Ranbir Kapoor + Tata Motors = Tata Nano

1. QwIZARD
…..good
luck
quizzers

2. ROUND 1
The Bonus
Game

3. +10 for each question.
Non-negative
++5 for pass.

6.  Who is the owner of Harpo Films?

7.  If cryogenics is the study of the production of very
low temperature (below −150 °C, −238 °F or 123 K) and
the behavior of materials at those temperatures,
 What is cryoelectronics?

9.  Wootton Bassett, is a small market town and civil
parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of
11,043 in 2001. Situated in the north of the county, it
lies 6 miles (9.5 km) to the southwest of the major
town of Swindon.
 It was recently in news because of something that
happened after 102 years.

11. Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn,
Wire, briar, limber lock
Three geese in a flock
One flew East
One flew West
___________________.

14. 1. ________________ 14. Musa (Moses)
2. Idris (Enoch) 15. Haroon (Aaron)
3. Nuh (Noah) 16. Dhul-Khifl (Ezekiel)
4. Hud (Eber) 17. Dawood (David)
5. Salih (Saleh) 18. Sulaiman (Solomon)
6. Ibrahim (Abraham) 19. Ilyas (Elijah)
7. Ismail (Ishmael) 20. Al-Yasa (Elisa)
8. Ishaaq (Issac) 21. Yunus (Jonah)
9. Lut (Lot) 22. Zakarriyah (Zechariah)
10. Yaqoob (Jacob) 23. Yahya (John The Baptist)
11. Yusuf (Joseph) 24. __________________
12. Shuaib (Jethro) 25. __________________
13. Ayyoob (Job)

15.  Which Indian corporation is going to sign Daniel Craig
as its official ambassador in order to have an “image
makeover”?
 For this, it has partnered with the new Bond movie’s
(Bond 23) production company – the London-based
EON Productions.

16. ROUND 2
Good Old
Infinite Bounce

17.  +10/-0 for each question, (unless told
otherwise)
 First 6 question will be passed counter-
clockwise.
 Next 6 question will be passed clockwise.

18. She was born as ‘X Millicent Roberts’ to George and Margaret
Roberts in Willows, Wisconsin on March 9, 1959.
It is well established that she is inspired from Bild Lili whose
footsteps she followed in her early career.
She has over 40 pets including cats and dogs, horses, a panda,
a lion cub, and a zebra.
After her fizzle with the Australian surfer Blaine was over, she
decided to "focus on her career"—not a bad call,
considering she's bounced between 125 professions in her
52 years.
Who is this almost perfect girl?

19. Besides the other adventures associated with his name, these
few are worth it:
1. Saved the life of Chairman Mao when he was drowning
2. Played (harmonica) in THE CRACKED EGGS in his early
days
3. Was once admitted to St. Elizabeth’s mental hospital
4. Was an astronaut (in a NASA’s failed mission)
5. Was a successful wrestler by the nickname: ‘THE
DUNCE’
6. Had got himself the lead role in the remake of ‘The
Creature from the Black Lagoon’
7. A prolific chess player. Although, hardly any professional
career, he had proved himself against GMs.
8. Ran for Senate elections with such a popular following
that his opponent copied his campaign slogan

20.  Which is the awarding institution of
Nobel peace prize whose 5 members
are elected by the Norwegian
Parliament?

21. Doodle-A-Dooh…
Google Doodle
on whose
birthday &
which one?

22. In which city, will you find Marie Grasholtz’s exhibition?

23.  On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the first
telegraph message "What hath God wrought?" from
the Supreme Court chamber in the Capitol in
Washington, D.C., to the B & O Railroad Depot in
Baltimore, Maryland.
 The first SMS message was sent over the Vodafone
GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3 December
1992, from Neil Papworth of Sema Group (now
Mavenir Systems) using a personal computer to
Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901
handset. The text of the message was “_____ ______".

24.  “If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z.
Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
 Whose quote?

25.  The La Tomatina festival has its origin in 1945 when during a parade
of gigantes y cabezudos, young men who wanted to participate in the
event staged a brawl in town's main square, the Plaza del Pueblo. Since
there was a vegetable stand nearby, they picked up tomatoes and used
them as weapons.
 Next year the young people repeated the fight on the same day, only
this time they brought their own tomatoes from home.
 After repeating this in subsequent years, the party was, albeit
unofficially, established. The festival gained popularity with more and
participants getting involved every year. Considering this popularity of
the festival and the alarming demand, 1957 saw the festival becoming
official with certain rules and restrictions.
 Another important landmark in the history of this festival is the year
1975. From this year onwards, "Los Clavarios de San Luis Bertrán" (San
Luis Bertrán is the patron of this town) organised the whole festival
and brought in tomatoes which was being brought by the local people
before this.

