mithun sharing his collection of quizzes/ppts which were left over in his laptop. this is something i have prepared for my own learning or for conducting some quiz in hyd or bglr between 2005 and 2011. might even contain some strays of ppts from other quizzes i visited/tried

1. KCircle
10th April 2010
Mithun Paul

2. ●Golden Rules:
●1. There are No Rules …All you need to do is make a few
educated guesses.
●2. If you don’t get the answer after reading the question
once, read again
●3. Still if you don’t get the answer, you haven’t read
carefully. Go to step 2.
●4. In case of doubts, refer to the above rules..
●This is designed to be more of an Entertainer and less of a
Quiz. All references to Seriousness is purely co-incidental

3. ●Qn 1)Connect
a)
●The literal Hindi meaning of this name is "moment".
●But in Arabic and English speaking countries it means
Radiant/brilliant
b)
●The title X, derived from a Persian word, literally
meaning son of the emir or simply a prince.
●It is usually used for a member of a royal family or a
member of the highest aristocracy. It is still in use
today by members of ruling or formerly ruling princely
and royal houses all over the world including a few

6. What event in the Commons or in the House of
Lords gives the members just 8 minutes to join
the appropriate lobby? Because of this time
limit during which the MPs need to scramble
back, the MPs who might have been taking a
break in the nearby restaurants , pubs or
shops, will either be informed by a miniature
version of this kept in these shops connected to
the main version,or ofcourse using pagers or
mobile phones by their colleagues.

10. ●K J Yesudas originated this
legend
●But the person in question has not
confirmed this in public – so far
●If true, he would have been
around 9 years of age then
●Since Mar 2009 the internet
downloads of this song has
increased considerably
Song:Vellithen Kinnam
Movie – Penpada
(1978)
Language:Malayalam
Lyrics: Baranikkavu
shivakumar
Male
Vocalist:Jayachandran

12. ●Story next slide

13. ●R.K.Shekhar(rahman's father) was the music
director for this film. He had totally 4 songs to
compose. He had composed 3 song and was
taking a break. That time 9 year old AR Rahman
came and played some music bits in
Harmonium. All were surprised and asked him to
do the full song. Everyone liked it and took it as
the 4th song of that movie. Whole orchestra is
done by his father RK Shekar but the basic tune
is Rahman's

14. Qn) In 1989, essayist Gore Vidal cited contemporary rumors that this
was a nickname Y used for his mistress Marion Davies; a reference
to her clitoris,a claim repeated as fact in the 1996 documentary The
Battle Over ______ and again in the 1999 dramatic film ‘RKO 281’.
A resultant joke noted, with heavy innuendo, that Y/X died "with this
on his lips”
According to Louis Pizzitola, author of ‘Y Over Hollywood’, this was
a nickname that Orrin Peck, a friend of Y, gave to his mother,
Phoebe Y. It was said that Phoebe was as close, or even closer, to
Orrin than she was to her own son, lending a bitter-sweet element to
the word's use when being mentioned about a boy being separated
from his mother's love.
The Creator, explaining the idea behind the word said, "It's a
gimmick, really, and rather dollar-book Freud."The symbolic this
used in the film was bought for $60,500 by film director Steven
Spielberg in 1982, at the time the highest price paid for a piece of
film memorabilia. Spielberg commented, this will go over my
typewriter to remind me that quality in movies comes first."
According to Peter Bogdanovich, the creator's reaction to

16. From the last words of CHARLES FOSTER KANE
in the movie CITIZEN KANE
Y=Hearst, Randolf, on whom allegedly Citizen
Kane was based on

17. What was initially nick named by its
founder as dapple-wings in 1897 while
working in Secunderabad?

19. Which spreads malaria as discovered
by sir Ronald Ross while working in
the osmania univ
campus,Secunderabad

20. How do u know ‘A short-intermediate acting
benzodiazepine derivative, flunitrazepam is prescribed
for the treatment of severe insomnia, marketed by
Roche most commonly under the trade name
Rohypnol’ better?

