Intro quiz for freshersAraQuiz6-9-11YatiRaj & Harshitsinhawww.quizzingkarega.compresents
#1 (2)Connect Nelson Mandela, Matt Damon and William Ernest Henley
AnsInvictus
#2 (1,1,1)
AnsINS GodavariPNS BabarThe two ships came dangerously close to each other during the MV Suez rescue
#3 (2)200 downgraded to 40150.30.50.2Connect the above numbers to 11th and 13th of may 1998
AnsPokhran IIThe numbers are the estimated yield of the devices in kT.
#4 (2)
AnsUS Marine Corps Martial Arts (nicknamed Semper Fu)
#5 (2)On a merry-go-round in the night_______ was shaken with frightDespite how he walked ‘Twas like he was stalkedBy some fiend always pushing him rightBy David Morin, Eric Zaslow, E’beth Haley, John Golden, and Nathan Salven
AnsCoriolis
#6 (1,1)The Indian Marine Commandos or Marcos, have this nickname because they are the only part of the military that allows followers of all religions to do something which is allowed for only followers of one particular religion in other branches of military. Give me the funda and the nickname.
AnsDadiwalifauj, for allowing non-sikh personnel to keep beards
#7 (2)
AnsBenicio del Toro played Che Guevara in Che part 1 and 2. The first pic shows him in ‘The Usual Suspects’
#8 (2)This famous Indian personality (recently in news) was nominated for 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, and was awarded 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, which is given for “an outstanding contribution in promotion and advocacy of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights.
AnsIromChanuSharmila
#9 (2)
Ans150 years of Unification of Italy
#10 (2)The “______” River starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through Solimoes, Amazonas and Marajo basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.- from The Guardian, 26-8-11Give me the name of the river
AnsRio Hamza, named after WaliaHamza who was the leader of the team that discovered the underground river system.
#11 (2)
AnsHiroo Onoda and Teruo NakamuraThey were the second last and last japanese soldiers to surrender after WWII strangely in 1974
#12 (2)1962: Padmashree and Ramon Magsasay prize1979: Nobel peace prize1980: Bharat RatnaThe above were a few of the many awards that this famous personality, X received. Id the personThough a quite popular person X was accused of “secret baptisms of the dying”
AnsMother Teresa
#13 (2)...in strait places gar keep all store,And byrnen ye plainland them before,That they shall pass away in haistWhat that they find na thing but waist....This is the counsel and intentOf gud King Robert's testiment.Anonymous poem about a military strategy outlawed by article 54 of protocol I of the Geneva Conventions. Name it.
AnsScorched earth policy
# CONNECTING THE DOTS
And the rules are…There are 4 questions in this part, each carrying 1 markFor the connect+5/-4+3/-2+2/-1+1/0
A (+5/-4)
ansnautilus
B (+3/-2)	In 1998, he played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the play Mahatma Vs. Gandhi, (which looked at the Mahatma's relation with Harilal Gandhi, his first son). With this, he achieved his objective of portraying Mahatma Gandhi, a role he had auditioned for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. Incidentally, in 2000, he again portrayed the Mahatma, this time on film, in Hey Ram. Who is he?
ansNaseeruddin Shah
C (+2/-1)
ansTipu’s tiger
D ( +1/-0)Voyage au centre de la Terre, 1864)De la Terre à la Lune, 1865)Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours, 1873)Maître du monde, sequel to Robur the Conqueror, 1904)Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, 1870)The preceding four titlesconnect to a famous man. Identifyhim
ansJules Verne. These are his books (in French)
<Connect>The connect is Captain NemoHis submarine is named NautilusCharacter portrayed by Naseeruddin in The League of Extraordinary GentlemenHe is a descendent of Tipu SultanLast clue is Verne with his famous “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”
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Ara quiz7 sep-11

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    Intro quiz forfreshersAraQuiz6-9-11YatiRaj & Harshitsinhawww.quizzingkarega.compresents
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    #1 (2)Connect NelsonMandela, Matt Damon and William Ernest Henley
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    AnsINS GodavariPNS BabarThetwo ships came dangerously close to each other during the MV Suez rescue
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    #3 (2)200 downgradedto 40150.30.50.2Connect the above numbers to 11th and 13th of may 1998
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    AnsPokhran IIThe numbersare the estimated yield of the devices in kT.
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    AnsUS Marine CorpsMartial Arts (nicknamed Semper Fu)
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    #5 (2)On amerry-go-round in the night_______ was shaken with frightDespite how he walked ‘Twas like he was stalkedBy some fiend always pushing him rightBy David Morin, Eric Zaslow, E’beth Haley, John Golden, and Nathan Salven
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    #6 (1,1)The IndianMarine Commandos or Marcos, have this nickname because they are the only part of the military that allows followers of all religions to do something which is allowed for only followers of one particular religion in other branches of military. Give me the funda and the nickname.
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    AnsDadiwalifauj, for allowingnon-sikh personnel to keep beards
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    AnsBenicio del Toroplayed Che Guevara in Che part 1 and 2. The first pic shows him in ‘The Usual Suspects’
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    #8 (2)This famousIndian personality (recently in news) was nominated for 2005 Nobel Peace Prize, and was awarded 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights, which is given for “an outstanding contribution in promotion and advocacy of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights.
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    Ans150 years ofUnification of Italy
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    #10 (2)The “______”River starts in the Acre region under the Andes and flows through Solimoes, Amazonas and Marajo basins before opening out directly into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.- from The Guardian, 26-8-11Give me the name of the river
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    AnsRio Hamza, namedafter WaliaHamza who was the leader of the team that discovered the underground river system.
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    AnsHiroo Onoda andTeruo NakamuraThey were the second last and last japanese soldiers to surrender after WWII strangely in 1974
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    #12 (2)1962: Padmashreeand Ramon Magsasay prize1979: Nobel peace prize1980: Bharat RatnaThe above were a few of the many awards that this famous personality, X received. Id the personThough a quite popular person X was accused of “secret baptisms of the dying”
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    #13 (2)...in straitplaces gar keep all store,And byrnen ye plainland them before,That they shall pass away in haistWhat that they find na thing but waist....This is the counsel and intentOf gud King Robert's testiment.Anonymous poem about a military strategy outlawed by article 54 of protocol I of the Geneva Conventions. Name it.
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    And the rulesare…There are 4 questions in this part, each carrying 1 markFor the connect+5/-4+3/-2+2/-1+1/0
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    B (+3/-2) In 1998,he played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the play Mahatma Vs. Gandhi, (which looked at the Mahatma's relation with Harilal Gandhi, his first son). With this, he achieved his objective of portraying Mahatma Gandhi, a role he had auditioned for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. Incidentally, in 2000, he again portrayed the Mahatma, this time on film, in Hey Ram. Who is he?
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    D ( +1/-0)Voyageau centre de la Terre, 1864)De la Terre à la Lune, 1865)Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours, 1873)Maître du monde, sequel to Robur the Conqueror, 1904)Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, 1870)The preceding four titlesconnect to a famous man. Identifyhim
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    ansJules Verne. Theseare his books (in French)
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    <Connect>The connect isCaptain NemoHis submarine is named NautilusCharacter portrayed by Naseeruddin in The League of Extraordinary GentlemenHe is a descendent of Tipu SultanLast clue is Verne with his famous “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”
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