28. X is a mobile hospital train run by Y. It was developed in
collaboration with the Indian Railways and Health
Ministry and has been funded by Impact UK,
international charitable sources, Indian corporate
houses and individuals.
X started on 16 July 1991; so far the service has benefitted
400,000 Indians in the remotest rural parts of the
country over the course of approximately ninety-three
projects.

30. Rule: A bollywood celebrity is to be linked to a brand via
the parent company of the brand.
Example:
Katrina Kaif + PepsiCo = ?
Ans: Slice
+10/-5 for each answer.
Questions are passable.
++5/--5 on pass.

34. + HUL = Comfort Liquid
Conditioner

37.  There are 6 topic- 3 questions in each. Each team has to choose
topic for themself.
 Team with lowest score chooses first & so on.
 An unanswered question means incorrect answer.
 Each topic can be chose in either of the two modes:
1. Friend Mode:
+10 for each correct answer.
-5, if all the answers are incorrect.
2. Enemy Mode:
+15 for each correct answer.
-5 for each incorrect answer.
Can leave one question unanswered.
 If no other team chooses Pandora’s Box, the last team gets it
automatically.

38. Index
First in
Personality
India
IT Music
Sports Pandora
Box

39.  According to the Roman police logs- there was the little
matter of the tennis game gone awry. Michelangelo Merisi -
street brawler killed an opponent, “a very polite young
man” named Ranunccio Tommasini with a sword after an
argument over a bet of 10 scudi. Nobody knows why. Maybe
a disputed point. Whatever, it was decidedly against the
rules, and Michelangelo had to flee Rome as an exile,
shortly after the killing in May of 1606, never to return.
Glad he didn’t take his paintings with him.
How do we know Michelangelo Merisi better?

40.  I was born on 30th September 1972.
 I won a bravery award when I was just 9yrs. (I caught a
bank robber red handed. The award was presented by
J. Reberio.)
 I also wrote a book on computer programming- lotus
123 3.1+ under the name Shantanu Mukherji.
 Who am I?

41.  She was born Vijayalakshmi in in Eluru (Andhra Pradesh)
 She left school after her fourth standard due to financial
constraints.
 She made her debut in the Malayalam film Inaye Thedi.
 Her first Tamil film Vandi Chakkaram gave her an identity
that became a part of her.
 Her most respected film is Moondram Pirai by Balu
Mahendra, who he remade it in Hindi as Sadma, with
much of the cast, including Sridevi, Kamla Hassan, and ?
reprising their roles.

44. 1. She is the CEO & Co-
founder of X which is
similar to youtube but for
different purpose.
2. She is among the top 10
women influencers in
web 2.0.
3. Notable users of X
include: the White
House, NASA, IBM, HP
etc.
4. Investors include David
Siminoff, Dev Khare &
the Rockefeller family.

48.  Around the World in Eight Dollars, a Hindi film,
starring Raj Kapoor and Rajshree in 1967 holds what
achievement with it?

49.  On February 10, 1929, who was awarded India's first
pilot licence, Pilot Licence No.1 by Federation
Aeronotique International signed by Sir Victor Sasoon
on behalf of the Aero Club of India and Burma.

55.  The chess queen began life as a male counsel to the
king called a "vizier.“
 The earliest manuscripts place the chess queen on the
board in the 10th century.
 She played a much weaker role and was only allowed
to move __________________________________.
 The modern powerful chess queen is believed to be
modeled after Queen Isabella of Spain. (She’s Time
Top 10 Kick-Ass Wife).

57.  Bapu Nadkarni holds the test record for the most
number of consecutive maiden overs bowled in an
innings. However he doesn't hold the record for the
most number of consecutive dot balls in an inning.
Who holds the record and why isn't Nadkarni the
holder of this record?

59. X was designed by Y as an Indian equivalent of Victoria
Cross. (X actually replaced VC). Y (born as Eve Yvonne
Maday de Maros) married Vikram Khanolkar and
adopted Hinduism.
Y was a painter and an artist and was chosen to design X
to give the design a truly Indian ethos because of her
deep and intimate knowledge of Indian
mythology, Sanskrit and Vedas.
The design of X pays tribute to Dadhichi.

60.  In Czechoslovakia it is called “prozvonit”. In Spanish
the practice is called “dar un toque” (to give a touch).
 What is the common English term in India for this
telecom practice?

