College of Engineering Chengannur
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UTSAV ‘11 – GENERAL QUIZ
FINALSBy: Nigel Thomas
ROUND 1
• INFINITE BOUNCE
• 8 QUESTIONS
• 5 POINTS
• Clockwise
1X was born at Kayamkulam. X attended schools in Kayamkulam and Mavelikara. He drew the sleeping posture of one of the teachers in classroom, this made the headmaster angry. But then he was encouraged by his uncle who saw in him great potential. After schooling, X studied painting at Raja Ravi Varma School of Painting at Mavelikara. X’s drawings attracted even Lord Willington and Lord Linlithgow. X founded the Children's Book Trust and later in 1965, the International Dolls Museum too . Who is X ?
Answer is
K. Shankar Pillai/ Cartoonist Shankar
2.• X is a bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that stands
in Bowling Green Park which he installed without permission in front of _______in December 1989. It depicts the symbol of aggressive financial optimism
and prosperity. In 2004, Di Modica announced that the sculpture was for sale, on condition the buyer does not move it from its present location. The sculpture is both a popular tourist destination which draws thousands of people a day, as well as “one of the most iconic images of New York”. In 2010, a similar X sculpted by Di Modica which looks "younger" and "stronger" was installed in Shanghai.
• What is the sculpture X ?
Answer is
“Charging Bull” in front of
NYSE, Wall Street
3. Identify this Trophy
Answer is
Ranji Trophy
4.
• _____________is an upcoming Hindi drama,
thriller and black comedy film directed by
Vishal Bhardwaj, based on Ruskin Bond's short
story Susanna's Seven Husbands. It was first
scheduled for release on 21 January 2011, but
has now been postponed to 18 February 2011
i.e. today......
• Name the movie.
Answer is
5.• In Greek mythology X was a goddess who
personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory , X assumed the role of the divine charioteer to Zeus for the Titan War against the older deities. X flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame. The name of an American anti-aircraft missile system was put after X. A figure of X with a vessel was the design of the Jules Rimet trophy and the later FIFA World Cup trophy also. Name X.
( pic. in next slide )
Answer is
Nike
6.• Starting as an annual literature festival at Powys,
Wales for ten days from May to June, devised by
Norman and Peter Florence in 1988, this festival
was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The
Woodstock of the mind“. The festival has
expanded in recent years and now includes
musical performances and film previews. It has
also expanded internationally and sister festivals
take place in Nairobi, Zacatecas, Maldives, Kerala,
Beirut, Belfast, Cartagena, the Alhambra Palace,
Parc Prison in Bridgend and Segovia.
• Name the Festival.
Answer is
7. Identify the female voice
Answer is
8. Id this Jumbo
Answer is
Round 2
• Written Round
• Fill in the Blanks type
• 10 Blanks from A to J
• Each answer carries 5 points
• ‘Bonus’ of 10 points if all answers are correct
Socrates Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical
History, gives a full description of the
discovery of ‘A’. In it he describes how ‘B’, ‘C’s
aged mother, had the temple destroyed and
the Sepulchre uncovered. ‘C’, who was the
first ‘D’ Emperor to convert into ‘E’ , rebuilt
the city of ‘F’ and name it after him as ‘G’ and
build the Old ‘H’ on the site of martyr of ‘I’ a
disciple of ‘J’ .
• Please exchange your answer sheets
Answers
Socrates Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical
History, gives a full description of the
discovery of True Cross (A). In it he describes
how Helena (B), Constantine (C)'s aged
mother, had the temple destroyed and the
Sepulchre uncovered. Constantine (C), who
was the first Roman(D) Emperor to convert
into Christianity(E) , rebuilt the city of
Byzantium(F) and name it after him as
Constantinople(G) and build the Old St.
Peter’s Basilica(H) on the site of martyr of St.
Peter (I) a disciple of Jesus Christ (J) .
Round 3
• Infinite Bounce
• 8 questions
• 5 points
• Anti clockwise
1.
