Quiz Time

Basically A Dry Quiz - Answers & Scores

2008-03-29T03:38:00.000-07:00

1. He was born on August 11, 1943 in

Daryaganj in Delhi. He is from a family of

civil servants. His grandfather, Qazi

Mohtashimuddin, bought Neharwali Haveli in

the old walled city of Delhi where he was

born. The haveli, with its high roofs and

arches, is believed to have been the home

of a "Wazir" (Minister) in the court of

Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Who is he?

GEN. MUSHARAFF

2. Stephen Anthony ………………… was a high

school mathematics teacher and sports

coach. He was a FIFA referee in the World

Cup qualifier between El Salvador and the

Netherlands Antilles in 1988. In October

2007 he was awarded the Order of Jamaica,

Commander Class, for "outstanding services

in the field of sports". Who am I talking

about?

STEVE BUCKNOR

3. "At the rehearsal for the scene in Rear

Window when I wore a sheer nightgown,

Hitchcock called for Edith Head. He came

over here and said, 'Look, the bosom is not

right, we're going to have to put something

in there.' He was very sweet about it; he

didn't want to upset me, so he spoke

quietly to Edith. When we went into my

dressing room and Edith said, 'Mr.

Hitchcock is worried because there's a

false pleat here. He wants me to put in

falsies.' Well, I said, 'You can't put

falsies in this, it's going to show and I'm

not going to wear them.' And she said,

'What are we going to do?' So we quickly

took it up here, made some adjustments

there, and I just did what I could and

stood as straight as possible - without

falsies. When I walked out onto the set

Hitchcock looked at me and at Edith and

said, 'See what a difference they make'?"

Whose words?

GRACE KELLY

4. In a letter to Ezra Pound, he describes

why bulls are better than literary critics:

"Bulls don't run reviews. Bulls of 25 don't

marry old women of 55 and expect to be

invited to dinner. Bulls do not get you

cited as co-respondent in Society divorce

trials. Bulls don't borrow money. Bulls are

edible after they have been killed."

Identify.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

5. CONNECT

i) "If you can meet with triumph and

disaster / And treat those two imposters

just the same"

ii) Gandhiji

iii) Winston Churchill

iv) Arthur Conan Doyle

BOER WAR

6. ………………………… is a 1974 horror-thriller

musical film written and directed by Brian

De Palma. The story is a loosely adapted

mixture of Phantom of the Opera, The

Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Picture of

Dorian Gray and Faust. The film was

marketed with the tagline "He sold his soul

for rock and roll," and then with "He's

been maimed and framed, beaten, robbed and

mutilated. But they still can't keep him

from the woman he loves." Initially a box

office failure and panned by some critics,

it has since gained a cult following. FILL

IN.

PHANTOM OF PARADISE

7. ……………… …. ..……... is a 1990 power

ballad written by Klaus Meine, vocalist of

XXXX. It appeared on their 1990 album Crazy

World, but did not become a worldwide hit

single until 1991. In 2005 the viewers of

the German television network ZDF chose

this song as the song of the century. It

is widely known in Germany as the song of

German reunification (and fall of communism

in Eastern Europe generally), even though

it only rose to popularity two years later.

WIND OF CHANGE

8. But have you heard of a software company

skipping the version no 13 and 14 of its

prime product because of the perceived

issues with the unlucky number 13 in the US

and some other European countries and

unlucky 14 in some other cultures.

The company used to sponsor the third

oldest men's professional tennis tournament

in the U.S. for a few years in the last

decade. Name the company that shares its

name with its prime product.

SYBASE

9. In October, 1963 at the ceremony to

mark the dedication of this Project to the

Nation, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal

Nehru said- "This has been built with the

unrelenting toil of man for the benefit of

mankind and therefore is worthy of worship.

May you call it a Temple or a Gurdwara or a

Mosque, it inspires our admiration and

reverence".

Which project are we talking about ?

BHAKRANANGAL

10. Which Black leader is nicknamed the

Black Pimpernel?

MANDELA

SCORES

1. limited.memory -7 (Grt work.......nd ur

memory is quite unlimited)

2. sandeep kumar -4

3.Ninad W- 1 (attempted just one)

4. Gokul- 8 (good score dude...keep up the

good work)

5.Hussain Poonawala- 3 (sorry if i got ur

spelling wrong)

6.Prateek Rath - (dint trouble me..... u

could have attempted all of them, nah?? )

7. Devadas Krishnan - 9 (thanx a lot for

attempting my quiz. Have hrd a lot abt u

from other quizzers in kerala)

8. Sukrit Vijayakar - 2

9. anubhav chatterjee - 2

10.Varun-2

11. Kamal Rathi-7

12. Ramachandran V-1

13. Prateek Vijayavargia - 1 (y don't u

attempt the non sporty questions also....)

14. Anand Shankar-4

15. Raghuram Godavarthi-8

16. Vishaka Datta S -8

17. himanshu tyagi - 4

Answers to Neuron Asphyxia

2008-03-17T04:58:00.000-07:00

1. “Tejasvinavadhithamastu” or “May learning illumine us both, the teacher and the taught” is the motto of which Indian university?

**2. Raphael Gray, a teenage Welsh hacker calling himself 'Saint of eCommerce'
cracked numerous computer networks and gained access to more than 2300
credit card numbers. His best-known stunt, however, was using Bill Gates' own
credit card number to mail order the Microsoft chairman a large shipment of
what?

3. If the Metre, the Kilogram, the Second, the Ampere, the Kelvin, and the Candela are six of the seven basic units of measurement in the SI system, what is the seventh?

4. She was born in Copenhagen in Denmark, which is where her father was stationed at the time. They later returned to their hometown of Mangalore. She would go on to make her movie debut in the film “Aishwarya” opposite Kannada superstar Upendra. Who?

5. Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets, An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us. Whose books? Her name means ‘cheerful’ in Latin.

6. The Chicxulub is a famous asteroid about which paleontologists are more interested than astronomers. Why??

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

**8. What is the following, the algorithm for?
v Continue traveling in the same direction while there are remaining requests in that same direction.
v If there are no further requests in that direction, then stop and become idle, or change direction if there are requests in the opposite direction.

9. Which Australian Test Captain declared with himself 334* because he didn't think he deserved to pass Don Bradman's test high score?

**10. Which 1998 Bollywood movie was marketed with the tagline?
"0% cloth, 100% love"?

1. CUSAT
2. Viagra
3. Moles
4. Deepika Padukone
5. Hillary Rodham Clinton
6. Chicxulub is the name of the asteroid that's believed to have killed the dinosaurs some 60 million years ago.
7. Shahrukh
8. Elevator
9. Mark Taylor
10. Jeans

11. Which famous product, at its launch, was called "Stevie's little wonder"?
12. Which famous lyricist, born in 1954 January 3 to M.V. Krishnan and M.K. Kalyani in Thrissur district has penned about 100 popular Malayalam songs?
He wrote the famous lines:
Oru nimisham tharoo
Ninnilaliyan,
Oru yugam tharoo
Ninneyariyan...

13. Who created both Winamp and Gnutella?

14. Which film production company owned by Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla has produced many hits like Asoka?

15. What would you get by crossbreeding a bloodhound and a mastiff?

16. This personality was the author of the greatest work in Italian in 19th century. The work was the three-volume magnum opus ' Betrothed'. He was also considered literary figurehead of Risorgimento (a la Mayakovsky). Verdi's 'Requiem' was dedicated to him. Who?

17. Technology for Innovators is punch line of which IT company?

18. The MIT students calculated my speed to be around 1046 km/sec. The total load weight involved in my transfer is 321000 tonnes. 214000 living organisms of the same species are involved in my transfer. I have 918 million destinations to reach in 31 hours across 24 time zones visiting 822.6 destinations per second. Who or what am I?

19. Although I conceived and designed the first electronic spreadsheet, I never made a dime from it. Who am I?

20. What is the subject of Edwin Arnold's book "Light of Asia"?

11. I POD nano
12. Sathyan Anthikkad
13. Justin Frankel
14. "Dreamz Unlimited"
15. The hound of Baskervilles.
16. Alessandro Manzoni
17. Texas Instruments
18. Santa Claus
19. Dan Bricklin
20. Buddha’s life

21. Windows 3.x versions have it Black.
Xbox has it Green.
Vista (and some versions of 98) have it Red.
NT, 2000, XP, 9x have it Blue.
What?

22. Who is the player to have played maximum matches in the Davis cup?

**23. This fretless instrument is also called chitra veena. One of its most famous exponents is the young prodigy N Ravikiran. What am I talking about?

24. Who served as the acting Secretary-General of the UNO until Trygve Lie was elected in 1946?
** 25.Which player holds the record for the lowest score in the US Masters Golf Championship?

26. According to Ian Chappell, "…………." originated from Adelaide, South Australia in the 1963-1964 or 1964-1965 Sheffield Shield season. A cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was called a …………….. from singer Percy ………… whose song When a Man Loves a Woman was popular at the time. Fill in the first blank.

27. Where can you see the families the Marshes, the Broflovskis, the Tweeks, the Cartmans, the McCormicks, and the Stotches?

28. After receiving his high school diploma at the age of 15, the home schooled _______ started planning a novel which he would enjoy reading himself.____ ____ never intended that the novel be published. However, after finishing re-drafting the story he gave it to his
parents, who decided to self-publish it. A further year was spent proofreading and editing the novel, in addition to creating a cover and map of Alagaësia.

29. In October 1963 at the ceremony to mark the dedication of this Project to the Nation, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said- "This has been built with the unrelenting toil of man for the benefit of mankind and therefore is worthy of worship. May you call it a Temple or a Gurdwara or a Mosque, it inspires our admiration and reverence”. Which project are we talking about?

30. “In the announcement of the 2005 Physics Nobel Prize, the Swedish Royal Academy has chosen R.J. Glauber to be awarded half of the prize. The prizewinners are chosen by the Royal Academy, but no one has the right to take my discoveries and formulations and ascribe them to someone else!”
"The correct formulation of the quantum mechanical treatment of optics was carried out by me in my paper in 1963. In that I showed that every state can be represented in the diagonal form... This diagonal representation is valid for all fields.”
“Give unto Glauber only what is his.”

A letter written to Nobel Prize committee by an eminent India born scientist who did path-breaking research in a particular area of Physics. Name the scientist who has been nominated for Nobel Prize six times.

21. Screen of Death
22. Nicola Pietrangeli
23. Gottuvadyam
24. Gladwyn Jebb
25. Tiger Woods
26. Sledging
27. South Park
28. Christopher Paolini
29. Bhakra Nangal
30. ECG Sudarsan

31. This current Head of State suffered a retinal detachment after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby union match at his old school. He was left blind in his left eye, despite treatment including several operations and lying in a darkened room for weeks at a time. He has since been fitted with an artificial eye.
Who ?

32. "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." "You can observe a lot by just watching." "So many unforgettable moments, you can't remember 'em all."
Whose are these words?

33. She received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Madras Christian College in 1974, and immediately entered the PGDBA program at the IIM-C. She was admitted to Yale School of Management in 1978 for a master's degree in Management. Among her friends are former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who describes her as a "wild New York Yankees fan.” She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband, Raj Kishan, and their two daughters. Who is she?

34. What was named after Charles ………………, an attorney from New York? He had nothing at all to do with the carving of the monument. He was a tourist who happened to be riding by and asked the name of the mountain. A guide teased him by saying it didn't have a name, but from now on they'd call it ………………………. . The name stuck! He later donated money toward carving the mountainside.

35. Which opera by Giuseppe Verdi was premiered on this day in 1853 and literally means “The Woman Who Strayed”?

36. The Moving Pixels Company, owned by graphic designer Manish Bardia was in the news in December 2007. Besides other contributions, its biggest claim to fame was a product mass-manufactured in China by a US-based toy manufacturer, which was used to seek mass attention. What was this ‘product’?

37. By 1861, this product, produced in USA enjoyed higher sales abroad than in USA. Salesmen had to customise the machine because the tribesmen wanted it noisier, saying, 'Good iron makes loud noise.' Mahatma Gandhi called it 'one of the few useful things ever invented'. Name the machine.

38. What is the first line of dialogue Amitabh spoke in Reshma Aur Shera?

39. This event made headlines in most of world’s newspapers except for the Soviet news agency Pravda whose main story on the day was about 25 years of Polish socialism. Which event?

40. "I was sitting writing at my text book, but the work did not progress; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire, and dozed. Again the atoms were gamboling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish larger structures of manifold conformations; long rows, sometimes more closely fitted together; all twisting and turning in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes. As if by a flash of lightning I woke;... I spent the rest of the night working out the consequences of the hypothesis. Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth."
These are words by a famous scientist on one of his discoveries. Who is the scientist?

31.Gordon Brown
32. Yogi Berra
33. Indra Nooyi
34. Mt. Rushmore
35. La traviata
36. Modi mask
37. The Sewing Machine
38. AB played a mute person in R&S.
39. Mans Landing on moon
40. Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz discovering the structure of Benzene

the cut-off of the quiz was 12. the top score was 21.5.

