These are the questions of the preliminary round of the Esya '17 Quiz.
The answers are here:
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Barack Obama
C) Coffee
D) Don Bradman
E) Scaling Mt Everest
F) Facebook
G) Gal Gadot
H) HP
I) IMDB
J) JIO
K) KitKat
L) Lightsaber
M) Meme
N) Nokia
O) Oxford Comma
P) Pepsi
Q) Qwerty
R) Roger Federer
S) Smriti Mandhana
T) Twitter
U) United airlines
V) Vicks
W) White House
X) Xilinx
Y) Yakult
Z) Zipper
Quanta - The official Quiz Club of NIT Goa presents
Fresher's Intro Quiz
Presented by Soham Kamat
Contributors - Soham Kamat, Sahil Ramchandani, Mohit Paurana, Rajat Govekar, Sauvik Senapati and Eeshaan Vernekar
These are the questions of the preliminary round of the Esya '17 Quiz.
The answers are here:
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Barack Obama
C) Coffee
D) Don Bradman
E) Scaling Mt Everest
F) Facebook
G) Gal Gadot
H) HP
I) IMDB
J) JIO
K) KitKat
L) Lightsaber
M) Meme
N) Nokia
O) Oxford Comma
P) Pepsi
Q) Qwerty
R) Roger Federer
S) Smriti Mandhana
T) Twitter
U) United airlines
V) Vicks
W) White House
X) Xilinx
Y) Yakult
Z) Zipper
Quanta - The official Quiz Club of NIT Goa presents
Fresher's Intro Quiz
Presented by Soham Kamat
Contributors - Soham Kamat, Sahil Ramchandani, Mohit Paurana, Rajat Govekar, Sauvik Senapati and Eeshaan Vernekar
A Corporate Quiz I recently conducted as part of the iCube E-Summit at NSIT.
The content put in here is all available online, but has been researched and compiled by me.
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2. This company derives its name from a Japanese phrase which means ‘Everywhere’. The government owns one third of this company. The company’s mascot is a mushroom which is a celebrity in Japan. Company ?
7. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. The ‘Telephone Directory’ was published by the New Haven District Telephone Company in 1878. In 1886, a Chicago businessman Reuben Donelley issued the first classified directory with companies listed according to the type of business. According to legend what did the printer do when he ran out of ordinary paper for printing?
9. According to the Domino theory, if one country fell to communist forces, then all of the surrounding countries would follow. This was proposed as a policy by the Eisenhower administration. To which country did it originally apply?
11. In 1936, Dr MV Gopalaswamy, a professor of philosophy, Mysore installed a private 50 watt radio transmitter at VittalVihar, his residence at Vontikoppal. What did he call it?
12. Akashvani. It was later taken over by Mysore City Corporation in 1941 and then merged with AIR. Akashvani was adopted as the official name of AIR in 1957.
13. During the World War I, large quantities of a particular commodity accumulated in Karnataka because they could not be exported to Europe. On the advice of Sir M.Vishweshwariah, NalvadiKrishnarajaWodeyar, the Maharaja of Mysore established a factory in 1916 to manufacture what brand of products?
15. The Nagarathars are a Chettiar community that originated in Kaveripoompattinam under the Cholas. Banks established by the Chettiars include the now defunct Bnak of Chettinad, and the now ICICI merged Bank of Madurai, Indian Overseas Bank and Indian Bank. Which current day politician hails from this community?
17. Since materials were in short supply a design element on the Levi’s called the Arcuate was changed for a brief while during World War II. A pair of Levi’s in good condition, with the alternate design can fetch thousands of $ today. What was this design element?
19. This retail outfit gets its name from the gulf between older and younger people in the 1960s. It is however wrongly assumed that the name comes from a catchphrase used by people who take pride in their sexual preference. Name the outfit
21. It traces its roots to Valley Falls, a textile company established in Rhode Island by Oliver Chace in 1839. In 1929, Valley Falls merged with ‘X’ Cotton Mfg. Co. In 1955, this new entity merged with ‘Y’ Mfg. co. and hence we know it as XY.
25. Acoording to the Guiness Book of World Records, the smallest advertisement ever was of the size of 100 micron x 100 micron placed on the knee-band of a bee in the year 200o To launch a particular website. Which ?
31. X is a technology developed for mobile phones by Tegis Communications, which was acquired by Nunace Communications. Objective is to make mobiles easier to use
33. ‘The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serasalmus an Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality, they seldom attack a human.’ Significance of this piece of information?
34. Text that people attempting to beat the world SMS speed record need to type, without T9.
