1. Growing up in Alaska, he earned reputation as a boxer. In 1918, he was assigned to Signal Corps Aviation Section as a second lieutenant. As a pilot he made the first cross country flight from Florida to California in 1922. He distinguished himself in aeronautics from MIT in 1924. During WW2, he received approval from Gen Arnold to lead an attack from USSHornet on Japan. The daring mission he conducted bears his name. On screen he was portrayed by Spencer Tracy and Alec Baldwin. Name this WW2 hero.
JIMMY DOLITTLE
2. Connect Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, LesterCole, Edward Dymtryk, Ring Lardner Jr, John Lawson,Albert Matz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott and DaltonTrunbo.
THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST
3. During filming of Monte Carlo Baby, writer Colette noticed this actress and said “Voila! There’s our Gigi”. The actress however was reluctant to act in theBroadway version as she felt that she was too inexperienced. When Gigi made it’s Broadway debut in1951, the actress received top billing. ElizabethTaylor was originally considered for this role, however William Wyler the director said about her “She had everything I was looking for: charm, innocence and talent. She also was very funny. She was absolutely enchanting, and we said, 'That's the girl!' . And she won an Award for her role in that movie. Name the actress.
AUDREY HEPBURN
4. Born in Louisiana, he had a very erratic school record. He became attracted to Marxist ideology whenhe was 15 years old, and at 17 years joined the US Marines in 1956. Due to his small build, he was nicknamed as Ozzie Rabbit by fellow marines. In 1959 he defected to Soviet Union, after renouncing his UScitizenship. He later came back to US in 1962, and he was in the news for his assassination attempt on Gen Edwin Walker. He later became a vocal supporter of Fidel Castro. Name this person who achieved notoriety later in life.
LEE HARVEY OSWALD
5. Born as Farukh Bulsara in Zanzibar on Sep 5,1946,his parents were Parsi migrants from India. He attended the St.Peter’s Boarding school near Mumbai,where he learnt the piano. In 1964, his family fled toEngland, and he had a Diploma in Art and Design. He was also a singer for bands like Ibex and Sour MilkSea. In 1970 he formed this band along with Brian Mayand Roger Taylor, and he also designed the band’slogo. Along with his work for the band, he also produced two solo albums Mr Bad Guy and Barcelona.Name the singer and the band( 2 points)
FREDDY MERCURY, QUEEN
6. The ship gets it’s name from a shirt worn by the fleet footed witch in Robert Burns poem Tam o Shanter.She was designed by Hercules Linton and launched in1869. It was primarily meant for Tea Trade with China.After the opening of the Suez Canal, she was used for trading wool with Australia. It’s nowadays preservedas the last clipper ship at the Greenwich Museum. Name the ship.
CUTTY SARK
7. On 27 August, 1979 a boat explosion in Donegal,killed 4 people. Baroness Brabourne, Nicholas Knatchbull, Paul Maxwell. Thomas Mc Mahon was sentenced to life in prison for this act. Who was the 4th person killed?
LORD MOUNTBATTEN
8. John Wallis is credited with introducing this symbol in his 1655 book De Sectionibus conicis. While one theory is that he was inspired by Roman numeral for 1000, another view states that he derived it fromGreek letter omega. What was the symbol?
SYMBOL FOR INFINITY
9. This 1974 movie was the first of a planned trilogy around a fictional detective J.J.Gittes and LosAngeles. However the second part The Two Jakes released in 1990 was a critical and commercial failure. Actor X, who starred in the 1974 movie directed the second part. This scuttled all plans of making a third installment called Clover leaf. The detective’s name was taken from X’s friend, Harry Gites. Name X and the movie.
JACK NICHOLSON, CHINATOWN
10. In 1905, a paper called "Does the Inertia of aBody Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" was published in a German Journal “Annalen der Physik”. This led the author of the paper to derive something. What was that?
EINSTEIN'S E=MC2
