QC Meet-April 2006

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1. In Moto GP, who is known as 'The Doctor'?

2. _______ was a US television sitcom set in New York City that ran from July 5, 1989, to May 14,1998. It was one of the most popular and influential TV programmes of the 1990s. In 2002, TV Guide released a list of the top 50 greatest shows of all time and ranked it #1. The show was created by _______ _______ and ______ ______. It was produced by Castle-Rock Entertainment and distributed by Columbia Pictures Television. It ended as the #1 most watched show of its final season. After the show ended, the actors of the show have all attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings each show was cancelled quickly, usually within the first season. This has given rise to the term _______ ______ to describe sitcom failure by an actor following massive success on an ensemble show, a phrase oft-used in reference to Matt LeBlanc's show.
Name the show.

3)Name the best selling album of 2005.

4)Give the full form of MRF

5)He is a native of Gwalior and has been active in Indian politics throughout his life. He holds the distinction of being a well educated politician, having earned a masters degree in political science from the Victoria College and DAV College. He began his involvements in politics as a freedom fighter during the Quit India Movement, initially adhering to communism. He then became a student and close follower and aide to Syama Prasad Mukerjee. Who is he?

6)What does the study of pistology focus on?

7)This company has recently signed a ₤56.5 million deal with Manchester United to become the biggest shirt sponsor in the United Kingdom and the second biggest in the whole of Europe.
Name the company.

8)___________ is the world's largest services firm. It was formed in 1998 from a merger between _____ and ______. It is the largest of the Big Four auditors, earning aggregate worldwide revenues of $20.3 billion for fiscal 2005, and employing over 130,000 people in 148 countries. Name the firm.

9)_________, born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli, reigned as the 260th Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, and sovereign of Vatican City State from March 2, 1939 until his death. His leadership of the Catholic Church during World War II and The Holocaust, remains the subject of continued historical controversy.
Before becoming Pope, as a Papal diplomat and Cardinal Secretary of State he worked to conclude treaties with other nations, most notably the Reichskonkordat with Germany. He is one of few Popes in recent history to exercise his Papal Infallibility by issuing a dogmatic definition. He also decisively eliminated the Italian majority in the College of Cardinals.
Name him.

10)What is the dot over the letter 'i' called?

11)This product is based on a software developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is distributed under a licensing agreement with Spyglass, Inc. Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. It's Unix version contains software licensed from Mainsoft Corporation. What product?