Quiz 103:9th December 2011

Q1. Officially known as Ivan Franco National University of ________, this is the oldest operating university in Ukraine. Ivan Vakarchuk is the president of this university. The University was founded on January 20, 1661 when the King John II Casimir of Poland issued the diploma granting the city's Jesuit Collegium, founded in 1608, "the honour of the Academy and the title of the University". ‘Theology’ and ‘Philosophy’ were its first two departments. Name this university.

Q2. Formerly known as Ellice Islands this country is the 4th smallest country of this planet. The people living in this country are a Polynesian people who settled the islands around 3000 years ago coming from Tonga and Samoa. It is located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbors are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls. Name this country.

Q3. __________ is the first of the four operas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen ('The Ring of the Nibelung'). It was originally written as an introduction to the tripartite Ring, but the cycle is now generally regarded as consisting of four individual operas. __________ received its premiere at the National Theatre in Munich on 22 September 1869, with August Kindermann in the role of Wotan, Heinrich Vogl as Loge, and Karl Fischer as Alberich. Name this opera.

Q4. The team was founded in Kansas City in 1894 as a Western League team and would move to Washington, D.C., in 1901 as one of the eight original teams of the American League, named the Washington Senators or Washington Nationals. Manager Clark Griffith joined the team in 1912 and became the team's owner in 1920. The franchise remained under Griffith family ownership until 1984. Scott Baker is one of the most famous pitchers of this team. Name this team.

Q5. _____________ is a professional gridiron football defensive end for the La Crosse Spartans of the Indoor Football League. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Missouri. He has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles and RiverCity Rage. Name this player.


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Q7. Identify.

Quiz 102:8th December 2011

Q1. The ‘sandwich board’ was a popular form of advertising in the nineteenth century. Who was the first person to use the term ‘sandwich men’ to refer to the people who carried these boards?

Q2. As identified by MIT professor Peter Senge, the ‘Five Learning Disciplines’ is the central concept around which Bill Gates has written Business @ the speed of thought. If four of these ‘disciplines’ are ‘Personal Mastery’, ‘Mental Models’, ‘Shared Vision’ and ‘Systems Thinking’, what is the fifth?

Q3. Since Lunsford Richardson’s son was often sick with colds and the flu, he wanted to find an easy way to treat his symptoms and thereby created a natural slave made from menthol, camphor and eucalyptus oil. How is this preparation better known today?

Q4. One of the long-standing traditions at Coco-Cola has been that the materials required for the production of Coco-Cola have never been referred to by their names. Rather, they are referred to as ‘merchandise’ along with a serial number. So what is the merchandise #1?

Q5. Identify the movie

·         We were warned

·         John Cusack

·         David Brenner

·         Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar

Q6. Identify.

Q7. Connect ‘Cerdric’ and

  

Quiz 101:7th December 2011

Q1. This state is based on the Caddo word meaning ‘friends’ or ‘allies’ and the area was officially known as the Nuevo Reino de Filipinas : La Provincia de ____________. The "Lone Star" can be found on the state flag and Guadalupe is a famous mountain out there. Antonio Margil de Jesús was known to be the first person to use the name in a letter to the Viceroy of Mexico in 20 July 1716. Name this state.

Q2. The largest city in this country is Jacksonville and the place was named by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León – who named it meaning ("Flowery Land"). It was a principal location of the Seminole Wars against the Indians, and racial segregation after the American Civil War.  Britton Hill is the highest point on this country. Name this country.

Q3. __________ is a county located in the Central Valley of the US state of California, north of the state capital of Sacramento. Part of the county's western border is formed by the Sacramento River. The county lies along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, the steep slopes making it prime territory for the siting of hydroelectric power plants. About a half dozen of these plants are located in the county. Name this county.

Q4. The official name comes from Guaraní which means ‘River which originates a sea’. The Guaraní have been living in Paraguay since prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, when Paraguay became part of the Spanish colonial empire. Paraguay gained independence from Spain in 1811. The capital and largest city is Asunción. Name this country.


Q5. The city’s name means ‘Upon the Sea’. The earliest occurrence of this name dates from the 11th century Song Dynasty, at which time there was already a river confluence and a town with this name in the area. There are disputes as to exactly how the name should be interpreted, but Chinese historians have concluded that during the Tang Dynasty ­­­­­­­­­­__________ was literally on the sea, hence the origin of the name. Name this city.


Q6. Identify.




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Quiz 100:6th December 2011

Q1. This event is held in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. The annual event now known as ________ began as a bonfire ritual on the summer solstice in 1986 when Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and a few friends met on Baker Beach in San Francisco and burned a 9-foot (2.7-meter) wooden man as well as a smaller wooden dog. Name this event.

Q2. For many years, his goal celebration consisted of kissing his wedding ring as an acknowledgment to his wife Mamen Sanz whom he married in 1999. He enjoys listening to Spanish music and reading, especially the books of Arturo Pérez Reverte.  On 16 October 2004, he was appointed as FAO Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations. Name him.

Q3. He is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). In his acceptance speech, he said: "The idea of human rights and freedoms must be an integral part of any meaningful world order. Yet I think it must be anchored in a different place, and in a different way, than has been the case so far. Name this person.

