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War of Words 2k13Q 'n' A

(prelims answers)

This is a still from Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher’s latest film. Who is he playing in this film?

1.

Steve Jobs

X was a son of King Aeolus and Enarete. As a punishment from the gods for an act of trickery, X was made to roll a huge boulder up a steep hill. Before he could reach the top, however, the massive stone would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again.

The maddening nature of the punishment made all X’s efforts useless and caused him unending frustration.

A variant of X’s name is used as an adjective to describe the type of tasks mentioned above. Identify.

2.

Sisyphus.Sisyphean.

This is the logo of which international event?

3.

ICC Women’s World Cup 2013

According to popular belief, the original formulation for X was identified by Ashwin Kumar twins for a sage to help him regain his youthfulness.

The first historically documented formula for X is found in the 2000 year old Charak Samhita, the ancient Ayurvedic treatise written by sage Charak.

Prepared with an amalgam of herbs and plant extracts, X’s benefits include maintaining the body's youthfulness, vigor and vitality. Its antioxidant properties neutralise free radicals that cause cell decay and aging. This helps protects the body from common diseases and delays the process of aging.

What is X?

4.

Chyawanprash

5. In 1957, these two men

formed their own animation studio, named after their surnames and were responsible for many succesful programs. Their most famous creation however to date continues to be X.

Identify these two and X.

William Hannah & Joseph Barbera

Google Search has a feature that displays suggested results as the user types.

What’s this feature called?

6.

Google Instant

This

phenomenon is

caused by the

collision of

energetic

charged particles

with atoms in

the

thermosphere.

What is it

called?

7.

AuroraAurora Borealis

8. The T.V. show ‘The Simpsons’ is well known for its

parodies. Here is a clever wordplay which denotes a very famous book. This book was in turn made into a movie. Which movie?

Between A Rock & a Hard Place

127 Hours

Only three three sets of letters on the standard typewriter and computer keyboards are found in alphabetical order when read from left to right.

One set is O-P. Which are the other two?

9.

1. F-G-H2.J-K-L

10. This is a picture of a French

mathematician & physicist who is best known for initiating _________ and their applications to problems of heat transfer & vibrations.

He is also generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect.

Who is he?

Joseph Fourier

11. This is a French Revolution

era painting by an artist called Eugène Delacroix that personifies Liberty.

In 2008, a popular rock band used this image for their album’s cover. It went on to win a Grammy for “Best Rock Album” in 2009 Grammy Awards.

Which album?

Coldplay’s Viva La Vida

Connect.

12.

Versions of Apple’s MAC OSX1. Panther

2. Snow Leopard3. Mountain Lion

Who is the speaker?

13.

John F. Kennedy

This is a picture of a recent phenomenon that took place somewhere on Earth. What’s happening & where?

14.

Meteor strike in Russia on 15th Feb

How many "minutes of terror" were there between Curiosity entering Mars's atmosphere and the

touchdown?

15.

“7 minutes of terror”