1. It was designed in 1912 by Captain McClintock, an engineer who worked for Bengal, Bombay and Madras Sappers and Miners. The original design was not intended for warfare, but to clear pre-existing barbed-wire obstacles leftover from the Boer War and Russo-Japanese War. It was named after the city in which it was developed and was put into extensive use in WW2. Identify.
2. This great champion exacted a promise from Hitler during the Berlin Olympics that US athletes attending the games would not be harmed. He refused to join the Nazi party during its early days and hid two Jewish brothers named Henry and Werner Levin in his room during a Jewish pogrom. He was drafted into the paratroops but returned to sports after the war to become a respected figure. Identify.
3. He was introduced to Sri Chinmoy by John Mclaughlin, the guitarist of "The Mahavishnu Orchestra". The Guru gave him a name meaning "The lamp and eye of God". Who is this famous personality?
4. According to myth, one of the creatures represents the primal unconquerable beast of the land, while the other represents the primal monster of the seas. It is said that the two will be killed at the end of the world and their flesh served in a feast for the survivors. The second creature was used by Thomas Hobbes to describe his "Common Wealth" or "State" and the first has been used to frequently describe large, powerful corporates. Identify both.
5. Unit Shikishima, Unit Yamato, Unit Asahi, and Unit Yamazakura were sub groups of which special attack force?
6. Who was purchased by Lentulus Batiatus from a slave camp and trained at his school in Capua around 73 B.C.?
7. Pablo Neruda called him “the greatest poet of his generation.” But he disliked Neruda’s admiration for Stalin. He wrote “Neruda became more and more Stalinist, while I became less and less enchanted with Stalin". The two almost came to blows on a discussion about Stalin. Identify this poet who also won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990.
8. Vladimir Arsenyev, a Russian explorer, met a Nanai hunter, while on a trip to the Ussuri basin in the Far East. He recorded his experiences with the hunter, who saved them from the severe conditions and taught them many valuable lessons of life, in a book. The book named after the hunter, was made into a classic 1975 movie that won the best foreign film award at the Oscars. Which movie?
9. It happened on August 29, 1949 in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. The Americans codenamed it “Joe-1”, while the Russians called it “First Lightning” or “RDS-1”. What are we talking about?
10. Which modern day sporting title was first conferred by Tsar Nicholas II on the five great players who participated in a competition in St. Petersburg in 1914?
Answers:
1. Bangalore Torpedo.
2. Max Schmelling.
3. Carlos “Devadip” Santana.
4. Behemoth and Leviathan.
5. Kamikaze.
6. Spartacus, the slave. He was trained at the school to be a gladiator. He rebelled and formed an army of slaves to fight Rome.
7. Octavio Paz.
8. Dersu Uzala, by Akiro Kurosawa.
9. The first nuclear test by Soviets.
10. Grandmaster in Chess. Laskar, Tarrasch, Capablanca, Alekhine and Marshall were the players.
Scores:
Atul V Nath-3
Sreeram Iyer-4.5
Rajesh Mohan-6
3 comments:
Chetta, can you put the comments in moderated mode so that we can try it here.
Pinne, it may be good to allow anonymous comments. If you look at http://community.livejournal.com/kqaquizzes , more than half the replies are from anons.
Ok. Agreed. You folks can post answers as comments and we'll make them visible once the results are out.(badly wanted to avoid a copy of the kqa livejournal style :D..but looks like the public's all for it )
2. Max Schmeling
3. Leviathan & Gargantua
6. Spartacus
9. Nuclear test
10. Grandmaster
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