The Dots Quiz

Quiz held on 31st October 2007. I'm giving only a select few of the questions as most of the quiz was mega-connects and some of those were Audio/Visual questions.

1. This 3000 year old, 1214 Carat stone is worth about Rs. 135 Crores. It was stolen by Alexander The Great when he came to India but Chandragupta Maurya took it alongwith Seleucus' daughter in marriage. For a thousand years nobody knew where this stone was when one day during the Mughal rule it was found in a garden. In 1765 the Portuguese seized it from the Mughals. Then the English took it away in 1796, Colonel Columbus' great grandfather got it from the English under the command of Tipu Sultan. Then again it vanished for a 100 years after which it was discovered to in the private museum of an American millionaire from where it fell into the hands of Sir John Locksley. Finally it was retrieved by Agent 3694, Division 4, Section 2 of CBI.

2. Identify the Publishing house.
3. Started by Sundaram Karivardhan many Indian drivers such as Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandok, Armaan Ebrahim etc. started off their careers with ________________.


4. On a small island in the Indian ocean was located the laboratory of Dr John, an exceptional scientist, who gave him (____X____) supernatural powers and a dress that protected him on earth and in space. His friend, Lambu, who had turned shorter (barely nine inches) after drinking a potion made by Dr John, assists him in his space operations. Dr John, ___X____ and Lambu along with Dorf rocket (that works on its own), master computers Bharat and Antarikshak, safeguard earth from aliens and attacks from other galaxies, neighboring hostile planets etc. Name the comic book superhero.

Mega connect type questions part 1

1. Connect Gaston Leroux,Joel Schumacher,Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart.

^2. X has as its 4 lead characters ---- A,B,Joe Morton and Jeff Daniels.It grossed $121,248,145 in the U.S. and $350,448,145 worldwide.In 1995 X won an Academy Award for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.^[1]

3. Connect Sandy,Richa,Rohan,Kabir,siddhant,Rani,Sanjana,Monica,Mark

4. A (January 7, 1925 – February 22, 1998), was a peasant of Mercatale, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, suspected of being the infamous serial killer "The Monster of Florence" (mostro di Firenze).B was a film director who also acted in a not so famous movie based on the same.His next two releases were C and Asterix and Obelix Vs.Caesar.Give me A,B and C.

5. Identify.This is 2 in a series of 4 paintings by William Blake.Also 4 is an Iron Maiden Song.Give me the name of the painting and the IM song.

6. A was founded as the German Workers' Party (DAP) by Anton Drexler along with six other members. B , a corporal, was sent to investigate the party by German intelligence and was invited to join after impressing them with his speaking ability after getting into an argument with party members. Hitler later accepted the invitation and joined the party in September 1919,and he became propaganda boss. The party was renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party on April 1, 1920, against B's choice of Social Revolutionary Party.B ousted Drexler and became the party leader on July 29, 1921.A and B.

7. The movie’s first premiere was on 30 January 1991 and its last re-release was in Germany for the 3^rd time on 10 May 2001.Identify this very famous movie.

8. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera………..Identify.

9. Connect Mandira Bedi and

a. Town in Johor Malaysia along Federal Route 24 in Muar district

b. a small lunar crater on the northwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis. It is just south of the eastern arm of the Montes Haemus that borders the Mare Serenitatis to the north. To the east-northeast is the prominent Plinius crater. South of the crater are the rilles of the Rimae Maclear

c. Omar Sharif,Sharfoo and Tily

I want answers to a,b,c and the Connect

10. Connect the a. Soap opera Orange County(OC) and Lithuania

b. A,a Baltimore merchant and banker, left an estate of $7 million when he died on Christmas Eve 1873, at the age of seventy-eight. In his will, he asked that his fortune be used to found two institutions that would bear his name: "The A University" and "The A Hospital."

The B part is also a clue for a.Give me answers and the connect

Also give me the MEGA CONNECT.

Answers in a week!!!

Roshan

Mini Quiz

1. Fade Out, Double Take, Round House, Fast Pace, Cocked Pistol. What is this?

2. The Mahabharata of Golf: Complete with a mysterious and wise sarathi (caddy) and a
talented Arjuna (R Junnuh). Identify this film.

3. Identify the brand ( or the person).








4. Bain & Company is going to be visiting NSIT soon. Who founded Bain Capital? (famous now for
something else).

5. (From an IMT Ghaziabad Quiz) 9th August 2003 was celebrated by ____ stations all over India as _____ day (both blanks more or less same).

