Theme Round

Answer-
The theme is 'the playbook' (by Barney Stinson)-
1)Plato-Plato's quote-"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation", is used in the introduction of the book(quite tough to crack it here)
Rest all are related to the various plays in the book-
2)Genie
3)NASA
4)SCUBA
5)Lorenzo Von Matterhorn

 

#51

Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York.At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a prosperous middle-aged meat-packer in Troy. He obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which he shipped in barrels.During this time Samuel Wilson indirectly became the source of something, which made him popular throughout
America.
Samuel is source to what and how?

HINT-

#50 TR-5 +7

THE LAST ONE, IT'LL SURELY GIVE IT AWAY

FIND THE CONNECT

#49 TR-4 +13

FIND THE CONNECT         

#48 TR-3 +15 -5

FIND THE CONNECT

#47 TR-2 +17 -7

In 1992 Robin Williams potrayed  a character in the movie version of a famous series, but after this movie he stopped potraying the character due to his disputes with the production house.In 2009 a modified(Indian)version of the movie was released in which Amitabh Bachchan potrayed Robin Williams' character.Name the character potrayed by Williams and Mr Bachchan.

#46 TR-1 +20 -10

_________ given  by ________ asserts that non-material abstract (but substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change known to us through sensation, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality.Who gave this theory and what is it called?

HINT-

#45

Simple question.
Give funda.
For extra points, name everyone at the table.

#44

FIND THE CONNECT

#43

_____________________ is a traditional children's song of obscure origin.The mock German name celebrated in the song suggests that young English speaking children still find longer northern-European names to be inherently funny words.While the origins of the song are most definitely obscure, some evidence places its roots with vaudeville and theatre acts of the late 19th century and early 20th century popular in immigrant communities. Some vaudeville acts during the era, such as the work of Joe Weber and Lew Fields, often gave voice to shared frustrations of German-American immigrants and heavily leaned on malapropisms and difficulties with the English language as a vehicle for its humor.Which song is this?

#42

'What are little boys made of?' is a popular nursery rhyme dating from the early nineteenth century.An extract from this rhyme was used in a popular TV show, which got five Emmy nominations in 1999,2000,2001,2004 & 2005.This particular extract was used in the opening sequence of every episode.The series premiered in 1998 and ended production run episodes in 2005. Reruns continued to air on the network until 2006.It has been continuously rerun in Australia since 1998 and it started airing on Boomerang in late-2008.Which famous TV show is this and what is the extract used in the opening sequence of every episode?

#41

Given below is a set of questions, answers to these questions are linked by common theme.Find the theme and answer the questions-(titles will help in finding the answers)

1) "Everybody loves Ray Romano"
Manfred is shown as one of the main protagonists in the series.He can be serious, but is otherwise caring and friendly.He has a personal grudge against the paleo-Indians,because of his past experiences with them.He finds love with Ellie and they have a daughter named Peaches.Who is Manfred?

2) "My heart skips a beat"

Why is this jacket so famous?

3) "The creation of Frankenstien"
Initially it was painted black. After it was dry strips of masking tape were put on the body and it was painted white. This would be the black and white "classic" version of the X. Due to companies selling them with similar finishes its use was stopped.Then the famous yellow and black "bumble bee" was used. In 1979, after much disappointment with the performance of yellow and black, more tape was applied on the body and painted over that with the Red Schwinn Bicycle paint. As he said, "The Schwinn Bicycle paint gives it pop." What(X) is being painted here?

(The answer to the 3rd one gives away the theme, but the connection of individual answers to the theme is also required)

#40

___________________________ is a film reference book compiled by various critics worldwide and edited by Steven Jay Schneider. Each title is accompanied by a brief synopsis and critique, some with pictures. Presented chronologically, the current edition begins with Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon in 1902 and currently concludes with Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds. There are only two Hindi(Indian) films included in this list. Which list is this? Which are these films?
*Given below are the clues  related to the first film-

*These are the clues related to the second film-
Earning over Rs 580 million in India and Rs 175 million overseas, the film became the biggest Bollywood hit of the year, as well as one of the biggest Bollywood hits of all time. The movie remains the longest running film in the history of Indian cinema. In February 2009, the film set a record by completing 700 weeks of continuous play in Mumbai theatres. On 20 October 2009 the movie completed 15 years of non-stop running. As of 2011, it is still playing at the Maratha Mandir, where they have special screenings celebrating each 100th week, the 800th coming in February.

#39

The origin of ___________is traced to 2000, when Switchblade Kittens a pop-punk band released their song "Ode to_____". Then a band XYZ started making songs based only on one theme which became the genesis of a fandom centered genre of music called________ rock.______rock further developed between 2002 and 2004 in the United States.It embraces a do it yourself ethic, with many bands self-producing their recordings and distributing them through online social networking channels. The _______ rock scene has expanded to at least 880 bands.
Which is this new genre of music? What is XYZ?

#38

Given below is a set of questions, answers to these questions are linked by common theme.Find the theme and answer the questions-(titles will help in finding answers) 

1)"Do you know?"
What are-Penhold, Shakehand, Speed drive, Loop, Flip, Push, Chop & Lob?

2)"After Apple-Picking"

Recordings began on March 23, 1977 and lasted 12 days. They were taped for two hours a day, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, for a total of 28 hours and 45 minutes.They took place at a seaside home in Monarch Bay, California, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Smith, who were both longtime ______ supporters. This location was chosen instead of  La Casa Pacifica, on account of interference with the television relay equipment by the Coast Guard navigational-aid transmitters near San Clemente. _____ rented the Smith home for $6,000 on a part-time basis.What are we talking about?

3)"I love Lucy"

The ____ is the printable version of characters 1 and 2 of (black and white versions) of codepage 437 (1981) of the first IBM PC and all subsequentes PC compatible computers. For modern computers, all versions of Microsoft Windows after Windows 95 can use the _____ as part of Windows Glyph List 4, although some computer fonts missed some characters, and some characters couldn't be reproduced by programs not compatible with Unicode. It also appears in Unicode's Basic Multilingual Plane.What are we talking about?