Friday 30 September 2011

Quiz 34: 30th September 2011

1.       Identify the place depicted here: (Hint: Think of places where people wait to get into.....Famous waiting place in USA....no more hints)


2. Relate: (Hint: Think Jordan "Rude ass".....sorry for the use of vulgar words....)


3.      Name the product that made debut at Andy Capp’s bar in Sunnyvale, Carolina in1972. It had just one instruction –‘ Avoid missing ball for high score’.

4.      What gimmick did the Atlantic city chamber of commerce come up with in 1921 in order to extend the resort town’s summer season beyond Labour day?

5.      For which team did Michael Schumaker win in the drivers trophy in 1994 and 1995 and the constuctors crown (their only wins to date) in 1995?

6.      What was the word that Nobel peace prize winner Elie Weasel coined to describe Hitler’s massacre of the Jews?

7.      In which famous London theatre built by the brothers Richard and Cuthbert Burbage were the  plays of William Shakespeare performed after 1599 with half the shares going to Shakespeare and the company of actors who performed in the plays?

Thursday 29 September 2011

Quiz 33: 29th September 2011

Q1. Designed by Fredrick William Stevens, it took 10 years to complete this monument. This monument was inaugurated on the golden jubilee of the person after whom it was named. It cost £260,000 when it was finished in 1888, the highest for any building of that era in Bombay. Name this monument?



Q2.

Idenify


Q3. Her father, Shubeer, is a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander. She has a brother; Rajeev. She has acted in the Tamil blockbuster, Ratchagan. On 13th Jan 2010 she adopted a three month baby girl. Name the actress?

Q4. This company was founded with André Gillier, the owner and president of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at that time. This brand was popular because the teenagers used to call the t-shirts as ‘simply Izod’. It is headquartered in Paris. Name this apparel brand?

Q5.


Identify

Q6. His first child is Téa who was born in 2005. His first goal was against Newcastle United. He is also a NBA fan and he and his good friend Tony Parker are seen attending NBA matches. He and Nike started the ‘Stand-up Speak Up’ campaign against racism in football. Subsequently, in 2007, Time featured him as one of the "Heroes & Pioneers" on "The Time 100" list. Name this player?

Q7. He originally wanted to call his forthcoming book ‘Viereinhalb Jahre gegen Lüge, Dummheit und Feigheit’. But then he and his friend, Franz Eher Verlag decided to keep the name shorter. It has 2 volumes and it has 12 chapters in the 1st volume and 15 chapters in the 2nd volume. The name of 1 of its chapters is ‘The struggle with the Red front’ Name the author?

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Quiz 32: 28th September 2011

Q1. Creator ?Smurf1.gif


Q2. Identify the tour which was started in 1846?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg/220px-Maid_of_the_Mist_-_pot-o-gold.jpg                               
 Q3. Fredrik Idestam is the founder and Statesman Leo Mechelin is the co-founder.  It first manufactured paper then it became a share company. The name of this company is derived from a river in Finland. Name the company?
Q4. In 2004, he was voted seventh-best-looking man in the world and the best looking man in India by People magazine, US. In August 2011 he admitted that he suffers from trigeminal neuralgia, a facial nerve disorder commonly known as the suicide disease. In an interview he said that he has been quietly suffering it for the past seven years, but now the pain has become unbearable. It has even affected his voice, making it much harsher. Identify.

Q5. Originally named as J.W. Foster and Sons, this company is a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas. Jeff Foster, the grandson of the owner renamed the company from a word in the dictionary which he won after winning a race. Since the dictionary was South African hence the company got its peculiar spelling. Name the company?
  
Q6. He is a part of the National Orange Indian Rugby Team. He also got cricket coaching from the ‘Tiger’ himself. He studied in the Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai. His sister’s name is Anuradha who is married to Tariq Ansari, the owner and director of Mid-Day Multimedia. He is left-handed but has played right-handed characters in some of his films like ‘The Japanese Wife’. Identify.


Q7. It has its headquarters at One Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan. It is the largest municipal police force in the United States. Name this squad?

