Multi-Level Connect TK

Without any boring introductions, here are the questions.
Oh yeah, 8 simple questions. The answers of those questions connect to a theme. Identify the theme too. 


8. What does this map show?

7. X was written 

• • —over a 1500 year span (from 1400 B.C to A.D. 100)
  • —over 40 generations
  • —over 40 authors from many walks of life (i.e. - kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars)
  • —in different places (i.e. - wilderness, dungeon, palaces)
  • —at different times (i.e. - war, peace)
  • —in different moods (i.e. - heights of joy, depths of despair)
  • —on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
  • Identify —X?

6. Which famous person does this rage comic parody?

5. —X was first surveyed in 1861 by Robert Bagot, who changed the ground’s configuration into what is today’s conventional oval. It previously was an irregular hexagon with a band rotunda in the northern corner.The arena remained virtually unchanged until it was re-modelled to international athletics specifications and a cinder track was installed for the Olympic Games in November 1956.Today it is the eighth largest ground in the world and one of the sporting wonders. X?

4. Fill in the blanks.

3. Whose films are these? 

• Kiss
• Handjob
• —Blowjob
• —Mario Banana
• —Tub girls
• —Nude restaurant
• —Kiss the boot
• —Taylor Mead's Ass
• —Blue Movie

2.—Freebie marketing, also known as the ________ model, is the concept of either giving away a salable item for nothing or charging an extremely low price to generate a continual market for another, generally disposable, item.Who pioneered this concept?

1. The X was created by Jim Delligatti, one of Ray Kroc's earliest franchisees, who was operating several

 restaurants in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.  It was designed to compete with a similar Big Boy sandwich. Customer response to the X was so good that it rolled out nationally in 1967. One of its most distinctive feature is a middle slice of bread used to stabilize contents and prevent spillage. X?   

TK#146-TK#150

After a hiatus, TK is back with a whimper. 
146. During the First World War, X (a football club) supported the war effort by allowing the ground to be used as a rifle range for military training. On the outbreak of the Second World War, all outdoor sport was banned by the Government until safety implications could be assessed. When football resumed a few weeks later, X's Chief Constable ordered the ground's closure because of its proximity to probable air-raid targets such as the Y munitions factories. The matter was first raised in Parliament in November 1939, but the Home Secretary felt unable to intervene. By March 1940, when Z (X's ground) had for some time been the only football ground in England still closed, the Chief Constable bowed to public pressure, and a crowd of 13,241 witnessed X's first home game in more than six months. X,Y and Z?
Answer: X- Birmingham FC Y- BSA Z- St.Andrew's


147. Quiksilver is one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment. Its logo is inspired from which famous work?

Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa


148.  According to X, his interest in Y (a subject) began with Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels, in which the social scientists of the future use "psychohistory" to attempt to save civilization. Since "psychohistory" in Asimov's sense of the word does not exist, X turned to Y, which he considered the next best thing. X and Y?
Answer: X- Paul Krugman Y- Economics


149. X test is a s a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation, complex scientifically derived algorithms, or both. Which comic character gets his name from this?

Answer: Rorschach

150. Why is this music track (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnmPHGoXWBc) kinda apt for the movie? (Poorly framed. Kindly adjust.)

Answer: When the music notes of this song are represented in a staff and the notes are joined dot to dot..it forms a V. 

TK #145

Which classic's original title was X : Y (X is how we know it and Y is the subtitle) ,but the subtitle,Y,was dropped by the US publishers for its publication since they felt there was no market for children's books.Only in one language, of all the translations made in the author's lifetime, was Y retained. X, Y and the language?


Answer: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. Only in Telugu the original title has been retained. Went uncracked.

TK #144

Id the painting and a logo which has been 'inspired' by this painting. (Might be a repeat)

Check comments for answer. 

TK #143

•X is an American western folk ballad usually credited to Percy Montrose (1884), even though it's sometimes credited to Barker Bradford. The song is believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden by H. S. Thompson (1863). The words are those of a bereaved lover singing about his darling, the daughter of a miner in the 1849 California Gold Rush. He loses her in a drowning accident, though he consoles himself towards the end of the song with _______'s "little sister".

• Excerpts of the song can also be heard in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Kate Winslet's character, complains that people always make fun of her name because of this song. Also subtle emphasis is placed on the phrase, "you are lost and gone forever," to fit with the film's theme.

•However we know this song thanks to Y, who is synonymous with this song. X and Y?


Answer: Oh my Darling,Clementine and Huckleberry Hound.