EQL CURTAIN RAISER QUIZ PRELIMS

2008-03-11T02:12:00.000-07:00

PRELIMS
1. The name X comes from Old High German for "noble wolf". Hence, one of his self-given nicknames was Wolf or Herr Wolf. Identify the person.
Adolf hitler
2. What is scoville the unit of?
Hotness of chilli.
3. Who won the Presidential elections in Russia by a record margin this Monday?
Dmitry Medvedev.
4. This language was developed by L L Zamenhof as a global second language to enable communication between speakers of various native languages although it didn’t attain the intended popularity. Name it.
Esperanto.
5. He is said to be tall and thin, being 6' 4" to 6' 5" tall and weighing about 165 pounds. He has an olive complexion, is left-handed, and usually walks with a cane. In terms of personality, he is described as a charming, polite, respectful, soft-spoken, mild mannered man. His nicknames, include the Prince, the Sheikh, Al-Amir, Abu Abdallah, Sheikh Al-Mujahid, the Director, and Samaritan.
Osama- Bin- Laden.
6. This cathedral city in Italy has the river Arno flowing through it and obtains its name from the local term for flower. Name the city.
Florence
7. The three syllables of the name of this sage are said to represent the three basic elements of Indian Classical music and dance. Name the sage and what are the elements?
Bharata. (Bhavam, Ragam, Talam)
8. This phrase was popularized(if not coined as is popular belief) by Sir Winston Churchill who used it in his "Sinews of Peace" address March 5, 1946 at Westminister College in Fulton, Missouri. Which phrase?
Iron Curtain
9. How do we better know ‘Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division’?
Band of Brothers.
10. The Czechs call it Famfrpál, the Dutch call it Zwerkbal, the Norwegians call it Rumpeldunk. What is the
English name of this seven-a-side sport?
Quidditch .
11. Identify.
12. What is the claim to fame of librarian Margaret Herrick's uncle?
Oscar statuette is supposedly named after him.
13. Described by one of its stars as "Four hours long, with no stars, and no women, and no lovestory, and not much action either", this film nevertheless took 7 Oscars at the 1963 Awards, including the ones for Best Film and Best Director. Just name the film
Lawrence of Arabia.
14. The prize is awarded annually at Oslo, the capital of Norway on December 10. For the past
decade, the Ceremony at the Oslo City Hall has been followed the next day by the _________
Prize Concert, which is broadcast to over 150 countries and more than 450 million households
around the world. Identify the award

Nobel peace prize.

15. In the year 2005, the sale of pencils in airports and railway stations went up to 300-700%.
What was behind this phenomenal increase?
Popularity of SUDOKU.

16. This is the only sport with faster action replays. It is forbidden to women. The participants
ward off evil spirits before the game by slapping their thighs. Which is it?
SUMO Wrestling.

NEURON ASPHYXIA PRELIMS

2008-03-09T04:40:00.000-07:00

QM : ARUN GEORGE, THE OWNER OF THIS BLOG!!!!

OPEN QUIZ AT CUSAT

1ST - VIPIN FROM B'LORE AND KRISHNAKUMAR FROM BHAVAN'S ADARSHA VIDYALAYA

2ND- vishnu vijay(CET)
noufel(GEC)

3RD - anirudh
joyce (MEC)

1. “Tejasvinavadhithamastu” or “May learning illumine us both, the teacher and the taught” is the motto of which Indian university?

**2. Raphael Gray, a teenage Welsh hacker calling himself 'Saint of eCommerce'
cracked numerous computer networks and gained access to more than 2300
credit card numbers. His best-known stunt, however, was using Bill Gates' own
credit card number to mail order the Microsoft chairman a large shipment of
what?

3. If the Metre, the Kilogram, the Second, the Ampere, the Kelvin, and the Candela are six of the seven basic units of measurement in the SI system, what is the seventh?

4. She was born in Copenhagen in Denmark, which is where her father was stationed at the time. They later returned to their hometown of Mangalore. She would go on to make her movie debut in the film “Aishwarya” opposite Kannada superstar Upendra. Who?

5. Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets, An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History, It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us. Whose books? Her name means ‘cheerful in Latin’

6. The Chicxulub is a famous asteroid about which paleontologists are more interested than astronomers. Why??

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

**8. What is the following, the algorithm for?
v Continue traveling in the same direction while there are remaining requests in that same direction.
v If there are no further requests in that direction, then stop and become idle, or change direction if there are requests in the opposite direction.

9. Which Australian Test Captain declared with himself 334* because he didn't think he deserved to pass Don Bradman's test high score?

**10. Which 1998 Bollywood movie was marketed with the tagline?
"0% cloth, 100% love"?

11. Which famous product, at its launch, was called "Stevie's little wonder"?
12. Which famous lyricist, born in 1954 January 3 to M.V. Krishnan and M.K. Kalyani in Thrissur district has penned about 100 popular Malayalam songs?
He wrote the famous lines:
Oru nimisham tharoo
Ninnilaliyan,
Oru yugam tharoo
Ninneyariyan...

13. Who created both Winamp and Gnutella?

14. Which film production company owned by Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla has produced many hits like Asoka?

15. What would you get by crossbreeding a bloodhound and a mastiff?

16. This personality was the author of the greatest work in Italian in 19th century. The work was the three-volume magnum opus ' Betrothed'. He was also considered literary figurehead of Risorgimento (a la Mayakovsky). Verdi's 'Requiem' was dedicated to him. Who?

17. Technology for Innovators is punch line of which IT company?

18. The MIT students calculated my speed to be around 1046 km/sec. The total load weight involved in my transfer is 321000 tonnes. 214000 living organisms of the same species are involved in my transfer. I have 918 million destinations to reach in 31 hours across 24 time zones visiting 822.6 destinations per second. Who or what am I?

19. Although I conceived and designed the first electronic spreadsheet, I never made a dime from it. Who am I?

20. What is the subject of Edwin Arnold's book "Light of Asia"?

21. Windows 3.x versions have it Black.
Xbox has it Green.
Vista (and some versions of 98) have it Red.
NT, 2000, XP, 9x have it Blue.
What?

22. Who is the player to have played maximum matches in the Davis cup?

**23. This fretless instrument is also called chitra veena. One of its most famous exponents is the young prodigy N Ravikiran. What am I talking about?

24. Who served as the acting Secretary-General of the UNO until Trygve Lie was elected in 1946?
** 25.Which player holds the record for the lowest score in the US Masters Golf Championship?

26. According to Ian Chappell, "…………." originated from Adelaide, South Australia in the 1963-1964 or 1964-1965 Sheffield Shield season. A cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was called a …………….. from singer Percy ………… whose song When a Man Loves a Woman was popular at the time. Fill in the first blank.

27. Where can you see the families the Marshes, the Broflovskis, the Tweeks, the Cartmans, the McCormicks, and the Stotches?

28. After receiving his high school diploma at the age of 15, the home schooled _______ started planning a novel which he would enjoy reading himself.____ ____ never intended that the novel be published. However, after finishing re-drafting the story he gave it to his
parents, who decided to self-publish it. A further year was spent proofreading and editing the novel, in addition to creating a cover and map of Alagaësia.

29. In October 1963 at the ceremony to mark the dedication of this Project to the Nation, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said- "This has been built with the unrelenting toil of man for the benefit of mankind and therefore is worthy of worship. May you call it a Temple or a Gurdwara or a Mosque, it inspires our admiration and reverence”. Which project are we talking about?

30. “In the announcement of the 2005 Physics Nobel Prize, the Swedish Royal Academy has chosen R.J. Glauber to be awarded half of the prize. The prizewinners are chosen by the Royal Academy, but no one has the right to take my discoveries and formulations and ascribe them to someone else!”
"The correct formulation of the quantum mechanical treatment of optics was carried out by me in my paper in 1963. In that I showed that every state can be represented in the diagonal form... This diagonal representation is valid for all fields.”
“Give unto Glauber only what is his.”

A letter written to Nobel Prize committee by an eminent India born scientist who did path-breaking research in a particular area of Physics. Name the scientist who has been nominated for Nobel Prize six times.

31. This current Head of State suffered a retinal detachment after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby union match at his old school. He was left blind in his left eye, despite treatment including several operations and lying in a darkened room for weeks at a time. He has since been fitted with an artificial eye.
Who ?

32. "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." "You can observe a lot by just watching." "So many unforgettable moments, you can't remember 'em all."
Whose are these words?

33. She received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Madras Christian College in 1974, and immediately entered the PGDBA program at the IIM-C. She was admitted to Yale School of Management in 1978 for a master's degree in Management. Among her friends are former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who describes her as a "wild New York Yankees fan.” She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband, Raj Kishan, and their two daughters. Who is she?

34. What was named after Charles ………………, an attorney from New York? He had nothing at all to do with the carving of the monument. He was a tourist who happened to be riding by and asked the name of the mountain. A guide teased him by saying it didn't have a name, but from now on they'd call it ………………………. . The name stuck! He later donated money toward carving the mountainside.

35. Which opera by Giuseppe Verdi was premiered on this day in 1853 and literally means “The Woman Who Strayed”?

36. The Moving Pixels Company, owned by graphic designer Manish Bardia was in the news in December 2007. Besides other contributions, its biggest claim to fame was a product mass-manufactured in China by a US-based toy manufacturer, which was used to seek mass attention. What was this ‘product’?

37. By 1861, this product, produced in USA enjoyed higher sales abroad than in USA. Salesmen had to customise the machine because the tribesmen wanted it noisier, saying, 'Good iron makes loud noise.' Mahatma Gandhi called it 'one of the few useful things ever invented'. Name the machine.

38. What is the first line of dialogue Amitabh spoke in Reshma Aur Shera?

39. This event made headlines in most of world’s newspapers except for the Soviet news agency Pravda whose main story on the day was about 25 years of Polish socialism. Which event?

40. "I was sitting writing at my text book, but the work did not progress; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire, and dozed. Again the atoms were gamboling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by repeated visions of this kind, could now distinguish larger structures of manifold conformations; long rows, sometimes more closely fitted together; all twisting and turning in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes. As if by a flash of lightning I woke;... I spent the rest of the night working out the consequences of the hypothesis. Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, and then perhaps we shall learn the truth."
These are words by a famous scientist on one of his discoveries. Who is the scientist?

EQL CURTAIN RAISER QUIZ

2008-03-09T04:38:00.000-07:00

EQL Curtain Raiser finals

THESE ARE QUESTIONS FROM THE FINALS OF THE QUIZ. THANXX TO JOBIN TOM OF JYOTHI NIVAS PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR SENDING ME THIS SET.

anagrammania(clues wer given accordingly.. not part of the qs though)
1. genuine class-alec guiness
2. the great charmer-margaret thatcher
3. richly ill no tan-hillary clinton
4. fine in torn jeans-jennifer anniston
5. a major held icon-michael jordan
6. only man in mars-marilyn mason
7. he bugs gore-george bush

basic qs
1. name the film with angelina jolie in the lead as mariane paul,wife of daniel paul,the
journalist who was slained?
a mighty heart
2. ”though it was i who invented it,bill gates made it famous..”..what was mr. david
Bradley refferin to here??
Ctrl+alt+del
3. in 19th century.due to short supply of wood n coal,wat did d Egyptians use as fuel for
their locomotives???
Mummies
4. X, ‘night of sevens’,’white day’ r three of the same genre with X most famous.watz X?
valentine’s day
5. ‘I create as I speak…” which aramic word/phrase translates into eng thus??
Abracadabra
6. citation for wich particular prize read “ for adopting the mathematical concept of
imaginary nos. in the biz world”.it was awarded to the CEOs of Enron,Worldcome,
Sunbeam etc..
ignobel prize for economics.. all comp. involved in scandals..

sights n sounds(a/v)
1. portrait of Vincent van gogh
2. audio of ndtv 24x7 composed by a r rehman
3. underarm bowl by Trevor chapel, against kiwis, playin under greg chappel..
4. kill bill title song(bang bang..)
5. summer of 69,bryan adams
6. bill gates(under bars.. an old pic)

missing link
1. Jordan,midland,spyker,_________
force India f1..under diff names d same team…
2. scwarzennegar,tomy lee jones,jack nickolson,heath ledger,jim carrey..connect
villains in d batman movies
3. oru vadakkan veeragatha,mathilukal,vidheyan,ponthanmada,_______
baba sahib ambedkar..films that won mammootty the bharat awards..
4. trinity,rds-1,hurricane,geboise blue,596,the beginning,chagai-1,_________
smiling Buddha..code names of first nuclear test of various countries
5. mike myers,cameroon diaz,eddie murphie,antonio banderas.. connect
voices in shrek movie
6. connect george orwell; a british PM;head of state visitin Washington…
blair..original name of orwell was _____ blair(J)..a british pm-tony blair .. head
of state visitin Washington stays at blair house..

basic qs 2
1. ”it reminds me of a wasp”,xclaimed enrico piaggio wen he first laid eyes on this.wat
name was given to it as a result of this?
Vespa
2. ’akebono’ n ‘kanishki’ r legendary sumo wrestlers.in the internet history,wat was
started in 2 comp named after them??
Yahoo!
3. At about the same time as Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, a strikingly similar play
in plot was written by a famous author.Name the author n work..
Jew in Malta, Christopher Marlowe
4. Whose famous last words wer “Last words are for fools who havnt said enough”..?
Karl Marx
5. Samuel Wilso, of Troy, NewYork was the meat supplier for the soldiers stationed in
upstate NewYork. A monument mrks his birthplace in Arlington,Massachusetts n a
monument marks his burial in Oakwood cemetery,Troy,NY. Y is he so imp for the
Americans??
He was the inspiration for Uncle Sam(Durin WorldWar)
6._________ Fauntllory ______ was born on June 9,1934.His less known relatives
include Uncle Ludwig Von Drake, sister Della, cousin Fethry.Whom r v talking abt?
Donald Duck
rapid fire
1. if the kiwi rugby team is called all blacks wat r their bsktbal team known as?
Tall Blacks
2. ”Though art the…” this is the translation of wat??
Jana Gana Mana
3. “The Music stopped n I stood still n found myself out of the hill left alone against my
will”..whose words??
The Pied Piper
4. whose autobiography is “its not abt the bike..”?
Lance Amstrong
5. which channel has its logo after _____(J)castle in Germany??
Disney World
6. Its design composes of __ marbles that holds.. buzz……….
Bahai Ltus Temple
7. About wat logo did Peter Scott say,”we wanted a black n white image as it reduces our
cost….”?
Giant Panda of WWF
8. which internet undertakin has the caption “Stand on the shoulders of giants”?
Google’s Corner
9. Which Spanish term of the 13th century meanin buzz…..
Guerilla….

