Monday, December 31, 2007

Random quizzes

1. In ancient Persia what is the combination of the King and the Castle called?

shahrukh


2. connect the years
1950,1982,1968,2003,2006.....(a few more.. actually)
clue: magazine

time person of the year went for non - persons
US Soldier, Hung PAtriot, Astronaut computer


3. whats "God's algorithm" the fastest method for?

solve the rubik's cube

4. What was the first ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) message ?

First message was 'lo'.....actually they intended to transmit 'login' ..but after transmitting the 'l' and 'o' the system crashed....so the first message on internet was 'lo'.....

5. How do one better know Eric Arthur Blair?

george orwell

6. Name the only player in tennis history to have twice won all four of tennis Grand Slam singles titles in the same year—first as an amateur in 1962, and then again as a professional in 1969.

Rod Laver

7. Who voiced Mickey Mouse from his creation in 1928 till 1946?

walt disney himself

8. Only person in the history of olympics ever to win the gold medal in every single event in which he entered that year, and created a new world record in every one of those events ...

mark spitz

9. At Calcutta in 1981-82, Geoff Boycott broke the world record for most runs in Test cricket. Later in the match, he went off the field claiming that he was ill. What did he do then ?

playing golf

10. This author's first fantasy story was probably about a rabbit who got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee... Who?

J K Rowling

11. Which right wing guerilla group fought against the Sandinistas of Nicaragua with the covert aid of the US?
they took their name from a phrase meaning "counter revolutionaries'..

Contras

12.Logicallly speaking....who was responsible for killing one-fourth of the world's population...?

caine..killed abel..

13. Which famous monument is located inside the worlds largest artificial forest?

Christ the Redeemer. Its situated inside the Tijuca Forest National Park which incidentally is the world's largest urban forest.


14. Rudyard Kipling used this phrase in a letter to his aunt in 1930, referring to the media barons of the day. His cousin, Stanley Baldwin, the Tory leader who was seriously challenged by the all powerful media moghuls, Lord Beaverbrook and Lord Rothermere, repeated the phrase in a famous speech in the 1930s. "________ ______ ________ - the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages". The speech ensured that Baldwin was never again questioned by the media! Which phrase, later used against the likes of Murdoch and co?

Power without responsibility


15. who was the first to win an emmy,grammy,tony and an oscar

Barbera streisand

16. his orginal name is 'Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Le'..... but is popular with another name which was born from his younger brother Rodrigo who used to call him by this name due to his inability to pronounce "Ricardo"...... identify the person.....

kaka of brazil


17. "I know you are here to kill me. Shoot, coward, you are only going to kill a man".....whose last words were this..

che guevara


18. Vatican got ignobel in economics once....nybody care to know why?


in 2004 ,for outsourcing prayers to India



19. first person to win an academy award for portraying a character of opposite gender.

Linda Hunt , for her performance in 'The Year of Living Dangerously'


20. some world champion refused to travel in titanic since he was not given a
first class ticket since he was black.
can anyone help me identify that lucky guy ???


Jack Johnson, a heavyweight champ.

Sunday, December 30, 2007

eco quiz for 8,9,10 @ kochi

eco quiz for 8,9,10
eco quiz for 8, 9, 10 in udl school
ECO QUIZIMPICS where Green is Bright!
Prelims (A combined effort of eco and quiz club)
NAME 1:________________________________
NAME 2:________________________________
Team Name: ______________________________
Note: if ‘ECO” is not in the question, it’s in the answer……………………

*1. What breed of Indian wild dog does Mowgli attack with bees in Kipling’s novel, the second jungle book?
2. Which water body is the location of Hemingway’s Old man and the sea?
3. What was the ancient Aryan name for Indus?
*4. Connect Eva Green, evening (as in the English word) and Venus?
5. At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant?
6. Connect 1) a band of mythical female characters 2) a river 3) a series in AXN.
7. A simple one. Which superhero did Uncle Ben and aunt May bring up?
*8. Which Mollusc connects actors Roger Moore and Kabir Bedi?
9. In the fairy tale, when the ball was over, what did “Cinderella’s” horses turn back into?
10. Connect Florence (place in Italy) and the Harry Potter series.
Clue: - if Rome::Roma then Florence::?
11. One for the movie freaks. Name the homeland of the fictional character, which has been most portrayed in horror films?
12. The 516km long Lambert Ice passage is the world’s largest __________________.
13. An easy one again. Connect Superman and Zero group.
*14. Connect Adolf Hitler and Napoleon, other than the fact that, both were great leaders.
15. Who makes the “Eco drive” watches which never needs a battery?
Clue: Brett Lee endorses this brand.


