a general quiz conducted in visveswaraya national institute of technology, nagpur... N'JOY!!!

1. JANMASHTAMI QUIZ AUGUST – 2010 VISVESWARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NAGPUR

2. Q. FIB…same phrase It's like you're always stuck in second gear, Well, it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year. But, _______________, when the rain starts to pour. ________________, like I've been there before. ________________, cause you're there for me too.

3. A…..I’ll be there for you..

4. Q. Connect

5. A..…Honorary members of East Bengal FC

6. Q. Connect… AdityaSrivastava DayanandShetty DineshPhadnis VivekMashru Narendra Gupta ShraddhaMusale

7. A…. Cast of CID

8. Q. The word X means ‘rejoice’ in Zulu and was in news recently for quite bad reasons.

9. A…Jabulani

10. Q. Fundaa…?? Pakistan 1-0 India Australia 7-0 India UK 0-1 India Spain 0-1 India South Africa 0-2 India New Zealand 0-1 India Argentina 0-1 India South Korea 0-1 India Australia 2-2 India (a.e.t) (4-5 pen.)

11. A…. International matches in Chak De…India!!!

12. Q. Which lab’s logo…? ( Hint: AayanayaUjala, chaarboondowaalaa…)

13. A… Jyothi laboratories

14. Q. ID the event…

15. A…India Pakistan partition

16. Q. What is being shown here..?? (the blue region)

17. A… commonwealth of nations…

18. Q. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1953 for Literature "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values“, aside from receiving the great honour of a state funeral in 1965, he also received numerous awards and honours, including being made the first Honorary Citizen of the United States. Who am I talking about?

19. A… Winston Churchill

20. Q. X and Y…??? Y is primarily a common first name of English, French and Catalan usage. It is also used in radio communication. Also, it is short version of the term XY which refers to a black flag with white skull and crossbones.

21. A… X-Jolly Y-Roger

22. Q. ID…

23. A…Adolf Hitler

24. Q. French Connection is a clothing and accessories company founded in United Kingdom in the year 1972. In 1997, they started branding their clothes X and it caused controversy due to its similarity to an Anglo-Saxan word. What did they start branding…??

25. A… FCUK

26. Q. Who is ARR talking to?

27. A… Mani Ratnam…who else??

28. Q.. What…???

29. Ans

30. Q. Official logo of..???

31. A…

32. Q . Fundaa and FIB... Robert Guérin (france) Daniel Burley Woolfall (england)Jules Rimet (france) RodolpheSeeldrayers (belgium)Arthur Drewry (england) Stanley Rous (england) JoãoHavelange (brazil) _____________ (switzerland)

33. Ans. FiFA presidents and SeppBlatter

34. Q. What is common between these countries…??? (exhaustive list) The kingdom of Lesotho The Vatican City The Republic of San Marino

35. Ans Landlocked enclave countries…ie share their borders with only one other country.

36. Q. CONNECT…!!!

37. Ans Nicknames of national football teams Black stars- ghana Aztecs-mexico Three lions- england The elephants- ivory coast Dynamites- denmark

38. Q. The word X originates in ancient Rome from the Latin word 'censere' meaning ‘estimate’. X played a crucial role in the administration of the Roman Empire, as it was used to determine taxes . With few interruptions, it was usually carried out every five years.

39. Ans census

40. Fundaaa… Ismail Khan Hafiz Arshad BabrImran Javed Shoaib Nazih Nasr Abdul Rahman FahadUllah Q.

41. Ans 9 Killed terrorists of 26/11 mumbai attacks

42. Q. Some people claim that X was created by chance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics although it gained worldwide notice and its specific name X during FIFA world cup in 1986. Cricket Australia has banned X from all international grounds due to objects being thrown into the air during its execution.

43. Ans Mexican wave

44. Q. CONNECT…

45. Animated VJs on Ans

46. Q . connect

47. Ans Kookaburra Australian men’s hockey team nicknamed ‘Kookaburras’ Beast- a kookaburra bat Kookaburra bird Silver kookaburra - bullion coin

48. Q. Connect

49. Ans. Volkswagen cars – Polo, Golf, Beetle, Fox

50. Q.. ID He sang with the band ‘silk route’ and released two albums Boondein and Pehchan with them. The band however is now defunct. He participated in the television reality series Mission Ustaad (2007) on 9X. In 2008 he released his solo album ‘Kalaam – Poetry of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam‘ for which he composed as well. He has also sung film songs and has won a filmfare too.

51. Ans MohitChavan

52. Q . Whose nicknames? The Boss Juan Pelota Mellow Johny The Texan

53. Ans. Lance Armstrong

54. Q. The game was created by 13th century poet saint Gyandev and was originally called ‘mokshapat’. The two key elements of the game indicate virtues and vices. Since its origin it has undrgone several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e. good deeds take us to heaven and evil to cycle of re-births.

55. Ans.

56. Q. Id this Indian city… one of the nicknames is ‘the sun city’….the second largest city of the respective state…

57. Ans. Jodhpur

58. C O N N E C T … Q. 3

59. Ans Victoria Victoria a genus of water lillies Victoria memorial Australian state Roman godess of victory

60. Q. In the early industrial age, buildings began to spring up all over the east coast. Many of these new buildings were taller than anything ever built before and most had elevators. As buildings got taller and taller, more people began to use elevators. Elevators in those days were pretty darn slow. People were constantly complaining about how slow the elevators were. So they went off to design elevators that were faster and safer, but at the time it was very expensive to do so. What was the path-breaking idea they came up with to tackle this problem?

61. Ans. Mirrors in elevators. Keep people entertained while they are in the elevator so that they don’t care about the time

62. Q. Connect…

63. Ans Yogasana postures Bhujang Mayur Matsya Hal Makar Chakra