Random Stuff

Connect the following. I've deliberately messed up the order, to make it less obvious. This is not an exhaustive list -

1. Famous Indian Badminton player from Karnataka. Among other titles, won the All England Open in 1980.

2. Former Indian cricketer (spinner), and now umpire. Known by an anagram (of sorts) of his name.

3. Identify.











4. (Wiki-Lift) She is one of the most renowned Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam 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.

5. (From the IGIT Quiz) "The Father of Advertising". Go for the obvious answer here.

6. Identify.

Who is this?

PS: ethically, I should post the source of this picture, but am not doing it till someone gets it right [which is very probable] Till then I hope, the source doesn't sue me :S

Panache-"Bawana waalon ki quiz"

Feb 21,2004. SA vs NZ 3rd ODI:

South Africa needs 26 runs off last 5 balls. Shaun Pollock at the crease and Kyle mills bowling.

First ball is a dot. The second ball is full toss and Pollock cracks it for a six over cover.
Third ball, Pollock takes 2. 18 needed off 3 balls now.
4th ball, Pollock smacks a big six over long on.
5th ball, Pollock smacks another one over long on.

Kyle mills is looking all desperate now. 6 needed off the last ball. Mills runs up, fires a yorker, Pollock misses. Pollock gives Mills a wide faced grin.

Our situation at Panache was somewhat like that of Pollock. We were last till the last round, and 4 questions (and 70 points) later, in contention to come 2nd.
And then we missed 2 and ended up 4th. Damn.

But a great quizzing experience. Quite a bit of thrill. And finally, a quiz at DCE that was well planned and had fairly good questions.

All in all, a nice experience, though I still wait for the day when I'll reach home for dinner after a quiz at DCE.

And, unfortunately, I have forgotten all the questions now. You'll find them on nsit-qc in another day or two.

Till then,
M2L2

Quiz at BVCOE finals

Fisrst things first I think it is a travesty that there are more answers to Axe effect...then to Subject specialty...but then again all of you were there...so i forgive you :-)

Finals at BVCOE consisted of A direct round,a pickbrain type Formula round,A roshan like Bidding round ;-) and two way ...general and technical round...

At the end of the day...Bidding got the NSITians through from tied 2nd and 3rd to make it NSIT 1-2.Reminiscent of Ferrari days :-)
They are happening quite often though...at Jamia,LHMC and now BVCOE.

Udit Anand and Roshan Shankar came 1st while Abhimanyu Sanghi and Manik came 2nd.Prizes awarded for 1st=500 bucks +Printer+Shield+ Certi...2nd place=Speakers+250 bucks+certis.

Some questions from the finals

1.This actor in his recently released movie was very tired in general due to his daughter being born and his taking constant care..which made him perfect for the role.Who?What movie?

2.A type of boat off the Maldives..special type of fishing...details that don't help..Altogether different phenomena in India

3.Connect in Bidding round...Kylie minogue,Mike Tyson,Jean Claude VanDamme,Roshan Seth..visuals

4.Connect in bidding round..Nikola Tesla,Henry Ford,Lumierre Brother,GE

5.Questions on etymology and origin and special effects of N64,XBOX 360,XBOX,Tony Hawk Pro Skater

6.Largest tyre manufacturer in the world ;-)

More when I remember more..
Keep it quizzical
Roshan

Quiz at BVCOE - Prelims Review

The “Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Rotating Shield Quiz Competition” was held at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering (BVCOE) on 22^nd October, 2007. The quiz saw active participation from the various colleges that come under IEEE Delhi and IEEE Gold, namely IIT Delhi, Delhi College of Engineering (DCE), Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Milia Islamia, BVCOE, University School of Information Technology (GGSIPU), Amity School of Engineering & Technology among many others. The total number of teams that took part were 32.

The quiz was organized by Nitesh Bhasin, BVCOE – 4^th year. The prelims consisted of 15 questions, comprising of connects (Paper, ISP, Barbeque dinner....the answer being Google’s April Fool Jokes), fill in the blanks (Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter, Shirin Ebadi,Wangari Maathai, IAEA & Mohd. El Baradei,_______,______ the answer being Mohd. Yunus – Grameen Bank and Al Gore – IPCC, with the list comprising of Nobel Peace Prize Winners), direct questions (what comprises the duo of Thomas Sardorf and Navtej Singh Rehal? – Bombay Rockers; Carrie Underwood: Abhijeet Sawant::_____:Amit Sana, the connect being the winners and runner’s up of American and Indian Idol respectively, and the answer being Bo Bice), general trivia (if x<1>1 = 9.55 + 4.5x Hint: its Delhi-specific. Ans: Auto-rickshaw fare) , technical questions (The term coined by Tim O’ Reilly in 2004 that is redefining web standards...Web 2.0) along with picture-based questions(Eg. Name this well-known company whose original logo was this.

