Jaribio – Finals

Swahili: Exercising Testing Skills

About me!

Rajshri Mohan, II year, CSE.

Technology addict. Code monkey.

Hasn’t watched TV properly for more than 3 years!

Last time I went to theatre was when Padayappa released. I was in UKG!

Big lover of music. A. R. Rahman, Linkin Park and OneRepublic are favourites!

Nature lover. Likes to enjoy it alone!

About the guy over there!

Praveen D, II year, ECE.

Mobile phone addict.

Music Lover. Listens to Rap, Hiphop, Metal, Pop, etc. Weird mix!

TRAI brought the SMS limit just for him!

Watches movies like any thing.

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Format

6 Rounds

Elimination starts after 4th round.

After 4th and 5th rounds, last team on score board will be eliminated to leave 4 teams for the final 6th round.

Questions are very limited. Make the most of them!

Quiz Master’s decision is the final on each round.

Rounds

1. Infinite Bounce

2. Sappa matter da!

3. Lock and Load!

4. Connect

5. Tech – it - all

6. Infinite Bounce

Round 1

Infinite Bounce

Standard Infy Bounce

10 for direct Question, 5 for passed Question

6 clockwise Q’s & 6 anti-clockwise Q’s

1. Hitler’s autobiography is titled “Mein Kampf”. What does it mean?

Answer

My Struggle (or) My Battle!

2. What’s the specialty of the video?

Answer

That was Daler Mehandi’s Tunak Tunak Tun. It was the first video made in India using the BlueScreen Technology which allowed a character to be superimposed on another background! Daler Mahendi’s critics voiced that his songs became a hit only because of the beautiful girls he danced with, and to counter that he made this video featuring only himself. And it became an even bigger hit!

3. Identify this location.

Answer

Lombard Street in San Francisco!

In his film Vertigo (1958), Alfred Hitchcock chose to make 900, Lombard Street the home of John "Scottie" Ferguson.

This street also features as the Windy Windy Windy Windy Street in GTA: San Andreas.

4. What is the significance of this catch?

Answer

That was Kapil Dev running more than 20 yards to catch Vivian Richards out off Madan Lal in the 1983 World Cup Finals. It was a turning point in the match as Sir “Viv” Richards was in blistering pace with 33 off 28 balls and India had only 183 on the scoreboard to defend.

India bundled W.Indies off for 140 in the match to claim the Prudential World Cup!

5. Name the world’s fastest air breathing manned aircraft.

Answer

The Lockheed Martin SR-71 “Blackbird”!

Max Speed: 3529.6kmph!

It is also the only aircraft ever designed to operate continuously on Afterburner!

6. Official Mascot of..?

Answer

The Maharaja, official mascotof Air India!

7. What is the tip of a shoelace called as? [The plastic or metal covering which is used to prevent the lace from splitting]

Answer

Aglet

8. Who currently maintains the cricket grounds in Sri Lanka?

Answer

The Sri Lankan Military, due to lack of funds!

9. Who holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the most number of films?

Answer

“Aachi” Manorama!

10. Who holds the record for being the the Best Selling Teenage Artist?

Answer

Britney Spears! She had sold more than 37 million copies of her albums before her 20th birthday!

11. Who is the Indian Counterpart of “Thor”?

Answer

Lord Indra.

12. ID the theme.

Answer

Swat Kats Theme

End of Round 1

Round 2

Sappa Matter da!

Really sappa questions.

DON’T THINK OUT OF THE BOX.

Only ONE direct question for each team.

No passing!

Every question counts, ‘cause you get only one!

10 for Right Answer. -10 for Wrong Answer. None if left unanswered!

1. This is the largest flower in the world. Give its name.

Answer

Rafflesia. It smells like rotting flesh!

2. How many moons does Mars have?

Answer

2!

3.How much megapixels does a resolution of 2592x1944 represent?

Answer

5 Megapixels!2592 x 1944 = 5,038,848 ~ 5x106 pixels = 5 MP

4. What is the capital city of Meghalaya?

Answer

Shillong!

5. Who is/was Clark Kent?

Answer

Super Man :P

6. How many states are there in India?28 or 29?

Answer

28!

End of Round 2

Round 3

Lock and Load 6 opportunities.

Calling in ascending order with the lowest scored team calling first!

2 questions per category!

5 if you answer one. 20 if you answer both!

Rest via explanation!

Choose your weapon

Music

Wildlife

Politics

Movies

Comics

Sports

Media

Music

What record does Elton John’s Candle in the Wind hold?

