Wednesday 30 October 2013

GREYCELL #26

The headquarters building of a police force  is nicknamed "The Death Star" by policemen for its characteristic and somewhat futuristic design.
 Identify the police force.

Hint : This is one of the Baltic nations.

Tuesday 29 October 2013

GREYCELL #25


The origin of this phrase is not clear. Some say it is a stand-up comedian named Jordan Brady, who introduced it in an early 1990s stand-up show called The A-List. Urban dictionary says ‘Sex scenes in porn videos during the seventies were accompanied with what was considered to be cheesy music, even by seventies standards. The music was generically the same, sounding much like X.  As a result, the phrase came into usage to reference something sexual, whether explicit or implied’. More recently, an ad campaign by a famous company used a slight variant of this popular phrase.             

GREYCELL #24


The Swadeshi movement was in full swing, and everyone was compelled to buy home made goods. A company, X,  tragically imported raw cotton for their textile production. To avoid losses and stock pile, they started making cotton candy from the raw cotton. Thus began X's foray into confectioneryIts flagship products were bought by Coca Cola in 1999. Identify X.  

GREYCELL #23



Below is the picture of Francisco Acuna de Figueroa, Uruguayan poet and writer. He achieved a rare feat which till now has been accomplished by only two persons. Who is the other person and what feat am I talking about? 

                                  

GREYCELL #22

                                                       
                                            Identify the cricketer. 

GREYCELL #21

In 1960,Tom Monaghan and his brother,James purchased a small store in Ypsilanti,Michigan.Eight months later,James traded his half of the business to Tom for a used Volkswagen Beetle.Within a few years, it went on to have a rapid growth to such an extent that his establishment was one among the leading ones in the US. 
ID the Establishment.

GREYCELL #20

American actress Julianne Moore received the 2,507th star on Hollywood Boulevard's "Walk of Fame". The stars, embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California are permanent public monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix of actors, musicians, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional characters, and others.

Only one star of all, unlike others, is installed on a vertical wall. Whose ? 

GREYCELL #19

He won one Academy Award (The Lion King), four Satellite Awards (The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, Inception), two Golden Globe Awards (The Lion King, Gladiator), four Grammy Awards (two prizes for The Lion King, Crimson Tide, The Dark Knight), one Saturn Award (The Dark Knight ), two Annie Awards (Kung Fu Panda, Secrets of the Furious Five), and one WAFCA Award (Inception).
Identify this person.

GREYCELL #18

                                                       
                                                                          FUNDA PLEASE. 

GREYCELL #17

Sachin was the youngest to score 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 and 6000 test runs.
 
Who's the youngest to score 7000 test runs? 

GREYCELL #16

The first sport to interest X was cricket and he said if he was not a _____  he would be a fast bowler instead. As a child X was a supporter of the Pakistani cricket team and admired the bowling of Waqar Younis. X is also a fan of Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle and Matthew Hayden. During a charity cricket match X clean-bowled Chris Gayle. Gayle was complimentary of X's pace and swing. X also struck a six off Chris Gayle's bowling. Identify X.      

                                           

GREYCELL #15

This is a limited edition perfume launched by a particular company which smells like tomato, ketchup and cheese. The company announced the perfume's existence on Facebook, offering a free bottle to the first 100 people to respond. In an hour the marketing team was inundated with more than 1,000 requests, four times the anticipated amount. Identify the company.   
   
                           



GREYCELL #14

The Football Association of Greenland, the governing body of football in Greenland was founded in 1971. It runs the Greenland national football team but is not a member of "FIFA" and therefore cannot play in the "FIFA World Cup". It is neither a member of "CONCACAF" nor "UEFA". Identify the reason the reason behind its Non-Membership ? 

                                                               

Monday 28 October 2013

GREYCELL #13


  • X wears a silver bracelet on his left wrist which can only be removed with a key possessed solely by his wife Sheryl. 
  • X is a huge fan of "Simpsons". 
  • X is  the godfather of Megadeth frontman "Dave Mustaine". 
  • X also received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. 
  • X once came out with wrestler Jake Roberts to a wrestling match, carrying a huge snake.
  •  Despite X's horror-make up, pet snakes and wild image, X is a huge fan of Australian pop star Kylie Minogue. 
  • X donated the "O" letter of the famous  "HOLLYWOOD" sign in memory of comedian Groucho Marx. Identify X.    

GREYCELL #12

X  was originally a short flail used to thresh rice or soybeans. The night watch would hit the blocks of wood together using X to attract people's attention and then warn them about fires and other dangers. X was used by nobles rather than rebelling peasants, but was not a popular weapon since it was not efficient against widely used weapons of that time, and few techniques for its use exist. Except for use in professional martial art schools, possession X  is illegal in some countries.  Himo, Ana, Kusari, Kontoh, Jukon-bu, Kikonbu and Kontei are the parts of X. Identify X. 

Sunday 27 October 2013

GREYCELL #11


The construction of this structure began on September 27, 1938. It was opened to the public on July 1, 1940. At its time,this was the 3rd longest suspension bridge in the world.It's destruction occurred on November 7 1940.It was nicknamed the "Galloping Gertie". Identify this structure. Put Funda. 

Saturday 26 October 2013

GREYCELL #10

                               
                                               
                                                                     SNIPPET OF WHICH CODE ? 

GREYCELL #9

                                                               Identify the movie.

GREYCELL #8

                                                                  Identify the film.

GREYCELL #7

                                                       Identify the person. Put Funda.

GREYCELL #6

                                      Identify the cricketer donating blood. Put funda behind this event.


Wednesday 23 October 2013

GREYCELL #5

FAREWELL !!!

1. Vinoo Mankad, 1952 
2. G.R.Viswanath, 1979
3. Dilip Vengsarkar, 1979 
4. Mohammed Azharuddin, 1990
5. Ravi Shastri, 1990
6. Saurav Ganguly, 1996
7. X , 2002 
8. Y , 2011 
Exhaustive list of 8 Indians for a particular achievement. Put Funda and Identify both  X and Y. 

Tuesday 22 October 2013

GREYCELL #4


                                                              What was the occasion? Put funda

GREYCELL #3

  • X came up with the album name "Y" of band "Z" after seeing a bumper sticker that read, "May all your warheads Y".
  •  X helped promote his wife Pam's coffee business, "Net Worth Coffee" Brokers, by creating X line of coffee and associated items.
  • X holds black belts in Taekwondo and karate.He was once made a Goodwill Ambassador of the World by the World Taekwondo Federation.
  • X is the only member of Z to appear on every one of band's recordings.
  • Wrote the song ______ in reaction to hearing the news about the death of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton.
  •  In 1992 X covered the Democratic national convention for MTV.  Identify X, Y and Z. 

GREYCELL #2

 

As a 17-year-old high school junior, this person found himself in need of a class project. His proposed idea was initially turned down by the teacher. He went ahead and finished his project, receiving a B minus for his efforts. His teacher compromised and promised to deliver a better classroom grade if he could get the U.S. Congress to accept his idea. Needless to say, they did. Since then, he's been in all 50 states and 37 foreign countries, making hundreds of speeches and traveling more than 100,000 miles a year. He also has been the guest of nine U.S. presidents at the White House. Identify him.

GREYCELL #1

Under _________________, 
A sprig of wattle in my hand,
A native of my native land,
_____Y__ you "little" beauty. 


It is typically sung by the players of Y in the style of a raucous chant after every victory and "treated with reverential consideration and respect" within the team. The authorship of this song is credited to "Rod Marsh" who was inspired by a poem from Henry LawsonThe word "little" in the last line is replaced by "f**king" when sung by the players. Identify the song and Y.