Quizzing and Beyond

Random Question #7

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Random Question 7

In the visual given below which sports person should be there in place of the green box.What is the connection here.

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Random Question #6

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Random Question 6

The company was founded in 1914 by Alexander MacRae, as McRae Hosiery Manufacturers, then MacRae Knitting Mills.During World War II the manufacturer shifted nearly all of its production to war materials such as mosquito nets.How do we know the company today ?

Ans. Speedo

Answer to Random Question 5

Random Question #5

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:25:00 +0000

Random Question 5

Identify the organization / company from its logo.

Ans: Prometric . The Testing services company, who among other exams will be conducting the CAT examination from this year.

Just 2 people got this one correct.

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Random Question #4

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Random Question 4.

The gentleman shown in the visual below started this organization in 1984.Today it is owned by Sapling Foundation,a private non profit organization."Ideas Worth Spreading" is the tag line of this organization.What is being talked about.

Ans.TED

Richard Saul Wurman (visual) founded TED along with Harry Marks in 1984.Wurman left the organization in 2002.The latest TED conference is currently being held in Mysore.

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Image source -Wikipedia

Random Question #3

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:35:00 +0000

Random Question 3

The first airplane engine produced by the company in 1914 was called Eagle and around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I was produced by this company.
Which company are we talking of ?

Ans.Rolls Royce

(Image courtesy Wikipedia)

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Random Question # 2

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Answers can be left as a comment here.They will be published along with the correct answer

Random Question 2

This building located in Woolwich, a London suburb, lends its name to one of the most famous English football clubs.Identify the club and the connection.

Ans.Arsenal FC.

Arsenal were founded as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, and were renamed Royal Arsenal shortly afterwards.

Cracked by all!

(Image courtesy Wikipedia)

Answer to Random Q #1

Random Question #1

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:45:00 +0000

Posting of question sets has become quite irregular of late.What better way to increase the traffic of trivia hunters than to start posting a few questions.Starting today,a new quiz series will be started on the Quizzards blog,

The series will be called Random Qs
Rules are quite simple.
A single question will be posted at regular intervals of time.
You can leave your answer as comments.
Comments will be moderated and published along with the correct answers.

Here goes the first one

Random Question #1

Time Magazine, in its sixth issue in 1923 first featured an author/writer on its cover.Simply identify the author shown in the visual below.

Ans: Joseph Conrad.

Almost everyone got the first one correct.

(Image courtesy TIME)

India Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:56:00 +0000

To celebrate the spirit of Independence Day,we have a set of 15 questions to challenge brain cells.

Answers can be sent by e-mail to my mail id displayed on the right side of the blog
Answers will be mailed to those who attempt the quiz.

INDIA QUIZ

QMs- Aniruddha Biswas & Souvik Basu

1.The novel published in 1882 is set in the background of the horrors of a famine in Bengal,and has the central story line of a group of ascetics fighting against the soldiers of the East India Company.The novel was later translated into English and called The Abbey of Bliss.Identify this historical novel.

2.This fortress was setup by the British East India company on April 23,1639.It was the first fortress set up by the British in India Its main purpose was to have a port which was nearer to the Malaccan Straits to maintain their commercial interests in the trade of spice.Named after the patron saint of England,today it serves as an administartive building of the Government of the state where it is situated.Identify.

3.This state capital gets its name from the "Kew Hi" flower which grows on the nearby mountains.The name literally means "Men from the land where the Kew Hi flower grows" It was the site of an intense battle in 1944 during World War II ,and has a large cemetery for the Allied soldiers who lost their lives.

4.This company was set up in 1968 with FC Kohli as its first General Manager.One of its first projects was to provide punch card services to a sister concern.It later executed a project called Inter Bank Reconcillation System for the Central bank of India.Burroughs Corporation,one of the earliest manufacturers of business computers was its first international client.Identify the company.

5.Setup in 1836 in Calcutta this institution was initially run on a proprietary basis.Any one who paid Rs. 300 could become a proprietor.After independence the Government of India moved it to its present location shown in the image below.

6.In 1906, 'Banco Nacional Ultramarino' was entrusted with the responsibility of issue of paper money in India for certain regions. The early notes issued by the bank carried the seal of the bank. New denominations of 4 Tangas, 8 Tangas and One Rupia and 21/2 Rupias were introduced in 1917. Most issues carried the Commerce and Sailing Ships motifs common to many colonial issues. Indian symbols and motifs (architectural and exotic fauna) were adopted on some notes .Where were these notes used ?

7.What is located in a 28 storey building called Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers in Mumbai..

8.This medal was initially established as Ashok Chakra, Class II. Identify this award which is the peace time equivalent of the Mahavir Chakra.

9. What was this controversy about?

10. These are the obverse and reverse sides of a medal. Name the medal.

11. Identify this lady

12.Its origin is said to be from the Sanskrit word Vishu. It is celebrated thrice in a year:Rongaali or Bohaag (mid-April), Kati or Koongali (mid-October) and Magh or Bhoogali.It marks three distinct phases of the farming calendar for the native crop of the place.Bohaag marks the advent of the seeding time, Kati marks the completion of sowing and transplantation of the saplings and finally Magh marks the culmination of the harvesting period.What is being described?

13.According to some legends, the place derives its name from the local word for shepherd's hill. One of the most striking features of the fort in this place was supposed to be its perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot high granite wall.Which place?

14 The name of this company/brand was suggested by the present MD of the company. Lowe Lintas designed the logo which resembles the shape of a type of card, the card indicating the businsess the company is into. Illayaraja composed the tunes, while Sonu Nigam sang the jingle. Which company/brand?

15. It won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. To commemorate this achievement,Indian Post came out with two stamps later in the year featuring this. What is being
described?
Happy Quizzing :)

Sportsquiz Group Anniversary Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:07:00 +0000

I had prepared this quiz as part of the anniversary celebrations of the SportsQuiz Group.I am cross posting it on my blog.

Answers can be sent to my mail id .Only those who attempt the quiz are eligible to get the answers

1.This football tournament started in 1941 and the trophy is named after Sir Manmatha Roy Chowdhury,the erstwhile ruler of region now in Bangladesh.Identify.

