MS Balram was India's national diving champion in 2003 and performed the initial dive sequence in the 2010 film Raavan.
The Ajinomoto Company is known for monosodium glutamate (MSG) which was identified in 1908 by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda as the fifth basic taste 'umami'.
The fictional monster 'Wumpus' was adapted as a computer game in the 1970s called 'Hunt the Wumpus' and is also the name of an information retrieval system at the University of Waterloo.
John Deere founded a company that is now a world leader in agricultural, forestry, construction and other equipment, after inventing the first commercially successful steel plow in 18
The document provides details about various people, places, events, concepts etc. including:
1) XLRI Jamshedpur business school founded by Father Quinn Enright in 1949.
2) Late Field Marshall Sam Maneckshaw who died at 94 after surviving 9 bullet shots, with his last words being "I'm okay!".
3) The tiny European country of Leichtenstein which has the highest GDP per capita in the world and last witnessed a murder about 10 years ago.
The document provides details about an online quiz game called "Mosstermind Fun n Fundas". It consists of 6 sets of questions with answers to be provided at the end of each set. Teams of up to 4 people can participate. The rules specify the number of questions in each set, points for different types of questions, and that table numbers should be included on answer sheets. Sample questions about Indian colleges, wars, band names, reality TV shows and FMCG brands are provided to illustrate the format.
The document discusses various topics including famous terrorists, crime novels, movies, sports teams, dances, names, vehicles, animals, cities, and online services. It provides clues about each topic and asks the reader to identify the answer for each numbered item.
The document discusses various trivia questions related to currency in video games, company names and their meanings, products, autobiographies of famous people, locations in media, sports controversies, government initiatives, business founders, missing artworks, famous personalities, events marking deaths, green initiatives of banks, origins of organizations, branding strategies, quotes about successors, musical instruments, company logos, roles in annual auctions. It provides answers to 25 trivia questions through brief explanations.
The document provides trivia questions and answers about movies, authors, rivers, sporting brands, and famous siblings. It contains 6 sets of 5 questions each with multiple choice or short answer responses. The format includes questions on movie remakes, Indian authors, rivers, sporting brands, and famous sibling groups like the Amritraj brothers, Polgar sisters, and Castro brothers.
The document appears to be about a quiz competition with multiple phases and questions on a variety of topics. Some of the questions are about identifying characters, cities, animals, inventions and their uses. The summary provides:
1) The document details different phases of a quiz competition with questions on identifying characters, cities, animals, inventions and their uses.
2) Participants in the competition are given points for correct answers and bonuses for answering multiple questions correctly.
3) The questions cover a wide range of topics tested through images, descriptions and clues.
This document contains 6 sets of questions related to tennis grand slams, Doordarshan shows, companies, buildings in South India, and India's contributions to the English language. Each set has 5 multiple choice questions with a single correct answer that needs to be identified from the clues and context provided in the question.
The document provides details about various people, places, events, concepts etc. including:
1) XLRI Jamshedpur business school founded by Father Quinn Enright in 1949.
2) Late Field Marshall Sam Maneckshaw who died at 94 after surviving 9 bullet shots, with his last words being "I'm okay!".
3) The tiny European country of Leichtenstein which has the highest GDP per capita in the world and last witnessed a murder about 10 years ago.
The document provides details about an online quiz game called "Mosstermind Fun n Fundas". It consists of 6 sets of questions with answers to be provided at the end of each set. Teams of up to 4 people can participate. The rules specify the number of questions in each set, points for different types of questions, and that table numbers should be included on answer sheets. Sample questions about Indian colleges, wars, band names, reality TV shows and FMCG brands are provided to illustrate the format.
The document discusses various topics including famous terrorists, crime novels, movies, sports teams, dances, names, vehicles, animals, cities, and online services. It provides clues about each topic and asks the reader to identify the answer for each numbered item.
The document discusses various trivia questions related to currency in video games, company names and their meanings, products, autobiographies of famous people, locations in media, sports controversies, government initiatives, business founders, missing artworks, famous personalities, events marking deaths, green initiatives of banks, origins of organizations, branding strategies, quotes about successors, musical instruments, company logos, roles in annual auctions. It provides answers to 25 trivia questions through brief explanations.
The document provides trivia questions and answers about movies, authors, rivers, sporting brands, and famous siblings. It contains 6 sets of 5 questions each with multiple choice or short answer responses. The format includes questions on movie remakes, Indian authors, rivers, sporting brands, and famous sibling groups like the Amritraj brothers, Polgar sisters, and Castro brothers.
