Quiz 67: Answers

Q1. According to a legend, when an Indian chief was scouting for a location to build a new capital city, he saw an eagle devouring a snake on a cactus tree. Impressed by this incident, he decided to build the city on that spot. This incident is now displayed on that country’s flag. Name the city and the country.

            Mexico City, Mexico

Q2. The title of ‘poet laureate’ is given to an eminent poet in Britain. With this title, he becomes a member of a royal household and is in charge of composing appropriate verses for court and state occasions. Who was the first official British poet laureate, appointed in 1668?

            John Dryden

Q3. How many words in the Indian language contain the vowels a, e, i, o and u, in their proper alphabetical order, appearing only once each? What are they?

            Five

Q4. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen are 4 of 6 elements which make a ore 95% of all living matter. What are the other two?

            Phosphorous and Sulphur

Q5. In 1616 Ben Johnson was named England’s first poet laureate however, the title did not become an official royal office until 1668. Who was the first to be so appointed?

            John Dryden

Q6. Identify.

            Bernard Arnolt, Designer of louis vuitton

Q7.Connect

   

            Sania Mirza (Sania Mirza’s husband & sister)

Quiz 66 : Answers

Q1. Who took over his father’s billboard business and in 1970 bought a TV station in Atlanta, Georgia, also owns the Atlanta Hawks basketball team and the Atlanta braves baseball team, and raised bison in Montana and has pledged a billion dollars of his money to the United Nations?

                        Ted Turner

Q2. In which famous London theatre built by the brothers Richard and Cuthbert 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?

                        Lord Chamberlin’s Men

Q3. What is the sect of Shaivate sadhus who inhabit graveyards and cremations grounds? They are known for their necrophilic activities designed to acquire mystic powers.

                        Aghors

Q4. Dr. Roy Plunkett invented Polymer and first used it as an electric insulator. An earnest French angler tried it on his fishing line to prevent it from tangling. His wife’s suggestion led to its best known use today. Name the invention that his wife’s suggestion led to.

                        Non-Stick Cookware

Q5. On December 9, 1987, three Palestinian children and at least 12 others were mercilessly slaughtered in the Gaze Strip in Israel. This event sparked the beginning of the Palestinian Uprisings in the Occupied Territories. What is the name of this revolt?

                        Intifadah

Q6. Identify.

                        Alessandra Gucci, Designer of GUCCI

Q7. Connect.

  

                        Asperger’s syndrome

Quiz 65: Answers

Q1. When he was the commander in chief of the British forces in the Middle East during 1941-42, he was forced back by Rommel to the Egyptian frontier. He was later posted as Commander in chief of the British Indian Army from 1943-47. Give the name of the person.

                        Field Marshall Claude Auchinleck

Q2. This is a type of Piano Jazz style popular in the 1930’s. The left hand keeps up a constant rhythmic phase while the right hand executes a series of simple variations often improvised. Name it.

                        Boogie Woogie

Q3. An encyclopedia speaks about Bill Gates, ‘Much of Gates success rests on his ability to translate technical visions into market strategy and to blend creativity with technical acumen’. Give the name of the encyclopedia.

                        Encarta

Q4. In 95, Francis Xavier McNamara was in the Tarpaulin business. While entertaining clients at a New York restaurant, he realized he had forgotten is wallet. What did he dream up when he went home?

                        Diners Club Credit Card

Q5. Darius the great, Persian King (521-486 BC) established authority by suppressing revolts of usurpers in early years of reign, and then organized personal representatives to administer the vast empire. What were these administrators called?

                        Satraps

Q6. Identify.

                        Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster

Q7. Connect.

  

                        The movie ‘Speed’

                    

Quiz 97:3rd December 2011

Q1. The 1990 novel ‘The White Continent’ by Thomas R. Henry has a mention about this sea. In 1923 American sealing captain Benjamin Morrell claimed to have seen some land around this sea which he named New South Greenland. But this was disapproved. Various ice shelves, including the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringe this sea. Name this sea.

Q2. In 1499 the first expedition to this place was led out by Alonso de Ojeda. The stilt houses in the area of Lake Maracaibo reminded the navigator Amerigo Vespucci of a place due to which he named this place in Tuscan which is his native language. It was the first Spanish American colony to declare its independence in 1811 but it did not securely establish independence until 1821. Name this place.

Q3.  In 1983, his government was accused of being involved in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr. In December 1938, his mother, his uncle Pio, his father, was prosecuted for the murder of Julio Nalundasan, one of their political rivals. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives. Name this person.

