The document discusses rules for a quiz competition stating that the organizers' decision will be final. It then provides questions and answers on topics ranging from the origin of "His Master's Voice" trademark to the first driver's license and boxer Muhammad Ali's opponents.

1. BY SIDDHANT BHARALI & SAYANTAN SAIKIA QUIZZIPEDIA

2. RULES There are no rules, apart from the fact that our decision will be final & binding.

3. SAYANTAN’S 11

4. 1.One day X sat close to the phonograph with his head tilted up to one side. It appeared as if he was listening attentively to the voice coming out of the horn.His dreamily thoughtful attitude roused his master Francis Barraud,a commercial artist. Barraud painted him in this appealing pose . He even titled the painting as Y. Later, Barraud showed the painting to Barry Owen, the bright young manager of the Gramophone Company in London. Owen was struck with its warm appeal and offered Barraud 100 pounds for the painting . He accepted the offer and the painting appeared as Gramophone’s new trademark. Name X and Y.

5. X : Nipper , the dog Y : HMV (His Master’s Voice)

6. 2.In English, it translates like this : ‘ Oh Lord of the Whole Universe Mighty Lord of the Whole Universe The agonies of devotees The sorrows of devotees In an instant, you make these go away Oh Lord of the Whole Universe’ Composed by Pandit Shardha Ram Phillauri in the 1870’s . What?

7. OM JAI JAGADISH HARE SWAMI JAI JAGADISH HARE……….

8. 3.It will weigh 30 kgs , have a breadth of 20 inches, cost Rs. 300,000 and shall feature more than 3000 photographs. What ?

9. The ‘TENDULKAR OPUS’ which is due to release on June 2011.

10. 4.What ?

11. The first Driving License of the World issued to Karl Benz in 1888. The noise & smell from his Motorwagen resulted in complaints by the citizens of Mannheim. Benz requested & received written permission by the Grand Ducal authorities to operate his car on public roads.

13. Eleanor Velasco Thornton was the model for the Rolls Royce ‘Spirit of Ecstacy’

14. 6. X used the fur of a beaver, black velvet paper, a hinge and a steel wire to create Y. On 13 th March, 1877, he received the patent from the US Patent Office . X’s invention of Y came as a boon to people suffering from wool allergy. Till his death in 1937, X had become a celebrity in the US. Name X or Y.

15. X : Chester Greenwood Y : Earmuffs

16. 7. On the _____ __ ____ by Means of Natural Selection ,or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. First seen in 1859 , fill in the blanks to reveal a revolution in itself.

17. Charles Darwin’s book ‘Origin of Species’

18. 8. X is derived from the Sanskrit Y ( a dish of rice & pulses). X is described in the writings of Afanasiy Nikitin , a Russian adventurer who travelled to the Indian subcontinent in the 15 th century. X was very popular with the Mughals , especially Jahangir. Ain-i-Akbari , a 16 th century document , written by Mughal Emperor, Akbar’s vizier, Abul-Fazl ibn Mubarak , mentions the recipe for X, which gives seven variations . X is very popular across Pakistan, Northern India , Eastern India and Bangladesh. Name X.

19. Khichdi

20. 9. Literally, X means someone who has killed 30 men . In stories , specially in those of Sheikh Chilli , X is a man who claims that he has killed 30 men , though it doesn’t seem so . Hence, when you talk of the actual meaning of X , its used for someone who says he has done something really big , something to be proud of , though it may not actually be so . How do we popularly know X ?

21. TEES MAAR KHAN

22. 10. What’s the con ?

23. The connection is Mahua . The 1 st pic is that of the Mahua tree & the 2 nd one is the logo of the Bhojpuri channel ‘Mahua’.