The document appears to be about a quiz competition with multiple phases and questions on a variety of topics. Some of the questions are about identifying characters, cities, animals, inventions and their uses. The summary provides:
1) The document details different phases of a quiz competition with questions on identifying characters, cities, animals, inventions and their uses.
2) Participants in the competition are given points for correct answers and bonuses for answering multiple questions correctly.
3) The questions cover a wide range of topics tested through images, descriptions and clues.
This document contains 6 sets of questions related to tennis grand slams, Doordarshan shows, companies, buildings in South India, and India's contributions to the English language. Each set has 5 multiple choice questions with a single correct answer that needs to be identified from the clues and context provided in the question.
The document contains 10 trivia questions with answers about famous people, places, movies, and more. It provides a dry round of trivia for 10 points per question with an infinite bounce system for answering or passing on questions.
1. The person is Michael Phelps, an American swimmer who won 28 Olympic medals (including 23 gold medals) and holds records for Olympic gold medals and medals overall. He is considered the greatest Olympic athlete of all time.
2. Skiing is identified as the sport. Before being a sport, skiing was used as a mode of transportation in many countries.
3. The person is Mitchell Johnson, an Australian fast bowler known for delivering some of the fastest balls in cricket history during the 2015 World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy. He also holds the record for one of the worst bowling figures in Test cricket history.
1. The document is a quiz containing questions about various topics such as Alcatraz Island, The Matrix movie, George Orwell's novel 1984, the Lamborghini concept car Terzo Millenio, and Spongebob Squarepants.
2. It asks the participant to identify things, people or concepts referenced in each multiple choice question.
3. Many questions reference popular culture topics from movies, books, video games and historical events.
The Arun Veembur Memorial Quiz on all things Asian. A written quiz for two-member teams held in Bangalore, Chennai, Kerala, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune,New Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and Ahmedabad.
The document provides information about an upcoming chemistry quiz, including rules and guidelines. It states that the quiz will have 25 questions about chemical elements, with each part of each question worth 1 point. It notes some additional rules, such as questions 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 being used to resolve ties. Participants must submit their answers via a Google Form within 90 seconds of the last question closing.
The document provides information on various topics through multiple sections:
1. It begins with listing the 5 basic tastes - sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami.
2. The "Mixed Bag" sections contain trivia questions identifying things like the red carpet, Godzilla's roar, and the comic strip Doonesbury.
3. It discusses fictional characters from Bengali literature like Haridas Paul and Tarini Khuro, as well as mythical figures from the Mahabharata like Aswathama, Kripacharya, and Bali.
4. The final section identifies the langurs as Gary langurs.
1) The document is a travel quiz containing 25 multiple choice questions about locations, landmarks, and events related to travel.
2) Some of the questions ask about identifying specific cities, rivers, bridges, and other landmarks like the Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala and Iguazu Falls.
3) Other questions provide context about famous journeys like Around the World in 80 Days and the story that inspired the book/film Into the Wild.
The document describes an e-cell quiz with 20 multiple choice questions about famous people, companies, and products. Some of the questions identify brothers who founded Flipkart, the comic strip parodying Calvin and Hobbes, the founder of LinkedIn, the creators of Temple Run, the tennis star whose nickname became the name of his company Lacoste, and the voice of Siri. Other questions connect Ferrucio Lamborghini's rivalry with Enzo Ferrari to the founding of his car company, identify the largest zipper manufacturer YKK, and the entrepreneur who rescued the American economy during the Panic of 1907, J.P. Morgan.
This document provides the questions and partial answers for a quiz competition called HUBBUB-A 2013 THE BANGALORE QUIZ EDITION VIII. It outlines some ground rules for the 40 question quiz, including that it is all written and teams consist of 2 people. It provides examples of the first 4 questions and partial answers to give a sense of the format and topics covered, which include landmarks, history, and culture of Bangalore. It indicates the quiz was first conducted in January 2014 at the KQA session.
1. Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who wrote several texts on mathematics. In his famous 1202 book Liber Abaci, he posed a problem about calculating the number of rabbit pairs produced after a year if each pair produces a new pair every month.
2. Thomas Hobson owned a stable in England and offered customers the choice of taking the horse nearest the door or taking no horse at all, giving rise to the phrase "Hobson's choice." Henry Ford famously offered customers the Model T "in any color so long as it is black."
3. In 2010, SKS Microfinance became the first microfinance company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and invited their customers
General Quiz- Biz-Tech, Entertainment & TriviaAMU QUIZ CLUB
General Quiz at quiz forum by Aditya Singh held on 15th March 2018. Aditya is pursuing B.Tech in Electronics Engineering at ZHCET, Aligarh Muslim University. Aditya is interested in Biz-Tech, Pop Culture-Entertainment,Trivia and Astronomy.