1 is Dhole
2 gulf stream warm current
3 sindhu
4i ts vesper..dats eva greens charchter in casino royal, its also the spanish for evening star the venus
5 mistletoe
6 amazon
7 spidy
8 octopus9 as in octopussy in which the former was bond and the latter villain
9 mice
10 firenze dats italian for florence and firenze is the centaur
11 transylvania(dracula)
12glacier
13 krypton
14 they wer both scared of cats
15 citizen

quizzers united.........

1. Connect Chelsea, Monaco, Les Blues , and finally Juventus wrt a player
(now manager)

didier deschamps

2. What does LG stand for (as in LG tv, fridge,etc..) ?

Lucky goldstar

3. Bill smith, an employee of a famous company introduced this revolution to business..
name the revolution and the company .

the name of the revolution was:Six Sigma
company:motorola.


4. wht is the unique specality of the the pizza hut express situated @ georgia tech??hows it different from the other pizzahuts worldwide?

is it the only outlet which serves coca cola


5. Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Hugh Grant , Lambert Wilson............they were all rumoured to be in the running for the role. finally who was given the role.
clues : The Rolling Stones were offered the chance to sing the title song of the film, but declined.

pierce brosnan in golden eye


6. who is da present US ambassador to india?

David C. Mulford


7. What was founded by Scott Rasmussen and his father, Bill Rasmussen, and launched on September 7, 1979 under the direction of Chet Simmons, who was the network’s first president and CEO?

ESPN Channel


8.What did college dropout Shawn Fanning start and name after his high school nickname?

Napster

9. The ……………… was a model of Soviet foreign policy, first and most clearly outlined by S. Kovalev in a September 26, 1968 Pravda article, entitled “Sovereignty and the International Obligations of Socialist Countries.” Leonid Brezhnev reiterated it in a speech at the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party on November 13, 1968, which stated:

"When forces that are hostile to socialism try to turn the development of some socialist country towards capitalism, it becomes not only a problem of the country concerned, but a common problem and concern of all socialist countries."

What?

Bhrezhnev Doctrine


10. In which European country is Dalmatia, from where the Dalmatian dog gets its name?

Croatia

SCIENCE QUIZ @ VIDYODAYA SCHOOL, KOCHI

the prelims questions..

1. Who is credited with the discovery of neutron –

2. ‘He lies somewhere else’ is the epitaph of which Nobel laureate physicist-

3. Expand SCUBA-

4. The name of the missile ‘BrahMos’ is derived from 2 rivers. Name them-

5. Which Indian city hosts the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology-

6. In 1960, TIROS-1 was put in orbit. What was its mission. (the first of its kind)-

7. What does the Beaufort scale measure-

8. Name the Indian astronaut who was the backup of Rakesh Sharma for the Soyuz T-11 mission-

9. Name the first Indian station at Antartica-

10. Name the former director of BARC who was also a minister of state for defence in 1990 under V.P.Singh-

11. A ‘pride of lanka’, he first conceptualised that geostationary satellites can be used for telecommunication purposes. Name him-

12. Where would you find the P, Q, R, S and T waves-

13. Name the German astronomer credited for discovering the planet Uranus. He is also known as the ‘Columbus of the skies’-

14. ‘Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth’. Whose famous words-

15. What is the term coined by Eric Drexler in his book ‘Engines of creation’-

16. Schools around the world commemorate Mole day on (month and date)-

17. Selenology is the study of-

18. Name the chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission-

19. World AIDS day is commemorated on –

20. Antrix corporation is the commercial arm of which governmental department- Mar 9 delete Arun George
21. To which country does the man credited to have devised the first ‘periodic table of chemical elements’ in 1869 belong –

22. Name the Scottish mathematician who invented Logarithms –

23. Minamata disease is a neurological disease caused due to poisoning with –

24. Name the highest award given in India by CSIR for scientific contributions –

25. Oryza sativa is the scientific name of –

26. Name the smallest and lightest bone in the human body -

27. Name the now extinct flightless bird related to the pigeons that lived on the island of Mauritius –

28. Frederick Hopkins and Christiaan Eijkman were awarded the Nobel prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of –

29. Name the pesticide in the news recently which was incriminated for causing diseases in North Kerala –

30. Willard Libby is credited for inventing a method which has much application in Forensic science and other allied sciences. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960. Name the technique -


ANSWERS

1. James Chadwick
2. Werner Heisenberg
3. Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
4. River Brahmaputra and Moscow
5. Ernakulam
6. Weather satellite
7. Wind speed / Intensity
8. Ravish Malhotra
9. Dakshin Gangotri
10. Raja Ramanna
11. Arthur C Clarke
12. ECG
13. William Herschel
14. Archimedes of Syracuse
15. Nanotechnology
16. October 23
17. Moon
18. Anil Kakodkar
19. December 1st
20. ISRO/ Department of Space
21. Russian
22. John Napier
23. Mercury
24. S.S.Bhatnagar award
25. Rice
26. Stapes/ Stirrups
27. Dodo
28. Vitamins
29. Endosulphan
30. Carbon 14 dating

more quizzes @ kochi quizzers

1. Which hotel is located at 2650 Virginia Avenue, Washington DC, USA?

WATERGATE HOTEL


2. He was born Frederick Austerlitz. He died as?

fred astaire

3. Name the only artificial object other than the great wall of China that can b seen frm space.

kansai airport japan

4. Who was the first woman to win 6 gold medals in a single olympics?

kristine otto the swimmer

5. connect Charlemagne , Julius Ceaser , Nepoleon Bonaparte & Alexander the Great.