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2.Which recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award,has also served as a Member of Parliament (Loksabha).Incidentally the person lost in the 2009 Loksabha elections?

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3.In 1987 an industrialist Ravi Mammen set up an academy for nurturing a special class of sportsmen.The idea of academy, which also paid all expenses of its students,was met with lot of skepticism.Proving its critics wrong it went on to become a huge success both nationally and internationally.Identify.

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4.In October 1899 a Swiss accountant and sports columnist,Joan Gamper,advertised in a newspaper about his intention to start a football club.Eleven players responded to the advertisement , and after a meeting the football club was founded in November 1899.This is the history of which Europen football giant?

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5.There are 3 colours of balls officially allowed to be used in this sport. white,yellow and optic yellow .Which sport?

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6.At which sporting venue will you find, "Tea Olive","Pink Dogwood","Flowering Peach", "Flowering Crab Apple","Magnolia","Juniper" and "Pampas" together.(List not exhaustive).

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7.Identify the company from its logo.

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8.Michael Jordan had appeared on the cover of this magazine a record 49 times.What is the significance of the cover shown here.

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9.Identify this French tennis player who won the Wimbeldon and French Open half a dozen times each.

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10.This erstwhile monarch of an Asian country lends his name to a sports trophy.Who?

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FYEO QUIZ 1

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:56:00 +0000

FYEO stands for "For Your Eyes Only". As is evident from the name this series of quizzes will contain only questions based on visuals.So do keep your eyes glued to the screen :).

28 people replied to the quiz.The highest score being 9.Congratulations !! to Rabi.
Answers have been mailed to those who left their mail ids with the answers.Those who are yet to recieve the answers kindly drop me a mail .

Scores can be accessed here

1.The actress in the visual along with music composer George Antheil received patent number 2,292,387 for their "Secret Communications System." in 1942 ,but the invention could be implemented only 1962.Identify the actress and what was the importance of this patent?

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2.This chain operates in 89 countries with around 30832 franchises.The visual shows one of its branch in Dar Es Salam,Tanzania.Identify.

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3.This financial institution,( headquarters shown in the visual below) celebrates its birthday on All Fools day.This year it turned 75.

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4.In the 1970s the compnay ran an advertising campaign where the following mathematical formula was displayed on a piece of paper.The result was that they received several inquiries from the scientific community for the meaning of the formula, as they could not figure it out.Who was behind this unusual advertising

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5. Identify the flag shown here.

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6. Identify the author,whose work reaches daily through some newspapers.

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7.This logo was recently replaced.Which Indian company's logo was this.

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8.What technology is being demonstrated in the visual below?

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9,Identify this British motor sport engineer ?

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10.The visual shows an ad of The Zimbabwean newspaper.What has been blanked out from the visual

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Answers will be mailed to those who reply to the quiz.

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ - SCORES & UPDATES

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:55:00 +0000

After nearly 3 months and 8 quizzes covering a wide range of subjects the Anniversary Quiz Series finally comes to an end,The 5 year completion of the group was indeed celebrated in a grand fashion.

The Anniversary Quiz series saw an overwhelming response of 115 people.

The time has finally come to announce the winners.

The Top 10 performers are

1. Harshal Modi
2. Swarun Krishna
3. Animesh
4. Mariam Ahmed
5. Anit
6. Nikhil
7. Chanchal Pati
8. Anubhav Chatterjee
9. DK
10. Shrey

The complete results can be accessed here

My sincere thanks for the tremendous work put in by all the guest Quiz Masters -
Chanchal Pati,Anubhav Chatterjee,Karthik Narayanan,Prateek Vijayavargia,Arghya Mukherjee and of course Souvik Basu of Team Quizzards.

Keep watching this space for the next series of Quizzes

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #8

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:20:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 8

QM- Arghya Mukherjee

This is the eighth and last episode of quizzes we planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a General Quiz

After this edition the consolidated scores will be calculated and the winner announced

Q1: What is the term given to a person appointed to test the claims of a candidate for canonization before a papal church? (Think Movies)

Ans. Devil's Advocate

Q2: What colloquial English Phrase for hierarchy comes from the dominance and submissive behavior of chicken?

Ans. Pecking Order

Q3: Which still existing 11th century English fortress been a palace, a prison, a mint and an observatory?

Ans. Tower of London (Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress )

Q4: Which three day famous cultural ‘happening’ first took place at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 1969 ?

Ans.Woodstock

Q5: How do we better know the company Vishnu Industries and Chemical Corporation?

Ans.VICCO

QM-Aniruddha Biswas

Q6:This visual shows the route map of an event held for the first time in South America in 2009.Identify.

Ans. Dakar Rally

Q 7:The picture on the right is that of a Japanese jellyfish.The two gentleman in the picture started their business with a dry goods store in Montgomery,Alabama.Later they started accepting raw cotton as payment for merchandise,and started their second business ,trading cotton.Their company helped in founding the New York Cotton exchange in 1870.Connect the pictures.

Ans. Left- 2 of the Lehman Brothers
Right - Nomura jellyfish.
Nomura took over the Asian Business of Lehman Brothers
Q8:This private space transportation company was founded in 2002 by PayPal co founder Elon Musk.The company operates from Hawthorne ,California.Identify.

Ans.SpaceX

Q9:This famous author was known to some of his fans as "Bop Ad" because of his illegible signature.

Ans.Douglas Adams

Q10.Connect the following 5 companies.

1.Activecubes Solutions
2.Lakshya
3.StarAgri
4.Takeovercode.com
5.The Loot

Ans.Winners of the TATA-NEN Hottest Start-Ups

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #7

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:52:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 7

QM- Souvik Basu (TEAM QUIZZARDS)

This is the seventh among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a General Quiz

1. XY.com is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of movies. The name derives from the historical cliché of throwing Y and other produce at stage performers if a performance was particularly bad. Its owned by Newscorp. Which site?

Ans.RottenTomatoes

2. X was an overnight success from the debut of her act at the Musée Guimet on 13 March 1905. Following that success, she became the long-time mistress of the millionaire Lyon industrialist Emile Etienne Guimet who founded the Musée. She posed as a Java princess of priestly Hindu birth, pretending to have been immersed in the art of sacred Indian dance since childhood. She brought this carefree provocative style to the stage in her act, which garnered wide acclaim. The most celebrated segment of her act was her progressive shedding of clothing until she wore just a jeweled bra and some ornaments upon her arms and head. X?

