Quiz 2: Answers

Quiz 2: 29^th Aug 2011

1.       Which famous athlete bowled Chris Gayle and also hit him for a six last ball in a charity cricket match? As a child he was an admirer of Pakistan team and his favourite cricketer was Waqar Younis.

Usain Bolt

2.        What is in his hand?

Apple I pad. In Pompeii — the longest continuously excavated archaeological site in the world — iPad is revolutionizing how scientists work in the field. Rather than recording notes and sketches on paper, researchers at the site use iPad and apps to capture invaluable historical data faster, more easily, and with far better accuracy.

3.       The CEO and the co-owner of the company  described in an interview "--- ---- was initially inspired by a need for a simple, centralized, and searchable platform in which professional investors working at hedge funds, mutual funds, and private equity funds could share rigorous investment ideas and network with one another. Since then the concept has expanded and --- ---- is taking steps to bring a subset of high-level investment research to the investing community at large. Name the company and what was his claim to fame?

 

Sum Zero,  Divya Narendra (compensated to the extent of 65bn USD), Facebook

4.       Titan launched a range called “Eternal Mumbai”.  What is the  reason behind it?

To mark the second anniversary of the Nov 26, 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai . It sports the image of the Heritage Wing Dome at Taj Mahal Palace and the motif of the Imperial Clock Tower at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

5.       Who said, “I don't get paid a cent for my work at ___________. It is like a temple for the mind. It is a unique human project, the first of its kind in history.  Name the person and the Organisation?

Jimmy Wales, Wikipaedia

6.       1: center cut 2: (endosperm) 3: silver skin (testa, epidermis), 4: parchment (hull, endocarp) 5: pectin layer 6: pulp (mesocarp) 7: outer skin (pericarp, exocarp).

Identify the structure?

 

Coffee Beans Structure

7.       In 1953 Juan, José and Vicente ________made their first creations inspired by an experimental vocation in a Moorish furnace built in their own home in Almàssera (Valencia). By 1955 they begin making sculptures in which a clear influence of the trends of the XVIII century can be observed. These pieces evoke the works of former porcelain artists such as Meissen, Sèvres and Capodimonte. Fill in the blanks.

Lladro

Quiz 1: Answers

Quiz 1: 28^th Aug 2011

1. On 12 November 1965, the Pakistan Air Force launched air strikes on Indian bases all of his commander's were killed; he was the only survivor of that convoy. Name the personality?

                        Anna Hazare

2. What was first created in 1928 by  County Chemicals at the Chemico Works in Bradford Street, Birmingham, England?

                        Brylcream

3. We came across the word '-------', and it was just perfect. The definition was 'a short burst of inconsequential information, ......................... And that's exactly what the product was. The blue pint of the product for cracking the answer. What is the product we are talking about and who created it?

    

                        Twitter and Jack Dorsey

4. What is the codename for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe into the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, New York, and Washington, D.C., the largest criminal inquiry in United States history?

                        Penttbom 

5.  Name this commander of British Forces in Afganisthan. His first book, Attack State Red is an account of the 2007 campaign undertaken by the Royal Anglian Regiment, documenting their initial deployment and trials in Afghanistan.

                        Richard Kemp

6. This company which was started by Manu Agarwal essentially as a price comparison engine in the e- commerce space. Now it is virtually an online market place with the company facilitating transactions worth Rs 1.5 crore every single day. Name the Internet Portal.

                        Naapthol.com

7.  Identify

                        William Hesketh Lever

Quiz 9: 5th August 2011

1.  The first written reference to the word, "------" (or Samoan "Tatau") appears in the journal of Joseph Banks, the naturalist aboard Captail Cook ‘s  ship the HMS Endeavour in 1769. Fill in the blanks?


2. Tulsi Das went to meet the then Emperor Akbar in Delhi after having had a darshan vision of God Sri Rama in Gokul, the birth place of God Sri Krishna. The Emperor challenged Tulsi Das to show Sri Rama to him. When Tulsi Das replied that it was not possible without true devotion to Rama, he was imprisoned. In the prison, Tulsi Das wrote the beautiful verses of what ?