these are the kings in a deck of cards

6. He is the highest ranked Asian born male player in history, reaching a career high World No.9. His nickname is "Ball". He is currently 47th in the ATP rankings. Identify him.

Paradorn Srichappan

7. What was Winston Churchill referring to when he said " It was an ineffectual attempt to direct an uncontrollable sphere into an inaccessible hole with instruments ill-adapted for the purpose"?

GOLF!!!

8. what is the most used surname in the world??

ans: LEE

9. Name the Enrique Iglatius video featuring Anna Kournikova.
"You can run, You can hide,
But you can't .......... my love"

ESCAPE

10. Who is the most famous inhabitant of the Island of Sweetwater ?

POPEYE

quizzing @ kochi quizzers

1. In 1970 a stoned hippie arrived at benares seeking nirvana.wen he asked a sadhu ,he was dragged to the top of a hillock and his head was shaved.this wierd experience led him to return to his homeland and found a now famous company.name the person and the company.

apple and steve jobs

2. This is about the Munich air disaster that killed 8 of manchester united's full squad..they where returning after a european fixture.i want you people to give the name of the club against which they had played right before the crash.

red star belgrade

3. Right. This instrument is called Mud veena or chitra veena. one of its most famous exponents is the young prodigy N Ravikiran. What am I talking about?

gottuvadyam


4. The cricketing legend Don Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, but raised in Bowral (where the Bradman Museum and Bradman Oval are located)..Now our question goes like this. Which place in India you can find two estates’s called Cootamundra Estate and Adelaide Estate, possibly in honour of Bradman?

Wayanad

5. Which English term (two words) was borrowed into Japanese, adapted, shortened, used to name a toy product and then "returned" to English?

POKEMON. from pocket n monsters

6.This game was created by an unemployed architect, Alfred Mosher
Butts in the early 1930s. He sold the rights to James Brunot. In 1948
it was renamed _____ and was manufactured in a converted school house
in Connecticut. Brunot sold the game to Selchow and Righter, who were
bought out by Coleco in 1987, and in 1989 Milton Bradley
bought it. More than 100 million games have been sold worldwide. There
is even an official competition based on it. What are we talking about
here?

SCRABBLE

7. The initial title of which movie , released in Dec 2007 was " High Jump " before they deciding on the current title?

TZP........TARE ZAMEEN PAR

8. Connect Hendrick Van der Decken(who???) , Dennis Bergkamp and KLM.

flying dutchman....................Hendrick Van der Decken was the captain of the ship named flying dutchman. bergkamp is nicknamed the non flying dutchman. KLM has a special service called flying dutchman.

9. Connect the following :::::::::::::


Stanford University
Abercrombie & Fitch
MIT
I love Wine
Blue grass


ans: These r the first communities in Orkut


10. December 18th 2003, When Larry Ellison got married to melanie Craft, his friend was the official wedding photographer, Name the official Wedding Photographer ?

STEVE JOBS!!!!!!!!!!!

OCTAQUIZZY BY HRISHI VARMA

ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE SETS ON QUIZNET.




[Q1] Hugh Hefner bought a crypt for Anna Nicole Smith at the Westwood
Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.Who is the
world famous occupant of the crypt next to it?

Answer is.... Marilyn Monroe



[Q2]This person suffered a hemorrhage and died at the age of 50. An
unconfirmed legend in history states that Russian scientists
preserved his brain and it supposedly was much larger than a normal
human brain, which the scientists took as a sign of genius.He is
buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.Who?


Answer is.....Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein


[Q3]According to the 1996 A&E Network ________ biography, the
__________ strip was smuggled by boats into the Nazi-occupied
Norway during World War II. The Nazis controlled almost everything in
the Norwegian newspapers, and continued to publish fake news about
the United States' fall. However, Norwegians knew better, as they knew
___________, still seen in the papers, was an American creation,
therefore giving them hope in a difficult time. The word "_______" was
also used as a password for the Norwegian Resistance.
Had to remove a word to keep it from being obvious.All the blanks
are the same word.Identify


Answer is.... The Phantom



[Q4]What was facetiously observed by Murray Gell-Mann (of quark fame)
in the New York Times,as:

1. write down the problem;
2. think very hard;
3. write down the answer.?


