Quiz @ Technieek Finals

&

presents…

VISIT US @ http://qbitmesra.blogspot.com for DAILY TRIVIA 15000+ hits and counting !! RATED AMONG THE TOP 25 BLOGS in INDIA Source : www.indiblogger.in

THE FINAL 6 TEAMS ARE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Rules and Regulations 1.There are 6 rounds in all 2.Rules of each round to be explained before each round 3.In case of ANY DISPUTE decision of TEAM Q-BIT IS FINAL AND BOUNDING.

ROUND 1 ROUND THE WICKET 1.DRY ROUND - I CLOCK WISE 2. INFINITE BOUNCE 3 +10 for each correct, no negatives

1)

Name the only person to be the winner of all the three national sports awards i.e Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award & Droncharya Award.

2) The term "we____" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, "____," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word we____ into the phrase we ____ in the sidebar of his ____ Peterme.com in April or May 1999.Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "____" as both a noun and verb in connection with Pyra Labs famous product, leading to the popularization of the term.Fill all the blanks with a single word.

3)

In Hindu mythology, X is a snake that swallows the sun or the moon causing eclipses. He is depicted in art as a dragon with no body riding a chariot drawn by eight black horses. It is believed that this immortal head occasionally swallows the sun or the moon, causing eclipses. Then, the sun or moon passes through the opening at the neck, ending the eclipse. Identify X.

4)

VT-SPD Chilli,VT-SPF Coriander, VT-SPH Saffron,VT-SPJ Mint,VT-SPK Fennel, VT-SPL Cardamom,VT-SPM Pepper, VT-SPO Dill,VT-SPP Rosemary,VT-SPQ Basil, VT-SPR Thyme,VT-SPS Mustard, VT-SPW Cinnamon,VT-SGE Tamarind, VT-SPT Clove,VT-SPU Anise,VT-SGB Oregano VT-SGC Fenugreek,VT-SGD Sesame. What are they?

5) While tailoring this item of clothing , the cloth is always cut longer than the leg and finished with a tight fit at the ankle. When the wearer is seated, the extra cloth makes it possible to bend the legs and sit comfortably. The excess material falls into folds and looks like a set of bangles resting on the ankle. The item gets its name from this fact. What are we talking about?

6)

XLX is a brand of hydrogenated vegetable oil popular in South Asia. The substance was originally imported from the Netherlands in the 1930s by the trading Company XX Limited. When Hindustan Lever Limited wanted to brand it, the trader, who still retained a commercial connection with the product, said it had to be named after his company. HLL wanted to include the letter 'L' in it for Lever (of the Unilever group), and thus was born one of the longest-living brands in India.What is XLX here?

7)

The Government of India recognizes 7-9 January as the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas . The occasion is marked by special programs to recognize the contributions of NRI/PIO individuals of exceptional merit, felicitate NRI /PIO individuals who have made Exceptional contribution in their chosen field/profession (Pravasi Bharatiya Samman ) and provide a forum to discuss issues and concerns for them.Why on This DATE?

8)

It consists of five books, which are called:

Mitra Bhedha (The Loss of Friends) Mitra Laabha, also called Mitra Samprāpti (Gaining Friends) Kākolūkīyam (Crows and Owls) Labdhapraṇāśam (Loss Of Gains) Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ (Ill-Considered Action / Rash deeds)

ROUND 2 THE POWERPLAY 1.LONG CONNECT 2.Points associated with each clue is given on the top of the slide 3. TEAMS need to write down their answers, those found blurting out the answers WILL BE HANDED A PENALTY OF -30 POINTS

1) +30/-15

2) +30/-15

3) +26/-13

4) +26/-13

5) +22/-11

6) 22/-11

7) +18/-9

8) +18/-9

9 14/-7

10) +14/-7

11) +12 / -6

12) +12/-6

13) +8/-4

14) +4/ -2

Round 3 ACTION REPLAY 1.AUDIO/VIDEO ROUND 1.+10 for each correct, no NEGATIVES 1.BONUS of +10 for the team /s getting the maximum correct answers

1) Ad for ?