Tuesday 27 September 2011

Quiz 31: 27th September 2011

Q1. He has two cousins who are Maxi, a winger for Club Olimpia of Paraguay, and Emanuel Biancucchi, who plays as a midfielder for Spain's Girona FC. He also played for Cadete and Juveline teams from 2000 to 2003. Identify this famous player?



Q2. This company served as a mechanic in the Regia Aeronautica,during World War II, then went into business building tractors out of leftover military hardware from the war effort. This company was named after a fighting bull FYI. Name this automobile giant?



Q3. He started his carre with Kannada Doordarshan serials like Bisilu Kudure and Guddada Bhootha. He has won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1998 for Mani Ratnam's Iruvar and a National Film Award for Best Actor in 2009 for his role in Kanchivaram. Name this known personality?



Q4. In 1938, architect Alfred Mosher Butts created this game. It is a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid. It is also a trademark of Hashbro. Name this game?



Q5. The site remained unknown to the Western World until 1812 until 1812, when it was introduced by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. It was described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate Prize-winning poem by John William Burgon. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage". This place was chosen by the BBC as one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die" Name this site?
     
Q6.  Identify

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Q7.  

 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Big_Temple-Temple.jpg/280px-Big_Temple-Temple.jpg

Worlds first type of what?

Monday 26 September 2011

Quiz 30 : 26th September 2011

1. In a 2005 study of 127 world cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first (in a tie with Vancouve, Canada) for quality of life.  This assessment was mirrored by the Mercer Survey in 2009 and 2010. Which city we are talking about?
                   

2.  Identify?
           

            
3.   Identify both the buildings?


                      
4.  Which chain of Hotels are conferred the award of “Greenest Luxury Hotel Chain in the World”?
                     
5.  Armaan Ebrahim is sponsored by JK Tyre, Amaron, Red Rooster Racing and by whom? (clue: another Sportsman)

                        
6. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author's observations of her family and neighbors, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936, when she was 10 years old. British librarians ranked the book ahead of the Bible as one "every adult should read before they die". Which book we are talking about?


                                    
7.  He was also the only musician to bring along two Bharat Ratna recipient singers, Smt Lata Mangeshkar and Pandit Bhimsen Joshi for a Hindi bhajan (devotional song) album Ram Shyam Gun Gan. Whom we are talking about?
                                    





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Sunday 25 September 2011

Quiz 29: 25th September 2011

Q1. In 2010 this country became the solar power world leader overtaking the United States massive power plant called La Florida. The name of its solar power tower is PS10. Alberto Contador is a leading cyclist and is from this country. Name this country?

Q2.  She was born in Mangalore and she has an elder brother aditya. When she was in 9th standard she modeled for Camlin pencils and her first movie was Iruvar. Name the actress?


Q3. The Chinese name of this company "association" or "connected thinking" but can also imply creativity. The name was changed from Legend because it conflicted with other trademarks registered in the West. Name the company?

Q4. Which 1975 Indian film directed by Gulzar is loosely based on the story “Weather", from the novel, The Judas Tree, by A.J.Cronin?

Q5. These are cages, cylinders or boxes filled with soil or sand that are used in Civil Engineering, road building and military applications. In Civil Engineering ______ wall is a retaining wall made of rectangular containers (baskets) fabricated of thick galvanized wire, which are filled with stone and stacked on one another, usually in tiers that step back with the slope rather than vertically. Leonardo da Vinci designed a type of ___________ calleda Corbeille Leonard for the foundation of the San Marco castle in Milan. Fill in the Blanks


Q6.  
Connect to a famous personality.


Q7. 
 Populaised terms such as “McJob” and “Generation X”


Saturday 24 September 2011

Quiz 28: 24th September 2011

Q1. Name the online encyclopedia for information on the Star wars universe including information on all six films, as well as  The Clone Wars and the and the Expanded Universe. It is a specialized wiki created to be an extensive encyclopedia of the Star Wars universe with some articles reaching up to 60,000 words and is written almost entirely from an in-universe perspective. The logo, too, is a visual pun showing the incomplete second Death Star as opposed to Wikipedia's incomplete 'jigsaw logo'.?