Answer is....The Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm




[Q5]Quite a sitter.Gene Sarazen is arguably the least famous of the
five people to have achieved this feat.What sporting feat am I talking
of?


Answer is......The Career Grand Slam in Golf



[Q6]In preparation for an event for the great Pat Cash,a fourteen
year-old player was arranged to play with him in a match. Cash was
reluctant to play against such a unknown opponent, whom he believed to
be a cakewalk and took this arranged match as an offence. In the
end, he was surprised to find himself losing by a close margin.The 14
year old boy is one of today's most celebrated sporstpersons.Who?


Answer is .....Rafael Nadal


[Q7]What is the following a list of?Ahnooie-4,Gloob,Mysterio 5 and
Mysterio 6,Quorg,Zog,Gorzarg-5 (Note: As always, the list is NOT
exhaustive).Had to leave out a few obvious ones.



Answer is....The names of planets visited by Calvin's alter-ego,Spaceman Spiff




[Q8]I really must apologise for this sitter, but I simply loved it and
couldnt resist putting it in.
In one of rapper Eminem's songs, "Role Model", he states, "Me and
Marcus Allen went over to see Nicole when we heard a knock at
the door, must have been Ron Gold. Jumped behind the door, put the
orgy on hold killed 'em both and smeared blood in a white
Bronco."
What is this a not-so-subtle reference to?


Answer is...The OJ Simpson Murder case



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CHOICE QUIZ AT KOCHI IN 2006

1.Who is the first indian actor whose statue was exhibited at the Madam Tussaud's wax museum?
amitabh bachan

2.Which Indian union territory is separated by the nine degree channel?
lakshadweep

3. Who is the only person to win the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously?
dag hammarskjold

4.Name the only game in which the number of referees equal the number of players in a team?
water polo

5.According to Norse mythology, whose weapon is 'Mjollnir' ?
thor

6.Where did the2006 winter olympics take place?
turin

7.Based on whose life is the film 'braveheart' created?
william wallace

8.The sequel to which famous book is entitled 'Through the looking glass" ?
alice in wonderland

9.Which book begins with the line 'It was the best of times, It was the worst of times' ?
a tale of two cities

10.With which musical instrumentdo we associate Ustad Amjad Ali Khan?
sarod

A SOCCER QUIZ (DATED AUG 11, 2006)

1. In which country were all the balls for the FIFA World Cup, Except for the final made?

Thailand

2. Who is the world's most expensive defender to date?

Rio Ferdinand

3. Who is the youngest participant at a world cup?

Norman Whiteside

4. Which team had a father-son, coach-captain duo at the 1998 World Cup?

Italy, Cesare and Paolo Maldini

5. Who is the first father to be substituted by a son in international football?

Amor Gudjohnsen

6. Which was the first stadium to host the finals of 2 world cups?

Aztec Stadium Mexico City

7. Apart from Marco van Basten and Johann Cruyff, who is the only player to win the European footballer of the year award thrice?

Michel Platini

8. Which Dutch international started the sports underwear brand 'Under Jeans' after he retired?

Frank Rijkaard

9. Who won the most number of man of the match awards at FIFA world cup 2006?

Andrea Pirlo

10. Who was the man of the match in the Italy-USA match in world cup 2006, the only match in which Italy featured but one of it's players did not get the Man of the Match award?

Kasey Keller

QUIZSTREETBOYS 2

1.WHO ARE THE ONLY FATHER AND SON PAIR TO SCORE CENTURIES ON DEBUT? (NOT THE POPULAR SON)
ANS: LALA AND SURINDER AMARNATH
(cracked by many)

2.Award Information
Type : Peace Time Gallantry
Category : National Bravery
Awarded by : Govt. of India
Previous Name : Ashoka Chakra, Class II
(till 1967)
IDENTIFY THE AWARD.(all mallus should know this)

ans: Kirti-chakra


3.WHAT HISTORIC EVENT TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER 19, 1863 THAT LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND WAS REGARDED AS A DISAPPOINTMENT IN A TIME WHEN 2 HOUR ........ WAS THE NORM?
ANS: LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG SPEECH

funny answer: making the maggi noodles


4.This place derives its name from the Indian term for the elegant plant ‘Heritiera Fomes'· Covering an area of 10,000 square kms., it is the world’s largest eco-system of its type – where the principal mode of travel is by boat.The major stronghold of the Royal Bengal Tiger, the region falls partly in India, but primarily in Bangladesh.
IDENTIFY THE PLACE.

ANS: SUNDERBANS


5.A Q ABOUT MY FAV BAND.

How are Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool popularly known as?
(CLUE- a give away:They won the 2006 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams")
ANS:GREENDAY


6.The wife of Odin, and mother by him of Balder, Hoder, Hermod, and Tyr. She is the goddess of the sky, marriage, and motherhood, and often works at her loom spinning clouds.

