Television series & more......

TV Series
1. The coffee shop in the popular TV series Friends has inspired a real life coffee chain with outlets across Asia, America, Australia, Africa and Europe. Name the coffee shop.

2. Kelly Clarkson was the first and Ruben Studdard was the second what?

3. Which series is called Gran Hermano in Argentina and Spain, Loft Story in Canada and HaAh HaGadol in Israel. What is it called in India?

4. Desperate Housewives is set in a quiet neighbourhood of Wisteria Lane in a fictional town in the Eagle State. Name the town.

5. Michael Scofield deliberately gets into a jail to rescue his brother who has framed plot of which fast paced TV series?

6. Sarah Michelle Gellar played the eponymous role in all the 144 episodes of which TV series?7. How did the TV serial drama West Wing gets its name?

8. Which television character is a palaeontologist at the New York Museum of Prehistoric History?

9. ‘No soup for you’, ‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that’, ‘Master of your domain’ are all popular catch phrases coined and first heard on a popular American TV series. Which one?

10. Candace Bushnell has authored several novels including Lipstick Jungle, Four Blondes, Trading Up. Name her most famous book which has been turned into an even more famous TV series.
Anything Goes
1. After the death of Jesse Owens in 1980, a city named a street in his honour. Which city?

2. Which late world figure’s ancestral home was Althorp house in Northamptonshire?

3. Martial art legend and actor Bruce Lee had died during shooting of a movie. Which movie?

4. Which trading house was started in 1894 as a joint venture between Tata Sons and Volkart Brothers?

5. The umpires offer “this” to the batsmen at the crease which when accepted, the play for the day comes to a close. What is “this”?

6. Galapagos Islands known for its unique wildlife is part of which country?

7. He was the captain of Johan Cruyff’s dream team that won Barcelona’s first European Cup in 1992. He was the captain of the Spanish football team that won the gold medal in the Barcelona Olympics in the same year. In 2009, he has spellbound the football pundits by his magic touch. Can you name him?

8. What is Yellow Cake?
ANSWERS

TV Series
1. Central Perk. The base line of the Coffee Chain is ‘Where friends meet’
2. American Idol
3. Big Boss. All versions of Big Brother
4. Fairview
5. Prison Break
6. She played the role of Buffy Summers in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. West Wing is set in West Wing of the White House, which house the Oval office and offices of other senior presidential staff. West Wing TV series captures the life and times of fictional US President Josiah Bartlet
8. Ross Geller of Friends
9. Seinfeld
10. Sex and the city
Anything Goes
1. Berlin
2. Diana, Princess of Wales
3. King of Death
4. Voltas
5. Light
6. Ecuador
7. Pep Guardiola, the current manager of FC Barcelona8. Uranium Oxide