4. What do these set of signs (in Mexico)
indicate ?
Signs for the same can be seen in India too (in
many places including MP, West Bengal and
Gujarat), but the signs there are fixed.
Question 1
6. โข The Tropic of Cancer is drifting south at the
rate of almost half a second (0.47โณ) of latitude
per year.
Tropic of Cancer is computed based on the
earthโs tilt โ and that changes over time in a
complex pattern.
Answer
7. What are such cups,
popular in the
Victorian era, called?
Why this particular
shape?
Question 2
9. Answer
โข Moustache Cup
โข During the Victorian age, Moustache Wax was
applied, and hot tea could melt the wax.
10. Karandev I, the Solanki ruler of Anhilwara,
established the city of Karnavati on the bank of a
river. The rule of the Solankis lasted till the 13th
century.
However, in the early 15th century, the local
governor Zafar Khan Muzaffar established his
independence from the Sultanate and crowned
himself Sultan thereby founding the Muzaffarid
dynasty. After his death the crown came to his
grandson _____ Shah who renamed the city of
Karnavati after himself.
Name the modern day city?
Question 3
13. Perhaps reflecting both its Hindu and
Buddhist origins, its modern name โ a 2-
word term โ derives itself from the Sanskrit
word for โcityโ and the Pali word for โtempleโ,
essentially standing for โCity of Templesโ in
the modern language of the place.
What are we talking about?
Question 4
15. Angkor Vat
(Angkor meaning โcityโ in Khmer is actually a
derivative of the Sanskrit โnagarโ)
Answer
16. The iconic gmail logo was designed the night before the
product launched.
The initial version used the same font as the Google logo
(Catull), but Catull has a very awkward 'a', so the designer
decided to use Catull for the 'G' to tie the brand to Google,
then cast the others in a cleaner font (Myriad Pro)
Who designed it?
Question 5
19. This is part of a series called โMulti-Touch
Paintingโ by artist Evan Roth. The work is called
โLevel Clearedโ.
What does it depict?
Question 6
24. It was started by Qimat Rai Gupta with Rs 10,000/- in
Old Delhi in 1958, when he came in from a village in
Punjab, leaving his education midway. It has grown
to a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and acquired
Frankfurt based Sylvania in 2007. It owns brands like
Crabtree, Concord and Lumiance.
Along with strong marketing campaigns during a
couple of IPL seasons and a Bollywood legend, itโs
also undergone rebranding in 2010. What ?
AUDIENCE QUESTION
27. Following a split from his brother in 1948, this
founder moved to the other side of the Aurach
River to start his own company. He originally
called the new firm โRudaโ but changed it later
that year.
Which company is this, still based in the city of
Herzogenaurach?
AUDIENCE QUESTION
31. Question 1
Friedland, a Honeywell subsidiary, carried out a
survey in 2011 that showed the power of social
media โ it indicated that 78% of people in a
particular profession believed that Facebook, Twitter
and Four Square were being heavily used in their
profession, and that 74% believed Google Street
View was also a facility being heavily used in the
profession.
Name the Profession?
34. They were not known to the outside world until
American aviator Jimmie ____ flew over them on 16
November 1933 on a flight while he was searching
for a valuable ore bed. Returning in 1937, he tried to
land his monoplane atop Auyan-tepui, but the plane
was damaged when the wheels sank into the
marshy ground. He and his three companions,
including his wife Marie, were forced to descend the
tepui on foot. It took them 11 days to make their
way back to civilization via the gradually sloping
back side but news of their adventure spread and it
was named in his honor. What?
Question 2
37. ROFLCon is a biennial convention that is held at MIT.
It was first organized in 2007 by a group of Harvard
students led by Tim Hwang. It is devoted to
discussing โwhat makes _______ work, why they
work, and where itโs all going.โ Whatโs it about?
Question 3
40. Countries such as Belarus, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, and the Ukraine have
a public holiday on January 7.
For what? Full answer please.
