Time for the next set.
1. What connects the following films ?
Psycho, The Godfather Part III, , Mr. & Mrs. Iyer, A Walk With Love and Death, Prizzi's Honor, Strangers On A Train, 15 Park Avenue
(not an exhaustive list)
2. Before they were discovered in Brazil in 1730, which was the world's earliest and only known source for diamonds ?
3. In 1956, while a graduate student at MIT, this person purchased 'a system' and was disappointed when it failed to meet his expectations. He later began extensive research aimed at fixing what he saw as fundamental weaknesses plaguing such systems. Eight years later, he started this company named after him, charging it with a mission to achieve Better Sound Through Research. Sitter. Name the company.
4. What is common to the faunae shown below ? (Not an exhaustive list, by any means)
Am looking for a specific commonality.
5. Connect Enkidu (from the 'Epic of Gilgamesh'), Mowgli, Tarzan, the twins Remus and Romulus.
6. What song connects the pics below ?
7. What word connects the two men seen below ?
8. The following conversation occurred between two operators of the American Telegraph Line between Boston and Portland in 1859 and reported in the Boston Traveler:
Boston operator (to Portland operator): "Please cut off your battery [power source] entirely for fifteen minutes."
Portland operator: "Will do so. It is now disconnected."
Boston: "Mine is disconnected, and we are working with X. How do you receive my writing?"
Portland: "Better than with our batteries on. Current comes and goes gradually."
Boston: "My current is very strong at times, and we can work better without the batteries, as X seems to neutralize and augment our batteries alternately, making current too strong at times for our relay magnets. Suppose we work without batteries while we are affected by this trouble."
Portland: "Very well. Shall I go ahead with business?"
Boston: "Yes. Go ahead."
Name 'X' alluded to in the conversation. (Hint - The subject of a famous film released in 2000)
9. What word should (according to the makers Kraft Foods) one use when asking for a 'piece' of a Toblerone bar ?
10. In Indian Mythology, it is believed that after Sati immolated herself, an incensed Shiva performed the Thandava dance with her charred body on his shoulders. During this dance, Sati's body came apart and the pieces fell at different places on earth. These places (numbered 64 in some versions and 52 in others) are called Shakti Peethams. The spot where her eyes fell is now a well-known tourist destination in India that gets its name as a result of this event. Name the place.
Have fun !
Zed