Q4. This instrument produces sound by a crank-turned rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to a violin. The most famous folk music festival of France is at Saint-Chartier, in the Indre département, in central France, during the week nearest July 14.This festival is famous because many groups play this instrument during the festival. Identify this instrument.

Q5. Identify the movie.

·         No plan, no backup, no choice.

·         Brad Bird

·         Bruce Geller

·         Simon Pegg

Q6. Identify.

Q7. Identify.

Quiz 96:2nd December 2011

Q1. This place was inhabited firstly by the Turrbal and Jagera people. They called this area as Mianjin which means ‘place shaped as a spike’ and the world’s first koala sanctuary is opened here. Name this place.

                        

Q2. This was designed by Krupp and they weighed nearly 1350 tonnes. These weapons could fire to a range of 37 km. These guns were only surpassed in caliber by the French Monster Mortar. These are said to be the world’s largest guns. Name this gun.

                        

Q3. John Elroy Sanford is his real name and Yun Chi Chung was 1 of his wives. He featured in the 1991 series ‘The Royal Family’ and his friend Della Reese. His mother is Mary Carson and he died due to a heart attack during the shooting of a serial but all the cast thought that he was acting. How do we know this person better?

                        

Q4. He is the son of Kunihiko Take, known as a master, and his younger brother, Koshiro Take is also a jockey. In 1987 he became the first rookie to ride 69 winners in one season. In the following year he became the youngest jockey to achieve 100 wins and won the GI race. Name this jockey.

                         

Q5. Their scientific name is Pteromyini or Petauristini and they are capable of obtaining lift within the course of these flights, with flights recorded to 90 meters (295 ft). Name this species of animals.

                        

Q6. Identify.

                        

Q7. Connect to a stationary brand.

Quiz 95:1st December 2011

Q1. He was the original artist on the newspaper comic strip “John Darling” which he drew from 1979 through 1990. He also created the daily newspaper comic strip “Marvin” in 1982 and has worked on it continuously since then. He received the Elzie Segar Award in 1996. Which cartoonist we are talking about?

Q2.  Identify the food item

Ø  Thomas Jefferson served in at a white house dinner in 1802

Ø  This expression first occurs in print in English in the 1856 work Cookery for Maids of All Work by E. Warren.

Ø   Shortly after the May 1940 invasion of Belgium by the Wehrmacht, Hitler attempted to ban this item because they were the central nutritional source of the Belgian resistance due to their simplicity and availability

Q3. Her birth surname was Karen Malhotra, born to Sikh punjabi parents from India. Her father was born in Tibet and raised in Delhi, while her mother (who died in 2008) was from a small town named Nahan in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh.  As a young girl, she was very athletic and played street hockey with the boys, enjoyed ice skating on a nearby frozen lake and drinking hot chocolate in front of a fire after playing in the snow all day. Identify?

Q4. Which agreement on 29 October 1886 was signed between Dewan of Travancore V Ram Iyengar and J C Hanninghton. This lease was made after constant pressure from the British for 24 years.

Q5. This was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 in Japan and entered into force on 16 February 2005. 191 states have signed and ratified and the notable execption is United States which has not ratified. What we are talking about?

Q6.  Identify the Logo?

Q7. Identify the Afghanistan Singer?

Quiz 94:30th November 2011

Q1.  Connect



       

Q2.  Identify the Model which is termed as “Rolling smartphone on Wheels”

Q3. Identify:

Ø He became the first sportsman who wasn't a cricketer to star in a Pepsi advert from his country and become one of their brand ambassadors.

Ø First trainer was his mother who was the national champion for 10 years

Ø His maternal grandfather was a champion in the same sport but for a different country

Ø In the World Super Junior Championships, he beat Andy Roddick

Q4. Olympic Medallist and world Champion of Modern Pentathlon, Joel Bouzou, is the founder of this organisation and also its Current President. It is a neutral and apolitical international initiative based in the principality of Monaco and placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. Which organisation?

Q5. The club is nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears (from the rhyming slang for the same) and the Light Blues and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses. Ibrox stadium is the home to the club. In 1961 this club reached the final of the European Cup Winners Club, becoming the first British club to reach the final of a UEFA club competition. Name the Club.

Q6.This association was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer and Cliff Drysdale, and to protect the interests of male professional players.  The Executive office in Americas based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA; in Europe is headquartered in Monaco; and combined Executive office for Africa, Asia and Australasia, is based in Sydney, Australia

Q7.  Identify the Sportsman?