2004

  1. Anup
  2. Dinesh Quiz 1
  3. Dinesh Quiz 2
  4. Dinesh Quiz 3
  5. Raghu
  6. Sumedha
  7. Ranga Quiz 1
  8. Ranga Quiz 2

 

Quiz by Ranga

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  1. Which company was started with the aim to improve and promote singing?

    TIPS Series

  2. According to GB Shaw, what is Ghoti?

    Fish. GH is pronounced as F as in "tough", O as I as in "women", and TI as SH as in "motion".

  3. On being asked the lack of a particular practice, this person said something which meant “I do not transfer knowledge from the living hearts of men to the dead hides of sheep”. Who and about what?

    Socrates about why he didnt write his teachings. (At that time, all writing was done on dead-sheep's skin.)

  4. He calls himself Saint Ignucius. Who?

    Richard Stallman. (GNU is embedded in his name. He is seen wearing a red hat and holding a hard-disk)

  5. King Harald Blatand was a a Viking king, lived in Denmark between 910-940 AD, the son of Gorm. He received the name Blatand due to his dark hair rather than some defect in his mouth as is popularly believed. He did hajaar things like bringing Christianity to Scandinavia, and even united Denmark and Norway. How is he immortalized?

    He was given the name "Bluetooth". When Nokia came up with their Bluetooth tech, they thought it would unite the entire Scandinavia just like this chap and named it after him.

  6. Considered to be the PT Barnum of movies, he is credited with many firsts. Indoor lighting was first tried out on an actor in one of his first movies “The Squaw Man”. This picture, besides being silverscreen’s first epic, was also the first to publicize the names of its stars. He is also attributed the inspiration for doing different versions of a popular picture. He also conceived of opening films with a printed cast of characters for advertisement. The so-called “sneak preview” was another contribution. Who?

    Cecil B de Mille

  7. This phenom was invented in 1925 by a Siberian immigrant to US named Anatol Josepho and later marketed in 1927 for nearly $10M in today’s money. A magazine about the invention: “You need no longer be dull in Boston if you have 25cents and a _____. Go to the new ______ in Filene’s basement, some noon and see how romance and adventure have been injected into the hitherto grim business of _____”. According to a journalist, “It was a quick chance for some narcissistic fun while no one was looking, and it had an aura of secrecy and daring.” Fill’er.

    Photo Booth, that is so commonplace in fairs. (You can fill in the blanks)

  8. Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, he was introduced to theatre at a very early age owing to the active life his family led. In 1910, he joined Fred Karno’s troupe of actors which included X. For some time infact, he was X’s understudy. But soon, he broke up with the troupe and later joined an Australian Dancer Mae Dahlberg in a shortlived partnership. Once, on seeing the bust of the Roman emperor Scipio Africanus on his dressing table, she suggested he change his name to make himself more appealing to the audience. So was born who?

    She saw the laurel wreath on the bust and so he called himself Stanley Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy fame.

  9. Name the compound.

    Arsole

  10. Vaccination against small pox spread rapidly to the US in 1800 and was endorsed by Ben Franklin etc. That year, Thomas Jefferson had 18 members of his family, some of their neighbours and one special person vaccinated. Who was this (courtesy: God)

    Last of the mohicans.

  11. Connect the two visuals.

    Catcher in the Rye.
    The poster for the movie Dear Ruth inspired the name Holden Caulfield for the protagonist.

    Mark Chapman was carrying the book when he shot John Lennon (shown with Yoko in the right).

  12. In olden days, this was never eaten but drunk since its extract was used to make a form of liquor. But soon came the Prohibition laws and the liquor was suffering badly. This forced many a producer of this into bankruptcy and so they all ganged up and came up with an indirect appeal to the fans of its liquor extract. An immediate increase in sales was observed and from then this was eaten more often than drunk. This appeal has now become somewhat of a household saying. What? (courtesy:Q)

    The object in question was apples. So they came up with "An apple a day keeps a doctor away".

  13. Clip from movie "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" - the scene is the shoot-out in the alleys of the video game gallery. Who is this dedicated to?

    GNR. The shoot-out starts with Arnold removing the gun from the box of roses. GNR also wrote a song for the movie called "You could be mine".

  14. Zeus was extremely attracted to this maiden and yearned for her affection. He took on the form of a bull and carried her across the sea to this land where he then took the form of an eagle and raped her. He then named her land in honor of the maiden. He also did something else in remembrance of this affair. What?

    Maiden was Europa. Europe gets its name from this. Also, Europa was sent to space as Jupiter's moon.

  15. In the beginning, prior to the creation of the earth, the gods resided in an undifferentiated celestial domain and humans lived in an indescribably subterranean world devoid of culture. Chief among the gods were Takushkanshkan ("something that moves"), the Sun, who is married to the Moon, with whom he has one daughter, Wohpe ("falling star"); Old Man and Old Woman, whose daughter Ite ("face") is married to Wind, with whom she has four sons, the Four Winds. Among numerous other spirits, the most important is _______, the devious trickster. _____ conspires with Old Man and Old Woman to increase their daughter's status by arranging an affair between the Sun and Ite. The discovery of the affair by the Sun's wife leads to a number of punishments by Takushkanshkan, who gives the Moon her own domain, and by separating her from the Sun initiates the creation of time.

    Connect this with visual.

    Web search engines.

    The first description is about the mythical Inktomi. The visual is that of the Lycos spider.