Q2. What was set up on November 10, 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland, as a result of what was called the "Declaration of Lausanne”?

Q3. "I think players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid weren't exactly match winners to start with, nor did they know the art of finishing the game," Which book we are referring to?

 Q4. Which is India’s largest royalty program card?

 Q5. Which Organisations “foundation principles” are
Ø  the right to survival, to life, health, nutrition, name and nationality,
Ø  the right to development of education, care, leisure, and recreation,
Ø  the right to protection from exploitation, abuse and neglect,
Ø  the right to participation in expression, information, thought and religion


Q6. Nawab of Najafgarh and
Connect to an Indian Cricketer

Q7.   
Connect to a movie

Friday 23 September 2011

Quiz 27: 23rd September 2011

Q1. This is a Picture of Germany’s second largest city. This city has also given rise to a famous food item. Name it.
Q2. Her older sister’s name is Chimene and she began a relationship with actor Matt Dillon, with whom she co-starred in "There’s something about Mary". Name the actress?

Q3. Married to Helena Seger and father of Maximilian and Vincent, he is also a black belt in taekwondo. He started his career with Malmo FF. Name this footballer?

Q4. Invented by Dr. Myron Maclain, it is an alloy of steel and vibrium. It is also associated with a comic hero who gets metal claws due to this element. Name the element?

Q5. “Baker” is an animal who is the only 1 of its kind to go to space. It is also the second animal to go to space. She was born in 1957 and she died in the year 1984. Which kind of animal is this?

Q6. When he was in the sixth grade, he was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). At the age of 10 he also held a national record for his age group. At the age of 15 he became the youngest male to form a U.S. Olympic swim team in 68 years. Name this controversial person?

Q7.     




Connect to a recent event.

Thursday 22 September 2011

Quiz 26: 22nd September 2011

Q1. Sam Torrence is associated with which sport?

Q2. What was the surname of Emporer Napoleon 1?

Q3. Which film about a giant ape was first shown in1933?

Q4. Name the group that Robbie Williams left in 1995?

Q5. Name the actor who starred in the movie mojo creole?

Q6.  

Connect to two big sports brands?

Q7.    Connect to Indian politician?

Wednesday 21 September 2011

Quiz 25: 21st September 2011

Q1. He went to Bob Charlton’s football school and wrote his autobiography "I've probably had more contact with Judaism than with any other religion” He also was named as the FIFA player of the year for 2 years and was the highest payed player for the year 2004. Name the player?
Q2. ‘Veritas’ is the motto of this institution. Name this famous university?
Q3. photo of Johan Cruyff
He successfully helped a club to win four consecutive La Liga titles. Name the man and the club he helped
Q4. Designed by Chicago based architects, Perkins & Will and costing 1-2billion dollars, it is named after the mythical island in Atlantic. Name this constuction?
Q5. Started by John who manufactured tea and coffee at Bull Street in Birmingham he partnered with his brother Benjamin and opened his first factory at Bridge street. Name this famous company?
Q6. What was first drawn by Montana and Written by Vic Bloom on December 22, 1941?
Q7. Identify.

 

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Quiz 24: 20th September 2011

Q1. Isa Khan Effendi, a world famous architect from Egypt is credited with the design of a famous structure. Which one?
Q2. His real name was Maheshdas. He wrote under the pen name ’Bramha’ and a collection of his poems are preserved in Bharatpur Museum. Who?
Q3. He was one-time Harvard University professor who was cashiered for overindulging in his experiments with psychedelic drugs. He admitted to taking LSD more 500 than times and coined the phrase ‘Tune in, turn on, drop out’. Name the person.
Q4. Name the two rival captains that met India’s cricket team when it toured Pakistan in 1978 after a 17 – year gap. They were former Northamptonshire team-mates.
Q5. In the mesmerically popular TV Game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the prize money is issued on the cheques of _____________ bank.
Q6. Connect


