This famous director had expressed interest in directing an adaptation of Casino Royale.

He even had discussions with the Fleming family. The idea was to restore Bond back to
what Ian Fleming had conceived. He believes that the idea of a grim dark Bond film was
originally his idea. Though he had made his wishes public as earlier as 1997, he did not
follow up with EON and as a result it didn’t work out and Martin Campbell eventually
directed the movie. Who is the diredctor.

What unique distinction does Chris Cornell and Ahaa have?

Only male OSTs of Bond movies

The rights of this movie is held by Stone Village Pictures and will be (or is being)
directed by the British director Mike Newell. Somebody named Ronald Harwood has
been signed to write a faithful screen adaptation. The filming has started in Cartagena,
Columbia. The singer Shakira has been roped in to write songs. The movie will be
released in the end of 2007 by New Line Cinema. Name the movie and what is so unique
about it.

Aracataca is a town, located in a jungle in the north of Colombia, to the southwest of

Riohacha. In June 2006, the people of Aracataca organized a referendum to change the
name of the town to Aracataca the name of a near by banana plantation. The new name
meant banana is Bantu language. Although the yes vote won, the referendum failed
because of lack of voters and Aracataca kept its traditional name. Why did the people of
Aracataca want to change the name of their town?

he town first appears in García Márquez's short story "Leaf Storm".

Which is the only screen play that Pearl S Buck ever wrote? Incidentally this movie was
co-directed by the Polish auteur Tad Danielewski.

Agumbe is a sleepy town in Western Ghats near the South Karnataka coast, what was
this place

In 1964 J D Tippit, a police officer with Texas Police Department was posthumously
awarded the Medal of Valor from the National Police Hall of Fame and also received the
Police Medal of Honor, the Police Cross, and the Citizens Traffic Commission Award of
Heroism. He was decorated mainly because he was the second victim of an assassin.
who?

He was the first Caribbean novelist to publish a novel in England. He was also a
Trotskyite and his second best-known work of non-fiction was World Revolution
published in (1937), a history of the rise and fall of the Communist International which
was critically praised by Leon Trotsky. In 1963 he published his personal memoirs which
revolutionized a particular genre of writing and is still considered the greatest work in
that genre, who and which book?

CLR James is most widely known as a writer on cricket, especially for his
autobiographical 1963 book, Beyond a Boundary. This is considered a seminal work of
cricket writing, and is often named as the best single book on cricket (or even the best
book on any sport) ever written

These are the questions i discussed with u in an old chat..i had several more good ones
stashed away..i hate to say that they r on my chechi's laptop and i wont be ale to get it till
weekend..but i can make some fresh..
lemme know how many u want :)
ansswers below..
manjith

1. This man made a bet with his captain that if he won an important match, the captain
should buy him a particular suitcase he had seen in a Boston store. The American press
got word of this deal and gave him a famous nickname. Who are we talking about?
2. It began in April, 1973 in the village of Mandal in the upper Alakananda valley and is
named after a word meaning “embrace”.
3. He was the Junior National champion in Diving for 6 years in a row from the age of
11. He also got a bronze medal at the lone National Games, in which, he participated. He
rightfully claims to have been among the top 3 divers in the country until he retired at the
ripe age of 19. His sporting excellence got him an admission to St. Stephen’s college and
he later went on a year long scholarship to Davidson college, North Carolina. He played
lot of first division club cricket for the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club and when he
was in Hyderabad, he played for the Vazir Sultan Tobacco which was in the A-division of
Hyderabad Cricket Leagues. He embarked on a new career altogether during the 9th
Asian games in 1982. His career took off from the Commonwealth Games in ’82. Today
he is one of the most recognized personalities in his field
4.. It is also called “Physic nut” .It is the raw material for a famous product. In May 2005,
Chief Minister Raman Singh became the first head of a state government to use this
product. What are we talking about?