2) Whose ORKUT PROFILE is this?

3) Ad for what ?

4) Whose Voice ?

. Ad for ?

5

6) This rock song is theme of a famous computer game. Identify the band and the game

7) Name the lyricist and the music composer of this song

8) Name the movie in which this track appeared

1)

The first sport to interest him was cricket and he said if he was not a sprinter he would be a fast bowler instead. As a child he was a supporter of Pakistan and admired the bowling of Waqar Younis. He is also a fan of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, West Indian opener Chris Gayle and Australian opener Matthew Hayden. After his famous run in New York City, which was preceded by a lightning storm, the press frequently made puns on the his name, nicknaming him "Lightning X" Identify X ?

2)

3) Name the composer

Round 4 Free HIT !! 1.Direct Question 2.Starting from the team on the least score 3.+10 for correct direct answer 4. In event of team unable to answer the question passes to the other teams. They need to write down their answers. +5 on each passed correct answer

1)

After the announcement of this year’s Padma awards,this person remarked, “She will become the 5th Padma Award recipient in our family. First, my father was awarded the Padma Bhushan , then the Padma Shri for me,followed again by the Padma Bhushan for me few years later,my wife’s Padma Shri and now this one . This must be a record for the country. 5 Padma Awards in one family ! God has been very kind to us. The people of this land have been very kind to us.” Who is the speaker ?Who was the recipient?

2) His highly successful 1988 autobiography was published by Doubleday in secret because of the massive public interest in his life. Relatives of the company’s employees were hired as couriers, to deliver portions of the book from the company’s head office to the printing plant in Pennsylvania and manuscripts were kept under lock and key. the book was referred to using the code name ‘Niel Armstrong’. Whose autobiography?

3) The X Award is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field". The X Award is recognized as the "highest distinction in Computer Science" and the "Nobel Prize of computing". X is credited for being the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. The award is accompanied by a prize of $250,000, co-sponsored by Intel and Google..

4)He lost his elder brother at the age of 11,and decided to take up music as his career after the incident, to fulfill his father's wishes. He did his schooling at Hill Grange School in Peddar Road area, Mumbai. At just 16 years old and before He went into music direction, he produced television serials for TV which included serials such as “Andaz” & “Amar Prem”. The first big break came when He approached Salman Khan who gave him the chance to be a music director for the movie “Bandhan” along with the composer Anand Raj Anand.

5)

X is an Indian brand of cosmetics, owned by Unilever. X started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills (Tomco), part of theTata Group, it was named after the French opera X, which itself is the French form of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, also renowned for her beauty. X was started in 1952, famously because the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was concerned that Indian women were spending precious Foreign exchange on beauty products, and personally requested JRD Tata to manufacture them in India.

6)

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He left his job of a telephone operator at a Lever Brothers factory in Kolkata. However, his uncle found him a job under a three-year contract with the Prabhat Film Company in Pune later.. He acted in a small role as Sri Krishna in Chand .He acted as well as assisted director Vishram Bedekar in Lakhrani, and he worked as an assistant director and choreographed dances for P. L. Santoshi’s film, Hum Ek Hain. However, after that, for almost ten months, He was unemployed and stayed with his family at Matunga, Mumbai. During this time, He developed a flair for writing in English, and wrote short stories for THE Illustrated Weekly of India, a local weekly English magazine.It was also then that he scripted some classic scripts. Some of his movies are the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies.

Round 5 OVER THE WICKET 1.Dry Round –II ANTI CLOCK WISE 2. INFINITE BOUNCE 3 +10 for each correct, no negatives

1) X is an unlikely Superhero with Guntastic powers.He is a sincere South Indian Cowboy who considers it his duty to serve and protect .The movie X revolves around mis-adventures of X and his fight with his arch villain Rice Plate Reddy, who wants to create the ultimate non-veg dosa!! Mind It!!! Identify X.

2) The Hollywood Walk of Fame is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of not only human celebrities but also fictional characters honoured by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry. But their is a single walk of fame which is circular in shape. Give fundae.