Ans: Nokia

6 teams qualified for the final.

The event also consisted of an award for the best team name, where only non-qualifying teams were eligible. The prize would have gone to NSIT (Roshan and Udit), had they not qualified (“Nitesh Bhasin, We love you (utterly platonic)” ;-))

The review of the finals will follow later in the evening. Stay tuned!

Subject Specialty Round at the Corporate Quiz---Something Corporate-6th October 2007

Man,Management and Markets

1. Who was boen on November 19,1909—the son of a civil servant in the Hapsburg empire,his first book was Friedrich Julius Stahl:Konservate Staatslehre und geschichliche Enturcklung (1932).He is credited to be one of the few who predicted the German-Soviet Pact of 1939.Who?
2. Darwin’s theory of natural selection is highly influenced by one specific theory.What and by who?
3. Born in 1942…his best book is In search of Excellence..Who?
4. Connect with one word----Adam Sandler,Eminem,to handle a horse
5. Which city has the world's oldest stock exchange?
   

Fockorate(Fictional Corporates)

1. Educated at Cambridge,she is 37 single an archaeologist and author of many travel books---net worth around 1 billion dollars.who?
2. Aged 51,estimated worth 1.3 billion dollars-marreid and living in Wiltshire,England..he has been a member of the Forbes list since 2005.Who?
3. With a net worth of 2 billion dollars,his source of wealth is from Candy and Aerospace.Living in Kent,England at the Academie d’Art Cullinaire,Le Cordon Bleu,paris.Who?
4. Sitter…6.8 billion dollars aged 32 single and living Gotham City,USA
5. Where would you find Viadoxic Pharmaceutical?

Company Histories

1. In 1876, ohio-born Thomas Alva Edison opened a new laboratory in Menlo Park,New Jersey.Out of the lab came the famous practical incandescent electric lamp.By 1890,Edison organized his Businesses into what company?
2. What was established in 1972,when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets,due to a financial scandal.Among others,it has also held a majority stake in garden State National Park and Six Flags Theme Parks.
3. Founded in 1 March 1995 and headquartered at 701,First Avenue Sunnyvale California.Revenue---6.7 billion dollars.Which company?
4. Founded in Omaha in 1985 by Kenneth lay…Its slogan is Ask Why? And NYSE ticker is ENE.Which company?
5. Founded in 1989 in Moscow Russia.Its parent is the Russian Govt.Net income is 24.63 billion dollars and market capital wise the world’s 3^rd largest corporatation.Which one?

Corporate India

1. Founded in 1945,it started Toilet Soap manufacturing in 1985 and began the Six Sigma initiative in 2000.Identify.
2. Indian company incorporated in 1961 with 1100+ employees involved in R and D…Identify this Indian company headquartered in Gurgaon,Haryana.
3. Born in Ludhiana on June 15,1950…he started his first business in 1976 at the age of 26 with a capital investment of Rs.20,000 borrowed from his father.His first business was to make crankshafts for local bicycle manufacturers.Who?
4. Connect-----The World is Flat,Hero stone of Western Ganga Dynasty,Narayana Murthy
5. Singapore exchange acquired a strategic investment in what for 42.7 million dollars .

Terms and Definitions

1. What is a mutual fund that invests only in socially conscious companies or those that directly promote environmental responsibility
2. Who are scarlet collar workers?
3. Why are Blue Chip stocks named so?
4. In the 1903 story by HG Wells---Twelve stories and a Dream he says…”You waste your education in burglary.You should do one of these two things.Forge or what? It means to steal or misappropriate from one’s employer.
5. “The art of getting things done through people”...by Margaret Fuller..What term?

Mixed Bag

1. MBO is a process of agreeing upon objectives so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they are…coined in 1954 in the book…Practice of Management
2. Connect---Shahid Kapoor,Ayesha Takia and World War 2.
3. This publishing house founder x chose this symbol Y for his company because Y had an “air of dignified flippancy” and was easy to draw in black and white.Name X and Y.
4. The word is a trademarked brand owned by a German company Bayer Ag.Only Bayer may legally use the word everywhere in the world with the USA being a lone exception.What?
5. What are urban agglomerations?

The main rounds which were much more interesting and are nearly all workable connects will be posted in due course

Happy Quizzing
Roshan

Identify

The blog turns 1. :)

And Here is yet another...

1. Traditionally,performed by Chakyars(a subcaste of Keralite Hindus) and by Nangyaramma,the name means "playing together" which suggests a combined performance of Chakyar and Nangyar. Themes are generally related to ancient Sanskrit plays.