Ans. Mata Hari

3. The _____ had its origins in the real-life case of the death of a boy, Dennis O'Neill, who died whilst in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his wife in 1945. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "The ______" is Hamlet's answer to Claudius's inquiry about the name of the play whose prologue and first scene the court has just observed (III, ii). The play is actually The Murder of Gonzago, but Hamlet answers metaphorically, since "the play's the thing" in which he intends to "catch the conscience of the king." Fil in the blank.

Ans.The Mousetrap

4. Identify this 2 sportsmen who formed a great friendship in the Olympics.

Ans. Carl Lutzlong and Jesse Owens

5. An avid cricket fan, he is reported to have said, "One of my main obsessions in life is the game of cricket—I play and watch and read about it all the time". Being Chairman of the Gaieties Cricket Club and a lifetime supporter of the Yorkshire Cricket Club, He devoted a section of his official website to Cricket. He also acted in theatres under the name David Baron. Who is he?

Ans.Harold Pinter

6. The prizes were presented originally at a ceremony in a lecture hall at MIT but now in Harvard University's Sanders Theater. The ceremony is co-sponsored by the Harvard Computer Society, the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association and the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students.Throwing paper airplanes onto the stage was a long-standing tradition at the ceremony, changed at the 2006 ceremony because of "security concerns."
The ceremony is recorded and broadcast on National Public Radio and is shown live over the Internet. The recording is broadcast every year, on the Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving, on the public radio program Science Friday.Which prizes?

Ans.Ig Nobel Prize

7. St. Petersburg rightfully bears the name of the city of museums. There are museums devoted to dolls, railway transportation, banking, political police, even gramophones and phonographs. Hence it was only right that the ___ Museum would be set up here. However, the museum was shifted to Moscow. This transfer from St. Petersburg to Moscow was not by chance. In fact, it is quite symbolic that the museum is now situated in Moscow, which is the historical place this famous product originates from. XVth century is considered the starting point of its history. The museum appeared within the precincts of the Kremlin in Izmailovo, a unique historical and architectural complex, for pleasure of tourists and guests of Moscow. Fill in the blank.

Ans.Vodka Museum

8. No.10: Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan. (written)
No.9: Samantha Power, Irish American journalist, author and academic
No.8: X
No.7: M.I.A., stage name of Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam, British song writer and artist of Tamil descent
No.6: Meredith Vieira, American journalist and TV celebrity
No.5: Lisa Ling, American TV journalist
No.4: Katie Couric, American TV journalist
No.3: Sarah Silverman, American singer, actor, comedian, writer
No.2: Tina Fey, American TV actor, producer
No.1: Y and Zadie Smith (Honorable Mention)
X & Y please.

Ans.X-Jhumpa Lahiri, Y- Ana Ivanovic.
This is the list of Thinking Man's Sex Symbols compiled by Daily Beast.

9. In terms of Google searches in India in 2008, Katrina Kaif has been placed the first among all actresses.Which actress was ranked second among the actresses in terms of the number of searches on Google?

Ans.Aishwariya Rai

10. Identify this person with Sourav Ganguly.

Ans.Gerd Muller

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #6

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:30:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 6

QM- Souvik Basu (TEAM QUIZZARDS)

This is the sixth among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a Business Quiz

1. When it was suggested to X that he might be able to devise superior one his response was to shout, "You want to do away with the only thing that keeps women quiet - their ____!" In spite of his less than respectful attitude toward women, X was ready to do whatever was needed to sell Y. To convince people that women really could operate these intricate mechanisms he used women to demonstrate Y to potential buyers. He advertised that even a child could handle one. Y were also promoted as a timesaver that would leave women with more time to take care of their families.Identify X and Y.X is a person, Y is a product. A blank has been left for obvious reasons.

Ans.X- Issac Singer, Y- Sewing Machine

2. In 2006, ___ started its "turn to 30" campaign to inspire consumers to use cool water so that energy can be saved. In October 2008, ____ launched their new Excel Gel product which can be used in temperatures as low as 15 degrees celsius. This product was launched under the brand's "cold is the new hot" campaign. Which brand?

Ans. Ariel

3. In the movie Ghostbusters , there is a character named "Stay Puft Marshmallow man". Who or what are said to be the inspiration of character ?

Ans. Michelin Man and Pilsbury Dough Boy

4. About this widely used 'product' in World War II, it was said that it could do anything but talk. 'Product' in a very broad sense of the term. The first prototype of it was the Bantam BRC. It is also said to be the oldest SUV. Which product?

Ans. Jeep

5. It was designed by Maurice Wilks. It is said that he was inspired by an American World War II Jeep that he used one summer at his holiday home in Wales. It is considered the second oldest SUV. What is it?

Ans.LandRover

6. An ad of Absolut Vodka. Absolut _______?

Ans.Wells

7. Identify the advertiser.

Ans. Helpage
8. Joseph started this company in 1875 in New York. The company made watches and clocks. Today its a part of Loews Corporation. However, the company's product still continues to feature in many quizzes because it has a first to its credit. Which company and why?

Ans.Bulova Watches.

Bulova paid $4 for the world's first television commercial, a July 1, 1941 placement on New York station WNBT before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies

9. In the game, available on the website, NailTheThief.com, a player is given a chance to hit X's face with rotten eggs as many times possible within 30 seconds.Within days of its launch, the game has already been played more than 100,000 times, with a few playing it over and over again, as per the information on the website of the game. Some have gathered more than 20,000 points in the process.The website has already had more than 4,00,000 hits.
As per the latest data, the top-scorer has managed to hit 18 eggs within the stipulated time.
The website also urges you to challenge your friends and provides the opportunity of winning an i-Pod.X?