IT TUDE -QUIZ 2008

2008-02-29T01:58:00.000-08:00

Legends and Myths. Trivia and Classifieds. Dig up the archives! Run search engines!! Scratch your brains!!! Press the panic button!!!! In other words, get set for a nerve-wracking ride at IT-TUDE 2008.

IT-TUDE is a technical fest conducted annually by the Dept of Information Technology, CUSAT. the quiz competition conducted as part of it will be on 8th march 2008.
the quiz is going to be conducted by dreamz.cash prizes worth Rs 8k will be given away.it will be an open quiz. Expecting participation from all over kerala and even outside.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. There will be a written elimination round which consists of 25 questions.
2. Top 6 teams will be selected to the finals and 2 of them with the lowest scores will be eliminated after the 2nd round.
3. The quiz will consist of 4 rounds (3 dry + 1 theme) which will be held back to back.
4. The quiz master is always right.
5. If the quiz master is wrong, rule 4 applies.

for more details, contact Nikhil George - 0484 2534006

OBLIGATORY QUESTIONS
1. Harry "Bunny" Manders is the sidekick of which character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung, a brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle?

2. On December 18th 2003, when Larry Ellison got married to Melanie Craft, his friend was the official wedding photographer. Name the official Wedding Photographer.

3. The huge success of the film made a popular icon of its signature logo, a black-and-white image of a highway receding towards a glowing horizon at night. In 1978, an enterprising group of students from the College of Architecture at Ball State University in Muncie,Indiana, manufactured and sold a small production run of black T-shirts emulating the logo and typeface of the original, but reading "MUNCIE INDIANA: A Gross Encounter of the Worst Kind." Sales were going well until stories about the shirts appeared in local media, prompting complaints from Columbia Pictures, which was offended about the logo, and the Muncie City Council, which was offended about the slogan. Which film?

Scroll down for answers

1. A J Raffles

2. STEVE JOBS!

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

TATA CRUCIBLE QUIZ, kochi edition

2008-02-18T02:06:00.000-08:00

thanxx to ganesh raam of the team that came runners up for sending me the questions.

1. A leyland belongs to which group- Hinduja

2. Which ADAG venture is also into discount broking -R Money

3. What does the MH in LVMH stand for? - Moet henessy

4. Which company's name when translated reads' a service used by
hotels '- Sodexho

5.Sierra entmnt is owned by - Vivendi ( Choices Available)

6. Leader to Leader foundation started by - drucker (Choices )

7.NGO started by Ripen Kapoor- CRY

8.BILT makes what - paper

9. A print ad - real munnar Vs Malappuram united - Malayala Manorama

10. UB launched GoanSun . what is it? - Goan Feni

11. First company to put nutritional info on its products- Kellogs

12. Aao sochein bada is tagline of - IDBI

13. New version of the pajero? - Montero

14. Paul wolfowitz visual

15. producer of Jhoom BJ - Yashraj Films

16. Which magazine calls itself the worlds most circulated. Can be
brought only on annual subscription basis- RD

17.Thunderbird Mobikes are from - Royal Enfield

18. Bottled for business-cobra beer author- Karan Bilimoria

19 Ad - Monte Carlo (the one with the glenn mendeiros soundtrack)

20 Ad- Archies (boyfriend is the drummer punch line)

Cutoff hovered around 13-14

Some Q's from the wildcard ( this is easy - All on buzzer)

Behind the Arches is bout which company- Mcdonalds

ALFA expansion in italian was given - Alfa romeo

Disiro, ICE , Gigaset are from -Siemens

Leap Ahead- Intel

Band Aid trivia ( usual q- inspiration from wifes cuts)

Which Tata tea brand shares its name with a sun sign - gemini

'Menswear Pvt ' is now knwn as - Pantaloons

Sub-club loyalty program is from -Subway

Elephants cant dance book -Louis gerstner

Fine,flexible optic cable - Finolex

From Finals

Crossword

Euro currency trivia

Emerald mountain blend. mocha Kilimanjaro are from - georgia coffee

Maubli hotel was the first purchase by - hilton

Nation banks on us -SBI

penta star logo - chrysler

potatochips division of pepsi -Fritolay

Manchester city- Thomascook

Tata world

Coffee denoting time to drink it - 8'o clock

Store having a family of three logo- is a place of fun .games
books..etcetera -landmark

Tata steel trivia

tata chemicals trivia - Mitapur is the key word

Selection round

person was kenneth blanchard - visuals of One min manager,
hyperthyroididsm were shown

tech - what is daughter board- Anythin added extra to motherboard

convenience store which renamed itself from 'U-tote'm in 1946 caus
they wanted to change their store timings- 7-11

Toonz Animation Logo

Klaxon is a trademark for which electromechanical device - Car Horn

Connects

1. Akio morita- NYse- a medal - a track in the bg - Sony ( first
foreign firm to be in nyse, medal was the honour of british empire,
pope's voice was copyrighted by sony)

Am not sure if i've worded it rite

2. Time Magazine trivia - Visual of a mirror (2006- YOU), britton n
henry n another guy..song had parveen bhabhi-first indian on timemag
cover

3. ISKON trivia - Govinda restaurants ,APJ n abhishek are patrons

4. Tata Sky Trivia- STar logo-temasek which has stake - the
subscription print ad- Amul voice of India

Nano words

Pc's unlimtd -dell

Hsbc trivia - mercantile bank of shanghai, dubai..etc

CNX - crisil

Quark@BITS-Goa

2008-02-15T02:17:00.000-08:00

These are the pelims questions for the SciTech quiz conducted during Quark-08, the annul Techfest of BITS-Goa..

1) What has six flavours:up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom?

*2) What was preserved by Thomas Stolz Harvey until 1978, when it was discovered being stored in a mason jar within a cider box for over 20 years?

3) Which institute, started in 1891 got its current name in 1921, manages NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is the data analysis and community support centre for NASA’s Howitzer telescope and is home to luminaries like Linus Pauling, Richard Feynman and Robert Millikan?

4) Name the only two nations, one of whom is our neighbour, not to have adopted the metric system as of today?

5) Cartoon with sting ray

6) Which is the largest animal in the animal kingdom that does not possess a backbone?

7) What was established by the science magazine ______________ (A.I.R) in 1991 to “celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative – and spur people’s interests in science, medicine and technology” ?

8) Name the rocket scientist who developed the infamous V-2 rocket, was captured by the U.S from the German missile research facility in Peenemunde and went on to become the chief designer of the Saturn rocket (which put man on the moon)?

*9)What comes next in this list?
1)IBM BlueGene/L – 478 teraflops
2)IBM BlueGene/P – 167 teraflops
3)SGI Altix ICE 8200 – 126.9 teraflops
4)________________ - 117.9 teraflops

10) Who wrote ‘De Humani Corpori Fabrica’, which was one of the first treatises on the anatomy of the human body?

11) "We guarantee certainty, clearly referring to this light mnemonic"
helps you remember what?

12) Also known as horripilation, piloerection, or the pilomotor reflex, The medical term for this condition is Cutis Anserina. What's more, this reflex is known to serve no real purpose in humans. What am I talking about?

*13) A rare new mineral was recently discovered in Serbia, having the following composition-Sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide. Funnily enough, scientists were shocked to discover this formula had been come across previously, in the world of movies. By what name is it known?
14) Which molecule was discovered by Christian Friedrich Schonbein in 1840, who named it after the Greek word for “odour”, from the peculiar smell it gave out in lightning storms?

15) "Ut tensio, sic vis" is the original statement of which scientific law?

16) Pic 1

*17) Humphrey Davy, the famous scientist, once stated that "its properties bestowed all of the benefits of alcohol but was devoid of its flaws." What was he referring to?

18) What originated when Scott E. Fahlman, a research scholar at the Carnegie Mellon University, suggested that it be used on the subject line of all bulletin board postings that were non serious in nature?

19) He is known to have invented the lightning rod, the glass harmonica, bifocal glasses, and the flexible urinary catheter. He was also the first person to label charge as positive and negative. The CGS unit of electrical charge is named after him. Who am I talking about?

20) On Jan 23rd 1960, Don Walsh and Auguste Piccard became the first men to reach which of the last major unexplored frontiers of the Earth?

21)This word was coined by William Stern in 1912 based on what was first made by Alfred Binet to identify those who needed extra help in school. Louis Terman adopted it and renamed it as the “Standford - Binet” method for measuring what?

22)Pic 2

*23)Pic 3

24) If the Litmus test is used to measure the acidic or basic strength, what is the Titmus test used for?

25) Pic 4

Prelims Qns for Abdul Wahab - Bijuraj memorial Quiz

2008-02-15T02:12:00.000-08:00

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

MEC COLLEGE QUIZ - PRELIMS

2008-02-12T05:13:00.000-08:00

EXCEL 2008

Quizmasters:
“Immaculate Misconception”:
Ravi Subramanian & Sumeet Shetty

1. “I want to have the keys of my house so that I can open closed doors”. What is the next famous line?

2. Who gave Kapil Dev the nickname “Haryana Hurricane”?

3. In relation to trading, a _____ _______ refers to the type that is mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or supporting a warlord's activity. What?

4.

“Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules and they gotta keep score!
__________ is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great, 'cause it's named after me!”

5. She is without doubt, the least dressed woman in the industry. She was initially named after the late Clare Mendonca, but her name was later changed. In 2005, she celebrated her fiftieth year in the Indian film industry. Who?

6. Her real name is Nilanjana Sudeshna. A schoolteacher, who found her given name too long, used her nickname instead and it stuck. She wrote under that name; her first work has a character who was supposed to have a “good name” sent by his grandmother in India which gets lost in the mail. Which writer?

7. Multiple stories exist about its name. One story goes that it was named after Piet Retief and Gert Maritz, two famous Voortrekker leaders. The other is that it was named after Piet Retief alone, since his full name was Pieter Maurits Retief. However, the city is more famous for another incident. Name the place

8. Audio....don't remember what it was.

9. On returning to Pegasus on 18th March 2007, he headed straight for room 374. He took the lift and they ascended in silence. As the elevator stopped on the third floor, he stepped aside and uttered his last known words to the person in the lift: 'Ladies first.' Who?

10. Identify the lyricist....forgot this too.

11.It is presented by a Trust, founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of The Times of India. It carries a check for Rs. 500,000, a citation plaque and a bronze replica of Vagdevi, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts. Its first recipient, in 1965, was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup. What?

12. Patients suffering from a rupture of the biceps tendon may develop a bulge in their arm. This is the retracted muscle bunched up in the arm, and is sometimes referred to as a “_______ Muscle” in medical circles because the muscle is more pronounced than normal. Fill in the blank.

13. Her career started on Doordarshan in 1994, but she faded away, before resurfacing in 2003. Since 2004, she has acted in many films including “Manmadhan”, “Shaadi Ka Laddoo”, “Bali”, “Naam Gum Jayega”, “Divorce”, “Meerabai Not Out”, and off late, “Dus Kahaniyaan”. We know her more for her appearance on television. Who?

14. Their ads carry the baseline 'Where it all comes together'. Their logo is a black tick-mark which also forms the first letter of their eight-letter name. The company makes its money by delivering something that they call Intelligent Infrastructure for use on the Web. Identify the company.

15. This work of literature written in AD 300 included a comprehensive account of Indian Painting as a fine-art. The author expounded the six Shadangas or principles of art. He is also supposed to have incorporated into his book earlier works like Chitra Lakshana , Shilpa Shastra and Shilpa Ratna. The book also contained descriptions of the various types of gardens in India. Name the book.

16. visual.....identify the mag. ans : sports illustrated.

17. The recently released Tamil film “Thangathamarai” was the last film of which famous actress?

18. At 8:45 am, on Monday, September 3, 2007, a single-engine Bellanca Super Decathlon airplane took off from a private airstrip known as Flying-M Ranch, near Smith Valley, Nevada, 30 miles south of Yerington, near Carson City and the California border. The airfield is owned by Barron Hilton and is the site of the biennial Barron Hilton Cup invitational soaring encampment. It was initially believed that pilot was searching for a suitable lake bed for a world land speed record attempt. who was the pilot?

19. He has presented the maximum number of union budgets in India (10) and is the only Indian to receive the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan - the Bharat Ratna and Nishaan-e-Pakistan. Who?

20. It was commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically behind the times. Supervised by Morison and drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times, Morison used an older version named Plantin as the basis for his design, but made revisions for legibility and economy of space. The Times debuted it in October 1932, and after one year the design was released for commercial sale. What was it called?