2. This historic boxing event took place in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974 and saw Muhammad Ali regain the World Heavyweight Crown. The event has had a huge number of influences on popular culture including an invariable mention in any work related to Muhammad Ali and a song about the event by Johnny Wakelin. Name Ali’s opponent in the match and the popular name given to this match.

3. Easy one: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for George Wallace 1997; Best Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Gia 1998 ; Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for Girl, Interrupted 1999 ; who are we talking about?

4. _________ is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Its name literally means “The Count's Hedge”. Popular places to visit here include Mauritshuis-an art museum, the Escher museum, Omniversum- Europe’s first 360° IMAX-cinema and a covered shopping mall dating back to the 19th century. Famous people from _______ include movie director Paul Verhoeven, astronomer Christian Huygens and Dutch football team coach Dick Advocaat.

5. X was born Sudhamani in the small village of Parayakadavu near Kollam, Kerala in 1953. She founded a worldwide organization, which is engaged in many spiritual and charitable activities. She is a widely respected humanitarian and also known as the “hugging saint" since She offers hugs to everyone who approaches her and in India she has been known to individually hug over 50,000 people in a day, sitting sometimes for over 20 hours. Worldwide, X is said to have hugged at least 30 million people in the past 30 years.

6. Y earned a Bachelor's degree in law from the University of Cairo in 1962, followed by a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He was the joint winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace prize along with Z. Identify Y and Z.

7. Complete the list: Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Ashraf Ghani, Surakiart Sathirathai, Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jayantha Dhanapala, ___________, ____________.

8. Married to the daughter of the Maharaja of Patiala, he is the brother-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. He studied at Scindia School, St. Stephens, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Peking University, China. He joined the IFS in 1953 and has served on many of India’s diplomatic missions worldwide. During Narasimha Rao’s tenure, he left the Congress due to differences with Rao and formed the All India Indira Congress alongwith Arjun Singh and ND Tiwari. Who is he?

If you got a few of the questions, then you might have guessed that there is a connection to all the questions. What is it?

The butterfly flitting from flower to flower ever remains mine...

1. X is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother’s equipment. He has been dubbed ‘Lord Snooty’ by The Wisden Cricketer, which goes on to remark: “At the crease it was sometimes uncertain whether his partner was a batsman or a batman being dispatched to take his discarded sweater to the pavilion or carry his kit bag. But mutiny was afoot among the lower orders. In one match X, after reaching his fifty, raised his bat to the home balcony, only to find it deserted.”

Identify X.

2. Y used to sell AGA cooking stoves door to door in Scotland. His success at this marked him out to his employer, who asked him to write an instruction manual, The Theory and Practice of Selling the AGA cooker, for the other salesmen. After Y’s brother showed this manual to his company, they offered Y a position as an account executive. This is how Y began his career. Identify Y.

3. The Economist : Big Mac :: Commonwealth Securities : ?

4. This dot-com, founded in 2002, has the tag-line ‘Insanely Different’. Its office is headquartered at Mumbai and is named ‘Inzane Labs’. Its logo is Monsieur Green. Identify.

5. ‘Roy and Raghavan’ is a firm of lawyers committed to working with integrity and dedication and against injustice in all its forms. The firm headed by Aparna Roy and Vivek Raghavan has also nurtured the talents of Maggie and Naina. Roy & Raghavan despite their reputation are finding it difficult to make ends meet because of the poor economic profile of its clients. Where would you find this law firm?

6. Z began his career as a teacher in a government school but later joined the Indian army at the lowest rank of sepoy. He fought in the 62 and 65 wars, and was taken a prisoner of war in the latter. His seniors in the Army named him the Rock of Gibraltar, and he soon rose to the rank of Colonel. He wears a bandhej turban and is rumoured to keep an Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary by his side at all times. Identify Z.

7. They’ve not been too successful outside of their core competency, where they claim to be the World’s No. 1. In the 90’s, they came out with a brand of tea, called ‘Editor’s Choice’, which like their track record, failed. Their banking arm too was taken over. Their TV arm provides TV for information, music, entertainment & sports. Who?

9. "Tom, the playing field is being leveled" – Who said this to whom?

10. According to Steve Jobs, The Whole Earth Catalog was a conceptual forerunner of a Web search engine. What was the farewell message placed in the last page of the last issue of the catalog?

“Eternal Salvation -- Or triple your money back”

1. "I am the living death, the Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave." Whose words?