Ans. Ramalinga Raju

10. The society's historical mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources." Its President and CEO since March 1998, John M. Fahey, Jr., says its purpose is to inspire people to care about their planet. The Society is governed by a twenty-three member Board of Trustees composed of a group of distinguished educators, leading business executives, former governmental officials, and conservationists.The Society publishes an official journal (a magazine which bears the same name as the society), and other magazines, books, school products, maps, other publications, web and film products in numerous languages and countries around the world. It also has an educational foundation that gives grants to education organizations and individuals to enhance geography education. Which society?

Ans.National Geographic

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSAR QUIZ #5

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:48:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 5

QM- Prateek Vijayavargiya

This is the fifth among the series of quizzes we have planned as part
of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a Sports Quiz.

This edition saw 18 people attempting thw quiz.Sports being a favorite among most enthusiasts saw a high scoring quiz.

1.Identify this Indian boxer, who made headlines in 1998.

Ans.Dingko Singh (Won Gold at the 1998 Asian Games)
2.Who is the quickest driver to get a fine in F1, being fined $1,000 nine seconds into his career, after speeding in the pitlane and is also the youngest driver to score points in a Grand Prix, youngest to win pole position and also the youngest F1 race winner?

Ans.Sebastien Vettel

3.Connect this billionaire to the world of cricket.

Ans.Allen Stanford

4.Who is the only Indian athlete to have broken Milkha Singh’s 400 M record?

Ans.Paramjit Singh

5.Which boxer nicknamed "The Bayonne Bleeder”, served as the inspiration for the character of Rocky Balboa in the “Rocky” movie series?

Ans. Chuck Wepner
6.In 1845, Alexander Cartwright of New York City led the codification of an early list of rules (the so-called Knickerbocker Rules), from which today's rules have evolved. Which sport?

Ans.Baseball

7.X reached the Junior final at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. He played on the India Davis Cup team from 1959 until 1973. His best Grand Slam singles performance was reaching the round of 16 at the 1962 Australian Championships. In doubles, his best Slam performance was reaching the Quarterfinals at the 1962 Australian Championships and 1973 Wimbledon Championships, both times with Jaidip Mukerjea.
Simply Identify X.

Ans.Premjit Lall

8.Which sport, which literally translated means "goat grabbing" is the national sport of Afghanistan?

Ans.Buzkashi

9.After Sir Don Bradman and Wally Hammond, who became The Next Batsman to Score Double Centuries in successive Innings?

Ans.Vinod Kambli

10.The author of “Unlimited Challenge”, which player’s World Championship Match in 1984 with Anatoly Karpov stretched over 5 Months and 48 Games?

Ans.Gary Kasparov

Scores for this edition:

Sands 4 ,Juggernaut 10, Priyadarshan Babu 10,
Somnath 10,Anubhav Chatterjee 4,Nirad 5,
Ankur 8,Prashant Mannur 4,Animesh 9
Prasoon 7,Swarun Krishna 9,Jaideep Kumar 6,
Anand Shankar 3,Harshal Modi 8,SR 9,
Shishir 4,Partha SG 9,Kamal Rathi 9

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #4

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:07:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 4

QM-KARTHIK NARAYAN

This is the fourth among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a quiz based on Hindu Mythology

This edition had 10 people attempting the quiz.

1. Only one of the five Pandavas had the courage to suggest to Yudishtra that Lord Krishna should be the first person to be honored before the Rajasuya Yagna could be performed. Who?

Ans.Sahadeva

2. King Indradyumna was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. When he retired from Royal duties, he became a sanyasi and renounced everything including the sense of speech. In silence, he meditated on the Lord. His intense concentration made him miss out on honouring Sage Agastya who stood before him as he meditated. As usual, anger blinds all other senses; Agastya lost control and cursed the King-turned-ascetic. "blinded by ignorance and haughtiness, the king
has ignored me completely. May you be turned into ____". The curse was eventually lifted when the King in his new "avataar" became an even greater devotee of Lord Vishnu. This story of the new avataar and how he was liberated is forever etched in all our bed time tales.

Ans.Gajendra, the elephant devotee of Lord Vishnu

3. Who first identified Vamana as an avatar of Lord Vishnu?

Ans.Sukracharya, the chief priest of the asuras

4. It is said that Hiranyakashipu had irritated Lord Narasimha so much that his anger never subsided. Who eventually calmed him down?

Ans.Prahlada pacified the Lord with prayers. A simple "Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya" did the trick!

5. This one is for the Month of Marghazhi, the greatest month in the Tamil calendar! What are the days of the marghazhi month named after?

Ans.The 30 days of the month of Marghazhi are named after the 30 verses of Andaal's tirupaavai.

6. As we all know, when Dhanvantari came out of the Milky Ocean with the amrit (nectar), the Devas and Asuras fought for who would drink the amrit first. Lord Vishnu-Maya came as Mohini and settled the dispute. While the Asuras were totally head over heels on her beauty and charm, Mohini was busy distributing all the amrit to the devas. One asura by name Svarabhanu managed to see through Mohini's game. How do we best know this asura?

Ans.The asura assumed the form of a deva to counter-fool Mohini and succeeded in drinking the amrit. Mohini tried severing his neck with the Holy Discus but the head and body became immortal as Rahu and Ketu.

7. One more on the samudra manthan. When the Asuras finally realised they had been tricked and all the amrit had been drank, they were furious. Mohini simply smiled and handed over the empty vessels to the asuras and vanished. What did the asuras do with the vessels and how do we know the burying of the hatchet, perhaps?

Ans.The vessels were buried in 4 places - Nasik, Ujjain, Prayag and Haridwar. These are the venues where the Kumbha mela festivities are held

8. X boasted that he was the greatest of all time (the then Mohd Ali, I guess) and challenged everybody that he could lift a mountain with his bare hands (Later, Krishna parodied this by lifting a mountain with His little finger!!). Unfortunately for X, the mountain was Kailash, and the Gods as usual panicked. It is said that when the mountain got a new high, Shiva had to step in with his toe, literally. His pressure made the mountain very heavy and X dropped it on
his own fingers. X shrieked, screamed and roared in pain. Even with the pain, X composed the Shiva tandava Stotra impromptu. Pleased with his devotion, Lord Shiva showed his glory self to X and gave him the title Y, by which we know him best. Name X and Y.