  


Q7. Identify

Monday 19 September 2011

Quiz 23: 19th September 2011

1. The fibers of this plant have been found in a prehistoric cave that date to 30,000 BC in the Republic of Georgia. This is known as Aalas in Nepali, Agasi in Kannada and Alashi in Marathi. Which one we are talking about?
  2. Identify
 
  3. What is the product
          1971 – Plastic
          1985 – Alpine Granite Rock
          1987 – Mother of Pearl
          1988 – Wood
  4. His Grandfather founded the “Kowloon Bus Company”. He was the founder of Shanghai Tang fashion chain, which he sold in 2006 to Richemont. He  was also the founder of Pacific Cigar Company. Name the personality. 
  5. Which word means ‘valley of the deer’ in Gaelic, hence the presence of deer symbol on its product?
  6.     
7.  He was diagnosed with Acute. Leukemia in 2004 when he was half way through his film, the title of which shares the same name as that of a 1957 film. He was immediately hospitalised; his doctors announced that he had two months to live. He even directed parts of the film from his hospital bed as shooting could not be canceled. To complete the film, he would give instructions on a dictaphone, talking about camera angles and the script.
Connect
His 2007 movie became a hit and won him the 2007 Filmfare award for Best Screenplay, Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay and IIFA award for Best Screenplay
          Name the Director his 2004 & 2007 movie.



Sunday 18 September 2011

Quiz 22: 18th September 2011

1.    What is being described and by whom?
“I cannot give you a more exact description of its appearance than by comparing to a Pine tree; for it shot up to a great height in the form of a tall trunk, which spread out at the top as though into branches. ... Occasionally it was brighter, occasionally darker and spotted, as it was either more or less filled with earth and cinders.”

2. Identify the fictional Character

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3. The most accepted of all stories is that this was invented in October 1941, at Hussong’s Cantina in Ensenada, Mexico, by bartender Don Carlos Orozco. What is that we are talking about?

4.   What is being depicted?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Orthodox-Apocalypse-Fresco.jpg/220px-Orthodox-Apocalypse-Fresco.jpg


5. Name the Museum which annually attracts 1.3 mn visitors and also became the richest in 1982 when it inherited US$ 1.2 bn?

6. Identify the personality

          Nov 4, 2007:  Arrested for misdemeanor criminal for not leaving Chicago Walgreens
          March 2008: Arrest warrant was issued for failing to make a court appearance in relation
                             to unlawful smoking in Burbank, California
          July 27, 2008: Involved in a car crash at the intersection of La Brea Avenue and
                               Fountain Avenue in Los Angel

Feb 5, 2011: He was involved in an altercation with another patron at the Mad Bull's
                     Tavern bar in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, which resulted in him getting
                     punched in the face. 

7.  He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world, including 2003's World Award, the 2004 Man for Peace Award, and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. Who was born as Steven Demetre Georgiou and was known by the name Yusuf Islam when he converted himself into a Muslim?

             

Saturday 17 September 2011

Quiz 21:17th September 2011

1. In 1905 in San Francisco, 11-year-old Frank Epperson was mixing a white powdered flavoring for Soda and water out on the porch. He left it there, with a stirring stick still in it. That night, temperatures reached a record low, and the next morning, the boy discovered the drink had frozen to the stick, inspiring the idea of a fruit-flavored _________. Fill in the blanks?



2.  Which term originated from United Nations, and is normally used to refer to organisations that do not form part of the government and are not conventional for-profit business.

                             
3. What are Ird, Diyafa, Hamasa and Sharaf?

                             

4. Which word made its first official appearance in 1865 in a report by the prefect of Paleromo, Filippo Antonio Gualterio?

                            
5.  Name it

Ø  Official sponsor of FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC
Ø  Brand promotion ambassador of Kobe Bryant
Ø  New face of this entity is Caroline Wozniacki


6. Identify. His first novel was shortlisted for the 2008 “Guardian First Book Award”

 


7.  Aerial view of which temple?