Discovered in the early 1980's by Brian Skiff and Edward Boswell, how are the asteroids 4147 ,4148,4149 and 4150 collectively known as ?
A : THE BEATLES
Which one name did Shakespeare use in five different plays for a differnt character in each instance ?
A : ANTONIO
When Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius devised the scale which bears his name, what was the temperature in degrees at which he defined the boiling point of water ?
A : 0 DEGREES, ON HIS SCALE WATER FROZE AT 100C AND BOILED AT 0C. tHIS WAS CHANGED AFTER HIS DEATH.
What change in rules of ODI, did the last ball bowled by Ian Botham to Colin Croft on 28th November 1979, bring about? (incidentally Croft was clean bowled)
A : WI needed 3 runs to win the game. All 10 Englishmen includingthe wicketkeeper were sent to the boundary line to prevent the boundary. the concept of the inner circle with field restrictions,was introduced as direct consequence.
During WWII, Bill Wright's Wellington bomber was shot down over Holland and the interrogations that followed were traumatic . Years later it all came to him as a nightmare. As a POW-prisoner of war the Geneva convention allowed him not to answer beyond his name, rank and serial no. This he had to repeat over and over again.
The whole thing was tense, claustrophobic and deadly. So what did this inspire him to?
A : To create Mastermind for BBC
Lovers of what are called oenophiles?
A : Wine.
A new company call Ittiam has taken its name from a famous phrase in philosophy. What phrase?
A : I think, therefore, I am.\\this phrase was given by Descartes
According to Douglas Adams what is the best propellant for a space craft?
A : Bad News(since it travels the fastest)
In christianity, what is unique in the marriage ceremony of the syrian christians of kerala?
A : The bride wears a mangalsutra with a cross - a unique fusion of Hindu and Christian customer
Why is the fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid called "the Asses bridge"?
A : Only bright students could cross this point in the text-book.
What precedent did the sinking of the Birkenhead set?
A : The ship was mostly carrying soldiers and there were not enough lifeboats. The soldiers first put the women and children on the lifeboats and calmly awaited their deaths. This set the precedent of women and children first in disaster.
What did Rev Jonathan Scobie, a Baptist minister living in Yokohama, develop in 1869 for his invalid wife?
A : The rickshaw
It is an Arabic word which literally means "talking to women". Another etymological meaning of the word is "painful wail of a wounded deer". What?
A : Ghazal
What is the significance of this question from a book called "Liber Abaci" - "How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in a year, beginning with a single pair, if in every month each pair bears a new pair which becomes productive from the second month or so?
A : It was the first time Leonardo of Pisa, son of Bonaccio - hence known as Fibonacci demonstrated his numbers. The answer is 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89 etc
Eisenhower, when he was president, instituted a certain policy with regard to interstate highways. He ordered that one mile in every five must be straight. Why?
A : These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
The Louise Woodward trial ( Death of 8 month old Matthew Eapen) caused a sensation. But the manner in which the verdict was delivered is a first. Why?
A : It was first verdict delivered on the internet
What according to Scott Adams, is the "Bill Gates Effect"?
A : The more successful you become, the uglier you must be
What was Operation Grand Slam?
A : Pakistan�s attempt to capture Kashmir in 1965
They come in eight sizes, the largest being a �Nebuchadnezzar�. What are they?
A : Champagne Bottles
When a new Pope is elected and he moves to the ante-chamber, who is the first person he meets?
A : The tailor - to take his measurements for a cassock .the meaning of a cassock is "long black or red clerical garment".
Which nation advertises itself as '99% fun and 1% land' in tourist ads?
A : Mauritius
The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes an elephant's trunk, Germans a spider monkey, Italians a snail, Israelis pronounce it strudels and the Czechs say "rollmops". What is it?
A : The @ sign.
What is "Jewish penicillin"?
A : Chicken Soup (as a remedy for colds and similar infections).
What is a circumorbital hematoma commonly known?.
A : A black eye - the sort you get when someone punches you
What is Papaphobia?