Ans.X is Dasamukha (ten headed) and Y is Ravana

9. X goes down in the mythological tales as the world's first ever enclopedia as he had immense knowledge of history, geography and the sciences. X was originally a ghandarva who got into wrong terms with Indra. Indra was overcome with both anger and jealousy (over the Ghandarva's handsome looks) and cursed him. Anger management was at its worst and when Indra struck X with his thunderbolt. The result was that X became as massive as a mountain, sans head or neck, had a mouth with big teeth in his belly. He wanted to be killed at the hands of Lord Rama to get moksha and he got his wish. But before he died, he passed on all the immense knowledge he possessed to Rama. The KT was very useful for Rama for all the events that followed after - meeting Sabari, Sugriva, Vaali, Hanuman etc.

Ans.Kabhanda

10. It is said that this person was not so holy when he began his life. Sage Narada appeared before him and asked him to change his ways. He went to his parents and wife and asked if they would share his sins. They refused it, and his eyes opened to reality. He immediately renounced everything and took up severe penance. Years later, Narada came the same way and saw a huge anthill piled up. Narada realised that the person was inside the anthill and softly
called out his name. Only a two-syllable mantra was heard. Narada released him from the anthill and gave him a new name meaning "one who came out of an anthill". Who is the famous mythological character in person?

Ans.Ratnakara the hunter who became Valmiki, author of Ramayana.

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #3

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:26:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 3

QM-ANUBHAV CHATERJEE

This is the third among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is an Entertainment Quiz with Bollywood as the central theme.

This was the easiest quiz of the series ,hence an extremely high scoring one.This edition saw 30 responses to the quiz.As many of you realised ,question number 5 had the answer inadvertently inserted within the question itself.

Q1.After completing his school from St.James.Kolkata and college education from Presidency college,he joined a band called Chandrabindoo. Before that he formed another band with his Presidency batchmates, called "Jotugriher Pakhi".Now he is an established music director in bollywood.Identify him?

Ans:Pritam

Q2.One of them is a lead singer of Mumbai-based electronic band Pentagram. They also were the mentors of Raja Hasan in Saregamapa 2007, a popular singing contest broadcasted in Zee TV.Identify the duo?

Ans:Vishal Shekhar

Q3.His name is Anwar but he is better known by a different name. His debut song was in 1984.He learnt music form Pandit Ram Prasad Sharma. Was last heard in the movie Ugly aur Pagli.How do we know him?

Ans:Anu Malik

Q4.The surname of this duo is Raghuwanshi and Panchal. They won their 1st filmfare award for the music of the movie Chori-Chori.Identify the duo?

Ans:Shankar Jaikishen

Q5.His name is Mohammed Zahur "Khayyam" Hashmi.He last scored for a movie Yatra in 2006.Identify him?

Ans:Khayyam

Q6.His name is Kattassery Joseph but he is better knwn by his surname. In 1980 he established the Tharangni Studio at Trivandrum.Who is being described?

Ans:Yesudas

Q7. They are slowly becoming popular by the title 'Amar-Akbar-Anthony' of Bollywood music.Their last hit was Rock-On! Identify the trio?

Ans:Shankar Eshan Loy

Q8. His father Aparesh was a trained classical singer and his mother Bashabi was a singer trained in Shyama Sangeet..Identify the music director?

Ans:Bappi Lahiri

Q9.He was better known by his 1st name.His complete name was Lal Nagrath.His 1st movie as a composer was Neki aur Badi (1949).His grandson is a superstar.Identify the composer?

Ans:Roshan

Q10. His first movie as a composer was Pyaar Kiya to Darna kya.Before becoming a music director he was a television producer.His forthcoming movies include Kaajra Re,Hey Gujju as an actor etc.Identify this multi talented music director?

Ans:Himesh Reshamiyya

QUIZZARDS ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #2

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:23:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 2

QM-CHANCHAL PATI

This is the second among the series of quizzes we have planned as part
of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a General Quiz.

The edition saw 24 replies in all.Scores will be updated soon.

1.“I have worked hard on this. Every single idea in that book is mine. I am going out on a limb here; opening myself up to criticism; people I don’t know can take potshots at me.”.Who said this and about what?

Ans.Nandan Nilekani on his book ‘Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century’

2.The Unique promotion of a Bollywood Movie
To promote the film ‘Rang Rasiya’ a national level art competition is going to be held titled ‘Rang Rasiya – Freedom of Expression Movement ‘. It is the initiative of which corporation headed by Anand Mahendroo and Mehool Parekh.

Ans.Infinity Art Corporation

3.He was born on the 15th of August 1938. He did his postgraduate work in political science and studied fine arts at Sir J.J. School of Arts in Mumbai. He started his career in 1960 with the Daily Milap in New Delhi. Smt. Indira Gandhi published his cartoon book in 1983. He was awarded the ‘ Tirtholi ‘ award in 1982. His comic strips was acquired for display by the International Museum of Cartoon Art, USA.Name this famous cartoonist .

Ans. Pran,the creator of Chacha Chaudhuri

4.Sourav Ganguly along with Rahul Dravid made their test debut at Lord’s in 1996 under Mohd. Azharuddin’s captaincy but this was also the last series for one famous personality. Name him.

Ans. Harold "Dickie" Bird

5.It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame of web browsers.A comic by Scott McCloud was sent to journalists and bloggers explaining the features of and motivations for the new software The public stable release was on December 11, 2008.What is it ?

Ans.Google Chrome

6.Why the traditional Red wrapper of the Kit-Kat was changed to blue during 1945 – 47?

Ans.For most of its life, KitKat has appeared in a red and white wrapper. It did, however, change to a blue wrapper in 1945, when it was produced with a plain chocolate covering due to shortages of milk after the war. This blue livery was withdrawn in 1947 when the standard milk chocolate KitKat was reintroduced

7.Who made his acting debut along side Amir Khan (his first role as an adult) in Ketan Mehta’s 1984 film ‘Holi ‘.

Ans.Ashutosh Gowarikar

8.While viewing a school quiz on Doordarshan, X found out that students knew much more of Greek or Roman mythology than Indian mythology . It prompted him to start Y.What are X and Y?

