Quiz 31 03-2011

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THAPAR QUIZZING CLUB

QUIZMOZ

Ayush Khanna Shitij Gupta

RULE AND ONLY RULE: . . . . . .

WHAT ARE RULES???

THIS BRITISH ENTRY PIPPED THE PREVIOUSLY LEADING INDIAN

ENTRY, AT THE TOP OF THE SCOVILLE SCALE

INFINITY BHUT JOLOKIA

• THIS WEBSITE WAS FIRST PROPOSED BY MARK ONTKUSH • DEVELOPED AND OWNED BY TOBY HEAP • IS POWERED BY GOOGLE CUSTOM SEARCH • CLAIMS TO HAVE SAVED MORE THAN 2.4 MWh BY EMPLOYING A UNIQUE METHOD LAUNCHED IN 2007, ITS HOMEPAGE BACKGROUND LOOKS SOMEWHAT LIKE:

BLACKLE

Herbert Kitchener 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916 CinC (1902–09) of the Army in India

• His first successful business venture was a Magazine called Student at age 16 • Screw It, Let's Do It • Runs a brand of more than 400 companies.

3 UP 2 ACROSS, THRICE. Where would this take you?

DIAGON ALLEY

IN WHICH CARTOON WOULD YOU FIND: • A CAT AS THE HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES • A DOG WHO IS THE MOST INTELLIGENT AND ADVANCED BEING ON THE PLANET • LOUD HOWARD

DILBERT

Fluid extract of cocoa: 3 drams USP Citric acid: 3 oz Caffeine: 1 oz Sugar: 30 # Water: 2.5 gal Lime juice: 2 pints (1 qrt) Vanilla: 1 oz Caramel: 1.5 oz or more to color The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup) Alcohol: 8 oz Orange oil: 20 drops Lemon oil: 30 drops Nutmeg oil: 10 drops Coriander: 5 drops Neroli: 10 drops Cinnamon: 10 drops

ORIGINAL RECIPE FOR COCA-COLA

Born in Ludhiana, Punjab on 17 October 1947, and brought up in England, it was her felicity with the English language that induced the makers of the English-language film Tarzan Goes to India to offer her a role. She has done many more roles since then in several Hindi Classics.

SIMI GAREWAL

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY -FROM GOOGLE AND X X, born September 13, 1928, is an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement. X was born Robert Clark in New Castle, and brought up in Indianapolis.

Robert Indiana

In Los Angeles, California, United States

Founded by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams

Years active 1969–present

Territory United States[1]

Ethnicity mostly African American[1]

Membership 30,000-35,000[1]

Criminal activities Drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder, burglary and identification theft.

[1]

Allies Folk Nation,[2]

Gangster Disciples,[3][4]

La Raza,

[1]Black Guerrilla Family,

[2]

Rivals Bloods,[2]

People Nation,Ñetas, Hoover Criminals

[5]Sureños

Who were the official time keepers for the FIFA world Cup 2010? This company counts amongst its ambassadors athletes Like Usain Bolt, Dwyane Wade, etc.

HUBLOT

WHICH ENTREPRENEUR’S RECENT VENTURE, WHEN TRANSLATED FROM HINDI TO ENGLISH, MEANS : “TALK TO EVERYONE” This person has made quite a mark on the online communication industry!

SABEER BHATIA sabsebolo.com

Ponziani, Russian, Scottish, Nimzo-Indian, Sokolsky etc… What am I talking about?

OPENING CHESS MOVES

Q. Identify X.

Linkin Park : Hybrid Theory Nirvana : Faecal Matter Led Zeppelin : yardbirds

Alter Bridge : X

JAMES CAMERON TALKING ABOUT AVATAR

AAMIR KHAN

In mandarin, it is ke-ko-ke-le which means Happy Feelings in your mouth. What am I talking about?

coca cola

HE FOUNDED HIS COMPANY TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE BETWEEN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE UK

THOMAS COOK

ERIN BROCKOVICH

The Internet

TED

It was developed in Ayodhya, with part of its name derived from the Sanskrit word mavya. It is referred to as the “Science of Eight Limbs” Because it involves using eight “points of contact”, as opposed to “two points” In Western Boxing and “four points” used in sport oriented martial arts. Which National Sport is this?

MUAY THAI

Q. Music

Find the odd man out. Give the reasons.

Black Purple Blue Pink

Green Violet White

Red

The first one was in June 2004 when it was discovered that a company called Ojam had it in their mobile phone game Mosquito. In July 2004, Cabir, kick-started the trend. What?

VIRUS ATTACKS ON MOBILES

On March 5, 2009 at the 02 Arena, he announced that he would perform 10 concert performances as part of a comeback. “ I just wanted to say that these will be my final show performances in London. When I say ‘______ ________ _______’, it really means ‘_______ ______ _______’.” What three words have been omitted?

JAY LENO OF THE TONIGHT SHOW

something

*something

HER HANDBAG

Q. The famous contra characters, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean fight well

in the contra to defeat the red falcon....

On what real life celebrities are

these characters based???

Q. Three guys Eddie, Vic, Snaggle are friends.... All of them are malnourished and became the

skeletons.. But by birth Eddie has no nose, Vic has his mouth shut and Snaggle had some weird horns..

Eddie loves to torture,

Vic loves to kill huge no. of persons, Snaggle loves moving skulls.

I am so much confused. Please help!!!!

Mr. X was a friend of the beatle George Harrison.. George’s wife was Pattie Boyd. Mr. X said

"something else quite unexpected was happening: I was falling in love with Pattie.” So he sang a song

for her at a party and confessed to George Harrison that he is in love with his wife. 4 years later Pattie

divorced George Harrison and married Mr. X. Mr. X is a legend.

Identify Mr. X and song he had composed for her.

This celebrity was born on teacher's day and died 10 days before children's day. He was the one of the greatest rock "elements". He was born Indian

but then became associated to 3 more countries.... He died due to aids in 1991. He was a multi -

instrumentalist... He was certainly not the king but he was next to it.. He was ranked 18 on rolling

stones on VH1's list of greatest singers.

Guess who??

Identify the look-alikes.

Identify the look alikes - 2

Q. Consider the following connect.

Ballade Jazz

Concerto Accord

Beat

Mr. Shitij has answered the question as Music. But Mr. Ayush says that there can be more than 1

connect. What is the connect??

Q. Intel has recently started using the new logo. What does it signify??

Q. Identify the music clip and also describe the issue related to this.

Q. A Video

He is a street performer. A band has promoted this person through their major hit. Identify the band

and the person.

Where will you find the koopas, Yoshi and Kinopios???

Q. The most unselfish band in the history.......

This band has won the record 22 grammys. They have been inducted

into rock and roll fame... The band was formed in Ireland in

1976. Identify.

A.Kumar developed a liking for mathematics. He was granted admission to Cambridge university but could not attend for financial reasons. What programme has been started by him in Patna in 2002?

Tracii ______ and Axl_____ have their full names which are quite contradictory,

But still they formed the band and use their names as their strengths and the band become one of the biggest hits in the world.... The band was formed in

1985 in California.

Identify.

Q.

1.An _______ is a device, circuit, transducer, software program, algorithm or person that converts information from one format or code to another, for the purposes of standardization, speed,

secrecy, security, or saving space by shrinking size. (2)

2. Microsoft’s _______of Nations (2)

3. A line of waiting people or vehicles (3)

Q. Where would you find these cities??

Las Venturas Los Santos

San Fierra

Which company in conjunction with Canon launched a Pocketronic, the first electronic pocket calculator in 1970?