Quiz of 15.05.02 By Subhankar Nag and Pradipta Ray
Dry Rounds
By Pradipta Ray (CSE IV)
Alfred Hitchcock introduced this technique to much criticism in "Stagefright". Ron Howard used it to much acclaim in " A Beautiful Mind". What?
A : Lying on film.
"Next year in Jerusalem" - a standard pledge for which festive occasion?
A : The Jewish Passover - longest continuously celebrated religious event - to celebrate liberation of Jews by Moses.
Give one word for : "A northerner in the South, after the American civil war, usually seeking private gain .. "
A : The carpetbagger. ( after the carpet bags they carried full of booty )
Connect the 1999 Pirelli Model calendar, The Man with the Dancing Eyes, Mick Jagger and The Curse of The Jade
Scorpion.
A : Sophie Dahl - granddaughter of Roald Dahl, new author,
supermodel, Mick Jagger's girlfriend and was cast in
TCOTJS.
"Faith, Trust and a little bit of Pixie Dust " - catchline to the sequel of which children's movie?
A : Disney's Peter Pan sequel - Return to Neverland.
In which groundbreaking fictional work is the journey to the Richtersveldt Mountains described?
A : Chander Pahar.
Brigitte Bardot was declared as the official model for Marianne in 1969 by a sculptor and Catherine Deneuve in 1985. Whom did the Association Of Mayors, France, elect as the official model for Marianne in 2000?
A : Laetitia Casta
Where will the FIFA World Cup final be held on 9th July, 2006?
A : Berlin
The Transcendentalism movement consisted of stalwarts like Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and Hawthorne - a literary, philosophical and theological movement. Who was the first Nobel Prize winning transcendentalist?
A : Rabindranath Tagore
Cruft's is the world's largest annual �
A : Dog show.
What financial institutions are to Wall Street, physicians are to Hurley Street, journalists are to Fleet Street, and Musical Theatre is to Broadway. What profession is Charing Cross in London associated with?
A : Second hand bookshop owners.
1NN.NNN(3)N3.NN1N. The longest over ever bowled in test cricket - by whom ?
A : Ambrose against Australia, 1996-97
What is common to New Guinea, Hispaniola, Ireland, and Borneo?
A : International political borders divide these islands.
The Loebner Prize is awarded annually to a special kind of software .
No 1st prize has ever been given. What category and why no 1st prize?
A : For the best AI conversation program, 1st prize will only be given if it takes the Turing Test and succeeds.
The 1986 series in England which India won had Vengsarkar making a special record in the 1st test at Lords'. What?
A : 1st overseas batsman to score 3 test centuries at Lords'.
Vanyar, Noldor, Teleri, Eldar and Avari are all kinds of �
A : Elves of Middle Earth
Whose autobiography is called �The fall of a sparrow" ?
A : Dr. Salim Ali
Which company describes itself as � a forward looking, futuristic, lifestyle driven brand that empowers the modern customers to be in charge of their own health" ?
A : Dr. Morepen
Georg Hackl , when he won the Silver for Luge at the Salt Lake Games, created history. How?
A : 1st Olympian to win individual medals in 5 consecutive Olympics in individual discipline
David Ben Gurion was appointed to which seminal post in 1948, chosen from among many contenders?
A : 1st Prime Minister of Israel
The Christians date their calendar from the birth of Christ, the Muslims from the flight of Mohammad from Mecca to Medina ( 622 AD ).
What do the Jews date their calendar from ( 3760 BC ) ?
A : Creation , as in the Old Testament
Two ways of storing numbers in computers are � Big-endian and Little-endian, depending on whether the MSB is stored 1st or last. What is the origin of the words Little and Big Endian?
A : Gulliver�s travels, two races who could not agree on which end of the egg to break.
If Debrett is the guide to the British peerage, Ruff�s the guide to the turf, then what is Michelin Guide ?
A : Guide to restaurants.
What does an autonumerologist collect?
A : Car number plates.
