QOFG 3 - Connexn Quiz - Answers

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Time for the answers and scores for the connection quiz QOFG - 3; Decent response, nobody maxed, few came awfully close though...

1. This stone is named after the flaunter and the buyer. Name it.



The Taylor - Burton diamond bought by Richard Burton for Elizabeth Taylor

2. Identify the kid who rocked the world.



Elvis Presley

3. It was originally titled Al capone. Written about a woman named Annie, who was attacked by an assailant in her apartment, what was this famous piece titled ?

The song, Smooth Criminal


4. What is the claim to fame of this song ?



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First Video on Mtv


5. It is a chronic disorder and a familial trait in domestic animals; called the Pinky Syndrome it is common with Arabian horses and dog breeds like Dobberman and Rottweiler. Also prevalent among humans, what is this unfortunate condition termed?



Vitiligo


6. Mother of all sitters...Identify the composer and the movie.



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Quincy Jones in Mackenna's Gold


7. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe probably is the first English novel to use the term. The term possibly could owe its usage to the appearance where, as Crusoe shot down many of these birds and hung them like English prisoners. In Japanese mythology, it appears as a deity Kuebiko, who knows everything about the world but who cannot walk. What is the word in question ?

The word is Scarecrow


8. This African country has strong links to the US of A, as much represented by its flag and so much that its capital is named after an US president. Name the country ?



Liberia


9. Who is the speaker and what is the purpose of the first speech and the occassion of the second speech. ?

First:



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The first speech is JFK requesting for higher funds for space research and putting man in space and trying to pass the bill in the senate.
The second speech is again JFK announcing the US goal of putting man on the moon..after Alan Shepherd, became the first american to fly in space.


10. This flower is named appropriately for its vivacious beauty and the colour. Remember the ill fated pink jacket..?



The Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis Water lily


CONNECT : The grand connect is Michael Jackson and here is how it connects.

1. Elizabeth Taylor, long term friend of MJ and the first person to refer him as 'King of Pop'
2. Elvis Presley, King of Rock, MJ owns copyrights of his songs and also married his daughter, Lisa Marie.
3. Smooth Criminal - a direct connect
4. The first song on MTV and MJ's 'Billie Jean' was the first black video to break the colour barrier and appear on MTV
5. Vitiligo - MJ suffered from this skin ailment
6. Quincy Jones; MJ and QJ became a winninng combo producing many successful albums starting with Thriller
7. MJ played the role of Scarecrow in his acting debut Wiz (the adaptation of Wizard of Oz) where he met Quincy Jones
8. MJ's Liberian Girl
9. Moonwalk is an obvious connect, but I was looking for something more arbit like Moonwalk which is MJ's autobiography which was nicknamed 'Neil Armstrong' till publication.
10. Jackie Kennedy edited the MJ autobiography - Moonwalk.

Scores:

Kaustuba Venugopal - 24 (Good Show !)
Karthik U - 23 (Congrats !)
Shardha Sankarraman - 22.5 (Congrats !)
Raja - 19
Govind Paliath - 17.5
Ashok Gharpure - 17
Radhika - 15
Kunal - 14
Mayura G - 14
Magesh Shanmugham - 10
Ramanand - 10
Uma Murthy - DNS

Check out the leaderboard for consolidated scores and await the next quiz shortly..

Ciao,
Kartheegeyan S