Give the connection: Roots, Nemesis Avenue & SuperHeavy

Music

Answers:

It is the best selling single of all time.

A. R. Rahman! He was/is a part of all these music bands.

Comics

Who/What are Spaceman Spiff, Stupendous Man, Tracer Bullet?

Google Doodle for?

Comics

Alter-egos of Calvin. (of Calvin and Hobbes!)

Google Doodle for 82nd B’Day of Anant Pai, creator of the Amar Chitra Kathas.

Wildlife

What is this whale doing?

Which is the only bird capable of hovering in air and also flying backwards?

Wildlife

Breaching!

The Hummingbird!

Politics

ID. [Both are separate pictures with no connection]

Politics

Meira Kumar

The White House

Media

ID

Who is the Time Person of the Year for 2011?

Media

Oprah Winfrey

The Protester

Movies

Name the recent Indian movie nominated for the Oscars.

Steven Spielberg signed A. R. Rahman for the upcoming movie he produces. Which?

Movies

Dam999

Welcome to People

Sports

Who is the youngest driver to win a Formula 1 championship?

X, an English football club, was started as Dial Square in 1886. It became the first southern member of the Football League in 1893. It also holds the record of remaining unbeaten for the longest run in League Matches. Which club?

Sports

Sebastian Vettel

Arsenal

End of Round 3

Round 4

Connect!

One question for each team.

20 points if you get it straight. 10 if you ask for a clue.

Clue: We’ll name the pics. Nothing more!

No passing.

Pick your path!

12

3

4 5

67

1.

Answer

All are highest run scorers in an inning in World Cup matches

1999-Sourav Ganguly

2003-Craig Wishart

2007-Imran Nazir

2011-Virender Sehwag

2.

Answer

The Various versions of UBUNTU OS

Warty Warthog - 4.10Hoary Hedgehog - 5.04Breezy Badger - 5.10Dapper Drake - 6.06Edgy Eft - 6.10Feisty Fawn - 7.04Gutsy Gibbon - 7.10Hardy Heron - 8.04 Intrepid Ibex - 8.10Jaunty Jackalope - 9.04

3.

Answer

All types of paper..!

Cotton

Bond

Fabric

Tablet

4.

Answer

The four kings of the deck of cards!

Julius Caesar

Charlemagne

David

Alexander

5.

Answer

All were inventions byBenjamin Franklin!

6.

All are GM cars is NOT what we are expecting!

Answer

7.

Answer

• The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

• Leonardo

• Raphael

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

End of Round 4

Eliminate a team

Round 5

Tech-it-all!

5 questions.

Infy Bounce.

Question passes if not answered.

10 on direct. 5 on passed.

1. Connect

Answer

Android – All are actual real-life representations of Android OS codenames.

2. ID.

Answer

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates!

3. If Apple is for iPod, who is for Zune?

Answer

Microsoft

4. We all know QWERTY keyboard layout. There are also AZERTY, QWERTZ, etc. But what keyboard layout holds the record for being the fastest?

Answer

The Dvorak!

World record is 212 words per minute! Average on QWERTY is a mere 60 words per minute!

5. The International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI is a unique number to identify mobile phones. It is usually found printed inside the battery compartment of the phone. It can also be displayed on the screen of the phone by entering *#06# into the keypad on most phones. How many digits does it have?

Answer

15

End of Round 5

Eliminate a team!

Round 6

Final Showdown

Infy bounce

8 questions

10 on direct. 5 on passing.

Battle it out!

1. Which is the largest lake in the world?

Answer

The Caspian Sea!

2. What is common to Arizona, Utah, Oklahoma & California other than being the states of US?

Answer

They were ships sunk during the Pearl Harbour attack!

3. Who was the first occupant of the Rashtrapathi Bhavan?

Answer

Lord Irwin!

4. Who was the “Wizard of Menlo Park” ?

Answer

Thomas Alva Edison! (He was dubbed so by a Newspaper Reporter!)

5. What happened in 1971 in Atacama desert?

Answer

It rained after 400 years!

6. What is the Roman Numeral for Zero?

Answer

None! They didn’t know a zero!

7. Born as Farrokh Bulsara in Gujarat, he’s famous for his “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Are the Champions”, etc. Who?

Answer

Freddie Mercury (of Queen).

8. Who, on March 3, 2005, became the first person to circumnavigate the earth in a non-stop solo flight?

Answer

Steve Fossett, in a Virgin-Atlantic Global Flyer!

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Signing offRajshri Mohan…