Answers MISSING LINKS

Firstly, I apologize for my long hiatus from SHOWTIME. It was not at all a good experience but was bogged down by several works and committments. Hope no one is angry and will continue to contribute and participate in SHOWTIMEs to come... (in a new avatar)But for now:

Here are the answers for the Missing Links: SHOWTIME 10

1. INDIAN IDOL on Sony Entertainment Television…. (Prashant Tamang, the winner of II 3 works at Kolkata Police (the logo), Jagdish Khattar from Maruti Its one of the sponsorer of Indian Idol, Endemol who is the maker of the show (The blue logo),and RED FM (one of its DJs made some derogatory comments on the gurkhas after the show which raised a controversy)

2. All were awarded BHARAT RATNA posthumously

3. AK 47 : Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK 47 Logo of the company Izhevsk Mechanical Works, which manufactures the kalashnikov guns and the Russian Flag, the country where Kalashnikov rifle was invented

4. Michael Jordan: He was the real life mascot for Nestle Crunch. He appeared in Wheaties boxes in 1988 The logo is called the Jumpman logo. It’s used by Nike to promote MJ related merchandise.

5. Swami Vivekananda
Clue1> Indian Institute of Science was started by Jamshedji Tata on Swami’s advice
Clue 2> Swami Vivekananda was the first Indian to be invited to accept the chair of Oriental Philosophy at Harvard University.
Clue3> Jamshedji Tata. Same connection as clue1
Clue4> Emblem of the Ramakrishna Mission which was founded by Swami

6. Films whose funds were raised from Internet…. Supari and Raghu Romeo

7. The Club career of Diego Maradona

8. SpiderMan
Marvel Comics – first published Spiderman
Sam Raimi – Director of Spiderman movies
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko – Creators of Spiderman

9. Muhammad Ali
Won the gold in the 1960 Olympics,
Lit the torch at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics,
Picture of Mobutu Sese Koko , ruler of Zaire where the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Match was held against George Foreman

10. BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India)
Clue1> The Order of Star Of India, from which the BCCI Logo is derived
Clue2> The Flag is of the NCP, a political party launched by Sharad Pawar, the current chairman of BCCI.
Clue3> Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, was a founder member of BCCI.


Hope evryone liked the MISSING LINKS.

Soon SHOWTIME will resume again with new quizzes, patterns, scoring ways and lots more !!!!!

So till then

Happy Quizzing
TG