2. TWSNBN IV (the commie -ic quiz) Neeraj Goswami 20.8.09

3. What connects these cities?

4. Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto, Vancouver, New York City and Los Angeles- all have served as inspirations for Metropolis.

5. A set of studio musicians were assembled by Don Kirshner in 1968 to perform various songs. The most famous is "Sugar, Sugar", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, which went to #1 on the pop chart in 1969 and earned the group a gold record. Other Top Forty songs recorded by X include "Who's Your Baby?" (U.S. #40), "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" (U.S. #22), and "Jingle Jangle" (U.S. #10). Kirshner had previously produced The Monkees' records, had offered "Sugar, Sugar" to them, but was ultimately fired over creative differences with the band and a subsequent contract dispute. X?

6. The fictional band's music was recorded by session musicians featuring Ron Dante on vocals and released as a series of singles and albums.

7. The ____-____ were notorious for being brutal and undisciplined, thus giving the term its second, colloquial meaning of "undisciplined bandit" in many languages. Their use was abandoned by the end of the 18th century. However, self-organized ____-_____ troops still appeared later, as for example crushing the Bulgarians' April uprising in 1876 where they brutally slaughtered thousands of people. The term “_______" has also been used for a mounted force, existing in peacetime in various provinces of the Ottoman empire, which performed the duties of gendarmerie.

8. Bashi-bazouk (of captain Haddock swear-word fame)

9. Connect:

10. Deepak Chopra of India Authentic series fame. Made a cameo appearance in The Love Guru , was an active member of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi fan club and friend of late Mikael . India Authentic series was launched by Virgin Comics .

12. A- Hewey, B- Dewey, C- Louie. The people after whom the characters were named.

14. Hentai (no pics for this one…)

15. In his book Chuck Amuck, the author writes: “I first became interested in the ______ while devouring Mark Twain’s Roughing It at the age of seven. I had heard of the ______ only in passing references from passing adults and thought of it – if I thought of it at all – as a sort of dissolute collie. As it turns out, that is just about what a ______ is; and no one saw it more clearly than Mark Twain.”

16. Wile E. Coyote

18. Proton Pack

20. X- Popeye, Y- Bluto, Z- Brutus

21. Connection?

22. Jupiter. Super Commando Dhruva was born and brought up in Jupiter Circus. Ganymede is a fictional character and an extraterrestrial superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe. Callisto is a Marvel Comics character, associated with the X-Men. Carla Gugino played the role of Sally Jupiter in Watchmen.

23. Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge ) is a series of Belgian comic books, originally published in French, created by writer Jean-Michel Charlier and artist Victor Hubinon. The series was very popular in France, Belgium and The Netherlands, but has not yet been published in English. Ironically, because of this, Redbeard is better known for inspiring something, than his own series. What?

24. The pirates in Asterix.

25. R.I.P.