Prelims:
1. In 1952, he became the first boxer to win three consecutive golds at the Olympics. His
career was cut shot when the communist Government denied him an exit visa to play the
World Championship. Which legendary boxer?
2. How do we better know T-800 and T-1000 manufactured by Cyberdyne Systems?

answers:
1. Rene Lacoste, crocodile.the suitcase was made of alligator skin.
2. chipko
3. charu sharma
4. jatropha

prelims:
1. Lazlo Papp
2. terminators

1) This retired Spanish cyclist was the first person to win Tour de France 5 consecutive
times. He had a physique superior not only to average people but also to his fellow
athletes. His blood circulation had the ability to circulate 7 litres of oxygen around his
body per minute, compared to the average amount of 3-4 litres of an ordinary person and
the 5-6 litres of his fellow riders. Also, his lung capacity was 8 litres, compared to an
average of 5 litres. In addition, his resting pulse was as low as 29 BPM, compared to a
normal human's 60-90 bpm, which meant his heart would be less strained in the tough
mountain stages. His VO2 max was 88 ml/kg/min; in comparison, Lance Armstrong's was
82 ml/kg/min. Name him.

3) Pelé, Rivelino, Teófilo Cubillas, Bernard Genghini, .... Who is next in this series?

4) What's common between the real life people Oxana Malaya of Ukraine, Sujit Kumar of
Fiji, Andrei Tolstyk of Bespalovskoya and the fictional characters Tarzan and Blanka
(from Streetfighter video game)?

5) This 1944 novel by Somerset Maugham tells the story of an American, Larry Darrell,
who after being traumatized by his experiences as a fighter pilot in World War I goes to
Europe and then India looking for the meaning of life. But instead of the book climaxing
with Larry's enlightenment, the novel's literary innovation is to follow how others react
to his subsequent changes and how he thrives while the more directionless and
materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. The book was twice adapted into film,
first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. A less successful, yet arguably
more faithful, 1984 version starred Bill Murray in the lead, with Tibet replacing India as
the place of Darrell's enlightenment. The novel's epigraph reads, "The _____ ____ of a
_____ is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." —Katha-
Upanishad. Name the novel.

5) The crew of which 2006 movie got shirts that said "Malcolm X, Jesus Christ, and Jim
Morrison: _____ _____. How Can We Fail?"

6) What word which comes from French for subterfuge is a pseudonym used by English
electronic musician and record producer Nick Bracegirdle and also a sequence of tight
serpentine curves in a roadway used in motor racing and on city streets to slow cars?

7) Named after its Russian inventor this musical instrument is unique in that it was the
first one designed to be played without being touched. It consists of two radio frequency
oscillators and two metal antennae. To play the instrument the player moves his or her
hands around the two metal antennae, which control the instrument's frequency (pitch)
and amplitude (volume). It is widely associated with "alien", surreal, and eerie-sounding
portamento, glissando, tremolo, and vibrato sounds, due to its use in film soundtracks
such as Spellbound, The Lost Weekend, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. It has been
used by artists such as Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin and Marilyn Manson. Robert
Moog has credited his experience in building these instruments as leading directly to his
groundbreaking synthesizer, the Minimoog. Name the instrument.
1) Miguel Indurain aka Big Mig. Had to include a cycling question. :)
2) Burt Bacharach
3) David Beckham. This is the list of players who have scored twice from direct free
kicks in World Cup.
4) They are all feral children who grew up without human contact, either with animals or
completely isolated. I could have included Mowgli, but when Tarzan's also there that
would have been a giveaway. Came across this while searching Wikipedia for my
name. :)
5) Razor's Edge. You got that right. The blanks are for "sharp edge of a razor". One of my
favorite novels.
6) Deja Vu. Denzel Washington played Malcolm X in Malcolm X, James Caviezel played
Jesus Christ in The Passion of the Christ, and Kilmer played Jim Morrison in The Doors.
7) Chicane. Found this while learning for my driving license theory test.
8) Theremin