IDENTIFY THIS CHARACTER IN NORSE MYTH.
ANS: FRIGG

7.FILL IN THE BLANKS
a)rome:da vinci
b)pisa:galileo
c)bologna:.............
ans:marconi, name of airports.

8.Which natural phenomenon means “Little Jesus” or “Miracle of Winter”?
ans: EL NINO

9.Where can you find the farthest post office from Panaji under the Goan Postal Department?
ans: ANTARTICA, a googly kinda question.

10. Who is "Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World" for 2006?
ANS: ANDREW FLINTOFF

quizstreetboys 1

THIS WAS A QUIZ POSTED BY ME ON QUIZNET ABOUT AN YEAR AGO.





1. Simple one to begin: Born in New York in 1862,she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence. Name her.

Edith Wharton


2.In front of which monument built by Shah Jahan are the following words inscribed:
AGAR FIRDAUS BARROE ZAMINAST,
HAMINASTO HAMINAST HAMINAST.
(if there is a heaven on earth, its here, its here, its here)

Diwan e Khaz in Red Fort



3.To whom is the play "THE CATASTROPHE" by samuel beckett dedicated to?

Vaclav Havell


4. Connect The Beatles, Isaac Newton and Steve Jobs.

Apple


5.Which Indian movie icon made his debut in K.A. Abbas' 'Saat Hindustani'?

Amitabh Bachan


6. Give the name of the second oldest football tournament in the world?

Durand Cup


7. Which symbol does not appear anywhere on the periodic table?

J


8.Which painter is famous for his series of 'Waterlily' paintings ?

Claude Monet


9.Charles Lindberg was the first , Walter Chrysler and Owen Young followed in the next two years. Who was the fourth ?

Mahatma Gandhi. TIME Man of the Year


10.Ali Mao Maolin , a Somalian who died in Oct.26,1976 was the alst person (till date) to die of which disease.

Small Pox

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Intel Teens Quiz

The All Kerala Inter School Quiz competition of SBT (Kannur – Kasargode districts)
Conducted by Dreamz for SBT Nileswaram branch.

This is a very simple set of questions as the quiz was conducted for school students of kannur n kasargode which are remote areas in northern kerla were quizzes r hardly conducted.


1. Lets start this with a very ‘Expected’ question..In which place (Not the district dear’s ) is the Head Office of State Bank of Travancore situated?
2. Who authored the novel ‘Malamukalile Abdulla’?
3. MC Elias was a name frequently heard in News channels recently.Who was he?
4. Which award is referred to as "The heavenly casino" in American scientific jargon?
5. Founded at Dhaka in 1906, The headquarters were established at Lucknow. There were also six vice-presidents, a secretary and two joint secretaries initially appointed for a three-years term, proportionately from different provinces. The principles of the organization were espoused in the "Green Book," which included the organization’s constitution as well. What we are talking about?
6. Though he was known by another popular title, Desh Nayak was also a title conferred to him by Tagore. Which freedom fighter?
7. Area wise which is the smallest neighbouring country of India?
8. On a particular date of March 1857, women workers of Newyork city textile mills protested for better treatment, service and salary terms. From next year onwards that particular date is being celebrated as International women’s day. Which date?
9. Country with the highest number of Roman Catholics is Brazil.So which is the country with maximum number of Jewish people?
10. What was the earlier profession of Captain Lakshmi, before she joined INA?
11. What innovation in present days IT world was made by Larry Page and Sergi Brin of USA?
12. ‘To improve life here, extend life to there and to find life beyond’ is the motto of which organization?
13. Which Indian woman writer authored the works Alphabet of the last, Old Play House, Only the soul knows how to sing etc..
14. Who is known as father of Economics?
15. Again one about an Indian.. Who is the only Indian to win Adam Smith medal for Economics ?
16. Which is the only state in India where Panchayat Raj is not implemented? Sounds like a tough one?? Okai here are additional informations..Now catch it.. It is a state having some uniqueness in its official language..
17. The 1st foreigner to be featured on an Indian stamp was also the 1st Nobel laureate. Who was that?
18. What was so special about the songs of the old Malayalam movie ‘Thaliritta Kinakkal’?
19. Who received the titles ‘Universal citizen’ by the UNICEF in 1977 and ‘National Fortune’ by the Brazilian Govt?
20. Again a sitter..Who is the author of one of the 1st novel in Malayalam Indulekha?
21. If, Ray Tomlinson is the father of E mail, who is known as the Father of www?
22. Surprise answer.. Which was the native country of the cricketer ‘Anil Dalpath’?
23. You all know that Rabindranath Tagore was the 1st Indian to win a Nobel Prize for India. Now tell me who was the 1st Asian to win a Nobel Prize for literature?
24. Again points for you.. Expand L P G
25. Politics.. Janayugam is a Malayalam daily started by which political party of Kerala?
26. Which company, whose name is a synonym for Photostat introduced the 1st mouse?
27. Friends..you all will be having some sort of nostalgia regarding your Onam vacations. So tell me, according to mythology, who was the father of Banasura?
28. Your favourite again..Identify the sportsman in question. His fathers name was Ramesh. His brothers name is Vijay and his wife is Anjali..Who?
29. Now I can see you smiling..Now tell me what will result on your face when the movement of both the zygomaticus major muscle near the mouth and the orbicularis oculi muscle near the eyes take place?
30. A simple one to end with..Which Indian city is nicknamed as ‘City of Joy’ and ‘City of Palaces’?