Question 4
42. They Christmas on January 7
The Eastern Orthodox Church still lives according
to the old Julian Calendar, which is currently 13
days behind the Gregorian Calendar which
pushes Christmas in these places from Dec 25 to
Jan 7
Answer
43. These are glass igloos, extensively found as a
tourist attraction in which country? What are they
meant for?
Question 5
47. In 2011, the State Administration for Radio, Film and
Television in China banned it from TV and movies. They
reasoned that such film and TV plots โlack positive
thoughts and meaningโ and that some โcasually make
up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd
tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition,
fatalism and reincarnation.โ The move came up as this
became very popular among Chinese TV dramas.
What plot device?
Question 6
53. Hamilton Crescent is a cricket ground located in a part of
Glasgow in Scotland, and is the home of the West of
Scotland Cricket Club. What is its biggest claim to
fame, achieved on 30th November, 1872?
AUDIENCE QUESTION
57. This round contains one question set for each team.
Correct answer earns 5 points each . All the answers
have something to contribute towards the connect.
Answering the connect correctly will fetch 10 bonus
marks.
Rules
58. 1.Identify the pope immortalized in the first photograph?
Hint: (Second Longest serving pope)
2.Identify the fictional character voiced by Johnny Depp?
3. Which legendary actor played the role of Han Solo and
Indiana Jones?
4. Which car manufacturer is headquartered in Wolfsburg and
itโs First car was designed by Ferdinand Porsche?
59. 1. Identify the company whose former address is shown in the plaque?
2.The colours used in old movies to create the 3D render effect are
______________
3. Identify the famous founder of Game Freak?
4. This photo represents which famous theory in the field of Biology ?
60. 1.Before entering politics she was a scientist, at one time working on the
chemistry of ice cream. Voted the 3rd worst Briton in Channel Four's poll of the
100 Worst Britons. Identify
2.In the โGame of Thronesโ which house has the motto โTHE NORTH
REMEMBERSโ
3. the Chancellor's official residence is Number 11. The Government's Chief Whip
has an official residence at Number 12, though the current Chief Whip's residence
is at Number 9.
What is being talked about here.
4. Which spice was legally accepted as a currency in the Middle ages. It is also the
most consumed spice in the world.
61. 1.Identify the tennis legend from the USA who won a record
eight season ending championships, a record he shares with
Ivan Lendl. During his career, X won 77 ATP-listed singles titles
and 71 in doubles His autobiography is named โSERIOUSโ
2. The Company was founded by Rakesh Malhotra with 3
people in 1988 in New Delhi. Got the SME Channel Connect &
Achievers Award 2012 โ โBest Home UPS and Inverterโ
Category. Shortlisted by Agency for Non-Conventional Energy
and Rural Technology (ANERT) as a preferred agency for Solar
Roof Top Solutions in Kerala. Which company is this?
3. Identify the very famous 7-time national bridge champion.
4. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred "in
recognition of exceptional service/performance ", without
distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The award was
originally limited to achievements in the arts, literature,
science and public services but the government expanded the
criteria to include "any field of human endeavour" in
December 2011. The award has been bestowed on 43
individuals including 11 who were awarded posthumously.
Name the award.
62. 1.This fruit belongs to the rose family and 2500 variants exist in the United
States of America. However the Crab variety is the only native species. Name
the fruit.
2.Xโs formal name is the Collegiate church of St. Peterโs. It is the final resting
place of Jane Austen, Lewis Carroll and Capt. James Cook .Identify X
3.Name the philosopher/mathematician who once quoted โOur Universe is in
a restricted sense the best possible one that God could have created. He is
also credited with the design of the first mass produced mechanical calculator.
4.He is regarded as one of the big 3 science fiction writers during his lifetime.
A crater on the planet mars and a literary award are named in his honour.
Identify him.