1. The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about various topics ranging from brands like Cinthol and Titan to movies like King Kong and concepts like the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
2. It provides the rules for a quiz being conducted by Harshit and Ajay, noting there will be 30 questions with a 30 second time limit to respond and that webcams should remain on.
3. The questions cover a wide variety of topics testing knowledge about business, science, history, pop culture and current events.
This document contains a quiz with multiple choice questions about various topics. It asks the reader to identify:
1) The legal right to use and enjoy property belonging to another.
2) The difference between the face value and production cost of coins.
3) A gold coin first introduced by Sher Shah Suri that was equivalent to 15 silver rupees.
It then provides potential answers to select from for each question.
The document appears to be the rules and questions from "The QFI Open Quiz 2009". It includes the names of the quizmaster and research team, as well as rules stating there are 40 questions worth 1 point each and the top 8 teams will qualify for the finals. It then lists 25 multiple choice questions on various topics ranging from history, literature, science, and pop culture.
This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about flags of different countries. Some key details included are:
- Nepal is the only non-quadrilateral flag, Vatican City and Switzerland have the only square flags, Libya has the only flag consisting of a single color.
- Denmark has the oldest flag still in use. Moldova, Paraguay, and Saudi Arabia have flags that are not identical on both sides.
- Mozambique's flag features an AK-47. Lebanon's flag includes a cedar tree as referenced in the Bible. Wales' flag is called the Red Dragon.
- Uganda's flag contains its national bird, the crested crane. Oman's flag depicts crossed dagg
The document appears to contain a transcript from a quiz or test. It includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions on topics like famous people, books, movies, sports, and current events. The questions are numbered and have point values associated with each one. Some questions also include clues or connecting information to previous questions.
The document contains 10 trivia questions with answers about famous people, places, movies, and more. It provides a dry round of trivia for 10 points per question with an infinite bounce system for answering or passing on questions.
1. The person is Michael Phelps, an American swimmer who won 28 Olympic medals (including 23 gold medals) and holds records for Olympic gold medals and medals overall. He is considered the greatest Olympic athlete of all time.
2. Skiing is identified as the sport. Before being a sport, skiing was used as a mode of transportation in many countries.
3. The person is Mitchell Johnson, an Australian fast bowler known for delivering some of the fastest balls in cricket history during the 2015 World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy. He also holds the record for one of the worst bowling figures in Test cricket history.
1. The document is a quiz containing questions about various topics such as Alcatraz Island, The Matrix movie, George Orwell's novel 1984, the Lamborghini concept car Terzo Millenio, and Spongebob Squarepants.
2. It asks the participant to identify things, people or concepts referenced in each multiple choice question.
3. Many questions reference popular culture topics from movies, books, video games and historical events.
The Arun Veembur Memorial Quiz on all things Asian. A written quiz for two-member teams held in Bangalore, Chennai, Kerala, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune,New Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and Ahmedabad.
The document provides information about an upcoming chemistry quiz, including rules and guidelines. It states that the quiz will have 25 questions about chemical elements, with each part of each question worth 1 point. It notes some additional rules, such as questions 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 being used to resolve ties. Participants must submit their answers via a Google Form within 90 seconds of the last question closing.
The document provides information on various topics through multiple sections:
1. It begins with listing the 5 basic tastes - sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami.
2. The "Mixed Bag" sections contain trivia questions identifying things like the red carpet, Godzilla's roar, and the comic strip Doonesbury.
3. It discusses fictional characters from Bengali literature like Haridas Paul and Tarini Khuro, as well as mythical figures from the Mahabharata like Aswathama, Kripacharya, and Bali.
4. The final section identifies the langurs as Gary langurs.
1) The document is a travel quiz containing 25 multiple choice questions about locations, landmarks, and events related to travel.
2) Some of the questions ask about identifying specific cities, rivers, bridges, and other landmarks like the Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala and Iguazu Falls.
3) Other questions provide context about famous journeys like Around the World in 80 Days and the story that inspired the book/film Into the Wild.
The document describes an e-cell quiz with 20 multiple choice questions about famous people, companies, and products. Some of the questions identify brothers who founded Flipkart, the comic strip parodying Calvin and Hobbes, the founder of LinkedIn, the creators of Temple Run, the tennis star whose nickname became the name of his company Lacoste, and the voice of Siri. Other questions connect Ferrucio Lamborghini's rivalry with Enzo Ferrari to the founding of his car company, identify the largest zipper manufacturer YKK, and the entrepreneur who rescued the American economy during the Panic of 1907, J.P. Morgan.