1. Poojapura
2. Punathil Kunjabdulla
3. Changanassery ASI who was killed from NSS Hindu college.
4. Nobel Prize
5. Muslim League
6. Subash Chandra Bose
7. Bhutan
8. Eighth March
9. America
10. Doctor
11. Google
12. NASA
13. Kamala Suraiah (Madhavi Kutty)
14. Adam Smith
15. Dr Man Mohan Singh
16. Nagaland
17. Henry Dunant
18. Mohammed Rafi sung them.
19. Pele
20. O Chandu Menon
21. Tim Berners Lee
22. Pakistan
23. Tagore himself
24. Liquified Petroleum gas
25. C P I
26. Xerox
27. Mahabali
28. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
29. Smile
30. Kolkatha

REVERBERATES 2006

by ‘Questa’ The Quiz Club of SHS on 12th Oct-2006
Here we go…

1. Since we are the School of Health Sciences, its better to start with a Medical Question. R-flurbiprofen is a drug identified by researchers as a candidate for treating and preventing which disease?





2. Writer and owner of a Jewish Orphanage, Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish pediatrician, children's author and child pedagogist, known as Old Doctor (Stary Doktor)He was also the subject of the stage play Korczak's Children, by Jeffrey Hatcher. He was sentenced to death by the Nazi’s.One among the charges was that he played a drama. Which was that drama by an Indian author?

3. Triranga’s refers to 3 islands in Cauvery river.1st one or Adiranga is Sreeranga Pattanam.3rd one or Anthyaranga is Sreeranga.Which is the 2nd one or Madhyaranga?

4. Which work in Malayalam was released by claiming to be the 1st technology novel in Malayalam?.The authors name is GR Indugopan..Now tell..

5. ‘The Rock’ is a one minute documentary by KP Kumaran.Who is the central character mentioned in it?

6. X, in Islam, is a sacred state which a Muslim must enter in order to perform the major pilgrimage (Hajj) or the minor pilgrimage (Umrah). A pilgrim must enter into this state before crossing the pilgrimage boundary, known as Miqat, by performing the cleansing rituals and wearing the prescribed attire.What is the clothing ‘X’?

7. In Indian demography, the year 1921 is said to be ‘The Great Year of divide’.Why?


8. The cricketing legend Don Bradman was born in Cootamundra, New South Wales, but raised in Bowral (where the Bradman Museum and Bradman Oval are located)..Now our question goes like this. Which place in India you can find two estates’s called Cootamundra Estate and Adelaide Estate, possibly in honour of Bradman?


9. Fascinated by Ravi Shankar and his sitar which Beatle star produced and participated in two record albums, "Shankar Family & Friends" and "Festival of India" which were composed by Ravi Shankar.?


10. Grammar constitutes one of India's greatest contributions to Western philology. Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian, who lived between 750 and 500 BC, was the first to compose formal grammar. Which was the work?


11. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster, York, Princeton, Annapolis, Trenton, New York..
Apart from being cities in USA, what is common to all these cities?



12. This language is a mixture of Hindi and English, widely spoken in India -- may soon become the most common form of the Queen's language, according to British experts.
Professor David Crystal, author of more than 50 books on English, says 350 million Indians speak it as a second language, exceeding the number of native English speakers in Britain and the US.Prof Crystal argues that the growing popularity of Indian culture around the world, including Bollywood movies, means that it will soon become more widely spoken outside the continent.
Some of the words in widely used in this language include airdash (travel by air), chaddis (underpants), chai (Indian tea), crore (10 million), dacoit (thief), desi (local), dicky (boot), gora (white person), jungli (uncouth), lakh (100,000), lumpen (thug), optical (spectacles), prepone (bring forward), stepney (spare tyre) and would-be (fiancé or fiancée).So people..which language we are talking about?


13. Poverty forced her to take up acting as a career at the age of 13! She acted in Pahili Manglagaur, a Marathi film by Master Vinayak Rao. She played the heroine's sister and About her acting experience she says "I hated putting make-up, I hated standing in the glare of lights. But I was the breadwinner of the family, and there was hardly any choice left. The day I went to work in Master Vinayak's film, there was nothing to eat in the house"…Huh..about which distinguished Indian woman we are talking about?