(2) (3) (4)
63. 1.Name the University whose logo is depicted above
2.This city was called Yathrib but was later renamed personally by
Muhammad. Name the modern city located in the Hejaz region
of western Saudi Arabia
3. Which popular YouTube series is the brainchild of EPICLLYOD
and NicePeter?
4.Which member of the rock band U2 was awarded the TIME
magazineโs Person of the year? BACK >>>
65. During half-time of a match, spectators are sometimes
invited to go onto the field to participate in a tradition
that, apart from affording the spectators the
opportunity to walk about and socialize, has also a
functional use.
Which sport and what use?
71. Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, the center-right candidate of the
UMP party in France has included in her manifesto for the
upcoming Mayoral elections a bold infrastructural plan which
could result in the evolution of places such as these.
Where exactly?
82. A 1980S photograph by Taiwanese judo coach Jimmy Wu
shows his tall, thin, bearded, young student who stood out
not just for his height but also for his serious demeanour.
Whoโs he?
87. Glenn T Seaborg
Seaborg was the principal or co-discoverer of ten
elements: plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium,
californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium,
nobelium and element 106 which heโs pointing at was
named Seaborgium in his honour while he was still living.
88. What memory-aiding peculiarity links the
following zoological creatures (among others) that
youโll never find in botanical ones?
103. Q) According to Chinese history, X was an eccentric
Chรกn monk who lived in China during the Later Liang
Dynasty (907โ923 CE). He was a native of Fenghua,
and his Buddhist name was Qieci (meaning "Promise
this).
The term X means "one who is awake", connoting one
who has awakened into enlightenment.
A famous figure, Identify?
106. 4. Adhering to annual tradition, this yearโs collection will feature
200 varieties of roses, 250 bonsai plants, 80 varieties of cactus
along with other ones like Dahlia, Calendula, Gerbera, Linaria,
Larkspur, Gaznia, Verbena, Viola, Pansy Carnation,
Chrysanthemum, Marigold, Salvia in full bloom.
The striking feature that separates this year from the rest is the
import of close to 5,000 tulips from Holland which shall be on
display. The dominant colour scheme of this yearโs ornamental
flowers has been chosen as yellow.
Where exactly would you find this opulent display of flora?
109. A couple of years ago, the local government in this place launched a
project that included five local farmers who have joined forces with
e-Bookland Inc, an e-book publishing company, to plant sunflowers
incessantly in plots covering 1.3 hectares which are currently in
bloom. The project seeks to emulate the positive effect of another
such instance decades ago.
The idea is to let the sunflowers act on the upper layers of the soil
to accomplish the necessary task.
Where exactly? And purpose do the sunflowers serve?
112. 16. On the occasion of King George Vโs arrival in Calcutta on 30
December 1911, a section of the Anglo-Indian English press in
Calcutta deliberately misreported that the King was being
accorded a grand welcome by a certain poet in town.
The poet claims in a letter written in 1939: "I should only insult
myself if I cared to answer those who consider me capable of
such unbounded stupidity."
He wrote "A certain high official in His Majesty's service, who was
also my friend, had requested that I write a song of felicitation
towards the Emperor. The request simply amazed me. It caused a
great stir in my heart.โ
What did this indignant poet compose in response to the request
of welcoming the King?
117. Pleading for Pluto to remain as a planet!
Addressed to Neil de Grasse Tyson
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118. This โman of a thousand voicesโ published his
autobiography in 1988, a year before he died.
He confessed to a minor bit of deception
regarding his nickname stating that by his
estimate he had provided only 850 voices. The
title of his autobiography makes a cross reference
to a catchphrase he is most associated with - the
phrase also appears on his epitaph.
Who? Whatโs his autobiography titled?
128. Question 2
Which country has unveiled the sophisticated
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), which
has a range of 12,000 kms, placing it among the
worldโs longest-range missiles?
155. Question 11
The flagship carrier of the East African nation of
Ethiopia has named its newest Boeing 787
Dreamliner after Indiaโs which famous historical
monument?