This document provides the questions and partial answers for a quiz competition called HUBBUB-A 2013 THE BANGALORE QUIZ EDITION VIII. It outlines some ground rules for the 40 question quiz, including that it is all written and teams consist of 2 people. It provides examples of the first 4 questions and partial answers to give a sense of the format and topics covered, which include landmarks, history, and culture of Bangalore. It indicates the quiz was first conducted in January 2014 at the KQA session.
1. Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who wrote several texts on mathematics. In his famous 1202 book Liber Abaci, he posed a problem about calculating the number of rabbit pairs produced after a year if each pair produces a new pair every month.
2. Thomas Hobson owned a stable in England and offered customers the choice of taking the horse nearest the door or taking no horse at all, giving rise to the phrase "Hobson's choice." Henry Ford famously offered customers the Model T "in any color so long as it is black."
3. In 2010, SKS Microfinance became the first microfinance company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and invited their customers
General Quiz- Biz-Tech, Entertainment & TriviaAMU QUIZ CLUB
General Quiz at quiz forum by Aditya Singh held on 15th March 2018. Aditya is pursuing B.Tech in Electronics Engineering at ZHCET, Aligarh Muslim University. Aditya is interested in Biz-Tech, Pop Culture-Entertainment,Trivia and Astronomy.
1. The document contains 30 multiple choice questions about various topics ranging from brands like Cinthol and Titan to movies like King Kong and concepts like the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
2. It provides the rules for a quiz being conducted by Harshit and Ajay, noting there will be 30 questions with a 30 second time limit to respond and that webcams should remain on.
3. The questions cover a wide variety of topics testing knowledge about business, science, history, pop culture and current events.
This document contains a quiz with multiple choice questions about various topics. It asks the reader to identify:
1) The legal right to use and enjoy property belonging to another.
2) The difference between the face value and production cost of coins.
3) A gold coin first introduced by Sher Shah Suri that was equivalent to 15 silver rupees.
It then provides potential answers to select from for each question.
The document appears to be the rules and questions from "The QFI Open Quiz 2009". It includes the names of the quizmaster and research team, as well as rules stating there are 40 questions worth 1 point each and the top 8 teams will qualify for the finals. It then lists 25 multiple choice questions on various topics ranging from history, literature, science, and pop culture.
This document contains 15 multiple choice questions about flags of different countries. Some key details included are:
- Nepal is the only non-quadrilateral flag, Vatican City and Switzerland have the only square flags, Libya has the only flag consisting of a single color.
- Denmark has the oldest flag still in use. Moldova, Paraguay, and Saudi Arabia have flags that are not identical on both sides.
- Mozambique's flag features an AK-47. Lebanon's flag includes a cedar tree as referenced in the Bible. Wales' flag is called the Red Dragon.
- Uganda's flag contains its national bird, the crested crane. Oman's flag depicts crossed dagg
The document appears to contain a transcript from a quiz or test. It includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions on topics like famous people, books, movies, sports, and current events. The questions are numbered and have point values associated with each one. Some questions also include clues or connecting information to previous questions.
The scoville scale measures the heat level in chili peppers based on the amount of capsaicin present. It indicates the concentration of this chemical compound that stimulates sensory nerve endings and causes the sensation of heat. Capsaicin itself has a rating of 16 million SHU.
1. The device being described is a mouse. Additional clues included it being an input device and having a wheel or scroll function.
2. The phenomenon being explained is aerodynamic lift. Key details included boundary layer transitioning from laminar to turbulent, and the turbulent layer separating earlier over the top surface, creating a pressure differential and side force.
3. The concept being referred to is a space elevator. It was first proposed by Tsiolkovsky in 1895 and later inspired Clarke's novel describing it being constructed from buckminsterfullerene.
The document contains a transcript of questions and answers from the COEP General Quiz Finals rounds 1 and 2. In round 1 there were 12 multiple choice questions covering topics like art, literature, science, and current events. Round 2 consisted of written questions where participants had to identify Indian states from descriptions of local handicrafts, festivals, or crops. The questions tested geographic and cultural knowledge of different states.
An informal quiz on scandals/affairs/controversies Rithwik K
The document discusses two famous couples:
1. Grace Kelly, who met Prince Rainier of Monaco when the director of Paris Match arranged for them to meet in 1955. They later married, making Kelly Princess of Monaco.