3. Which company started by Dilip Kapur has its manufacturing unit at Puduchery, India?


4.
    This is the photograph of an Island shor from Space Shuttle discovery, looking southeast by south. Kaua’i is closest at bottom right.


5.


    Identify the logo


6. What first is attributed to 1982 in the by-election to Parur Assembly Constituency of Kerala for a limited number of polling stations (50 polling stations)


7.


Identify the boxer who is nicknamed “The Golden Boy"?

Quiz 8: 4th September 2011

1. Connect

 

2. What is the tax placed on people for goods and services that some people feel
are not environmentally good?

3. Which clothing company started  in 1924 in Metzingen, a small town south of Stuttgart?

4. Identify

 

5. Who is the Brand Ambassador of Thomas Scott line of clothing?

6. Which company was formed by the merger of the companies formed by brothers George Pager and Charles Page and Faine Lactee Henri?

7. Who is the oldest Indian cricketer to play for his country?

Quiz 7: 3rd September 2011

1.       “X” played a small role in “Maine Pyaar Kiya”. CBSE Board has added one chapter based on “X” life. “X”s  father is a very famous poet and he was fondly called as “Balai Kaka”. “X”s daughter Antra got the National Bravery Award from the prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in presence of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam . Name the actor?

2.      This company was formed in March 1931 by the merger of the Columbia Gramaphone Company and the Gramaphone Company, with its "His Master's Voice" record label.

3.      Identify the Music album?

 

4. This term in is in Indian philosophy that involves

(1) the company of the "highest truth,"

(2) the company of a guru, or

(3) company with an assembly of persons who listen to, talk about, and assimilate the truth. What is the good word?

5. Identify

 

6. Which is the world's second largest  oilfield services corporation with operations in more than 70 countries. The 46^th Vice President of the United States was chairman & CEO of this company for about 5 years. Name the company?

7.  What is common to the following Albums

·         Ninth album by American rock band The Byrds

·         The debut album from the alternative metal band Five Pointe O

·         Ninth Studio album by american R & B recording artist R

·         The debut album from UK R & B soul singer Terri Walker

Quiz 6: 2nd September 2011

1.  What was first started by Texas International Airlines in 1979?
2. The use of ----- in English dates back to 1777 when English explorer, Captain James Cook, visited Tonga. Describing the cultural practices of the Tongans, he wrote: Describing the cultural practices of the Tongans  he wrote: Not one of them would sit down, or eat a bit of anything.... On expressing my surprise at this, they were all _____, as they said; which word has a very comprehensive meaning; but, in general, signifies that a thing is forbidden.  What is the missing word?

3. Who at the age of 17, inspired by Frederich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathurstra published his first book at the age of 17 titled Main aur Woh — a ‘conversation with himself’?

4.  Name the personality?

5. If the bust size is 31.5 inches (80 cm), waist 23 inches (60 cm) and hips 34 inches (86 cm), how it is commonly known as?

6.  identify the building

7. Which automobile Company’s name is derived from “Ahura – Persian Zorostrian God”?

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Quiz 5:1st September 2011

1. Which Amitab Bachchan starrer’s title was taken from a poem penned by Harivash Rai Bachchan?

2.  Which website is a joint venture of NBC Universal (Comcast/General Electric), Fox Entertainment Group (News Corp) and Disney-ABC Television Group (The Walt Disney Company), with funding by Providence Equity Partners, which made a US$100 million equity investment and received a 10% stake. It is a website and over-the-top (OTT) subscription service offering ad-supported on demand streaming video of TV shows, movies, webisodes and other new media, trailers, clips, and behind-the-scenes footages of many networks?

3. On the basis of archaeological evidences which is the oldest surviving dance form of India?

4. Which artist broke a record held by Miranda Lambert (“Me and Charlie Talking”) and Brad Cotter (‘I meant t0”)for highest debuting first chart entry by a solo artist debuted at number forty two on the same chart?

5.Name it.

6. Which company was started by Vipul Seth of Malaysia and Dhiraj Chaudhary of Chennai in 1999?

7. Which term is formed from the Greek 'brachile' meaning 'of the arm', via the Old French 'barcel'?

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