Ans.X – Anant Pai Y – Amar Chitra Katha

9.The result of an experiment at MIT went - ‘Specimen X had a specific gravity of 1.00 Specimen Y had a specific gravity of 1.06. Specific gravity of X is less than Y. ’. What did the experiment prove?

Ans.Y- Blood is thicker than Water -X.

10.Name these two awards instituted by the Maharashtra State Commission for Women

Ans.The Rakshasa award for films propagating violence
The Duryodhan award for bad films and advertisements’

QUIZZARDS GROUP ANNIVERSARY QUIZ #1

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:49:00 +0000

PENTATHLON EPISODE 1

QM-ANIRUDDHA BISWAS( TEAM QUIZZARDS )

This is the first among the series of quizzes we have planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.The theme of the first quiz is Technology ,with the main focus being ICT.

The name of the Quiz series has been suggested by Saurish Das ,one of the earliest members of Team Quizzards.

Scores for this edition will be updated soon.

At the end of the series,cumulative scores will be calculated and the Quizzards Anniversary Quiz Champion announced.

1.This greatly pleasing or entertaining web service was started by Joshua Scachter in 2003.Having more than 5 million users its primary use is in storing,sharing and discovering bookmarks on the internet.Identify.

Ans.Delicious or del.icio.us

2.This free operating system gets its name from the Zulu word for humanity.Identify

Ans.Ubuntu

3.His father was an Indian freedom revolutionary from Bengal who having been imprisoned for his political activities, fled Kolkata in the 1920s in order to avoid further prosecution by the British colonial police.A Fulbright Scholar ,he earned his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He founded a company in 1964,whose products can be found in the Sistine Chapel and the Broadway Theatre."Better Sound Through Research" is the motto of the company.Identify the person and the company he founded.

Ans.Amar Gopal Bose, Bose Corporation

4.The term originates from name of the wooden box on which a speaker would stand to deliver a speech.The term is also used to describe a person engaging in often flamboyant impromptu or unofficial public speaking.The term is also the name of the online video streaming service provided by Microsoft on its MSN portal.Identify the term .

Ans.SoapBox

5.Which best selling author was recently quoted as saying ,"MySpace is my wife and Facebook is my mistress"?

Ans.Paul Coelho

6.Started by two Kolkata based brothers, Jayant and Rajat Agarwala,the site is currently known as Lexulous.What was its earlier avatar known as?

Ans.Scrabulous

7.What term has been given to the New York Governor,Dave Patterson's proposed tax on downloaded music,videos,ebooks and other such digital entertainment services ?

Ans. iPod Tax

8.It was started as a research and development project inside a San Francisco based company called Odeo.Evan Williams,Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone were the founders of the company,which currently employs around 25 people.What is being talked about ?

Ans. Twitter

9._________ is a paradigm in which information is permanently stored in servers on the Internet and cached temporarily on clients that include desktops, entertainment centers, tablet computers, notebooks, wall computers, handhelds, sensors, monitors, etc.Alternatively it is a style of computing in which IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services from the Internet without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them. Fill in the blanks.

Ans. Cloud Computing

10.Connect the creatures shown in the picture below with the Firefox web browser.

Ans.The picture on the left is the depiction of a Phoenix,and on the right is
a Gecko lizard.Phoenix was the earlier name of the Firefox Project and the Firefox
browser runs on the Gecko web rendering engine

Quizzards Group's Fifth Anniversary Celebration

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:11:00 +0000

On 26th December 2008 the Quizzards group will be turning five. It has been quite a remarkable journey over the course of these 5 years, though the number of quizzes posted on the group has fluctuated at times we have still managed to maintain the overall quality of the quizzes posted here.

The membership as of today stands at 488,we would definitely love to attract more member who will actively contribute towards enriching our knowledge base.

As part of our fifth anniversary celebrations we are planning a series of quizzes which will be posted to group members and published in the blog. This series of quizzes will be running for a month starting 26th December 2008.

To make the 5th anniversary celebration of Quizzards a truly grand one,I would like to invite members to volunteer as quiz masters. If you intend to volunteer as a QM,please drop in a mail to quiz[dot]aniruddha[at]gmail.com

We are yet to decide on a suitable name on this Quiz series,if you have any suggestions do share them.
RULES:
1.Each quiz must contain a minimum of 10 questions.
2.A set can have questions on any specific subject of your choice.
3.You can send in the questions to my email id,and they will be subsequently posted to the group and the quizzards blog with due credits to the QM.All other members can send in their attempts 4.Scores will be compiled for each set, and would be carried over in determining the Grand Winner of the series.

Happy Quizzing

FNQ 16 - A General Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:09:00 +0000

The 16th edition of FNQs comprise 10 random questions.You can send in your replies to quiz.aniruddha@gmail.com within the next 10 days.

1.The oldest constitutional republic in the world,this land locked country has one the highest per capita GDP.It maintains a ceremonial force of around 80 volunteer soldiers known as Crossbow Corps.Today there is no active railway network in this country,and postage stamps issued here are mainly of interest to philatelists.Which country am I talking of?

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2 .Identify the organization from its logo?

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3.It was developed by Ludicorp, a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based company founded in 2002.The service emerged out of tools originally created for Ludicorp's Game Neverending, a web-based massively multiplayer online game.Ludicorp launched this online tool/service in February 2004.In March 2005 Ludicorp and the service was acquired by Yahoo.Identify

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4.Piet Klynveld founded an accounting firm Klynveld Kraayenhof & Co. in Amsterdam in 1917.William Barclay Peat founded William Barclay Peat & Co. in London in 1870.James Marwick the founder of accounting firm Marwick, Mitchell & Co and Dr. Reinhard Goerdeler ,one of the long time chairman of German firm DTG together lend their names to which company?

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5.What was founded by Danish Botanist Natheniel Wallich in 1814 in the town of FrederischNagar(now known as Sreerampore),and later moved to its present location in Kolkata ?

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6.Since 1982 this soccer tournament has been named after its sponsors.The list of names are as follows,
# Milk Cup (1981–82 to 1985–86), sponsored by the Milk Marketing Board
# Littlewoods Challenge Cup (1986–87 to 1989–90), sponsored by Littlewoods
# Rumbelows Cup (1990–91 and 1991–92), sponsored by Rumbelows
# Coca-Cola Cup (1992–93 to 1997–98), sponsored by Coca-Cola
# Worthington Cup (1998–99 to 2002–03), sponsored by Worthington Draught bitter

Name the most recent sponsor of this tournament ?