22. Or Date Rape Drug- from the movie

23. Qn)
______________ is a Germanic given name, from hun
"warrior" and beraht meaning "bright". This is more known
as the name of a literary scholar born in 1910 in Paris.
_____ 's first love, Annabel Leigh, is named after the
"maiden" in the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe,
and their love is described in phrases borrowed from Poe's
poem. ______________'s double name recalls Poe's
"William Wilson", a tale in which the main character is
haunted by his doppelgänger, paralleling to the presence of
_________'s own doppelgänger, Clare Quilty. _______is
not, however, his real name, but a chosen pseudonym.
______________'s field of expertise is French literature
(one of his jobs is writing a series of educational works that
compare French writers to English writers)

25. ●From Nobokov’s Lolita

26. Qn) Who was the Times of India Editor/Critic who died
in 1954?

28. After whom Filmfare awards were
initially called CLARES

29. Qn)
Before the fight, a reporter asked
__________ if he thought he could
survive in the ring with the champion,
to which __________ allegedly
answered
“ I've been a survivor my whole life...if
I survived the Marines, I can survive
X. ”

31. 1975 Heavyweight title against ALI...
Seeing this match, Silvester Stallone
got inspired to write ROCKY

32. More clues
next slide if
needed

33. Canonical ______________s include
* Manasara _____ _____ (by Manasara),
* Mayamatam (by Maya),
* Samarangana Sutradara (by Raja Bhoja),
* Aparajita Priccha (a dialogue between ______ and
his son Aparajita, written by Bhuvanadevacharya)
* Silparatna
* ManushyalayaChandrika

37. Qn)
This came into being in 1983, powered by
the vision of one man – M P
Ramachandran - the current Chairman &
Managing Director. Started as a proprietary
concern, manufacturing and selling a single
product in a single district, the organization
has grown to become a multi-brand, multi-
product company with operations all over
the nation.

40. Now you know why they were all wearing White :P

41. Qn) My Namesake - Connect

43. Son of Mithun Chakrabarthy. He was
named after the first syllables of his two
favorite stars MIchaeljackson and

46. ●1985-2010: 25 YEARS OF

47. ●First Part of its name comes from William X an
English immigrant, who set up a starch, soap
and candle business in New York City in 1806.
●Second part was named for the two oils used in
its manufacture.

50. ●The word __________ is an anglicized from of the
Sanskrit word kataka that assumes two different
meanings namely “military camp” and secondly, the
fort of capital on the seat of the
Government protected by the army.

52. The fort being BARABATI,
which is famous for its Cricket
stadium

53. ●Qn)
●Founded in Turin in 1895 by Luigi __________, it was
initially run from a small grocery store at Via San
Tommaso 10
●__________ has recently ventured into the Indian
__________ market by buying out the entire stake of
the Chennai-based Sterling Infotech group, chaired
by C Sivasankaran, which owns the __________
chain The __________ __________ Company

55. Who bought out the indian coffee
chain BARISTA recently

56. Qn)
In 49 BC, civil war broke out between _______ and Pompey. Whilst
the Romans were distracted by this, Pharnaces, King of Pontus,
decided to seize the opportunity and, with the forces under his
disposal and against little opposition, made himself the ruler of Colchis
and Lesser Armenia. Deiotarus, the king of Lesser Armenia appealed
to Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, the lieutenant of _______ in Asia, for
support, and soon the Roman forces sought battle with Pharnaces.
They met at Nicopolis in Anatolia, Pharnaces defeated the small and
green Roman army.
After this show of strength against the Romans, Pharnaces drew back
to suppress revolt in his new conquests. However, the extremely rapid
approach of _______ in person forced Pharnaces to turn his attention
back to the Romans. At first, recognizing the threat, he made offers of
submission, with the sole object of gaining time until _______'s
attention fell elsewhere; but _______'s speed brought war quickly,
and battle took place near Zela (modern Zile in Turkey), where

58. It was at the end of this quick,short
war with Pharnaces 2 of Pontus that
Julius Caeser exclaimed his famous
rhetoric: I came I Saw I conquered

59. Qn)
_______ was founded in Chicago in 1938 by
________Siegel
A Chicago establishment with over 175 employees,
____________ is an 82,000 square foot full service
manufacturing facility
They were the first to use zinc instead of lead in
metal castings

61. The firm which manufactures the
OSCAR Statuette, along with others
like Grammy, Clio etc

62. Qn) The _____ _____ blend is named after
the 2nd ________ ____________, British
Prime Minister in the 1830s and author of the
Reform Bill of 1832, who reputedly received a
gift, probably a diplomatic perquisite, of
_____flavoured with bergamot oil, taken from
bergamot, a citrus fruit typical of Southeast
Asia and grown commercially in Italy

65. Qn)
What unique fact connects the following paitings?(Not an
exhaustive list)
Sandro Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi (1481),
Raphael's School of Athens (1510).
Titian's Allegory of Prudence (1565-70).
Pics next slide

67. School of ATHENS by Raphael

68. Titian’s Allegory of Prudence

70. In all these paintings, the artists have
ensured that one character in the
entire canvas resembles themselves.
Painters during the Renaissance
tended to avoid producing formal self
portraits, but frequently inserted
images of themselves in their
painting.