Arbit/Easy Cricket World Cup Quiz#1

#TK138.  Identify the three players and connect.

#TK139. When one of the above cricketers was playing a blistering innings, this person below took an amazing catch to dismiss him. This player is also known for another bizarre incident which is not related to the World Cup. Id the player and incident. 

Thats the catch by the way.

TK#140. Id the three players. The top two players are part of an elite list while the third person almost made into the list. Put full funda.

TK#141. Which World Cup winner's nick name is this characters name shown below?

TK#142. Whose bat is lying down in the pic below? 

Check the comments for answers. Winners: Harish, Balaji and Prashanth! 

TK #137

Identify the soundtrack. The soundtrack's name is derived from the name of the Raaga which you can hear on most parts of this soundtrack.
Audio Track : http://chirb.it/Ed5afn

TK #136

Shown below is the  Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan.

1. What famous thing is carved on a door of the monument?

2. In India, where can we prominently see the statue of the famous thing that is carved on this monument's door?

Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys

TK#135

This person lends his name to X, which was coined by the Finns as "a drink to go with the food". Put full fundas on the origin of X. 

Answer:   Copy pasting from Wiki

In 1939 the Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, claimed Russia was not dropping bombs on Finland, but merely airlifting food to starving Finns. The Finns soon dubbed the RRAB-3 cluster bomb "Molotov's bread basket", and named the improvised incendiary device that they used to counter Soviet tanks the "Molotov cocktail", as "a drink to go with the food".

TK #134

Who is featuring in this album cover?

Answer: Irish Mickey Ward

TK #133

Put Funda.

TK #132

Identify the painting. Why did this painting cause a minor stir in the Museum of Modern Art in the year 1961?

Check the comments for the answer.

TK #131

Whose art work? (Move your mouse on the pictures if you don't know the answers)

TK #130

X was named after this 18th Century English aristocrat (Y) even though he wasn't the inventor of  X. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him _______________________, and others began to order "the same as X!"
X and Y?

Answer: Sandwich and John Montage, Fourth Earl of Sandwich

TK #129

Id both and give pop culture reference.

Answers: Julia Child and Julie Powell. Julie and Julia - The movie.

TK #128

Identify the movie. The hero uses two names in the movie: X and Y. On a totally different account unrelated to the movie, X is the inventor of Y. X and Y? 

Answer: Nacho Libre Y- Nacho X- Ignacio. The characters were named in honour of the inventor of Nachos, Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya

TK #127

X was founded as a restaurant by Parampalli Yajnanarayana Maiya and his brothers in the year 1924.In the mid 1970s when India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very low prices. This move made it difficult for X to maintain high standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify into the instant food business. X also claims to have invented Y, a delicious dish. During World War II, when rice which is the staple item used in ___1___ was in short supply, they experimented in making __1__ using ___2___ and created Y. X and Y? 




Answer: X- MTR Y- Rava Idly

TK #126

Part 1: The following are examples of the X effect. Id X and put funda why it is named so. 

• The Apu trilogy films of Satyajit Ray, which were flops in India before they were given prizes in western countries and re-evaluated as classics in India.
• The popularity in India of movements like those of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and ISKCON based on their popularity in the west.
• The exalted status of the Bhagavad Gita in Hinduism, where, although it was always highly regarded, it gained its current prominence only following Western attempts to identify a single canonical "Hindu Bible".

Part 2: Once you have figured out what X is, how will this lady below connect to X?

Answer: X is Pizza Effect. The lady is Margherita of Savoy. For more info read this

TK #125

1. Identify the sorcerer's name and who he has been modeled after. 

2. This video is based on whose work? 

PS: I have uploaded the full video. Watch it if interested. For the question only 1 min will do. 

Answer: This is Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia. Sorcerer's name is Yen Sid (Disney in reverse) modeled after Disney himself. Based on Goethe's  Der Zauberlehrling

Cracked by Rohit, Avinash,Nithin, Deepak and half cracks by Pinko,Mod,Arjun,Govind,Chan,Sen Krish &Guru.

TK#124

Shown below is the cover of an anime film (Y) based on a manga of the same name by X. The manga itself is loosely based on a cult classic movie of the same name by Z. However, X claimed that he was inspired only by a still image from Z's movie and X hadn't even seen the classic movie when he created the manga. X,Y & Z?

Answer: X- Osamu Tezuka : Y - Metropolis : Z- Fritz Lang

Cracked by Pinko, Mod, Chan, Comedy,Sticky and Arjun.