Ron Kovic

2. Bill Brown by __________ __________, Australia v India, Sydney,

Ian Redpath by Charlie Griffith, Australia v West Indies, Adelaide,

Derek Randall by Ewen Chatfield, England v New Zealand, Christchurch,

Sikander Bakht by Alan Hurst, Pakistan v Australia, Perth,

Fill in the blanks and name the mode of dismissal.

Vinoo Mankad, Mode of Dismissal: Mankaded

3. Connect: Anil Ambani, Rahul Dravid, Shahrukh Khan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Orkut.

MTV Youth Icons

4. This writer studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. In the 1980s she did an assignment with the Italian edition of Vogue magazine, adorning Rajasthani jewelry. Identify.

Arundhati Roy

5. “On October 4, 2003, at 5 pm, about 60 people gathered outside Crossroads in Central Mumbai. First, they gesticulated wildly like stockbrokers and yelled into their phones: 'Reliance ek hazaar becho!' and 'Khareedo, khareedo!' Then they broke into an impromptu garba dance, and at a shouted signal, they froze and held their pose for exactly half a minute. A voice yelled, 'Move!' and each of the 60 odd men and women unfurled their umbrellas and melted away into the crowd.” What am I describing here?

India's first flash mob

6. Whose epitaph reads thus–

Nature, and nature's laws, lay hid in night,

God said, let __________ be! And all was light.

Isaac Newton

7. “And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced. But all was not lost, for from the ash rose a great bird. The bird gazed down upon the unbelievers and cast fire and thunder upon them. For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.”

- from X, 7:15

Where would you find these lines and what is the significance of 7:15?

about:mozilla (The Book of Mozilla), the 7:15 chapter and verse notation refers to July 15, 2003, the day when America Online shut down its Netscape browser division and the Mozilla Foundation was launched.

9. This company, a financial dot-com, launched an incredible celebrity endorsement campaign featuring three of the most expensive celebrities in the country with the signature line – ‘Life Means More’. The campaign was used as a cover for a meticulously planned financial scam. Which company?

HomeTrade

10. X is a community of nature worshippers. X, when translated, means 29, because the founder Guru Jambheshwar laid down 29 principles to be followed by the sect. Before his death, he stated that the animal Y was his manifestation after death and should be conserved. What are X and Y?

Bishnoi, black buck

Quiz Review

General Quiz: Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Friday 12th Oct '07

My Opinion: Two thumbs down.

Chances are, that any quiz with an entry fee (Rs 20 per head), is going to suck, but this one exceeded all expectations. The preliminary round consisted of 50 multiple choice questions of the kind usually only seen at Miranda House. Some gems include - "How many stars are there in the EU flag?", "What are the two crown dependencies of the UK?", "What is the minimum number of moves required to win a game of chess?".

To be fair, not all the questions were this bad, there were also some run of the mill trivia questions, like - "Which is the only vowel not found on the top row of a standard type keyboard?", "Which king built the shore temples at Mahabalipuram?", "In what year did Hitler become the chancellor of Germany?".

The real shocker was the stage round, conducted by Mr. X (forgot his name) from IMS (the sponsors of the quiz). I think it is fair to say, and I have seen my fair share of MBA coaching-centre-employed-nincompoop-turned-quiz masters (Corp Quiz, Innovision '06 anyone?), that he ranks right up there with the best of them. He spoke in an extremely slow and deliberated manner, with what may most kindly be described as a fake accent.

As is characteristic of such quizzes, the "Learning Experience" (his words, not mine), started off with a lengthy discussion of the rules, according to which if a team didn't know the answer, they could 'choose' to pass the question on, but if the next team could not answer either, they could not pass, as this 'privilege' belonged only to the team whose question it originally was. After a 10 minute discussion on the absurdity of this rule, it was finally changed to a normal pass/direct scheme.

The quiz itself consisted of several rounds: catechize (pr. CATechhise) the current affairs round, a management concepts round, a sports round, a visual identification round, and finally a rapid fire round.

Throughout, our able QM interspersed questions with his lively banter, which was usually directed at the audience (consisting primarily of the 4 teams that didn't make it on stage). He also enlivened the proceedings with several unique witticisms (eg. after a deadlock in a tie breaker he unleashed this masterpiece - "It seems we have a tie within a tie, I hope you have all worn several ties today.") and useful nuggets (eg. after correctly identifying the co-awardee of the 2006 Nobel peace prize alongside Mohamed Yunus, as Grameen Bank, we were told of the 'connection' between the two of them). Any questions regarding the authenticity of the sometimes dubious answers (eg. that The Thyroid gland is just another name for the Adam's apple), were quickly dismissed, since the questions had been "Thoroughly researched from several Resources".