2. References to letters exchanged between a married woman and the man she fell in love with while her husband lived in Delhi and he in Lahore. They built a romantic relationship through their letters.
LPU QUIZ CLUB Presents "The General Quiz" ( On Current Affairs)Sukhvinder Singh
The quiz consists of 21 questions across 3 rounds about current affairs, India's unexplored places, and miscellaneous topics. Teams of 2-3 people will compete. Direct questions are worth +20 points, passing is +10 points. No negatives or googling allowed. The first round focuses on current affairs. Sample questions include identifying the country chief guest at India's 2017 Republic Day parade (UAE) and the inspiration for Raes character in the movie Raes (Abdul Latif). The second round focuses on unexplored places in India. Sample questions include the reason the Taj Mahal minarets tilt slightly (to not damage the mausoleum if they fall) and the only privately owned railway line in
In.Quiz.Itor General Quiz - Chowgule College Goa 2017Harsh Hegde
Here's a General Quiz I did at Chowgule College, Margao-Goa on 18th February 2017 with the help of Quanta-The Quiz Club of NIT Goa.Please watch and give me your feedback.
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This document provides the rules and guidelines for multiple rounds of a business quiz competition between teams. It outlines that there will be 6 total rounds with different rules for scoring and gameplay in each round. The first round has 8 questions with 2 for each team and 10 points awarded for correct answers. Subsequent rounds include topics being covered, number of questions, opportunities for teams to pounce and provide answers, and positive/negative scoring details. The common theme identified across one round's questions is that the products are geographical indicators specific to certain places in India.
The final quiz in the critically acclaimed Random Stuff quiz trilogy highlighting the thought processes and favourites of everybody's favourite young quizmaster, Saraswat Chatterjee.
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This summarizes a quiz document with 3 rounds and 15 questions in each round. The document provides instructions that the quizmaster's decision is final, refers participants to help with scoring, and notifies that questions may be slightly boring. It begins the first round of Infinite Bounce with trivia questions about literature, landmarks, airlines, and more.
Prelims answers of Kriti (General Inter - Hostel Quiz) at IIT Guwahati , 2014Himanshu Upreti
The document describes the origins and content of the website X. It was started in 2005 by its creator scanning doodles from notebooks. In 2007, it gained attention by depicting online communities as continents sized by popularity and grouped by subject matter. X's homepage contains a warning about potential strong language, unusual humor, and advanced mathematics that may not be suitable for all audiences.
This document summarizes a quiz event held in Margao, Goa in June 2016. It was hosted by quizmaster Mahesh Prabhu with assistance from Annie and Rajiv. The quiz had 4 rounds with a variety of questions testing knowledge of celebrities, history, geography and more. Rounds included identifying personalities in photos, multiple choice questions, and filling in blanks. Points were awarded for correct answers and deducted for incorrect or skipped questions. The theme of the final round was identifying 6 personalities who were all born in India.
This quiz contains 30 multiple choice questions about various topics like movies, books, history, science and current events. It provides points for correct answers and deducts points for incorrect answers. Random news screenshots without context are used as safety slides between questions. The questions cover topics like the subreddit r/MarijuanaEnthusiasts, a moth nicknamed the "Mad Hatterpillar", identifying OJ Simpson from a description of a TV show segment, and more.
The document summarizes the rules and structure of the Mega-Whats 2014 quiz competition in Karnataka, India. It consists of 3 rounds - a written round with 5 questions, a clockwise round with 18 questions, and an anti-clockwise round with 18 questions. Sample questions are provided from the written and clockwise rounds, covering topics like history, literature, science, and pop culture.
This document summarizes the evolution of the term "identity crisis". It began as a concept coined by psychologist Erik Erikson to describe a stage of psychosocial development involving questions about personal identity. Over time, the term's connotation broadened and it now describes a variety of situations involving uncertainty about oneself. It also refers to both a 2004 DC Comics miniseries starring the Justice League and a 1998 Marvel Comics miniseries starring Spider-Man.
The document contains 25 trivia questions about various topics including music, literature, history, business and current events. Some questions ask to identify people like authors, musicians and business leaders. Others ask to fill in blanks or name places, brands, companies or events based on clues and context provided in the questions.
The document provides instructions and rules for the i-Quest 7.0 Day 1 Prelims exam, including:
- Use of electronic gadgets is prohibited and cheating will lead to disqualification.
- Round 1 consists of 18 multiple choice questions with a +1/-0 marking scheme. Brevity and conciseness will be appreciated, and there are no points for essays.