21. On January 31, 1948, all Indian newspapers carried the news of Mahatma Gandhi's death on the front page, except one. Which one and why?

22. The motto of which institution reads as “Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon”?

23. The tagline for the movie Gladiator was “A Hero will rise”. Which recently released movie has the tagline, “Heroes will rise”?

24. Who was the first Indian to perform at the Wembley Stadium in London?

25. It began in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. The actor who started the film festival named it after one of the most memorable movie characters that he played on screen. It is responsible for bringing wider attention to films such as Saw, The Blair Witch Project, Better Luck Tomorrow, Primer, Reservoir Dogs, El Mariachi, Clerks, Sex, lies, and videotape, and Napoleon Dynamite. Which film festival?

26. vis

27. vis

28. He is perhaps the only person who has won a Best Actor Oscar to have acted in a Bollywood masala movie. He played the role of Sir John Locksley, the world’s greatest jewel thief, who invites several rival thieves to his island estate. He explains that he is dying, and wants his greatest treasure, a ruby, to go to a worthy successor. Which actor?

29. audio

30. id the singers...video.

MEC SCHOOL QUIZ - Finals

2008-02-12T05:09:00.000-08:00

PERSONALITIES

1. He was born June 13 1928, an American mathematician who works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations, serving as a Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton University. It was E.T. Bell's book, Men of Mathematics—in particular, the essay on Fermat— that first sparked his interest in mathematics. At the age of 12, he was carrying out scientific experiments in his room. It was quite apparent at a young age that he did not like working with other people, preferring to do things alone. He returned the social rejection of his classmates with practical jokes and intellectual superiority, believing their dances and sports to be a distraction from his experiments and studies.
John Nash

2. Born in Pietermaritzburg, X, a Bcom holder, joined Standards Bank as a business banker in 2004. X was chosen to go to the '92 Barcelona Olympics as part of the South African Hockey team. He was called for trials in the '96 Olympics, but was ruled out due to a hamstring injury. X has also played for the Irish cricket team, first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, KwaZulu-Natal and Natal. X is a born-again christian. Who is X?

Jonty Rhodes

3. His middle name is Walker. He co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball, and was the head cheerleader at the all-boys school during his senior year. Following in his father's footsteps, he attended Yale University, where he received a Bachelor's degree in history in 1968. As a college senior, he became a member of the secretive Skull and Bones society. He became a senior partner or chief executive officer of several oil companies, such as Arbusto Energy, Spectrum , and, later, Harken Energy.

George Walker Bush

4. Born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. Initially pursuing a career as a lawyer, by modeling she helped finance her tuition while at the University of Perugia. She speaks Italian, French, and English fluently, semi-fluent in Spanish and has acted in each of these languages, as well as Aramaic. In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter, she posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that allow only married couples to use in-vitro fertilization and that prevent the use of donor sperm.

Monica Bellucci

5. His first name and middle name is Satyanarayan Gangaram. He was born in Titlagarh, Orissa, is an inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker. He is the Chairman and CEO of World-Tel Limited, an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiative. He is the founder and CEO of C-SAM, Inc, which has developed a suite of patented mobile transaction technology called OneWallet.

Sam Pitroda

6. Her last name means "daughter of ____________" (Sanskrit) and it is not the family name. Her first name is '____________' which is derived from Sanskrit word for raincloud, as it was raining when she was born. Biju Patnaik, an eminent Indian leader named her on the request of father. In 2004, she was ranked number 8 on Forbes Magazine's list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Megawati Sukarnoputri

7. He was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has written under the pen names Richard Bachman and (once) John Swithen. One of his first ideas was of a young girl with psychic powers, but he grew discouraged and discarded it. His wife later rescued it from the trash and encouraged him to finish it. After completing the novel, he titled it Carrie and sent it to Doubleday. He received a $2,500 advance (not large for a novel, even at that time) but the paperback rights eventually earned $400,000. He played guitar for the rock band Rock Bottom Remainders, several of whose members are authors.

Stephen King

COMICS & “Graphic Novels”

1.If Peter Parker is to Spiderman and Clark Kent is to Superman, then Bruce Banner is to -

The Incredible Hulk

2. “Spaceman Spiff”, “Stupendous Man”, “Tracer Bullet”. Connect

Alter Egos of Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)

3. What is the contribution of Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge to the world of comics?

They are the English translators of Asterix series.

4. He was raised by single father and fading boxer "Battling Jack" Murdock. He is unable to handle the bullying he received at school, and is branded with a sarcastic nickname which he assumes as his hero name. His mentor is a blind man named “Stick”. Who is he?

Daredevil

5. After his Aunt X is shot, Y searches for help in saving her life. Y meets the demon Mephisto, who offers to save her life if Y gives him his marriage. He and his wife Z agree, and this part of their history is erased from all memory so that they have never been married.

Aunt May, Spider-man, Mary Jane Watson

6. V T Thomas says he had named his characters after two children in the neighbourhood. “This took place after these two naughty children thwarted every attempt of mine to prevent them from jumping the fence around my house and walking through the kitchen, on their way to school.” What is the name of his creation?

Bobbanum Mollyum by Toms(V T Thomas)

7. Name the only fictional character to be selected by Time magazine as
one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Name the
creator as well.
bart simpson.the creator is of course matt groening

ETYMOLOGY

1. The term _________ comes from the Greek for oikos (house) and nomos (custom or law), hence "rules of the house(hold)."

Economics

2. Perhaps the first, recorded use of the term '________' was in 1920, by Ethel Snowden, in the book Through Bolshevik Russia, but its metaphoric, non-Soviet use appeared in Scandinavian books as early as 1901, moreover, H. G. Wells used __________ in describing 'enforced privacy' in The Food of the Gods. German politician and Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels was the first to refer to an "_____________" coming down across Europe after World War II, in a manifesto he published in the German newspaper Das Reich in February 1945

Iron Curtain

3. The Arabic word _____ means "resurrection" as in the party’s founder Michel Aflaq’s published works "On The Way Of Resurrection". Their beliefs combine Arab Socialism, nationalism, and Pan-Arabism. The mostly secular ideology often contrasts with that of other Arab governments in the Middle East, which sometimes tend to have leanings towards Islamism and theocracy.
Ba'ath

4. The term is believed to relate to former West Indian spin bowler Ellis "Puss" Achong. in the 1933 Old Trafford Test match, Achong, a left-arm orthodox spinner bowled an unexpected wrist-spin delivery turning from off to leg, and had the English batsman Walter Robins stumped by Ivan Barrow as a result. Legend has it that Robins, as he walked back to the pavilion, remarked "Fancy being done by a bloody _______________"

Chinaman, the bowler was of Chinese ancestry.

5. The word _____ is derived from the Ancient Greek meaning "a learning or knowing by inquiry, record, narrative." The Latin form means "narrative, account”.

History

6. The word comes from the name of a sturdy fabric called serge, originally made in Nimes, France, by the Andre family. Originally called serge de Nimes, the name was soon shortened to ________

Denim

7. The term derives from a militant Ismaili Muslim sect, active in the Middle East from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries. This mystic secret society killed members of the Abbasid and Seljuq élite for political and religious reasons.

Assassin

School Quiz - Questions

2008-02-12T05:06:00.002-08:00

General Knowledge

1) The headlines in England one day read,” The Gods are crying”. The next day in another part of the world the headline was “ They are just cleaning up the mess”. This was in reference to the incessant rain that day. What happened and where?
Ans: Hong Kong was handed over to China by England. Ist July, 1999

2) Born in Motihari in Bihar I celebrated my 100th birthday last year amid much fanfare. I am a noted author and one of my books include Coming Up for Air. (There are other more popular ones but I won’t give you those!). Who am I?
Ans: George Orwell

3) Hugo Weavings is the only actor to have acted in both the Matrix and LOTR trilogies. Great Achievement, anyway he played the role of Elron of Rivendall in The LOTR series. Whose role did he portray in the Matrix?
Ans: Agent Smith

4) The music band Deep Purple very recently came up with a song as a tribute to an Indian. Who was this internationally acclaimed Indian?
Ans: Kalpana Chawla. In the debris of the Challenger spacecraft, bits of Deep Purple’s CDs were found and Kalpana Chawla was a well known DP fan.

5) Arthur Morris very disappointedly remarked after a cricket match. “Yes I was there too. By the way I scored 194.” What event overshadowed his feat?
Ans: Don Bradman scored his famous last match duck!

Fast Bucks
1) This product was developed after the second world war. Actually someone came up with the bright idea of utilizing the unused tyres of the small airplanes. This by the way was shown on screen in the famous Gregory Peck movie, Roman Holiday. What product are we talking about?
Ans: Scooter

2) What term was coined by Don Hoeffler in 1971, writing in "Electronic News", describing the area around Sunnyvale and San Jose in California?
Ans-Silicon Valley

3) One of the first songs recorded by a now famous singer was the ad jingle, The Lifebuoy Soap jingle - Tandurusti Ki Raksha Karta Hai Lifebuoy, created by Lintas and directed by Stanley Pinto. Who was the singer?
Ans-Jagjit Singh

4) In which field of human enterprise was the 'marble' shaped invention of Hiram Codd, along with dozens of other contraptions, replaced by the 'crown' shaped invention of William Painter ?
Ans-The bottling of carbonated soft drinks

5) Which company's tag line is " Bullish on Life"?
Ans- DSP Merrill Lynch

Infinite Bounds
1)Last month Google put up their sale notice and they quoted a pecuiliar figure of $314285742.85. Why?
Ans: That is the no. we arrive at after taking pie to 12 places!!

2) Which extremely famous writer, when being asked to declare his assets, said, “I have nothing to declare except my genius.”?
Ans: Oscar Wilde

3) After the end of the Cremean War the metal from the Soviet Tanks were used for making a very particular item. What was it? (Hint: think of the armed forces)
Ans: Victoria Cross

4) In fiction, whose cigarettes were custom made Morlands, with three gold bands at the tip?(and has his martini shaken but not stirred)
Ans: The name’s bond. James Bond!!

5) A very famous personality, known for his versatility, has two Fonts named after him. They are “Ray Roman and Ray Bizarre”. In fact this person himself created the above two fonts. Name him.
Ans: Satyajit Ray

Music To The Ears
1) We’ve been singing that since time immemorial in the SPSv SVS matches. All you need to do is give me the name of the band or the singer.
Ans: The band is Queen and the lead singer is Fredie Mercury

2) Identify the group singing this famous song, Hotel California.
Ans: Eagles

3) Who are the two actors on whom this song was picturised.
Ans: PrabhuDeva & Nana Patekar.

4) That was absolutely moving. Who’s singing it?
Ans: Bhupen Hazarika

5) Sorry teachers we do most certainly need education unlike what the song would like us to believe. Could yopu tell me the group singing it?
Ans: Pink Floyd

Pure Entertainment
1) This musician’s powerful guitar-playing regularly broke strings on his guitar. He would change the strings onstage, as the audience slowly clapped their hands. Because of this he earned the named Slowhand. Who am I talking about?
Ans: Eric Clapton

2) Which comic strip hero was created inspired by a character in Philip Wylie's 1930 sci-fi book "Gladiators"?
Ans: Superman

3) Which instrument literally means " made of clay " and is made out of a scooped out single block of wood , usually a neem tree or coconut?
Ans: Mridangam

4) Which Hollywood actress has an exceptional high IQ of 154 and is also a member of the organization for people with high IQ called Mensa?
Ans: Sharon Stone

5)Who was the dress designer of the movie Lagaan. She is also an Oscar winning dress designer.
Ans: Bhanu Athaiya

Its time to Play

1)Which country won the 1928 Los Angeles Olympics Football Gold medal? (Hint: think about footballing history)
Ans: Uruguay

2)Which Indian Cricketer has the dubious distinction of being the captain in one match and the 12th man in the very next?(Hint he captained India at a World Cup)
Ans: S. Venkataraghavan

3)Who was the first person to score a golden goal in a World Cup match? (if required it was at the ’98 world cup in a match against Paraguay)
Ans: Laurent Blanc

4)Australian cricketer Belinda Clarke is currently the only cricketer in the world to achieve a landmark - which no cricketer (in either mens or womens cricket has yet achieved. What?
Ans: Score a double century in One day cricket

5) In which is the referee or the one who controls the game is called the President?
Ans: Fencing

Shoot Them Down

Diseases
What was originally promoted as a medicine for patients suffering from Dyspepsia, an ailment affecting the digestive system?
Ans: Pepsi

British History
During World War II, this place in Britain was taken over as the headquarters of the Red Cross, the National Air Raid Precaution and Fire Service Departments. Where?
Ans:Wimbeldon

Beauty
Which cosmetics brand gets its name from a latin word meaning "White as snow"?
Ans: Nivea

Inventors
He invented soda water, and coined the name "rubber" because he found that it could erase pencil marks. He's best known for a "Life Producing" discovery. Name him, and his discovery.
Ans: Joseph Pristley

Leaders
Shiv Ratan Agarwal, the MD of Shivdeep Industries started of by making a product for soldiers to carry with them for days together. This company now controls a 70% share in the Indian market. Name the company.
Ans: Haldiram&Bikaji Snacks

On Your Marks
Team 1

1)In which novel did Feluda meet Jatayu for the first time?
Ans: Sonar Kella

2)Britain fought against America in the Falkland War. True or False?
Ans: False

3)Who was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?
Ans: Charles Lindburg

4)Bishop Desmond Tutu hails from which country?
Ans: South Africa
5)Spell: SCHIZOPHRENIA

Team 2

1)Whose directorial debut was Kal Ho Na Ho?
Ans: Nikhil Advani

2)In which game will you come across the term Birdie?
Ans: Golf

3)What was the name of Laxman’s wife? ( Laxman as in Ramayana)
Ans: Urmila

4)Where will you find the engraved faces of four American Presidents?
Ans: Mt. Rushmore
5)Spell: VICTUALS

Team 3

1)What is the Japanese Parliament called?
Ans: Diet

2)Kibbutz are farms found in Canada or Israel?
Ans: Israel

3)Who has scored the last goal in the World Cup of Football till now?
Ans: Ronaldo
4)Which Tintin character owned a film company called Cosmos?
Ans: Rastapopulous
5)Spell: TRINITROTOLUENE

Team 4

1)What is the name of the cricket ground in London other than Lords?
Ans: The Oval

2)What is 7.5% of 400, 30 or 45?
Ans: 30

3)What colour was the first Ford motor car?
Ans: Black

4)Who was the last Sultan of Delhi?
Ans: Ibrahim Lodhi
5)Spell: OPPROBRIOUS

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Cusat Open Quiz

2008-02-12T05:04:00.000-08:00

The following are selected questions from the Quiz conducted at CUSAT by Anil Raghavan of Greycells.