A : No relation to the former phobia in the question, Papaphobia is Fear of Pope.
Complete the list. Jalebi, Mishri, Malai, ______?
A : It�s Mrs. Yadav, RABRI DEVI; the others are her sisters.
By Joydeep Chakraborty (BCSE II)
In 19th century England, hat makers were often poisoned by a mercury compound they used to treat hat linings. What phrase originates from this?
A : mad as a hatter
In 1870, a chemist Andrev Albanov was experimenting with charcoal to find out if it had any inherent medicinal properties and one night he left a chuck of charcoal near to an open bottle of iodoform accidentally. The following morning he found that the charcoal had absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely. This led a business man to use charcoal filtration in his process and achieve a good quality which made his product to be differentiated in it's market and he went on to mint millions of money. Who is he? Which Product did he make?
A : PA Smirnoff, Smirnoff Vodka
Which is the only city (today), split in two by a wall (a la erstwhile Berlin)?
A : Nicosia,Cyprus
Why was the clockwise direction chosen for the clock? Why not the other direction?
A : Sundials ran clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clocks were modeled after them.
The actor Nicholas Cage is the nephew of which famous movie director ?
A : Francis Ford Coppola. his production company is named as Zeotrope productions.
Which movies title comes from a William Burroughs story about people who supply medical instruments to outlawed doctors who can't obtain them legally. The movie had nothing to do with this but the director liked the name and obtained permission to use it.
A : BLADE RUNNER (It was based on Phillip K Dicks' "Do Androids dream of electric sheep" but Ridley Scott felt that this title would not do and searched around for another title.
Which play opened on November 25, 1952 with Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sim among the lead players
A : mousetrap(agatha cristie)
In 1970, at the age of 16, playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy was selected by composer Vijay Padukone to sing a 60-second ad jingle in Tamil for a national brand. In the studio, Kavita found Geeta Dutt preparing to sing the same jingle in Hindi. Seeing a nervous Kavita, Geeta Dutt said "I have heard you sing well. Do not be afraid. Do your best." That successful ad jingle was her first step to stardom. Which product was the jingle for ?
A : amul spray
9,192,631,770 cycles of caesium vibration is the precise international definition of ?
A : 1 second
Laugh-O-Gram was the name of a company which was co-founded by a very famous name in the world of entertainment. Who ? This company folded up soon after and the co-founder went on to much bigger things
A : walt disney
Who wrote the script for the first superman movie?
A : mario puzo
The longest gap between a movie and its sequel was 22 years. Which movies and why
A : psycho and psycho 2 coz norman bates was suspended in jail for 22 years.
Who wrote the fairy story 'The Old Man of Lochnagar' ?
A : prince charles
the oscar winning movie shine is based upona piece of piano which david helfgott got crazy while playing.what wsa so special about that piece.
A : someone 6feet 6inches could only play it.
what is slazengers contribution to sports.
A : supplied balls at wimbledon since 1901.
Origin of the word private eye?
A : pinkerton had the symbol of a large eye which had the motto"we never sleep'
why are giant pandas never kept together?
A : they are so playful that kept in the same enclosure they get so excited,develop stomnach cramps and then diarrhoea.
which very famous person wrote to media all over the world that he should be reffered as sir Isaac from now an.
A : viv richards.
Early choices for its name were "Facts", "Briefs", "Destiny" and "Chance". What is it known as today
A : time magazine
What produict was originally named KdF Wagon (or Strength Through Joy Car) but later on changed by hitler?
A : volkswagen beetle.hitler suggested this name to porsche
The British launched a massive operation to defend Gibraltar during World War II. One of the planners named a house he built in Jamaica after this operation's name. Name him, and name his house. [ Hint - He is much more famous in another field, and so is his house
A : Ian Fleming, Goldeneye
Connect - A man's yell, a hyena's howl, a soprano's singing and soft violin music
A : tarzan's yell
what is a bikini headline?
A : which hides the imp parts which a bikini should do
what is papaphobia?
A : fear of the pope.