- Round 2 consists of 4 bonus questions to be considered in case of ties.
The document then provides the questions for Rounds 1 and 2 of the exam.
The document discusses a virtual reality cricket tournament called the iB cricket super over league. Suresh Raina's Yellow Strikers team topped the league stage to advance directly to the finals. VVS Laxman's Orange Chargers and Harbhajan Singh's Black Thunders reached the qualifiers and are competing to face Yellow Strikers in the finals. The tournament utilizes virtual reality technology to simulate cricket matches.
The document is a quiz with 25 questions and answers about various topics including economics, history, geography, movies, sports and more. Some of the questions ask about specific people, places, events or things like the Robinson Crusoe economy, Mickey Mouse as a protest vote, the Mona Lisa theft, and the World Air Guitar Championships. Other questions require identifying terms, concepts or famous figures based on clues and descriptions provided.
This document appears to be the agenda and questions for a business quiz competition called "Vivacity 13". It includes 5 rounds of questions on topics like brands, celebrities, geography, and currencies. The participants were asked questions and had to provide answers in the allotted time. The document tracks the score of participants throughout the rounds.
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Saranathan College of Engineering Quiz Association held a quiz with various rounds and questions. The document provides clues and questions related to people, places, events, logos, and descriptions of characters from movies, books, and video games. It also includes pictorial rounds asking participants to identify famous people, landmarks, logos, and characters. The final rounds involve connecting clues to related topics, guessing definitions, and betting on answers to trivia questions.
This document appears to be notes from a quiz competition containing questions on a variety of topics and the answers to those questions. There are 13 written questions provided along with their answers on topics ranging from movies, companies, historical events, and famous people. Diagrams and instructions are also included for connecting answers in different patterns to reveal themes.
This document appears to be a quiz with multiple choice and open-ended questions covering a wide range of topics including movies, music, sports, history, and more. It includes 21 questions in three rounds with the final round offering a higher point value for correct answers. The questions test detailed knowledge and require recognizing people, events, terms, and their meanings and relationships.
This document appears to be a quiz with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions about topics ranging from nursery rhymes to Lord of the Rings. It provides the rules for participants, which state that the quizmaster is to be called Gandalf and that no one argues with Gandalf. The quiz is divided into rounds with different types of questions and scoring systems for correct and incorrect answers.
- The document contains 20 trivia questions with answers related to various topics like space exploration, business terms, pop culture references, and sports.
- The questions test knowledge in areas such as famous quotes, company slogans, book and movie references, and winners of sporting events.
- The answers identify people, places, events, and terms referenced in the different trivia questions and clues provided.
Quiz conducted at IIMA. Special thanks to the NSIT Quiz Club for tips and pointers, particularly Roshan Shankar and Shireen Jawed whose fundas I have used in framing a couple of questions.
The document discusses Pope John Paul II's coat of arms and styles, including his religious style as Holy Father and posthumous style as Venerable. It also mentions ICC awards for umpiring like the Bronze Bails Awards and Golden Bails Award.
PICT IET STUDENT CHAPTER organizes technical event Scientia every year during the month of August September.... It has a General Knowledge competition called ENCUESTA which is very famous throughout Pune. This is the final of Scientia '15. The quiz master were Shubham Malu & Mohit Shah. for details or queries mail me at shubh.malu123@gmail.com
The document appears to contain a transcript from a quiz or test. It includes multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank style questions on topics like famous people, books, movies, sports, and current events. The questions are numbered and have point values associated with each one. Some questions also include clues or connecting information to previous questions.
- Abdulla Currimjee, a Mauritian Indian businessman, bought a run down French-owned cement plant in the 1930s.
- He hired a young Danish engineer to help turn the plant around.
- When the cement plant had financial success, the engineer suggested they start a dairy together, which led to the creation of a company that became one of the largest in Africa.
The document discusses Thoreau's famous opening lines from Walden about living deliberately and sucking out all the marrow of life. It then asks whose words these are and their significance. The lines are from Henry David Thoreau's Walden and represent his philosophy of simple living and desire to live fully.
The passage is about Henry David Thoreau's opening lines from Walden, where he discusses deliberately living life to its fullest and sucking out all the marrow of life, putting to rout all that is not life. The lines discuss wanting to live deliberately and deeply to fully experience life and not discover upon death that one did not truly live.
The document discusses various trivia questions related to movies, sports, literature, geography and more. It provides 30 multiple choice questions asking the reader to identify people, objects, events and other details. The questions cover a wide range of topics testing general knowledge.