63. Rules:
• You have to answer in writing- both the individual
answers & the connection.
• +5/-5 for each answer.
• If you give the connection after-
Q1: +40/-20
Q2: +35/-20
Q3: +30/-15
Q4: +25/-15
Q5: +20/-10
Q6: +15/-10
Q7: +10/-5
Q8: +5/-5

64.  9th largest (in the world) by the nominal GDP & 4th
largest by PPP.
• Major sectors include:
1. Industry & Services
2. Agriculture
3. Banking & Finance
4. Energy & Power

65.  The event X was followed by Dharasana Satyagraha-
the beating by British police of hundreds of
nonviolent protesters in Dharasana, which received
worldwide news coverage, demonstrated the effective
use of civil disobedience as a technique for fighting
social and political injustice.
 The 75th anniversary of event X was celebrated as the
"International Walk for Justice and Freedom"

67.  It was originally known as 'Council House'.
 Initially it was constructed to serve another purpose,
the Montague-Chelmsford reforms changed it to its
present use.
 Various designs of the building were planned from a
triangular to a Roman colosseum like structure and which
paved way for its present design with 144 pillars and 560
feet diameter.
 The foundation stone was laid on February 12, 1921 by
the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen
Victoria.
 It was inaugurated on January 18, 1927 by Lord Irwin.

68.  X was created by Mark Pazolli who led the project
until the end of 2009.
 It is an open source image editor for Mac OS X's Cocoa
framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-
aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports
multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based
around the GIMP's technology and uses the same
native file format.
 However, unlike the GIMP, X aims to serve the basic
image editing needs of most computer users, not to
provide a replacement for professional image editing
products

69.  For wildlife protection, a no. of national parks have
been set up in the country.
 With which species (one from each) would you
associate the following national parks:
Kaziranga
Sunderban
Nagarhole

71.  Besides Hindi and English, how many other languages
are used to tell the denomination of an Indian Curency
Note?

72. Thank You!!!

73. Answers

74. 1. Tendulkar + Sanjay Narang (Mars Restaurant) = Restaurants –
Tendulkar’s & Sachin’s.
2. Hariharan + Leslie Lewis = The Colonial Cousins
3. Oprah Winfrey. (Harpo, read in reverse)
4. Study of Superconductivity
5. Human Mic @ Occupy Wall Street, NYC.
6. Town to be granted Royal patronage.
7. Hyderabadi Rupee. Currency was issued by Hyderabad (till 1951)
even after it became a part of India. In 1959, it got replaced by Indian
Rupee completely.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabadi_Rupee)
8. Vinod Rai, CAG.
9. Sitter: One flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
10. Space Adventures.
(http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/YouTu
be.html)
11. Workable: Adam, Issah (Jesus) & Muhammad.
12. Indian Railways.

75. 1. Barbara (Barbie Dolls)
2. Forrest Gump
3. The Norwegian Noble Institute
4. Google’s 13th Birthday.
5. London. You know it as Madam Tussad’s.
6. Merry Christmas.
7. Albert Einstein
8. Bunol. Last Wednesday of August.
9. YMCA
10. Randall’s Island, NY. The game is Muggle Quidditch.
11. Lifeline Express. Bonus Answer: Impact India Foundation
12. Barack Obama.

76. 1. India Cements
2. Redtape Shoes
3. Lomani Perfumes
4. Madhuri Dixit
5. Nakshatra Diamonds
6. ITC. (NB: Hrithik is no more the brand ambassdor of
John Players.)

77. 1. Caravaggio
2. Shaan
3. Silk Smitha

78. 1. Randi Zuckerberg & Morten Lund (Initial investor at
Skype)
2. Rashmi Sinha. X is Slideshare.
3. Dell Laptop Artworks

79. 1. Govind Vasudev Malvankar, 1st LS speaker
2. 1st film to be shot on 70mm
3. JRD Tata.

80. 1. Mike Shinoda. Song is ‘The Requiem’ from LP’s last
album – A Thousand Suns.
2. Indian Ocean. Song was from Peepli Live.
3. Sonu Nigam. Song is ‘I wanna Go’.

81. 1. One Square Diagonally.
2. Wenlock & Mandeville.
3. Hugh Tayfield. Because he bowled 8-balls an over
while Nadkarni bowled 6-balls an over.

82. 1. Param Veer Chakra. Savitri Khanolkar.
2. Missed Call. (I hope you didn’t MISS it.)
3. Satya Paul
4. Nokia Asha. (Pics: Asha Bhosle, James Hope, Old
logo of Nokia)
(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Nokia-
Aasha-series)

83. 1. Sitter: Indian Economy.
2. Sitter: Dandi March
3. Himalayas (Pics: Kailash, Annapurna & Everest)
4. Parliament Building (2 teams cracked connection)
5. Seashore
6. Rhino, Tiger & Elephant (2 more teams worked out
connection)
7. Tractor. (Last team hit the connection)
8. 15. 
If you didn’t get the connection, go to next slide.
Else, Thank You.

87. Last Question gave it all out.
Reverse Side of Contemporary Indian Currency
Notes.
Happy Quizzing. 