Quiz 20

The quiz was contributed by Snehaj.

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1. While studying in a renowned Institution, 'X' qualified to try for a transfer scholarship at Cal Tech, widely considered the world's most competitive scholarship. The transfer scholarship is rarely won, One among the toughest exam u can ever attend. 'X' was the only applicant in the entire world dat year to get a passing score above 60. The next highest score was 20 points below.
Launched ‘Y’ in 90’s, in the first hour, it had 100 subscribers. By mid-1998, the company Picked subscribers at the rate of 1.25 lakh a day! In just over two years, the company's user base was faster than any media company in history. Faster than CNN, Faster than BBC. Identify ‘X’ & ‘Y’.

2. During the first part of the 20th century, a French company called Pathé was the largest film equipment and production company in the world as well as a major producer of phonograph records. Anticipating the trouble and ban of a song in the Asian country where it was composed, it was republished by Pathe during early years of 20th century in pentogram format. Which was that famous record?

3. He had a photographic memory, with which he could read entire books within minutes.. He formed an amateur theatrical company and a gymnasium and took lessons in fencing, wrestling, and many other sports. It would be quite surprising for us to know that he was a chain smoker as well. Some of his works are regarded by many scholars as the greatest comprehensive works of its kind. So many places were associated with him including St Louis, Boston, New York, Los Angeles & even Kerala.

4. Which organization’s former motto: was "For by wise counsel thou shalt wage thy war." - Proverbs XXIV,6 which is commonly misquoted "By way of deception thou shall make war", which is the title of a book by Victor Ostrovsky The motto was changed recently as part of the its public 'coming out' to another Proverbs passage: ‎, "Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety." - Proverbs XI, 14)

5. Which ancient Indian author, the court poet of king Siladitya was not able to complete one of his masterpieces even in his entire lifetime, so that his son completed the work? Also identify the work? The title of the book is the name of the chief protagonist – a beautiful lady.

6. She plays the lead role in the TV series ‘The jungle girl’. She doesn’t have much qualms kissing Fijian crested Iguanas, cockatoos, Koalas etc..Her dad plays an intrepid correspondent deployed around the world to file field reports about her. He once commented that “ I just want to be a co star to her”. Her mom and little brother Robert are also featured in the series. Who was that famous correspondent who loved to be her co star?

7. An alumni of Kendriya Vidyalaya he graduated in English Literature and earned a Masters degree from the Arts Faculty of Delhi University, He was one of the founding members of a pioneer theatre group in Delhi, under the artistic direction of Barry John.He has announced, read and produced programmes for All India Radio's National Features, General Overseas Service, and Yuva Vani. He has compeered and been Master of Ceremonies for numerous events, including the Filmfare Awards Ceremonies. Identify this versatile person who is well known to all of us and also heads the leading infotainment company in India.

8. What' 1st' took place btwn Rhyl & Wallasey in the year 1962 - without touching earth?? It was run by British United & weighed about 10 tons.

9. Connect

a) Nobel literature.



















b) A President

c) Preferred English Channel instead of getting cremated

d) The result

10. Who are these four ?? If u get anyone..u can guess it… (Full points for names)

Answers:

1.Sabeer Bhatia and Hotmail – This one was simple for all
2.Vande Mataram
3. Swami Vivekananda !!
4. Mosad – Safety was a clue word…
5.Banabhatta, Kadambari > It goes like this..Siladitya was the
original name of King Harshavardhana (FAQ)...Harsha charita was the
master piece work written by Banabhatta..and Kadambari comes a close
2nd..Since the protagonist was a lady and the name of the work also
the same...can eliminate Harshacharita..
6. Steve Irvin - (Jungle - Iguana ....was the clue)
7. Siddarth Basu - Of course
8. It was the worlds 1st PASSENGER Hovercraft flight.. (without
touching the earth was a clue)
9.a).Winston Churchill.(Literature Nobel laureate in such an attire
might help I thot) b)Harry Truman c) Paul Tibbets who bombed Hiroshima
(his cremation was in news for he feared that protesters may cause
problems even to his tomb..so he wanted his ashes be in English
channel - his fav)
and the connect was Hiroshima n Nagasaki bombing (d.The emblem of Hiroshima).
10.
1.Abhinav Bindra
2.Samresh Jung
3.Gagan Narang
4.Manavjith Sndhu - Hav a close look at the 4th visual.You can find
the shooting board behind..So the common factor or the answer I was
looking was simply 'Indian Shooters (medal hopes) for Beijing Olympics
- who have already qualified by winning world championships..


Scores:

Wasi - 3 (The Quickest response)
Anil - 7.5
Jyothi - 4.5
Raziman - 2
Arun AS - 6
Govind - 4.5
Reshmi - 4
Arun George - 3.5
Sreeram Iyyer - 2.5
Praveen VR - 5
Aswin - 3.75
Jithin - 3
Hrishi - 3.5
Shafeek - 3
Immigrant kitchen - 9 (The pseudonym used by Anto..)
chandrakanth - 5.5
Praveen KV - 2
Prateek Vijayavargia - 1 (Attempted the 10th visual only)
Viswas - 4
Rajesh - 4
Manjith - 4
Sandeep S Nair - 6
Barath - 2