14. Ultimate sitter…Once, Milkha was participating in the Indo-Pak duel meet at Lahore where he was pitted against Asia's most celebrated athlete Abdul Khaliq of Pakistan in the 200 meters. Khaliq had a string of victories in the 200 metres in Asia. But as the race began, Milkha outpaced the Pakistani from the word `go' and easily won the race. The wonder struck announcers declared that Milkha had not run but had flown. Since that day Milkha Singh came to be known as ……………?


15. Identify ‘her’.She is one of the most renowned Kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam dancers in India today. She holds a MBA and a Doctorate from IIM Ahmedabad and has experience in acting, film-making, editing and television anchoring. She played the role of Draupadi in the Peter Brook 's movie Mahabharata.She has won many accolades during her long career, the French Palme d' Or being one of them, which she won for the Best Soloist artist.





16. In 1982, at the. young age of 22, an Indian architect landed an assignment with the Italian edition of Fashion magazine ‘Vogue' on Rajasthani jewelry. This young girl went on to act in 2 movies: `In which Annie gives it those ones' and `Massey Sahib' in which Sidharth Basu was also involed. Who is she..? Need I tell you that she is very much a Malayali, eventhough not a film actress?





17. This talk show host aired anti-capitalism and anti-Americanism in one of the episodes of his television show "La Noche Del Ten (The Night of the Number Ten") and then challenged George Bush in a stadium rally in Mar del Plata. This person is legend in some other field. Name the person?


18. Which national park in India was first known as Hayley National park and then changed its name to Ramganga National Park.?


19. Authored an eminent work on music called ‘Sangeetha Kalpatharu’; he composed music to many world famous poems by Tagore. Referred music as the most distinguished form of Art.Any idea?Now let me surprisingly make it a sitter…He was a Bengali. So herez the final clue- A road in Chicago is named after him.


20. What is the most popular name of the Film Critic called Kozhikode Appukuttan Nair?


21. Shortly after completing the ‘David’ and in the midst of one of the busiest periods of his life, ‘X’ received the additional commission to paint a battle fresco opposite his rival ‘Y’ in the Florentine hall of state (the Sala del Gran Consiglio in the Palazzo Della Signoria). Here the two greatest artists of the Renaissance were pitted against one another--a confrontation intended to elicit each one's supreme effort. For differing reasons both artists failed to complete their commissions: ‘Y’ because of technical frustrations, and ‘X’ because he was summoned to Rome by Pope Julius II in 1505. The unrealized frescos remain one the greatest "what if" episodes in the history of art. Identify ‘X’ and ‘Y’.


22. Belgium, Bulgaria, Checz Republic, Denmark, England,Montenegro,Netherlands,Norway and Sweden have the same national animal. Which one? (Clue: I purposefully skipped one Asian country from the list, or else it might have been an obvious clue).

23. Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1962 and 1972. In between, the man who begin his career as a clerk and created a business chain, won a by-election to the Lok Sabha from Hazaribagh. One of the many interesting things he did in his 103-year life.How do we better know him?



24. How is Dr Ram Subag Singh’s name significant in the history of Indian Parliament?



25. In which film Mallika Sherawat starred along with Jackie Chan? (Again.. to ensure some points for u)


26. Hardcore Quizzers excuse me..This onez from Children;s Classics..Where can we find races of people called High Heels and Low heels?You can find people called Big Endians and Little Endians in a neighbouring country called Blefuska…(I hope dat itself is the name)


27. In Odyssey, a group of giants are mentioned who have big eyes on their forehead. By what name they are called?


28. Which European river originates from Black forest and drains to Black sea?


29. Payyambalam beach resort witnessed a performance by a guy called Kuzhalmandham Ramakrishnan,which entered into Guinness book of World records.Which musical instrument did he played continuously for 101 Hours?


30. This phenomenon is seen during South west Monsoon seasons at the coast’s of Kerala..Itz nothing but a semicircular area in the sea, which could be upto 10 Km away from the coast, without any waves.Since the sea is non violent around the area,fishing is possible under any weather conditions.Njarakkal and Purakkal is very famous to observe this phenomenon.What on earth we are talking about?Itz having a very much Malayalam name, now a days used in similar contests in local slangs.Now tell..


31. Marggi Subrahmanian Potty was an eminent performance artist of Kerala who died recently due to electric shock during a stage show.His wife Marggi Sathi is also a very popular name in the field.Which is their art form which was even recognized by the UNESCO recently.


32. Whose temporary official residence is called ‘Santa Maria’?



33. Again one about a very honoured Malayali.. he was put in charge for implementation, planning and design of Calcutta metro, the first ever metro in India. He Though he retired, the Government needed his services and he was appointed the CMD of Konkan Railway on contract in 1990...Recently (not very recently) honoured even by the French Government.Who?



