This document contains a transcript of questions and answers from a business quiz. It discusses topics like the founding of Hyderabad city in Sindh, reasons gloves are included on animated characters, Apollo artifacts left on the moon, Voyager space probes, and other historical and pop culture references.

1. Big Quiz - SNL
Vishnu | 2nd November 2019

2. This city emerged as an alternative
to the Khudabad, the capital of
Kalhora dynasty in 1768 due to the
changing course of Indus River.
Named after the 4th Caliph and the
cousin of prophet Muhammad,
identify the city.
(Both City and State required)

3. Hyderabad, Sindh
Because, I usually start with a local question!😉

4. Reasons for including which clean feature, are as mentioned below?
1. To provide the colour contrast between the body
and arms during the black and white era.
2. Designers used it to save time and avoid getting
into finer details.
3. Walt Disney addresses it in his biography, in this
manner: “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands
because he was supposed to be more human. So
we gave him ......

5. Gloves on animated characters

6. What are the space enthusiasts excited about?
● During the 6 manned Apollo missions to moon, astronauts
had to leave some of their possessions and equipment on the
surface in order to decrease the weight of their capsule to
take off.
● Cameras among others which are of no use for the return
journey were left behind.
● 50 years hence, enthusiasts around the world are excited to
know what would have happened to certain things left behind.
● They expect this to answer many questions about interstellar
life

7. Poop, Vomit, Urine
etc.,

8. • Just the a random set of alpha
numeric code by the media houses
• Placed randomly
• But helps to track and nab the
‘pirates'
• Where do we see this random code?

10. XY?
X, apart from being excessively loaded with
antibacterial and antiseptic properties the
parts of Mangifera Indica are believed to
absorb excess of CO2 and release oxygen
which would aid in sustaining the crowds at
homes during the festivities.
Y in Sanskrit means a decorative passage.

11. Mango Thoranams

12. A greeting?
● It was used in South England dialect in 1563.
● A form of this idiom is still found in the parts of
Southwest America.
● Without regard to the etymological beginnings it is
used as a greeting and not as an inquiry. As a result
an exclamation or a comma follows this idiom.
● It became popular around the world after it featured
as the default greeting on the popular content
management site WordPress.

13. Howdy!

14. • 4/5/6 digits
• First two digits direct at the year of manufacturing
• The next 2/3 digits point at the class of the product
and its series number in that particular year.
• The coding changes on some of the luxury classes

15. Codes on train
coaches

16. Commercial hub of South India, gateway to South Asia and China?
● Marcopolo, on his return journey from
China visited this place, then also known
‘7 Pagodas’
● The city’s official name literally translates
as ‘The Great Wrestler City’
● The city was built by Narasimhavarman I
during 7th century AD

17. Mamallapuram

18. This place near Pulicat lake
was chosen because of its
large uninhabited spaces,
nearness to the equator,
and clear sky on most days
to conduct the flight tests
among other reasons. Which
place?

19. Sri Harikota

20. A committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University in 1977 assembled
115 such images along with natural sounds. This collection would likely
outlast any human creation on earth and perhaps the earth itself! How?

21. Images and data on Voyager 1 and 2 missions

22. One theory suggests that its etymological origins trace
back to the couple of tectonic shifts over the centuries,
which had severely affected the flow of river and only
several parts of it were left behind as a chain of scattered
lakes. Hence its meaning in Sanskrit means collection of
lakes.
Because of the civilization that flourished here and its
later vanishment led to its glorification as the giver of
knowledge.
Collection of Lakes?

23. ‘Saras’vati River

24. Mr V Purushottama Rao, a Telugu
person settled in Shimla is driven
by a mission to rename the
Lambasingi in Vishakapatanam
district of Andhra Pradesh with a
sobriquet - “Shimla of South
India”, by introducing a certain
crop to the region. Which crop?

25. Apple

26. What would you find at every home?
In the olden days, Temples served as rest houses for
travellers. A plant (X) was grown outside the temples
because it has an unique property of curbing the thirst.
A couple of leaves under tongue would make the weary
traveller feel less thirsty.
Over the time this phenomenon was forgotten, but the
plant itself has gained religious significance with several
mythological stories around it. It became essential in the
worship of Hindu gods, especially Vishnu.

27. Tulasi

28. What are Grawlixes?
● Grawlixes are the various keyboard symbols
that you find when pushing shift and mashing
the number keys in order to produce
nonsensical stand-ins for implied profanities.
● The term Grawlixes along with other new
terms were first used by Mort Walker in his
article ‘Let's Get Down to Grawlixes’

29. I’m
Grawlixi
ng you!

30. What?
The epicuticular wax makes it easy to clean and also
more hygienic than the commonly used utensils.
The wax melts to add an extra taste to the food.
Also, the presence of polyphenols which are natural
antioxidants and other anti-bacterial & anti-
carcinogenic properties present it as a traditional
healthy alternative.

31. Meals on Banana Leaves

32. Put on a blazing fire in April, 1984. Where can we find
this? (a proud moment for India)

34. You can find me like this only at Chidambaram. Who am I?

35. Naraguga Vinayagar (Ganesha)

36. Which part was added to the dollar bill in 1956 as a symbolic
counter to the US’s international rival of the time. And why?

37. In The God We Trust - To counter the atheistic leanings of the
communist USSR

38. He one among the very few who defeated
Ravana in a battle. He had a special capability
to obtain half strength of his opponent. Only
two who can face him in a duel are Hanuman
and Rama. He gets a chance in Dwapara yuga
as Jara (slayer of Krishna) to avenge his unjust
murder in Treta yuga.
Earliest known Hypnotist?!

39. Vali

40. The term X is derived from a italian word which means ‘Running’
X evolved to save the writing time and also to avoid the problems
encountered while using the fragile quills and later steel dips.
However recent studies show that, X does not increase the writing
speed of Latin alphabet. It has 2 styles namely Looped, and
Connected
In 2012, few US states removed X as mandatory course in their
schools and instead gave space for computer proficiency.
Identify X?

41. Cursive Handwriting

42. X was narrated by Sri Krishna Dvaipāyana’s son Y
at the beginning of Kali Yuga to the King Parikshith.
X literally transaltes to ‘The Glorious Devotees of Z’
X was the first purana to be translated to an
European language in 1788.
X, Y, and Z?

43. X: Srimad Bhagavatam
Y: Sukha Maharshi
Z: Vishnu
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