PRELIMS:
1. A place called Basaar in Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh famous for its Saraswati temple was in the news recently which has a bearing on Cusat. What?
2. Her first brush with fame was in 1991, when she was chosen as the Supermodel of the year. As expected this lead to a spate of film offers from which she accepted only one, a special appearance in a Telugu movie called Mamaguru. Her mother has recently ordered male dresses worth lakhs from a Kolkata designer. Who?
3. Connect the following terms to an athletic event: The Western Roll, Scissors Cut, Fosbury Flop.
4. It is the only wildlife sanctuary in India, harboring the tiger, the snow leopard, the leopard, and the snow leopard, Name the sanctuary.
5. Eugene Cernan, in his memoirs, The Last Man On the ……., mentions that he is the holder of a dubious but breakable honor. Complete the title of the book.
6. Which city in India is named after a queen whose real name was Bhagmati?
7. Which international brand got its name from a character in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick
8. Brussels is to EU as ……… is to SAARC.
9. What nickname is used to refer to the basketball team of New Zealand?
10. Which company founded by brothers Henry and Helal Hassenfeld uses a stylized smile as their logo, indicating that their business is fun?
11. Who or what was the TIME Person of the Year for 2006?
12. In fiction, who was Lady Chatterley’s lover?
13. Who or what was the emblem on the flag of Arjuna in the Kurukshetra war?
14. “The bugger served so slow that I went off to sleep waiting for the ball to come.” John McEnroe said this about whom?
15. What is the unit of measurement of beauty?
16. Which person’s initials stands for Avul Pakeer Jainulebdeen?
17. Spaces probes Vega 1, Vega 2, Sakigate, Giotto were launched to study what?
18. Whose autobiography was “Ba Ba Blacksheep”?
19. The 39th, 65th, 68th and 70th elements are named after which town?
20. Called Divehi Rajje in local language, this nation’s people are mostly Singhalese and Tamilians, and the official religion is Sunni Muslim. Name the country.
21. Which Indian recently beat out among others, Hisham Matar, M J Hyland, Peter Carey, David Mitchall and Kate Grenville?
22. Out of Kerala’s Communist Ministry of 1957, only two are still alive. One is K R Gouri. Who is the other?
23. Kerala won the Santhosh trophy for the first time in 1973, beating Railways 3-2. The Kerala captain scored a hat-trick in the final. Name him.
24. Name the Malayali co-founder of Infosys, who has an MSc in Physics from the University of Kerala, and is currently Group Head (Worldwide Sales and Customer Delivery). 25. Poka Yoke is a safety measure which literally means avoiding errors. The concept was originated by Shigeo Shingo for a major Japanese firm. Name the firm.

Answers:
1)The new IIT(Should have been at CUSAT)
2)aiswarya rai(clue was the dress order)
3)high jump
4)namdapha
5)Moon
6)Hyderabad(she became hyderi begum to marry quli qutub sha)
7)starbucks
8)Kathmandu
9)Tallblacks
10)hasbro(hassenfeld brothers)
11)You
12)Oliver mellors
13)Hanuman
14)ramesh krishnan
15)Helen
16)APJ abdul kalam
17)halleys comet
18)Edison
19)Ytterby
20)maldives
21)Kiran desai(others were shortlisted for bookerprize)
22)V.R.Krishnaiyer
23)Mani
24)Shibulal
25)Toyota

Greycells Open Quiz Prelims

2008-02-12T05:03:00.002-08:00

Here is the prelims set from Greycells Open on April 7.
Quizmasters: Lloyd Colopilly and Rajesh Mohan. People who wish to have the answers may mail their attempts to rajquiz@gmail.com

Greycells Open Quiz
Team Name:

Team No:

In case of a tie the performance in *ed questions will be taken into consideration.
Decision of the QM’s will be final

1)"I warn you, I am just beginning! If there is in your hearts a vestige of love for your country, love for humanity, love for justice, listen carefully... I know that the regime will try to suppress the truth by all possible means; I know that there will be a conspiracy to bury me in oblivion. But my voice will not be stifled – it will rise from my breast even when I feel most alone, and my heart will give it all the fire that callous cowards deny it... Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me". Who made this famous speech?

2) Which country has a new Capital called Naypyidaw? Clue - Think 1991 Nobel Peace Prize...

3) Complete the list - Malcolm Nash, Tilak Raj & ______________.

*4) Who won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 2004 for the book Oru Achchante Ormakal (Memories of a father)?

5) What was special about the stamps- Sandalwood and Roses released by Indian Postal department recently?

6) Why are the companies Alstom & SNCF in the news recently?

7) This is an obituary that once appeared in Times of India:
O'CRACY D.E.M., BELOVED HUSBAND OF T.RUTHLOVING FATHER OF L.I.BERTIE,BROTHER OF FAITH, HOPE AND JUSTICEEXPIRED ON 26TH JUNE.
What was it referring to?

8) Which famous Automobile manufacturer’s name means "I Roll" in Latin, a reference to Rolled Steel being used in the manufacture of their vehicles??

9) Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, Troy, Michigan; Emery Roth & Sons, Skilling, Helle, Christiansen, Robertson, Joseph R. Loring & Associates, New York, Jaros, Baum & Bolles, Tishman Realty & Construction Company , what was the end result?? Clue - Emergency...

10) Which country's national flag has a replica of George Cross, bravery award given by the King George VI of Britain to commemorate the nations struggle against enemy powers in WW2?

11) Name the Billionaire, Ex PM of Lebanon who was assassinated in 2005??

12) N. S. Raghavan, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh ,Ashok Arora, _____________ & _____________. Fill u p the blanks, 1/2 points for each blank.

*13) During World War II, ___ __________ saw action in the Burma campaign on Sittang River as a Captain with the 4/12 Frontier Force Regiment and has the rare distinction of being honored for his bravery on the battlefront itself. During World War II, he was leading a counter-offensive against the invading Japanese Army in Burma. During the course of the offensive, he was hit by a burst of LMG bullets and was severely wounded in the stomach. Major General D.T. Cowan spotted ___ __________ holding on to life and was aware of his valor in face of stiff resistance from the Japanese. Fearing the worst, Major General Cowan quickly pinned his own Military Cross ribbon on to ___ __________ saying, "A dead person cannot be awarded a Military Cross." Fill up the Blank.

14) In 1909, he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun, When told about one of his achievements, Nikola Tesla one of his rivals said that __________ was using 17 of his Patents, Two employees on Titanic were employed by his company and on 18 June 1912, he gave evidence to the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic..... Fill up the Blank....

15) The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Tribune, The Allentown Call-Chronicle, The Bethlehem Globe-Times, The Denver Post and The Seattle Times. October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 , Why are you breaking your head?? Give me the answer!!!!

16) He is The Maestro to his countrymen, a poll of sport journalists and commentators placed him as the second best Argentine sportsman of the 20th century behind Diego Maradona. In 1974, he was appointed President of Mercedes-Benz Argentina, and in 1987, he was made Honorary President for Life of that corporation. Cuban rebels kidnapped him on February 23, 1958, but he was later freed. Died in Buenos Aires in 1995, at the age of 84. Who?

17)On October 18, 1922, what was incorporated under the 1908 to 1917 Companies Acts with a share capital of £100,000., with 99,993 cumulative ordinary shares valued at £1 each. The holders of the Cumulative Ordinary Shares are entitled to receive out of the profits of the Company a fixed Cumulative Dividend at the rate of 7½% per annum on the capital for the time being paid up thereon but are not entitled to any further or other participation in profits. Quizzers can't miss this!!!!!!

18) Who stays at 'Number One Observatory Circle'? Clue -'Die Hard with a Vengeance'

19) "Arrive before you leave" was a punchline for what?? Clue - SST, Mike Bannister....

*20) _________ Yamaha Ltd, Islamabad Automotives Company Ltd, Balochistan Engineering Works Ltd, Alpha Engineering Works Ltd, Gears Hobbing Ltd, Die Casters Ltd,Omega Forging Ltd, Crescent Pak Industries, Taha Garments (Private) Ltd & Taha Textile (Private) Ltd. Kindly Fill up the Blank, Clue - S.Hussain Saidi

21) She was discovered by Dev Anand. She represented India at the International Teen Princess contest at Aruba, and won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Bikini awards. In 1980 Sunil Dutt launched his son Sanjay in his film debut "Rocky". ______ was chosen as Sanjay's heroine. After the film ________ and Sanjay became romantically linked to each other. She was also romantically linked with Rajesh Khanna. She is blessed with two sons Jai Anmol and Jai Anshul. Who?? She is also a Painter.

22) Rupin Katyal, Capt Devi Sharan, December 24, 1999, what am I talking about??

23) Famous author who wrote - The Power and the Glory (1940), The Heart of the Matter (1948), The Third Man (1949) & The End of the Affair (1951), He was recruited to MI6 by the infamous Double agent Kim Philby.

24) A software called CODA is available for about £ 30.00 from ASQM Consultancy Unit , Faculty of Computer Studies and Mathematics, University of the West of England. To caluculate what is it used for?

*25) Which world Capital was chosen as result of a compromise between two better known rivals after a long dispute, its a sitter.........

26) Which famous Architectural marvel sits on Île de la Cité a river island??

27) Arfé(a portmonteau word) is the creation of artworks by staining with ______.The term is believed to have been coined by Puerto Rican artist, Francisco Rivera Rosa, describing his paintings of using ______.Artists Mira Chudasama & Amita Chudasama, Andrew Saur and Angel Sarkela-Saur are known exponents of painting with ______. Fill in the blanks

28) T.N. Srikantaiah was born on November 26, 1906 in Karnataka .His family were the descendants of the Kings of Hagalavad. His most famous work was a book titled ‘Bharatiya Kavya Meemamse’ about Indian poetics. He was a member of Indian constitution council and when there was a discussion on the equivalent term for the _________ he suggested the word __________, which was the Sanskrit equivalent. The term was accepted unanimously and is still the term in use. Which term?

29) Which is the point from which all highway distances are measured in India, The __________ has a milestone at its entrance that reads "0 KM".

30) What was setup on the recommendation of the Birbal Nath Committee in 1985?? The date counts.....

31) Roy J. Glauber won the Noble Prize for Physics in 2005; a famous Physicist who did a seminal work on Quantum Optics with him was not awarded the Prize and it lead to a major controversy, who is the Physicist?

*32) Who is the fictional author of the book - The Dynamics of An Asteroid?

33) He won the Oscar for Best Director & Original Screen Play for the movie Annie Hall in 1977, Original Screen Play for the movie Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986, who is this highly acclaimed person??

34) Leslie Hylton played 6 Tests for the West Indies in the late 30's and scored 70 runs and took 16 wickets at 26.12, he holds a unique if grisly place in cricket history?? Why??

35) ________ Diego José Santiago Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Blasco y _________. Fill up the blank, Clue - Max Jacob.

36) What invention of everyday use is originally credited to Luther George Simjian Turkish immigrant of Armenian parents in US, and it was discontinued due to lack of demand, later John Shepherd-Barron & Donald Wetzel got the credit for the invention. Clue - Prostitutes and Gamblers were the one's who were using it when it was 1st introduced.

37) Why was Ere Sheshaiah in the news recently??

*38) Glenn Hoddle, Peter Reid, Kenny Sansom, Terry Butcher, Terry Fenwick & Pe_____ _____on, tell me what happened next??

39) Becker reportedly remarked about whom? That "even God could not have played any better" after being knocked out in the 1st round of the French Open in 1990. This player once said "The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself."

40) ______________ joined Boeing as an Engineer in 1969, rose to the rank of Executive Vice President was behind the resurgence of Boeing in the late 90's and early 2000, joined Ford Motor Company as the President and CEO in September 2006,he reportedly earns a Salary of $20 Million per annum!!! Who?? Clue - He shares his name with an English Cricketer, who played for England, Hampshire & Leicestershire.

Please fill in your email id’s here.