34. Last month, I was privileged to get an invitation from Mr Remesh, to visit Palakkad,his native place.Walking through many historic places over there like Kalpathy Agraharam, Sulthan Petta, etc…we reached the Palakkad fort.It was a really good experience since I was able to correct my believes regarding its construction and all..Now shall I ask u this?Who built Palakkad Fort in 1766 with a view to facilitate communication between Coimbatore and the West Coast?





35. Another usual stuff..Which is the capital city of Romania?




36. Three Indian women have been named among the world's 50 most powerful businesswomen by the Fortune magazine. -- ICICI Bank deputy managing director Chanda Kochhar, HSBC India CEO Naina Lal Kidwai are the two.Who is the obvious third?


37. ‘Arthritis and Sport’ in 2003, Early Diagnosis, Less Pain’ in 2004 & ‘Living without Pain’ in 2005 were the themes of World Arthitis day on those years.But the question is, when is world Arthritis day celebrated?



38. Its said that now a days, people are getting hypegiaphobic more often..What on earth is this Hypegaphobia?


39. Which actor started his acting career through a film called ‘Manimuzhakkam’ by PA Backer?


40. A current affairs question to end with.Which Indian women's rights has been named among the winners of the 'alternative Nobels', the Right Livelihood Awards that were announced on Thursday.


1. Alzheimer’s Disease
2. ‘Post Office’ by Rabindranath Tagore
3. Sivasamudram
4. Ice 196 o
5. Naranathu Branthan
6. Ihram
7. The only year in which the number of death’s exceeded the number of birth.
8. Wayanad
9. George Harrison
10. Astadhyai
11. Capital Cities of USA
12. Hinglish
13. Lata Mangeshkar
14. Flying Sikh
15. Mallika sarabhai
16. Arundhati Roy
17. Maradona
18. Jim Corbet National Park
19. Swami Vivakananda
20. Kozhikodan
21. ‘X’ is Michealangelo and ‘Y’ is Leonardo Da Vinci
22. Lion ( I skipped Srilanka)
23. MS Oberoi
24. 1st Opposition leader of Independent India
25. The Myth
26. Lilliput
27. Cyclopes
28. Danube
29. Mridangam
30. Chakara
31. Koodiyattam
32. The Pope
33. E Sreedharan
34. Hyder Ali
35. Bucharest
36. Biocon head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
37. 12th October
38. Fear for Responsibility
39. Sreenivasan
40. Ruth Manorama

answers to quiz 1

1. A person by name Harry Pickup sold his cleanser in 1920s. Then Reckitt and Coleman impressed by the product’s action bought the formula and registered it as a trade name. What?

2. This appeared in a company's annual report - "A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion __________ ago was yesterday morning". Fill in the blank.

3. The Flying Dutchman is (the captain of) a phantom ship. Fanny Blankers-Koen is sometimes referred to as the Flying Dutchwoman. Who's known as the Non-Flying Dutchman?

4. In 1887- Dr. L.L. Zamenhoff publishes a book - Linguo Internacia- under a
pseudonym. The pseudonym means "one who hopes". What he developed came to be
known by this name. What did he develop?

5. Which politician's name when translated into Sanskrit means 'compassion and
money’?

6. This famous product was originally called Soundabout in the US, Freestyle in
Sweden & Stowaway in Britain. Akio Morita was leery of using a different name
for each country & when sales were less encouraging, he changed it to this.

7. 1933 - 2 young cartoonists called Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster - both aged
18 invented a wonderful new cartoon character. No one was interested till 1938
when Harry Donenfeld offered Siegel and Schuster $10 a page. He also asked them
to sign a rights release form, which they did, thus losing the syndication,
movie, radio and TV rights to their creation. Which legendary cartoon character
is this?

8. Fredrik Idestam founded this company in 1865 in Finland.
Which company? Clue- Is this what computers have become?

9. What is common to American fighting man, Hungarian freedom fighter, US
scientists, Twenty-five and under, The middle Americans, The computer, The peace
makers, Endangered earth, American women and YOU?


10. Which famous person has the middle name "walker" and an autobiography titled
"A charge to keep”?



Answer
1. Harry Pickup – Harpic
2. Coca Cola
3. Dennis Bergkamp, for his fear of flying.
4. Esperanto
5. Karunanidhi
6. Walkman
7. Superman
8. Nokia
9. All are non-personality Times Man of Year.
AMERICAN FIGHTING MAN (1950)
HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER (1956)
US SCIENTISTS (1960)
TWENTY FIVE AND UNDER (1966)
THE MIDDLE AMERICANS (1968)
THE COMPUTER (1982)
THE PEACE MAKERS (1988)
ENDANGERED EARTH (1993)
AMERICAN WOMEN (1975)
10.George W Bush Jr.