Q4. The song was written in late 2001, and was inspired by his father's death in March 2001, as well as the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States later that year. It was released in May 2002 as the lead single from the album, Unleashed." The song topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 25 on the Hot 100 chart becoming his biggest solo hit on that chart. At the premier of the song the singer said "If you want to serve, that is what you can do. Name the singer and the song.

Q5.This water body is bounded to the northwest by Russia, to the west by Azerbaijan, to the south by Iran, to the southeast by Turkmenistan, and to the northeast by Kazakhstan. In Iran, it is referred to as Daryâ-ye Mazandaran, meaning "the Sea of Mazandaran" in Persian, and sometimes also as Daryâ-ye Khazar. Like the Black Sea, the _________ Sea is a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea. Name this sea.

Q6. This is a logo of which 2 companies.

Q7. Identify.

Quiz 99:5th December 2011

Q1. The Thracians, one of the three primary ancestral groups to settle in this region and they lived separated in various tribes until king Teres united most of them in the Odrysian kingdom around 500 BC. They were eventually subjugated by Alexander the Great in the 4th century and later by the Roman Empire in 46 AD. Sofia is a very famous city in this country. Name this country.

Q2. In 1972 French physicist Francis Perrin discovered fifteen ancient and no longer active natural nuclear fission reactors in three separate ore deposits at the Oklo mine in Gabon, West Africa, collectively known as the Oklo Fossil Reactors. The use of ________ in its natural oxide form dates back to at least the year 79 CE, when it was used to add a yellow color to ceramic glazes. Name this element.

Q3. This city was founded in the second half of the 10th century by King _________ as a royal castle. The town received partial city rights in 1334 and 1436, becoming an important site on the road from Prague to northern Bohemia, Lusatia, and Brandenburg. In the 16th century the town was a leading center of the Unitas Fratrum / Unity of the Brethren / Moravian Church, hosting the Brethren's bishop, Renaissance church, and printing house. After being re-Catholicized in the 17th century, the town's population declined. Name this town.

Q4. ____________ is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Robert Johnson has influenced ___________ the most profoundly. Name this singer.

Q5. This song is written in Tanglish and this song is sung by an actor/singer. The song is suitable only for bathroom singers. Its simplistic and rustic beats make it catchier to the commoner. Heartbreak is a phenomenon almost everyone can relate to. The song was initially leaked to the internet, and the makers, having noticed its popularity, decided to go for an official release. Name this song.  

Q6. Identify.

Q7. Identify.

Quiz 98:4th December 2011

Q1. Officially known as the Hellenic republic this country’s national anthem is ‘Hymn to Liberty’. This country has the 12^th largest coastline and the Ionnian Sea lies to the west of this country. This country consists 80% of mountains. Name this country.

Q2. Saturn's interior is probably composed of a core of iron, nickel and rock (silicon and oxygen compounds), surrounded by a deep layer of metallic hydrogen, an intermediate layer of liquid hydrogen and liquid helium and an outer gaseous layer. Electrical current within the metallic hydrogen layer is thought to give rise to planetary magnetic field, which is slightly weaker than Earth's and around one-twentieth the strength of Jupiter's. Identify the planet.

Q3. As President, he created two new cabinet-level departments: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. He survived a primary challenge against Ted Kennedy for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1980 election, but lost the election to Republican candidate Ronald Reagan. Identify him.

Q4.____________ is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel Mountains. The new ­­­­­­­­­­____________ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ was completed in 1984 and called GP-Strecke. Name it.

Q5. _____________is a community in the south of the city of Cardiff and is the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early nineteenth century by John Crichton-Stuart,for whose title the area was named. Commonly known as "Tiger Bay", this area became one of the UK's first multicultural communities with people from over 50 countries settled here by the outbreak of World War I, working in the docks and allied industries. Some of the largest communities included the Somalis, Yemenis and Greeks, whose influence still lives on today. Name this place.

Q6. Identify.

Q7. Identify.

  

 

Quiz 81: Answers

1. Born as Isabel Mebarak Ripoll. Among the most famous are the Live 8 benefit concert in July 2005, the Live Earth Concert, Hamburg where she headlined the show, as well as the “ Clinton climate Initiative" created by former US President Bill Clinton. She was also invited to the Oval Office by President Barack Obama in February 2010 to discuss early childhood development. Whom are we talking about?

                        Shakira

2. Identify the family of hoofed animals?

            Artiodactyla – Pigs, Giraffe, Hippopotamus etc belong to this group

3.  This was first run at the World Cup level in December 1982 atVal-d’Isere, France; the winner was Peter Muller of Switzerland. Four seasons later, it was added to the World Championships, held at Crans-Montana, Switzerland in February 1987. Swiss stars Primin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser won gold medals to become the first world champions in the event.

                        Super G Slalom Skiing

4. This word derived from the Italian noun _______ is a female deity; this word also denotes a celebrated female singer. The word is cognate with the hindu term “devi” which means goddess?

                        Diva

5. These are a series of literary awards given to books by authors based in Great Britain and Ireland. The name “Whitbread” got replaced after a subsidiary of this company took over the sponsorship. Which one we are talking about?

The Costa Book Awards

6. It is generally accepted that this plan was first introduced in 1945 by the California Vitamin Company later it was renamed as Nutilite. What first we are talking about?

            Multi-Level marketing. The plan allowed Nutrilite distributors with at least 25 regular customers to recruit new distributors and draw a 3 percent commission from their sales.

7. Identify?

            Al Weiwei – Chinese contemporary artist