Mindgames ed. 3

(In which I scour Open and other news sources for questions based on recent events.)

Q1 He is Politically Correct at home. Who?

Q2 My tongue weighs more than an average elephant. What am I?

Q3 The first ship to use the SOS signal was?

Q4 Below: Who am I?

Q5 ‘A thousand-year war that will be fought with the pen and mouth,’ said who about what?

Q6 Just announced: A super-elite category of undertakings called the SAMARTHANA (anagram)

Q7 He wants to take the backseat in politics, but he’ll always be there. His name is?

Q8 5 points for this one’s name: Ejgvcp Zfyeyr

Q9 Jai who? (Clue: He was in the news last week.)

Q10 ‘Island of chance’. Name it.

Your first task in this round is to identify the person shown in the picture. Then, connect a, b and c to another well-known person, your final answer. All three ‘connections’ have to be explained for an entry to qualify as a ‘final answer’.

a)

b) Abuja

c) Sana’a

Q Who is connected to A, B and C?

Solutions to Mindgames ed. 2 and the winner(s): No all-correct entries this time either. Amoolya Narayan and Anand Kandol came the closest, with eight correct answers each. They managed eight right answers. Well done, guys!

A1 3 Idiots

A2 Jug Suraiya

A3 Shashi Tharoor

A4 Nolan Christopher (this got Nobody)

A5 ND Tiwari

A6 The Bullet train from China

A7 Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

A8 Vultures

A9 Na’avi

A10 The Middle Finger

A. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan.

B. Bob Dylan lent himself to a commercial for Victoria’s Secret

C. Bob Dylan’s is also Robert Zimmerman.

The final answer is Bob Dylan (You also have to get the ABC connection for full points.)

(In which I scour Open and other news sources for questions based on recent events.)

Q1 He is Politically Correct at home. Who?

Q2 My tongue weighs more than an average elephant. What am I?

Q3 The first ship to use the SOS signal was?

Q4 Below: Who am I?

Q5 ‘A thousand-year war that will be fought with the pen and mouth,’ said who about what?

Q6 Just announced: A super-elite category of undertakings called the SAMARTHANA (anagram)

Q7 He wants to take the backseat in politics, but he’ll always be there. His name is?

Q8 5 points for this one’s name: Ejgvcp Zfyeyr

Q9 Jai who? (Clue: He was in the news last week.)

Q10 ‘Island of chance’. Name it.

Your first task in this round is to identify the person shown in the picture. Then, connect a, b and c to another well-known person, your final answer. All three ‘connections’ have to be explained for an entry to qualify as a ‘final answer’.

a)

b) Abuja

c) Sana’a

Q Who is connected to A, B and C?

Solutions to Mindgames ed. 2 and the winner(s): No all-correct entries this time either. Amoolya Narayan and Anand Kandol came the closest, with eight correct answers each. They managed eight right answers. Well done, guys!

A1 3 Idiots

A2 Jug Suraiya

A3 Shashi Tharoor

A4 Nolan Christopher (this got Nobody)

A5 ND Tiwari

A6 The Bullet train from China

A7 Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

A8 Vultures

A9 Na’avi

A10 The Middle Finger

A. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan.

B. Bob Dylan lent himself to a commercial for Victoria’s Secret

C. Bob Dylan’s is also Robert Zimmerman.

The final answer is Bob Dylan (You also have to get the ABC connection for full points.)

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