Inspire Quiz @ CUSAT

Prelims of the General College Quiz as part of Inspire-’07 at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering by Anil Raghavan of Greycells.

Winner: Manu Sudhakar (Govt. medical College Trivandrum)
Runner-up: Sarin P & Hrishi Varma
Third: Viswas Viswam & “X”

Prelims were topped by Sarin and Hrishi with 16 points.

1.What is the IT literacy programme of the Kerala government called?

2. The US flag was the temporary logo on January 15th, 2001. After a time it was replaced by the puzzle sphere. Whose logo?

3. What structure did a General named Mirbaqui build and name after his master?

4. In March 1941, who traveled to the Soviet border in a diplomatic car, took a train to Moscow, and then flew into Berlin on an Italian passport under the name Orlando Mazzotto?

5. The song “style” from the Rajnikanth movie “Sivaji” was filmed at the ________ museum.

6. Which medical revolution was pioneered by Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edward?

7. Written by Sajeev Edathadan a.k.a Vishalamanskan , this blog in Malayalam is so popular that Current Books has come out with a book version. Name the blog.

8. Which Hindi movie was planned based on the Dostoevsky short story “White Nights”?

9. What is common to Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello?

10. Connect: Baghpet, Tilpat, Sonalpet, Panipet and Inderpat.

11. This Persian poet’s 800th birth Anniversary is in 2007. Though born in Afghanistan, he lived most of his life in Anatolia, part of the Roman empire which gave him his name.

12. Which former Mozambique President recently won the African Leadership Award given by the MoIbrahim foundation?

13. Bob Denard- mercenary and coup master died on October 13th, 2007. He was involved in action from Congo to the Comoros. Frederick Forsyth’s best-seller ____________ was inspired by him.

14.If a person suffers from Anhedonia, what psychoanalytic problem has he got?

15. He was born in Portugal in 1986 and his real name is Louis Carlos Almeida Da Cunha. How do ManU fans know him?

16. He has stated that the long term goal of the Chinese government is to take over the internet. His book on ethical hacking made him the youngest ever author to be published by Macmillan India. Who?

17. As a chess player he tied with Max Euwe and had beaten Capabianca and Bot Vinnik, and was the most successful player of the All England Badminton Championship, and was twice Semi-finalist at Wimbledon. Who?

18. Connect the author of the Malayalm short story “Vaasthuhara” with the movies “Piravi” and “Uppu”.

19. Malayala Manorama wrongly credited him as a female. His famous work “Death of Mr. Love” is based on the Nanavati case. His recent work “Animals People” was a Booker Prize nominee. Who?

20. McDonald’s: Big Mac : : Starbucks: ?

21. Willie Garvin, her sidekick called her “Princess”. Employed by the British Secret Service, her favorite weapon was the Yawarastick. Name this comic character created by Peter O’Donnel.

22. Which element is associated with the Doomsday asteroid that is believed to have wiped out the Dinosaurs?

23. Dr. Manmohan Singh recently released the autobiography “Romancing With Life” on the 84th birthday of its author. Who?

24.Of which everyday device was the Papin invention “The Digestor” a fore-runner?

25. This famous computer architect always resisted the massively parallel solutions to high speed computing and famously quipped “If you were ploughing a field, which would you use, two strong oxen or 1024 chicken?” He dies in 1996 in a traffic accident while in a Jeep designed by his own invention. Who?
Answers: (there could be bugs :)..plz point them out if u find something!!)
1. Akshaya
2. Wikipedia
3. Babri Masjid
4. Subhash Chandra Bose
5. Guggenheim
6. Test-tube babies.
7. Kodakarapuranam
8. Saawaria
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10. The five villages asked by Pandavas as their share of the kingdom
11. Jalaluddin Rumi (Rumi refers to Rome)
12. Joaquim Chissano
13. Dogs of War
14. fear/hatred of pleasure
15. Nani
16. Ankit Fadia
17. George Alan Thomas of Thomas Cup fame.
18. C.V. Sreeraman
19. Indra Sinha
20. Tall Latte. The Big Mac index and the Tall Latte index are both used informally to check if exchange rates actually reflect the strength of a currency.
21. Modesty Blaise
22. Iridium
23. Devanand
24. Pressure Cooker
25. Seymour Cray of Cray Supercomputers.