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Set III (Etymology & Music Quiz- Answers and Scores)

Thanks all, for participating in the Etymology and Music Quizzes. The answers and top scorers can be found below. For individual scores, follow the link here.

Answers:

Etymology:

1.Spoonerism
2.Muscle
3.Khakhi
4.Gung Ho
5.Pandora’s Box
6.Factory Farming
7.Cartesian
8.Soul Patch
9.Nicotine
10.Cat’s paw

Music Quiz:

1.A group of 45 musicians calling themselves “USA for Africa” banded together to record the song “We Are the World” to aid famine relief in Ethiopia
2.Jugalbhandhi
3.Moorsing
4.Bret Lee and the band is Six & Out.
5.Evita is the 1996 film adaptation of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical based on the life of Eva Perón. It was directed by Alan Parker and starred Madonna, Antonio Banderas and Jonathan Pryce.
6.MS Subbulakshmi sang Maithreem Bhajatha (O World! Cultivate peace) in a concert at the UN in 1966.The lyrics were penned by Chandrasekara Swamigal. The music was composed by Vasant desai.
7.Beyonce Knowels
8.X : British rock band, Beatles & Y: Beatles Ltd.
9.Ghatam
10.Bubblegum Pop
TOP SCORERS:

ETYMOLOGY QUIZ:

Karthik- 9

CR,Dhanajay and Arjunaksha Basu – 8

MUSIC QUIZ:

CR-10

Arjunaksha Basu, Amit Roy and Karthik-8

Congratulations!!!

Comments»

1. karthik - November 9, 2008

hi,
any prizes in the offing?………i mean other than the sheer joy of seeing your name amongst the top scorers

2. karthik - November 9, 2008

hey i think i got 9 right in d Music quiz as well …kindly reconcile

3. malcaluffin - November 12, 2008

@ Karthik…we have plans to satisfy your palate!!
watch this space for more details.

4. pria - November 12, 2008

@karthik

For the 6th question, we were looking for a specific answer- name of the composition- Maithreem Bhajatha. Thats where you lost the other one mark.