________________________________________________

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Answers:

1. Fidel Castro
2. Myanmar
3. dan van bungee- bowlers who conceded 6 sixes in an over.
4. Eachara Warrier
5. Stamps with fragrance of SandalWood and Rose
6. TGV.(fastest train)
7. The Imposition of emergency
8. Volvo
9. World Trade Center
10. Malta
11. Rafeeq Hariri
12. Narayana Murthy and Nandan Nilekani
13. Sam Manekshaw
14. Marconi
15. peanuts comic strip
16. Juan Manuel Fangio
17. BBC
18. US Vice President.(Dick Cheney is there now).
19. Concorde
20. All companies owned/co-owned by Dawood Ibrahim
21. Tina Ambani
22. Hijacking of IC-814
23. Graham Greene
24. Calulate scores using D-L method in a rain affected match.
25. Canberra
26. The Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
27. Coffee
28. Rashtrapathi
29. Rajghat
30. Special Protection Group
31. ECG Sudarshan
32. Professor moriarty
33. Woody Allen
34. Only test cricketer to be executed
35. Pablo Picasso
36. ATM
37. The doctor who performed the autopsy of Bob Wolmer.
38. Goal of the century by Maradona.
39. Goran Ivanesivic
40. Alan Mullaly

Greycells Open Quiz Prelims

2008-02-12T05:03:00.001-08:00

The following questions are from the prelims of the "Federal Bank- Greycells Open Quiz" conducted at Govt. Medical College, Calicut on May 19, 2007.
Quiz Masters: Anil Raghavan and Dr. S. Nagesh

[1] Mayawati and BSP has come back to power in UP upsetting all predictions. BSP’s election posters this time surprisingly depicted a personality from Kerala. Who?

[2]For what is the Bathini Goud family well known? The pin code to their place starts with ‘5’.

[3]In the Muslim calendar which month follows Ramadan?

[4]You can find _______ discontinuity between the core and the mantle of the earth. Fill in.

[5] Just prior to the Mahabharata War, Arjuna had claimed that he could kill the entire opposition with one weapon that Lord Shiva bequeathed on him. Name the weapon.

[6] It is the Australian term for googly and takes its name from the person generally credited with invented this form of delivery. What?

[7] Who was the only courtier of Akbar to embrace the new religion ‘Din-i-illahi’?

[8] This term is said to derive from a ruling by English judge Francis Buller in 1782. He allowed men to beat their wives with a stick as long as the thickness of the stick was within the certain limit. This ruling gave rise to a certain term/usage. Which?

[9] Which element in 1937 became the first artificially produced element and took its name from the Greek word ‘artificial’?

[10] Which London based Indian mining magnet was selected to Time magazine’s “Most Influential 100 People” of the world recently.
Clue: He is the founder of Vedanta Resources

[11] How do we better know the “British Committee for relations with other countries” set up in 1934?

[12] Which famous novel begins “Last night I dreamt I went to Mandarlay again”?

[13]In fiction whose servant was lancelot Gobbo?

[14] What is the phenomenon by which the spectrum line is split up into several components by a magnetic field called?

[15] A racehorse celebrates its birthday on _______ in the Northern Hemisphere and ______ in the Southern Hemisphere.

[16] Which film had as its ad line “Garbo talks”?

[17] The Maratha king Serfogi encouraged practitioners of the art form which was characterized by low plaster relief and decorations using glass, pearl, precious stones etc. This art form is known by the name of his capital. Which?

[18] Francis Scott Key is famous for writing what?

[19] Which is the oldest bookstall in India, supposed to have started in 1844?

[20] An agent for Rock Bottom Insurance, he also presides over the vagabond car club. Who?

[21]Name the only astronaut to fly in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes.

[22] The novel “Bhaskara Menon” written by Appan Thampuran has also a unique distinction in Malayalam literature. What?

[23] He was born as Leslie Andrews in 1916 and his voice was an exquisite blend of torment and anguish, tenderness and joy. He made his debut in playback singing in 1951. He died in 1977 under another name. Who?

[24] Where did Federal Bank start their first branch?

[25] He is one of the most prolific translators in Malayalm literature and authors like Yashpal, Kishan and Amrita Pritam became known to Keralaites through his efforts. He was a member of the Hindustan Republican Army and had acted as a courier to many revolutionaries and was close to Netaji. Name the person.

Answers:

1. Sree Narayana Guru
2. Asthma fish treatment
3. Shawwal
4. Gutenburg
5. Paashupatha
6. Bossie, after B J T Bosanquet
7. Birbal
8. "rule of thumb"
9. Technetium
10. Anil Agarwal
11. British Council
12. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
13. Shylock in Merchant of Venice.
14. Zeeman effect
15. Jan 1 and August 1
16. Anna Christina
17. Tanjavur
18. Star spangled banner
19. Higgin Bothams
20. Jolyon wagg
21. Walter Schirra
22. First detective story in Malayalam
23. Kozhikode Abdul Khadar
24. Aluva
25. M N Sathyarthi

Greycells Open Quiz Prelims

2008-02-12T05:01:00.002-08:00

1. To start with….Kerala has 21280, Maharashtra 50400,Tamilnadu 41184,West Bengal 44394……what are we talking about ?

2.The meaning expressed by this observation is that if two coins have the same face value but are made from metals of unequal value ,the cheaper will tend to drive the other out of circulation . The more valuable coin will be hoarded or used for foreign exchange instead of domestic transaction. Either name it or state the theory.**

3. He was born in Ambala, India in 1912. He worked as a correspondent for TheTimes of London, covering the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and filed a lot of pro-Fascist reports. Between 1944 and 1946, he served as head of anti-Communist counter espionage at MI6. By 1949, he was first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington. He resigned from the service in 1952. In1956, he returned to journalism, and became a foreign correspondent of The Observer and The Economist. In 1968, he published My Silent War, an accounto f his activities while in the employ of MI6. Who is he?

4. In 1952, he became the first boxer to win three consecutive golds at the Olympics. His career was cut shot when the communist Government denied him an exit visa to play the World Championship. Which legendary boxer?*

5.World organization of the scout movement has X as its logo. Robert Baden Powell, founder of the scouting movement explained that they adopted this symbol from its use in the compass rose , a tradition started by Flavio Gioja , because “it points in the right direction and upwards turning neither to right nor left , since these lead backward again”. To make it simpler, it has got a mention in the Hunchback of Notredam and in The three musketeers.*

6. How do better know T-800 and T-1000 manufactured by Cyberdyne Systems?

7.Who follows next.Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse(Ger),Count Maurice Polidore Maeterlinck(Belg), Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann(Ger),-------X--------

8.This term was originally used to describe the technique of engraving in relief on gemstones. It was first used in cinema by Mike Todd to describe about 44 roles in his 1956 film Around The World in Eighty Days. What term?

9. What is the bar at a golf club called?

10. What was name of the policies of peaceful co-existence first put forth by Premier Zhou Enlai of China at the start of negotiations that took between the Delegation of the Chinese Government and the Delegation of the Indian Government on the relations between the two countries with respect to Tibet ?

11.Which two US states were separated by the Mason-Dixon line?

12.’Who wrote 1984 ?’ is a fact well known to all.Then who wrote 1985 ?

13.Who was the first to be ranked No.1 in men’s ATP ranking ?

14.The winners for the prize Y, for the most humanlike conversation by a machine are judjed by the Turing test, devised by the British mathematician Alan Turing in 1950. The test assesses a computer’s ability to ”think” or to be Artificially intelligent.The competition will end when the gold medal ($100,000) is awarded to the creator of the machine that judges fail to distinguish from a real person. Don’t count on this happening any day soon: the last level of the Turing tast demands that the machine decipher and understand text; as well as visual and auditory input. Name the prize.**

15.A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice-versa as in ‘England defeated India by six wkts’ where Eng and Ind represents their respective cricket team and not the nation as a whole is known as-------.*

16.Among the lesser famous novels of this writer are "Valperga (1823)", a historical romance that according to critics, is her best literary work and "The Last Man", a piece of science fiction which was popular book for many years. Her middle name was Wollstonecraft. She was the second wife of a very famous Englishman who was still married to his first wife when he eloped with her. Who is the lady in question?

17.What is the title given to a student of the University of Cambridge who has completed the third year of the Mathematical Tripos with first-class honors. Incidentally this title shares its name with a denim brand.*

18. Which movie was released in Spain as Brilliantina and in Venezuela asVaselina and received a one word review from`Variety' which said "slick!"?

19. Rum Rebellion is the name usually given to events that took place in Sydney on Jan. 26, 1808, when the New South Wales Corps illegally arrested and deposed the Governor. Shortage of coins prevented farmers from selling their crops for money. Instead, they had to barter their grain for other commodities, including rum. Many of the military officers were rum traders, making enormous profits from dealing in liquor. To help the farmers, the Governor issued an order prohibiting this sort of trading in spirits which led to the rebellion. Who was the governor ?*

20. Identify the first name in the following particular list of people:-----X-----,Walter Chrysler, Owen Young, Mahatma Gandhi.

21.In England, cotton spinning was done by women and weaving by men. The women failed to catch up with the weaving process. So they had to work more to meet the demand and hence their way of life contributed -----Z-----to the English vocabulary.

22. The "-----X------ phenomenon" refers to the necessity that planetary conditions such as size or temperature be "just right" in order to sustain life. The term derives from the story of X, who preferred porridge which was "not too hot, and not too cold".

23. In 1946, he starred in "Holiday in Mexico" playing a "Cigarsmoking gun-totting" gentleman. Who ?

24. Which movie was based on a short story "Hand me downs" by WajidaTabassum ?

25. In carnatic music, it is referred to as the Nadabrahma.The productionof this sound by the human voice or any musical instrument is perceived to contain totality of all vibrations which can be caught by human ear.What ?

26. The Robin Hood of modern crime: he robs from the evil and heartless rich, andgives to the wronged and deserving poor -- in the process, keeping a percentage for his own expenses. Uses several disguises and aliases, the most famous one being Sebastian Tombs. Usually drives a Volvo P1800. Long time companion named Patricia Holm. Long time patsy, frequent foe and occasional friend named Claude Eustace Teal. Recognizable instantly through a trademark sign left at the scene of his crimes.

27. The term originated with a 1936 radio address by Emilio Mola, a nationalist general during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. As four of his army columns moved on Madrid, the general referred to his militant supporters within the capital as his "-----y----," intent on undermining the Republican government from within. The term is also used in reference to a population who are assumed to have loyalties to countries other than the one in which they reside, or who support some other nation in war efforts against the country they live in, which makes them traitors.

28. X was a royal courtesan (or nagarvadhu) of the republic state of Vaishali (around 500BC), ancient India. She finds mention in the old Pali texts and Buddhist traditions. Etymologically, her name is derived from two Sanskrit words, meaning mango and leaves – thus, the literally meaning of her name is “(a child) of the mango grove”. She was so named, as she was of unknown parentage, and was found at the foot of a mango tree, at one of the royal gardens of the republic state of Vaishali .*

29. This act earned him wide admiration when he pulled it off in a friendly game against England in September, 1995.The chap in the receiver’s end was Jamie Redknapp.Who is he ? or What was the act?

30. In 1985,he teamed up with former chiefministerr C.Achutha Menon,noted economist K N Raj & T R Chandradutt to set up the Centre Of Science & Technology For Rural Development-COSTFORD.Who am I talking about?**

31.The International court of Justice cleared this state/country of charges of genocide,early this year. Name the state/country

32.This director in question has also got the following credits: 1) planned The Long Walk To Freedom based on Mandela’s autobiography but no longer associated with the project due to disagreements with the producer over the script direction. 2) announced the project Buddha with great fanfare in 2004 for which a trekking was made to seek the blessings of Dalai Lama. It is on hold at the moment until ‘the Golden Age’ is completed. 3) Nicholas Cage will play a soldier turned mystic in the film The Sadhu to be produced by the virgin comics. Identify.

33.One of the highlights of the inauguration ceremony on Oct 12,1931 was supposed to be the activation of the lighting system by the Italian radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi from his yatch far away in Naples.Bad weather however affected the strength of the signal & the lights had to be switched on manually by workers at Corcovado.what is being described here?

34. Her father gave his consent soon after her death in an hospital where she was carried to from a road traffic accident in which her mother died on the spot. Her kidneys were given to Jonathan van Wyk. Due to the Apartheid era,the kidney donation was controversial because he was coloured, while she was white.Either name her or for what first is she known for?

35.The women’s wing of which organization is known as ‘SUTHANTHIRAP PARAVAIKAL’?

36-40 A-V Questions

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others ,whenever they go
-Oscar Wilde

Suggestions & queries to sarin.quizme@gmail.com Mob:9895921915,9249872643

Answers:

1. Respective value of votes in presidential election
2. Gresham's law
3. Kim Philby
4. Lazlo Papp, the Hungarian boxer.
5. Fleur-de-lis
6. Terminators
7. Tagore(nobel prize winners from 1910-1913)
8. Cameo
9. 19 th hole
10. Panchsheel
11. Maryland & Pennsylvania
12. Anthony Burgess
13. Ille Nastase
14. Loebner prize
15. Synedoche
16. Mary shelly
17. Wrangler
18. Grease
19. Captain Bligh of the "Mutiny on the Bounty" fame
20. Charles Lindberg (time man of the year)
21. Spinster
22. Goldilocks phenomenon
23. Fidel Castro.
24. Kamasutra
25. "Om"
26. The Saint aka Simon Templar
27. Fifth column
28. Amrapali
29. Rene Higuita's scorpion kick
30. Laurie Baker
31. Bosnia
32. Shekar Kapoor.
33. The Statue of Christ the Redeemer at Crocovado, Rio-de-Janeiro.
34. donor of the 1st transplanted heart, Denise Ann Darwal
35. LTTE

Inspire Quiz @ CUSAT

2008-02-12T05:01:00.001-08:00

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.