3)

In 1963, noting the commercial success of the Barbie doll for girls, Stan Weston, a toy creator and licensing agent came up with the idea of a line of Barbie-sized dolls with a military theme that would be marketed to boys. The prototypes were originally named "Rocky the Marine", "Skip the Sailor", and "Ace the Pilot", before Don Levine, the creative director of toy manufacturer Hasbro inspired by the popular 1945 film The Story of X, decided on the generic name "X”. Identify this famous toy X.

4) Invented by Hakeem Ustad Hasan and manufactured by the companies he founded. Its original formulation included Herbs: Khurfa Seeds, Kasni, Munaqqa, Nilofar, Gaozaban, Hara Dhania Fruits: orange, pineapple, carrot and watermelon, Vegetables: spinach, mint and hara ghia Flowers:Rose and Keora, lemon and orange, Roots: 'khas' It was traditionally made in preparation for breaking the fast during Ramadan the holy month of fasting for Muslims.

5) X opposed capital punishment, but his desire to disparage the system of alternating current led to the invention of the electric chair. Harold P. Brown, who was being secretly paid by X, constructed the first electric chair for the state of New York in order to promote the idea that alternating current which was promoted by Y was deadlier than DC. Name X & Y.

6)

X was a sadistic demon who plundered the place where he lived during his time. The inhabitants of the place pleaded to Lord Brahma and Lord Brahma. Brahma pulled out of his own body an eight-armed goddess who vanquished the demon. Vanquished the demon pleaded with her take his name and build a temple for the goddess there. Identify the demon or the goddess and which city gets it’s name from the above legend?

7)

Y Bank, established in 1943 in Kolkata, is one of the oldest and major commercial bank of India. Ghanshyam Das Birla, an eminent Indian industrialist, during the Quit India movement of 1942, had conceived the idea of organizing a commercial bank with Indian capital and management, and the Y Bank was incorporated to give shape to that idea. The bank, along with 13 other major commercial banks of India, was nationalized on 19th July, 1969, by the Government of India. Identify Y.

8) October 28, 2003. That night, Mark was blogging about a girl who had dumped him and trying to think of something to do to get her off his mind “I'm a little intoxicated, not gonna lie. So what if it's not even 10 p.m. and it's a Tuesday night? What? The Kirkland X is open on my desktop and some of these people have pretty horrendous X pics. I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive. —9:48 pm Yea, it's on. I'm not exactly sure how the farm animals are going to fit into this whole thing (you can't really ever be sure with farm animals . . .), but I like the idea of comparing two people together. —11:09 pm Let the hacking begin. —12:58 pm. What resulted or identify X.

Round 6 Slog Overs 1.Buzzer Round 2.+10 for each correct / -5 for incorrect answer

1) _________is a traditional embroidery style from Lucknow, India. Literally translated, the word means embroidery. Believed to have been introduced by Nur Jehan, Mughal Emperor Jahangir's wife, it is one of Lucknow's most famous textile decoration styles. Fill in the blanks.

2) The new brand logo of this company is made of two green soft amoebic live brand ambassadors, Chouw and Mouw. Both Chouw and Mouw have individual personality traits, based on their physical attributes. It has also come up with a new tagline “Experience Change.” Name this company

3) This actor holds an unrecognised record for the most number of takes for a single shot in a film.He shot over 2900 retakes for a complex scene involving a Badminton game in Dragon Lord. Name this actor.

4) Name the only tennis player other than Roger Federer and Rafel Nadal to have won a Grand Slam Singles Title since 2006.

5) Gunnu Ramkishan Yadav was born in Said Alipur in the Mahendragarh district of Haryana. As a child he suffered from paralysis. He attended school till the Eighth grade in Shahjadpur. He then joined an aarsh  gurukul in Khanpur village to study Sanskrit and Yoga. Eventually, he assumed Sanyas , taking his present name. What is Gunnu’s present name?

6) The logo of this product range represents the integration of analog and digital technology. The 'WX' represents an analog wave and the 'YZ' represents digital binary code. Name this product range.

FOR ANY DETAILS CONTACT

[email protected] FOR

DAILY TRIVIA visit us @

http://qbitmesra.blogspot.com