The rapid fire round did not disappoint either. Questions such as, "When is world population day?", "when is world disabled day?", helped keep everyone motivated and in the game.

The prizes for both first and second place were - a Manorama year book, and two IMS booklets on how to succeed with various aspects of MBA admissions. A terrible prize for any quiz, but even worse, considering they netted about 4K from the 200 odd teams that registered for the quiz.

All in all, a bad quiz, made far worse by the registration fee.

Remembering Le Che...

Globalization... Crass commercialization... or is it simply art? ;)

NSIT INNOVISION 2007

CORPORATE QUIZ PRELIMS

Team Name:-

Team Members:-

Contact No.:-

College:-

1. Connect the following ----Wardha, JK Rowling, Jackie Chan, Steven Spielberg, Guru

2. Connect the following ----AR Rehman, Harvard, Motorola, Sivaji

3. As the story goes, one windy summer night George grant Blaisdell and his friend stepped out on the terrace of Penn hill County Club.Blaisdill’s friend was using an Austrian product which was cumbersome. When asked why he was using it, his friend replied “Well George, it works!” This prompted George to import this product and later design an improved version. He named his product and company after a recent invention—the zipper which was hitting the market…Which product???

4. TTD(Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam) which manages the tirupati temple is said to be in talks with cell phone networks to introduce which service?

5. UNIX was first called UNICS(Uniplexed in formation and computing system) The name was incidentally changed to UNIX, what was the reason behind this

6. Evan Williams along with Meg Houriban formed Pyra Labs.Pyra created a product that is revolutionizing the web. Identify the product

7. Connect----Sea wolf,Enigma,Valhalla,psyche,Shrike

8. The company’s planes are named after the children of its employees. Which company are we talking about?

9. Name the cricketer who owns the company Sporting Edge Solutions besides playing for Leicestshire

10. Costamundi, Copag, Naipes herachio, Piatnik are manufacturers of what popular gaming utility?

11. When Guru Nanak Dev was 12 years old or so, his father decided it was time he learnt Business. So he gave his son Rs.20 and asked him to start Business. Guru Nanak perhaps too young to understand his dad went out and bought food for the poor. When he came back, he told his dad that he had done “true business”. What spiritual sect came into existence inspired by this story?

12. This word originally meant leather pouch/bag/wallet. The modern financial meaning comes from the practice of the treasurers keeping financial plans in a wallet. What word?

13. “Revolution” was one other many names discussed for the new ‘gadget” before the makers settled for the present name. What are we talking about?

14. According to ISO 7810, what commonly used thing should have dimensions of 85.60 X 53.98 mm (3.370 X 2.175 inches)?

15. Bankable questions

A was founded by Devakaran Namjee in 1938.

B was established on 15^th August 1907 as part of the swadeshi movement. It has its head office in Chennai.

Identify A and B.

16. The number 4810 on Mont Blanc pens signifies 2 specific things? What?

17. You know hopefully what Adidas is. Tell me what does the logo signify?

18. After the release of the movie “Rasputin and the Empress” in 1932, the model for Prince Natasha filed a lawsuit against MGM.Because of this some practice evolved. What? (please be very specific)

19. Warren Chapel Music owns the rights to this song that is the most popular song in English according to the Guinness Book of World records. Which one?

20. What term was coined by Deepak Mohoni rated as India’s foremost strategist by many investors around 1990 while writing market analysis in Economic times/Business world? Which word?

Hopefully the quiz ---prelims and final :-) were well received.....Thanks forall thy support.......

This was Something Corporate and somethings Not Corporate :-)

Roshan

Blitzkrieg Prelims

Q1.X's main catchphrases are "Gotta Blast!", "Brain Blast!", or simply the most overused phrases, "I've Got It!" or "That's It!", which he says after coming up with the ultimate idea to solve the problem. X typically has a "Brain Blast" once an episode, usually at his climax of the story when all other ideas have failed, and it is accompanied by a display of his ideas floating within the inner workings of his brain. Who is X? Hint: X is a very famous cartoon character

Q2. David Beckham isn’t the only famous Brit playing soccer in Los Angeles. There’s also his good mate ________. For the last couple of years _______ has been playing in the Los Angeles Premier League, anchoring the defense for La Vale F.C., a team he founded in 2005 that’s made up of Hollywood/Santa Monica guys that are over 30.
Fill in the blank?