24. LVC (LONG VISUAL CONNECT)

25. SCORING PATTERN : 1 st SLIDE : +50 , -40 2 nd SLIDE : +40 ,-30 3 RD SLIDE : +30 ,-20 4 TH SLIDE : +20 ,-10 5 TH SLIDE : +10

32. Lines from Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’s song ‘Moi Eti Jajabor’

33. SIDDHANT’S 14

34. 1. Once Friedrich Kekule witnessed a snake seizing its own tail in the dream which was primarily an ancient symbol of ourobores . He claimed that this helped him discover the shape of a molecule of an organic compound . Which one ?

35. BENZENE

36. 2. What is so significant about the thesis “ The life and works of Amir Hasan Ballari” in the history of Assam ?

37. For this thesis , Mayeedul Islam Borah got his doctorate degree to become the first Assamese doctorate

38. 3 . Connect

39. Joe Frazier Ken Norton Leon Spinks Larry Holmes Trevor Berbick These were the only boxers to defeat Mohammad Ali in his professional boxing career.

40. 4.According to Dr. S.K Bhuyan which event took place in the triangle between Amraj uri ghat (which was the landing station of Kamakhya hill), Sukhleshwar Temple on the South bank & Aswaklanta Temple on the North bank ?

41. The Battle Of Saraighat (1671)

42. 5. “I am the star up in the sky I am that mountain peak high Hey I made it. _ __ __ _____ _______ I am that little bit of hope When my backs are against the rope I can feel it _ __ __ _____ _______” This are the words of a song by ‘X’. The song is dedicated to ‘Y’. Identify X & Y & fill in the blanks.

43. X : R Kelly Y : Mohammad Ali “I am the world’s greatest”

44. 6. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika played the role of Anil in the film ‘Siraj’ which was released in 1948 . Now my question is who played the role of Anil’s maternal uncle Subimal Phukan . One clue is that he was the music director of the film .

45. KALAGURU BISHNU PRASAD RABHA

46. 7. Connect

47. The connection is ‘Facebook’ . Kareena Kapoor’s onscreen pet in Golmaal 3 was named ‘Facebook’ by director Rohit Shetty. ‘ The Social Network’, an upcoming drama film directed by David Fincher about the creation of ‘Facebook’ which was adapted from Ben Mezrich’s 2009 book “The accidental Billionaires” . The creation of ‘Facebook’ , a tale of sex, money, genius, and betrayal .The original concept of ‘Facebook’ was borrowed from a product produced by Zuckerberg’s prep-school Philip Exeter’s academy which for decades published and distributed printed manuals of all students and faculty unofficially called ‘Facebook’.

48. 8. After the death of his first wife, Gunabhiram Baruah married Bishnupriya Devi in 1872. What was so significant about this marriage?

49. It was regarded as the first Court marriage of Assam.

50. 9. Connect

51. Shankar ,Chief (Amrish Puri in Baadshah) , Doctor , Bhola and Berger These were the code names of the hijackers who hijacked the IC-814 plane on 24 th December,1999.

52. 10. Connect

53. Borders. The border between India & Pakistan is known as the Radcliffe line after Sir Cyril Radcliffe and the Mcmohan line is the border between India & China named after Henry Mcmohan .

54. 11. This country is built on three peaks at Mt Titano, south west of Rimini in Italy . It is one of the smallest republics and possibly the oldest state in Europe . Tradition says that it was founded as a refuge for persecuted Christians in the 4 th Century A.D . Name this landlocked country. (The picture beside can help)

55. SAN MARINO

56. 12 . Identify the plant .

57. This is the Quihima plant after which Kohima is named.

58. 13. Put funda.

59. The pilot license of JRD Tata

60. 14. Joseph Mohr, an Austrian priest composed it in 1818. He was informed a day before Christmas that the church organ was broken and could not be prepared in time for the Christmas Eve mass. His heart broke on hearing this , as he could not imagine Christmas without music . So, he composed it. Name this famous one.

61. SILENT NIGHT , HOLY NIGHT………….

62. THAT’S ALL FOLKS !