What is the major forex earner for the tiny pacific island of Nauru?
A : Guano
Between 1095 AD and 1270 AD, there were exactly eight of them. What ?
A : Crusades
How do we better know Raja Rajendra Mullick Bahadur�s stately home?
A : The Marble Palace
Who was the 1st Jewish Prime Minister of Great Britain?
A : Benjamin Disraeli
What game is commonly referred to as the �roaring game" because competitors scream and shout while it is in progress?
A : Curling
She was a socialite, and he the steadiest of her boyfriends who was disowned by his parents when he married her. Their baby Baby Dumpling , born in 1934, boosted King Features to greater heights. Who are they?
A : Blondie and Dagwood
What custom did the Roman coins Librae, Sestertii, Denarii give rise to ?
A : The pound shilling pence being represented by L s d .
In 1830, Frenchman Barthelemy Thimanier patented the sewing machine, but German immigrant to America Singer walked away with commercial success. How?
A : He introduced pay by installments.
� Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday stop awaiting improvement " � when was this telegram sent?
A : On conquest of Mt. Everest � in coded form to guard against fellow journalists, by Morris of The Times.
�Give me your tired, your poor
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free�"
Where will you find this written?
A : At the base of the Statue of Liberty, poem by Emma Lazarus.
The play �QED" was inspired by what?
A : Life of Richard P. Feynman.
"____ , ____ _____ ___ , for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply.
Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red
the veldt with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a
mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if his gives too much."
A : Cry, The Beloved Country
In the Indian Parliament, after the PM, his cabinet, and the Opposition leaders, which MP takes the oath?
A : A&N Islands MP
What did Steven Levy a reporter for the New Jersey monthly find at Thomas Harvey's (a pathologist at a small hospital in Princeton NJ) house inside a box labeled 'Costa Cider' in two big Mason jars?
A : Einstein�s brains
What are conflict diamonds and conflict drugs?
A : Drugs and diamonds used to fuel conflicts like civil war, as in Colombia and Angola respectively.
Which British cricketer was given initials MCC by his cricket mad parents?
A : Michael Colin Cowdrey
By Subhankar Nag (CSE IV)
What is common to transforming,juggling,stabbing,spinbacks,flares,orbit,crabs,rubs,echoes ?
A : all operations performed by a music dj
What is inheritance powder?
A : arsenic(as in the past it was used as poison by aspiring heirs)
Which project was awarded the 1st dewang mehta award?
A : Simputer project
Which place is being promoted as "green silicon island"?
A : Taiwan
What is dinky lit fiction?
A : colorful pocketsized books
Which car's name means "beautiful" in greek?
A : Daewoo "kalos"
There is a single country where a sunni family rules over a majority shia state.name the family and the country.
A : al -khalifa family bahrain
Which publishing house boasts of having published the highest nuber of nobel laureates?
A : Faber
Which service is called fashion health in japan?
A : call girl service
Which footballer is nicknamed "lion king"?
A : Gabriel Batistuta
Emperor Quin Shi Huangdi made 2 inportant contributions to china.what r they?
A : 1) great wall of china
2)he was known in the west as "chin" and from that came the name china
Visuals
1-->Ad for.. 2-->Painting by Charles Keeping , inspired by.. 3-->Poster for... 4-->Identify the 2nd and 3rd persons from the left 5-->Identify the person & the place 6-->Caricature by Clifford Berryman. Significance? 7-->Name the film 8-->The Comapany behind the logo 9-->Connect the two pictures (cause and effect) 10-->Identify this leaderAnswers :
Benson and Hedges
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
The Solidarity Party in their 1st election campaign, featuring Gary Cooper in High Noon.
John and Alicia Nash
John Lennon and the Lennon Wall at Prague.
Origin of the term �Teddy Bear�
Monster's Ball
Cable and Wireless
Orson Welles reading The War of the Worlds on radio, and the New Jersey farmer who reported aliens on his farm.
Mujibur Rahman
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