle accident. He recorded his first album, SOUNDS OF THE HEART, in 1987. By the time He had become a Osho follower he adopted a name which means “ compassion for all sentient beings" who is he?

13.In relation to cricket what is known as Tebbit Test?

14.The Iraqis two versions Al Hussein, and Al Abbas and Iran’s version was called Shabab-1. The Russians called them R -11 and R-300 Elbrus. How do we know them?

15. Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja (1884-1960) was the spiritual head of the Shankaracharya seat at Gobardhan Math in Puri, India. Shankaracharya was a scholar in many disciplines and between 1911 and 1918 he did extensive research on Atharva Veda and recreated some ancient texts which were lost. His work on this field was compiled into a book which was published in 1965.What was the book about?

16.Connect and complete the list...
Prem Adib, Shammi Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgan , Tarun Khanna, Sonu Sood and ______.

17._____ was previously known as Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones and the oldest surviving event of its kind and it was held for the first time between July 2 and July 17 1916 as part of the commemorations of Argentina’s independence centenary. What are we talking about? Hint CONMEBOL was founded during this event on July Argentina’s independence day.

18. X was invented in Europe in Paris in 1842 by Alexandre Debain. During the mid-19th century, missionaries brought the French made X to India. . To Sikhs the X is known as the vaja/ baja. Though usually used as an accompanying instrument for vocalists some musicians have begun playing the X as a solo instrument. Identify X.

19.Bulleh Shah, the sufi poet was born in the small village of Uch Gilaniyan in Bahawalpur, in 1680. was a disciple of Inayat Shah Qadri, a famous saint of Qadirya School of sufis in Lahore. While Bulleh Shah was his student Inayat Shah got upset with him. In order to seek his guru’s mercy Bulleh wrote a poem. This poem inspired some one born as Sampooran Singh to use it in a Bollywood movie and the song became an overnight hit. Which song?

20.Árpád E. X (b. August 25, 1903 in Hungary - died November 5, 1992 in Wisconsin). X was a professor of physics at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By 1960, using the data developed through the Harkness Rating System ( which was the original rating system), X developed his own formula which had a sound statistical basis and constituted an improvement on the Harkness System. How do we know X?

21.The word also means “One who strongly favors retention of the existing order”. The word was originally used to describe irregular fighters on the Irish Confederate side. The word is a shortened form of an Irish word meaning pursued man. Which word?

22._____ was the seventh film of the great Mario Bava. Bava had single-handedly created the entire continental Gothic horror genre with a series of movies. Black Sunday was the greatest of Bava's several forays into the Gothic horror, but ______ is commonly regarded as at least his second best. This movie prompted bassist of a band called Earth (earlier known as Polka Tulk Blues Band) to write a song with same title as that of the movie. Now the name Earth got confused with the name of a local band, so they adopted the title of the song as their new name. How do we know this band today?

Ragam Lone Wolf: Round 4

STAGE II
All the answers are connected by a common theme.

1.Shadow V, which had just set off from the fishing village of Mullaghmore was blown up by a bomb on 27 August, 1979.Two boys Nicholas, 14, and Paul Maxwell, 15, a local employed as a boat boy, died in the explosion. Another passenger on the boat, the Dowager Lady Brabourne, 82, died the day after the attack.But who was the most famous person who was killed in the attack?(Nicholas was his/her grandson)

2. What was surrendered by Governor Peter Stuyvesant to Captain Richard Nicholls by a treaty signed on December 9,1672?

3. Which famous incident would you associate the picture with?

4.Vis1 is the building where a famous incident took place.vis 2 is a monument that commemorates the event.vis 3 is a close up.Which event?

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5.In early 1887 when, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, resigned because of illness, Lord Salisbury,the British PM appointed his nephew in his place. The selection took the political world by surprise, and was much criticized, possibly leading to the British phrase "Bob's your uncle!"The nephew went on to make a great reputation as an administrator and became the 33rd PM of Britain in 1902.He also served as First Lord of the Admirality(replacing Churchill) and as Foreign Secretary in Lloyd George's war cabinet.But his greatest claim to fame is a letter written to Lord Rothschild in 1917.What was this letter better known as?

6. According to the Book of Revelations,the last book of the Bible,they appeared when the first 4 seals of a scroll with seven seals were opened.Revelations Chapter 6:1-8 describe them in details.They are supposed to symbolize four elements of destruction: Famine, Pestilence, War and Death. Legend has it that, they are closely followed by a fifth which represents Hades or hell.They are depicted in a classic painting by renaissance artist Albrecht Durer.What are we talking about?

7. Which famous question was supposedly asked to General Dietrich von Choltitz on August 23/24 of 1944?

THEME????