1. The Columban Open Quiz 2010<br />Group B Prelims<br />SCHOOL : REG. NO. : TIME : 20 minutes <br />TEAM NAME :<br />Q1 X is an American film studio based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-four Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements and has made $5.5 billion worldwide. It is perhaps the single most critically acclaimed film studios of all time. A familiar sight in X’s logo can be traced to the titular character of its first 1986 short film Luxo Jr. X began in 1979 as the Graphics Group, part of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm before it was acquired by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1986 before being sold to a larger media company in 2006. Identify X.<br />Ans:<br />Q2 Which country, meaning Black Mountain in the local language, became independent on June 3, 2006?<br />Ans:<br />Q3 His name comes from the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and a word that means ten in various African languages. His birth date coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa in the year 1994. This year marks the birth of democracy in South Africa, meaning that he joins the ranks of South Africa’s born-free generation. Andries Odendaal, from Cape Town, created the original character design. Already he has drawn criticism and courted controversy, with several commentators labeling him quot;
creepyquot;
and saying quot;
you wouldn’t really want to leave your kids alone with him on a Friday nightquot;
.<br />Ans:<br />Q4 What was Netscape creator Marc Andreesen referring to when he called it quot;
a poorly debugged set of device driversquot;
?<br />Ans:<br />Q5 In the world of football, how is Ali Bin Nasser famous (or rather infamous)?<br />Ans:<br />Q6 Born Erik Weisz (or Ehrich Weiss) in Hungary, he died on October 31, 1926 due to peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix. The generally accepted story is that after giving his performance, a college student asked him if it were true he could withstand punches about the waist without flinching; he said yes but before he could clench his stomach muscles, the student delivered multiple blows to his abdomen, aggravating an already serious case of appendicitis. Who?<br />Ans:<br />Q7 What (referring to the discovery of gold near Sutter's Mill in 1848) is the state motto of California?<br />Ans:<br />Q8 Connect- Slats (1924-1928, silent), Jackie (1928-1956, first growling), Tanner (1934-1956, Technicolor), George (1956-1958, thicker mane), Leo (1957-present).<br />Ans:<br />Q9 What is/was the religious affiliation of Revolution era (1793-1794) France, People’s Socialist Republic of Albania, the USSR and Cuba?<br />Ans:<br />Q10 Harald quot;
_______quot;
Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr blátǫnn Gormsson) commonly known as Harald I of Denmark was a Danish Viking king who is regarded as having united the dissonant tribes of Denmark and parts of Norway and southern Sweden as King of Denmark from around 958 AD and King of Norway from around 970 till he was deposed by his more famous son Sweyn Forkbeard. Harald’s initials H.B. was the basis for ________’s logo, which is formed by merging the two Nordic runes.<br />Ans:<br />Q11 In October 1930, while in jail, who wrote a pamphlet entitled Why I am an Atheist ?<br />Ans:<br />Q12 Beam, girder, cantilever, truss, segmental, pontoon are all types of what?<br />Ans:<br />Q13 This cricketing term is thought to derive from the 18th and 19th century slang term quot;
to pull a ________quot;
on a person meaning to trick or deceive them.<br />Ans: <br />Q14 While at the University of Colorado in 1992, Trey Parker and Matt Stone came up made a short film called quot;
The Spirit of Christmasquot;
(later called Jesus vs. Frosty) using construction paper cutouts in stop motion. Later they made a second short called Jesus vs. Santa; when this became one of the first viral Internet videos, Comedy Central picked it up for a series. What was created as a result?<br />Ans:<br />Q15 The Cooper's Hill _______-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the last Monday of May at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England in which contestants follow the Double Gloucester cylindrical variety down the steep hill. Injuries are common but minor. The origin of the event is obscure but it has been held for over 200 years. The 2010 event had been officially cancelled due to safety concerns. However, despite the ban and a lack of paramedics, about 500 people showed up to hold some unofficial races, with six time champion Chris Anderson winning again.