The document is a sports quiz containing 30 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about various sports and sporting events. The questions cover a wide range of sports including the Winter Olympics, field hockey, cricket, tennis, chess, golf, cycling, football/soccer, rugby, and carrom. Key people and events mentioned include Kieron Pollard, Nadia Comaneci, Ruy Lopez, Arpad Elo, Nelson Mandela, and Maria Irudayam.
The document describes the format and rules for an upcoming quiz finals. It will consist of 46 questions in a "bounce-bounce-bounce" format. All scores will be multiples of 5 or 10 since the quiz master is bad at math. Each question will have a time limit of 20 seconds since the quiz master suffers from answering questions too quickly.
1. The Swiss mountain Matterhorn is featured prominently in the Toblerone chocolate logo.
2. Pavbhaji is a quick, one-dish meal that was created in Mumbai, India by combining ingredients from other dishes to allow factory workers to eat during their short lunch breaks.
3. The connection between the prompts is the South African cricketer Hansie Cronje, who worked for Bell Equipment after retiring from cricket and was involved in match fixing scandals.
The document provides information about various places, buildings, and events related to Mumbai, India. It discusses topics like the mangroves that grow along the coast, the Hornby Vellard land reclamation project that united the seven islands of Bombay, the Girangaon textile mill area, prominent people like David Sassoon who developed the city's infrastructure, and domestic cricket tournaments organized by the Mumbai Cricket Association.
The document provides descriptions of various people, places, and things. It discusses the following:
- The novel "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker which won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
- The fictional character Sherlock Holmes and his abilities including deduction, language skills, and expertise in transportation.
- Artificial intelligence as the study and design of intelligent machines.
- Details about the design of the Indiana Jones character costume.
- The 1938 radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells that caused panic.
- The opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" and its realism.
- The life of Iranian refugee Meh
1. "Mama always said lnfinite Rebound was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.“ – Forrest Gump Anti-Clock 17 Questions 15/-0
2. 1. MS Balram (shown in the pic) was a national diver who represented India and diving competitions both home and abroad. He was also India’s national champion in 2003. Based out of Bangalore, his exploits are well known in South India. What was his claim to fame in 2010 ?
3. A. He performed the initial dive sequence in Raavan. Source: Newspapers, media, TV, everywhere
4. 2. Western cuisines traditionally recognized only four distinct tastes—sweet, salty, sour and bitter. In 1908, Tokyo chemist Kikunae Ikeda realized that he was tasting something that did not fall into the four known categories. He identified this constituent as glutamic acid, and named it umami, which means delicious in Japanese. It is today sold in the market by which company?
5. A2. The Ajinomoto Company Monosodium glutamate is a generic product which is often referred by the name of its largest manufacturer – Ajinomoto. Source: Prof. VR Narayanswami’s column on English and words in Mint. A recommended read! http://www.livemint.com/articles/Authors.aspx?author=VR+Narayanaswami&type=wa
6. 3. All we know about it is that it’s a fictional reclusive monster. It has been then adapted in various forms in comic strips, playing cards, computer games, puzzles and other such things. Hunt the _____ was a basic hide and seek puzzle which as adapted as a computer game in the 1970s. ______ is also the name of the information retrieval system at the Univ of Waterloo.
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8. A3.Wumpus! God knows how this thing even remotely resembles a lion! For those who don’t get this question, I’m sorry, it’s a comp science thing. Do some research on the Wumpus world problem and then code it in Java in two hours. You will get a A+ in our dept. Utter nonsense! Source: BE lecture on artificial intelligence !
9. 4. Who? He married in 1827, and fathered nine children. But as he was having trouble with creditors, his business suffered. Facing bankruptcy, he sold the shop to his father-in-law and departed for Illinois. It was there that he invented the first commercially successful steel plough in 1837. Name him or the eponymous company.
10. A4. John Deere ! World leader in providing advanced products and services for agriculture, forestry, construction, lawn and turf. Source: Lifted off the net
11. 5. He devised a formula which accounts for the intensity and in turn the destruction caused due to something. The original formula is As the plot is logarithmic, the intensity of damage varies exponentially to the value of the answer. Hence , he once very famously said, "logarithmic plots are a device of the devil“. Who ?
12. A5. Charles Richter and the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes. Source: Just thought of framing a question on the Richter scale
13. 6. Scotland in 1974 Brazil in 1978 England in 1982 Cameron in 1982 Belgium in 1998 These teams have achieved a peculiar distinction at the mentioned WCs. Another team got added to the list in 2010. Which team and what distinction? List is not exhaustive.