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7.Identify the gentleman on the left of Albert Einstien.

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8.Which tournament was concieved in the 1959-60 cricket season to mark the completion of 25 years of Ranji Trophy championships?

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9.Identify the international airline from its logo

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10. Identify the Indian writer in the visual.

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FNQ 15 - Sportsquiz Group Anniversary Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:32:00 +0000

The 15th edition of FNQs is dedicated to the 3rd anniversary of the SportsQuiz Group,one of the unique online quizzing groups started by Prateek.

Answers can be sent to quiz.aniruddha@gmail.com within the next 10 days.

9.This bronze statuette is also known as the "Fascinated Wanderer".It was first awarded in 1967 and has been won by an Indian sportsperson on five ocassions.How is this award more commonly known as ?

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1.Identify the lady in the picture.She became the first woman to win a race at the IndyCar world racing series in Motegi,Japan.

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2.The image shows the helmet and logo of a much in the news sports franchise.Identify.

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3.Which company is the official IT partner for FIFA 2010 football world cup ?

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4.The picture here shows a Hollywood actor with a well known boxer,he portrayed in a 1980 Hollywood movie.Identify the boxer and the movie.

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5.Give me the business connection in the visual below.

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6. Identify the company which sculpted this special diamond and ruby encrusted ball being presented to Anil Kumble .

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7.Musco Lighting is an American privately owned company, based out of Oskaloosa, Iowa that is noted for providing permanent or temporary lighting at major sports events and stadiums including the Super Bowl and Olympics.In India the company formed a partnership with a sporting great,and has been chiefly involved in installing floodlights in cricket stadiums.The floodlights at the Mohali,Ahmedabad,Cuttack and Brabourne stadiums were installed by this joint venture.Name the sporting great involved in this partnership who also lends his name to the Indian JV ?

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8.Which member of the British royal family is set to represent Britain in 2008 Bejing Olympics .Also identify the event in which he/she will be participating ?

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10." Bring me my Bow of burning gold;
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:
Bring me my ___ _____ _____!
I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor Shall my sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In England’s green & pleasant Land."

This is an excerpt from a famous poem by William Blake.The three blanks gave the name to a 1981 Hollywood movie based on the life of two British athletes participating in the 1924 summer Olympics in Paris.The film portrays the story of how Harold Abrahams who is Jewish, overcomes anti-Semitism and class prejudice in order to compete against the "Flying Scotsman", Eric Liddell in the 100 metre race.

Fill in the blanks to get the name of the movie.

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FNQ 14 - Business & Entertainment Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:36:00 +0000

You can send in your answers / views and suggestions to quiz.aniruddha@gmail.com within the next 7 days.

1.It started of as two independent mailing lists in 1989.One of the mailing lists started with a post titled,''Those Eyes",on the subject of actresses with beautiful eyes.The other list was started by someone called Chuck Musciano.In 1990 the two mailing list was combined by Col Needham.What resulted out of this?

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2.The Will Eisner award is given for creative achievement in which form of literature/art in America?

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3.The original name for this product was changed since the name could not be registered in the US.The actual name was a common adjective hence could not be a trademark.So the last "e" was dropped from the name.A slogan containing the name of the country of origin of the product was added to stress its origin and its tradition of purity.Which product.

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4.This company was incorporated on August 24, 1910 . Its beginnings were humble. A leased office on Radha Bazar Lane, Kolkata, was the centre of the Company's existence. The Company celebrated its 16th birthday on August 24, 1926, by purchasing the plot of land situated at 37, Chowringhee, Kolkata, for the sum of Rs 310,000. This decision of the Company was historic in more ways than one. It was to mark the beginning of a long and eventful journey into India's future. The Company's headquarter building, 'Virginia House', which came up on that plot of land two years later, would go on to become one of Kolkata's most venerated landmarks.Which company is being talked about ?

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5.Launched in June 2000, _____, has already become the largest initiative among all Internet-based interventions in rural India. _____ services today reach out to more than 3.5 million farmers growing a range of crops - soyabean, coffee, wheat, rice, pulses, shrimp - in over 31,000 villages through 5200 kiosks across six states (Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan).This was launched as a corporate social responsibilty initiative of an Indian company.Fill up the blanks with the name of this initiative.

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6.The _______ is a waxwork museum in Paris located on the Grands Boulevards on the right bank of the Seine with some 500 characters arranged in scenes from the history of France and modern life.On October 28, 1892 the world's first animated film, Pauvre Pierrot, was shown here.After Mahatma Gandhi,Sharukh Khan became the second Indian to be immortalised in wax here.Fill up the blank with the name of the museum.

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7.In 1968 the owner of this group of companies took out a £5,000 loan and opened Natural Gas Tubes. The company, based in Huntington in Cambridgeshire, manufactured spiral weld tubes and achieved first year sales of £14,000. .By 2006 the group’s sales exceeded £625m.Who is the person and name the group of companies he founded.

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8. The first edition of this rather unusual competetion was held in the Angloan capital of Luanda in 2008.The organisers plan to hold the next event in Cambodia.Norwegian theatre and film director, Morten Traavik, came up with the challenging - some would say tasteless - contest to spotlight an ongoing tragedy.The joint winners of the Angolan contest, Augusta Urica, 31, and Maria Restino Manuel, 26, were the embodiment of Traavik's ideal at the finale in the capital, Luanda, swathed in designer gowns, sashes and silver tiaras that crowned them _____________.What is this competetion being talked about

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9. Connect the three pictures shown below.

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10. Give a specific business connection for the three pictures below.

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FNQ 13 - The Lucky 13 Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:45:00 +0000

There were 20 responses to the thirteenth edition of fnqs, and 2 response through blog comments.

Send in your views and suggestions to quiz.aniruddha@gmail.com

1.Which Finnish Rock band's songs are featured as the ending song of computer game Max Payne 2 and in the computer benchmarking software 3dMark 05?