Q3. A parley between George Bush and Bill Clinton during one of their debates ran this way - Clinton said that the fact that someone as famous as X was not able to get through to Bush in spite of trying every night was an instance of the Bush administration's remoteness and inaccessibility. Bush retorted that he would consult John Major and Boris Yeltsin on foreign policy, while Clinton could always consult Boy George. Who was Clinton referring to? (Name X)

**Q4. The President of the United States lives in the White House. Who lives in the Blue House.?

Q5. Pakistan beat India 7-1 in the 1982 Asian Games final. _________, the goalkeeper, was thrown to the wolves by a blundering set of full-backs. Among them was Rajinder Singh (Sr) — featured in the film applauding after the girls’ team loses to the men 2-3 — who played with an injured knee that severely restricted his mobility. _________ is the inspiration for the protagonist in this movie. Fill in the blank and also give the name of the movie?

Q6. His latest album's name is 'Junoon'. I think you know who I am talking about but let me make it slightly "tougher" for you- What was the name of his first album?

Q7. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony Blair's government from 1997 to 2007. He also holds the positions of First Lord of the Treasury, the Minister for the Civil Service and has a PhD in history which he gained from the University of Edinburgh. Name the person.

**Q8. X was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions. She performed in local dance revues and her local Baptist church choir. At age eight she auditioned for the Disney Channel series The New Mickey Mouse Club. Although she was considered too young to join the series at the time, a producer on the show introduced her to a New York City agent. X subsequently spent three summers at NYC's Professional Performing Arts School and also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions, including 1991's Ruthless!. In 1992, she landed a spot on the popular television show Star Search. Though she won her first round in the competition, she ultimately lost. At age eleven, X returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the New Mickey Mouse Club in Lakeland, Florida, and was accepted. Who is X?

Q9. What show would you see the following characters in? - Susan, Bree , Gabrielle, Edie and Lynette.

Q10. According to Hindu mythology,who was the first person to die when earth was created?.

Q11. The protagonists of this hit 70's American television show were two Southern California policemen: the dark-haired X, a streetwise detective with intense, childlike curiosity; and the blonde Y, who was more reserved and intellectual. Under the radio call sign "Zebra Three", they were known for tearing around the streets of "Bay City" in X's two-door Ford Torino, which was red with a large white vector stripe.
Name X and Y? Hint: The show's name is derived from X and Y itself

Q12. She started by starring in the music video for Naam Hai Tera a song from the pop album Aap Ka Suroor, an independent album by popular singer-composer Himesh Reshammiya.She recently made her cinematic debut in a Kannada film, Aishwarya, directed by Indrajit Lankesh co-starring Upendra.. The film has already been successful at the box-office, and she has received rave reviews for her screen presence. Reportedly, she has also signed on to Hindi movies like Priyadarshan's forthcoming film 'Pirate'. Who are we talking about?

Q13. The following paragraph is an excerpt from a Quentin Tarantino interview:
"Well, I started watching X and I knew it was_______. But then, the film is longer. You guys are crazy because you guys like long movies. And that’s what I like too. But we have a studio system here. But yeah, coming to the point, here I am watching a film that I’ve directed, and then it goes into each character’s background. And I am like WHOA that’s something. Because I always write the backgrounds and stuff in my scripts but it always gets chopped off during the edit. And so I was like this isn’t _______. But then it goes into the warehouse scene and I am like “WOW its back to________”. Isn’t it amazing? Wow."
Well as you would have guessed X and the blank are movies. Name the two movies?

**Q14. Complete the following list-Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, Deception Point, The Da Vinci Code, ________.

Q15. Although his family was Muslim, he was raised by Hindus for most of his life. His father Taj Mohammed Khan was a freedom activist. His mother Lateef Fatima was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose.
Who are we talking about?

Q16. Which recent Bollywood movie did Mike Tyson make an appearance in?

Q17. In the T20 world cup, before a new batsman comes in, the broadcasters show a video clip in which the batsmen says his name and his favourite shot. Now generally the batsmen say normal shot names like cover drive, hook etc…..but two players says my favourite shot is "Anywhere for Six". Who are these two players?

Q18. Complete the list - Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, Tommy Gunn, ________ ?

Q19. With which software would one associate the tagline "Enabling Open Information Sharing"?

Q20. Which US president said this famous quote, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country"?

Q21.Which Company’s slogan is "Better Sound Through Research"?

Q22. What button/option nearly never used, is often described as a "comfort button for users" on the google home page?

Q23. When he was ten, he approached Ron Dennis at an awards ceremony and told him he would drive for his team one day; four years later, he was signed for the team's driver development support programme. He is now a successful F1 driver. Who are we talking about?

Q24. "Speed of Sound" the hit Coldplay single in 2005 from the album "X and Y" was infamously beaten to the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart by the novelty song A by artist B. Give the name of the song A and the artist B?

