Quizotica 1.0 (held on 06.04.2008)

The Questions asked in the first of its kind event were simply great. The first edition of Quizotica was hosted by the group known as QED whose members are : Tanmay & Ashwin.

The Questions were :

1. On 1 APRIL 2008 Google offered its users to be “VIRGLE” pioneers…What was “VIRGLE” ?

2. At the global level, this record is held by the Agricultural Bank of China unit at Naqu. In India, till recently, the record was held by the UTI bank unit at Thegi, but it is to be overshadowed soon by the Union Bank of India unit at Sherathang. What are we talking about?

3. *Collado Mediano is a town located in the Guadarrama mountains, 48 km north-west from Madrid. Which well -known top-ranked sportsperson , who has been conferred the Jameo do Oro . one of Spain’s highest civilian awards given to a foreigner, resides here?

4. Which cricketer has played at the maximum no of “ODI VENUES”?

5. Which fictitious architect is said to be the chief architect of the “TAJ MAHAL”

6. *Which company’s name is a portmanteau of the following “Durability, Reliability, and Excellence?

7. * Identify???

8. Who was the producer of Om Shanti Om ?(Marks only for the person as in the credits of the movie)

9. Connect Videocon, Exide, 7UP, Reebok, Bharat Petroleum, Mysore Sandal Soap, Brylcreem, ORIENT, and Reliance?

10. Which element is named after Greek word meaning colour ?

11. *What was launched in India in the centenary birth celebrations of Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1989?

12. Who is said to be the creator of “JAVA” (The Programming Language)?

13. Which Real Estate Group is associated with IPL ?(Real Estate implies construction company)

14. *Which Hollywood Actress was recently diagnosed with gestinal diabetes?

15. Co-founded by Robert Miner and Edward Oates in 1977 ,System Development Laboratories' Relational Software Inc. once worked on a consulting project for the CIA .The project was a major success and established RSI as the top dog in its field .This led to RSI being renamed after this project in 1984 to name by which it is known today .What was the name of the project ,or alternatively ,by what name is RSI now known ?

16 .Jana gana mana ::India ………….. :: Quami Tarana?

17. *Whats special about the F1 Race at Singapore this year?

18.* Which Indian hill station gets its name from a variety of pulses grown there?

19. Complete the famous passage- "It's almost like a powder. It's very fine. I'm

going to step off the LM now.___________________________________.

(HINT: Think Harder what “LM” and “powder” could be J )

20. Which Indian city was gifted by the Portuguese as dowry to Charles II, the King of England, when he got married to the sister of the King of Portugal in 1662 ?

21. .What is a “Molotov Cocktail” ?

22. Connect Mahatma Gandhi’s protest, Old salary ?

23.  In which comic strip would you find these words, “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us”?

24.What famous product was codenamed Williamette?

25.Which automobile company takes its name from the last name of the founders

     which literally means “abundant rice field” ?

26.* This Yogic Siddhi helps the sadhaka to see things or events happening at any place in all the three worlds. This power was used by Sanjay to explain the happenings at the Kurukshetra to Dhritarashtra. Name the siddhi (Hint: Think Hard..the answer is not very difficult to guess”.)

27. *In 1949, Redcliffe Salaman published a volume titled The History and the Social Influence of the ____. The book has been reprinted thrice. The author claims that this was part of the booty of Spanish imperialism but somehow came to dominate European culture in a far-reaching way.The Spanish apparently referred to it as turma de tierra, meaning ‘ground-testicles’. Some people chose to call it the ‘root of misery’. What

28. The name of which TV channel means “The Peninsula”?

29. Which was the only country to expelled from the League of Nations in 1939 ?

30. In the popular video game Super Mario Bros what was the Bros’ occupation ?