Hi All,
Pls find the Prelims Questions for the Inter-Collegiate Quiz. Quiz was won by Manu's team from Tvm Medical college, CET teams won the rest of the laurels.
1) The Hunting of the Snark & Jabberwocky - Poems, Sylvie and Bruno - 1st part of his last Novel. Who am I talking about? Clue - Cricket.
2) Which European City has a museum by the name "House of Terror"? Clue - Andrassy Avenue is a World Heritage site there...
3) I.DE.A Institute S.p.A.
Strada del Portone, 61
10137 Torino - Italy
Tel. + 39 011 6616.312
Fax +39 011 6616.300
ecorona@idea.institute.it
Give me the most recent name.....
4) Whose Autobiography released in 1995 was titled "Songs My Mother Taught Me"? Clue - Stella Adler, He died in 2004.
5) Who wrote Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile ?
6) He is currently a legal resident of Dubai. Among other things he is the Chairman of Afras ventures a Dubai based company that seeks to promote foreign investment in India specifically Kerala. His Short Story collections "The Five Dollar Smile and Other Stories" was published in 1990. Who am I talking about?
7) Which World Currency was used as Official currency by Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman & Trucial States (Now U.A.E) till 1966?
8) Which two countries are separated by the "Oder-Neisse line" Half points for each.
9) He was married to Claudia Villafane & has two daughters with her - Dalma Nerea (b. 1987) and Giannina Dinorah (b. 1989), also has a Son aged 21. He recently gifted an autographed T-Shirt as a token of love for the people of Iran, he wrote"Con todo mi cariño para el pueblo de Irán (With all my love for the people of Iran)." The shirt will be displayed in Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' museum. Who?
10) Which famous Hollywood Movie is based on an historically unconfirmed duel between Snipers Vasily Zaytsev of Soviet Union & Major Erwin Konig of Germany in the backdrop of the Battle of Stalingrad?
11) Which organization was founded by Roland Berrill, an Australian barrister, and Dr. Lancelot Ware, a British scientist and lawyer, in the United Kingdom in 1946? Clue - It means 'Table' in Latin.
12) Which Indian Airline is owned by Jehangir Wadia of the Wadia Group?
13) Which famous Musician is married to his Ex-manager Antonia Minnecola, an Italian American? Clue - Think Local.
14) Who heads the United Civil Front movement, part of the Other Russia coalition in opposition against President Vladimir Putin?
15) Lars Ahlfors of Finland and Jesse Douglas of U.S were the first recipients of which famous Prize in 1936? Clue - It was instituted by a Canadian and carries Prize money of roughly 15000 USD.
16) What is the English equivalent of the Spanish term 'Vaquero'?
17) What was invented by Harry Brearley on August 13, 1913 in Sheffield, England? Clue - It is 100% recyclable, Chromium is a constituent.
18) She was born in Hong Kong in 1984 to a British mother and father of Indian Kashmiri origin. She grew up in Hawaii and subsequently moved to London. She was offered her first role by Kaizad Gustad and has had moderate success in Bollywood, Who?
19) If you have Ophidiophobia what do you have a morbid fear of?
20) Which Oscar winning Hollywood movie inspired Priyadarshan's Thaalavattam?
21) Which Pan Slavist Organization assisted Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Arch Duke Franz Ferdinad?
22) Who played the role of Kato in the American T.V series The Green Hornet?
23) About whom did Churchill say "We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general."?
24) Which city is served by the Narita international Airport?
25) Which Indian conglomerate founded in 1938 by two Danish men in Bombay is currently headed by A.M.Naik?
26) He is 35th in the list of '100 most Hated Britons' compiled from a poll by Channel 4. He is the only child of James & Lily and also a member of the Peverell Family. Who?
27) Which Law enforcement agency has the motto Mridhu bhave dhrida karma in Sanskrit which means "Soft in Temperament, Firm in Action" ? Not CBI...
28) who fought Muhammad Ali in "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975?
29) ____________ was born at the King George Hospital, Victoria Street, Lucknow, India in 1940 to parents Rodger Oscar, a steward, and Dorothy Marie (born Dazely) Webb. He was christened on 2 November 1940 at St Thomas' Church, Dehradun, India. Both parents were of mixed Indian Blood or Anglo Indian. A year later his family moved to Calcutta. In 1947, following Indian independence, the family moved to Britain.
30) _____________ is the primary Search methodology used by Google.
And now the answers..... The toppers scored 20 and the cut-off was 11.5...
1) Lewis Carrol
2) Budapest
3) Tata Nano
4) Marlon Brando
5) Ralph Nader
6) Shashi Tharoor
7) Gulf Rupee
8) Germany & Poland
9) Diego Maradona
10) Enemy at the Gates
11) MENSA
12) Go Air
13) Zakir Hussain
14) Gerry Kasparov
15) Field's Medal
16) Cowboy
17) Stainless Steel
18) Katrina Kaif
19) Snakes
20) One who Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
21) Black Hand
22) Bruce Lee
23) Erwin Rommel
24) Tokyo
25) Laresen & Toubro - L&T
26) Harry Potter
27) Kerala Police
28) Joe Frazier
29) Cliff Richard
30) Page Rank
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