Quiz @ GEC thrissur

2008-02-12T04:54:00.000-08:00

Prelims of the General Quiz as part of Dwyuthi 2007 at GEC Thrissur conducted by Dr. Vijaynath V of Greycells on 30th November 2007. An astounding 59 college teams took part, a number unheard of in recent quizzes.

Answers will be put up soon. Please feel free to have a go at the questions and mail them to drvijaynathv@gmail.com

Prelims topped by Dr. Sarin P of Govt. Medical College Calicut (12.5/30)

Results:

Winners: Arun A S and Sreejith (GEC Thrissur) with 130 points
Runner-Up: Hrishikesh Varma (Jyothi Engineering College Cheruthuruthy) with 105 points
Third: Viswam Viswam K C (St. Joseph's College, Devagiri) with 60 points

Finalists: Dr. Sarin P, Snehaj's team (University College, Calicut) and Jubilee Mission Medical College, Thrissur.

1. When Guru Nanak was 12 years old his father gave him twenty rupees and asked him to start a business. Guru Nanak bought food with all the money and gave it to the saints and poor. He then told his father that he had done “true business”. What is believed to have been inspired from this incident?

2. Ronald and Reggie were brothers who organized crime in London during the 1950s and were later sentenced to life imprisonment. They were mentioned in the recently released Malayalam movie “NADIYA KOLLAPPETTA RATHRI”. By what name do we popularly know them?

3.What is the collective noun given to a group of cockroaches?

4. SCHIPHOL – AMSTERDAM, NARITA- TOKYO, ----------- - SINGAPORE?

5. Which English classic is a collection of tales told by 29 pilgrims from Tabbard Inn
to the shrine of St. Thomas Beckett?

6. The only tie for the best actress Oscar was in 1968.Between which two actress was
it shared?

7.This chain of casual dining restaurants was started in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and
Peter Morton. The first restaurant in this chain was opened near Hyde Park,
London. The motto of this restaurant chain is “Love All, Serve All” which is
adopted from the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba.Name the restaurant chain.

8. Which African country’s name translates into English as “The River of Shrimps”?

9.Which drug marketed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is considered as the
largest selling drug in the world?

10.Which widely used terminology was coined by Mahatma Gandhi in Nadiad commenting on the implementation of Satyagraha in 1919?

11.Who was the famous victim of Rolando Galman?

12.What is Iophobia fear of?

13.What is “YGGDRASIL” in Norse mythology?

14.What is STASIOLOGY the study of?

15.Which Indian has recently taken charge as the President and Chief Operating Officer of ADOBE SYSTEMS INC.?

16.Which U.K based sportswear firm did NIKE recently acquire for 285 million pounds?

17.Which Japanese term is used to refer the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings?

18.Why is a photographer named Freddy Alborta remembered in history?

19.Which Kerala based Ayurvedic drug manufacturing company shares its name with the synonym of Indian gooseberry?

20.Which North American wind translates into English as “Snow eater”?

21.Which international cricketer nicknamed “VIRGIL” has written a book titled “CALLING THE SHOTS”?

22.Which famous proclamation did king George V make on July 17, 1917?

23.Which invention of Alexander Baine will you find in every full-fledged office?

24.This famous actor who played a lead role in more than 100 movies adopted a surname that meant “ROAD” in Spanish. He had a nickname that was the reverse spelling of “PARE” which meant buddy in the local slang. By what name do we know this person?

25.This Indian statesman born into the Parsee community was an architect by education. He married a Swiss national and has an architecture school and a FIDE chess tournament named in his honour.(Enough clues!!).Spot the person.

26.It is widely believed that Lord Vishnu killed a demon at this site using the pressure of his feet. So as a belief the feet of Lord Vishnu is worshipped in this temple. Where in India will you find this temple?

27.Which German filmmaker was commissioned by the Nazis to cover the 1936 Berlin Olympics?

28.Which collection of short stories written by M.T.Vasudevan Nair shares its name with an African city?

29.Which national park houses the largest collection of swamp deer in India?

30.”The best is yet to come” On whose epitaph will you find these lines?

Answers:

1. Dera Sacha Sauda

2. Kray twins

3. An "Intrusion" of cockroaches

4. Changi

5. Canterbury tales

6. Barbara Streisand and Catherine Hepburn

7. Hard Rock

8. Cameroon from the Portugese "Rio dos Camaroes"

9. Lipitor

11. Benigno Aquino Jr (Philippines)

12. Doctors

13. A tree

14. study of political parties

15. Shantanu Narayen

16.

17. Hibakushas

18. Che Guevara's photographer

19. Amla (?)

20. Chinook

21. Michael vaughan

22. Male descendants of the Royal family will bear the surname Windsor

23. Electric clock

24. Joseph Estrada

25. Piloo Mody

26

27. Lene Reifenstahl

28. Dar-es-salaam

29. Ranthambore

30. Frank Sinatra

some qs from itc sitel open quiz

2008-02-12T04:50:00.000-08:00

some qns
1. deepak mohonis(ex iit n iim) relevance to the indian economic scene
2.brand started in 1937,comes in various flavors,name shld be written in all caps.the name of the brand has another usage now,the founder was against this usage but doesnt mind as long as this is not spelt in the original all caps style
3.woman,born in 1939 based in london n blore,got into guiness book in 85 n 95.author of some murder mystery for children n "unleash the genius in ur kid"
4.1937,article published,abt Nehru and his policies/decisions etc.....mentions autocracy,Caeser like behaviour,doesnt care for the weak etc....published under pseudonym chanakya.who wrote it?
5.some place in ecuador,famous for manufacturing a unique product....was key for some economic revolution in ecuador,but now cheap chinese replicas r bein made n that town is strugglin.what is the product?
6.acc to scholars,first multinational economic organization,started the use of "cheques"....some other stuff,the myth of friday the 13th is most associated with them
7.last month in shaz n waz show on espn,richie benaud n ian chappel were discussin abt a certain Percy,who was a singer at some bar i think.they agreed that she had indeed contributed to the cricket world in some way.whats her contribution to the cricket world?

IMS QUIZ PRELIMS - tidbits

2008-02-05T04:32:00.000-08:00

The prelims consist of 25 qs......i don't hav the entire set as i was late for the quiz. reached there after attending the MEC School quiz (the prelims are in the previous post).......the prelims had already begun.

Tidbits

1. 1st hollywood film to be dubbed into hindi??
2. youngest musician to win padmasree?
3. frmae of statue of liberty....architect???
4. most potrayed movie character, ever??
5. prime minister....from primus inter paras....what does that mean???
6. greek myth.killed father n married mother. who??
7. what on top of raisina hill?
8. who inaugurated the gramophone factory in kolkata in 1923 (or some year close to it)?
9. etymology. means tucking in clothes in norse and blah blah??
10. black pimpernal....who??
11. batsman given out handling de ball n obstructing the field.
12. tejomahalaya..hindu version of what??
13. god ofunder world?
14. visual - painted stork
15. visual- flag of cambodia
16. visual - charles de gualle
17. audio - billy joel's uptown girl
18. audio- rolling stones
19. audio - waqt
20. perpendicular expression 4 horizontal desire...what acording to shaw??

forgot the rest........sorry for that.

MEC School quiz prelims

2008-02-04T05:21:00.000-08:00

A quiz conducted by aniruddh aka ginerjoos. i won the quiz partnering jobin tom of jyothi nivas, alwaye.

1. The term ____________ _____________ was coined by Ralph Vaerst, a Northern California entrepreneur. His journalist friend, Don Hoefler, first published the term in 1971. He used it as the title of a series of articles "_______________ _____________ USA" in a weekly trade newspaper Electronic News which started with the January 11, 1971 issue. It was called the Valley of Heart's Delight.
Silicon valley

2. Which newspaper’s motto is “All the news that’s fit to print”?
NewYork Times

3. In which religion are the priests called Dasthoor?
Parsi

4. Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” tells the story of which war?
Crimean War

5. Which was the company that was responsible for the controversial bullet with animal fat cartridge that was the main reason for the outbreak of the 1857 revolution for Independence.
Enfield

6. “The bronze doors”, “The Arch of Bells” and the “via de porta angelica” are the 3 entries to a country. Which country?
The Vatican

7. Which painter won the Golden Bear award in Berlin film festival in 1967 for the documentary “Through the eyes of a painter”?
M F Hussain

8. Which President of India was a chief minister of a sate and also one time Lok Sabha speaker?
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

9. “Little Red Book” is a collection of speeches of which famous leader?
Mao Tze Tsung

10. Which war related term was coined due to massive aerial bombing during Spanish Civil War?
Weapons of mass destruction

11. Whose epitaph reads “He lies somewhere around here”?
Heisenberg

12.Who was the first commoner to appear on british stamp?
William Shakespeare

13.Whose autobiography is “banker of poor”?
Mohd Younus

14.Which Indian company’s slogan is”beyond the obvious” ?
T C S

15. What is common to numbers…6…..28…..496…?
Perfect numbers

16.Who is the current premier hockey league champion?
Bangalore hi-fliers

17. In medical field, P K Sethi and Ram Chandra Sharma invented what?
Jaipur Foot

18. What is common to Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium.
They are all named after Ytterby, Sweden.

19. This place is Asia’s largest wholesale market. Built by a king for his favorite daughter in 1650 AD so that she could shop all she wanted to, this market place derives its name from the canals filled with water that sparkled like silver in the moonlight. What place in contemporary Asia is this?

CHANDNI CHOWK - built by Shah Jahan for Jahan Ara.

20. “Steward and Bailiff of Her Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham in the county of Buckingham” ,“Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, Scarborough, North Yorkshire “. Connect
Members of Parliament in the House of Commons in UK are not allowed to resign. Appointment to an “office of profit under the Crown” disqualifies an MP. Hence when an MP wants to resign, he applies to the King/Queen for one of these posts.

21. Who is the only lady in the league in the film adaptation of “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”?
Mina Harker

22. How do we better know Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington?
Nearly Headless Nick

23. His real name is Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha. How do Manchester United fans knows this Portuguese football star?
ANS: Nani

24. The brainchild of Subhash Chandra of Essel Group. Classic story of David taking on Goliath. Inspiration from this is about to result in such a venture by the PayAutomata Group in the United States. What?
ANS: ICL

25. Which Indian actor's autobiography was titled "Romancing with Life"?
ANS: Dev Anand

Answers to A quiz after a long time

2008-02-04T05:17:00.000-08:00

1. "One World, One Dream" is the slogan of which upcoming event?

2008 beijing olympics

2. A rectangular country whose capital is Emerald City. You can go there boarding a tornado and can get out by clicking your red shoes one against the other. Identify this imaginary nation.

Oz.

3.He was born in Baton Rouge to recently arrived Punjabi Indian immigrants Amar and Raj , who were attending graduate school. His family is of Punjabi ancestry; his father left India and his ancestral family village of Khanpura in the 1970s. According to family lore, he adopted the name X after watching The Brady Bunch television program at age four. He has been known by that name ever since—as a civil servant, politician, student, and writer—though legally his name remains Piyush ……… .
Who is he? Identify X.

Bobby Jindal

4. In the early part of the seventeenth century, in a middle class home in France, a young twelve year old boy, was busy working with mathematical diagrams, trying desperately to prove that the sum of the angles of a triangle was two right angles. As the young boy had not yet been introduced to geometry, he had created his own names for straight lines and circles, calling them "bars" and "rounds". Who was this young boy, destined to change the world of physics with his experiments on fluids?

Pascal

5. X was nicknamed "The Austrian Oak" and "The Styrian Oak" during his body-building career. The name Y comes from the 1992 book Et Tu, Babe by Mark Leyner. In one scene, on pages 50–51, a character asks the shop assistant at a video store to have X digitally substituted for existing actors into various works, including (amongst others) Rain Man (to replace both Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman), My Fair Lady (to replace Rex Harrison), Amadeus (to replace F. Murray Abraham), The Diary of Anne Frank (as Anne Frank), Gandhi (to replace Ben Kingsley), and It's a Wonderful Life (to replace James Stewart). Y is the name that Leyner gives to this process. Only 10 years later, Y was close to being reality

X- Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Y – Schwarzeneggerization

6. What connects Sharon Stone, Martin Cooper, Buckminster Fuller and Scott Adams?

All members of Mensa.

7. Which company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles ……….., Edward ……………., and Charles Bergstresser?

A: Dow Jones

8. Who served as the acting Secretary-General of the UNO until Trygve Lie was elected in 1946?

A: Gladwyn Jebb

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?

A: 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. This current Head of State suffered a retinal detachment after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby union match at his old school. He was left blind in his left eye, despite treatment including several operations and lying in a darkened room for weeks at a time. He has since been fitted with an artificial eye.
Who ?