14. A6. New Zealand Teams getting eliminated from the WC without losing a single game. Source: Lifted off the net
15. 7. The film? The title is based on a conversation between Sean Connery and his second wife, MichelineRoquebrune. After initially retiring from the role following Diamonds Are Forever he told the press he would not play James Bond again; her response for him was to________. She is credited at the end of the film for her contribution. As a result, it was the first Bond movie to use a non-Ian Fleming originated title.
17. 8. Russian playwright ______ stated that any object introduced in a story must be used later on, else it ought not to feature in the first place. Some quotes attributed to him are – "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.“ "If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there."
18. _______ is the literary technique whereby an element is introduced early in the story, but its significance does not become clear until later on. For example, a character may find a mysterious object that eventually becomes crucial to the plot, but at the time the object is found it does not seem to be important.
19. A8. Anton Chekhov and Chekhov’s gun Common examples are - In Slumdog Millionaire as soon as we see the flashback where Jamal mentions he doesn't know the name of the third musketeer, we know that it will be the final question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Source: Bought a book titled 101 selected short stories of Anton Chekhov. Long live landmark vouchers and people who gift me those vouchers!
20. 9. He became the second Governor General of Madras in 1687 and amassed a fortune in his lifetime, largely through secret contracts with Madras merchants, against the East India Company's directive. After being relieved of his post as Governor, he settled in England. A gentleman named Mather representing a small institution of learning that had been founded as the Collegiate School of Connecticut in 1701 approached him as it needed money for a new building in New Haven, Connecticut.
21. He poured in the illegal wealth that he had earned in Madras and as a result the institution in Connecticut was named after him. Who ?
23. 10. Gideon Gono was awarded “Ignobel” in Mathematics in 2009 "for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers — from very small to very big". What did he do to get this award?
24. A10. He was the Governor of Zimbabwe’s Reserve Bank when the country was afflicted with severe inflation causing bread to cost 100000+ in local currency and all that jazz. Source: Lifted off the net
25. 11. Germany lost 0-1 to low ranked Yugoslavia in the Quarter finals of the 1962 World Cup in Chile. Spurred on to avoid such embarrassments in the future and to organize German football, what did the German FA do ?
26. A11. They started the Bundesliga! Source: Daily football related browsing led to this
27. 12. Magnesium sulfate (or magnesium sulphate) is a chemical compound containing magnesium, sulfur and oxygen, with the formula MgSO4 . It is often regarded as the world’s first patented product. It is commonly called as _____, named after the town of _____ in Surrey, England where it was first found.
28. A12. Epsom Salt Source: From a quiz I had attended a couple of years ago
29. 13. It was created by an English bakery Peek Freans in London in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh. It became popular throughout Europe, particularly in Spain where, following the Spanish Civil War, it became a symbol of Spain's economic recovery after bakeries produced mass quantities to consume a surplus of wheat. It usually has it’s name engraved on the top. What?
30. A13. Marie/Maria Biscuit Source: Was trying to see if Marie is a generic name or a Brand. As many brands have their own Maries.
31. 14. In April 2008, Pizza Hut undertook a huge spoof campaign claiming to open a new set of stores offering a range of ___. The email (and similar advertising on the company's website) stated “_____ so good, we changed our name to ___ Hut!“ The name change was a publicity stunt held in conjunction with April Fools' Day with the company's Dallas headquarters changing its exterior logo to ____ Hut.
34. 15. What? Founded by AbhayCharan De, a graduate from Scottish Church College in Calcutta in 1966, it is currently headed by Madhu Das, an IITB alumnus. It is today a worldwide confederation of more than 400 centres, including 60 farm communities, some aiming for self-sufficiency, 50 schools and 90 restaurants.
35. A15. ISKCON ISKCON is actually an abbreviation for International Society for Krishna Consciousness Source: I was surprised that there wasn’t a question On ISKCON for two years.
36. 16. Who? His followers include AmitabhBachan and VS Naipaul who once said, “I didn’t understand it (his music); but it was very, very soulful, very deep.” Mira Nair compared him to NusratFateh Ali Khan. He spent a year at the FORE school of management (Delhi), and dropped out after an year.
37. A16. Rabbi Shergill Source: I spent most of my time listening to his music while Framing the flag round and the videos. So yeah!
38. 17. An excerpt from a Shakespearean play, HELENA: Yet, I pray you: But with the word the time will bring on summer, When briers shall have leaves as well as thorns, And be as sweet as sharp. We must away; Our wagon is prepared, and time revives us: ______________; still the fine's the crown; Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. This is the first known usage of which famous phrase?
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