Identify this renowned
musician at his youth
Answer is
2. Name the Indian Cartoon series
from the characters
• Meera Jain
• Auntie Maya
• Uncle Bhim
• Nalin Oberoi
• Hari Oberoi
Answer is
Pavitr Prabhakar
Spider Man India
• Meera Jain – Mary Jane Watson
• Auntie Maya – Aunt May
• Uncle Bhim – Uncle Ben
• Nalin Oberoi – Norman Osborn
• Hari Oberoi – Harry Osborn
3. X is a Southern California-based chain of
two sports-themed restaurants is formally
owned by Y. The first X opened in Baltimore
proved to be a cornerstone in the
development of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. X’s
most notable event is the Ultimate Couch
Potato Competition, where four competitors
try to out-sit each other while watching non-
stop sports. Bathroom breaks are permitted
only every eight hours and there is a five
minute stretch-break every hour; they may eat
and drink as much as they want.
Answer is
4.X made his full international debut against Hungary at the age of 18. He was substituted on during the 63rd minute, but was sent off on the 65th minute because the referee, Markus Merk, found he had headbutted defender Vilmos Vanczák, who was tugging his shirt. He returned to the team in Y's 1–0 World Cup qualifier away defeat to Paraguay. He became the youngest player to represent Y at a World Cup when he came on as a substitute. Within minutes of entering the game he scored the final goal making him the youngest scorer in the tournament and the sixth youngest goal scorer in the history of the World Cup.
Id X and Y.
Answer is
5. Doodle for whom?
Answer is
Google doodle on 70th anniversary of
John Lennon's birthday
6.
Identify the place
Answer is
The Exorcist stairs
7.• This image was first created for a Christmas
card for the Museum of Modern Art in 1964. It
was put on an eight-cent US Postal Service
postage stamp in 1973, the first of their
regular series of “____ stamps.“ The sculpture
showing the Hebrew word ahava is displayed
at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. A
similar variation on ____ for Google was
displayed in place of the search engine site's
normal logo.
Answer is
8.• Non Je Ne Regrette Rein , this song was
featured in a movie flick last year.
Answer is
Round 4
Theme Round
• 7 Questions
• All connected by a Central Theme
• Non-exhaustive Theme
• Each question carries + 5 points
• Cracking the theme gives points
20,15,12.5,10,7.5,5,2.5 in 1st,2nd,3rd...7th question
• Constant Negative of -5 throughout
• Write down the answer or theme
1.• X is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically
patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing—pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the Indian city Y .During the 1960s X was called bleeding X. It used dyes that were not colorfast in a typically plaid design, resulting in bleeding and fading colors that yielded a new look to the fabric each time it was laundered. C. P. Krishnan Nair was one of the pioneers of the Bleeding X fabric. This fabric is also mentioned in the Hindi movie, Badmaash Company.
2.
• X was a tiny South Indian kingdom at the tip of the peninsula. The kings of X traces their indirect ancestry back to the Sangam Chera to the Aysand to the Kolathiris and was the forerunner to the modern Kingdom of Travancore, established by king Marthanda Varma. The capital of Ay dynasty was at Nelcynda near present day Thiruvalla, included most of modern day Kollam, the Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala, and the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. The name is believed to derived from Ay vel(Ay=shepherd, Vel=king). X pls...
3.• This is a popular event conducted on the second
Saturday of August every year and is a major tourist attraction. When the first Prime Minister visited this event, he was given a roaring reception by the people escorted. Having gone through the tremendous excitement he donated a rolling trophy to be awarded to the winners of the event. The event has found place in the Guinness. The organizers of London Olympics 2012 are finding the event an opportunity to include it as an Olympic event.
4.
• National Geographic Magazine listed this
place as “ONE OF THE TEN PARADISES IN THE
WORLD” , Transparency International ranked
this place as the least corrupt in the country in
2005 , the ports here were the busiest among
all trade and travel routes in the history of the
world.
• Which is the place being mentioned ?
5. ______ as seen from ______
6.
• The German equivalent is "upper-middle class
car” (Obere Mittelklasse) within the classification
maintained by Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. Another
designation for the class is "E-Klasse" (E-Class).
• What Class of Cars ?
(A Specific answer is expected, no part points)
7.
• X belongs to the Treta yuga, He fought back the advancing seas thus saving the lands of Konkan and Malabar. X is said to be the first warrior saint. It is said that when X saved some coastal parts of Kerala from the advance of the sea it became the start of the Kollam Era (AD 825) for the Malayalam Calendar. He placed statues of various deities in 108 different places and introduced martial arts ("Kalari Payattu") to protect the temple from the evils.