<br />Ans: <br />Q16 The first was Mozambique, which was admitted in 1995 following its first democratic elections and South Africa's re-admission in 1994. Mozambique's controversial entry led to the Edinburgh Declaration and the current membership guidelines. The second was Rwanda which became a member in 2009. What is so special about the entry of these two into a select organization?<br />Ans:<br />Q17 On May 24, 2004—the 160th anniversary of the first public Morse telegraph transmission—the Radio Communication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-R) formally added the to the official Morse character set, using the sequence denoted by the digraph (· — — · — ·). This is notable since it is the first official addition to the Morse set of characters since World War I.<br />Ans: <br />Q18. The 2005 movie Lords of Dogtown starring Heath Ledger and Emile Hirsch, depicts the rise of the Z-Boys, an influential 1970s group of teenagers. What did they popularize?<br />Ans:<br />Q19 Why did all phone lines in USA go silent for a minute on August 22, 1922? <br />Ans:<br />Q20 What word is derived from the Japanese for “great lord” or “high commander” which was used as a title for the Shogun? Another word with a similar meaning traces its direct origin to the Mughals.<br />Ans:<br />Q21 According to his bodyguard, there were 638 attempts to assassinate him, which allegedly included an exploding cigar, a fungal-infected scuba-diving suit, and a mafia-style shooting. He once quipped, quot;
If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.quot;
Who?<br />Ans:<br />Q22 In July 2010, who surpassed Barack Obama by having more than 10 million fans on Facebook?<br />Ans:<br />Q23 Located in Turkey, it was discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1868 and has importance in the Epic Cycle and Homeric literature. However it is much famous for a phrase that nowadays is more commonly associated with computers. What are we talking about?<br />Ans:<br />Q24 What did Robert Ballard discover at 41° 43′ 55″ N, 49° 56′ 45″ W in 1985 using something called the Argo?<br />Ans:<br />Q25 Connect: India, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Mauritius, Maldives, Myanmar (1852-1943 and 1945-1952), Hyrule (from The Legend of Zelda video games).<br />Ans:<br />Q26 In the mid-19th century, the French explorer Henri Mouhot wrote:<br />quot;
One of these temples—a rival to that of Solomon, and erected by some ancient Michelangelo—might take an honourable place beside our most beautiful buildings. It is grander than anything left to us by Greece or Rome, and presents a sad contrast to the state of barbarism in which the nation is now plunged.quot;
What was he talking about?<br />Ans:<br />Q27 Connect: Milou, Tryphon Tournesol, Dupont et Dupond.<br />Ans:<br />Q28 What Edvard Munch expressionist painting inspired the Halloween mask worn by the murderer Ghostface in the horror movie trilogy that shares its name with the painting?<br />Ans:<br />Q29 Which two characters met as a result of a tuna sandwich bait trap?<br />Ans:<br />Q30 The largest known one was the Lakeview Gusher in 1910-1911. The third largest is about 6,500 km2 and growing and has been blamed on a British company. What?<br />Ans: <br />Q31 The Grumman Corporation, issued an invoice for $312,421.24 to North American Rockwell, for quot;
towingquot;
charges for something that happened on 14 April 1970. The invoice included a 20% commercial discount, as well as a further 2% discount if North American were to pay in cash. North American declined payment, noting that they had already ferried Grumman’s vehicles on three previous occasions with no such reciprocal charges. What was the ‘something’ that happened?<br />Ans:<br />Q32 Renowned British author and social critic H. G. Wells in his bestselling two-volume work, The Outline of History (1920), wrote:<br />In the history of the world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who called themselves 'their highnesses,' 'their majesties,' and 'their exalted majesties' and so on. They shone for a brief moment, and as quickly disappeared. But ______ shines and shines brightly like a bright star, even unto this day.<br />Ans: <br />Q33 Which country finished 4th in the football tournament of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics?<br />Ans:<br />Q34 In Plato's account, X was a naval power lying quot;
in front of the Pillars of Herculesquot;
that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. His account also states that X attempted to invade Athens, but was unsuccessful. Identify X.<br />Ans: <br />Q35 On the American Film Institute’s List of 100 Years… 100 Heroes and Villains, which is the only character to appear on both the Heroes as well as Villains list?<br />Ans: <br />-------- Audio-visual questions --------<br />Ans 36:<br />Ans 37:<br />Ans 38:<br />Ans 39:<br />Ans 40:<br />