**Q25. "Einstein, stop telling God what to do." Is a famous quote by which famous scientist?

Q26. ________ is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how civility created by man fails and how man shall always turn to savagery, using the allegory of a group of school-boys trapped on a desert island who attempt to govern themselves and fail disastrously. Its stances on the already controversial subjects of human nature and individual welfare versus the common good earned it position 70 on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most frequently challenged Books of 1990–2000.The novel was chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present. Give the name of the novel?

**Q27.Who wrote articles for the National Geographic under the name H.A. Largelamb (an anagram of his name) because he felt that otherwise the articles were accepted because of the name he bore and not because of any intrinsic merit?

Q28. Which nation advertises itself as "99% fun and 1% land" in tourist ads?

Q29. Which great devotee of Lord Shiva's parents were Rishi Pulastya and Kaikesi?

Q30. He called his wife 'The Believer' because she encouraged him at a time when everyone else called him crazy. He got his greatest inspiration while watching Chicago meat packers cut beef that moved past them on an overhead trolley. Who?

Q31. Which word in English Language literally means 'home of all demons' and was originally used with that meaning in mind?

Q32. Back in the 1890's Three Englishmen-an employee in a lace factory named Kilpin, a travel agency named Allison and a cobbler named Davies put their proposal to two businessmen - Edwards and Nathan. They wanted to start a sports team. Edwards, president designate, was not known for his generosity and he accepted only because, Davies the cobbler, offered a free workforce and leather to make the players' boots. They named it _________ Cricket and Football club. Name the club?

Q33. What do we get from Greek for 'Instruction in the circle of Arts and Sciences' or also meaning ‘All round Education’?

Q34. Which 19th century fictional character lived at No.7, Saville Row in the Burlington garden of London?

Q35. The “Stadium of Bright” is a pun of the “Stadium of Light”. To which football clubs are these stadiums home to?

Q36. This company was founded by Cornelius Vander Starr, an American businessman who in 1919 became the first Westerner in Shanghai to sell insurance to the Chinese. Name the company.
Hint:You have definitely seen it somewhere else

Q37. Raymond Ayala is better known as _________?

Q38. Which company was founded in 2006 by Sir Richard Branson, author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and entrepreneurs Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetharaman and Gotham Chopra?

Q39. Akleem Akhtar, was a close friend of Yahya Khan during his reign. She lovingly called Yahya Khan as Agha Jani. Due to her close association with Yahya Khan and powers she exercised due to this relation, she was known as General Rani. She is grandmother of leading pop star Fakhre Alam and ________. _______ was married to Safa Galadhari and has a son from another previous marriage with Zeba Bakhtiar. Fill in the blank.

Q40. Which club, located at 103, Gaunt Street, Southwark, London, opened in 1992 was founded by Jamie Palumbo?

answers will be released in some time....

The Rider Returns!

A few interesting tidbits that i found during my daily "coffee-with-wikipedia-breaks" -

1. On 6th sep 2007, Alyona Mikhailova, 34, became the first person in Russia to do what?

2. His genuine birth certificate states his middle name as Aaron whereas his death certificate says Aron. This quirk has helped inflame the "____ is not dead" conspiracy theories. Name this cultural icon.

3. In his initial years he earned the nickname "The Translator", when he Worked as Sir Bobby Robson's translator at Barcalona in the early 90's.

4. ____'s motto "Love All, Serve All" was adopted from one of their co-founders's guru Sathya Sai Baba.

INNOVISION 2007
CORPORATE QUIZ

Charge up your Biz-Quotient

Prepare yourself to be immersed in the rather whacky, lateral and downright beautiful world of Corporate Quizzing!!!!!! We assure you that you shall go back enriched and now who doesn't like the nice prize money :-)..Prizes include quite a few grand,Ipods/Pendrives etc etc...Thats grand enough

A team consists of 2 members.

Prelims - Connecting Block room no.110(between ECE and COE blocks)
Time - 11.00 am
Date - 6th October 2007
Finals - ECE Committee Room between 1230 to 1430 hours

6 teams(consisting of 2 Members) shall be selected on the basis of the prelims and the finals will be conducted shortly after the prelims are conducted...All rules to be explained on the spot.

Prelims will consist of a crossword and dry questions both.

Finals shall have 6 rounds.....Period.

For further details please contact the Organizers:-

Roshan Shankar 9810892786
PKV Kishan 9910434512
Sanchit Juneja 9811007263
Sahil Kohli 9899127236

We know we don't have a fancy enough poster but Iraada is sacchha..Any help towards a design poster will be much appreciated but unfortunately not well rewarded...Maybe the satisfaction of helping us poor kids ??!!