Answers
1.• X is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically
patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing—pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the Indian city Y .During the 1960s was called bleeding X. It used dyes that were not colorfast in a typically plaid design, resulting in bleeding and fading colors that yielded a new look to the fabric each time it was laundered. C. P. Krishnan Nair was one of the pioneers of the Bleeding X fabric.This fabric is also mentioned in the Hindi movie, Badmaash Company.
X- Madras Y- Chennai
2.
• X was a tiny south Indian kingdom at the tip of the peninsula. The kings of X traces their indirect ancestry back to the Sangam Chera to the Aysand to the Kolathiris and was the forerunner to the modern Kingdom of Travancore, established by king Marthanda Varma. The capital of Ay dynasty was at Nelcynda near present day Thiruvalla, included most of modern day Kollam, the Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala, and the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu. The name is believed to derived from Ay vel(Ay=shepherd, Vel=king)
Venad
3.• This is a popular event conducted on the second
Saturday of August every year is a major tourist attraction. When the first Premier visited this event he was given a roaring reception by the people escorted. Having gone through the tremendous excitement he donated a rolling trophy to be awarded to the winners of the event. The event has found place in the Guinness. The organizers of London Olympics 2012 are finding the event as an opportunity to include it as an Olympic event.
Nehru Trophy Boat Race at
Punnamada Lake, Alappuzha
4.
• National Geographic Magazine listed this
place as “ONE OF THE TEN PARADISES IN THE
WORLD” , Transparency International ranked
this place as the least corrupt in the country in
2005 , the ports here were the busies tamong
all trade and travel routes in the history of the
world.
• Which is the place being mentioned ?
5. ______ as seen from ______
Sabarimala as seen from
Ponnambalamedu
6.
• The German equivalent is "upper-middle class
car” (Obere Mittelklasse) within the classification
maintained by Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt. Another
designation for the class is "E-Klasse" (E-Class)
• What Class of Cars ?
(A Specific answer is expected, no part points)
Executive Cars
7.
• X belongs to the Treta yuga, he fought back the advancing seas thus saving the lands of Konkan and Malabar. X is said to be the first warrior saint. It is said that when X saved some coastal parts of Kerala from the advance of the sea it became the start of the Kollam Era (AD 825) for the Malayalam Calendar. He placed statues of various deities in 108 different places and introduced martial arts ("Kalari Payattu") to protect the temple from the evils.
Parashuraman
Theme
• Madras Mail / Chennai Mail
• Venad Express
• Alleppey Express
• Kerala Express
• Sabari Express
• Executive Express
• Parasuram Express
Express Trains
running through
Kerala
Round 5
LONG VISUAL CONNECT (LVC)
• All the 15 upcoming slides have a common connection
• +50 - if connect identified in first three (1-3 slides)
• +40 – for (4-6 slides)
• +30 – for(7-9 slides)
• +20 – for ( 10 – 12 slides )
• +10 – for ( 13- 15 slides)
• -5 for wrong attempts
• Any no. of attempts before cracking the Theme.
1.
2.
3.
• Theme ???
4.
5.
6.
• Theme pls…
7.
8.
9.
• Theme still pls ???
10.
11.
12.
• Theme pls…
13.
14.
15.
• Theme ???
Answers....
1. mixi.jp
2. blackplanet.com
3. hi5.com
4. cyworld.co.kr
5. deviantart.com
6. taringa.net
7. linkedin.com
8. xt3.com
9. badoo.com
10. twitter.com
11. orkut.com
12. myspace.com
13. bigadda.com
14. ibibo.com
15. facebook.com
1. mixi.jp
2. blackplanet.com
3. hi5.com
4. cyworld.co.kr
5. deviantart.com
6. taringa.net
7. linkedin.com
8. xt3.com
9. badoo.com
10. twitter.com
11. orkut.com
12. myspace.com
13. bigadda.com
14. ibibo.com
15. facebook.com
Long Visual Connect is....
Social Networking Websites
Special Thanks to
• Jimmy and Larry (Wikipedia)
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