Ans. Poets of the Fall

2.What is common to the following non exhaustive list of companies,Agilent Technologies Inc,United States Steel Corporation,Alleghany Corporation,Ford Motor Company,Genpact,AT&T Inc.

Ans. Single letter ticker symbol in NYSE.
A Agilent Technologies Inc.
F Ford Motor Company
G Genpact
X United States Steel Corporation
Y Alleghany Corporation

3.A distinctive feature of the publishers of this series of books is the length of time their books are available to buy. They publish a set number of books each month which are sent to subscribers and displayed on stands in bookshops. At the end of the month, any unsold copies in the shops are withdrawn and pulped. Titles are available to buy direct from the official website for 3 months or until they are sold out, whichever is sooner. Again, any remaining books are disposed of. Fans looking for particular books after this time must find them second-hand.

Ans. Mills and Boon

4.This company was founded in Bunnythorpe, New Zealand. Originally a baby food manufacturer processing local milk into an early baby food by the same name, which was sold in the 1930s under the slogan "______ builds bonny babies"Today the company is known by some other name after several mergers.Identify ?

Ans. Glaxo

5.Pfizer has recently launched a drug called Champix in India.Priced at Rs 9,500 for a 12-week therapy, Champix (varenicline) has entered the Indian market in less than two years of its launch in the US, and before its launch in neighbouring markets such as China and Japan.GlaxoSmithKline’s Zyban (buproprion) is a similar drug.What do these two medicines or drugs cure ?

Ans. Nicotine addiction / Smoking

6.In 1860 Henry Varnum____ published History of Railroads and Canals in the United States. This book was an attempt to compile comprehensive information about the financial and operational state of U.S. railroad companies.In 1906 Luther Lee Blake founded the _____ Statistics Bureau, with the view to providing financial information on non-railroad companies. Instead of an annually published book they would use 5' x 7' cards, allowing for more frequent updates.The company as it is known today was formed in 1941 with the merger of Henry Varnum's Publishing arm and Luther Lee Blake's company.Identify?

Ans. Standard & Poor

7.What is unusual about these Google logos ?

Ans Fictitious products or Google hoaxes as part of April Fool joke
8.Identify the website from the logo.

Ans Wikileaks
9. Identify the organization from the advertisement.

Ans National Geographic

Link for the Ad
10.Momofuko Ando was convicted of tax evasion in 1948 and served two years in jail. In his biography, he says he had provided scholarships for students, which at the time was a form of tax evasion. After he lost his company due to a chain reaction bankruptcy, he founded what was to become ______ in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan, starting off as a small family-run company producing salt.With Japan still suffering from a shortage of food in the post-war era, the Ministry of Health tried to encourage people to eat bread made from wheat flour that was supplied by the United States.On August 25, 1958, at the age of 48, and after months of trial and error experimentation, Ando finally perfected his flash-frying method and invented the __________.Fill up the two blanks.

Ans Nissin,Instant Noodles.

The savior of bachelors ;D

Just saying noodles does not fetch you points ,since noodles existed much earlier to this.

FNQ 12 - The Cricket Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Aniruddha Biswas) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:16:00 +0000

An extremely high scoring quiz.36 replies in all and out of which 6 people got all answers correct

The twelfth edition of FNQ is dedicated to our national pastime cricket,With all the hoopla surrounding IPL and ICL,to give you cricket lovers a break the quiz does not carry any questions regarding the T-20 version

Send in your answers , and suggestions within the next seven days to quiz.aniruddha@gmail.com

1.This cricketer was considered as perhaps the greatest all rounder of his time,In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32 He was also a fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting average of 14.12, an average which was very good for the time!! ).He retired from cricket in 1863 at the relatively early age of 37 as a result of rheumatism . In later years, among other things, began selling cricket equipment in Leamington Spa .He was posthumously selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his retirement from first-class cricket.identify the cricketer ?

Ans. John Wisden. So a googly to start the quiz

2.2.The first overseas visit of leading English cricketers was planned by John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, who was a strong player himself. Dorset, who had recently been an ambassador to France, where he had promoted cricket, arranged a tour to that country in 1789. Whilst it is unclear as to whom they were going to play against, the team did get as far as being assembled in Dover, ready for the cross-Channel trip to France.This became the first instance for a tour to be canceled due to political reason.Just give me the reason why the tour got canceled ?

Ans.French Revolution

3.Identify the two cricketers .They were in the news recently.

Ans.Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy
There world record opening stand of 413 runs in test matches was eclipsed by Greame smith and Niel Mackenzie against Bangladesh

4.For what achievement in cricket does the ICC award the "Gold Bails" and the "Bronze Bails".

Ans.Bronze bails:For umpiring in 100 ODIs and Gold Bails:For umpiring in 100 test matches

5.This English cricketer claimed a career best figures of 5-40 and 9 wickets for the match at the Bradman Oval,Bowral in February 2008 and was instrumental in England's reclaiming the Ashes(Women's edition).A right arm fast medium bowler, she made her Test debut at the age of 17 against India in 2002 when she was named BBC Asian Network Sports Personality of the Year.She plays her county cricket for Berkshire.Identify

Ans Isa Guha
6.The original choice for this had been the Maharajah of Patiala who withdrew because he couldn’t afford the time away from India, his substitute the Maharajah of Porbandar never deserved it on merit, and Porbandar’s brother in law, Limbdi who would have replaced him was injured. It was finally decided upon a commoner from Indore. Tell me who was this person and what was the controversy about ?

Ans.Colonel C K Naydu.The controversy is of course regrding choosing India's first official test captain

7.The ICC cricket awards for 2007 featured only one Indian in the winners list.Who was the cricketer and in what category was the award ?

Ans.Jhulan Goswami.ICC Woman Cricketer of the year

8.This question has appeared in several quizzing forums/groups earlier.In the visual below W G Grace is seen endorsing a brand.Identify the brand.

Ans. Colman's Mustard

9.This Canadian cricketer scored a 67 ball century against West Indies in 2003 cricket World Cup.Identify ?

Ans. John Davison
10.Which former cricketer was selected to represent his country in Hockey at the 1992 Barcelona olympic games ?

Ans. Johnty Rhodes

Happy Quizzing