72. School of ATHENS by Raphael- Self on Center Right

74. Allegory of Prudence

75. Qn)
Even though Saint ___________ is a crucial figure in
christian literature, his name doesnt occur anywhere in the
4 gospels, until the Gospel of Nicodemus in 4th Century
AD.
It is very common for prison chapels to be dedicated to
Saint ___________.The name of "___________" was
adapted from a Greek word meaning "sunset" or "death."
He represents not only the epitome of a repentant
malefactor, but also God's willingness to forgive even at
the last moment.
Fill in the blanks?

77. The thief who was crucified with Jesus
on the right side, who repented for his
sins just before his death.
Hence Prison Chapels

78. Qn)
This is an American company currently owned by Harman
International. It was founded in 1946 by James
______Lansing. It’s said that around age 12, he built a small
transmitter that put out a signal strong enough to disrupt a
local radio station. Not long after arriving in Salt Lake City, he
founded Lansing Manufacturing Company to build _________
First original product was the D130, a 15-inch ______for which
a variant would remain in production for the next 55 years. The
D130 featured a four-inch flat ribbon wire coil and Alnico V
magnet. Early products included the model 375 high frequency
driver and the 075 UHF (Ultra High Frequency) ring radiator
driver.
The ring radiator drivers are also known as "______bullets"
because of their distinctive shape. Though quite frequently
overlooked as an exclamation mark, its logo is a triangle on a

80. From James Borough Lansing

81. Qn)
_____ is a shore town with an un-finished
bridge leading to a wildfire-prone area and
a nuclear power plant; as a result, ferries
had been used as an alternative method to
travel in and out of town
This is stated to be the only man-made
object that could be seen from space
besides the Great Wall of China.

83. The fictitious DOME In which the
movie TRUMAN SHOW happens

84. iqcircle@infosys.com
●Qn)
●Once, while tuning his sitar at All India Radio,
Pt. Ravi Shankar was asked by the program
director to create a new raga
●Ravi Shankar masterfully manipulated the
note sequence of Gandharam, Nishadham,
and Dhaivatam to create Rag Mohan Kauns,
a variation on Rag Malkauns.
●Whom did he dedicate this raga to?

85. iqcircle@infosys.com

86. iqcircle@infosys.com
Mahatma Gandhi
[Ga Ni Dha]
Answer

89. Great Leonopteryx- Page based the colors on Earth's birds, poison dart frogs,
and Monarch butterflies, though he altered the patterns so that their
inspirations would not be so obvious to moviegoers. The skull and crest
shapes appear to be derived from pterosaurs from the genus Tapejara

90. ●Qn )
●The village of lakhamandal is near Mussorie.
●This place was also known as “________" With
meanings: "The place to be remembered by all
generations" and "The place of the alphabet".
●The main occupation of the people here is making
ropes from the branches of Bhimal Tree.
●The young branches are soaked in water for six
months, then fibres are stripped and weaved into
rope.The sticks which are left after the fibre has been

92. These are the
descendants of
Laceras, the cult to
which Purochana (who
had built the lac
palace to plot to kill the
Pandavas.)belonged.

93. ●Qn )
●The X consists of a park at street level, square pools
with the water level 30 feet below street level, fed by
waterfalls along the walls. At the centers of the pools
are square parts which are further recessed, and in
which the water flows.
●Visitors can descend to an underground space around
the pool, behind the waterfall; through a curtain of
water they can look at the pool. Surrounding the pool,
between the visitors and the waterfall, is a low stone
parapet. The names of the Z would be inscribed in it,
in random order
●In addition there is a Y Museum, also underground.

97. ●Qn)
●Once he had come to the land of his ancestors to
participate in a historic ceremony conducted beneath a
sacred tree in the gold-mining village of Krindjabo,
populated by the Agni tribe and located near Abidjan, Ivory
Coast. As the village people stood in admiration, Amon N'
Djaolk, the traditional tribal chief of Krindjabo, placed a
crown of gold upon his and pronounced him “King of
Sani"..
●Once when he came off the plane in Gabon, he was
greeted by an excited, screaming crowd who carried a
banner that proclaimed: "Welcome Home _______.“
According to African spokespersons It was a triumph in
which he drew more spectators in Gabon than Nelson

100. ●In Greek mythology ____ was a beautiful nymph fond
of woods and hills. She had only one drawback, she
was very fond of talking. In any chat or argument the
last word was hers.
●One day Juno was seeking Jupiter, who was busy with
other nymphs. ______ was assigned to delay juno with
her talk so that the nymphs could escape in time. Now
later when Juno found this , she cursed ____ saying
‘you shall still have the last word, but no power to
speak first.’