Mixed3 #14

Posted by Corpus Gray in Mixed Bag, Quiz | Apr 1 2009 | 2 Comments

1.       Which Colombian drug lord became infamous as to growing so wealthy from the drug trade that in 1989 Forbes magazine listed him as the seventh richest man in the world? For facts, he was accountable for the deaths of some 30 judges, 457 policemen, and other deaths at a rate of 20 a day for two months.

Ans: Pablo Escobar.

2.      This double Academy Award-winning movie’s title refers to the total number of films the director had previously directed, which includes features, short segments, and collaboration with another director. Easy enough! Which movie?

Ans: 8½.

3.      How do we better know the BMP image developed from the photograph of a landscape in 3028 Fremont Dr. (Sonoma Hwy.), Sonoma County, California, US by Charles O’Rear, for HighTurn, a digital-design company? It shows rolling green hills and a blue sky with stratocumulus and cirrus clouds, if that’d help you think!

Ans: Bliss; used as the default computer wallpaper for the “Luna” theme, which is included with Microsoft Windows XP.

Results in Brainiac Points

rjshtk: 2

asif: 1

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2 Responses »

  1. rjshtk says:

    1. Pablo Escobar
    2. No Idea!
    3. Bliss(Windows XP default wallpaper)

  2. asif says:

    3. The Windows XP default theme wallpaper named ‘Bliss’?

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