Sunday, October 19, 2008

Answers:Moving Hand Types 20

Answers:Moving Hand Types 20

1)Identify the Jimbo?

#Jimmy Wales,Founder Wikipedia


2)My central characters are Preah Ream,Neang Seda,Preah Leak,Krong Reap and I am performed every year on the New Years Day in the dance style called Lkhaon? What am I?
#Reamker

3)Now I am better known as Papa Noel,Julemanden,Noel Baba?


#Santa Claus

4)Connect Saleem Sinai, Popatlal Patel,Benaan John,Balram?
#Characters in Books of Booker Winners of Indian Origin.
See Comment from Visaka Simhan

5)I'v started so I'll finish? Identify


#Magnus Magnusson

Scores:
Animesh Kashinath 4
Aravind B 4
Ninad W 2
Hussain Poonawala 1
Shrinidhi Rai 1
Ashish Sharma 3
QE QQ 2
Santosh Appathurai 4
Sridhar C 4
Crescent 1
Visaka Simhan 5
Karthik 5
NCR 5
Ruchir 4
Raghuvansh 5
Vrthejas 3
Satish V 5

13 comments:

Sridhar C said...

Hai, nice set of questions.
Here are my guesses:

1.Jimmy Wales(wikipedia)
2.dunno
3.Father Christmas
4.Characters from Rushdie's Midnight's Children
5.Magnus Magnusson of Mastermind fame

Crescent said...

1. Jimmy Wales, founder of wikipedia

VISAKA SIMHAN said...

1. jimmy wales-wikipedia
2.reamker-ramayana
3.st nicholas-santa claus

4.indian man booker prize winning book's central character
saleem sinai-midnight's children
popatlal patel-inheritance of loss
benaan john -the god of samll things
balram-the white tiger

karthik said...

1.Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales - Wikipedia founder....(guess where i found the answer)
2.'Reamker'the Cambodiam/Khmer version of the Ramayana
3.Santa Claus/Father Christmas
4.Central characters in the works of Booker prize winners of Indian Origin - V S Naipaul,Salman Rushdie,Arundhathi roy,Kiran Desai(Aravind Adiga misses out here)
5.Magnus Magnusson - legendary host of the legendary "mastermind"

karthik said...

hi abhinaya,
can i get in touch with you at your email..regarding some quizzing queries.
regards,
karthik(veekay13venkat@yahoo.com)

Anonymous said...

1. hmm... vattenfall awards people involved in climate change/social issues among many other things. so my guess is say..... BONO of U2.

2. ramayan - cambodian shadow puppets

3. noel is french for x-mas so i think 'santa claus'. but the picture..... has he visited his barber this summer!

4. lead characters in booker winning books written by indians !!! guessing with sinai and popatlal!

5. magnus magnusson - it is a sitter - it has the chair too! all the pun is intended! ;-)

cheers,
NCR

VISAKA SIMHAN said...

5.MAGNUS MAGNUSSON

Ruchir said...

1.Jimmy Wales

2.Reamker(Cambodian Ramayana Epic)

3.Santa Claus(Christmas Man)

4.

5.Magnus Magnusson(BBC Quiz Master)

Anonymous said...

1. Jimmy Wales, wikiuncle fame
2. Ream? Seda? Sounds like some Cambodian Ramayana rip-off.
3. St. Nicholas, of red clothes and jollyness fame
4. Balram gives it away. Protagonists of Booker winning novels by Indians
5. Magnus Magnusson.

- Raghuvansh

vrthejas said...

1. not sure.. Sergey Brin?
2. Reamkin, the cambodian version of the Ramayana.
3. Father Christmas
4. They are all the lead characters in the books (by Indian authors) which have won booker prizes. Midnight's children, god of small things, inheritance of loss and the white tiger.

Abinaya Surianarayanan said...

@Sridhar:Thanks :)

Abinaya Surianarayanan said...

@Karthik:Anytime

Abinaya Surianarayanan said...

@NCR:LOL!