QUIZZOTICA 2.0
H-6 QUIZZING CLUB
M.E.L.A.:Mythology,Entertainment,Literature$Arts

QUIZ HOSTED BY PHUSHPHUSIYE (PRABHAKAR &ABHIJEET)

1. *Bharadwaja was meditating by a river when he saw a naked Apsara Ghritachi bathing. Seeing her thus, he ejaculated and collected the fluid in a pot. What resulted?
2. My Country,My Life---recently released autobiography written by....................................
3. Name the musical produced by Andrew Lloyd Weber & Shekhar Kapur for which A.R.Rahman has scored the music?
4. Sigma 6, The Megga Deaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, The Abdabs, Tea Set, ________.
5. Who lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk, Duckburg, Calisota ?(Dimag ki batti jalake socho)
6. Who studies at The St. Brutis' Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys?
7. Vijay Amritraj,Kabir Bedi,Ian Fleming.Connect them.
8. *In the early part of the twentieth century, Lala Hardayal, who later founded the Ghadr party, was a student leader at Lahore University. He was refused membership of the YMCA and retaliated by forming a rival youth club. He invited his English Literature professor, who was also a noted poet, to inaugurate this club. The professor had only six hours notice to come up with a speech for the inauguration and instead composed a famous poem. Which poem?
9. Earth,Fire,Water.Connect them.
10. What are : Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.
11. Who is the head of the Monarch group of companies (basically into hotels and holiday resorts).He recently bought a minority stake in Kolkata Tigers in ICL?
12. .---------is a short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders which released on March 27th,2008 on the video sharing website Liveleak in Dutch and English versions. The following day, Liveleak removed the film from their servers citing serious threats to their staff.The film explores Quranic motivation for terrorism, Islamic universalism, and Islam in the Netherlands.
13.Nagesh Kukunoor owns the film production company SIC.Expand SIC.
14. Charlton Heston died on 6th,April 2008 & was famous for his character in 11 Oscar awards winning movie ------.
15. In Hindu mythology,Who were Prativindhya, Shrutasom, Shrutakirti, Shatanik and Shrutakarma?
16. .The Origins of this instrument can be traced to the 'vedic Vana veena' which had 100 strings of spun grass. This was later called the 'Satatantric veena' which gave rise to its modern name. What ?
17. Which epic 1960's film, a multiple Oscar winner, is unique in the sense that the only femalefeatured in the entire film is a camel named Gladys!
18. Lending her name to a famous brand, who was the Greek Goddess of Victory ?
19. This actor's first wife was Ruma Ghosh .His marriage lasted with her for 8 years then he married a famous actress who acted in one of his home productions by converting to Abdul Karim.Name the actor.
20. Name the only person to have been awarded Nobel Prize for literature as well as an Oscar though he refused to accept the Nobel Prize.
21. Steven Spielberg,Bhaichung Bhutia,Fuwa.Connect them.
22. If SRK is to Kolkata Knightriders then Preity Zinta is to...........................
23. Which fictional character would you associate with the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham?24.*Connect Christian Bale,Richard Gere,Cate Blanchett,Heath Ledger,Ben Whishaw &Marcus Carl Franklin.
25.If Paul Newmann is the first one,Shreesanth is going to be the third .Who was the second in this series.
26.*Bram Cohen owns a company which according to CableLabs, the research organization of the North American cable industry, estimates that it represents 18% of all broadband traffic.Name it.
27. *Why did UP Tourism sponsor the trailers for the movie Lagaan?
28. -------------------was a British science fiction author who moved to Sri Lanka to pursue his interest in scuba diving in 1956 and lived there until his death.He co-wrote a famous sci-fi movie & the book(both bear the same name)in association with director Stanley Kubrick.
29. She was born in Copenhagen in Denmark, which is where her father was stationed at the time. They later returned to their hometown of Mangalore. She would go on to make her movie debut in the film “Aishwarya” opposite Kannada superstar Upendra. Who?
30. I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together. Identify I.

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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 ?