The sports company Spalding promoted what major change in Lawn tennis to facilitate T. V. viewership?
A : Changed balls from white to yellow
Entertainment Round
By Deblina Ghosh (BCSE II)
What performing art (ie performed on stage) finds mention in the Ramayana and is thus sometimes considered to be the oldest of performing arts?
A : Mimicry - Mareechas mimic of Sri Ram in the forest to lure Sita out of the magic circle
Why was some of the cast of 'Gone With the Wind' not allowed to see its Premiere?
A : It was premiered in a 'whites only' theatre.
Connect Jack, John, William, Robert and the entertainment industry.
A : Warner brothers
Connect Rama and Lakshmana from Hindu myth with Virginia Woolf.
A : Suicide in a river. R&L voluntarily walked into the Sarayu river and were drowned. VW killed herself on 28th March, 1941 by filling her pockets with stones and walking calmly into the River Ouse
Why is the Aishwarya Rai starrer "Jeans " called so?
A : Story of two identical brothers - Originally to be called 'Genes' - Later producers feared that Janta might not know what Genes were
What is surrogate advertising all about ?
A : Specially in the case of liquor, where the normal sources of publicity - media - are not available by law, you advertise a harmless product which bears the same name as your alcohol. For example, Bagpiper Golf Sets etc. \\CLASSIC
In 1955, at the New York Museum of Modern Art, a showcase of Indian culture which featured performances by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and a Bharatanatyam recital by Shanta Rao also featured something which was shown for the first time. It ran for 22 weeks in New York. What was it ?
A : Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali
Who said about Bollywood's films, 'Made for masses by asses?'
A : Sunil Gavaskar
He made his mark with his first film, Praying with Anger, the story of an Indian exchange student who finds himself a stranger in his homeland which was named the Debut Film of the Year at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 1993. After that he wrote & directed Wide Awake for Miramax, which bombed at the box office. Along the way, he also the script for a "little" movie. Success came only with his third major movie. Just name this writer-director?
A : Manoj Shyamalan.
The title of which movie was the same as the election slogan of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto?
A : Roti Kapada Aur Makaan.
In the American film industry what kind of a movie is known as a `sleeper'?
A : A low budget movie which becomes a big grosser, like `The Blair Witch Project'.
What is the name given by ghazal singer Hariharan given to his style of singing?
A : Urdu Blues.
Sports Round
By Deblina Ghosh (BCSE II)
What originated in 1878 at the Bournemouth Rowing Club due to mishandling of medicine ball?
A : Waterpolo. The ball fell into the swimming pool and people jumped into the water in quest of the ball and started throwing it around
What is the name of the Under-19 Cricket Cup in the UK?
A : Bridges on the Hoogly
Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe had a huge partnership for Yorkshire vs Essex in 1932. According to legend, what did this give rise to?
A : 555, the name for the brand of cigarettes, since they had a 555 run partnership
What is the Titmus test?
A : ICC test for bowling actions
What unique distinction in test cricket do Lee Germon of New Zealand and Tony Lewis of England have?
A : Debut as captains
In tennis, it is called the 'tramline.' What is it in Badminton?
A : Alley
R. Spofforth became the first man to claim a hatrick in a test match in 1878. In 1859, who was the first to perform a double hatrick on the first overseas tour to North America?
A : John Wisden.
In Formula One who is referred to as the Lollipop man?
A : The man holding up the stop sign when you get to a pit stop
Whats common to Dennis Amiss,Desmond Haynes and Andy Flower?
A : They all scored centuries in the inaugural One Day Internationals of their countries
In cricket,what unique 'distinction' do Jimmy Cook and Leon Garrick have?
A : were dismissed for a duck off the first ball of their debut test
WHAT IS "MELBAB?
A : MAKING A COMEBACK AFTER ANNOUNCING`RETIREMENT.
Sachin and which pakistani player did makle their debut in the same match?
A : Waqur Younis
How many matches did sachin take to hit his maiden one daycentury?
A : 78 on his 79th match he hit a century against Australlia in Srilanka
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