Gordon Brown

SCORES
1. snehaj – 5 (thanxxx a lot chetta 4 da comments)
2. suraj menon – 3 (good attempts. Btw, u guessed it as terminator, so no points for that)
3. prahlad srihari – 7 (grt answers dude, but why don’t u give ur opinions abt the questions………..atleast say that it sucked!!!)
4. nishanth jayarajan – 7 (nice to hear that I brought someone out of hibernation)
5. Aditya Modi- 3 (nice remarks).
6. Anand Shankar – 6 (yup, Arnold is called Aryanaad Shivashankaran in kerala. J)
7. Rajiv D'Silva – 7 (thanxxx buddy for the remarks)
8. Deepak Gopinath – 5 (nice attempts. Sorry for the q5. many ppl also had the same problem. It was coz I was too lazy to rephrase it from Wikipedia)
9. Nikhil Narayanan – 2 (are u from Kerala???)
10. anubhav chatterjee – 3 (why don’t u guess more?? I’ll give .25 for grt guesses)
11. Murali Duggineni – 5 (happy to see that grt quizzers like u liked my quiz)
12. K Manjith – 6 (u r one of my heroes, though u don’t wear red underwears. J anyways, thanxxxx a lot for ur kind message. Btw, I didn’t recycle questions from quiznet. Its all from wiki. The problem is that all question setters set questions from wikipedia and hence the same trivia appear many times)
13. Arun A – 4
14. Santanu Dey-6
15. Guru Rajan – 6 (am really sorry for the mistake. Thanx for bringing it to notice. Sharon Stone is not a member of Mensa)
16. srinwantu dey – A PERFECT SCORE!!!!!!!!
17. Mr vikram venkateswaran - 5
18. ajay joy – 5 (nice to hear from you after a long time…….so hows life @ bengalooru?)
19. Anand Babu – 3 (good guesses)
20. hari s nair – (no answers but very nice tips n advices….thanx a loooot)

A quiz after a long time..............................................................................................................................

2008-01-26T01:14:00.000-08:00

1. "One World, One Dream" is the slogan of which upcoming event?

2. A rectangular country whose capital is Emerald City. You can go there boarding a tornado and can get out by clicking your red shoes one against the other. Identify this imaginary nation.

3.He was born in Baton Rouge to recently arrived Punjabi Indian immigrants Amar and Raj , who were attending graduate school. His family is of Punjabi ancestry; his father left India and his ancestral family village of Khanpura in the 1970s. According to family lore, he adopted the name X after watching The Brady Bunch television program at age four. He has been known by that name ever since—as a civil servant, politician, student, and writer—though legally his name remains Piyush ……… .
Who is he? Identify X.

4. In the early part of the seventeenth century, in a middle class home in France, a young twelve year old boy, was busy working with mathematical diagrams, trying desperately to prove that the sum of the angles of a triangle was two right angles. As the young boy had not yet been introduced to geometry, he had created his own names for straight lines and circles, calling them "bars" and "rounds". Who was this young boy, destined to change the world of physics with his experiments on fluids?

5. X was nicknamed "The Austrian Oak" and "The Styrian Oak" during his body-building career. The name Y comes from the 1992 book Et Tu, Babe by Mark Leyner. In one scene, on pages 50–51, a character asks the shop assistant at a video store to have X digitally substituted for existing actors into various works, including (amongst others) Rain Man (to replace both Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman), My Fair Lady (to replace Rex Harrison), Amadeus (to replace F. Murray Abraham), The Diary of Anne Frank (as Anne Frank), Gandhi (to replace Ben Kingsley), and It's a Wonderful Life (to replace James Stewart). Y is the name that Leyner gives to this process. Only 10 years later, Y was close to being reality

6. What connects Sharon Stone, Martin Cooper, Buckminster Fuller and Scott Adams?

7. Which company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles ……….., Edward ……………., and Charles Bergstresser?

8. Who served as the acting Secretary-General of the UNO until Trygve Lie was elected in 1946?

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. This current Head of State suffered a retinal detachment after being kicked in the head during an end-of-term rugby union match at his old school. He was left blind in his left eye, despite treatment including several operations and lying in a darkened room for weeks at a time. He has since been fitted with an artificial eye.
Who ?

answers to quiz by me

2008-01-16T04:53:00.000-08:00

Answers:
1. Douglas Jardine, Colin Cowdrey and Nasser Hussein. English captains born in India.
2. South Park.
3."Peanuts" characters - Linus, Lucy, Schroeder, Franklin. (Linus Torvalds, Lucy B, Gerhard Schroeder, Benjamin Franklin)
4. The picture is of Camillo Golgi. He won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1906. The Golgi Apparatus in living cells are named after him.
5. Malappropism
6. Stub
7. Bolton Wanderers. They are nicknamed TROTTERS.
8. The gate of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp.
9. Auguste Piccard was the inspiration for Prof. Cuthbert Calculus in Tintin comics, St. Cuthbert and kidney stones are also known as calculus.
10. Martin Luther King jr…….."i have a dream" speech.

random quizzes

2008-01-08T10:56:00.000-08:00

1. What was so special about Boby Pearce winning the Single sculls gold at the 1928 olympics??
2. What replaced the Harkness rating system in 1960??
3. Who is the youngest player ever to have defeated Garry Kasparov in a regulr game of chess??
4. Connect Giovanna Amati , Maria Teressa de Filippis, Divina Galica ,Desire Wilson and Lella Lombardi.
5. He was ranked 94 by forbes in its list of 500 richest people in the world . He made his fortune by selling financial information terminals to wall street firms.His company also began a radio network in the new york city called 1130-WBBR-AM.Who am i tlaking about??
6. Whose oficial residence is Gracie Mansion??

1. he came across a group of ducks while rowing n still managed to win d gold
2. The Elo system in chess
3. teimour radjabov
4. female f1 DRIVERS
5. michael bloomberg
6.mayor or new york

random quizzes

2008-01-08T10:51:00.000-08:00

1. Ok... identify the company bieng advertised here...

888 CHINA- lucky number

13 MALTA - unlucky number

4 JAPAN - unlucky number

" Never underestimate the importance of _________ _________ "

2.A sitter.....
How do we better know the " Train a grande vitess "..???
Claim to fame also please......

3. This football club always stuck by it's policy of no sponserer logo on their jerseey There was a great furore when the nike "swoosh" sign was added as they were the kit manufacturers. After a lot of hue and cry it was accepted , though apart from that there is no commercial/sponsorship sign on this teams jersey, which is unique in the world of football . Name this famous club.

4.Another sitter.....

___________ was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York. Baptized "Alphonsus __________," he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a member of the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors.
He grew up to be.......?

1. Never underestimate the importance of local knowledge.
HSBC
2. It's France's TGV. The fastest train service in the world, that's what the name means (train with grand speed)
3. Barcelona
4.Al Capone

1)The only rule of this game is that new rules every time the game is played...which??

2)When he gets angry,a volcano erupts on jupiter...who??

3)who was a NaSA astronaut,amateur Boxer,town mayor etc....(CLUE: He has a brilliant IQ.But appears dumb coz he's got a crayon stuck in his brain!!)

1) calvinball
2)Sabu from the chacha chaudhry comics
3)Homer simpson

random quizzes

2008-01-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

1.This European automaker’s Headquarter building is one
of the few buildings in the world that is built top to
bottom. Name the company

2.A sitter. Born Canadian, this rock singer’s also a
talented photographer, so much so that his photo of
Queen Victoria was on the postage stamp of Canada.
Name this singer. (Any other hint will be a give-away)

3.In “matrix reloaded” (part 2), when Neo, Morpheus and
Trinity visit the Merovingian, Neo sees ‘X’. ‘X’ later
makes a relatively longer appearance in Revolutions
(part 3). Name the character or actor.

4.Another one inspired from matrix. Give me the
country/city of birth of Keanu reeves.

5.This is a part of an ad, which used to come long time
back in India. “Life is tough. So I carry my office
with me. Makes sense to buy _____. After all they’ve
invented it”. The blank is the company name. A hint,
this ad was made when the company in picture wanted to
promote their product in India. Give me the company
and/or product

answers

1. BMW
2.is BRYAN ADAMS!!!
3.monica belluci
4. beirut, lebanon
5. Motorola

QUIZ BY ARUN GEORGE

2008-01-04T22:01:00.000-08:00

1. A cricketing connect to begin with.

2. Where can you see the families the Marshes, the Broflovskis, the Tweeks, the Cartmans, the McCormicks, and the Stotches?

3.Connect:

4. What apparatus would you associate this Nobel Laureate with?

5. What commonly used word, meaning ‘a humorous misuse of a word’ is named after Mrs. M………p, a character in ‘The Rivals’, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan ?

6. Another etymology (dedicating this to all wiki addicts like me): Which word, used in wikipedia for ‘a short article in need of expansion’ originally means ‘a mature tree cut above a height of 3-5 metres and retained as a standing stem or pollard following timber harvest, usually for wildlife or archaeological purposes’ ?

7. This english football club was nicknamed .…………. because in the 19th century, one of their pitches was adjacent to a piggery and clearances often end up in there. Players had to 'trot' through the pig-pens to retrieve the balls. Which club?

8. This is the main entrance in to what?? The lines at the gate means " Work will set you
free”.

9. Connect the following visuals.

10. This google doodle, that appeared on January 15, 2007 was in memory of a great American known for his dream. Who?

some sports trivia

2008-01-04T21:53:00.000-08:00

1. Name 2 players who have represented their country in both rugby and cricket ?

rudi van vuuren of namibia and jeff wilson of new zealand

2. Name the only cricket stadium in india which is named after a hockey player?name the place also?

Dhyanchand stadium,Jhansi

3. What unenviable feat connects Malcolm Nash and Tilak Raj?

They were the bowlers who were hit for 6 sixes in an over by gary sobers and ravi shastri

4. who is the first asian batsman to score 100 first class centuries ???

k.s ranjitsinghji

5. Against which country india registered its first win in a WC match?

East Africa

6. Name the famous cricket stadium in world which is named after a famous millitiary dictator,the dictator is still present in the country and ruling.

Gaddafi Stadium,Lahore named after the libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi

some trivia questions

2008-01-04T21:45:00.000-08:00

1.ROGER DANET Trophy associated with which sport????????
2.In which famous movie did LEORNADO-DI-CAPRIO act as a child artist?? ??????????
3.The governor whose daughter was governor too???????????
4.Actress FATIMA RASHID is known to us as............
5.Ful form of SEARO??????and headquarter of SEARO???????
6.STEPHEN HAWKINGS is suffering from which debilitating paralytic disorder?
7.Who wrote the famous "Urdu novel UMRAO JAN ADA"????

1.hockey
2. "This Boy's Life"? (Leonardo di Caprio playing Robert De Niro's stepson)
3.its sarojini naidu and her daughter padmaju naidu mukharji
4.nargis
5.south east asia regional office ( WHO ) ,New Delhi.
6.amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS (a type of motor neurone disease);
7. Mirza Muhammad Hadi Ruswa

TRIVIA CHALLENGE --- QUIZ MASTER ARIJIT

2008-01-04T21:28:00.000-08:00

Look at Sport Trivia Questions and Answers,

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT SPORT?....?

1. How many players make up a team in Ice Hockey?
2. Who won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title in 1994?
3. For what is the Foss Williams Medal awarded in Australian Rules Football?
4. How many times have Oxford and Cambridge deadheated in the famous University boatrace?
5. What sporting facilities are the most common in Australiat?
6. What was the heaviest-weighted horse to win the Melbourne Cup?
7. What nationality is Juan Manuel Fangio, Of Formula One fame?
8. And how many world titles did he win??
9. What participation sport had the highest number of devotees in Australia in 1997?
10. How many forwards are there in a Rugby Union team?
11. What player holds the record for the lowest score in the US Masters Golf Championship?
12. Which international Test team scored 952 runs in 1967-68 to gain the world record for the highest team total in Test cricket ?
13. With what sport do you associate Shaquin O"Neal?
14. In what year did the AFL/VFL introudce the salary cap?
15. At which Olympics did Nadia Comaneci win the hearts of spectators with her perfect performance in gymnastics?
16. In what sport do the competitors use the outhandle to grasp the apparatus?
17. How many colored balls are used by each team or competitor in a game of croquet?
18. What three movements are requirred for an athlete to successfully complete a triple jump??
19. How many points do you score if you hit the black ring in archery?
20. What four-letter title is given to the captain and last player in a game of lawn bowls?
21. In which sport would herringboning be used?
22. How many shooting stations are generally used in clay-pigeon shooting ?
23. How many sails does a Bermudian Cutter raise?
24. Where were the 1932 Winter Olympics held?
25. Who was the first female tennis player to win the Grand Slam?

1. Six
2. Cinchita Martinez
3. The best player for South Australia in State Of Origin matches
4. Once
5. Bowling Greens
6. Carbine (66.5Kg)
7. Argentina
8. Five
9. Aerobics
10. Eight
11. Tiger Woods
12. Sri Lanka, declared 6-52
13. Basketball
14. 1985
15. Montreal Olympics
16. Curling)
17. Four
18. Hop, Step and Jump
19. Three
20. Skip
21. Snow skiing
22. Eight
23. Three
24. Lake Placid, United States
25. Maureen Connolly

Random quizzes

2007-12-31T12:01:00.000-08:00

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.

eco quiz for 8,9,10 @ kochi

2007-12-30T20:34:00.001-08:00

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.........

2007-12-30T11:39:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-30T11:36:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-30T11:24:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-30T10:04:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-30T09:57:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-30T09:56:00.001-08:00

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)

2007-12-30T09:53:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-30T09:49:00.001-08:00

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

2007-12-30T09:44:00.000-08:00

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

Intel Teens Quiz

2007-12-29T08:12:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-29T08:10:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-29T08:06:00.000-08:00

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.