A general Quiz in collaboration with Electronics and Communication Society and N.I.T. Silchar Quiz Club

1. X-QUIZ-IT

2. ** Q 1.
“A GLASS AND A HALF FULL PRODUCTIONS” IS THE INHOUSE PRODUCTIONS UNIT DEDICATED TO
ADVERTISEMENT CAMPAIGN OF WHICH COMPANY?
THE PHRASE WAS ORIGINALLY USED TO EXPLAIN THE
AMOUNT OF MILK IN EVERY HALF-POUND OF THIS
PRODUCT. BUT DUE TO NEW EUROPEAN STANDARDS THIS
PHRASE HAD TO BE DROPPED FROM THE PRODUCT.

3. CADBURY

4. Q 2. IDENTIFY.

5. NOVAK „DJOKER‟ DJOKOVIC

6. Q 3.
DURING THE TIME OF THE BRITISH RAJ, THE CHILDREN OF
THE BRITISH OFFICERS STUDIED IN INDIAN SCHOOLS BUILT
BY THE ENGLISHMEN. WITH THE LACK OF QUALITY BOOKS
AVAILABLE BY INDIAN AUTHORS ON THE SUBJECT __X__
AND _Y__ WROTE THESE BOOKS AND PUBLISHED IT IN 1935.
THESE BOOKS WERE WIDELY ADOPTED BY INDIAN AND
PAKISTANI SCHOOLS IN THE POST BRITISH ERA AND
MISSIONARY SCHOOLS IN BURMA AND HAS STILL GOT A
ICONIC STATUS ANS USED AS A STANDARD TEXTBOOK IN
THE SUBJECT IN MANY SCHOOLS IN INDIA.
THE SAMOSAPEDIA DESCRIBE IT AS “THE FIRANGI GORAS,
WHO TORTURE SCHOOL-CHILDREN AND JAMMERS IN INDIA
WITH THEIR ARCANE RULES”

7. WREN & MARTIN

8. ** Q 4.
X: I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE,
MISS…
SYLVIA TRENCH: TRENCH...SYLVIA
TRENCH. I ADMIRE YOUR LUCK,
MR....
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

9. THE FAMOUS DIALOGUE:
BOND...JAMES BOND

10. Q 5. WHAT ARE WE TALKING
ABOUT ?
AXLE: “A MODEL BAD BOY, CRUEL AND RUTHLESS. DON‟T TRY TO GET ON AXLE‟S GOOD SIDE – HE DOESN‟T
HAVE ONE”
BOSE JEFFERSON: “DON‟T BE FOOLED BY HIS CASUAL DEMEANOR – HIS PUNCH FEELS LIKE A TEN-CAR PILE
UP ON YOUR HEAD”
CYDNEY BASS: “A SPOILED RICH GIRL LIVING ON THE EDGE. TREAT CYD RIGHT OR SHE‟LL THROW A
TANTRUM IN YOUR FACE.”
MILWAUKEE JON: “AN EX-CON WITH A DEATH WISH. JON‟S DARE DEVILISH STYLE STRIKES FEAR IN THE
HEARTS OF SEASONED FELLLOWS”
PEARL MCKURDY: “A CONPETITIVE AND RECKLESS RETRO-PUNK. PEARL LIVES FOR ANARCHY”
SLIM JIM: “WOULD‟VE BEEN THE CLASS CLOWN IF HE HADN‟T DROPPED OUT. VOTED „MOST LIKELY TO DIE
YOUNG‟ BY CLASSMATES”
TEFTON MIKE: “DROPPED ON HIS HEAD AT AN EARLY AGE, MIKE IS GONZO WILD AMN: FEARLESS, UNPREDICTABLE, BRAIN DAMAGED

11. ROAD RASH

12. Q 6. WHOSE LOGO ?
THE LOGO CONSISTS OF HORIZONTAL STRIPES WHICH ARE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPEED AND DYNAMISM, THE
ESTEEMED CORPORATE IMAGE OF THE COMPANY IN THE
WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY. THE COMPANY NAME „___‟ IS
HIGHLIGHTED FASHIONABLY, USING CAPITALIZED BLOCK
LETTERING TO DEMONSTRATE AUTHORITY. A BLUE SHADE IS
USED IN THE LOGO. THE LOGO CONSISTS OF A SIMPLE BUT
UNFORGETTABLE FONT STYLE. THE LETTERS ARE INSCRIBED
IN A BOLD FONT WHICH IS A DEPICTION OF THE DECENT
ATTRIBUTE OF THE COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS. THE
LETTERS IN THE LOGO ARE FORMED WITH HORIZONTAL
BARS WHICH ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE LOGO.

14. Q 7.
X (ALSO KNOWN AS NASOPHARYNGITIS, RHINOPHARYNGITIS,
ACUTE CORYZA) IS AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN HUMANS.
OVER 200 VIRUSES ARE IMPLICATED IN THE CAUSE OF X.
SYMPTOMS ARE MOSTLY DUE TO THE BODY'S IMMUNE
RESPONSE TO THE INFECTION RATHER THAN TO TISSUE
DESTRUCTION BY THE VIRUSES THEMSELVES.
NO CURE FOR X EXISTS, BUT THE SYMPTOMS CAN BE
TREATED. IT IS THE MOST FREQUENT INFECTIOUS DISEASE
IN HUMANS WITH THE AVERAGE ADULT CONTRACTING TWO
TO THREE X A YEAR.
IDENTIFY X.

15. COMMON COLD

16. ** Q 8.
IN THE MAMMOTH 11,000 PAGE CHARGE-SHEET FILED
AGAINST HIM BY THE POLICE, HE WAS BOOKED UNDER
VARIOUS ACTS INCLUDING THE RAILWAY ACT, BECAUSE
HE HAD ENTERED RAILWAY STATION PREMISES WITHOUT
A VALID TRAIN OR PLATFORM TICKET. WHO?

17. AJMAL KASAB

18. Q 9. IDENTIFY
THE GUY ON
THE LEFT.

19. STEPHEN HAWKING

20. Q 10.
THIS SONG WAS ADAPTED FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN
SPIRITALS, AND WAS TAUGHT BY THE COMPOSER TO GUY
CARAWAN AND JOHN HAMILTON IN 1952. GUY
INTRODUCED THIS SONG TO THE FOUNDING CONVENTION
OF THE SNCC (STUDENT NON VIOLENT COORDINATING
COMMITTEE), AN ANTI-SEGREGATION CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT THAT FORMED IN THE EARLY 1960S, SO THAT
THIS BECAME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PROTEST
ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME. NAME IT.

21. WE SHALL OVERCOME

22. Q 11.
• BOYCOTT : X MAY BE THE GREATEST BUT HIS NAME IS
NOT UP ON THE LORDS HONOUR BOARD.
• BHOGLE : SO IS IT X‟S LOSS OR LORDS ?!
WHO‟S BEING TALKED ABOUT ?

23. YOU OUGHT TO BE DISQUALIFIED IF YOU DIDN‟T ANSWER
THIS

24. ** Q 12. AD OF X ASKING FOR NEW
MODELS. WHAT‟S X?

25. JOHNSONS & JOHNSONS !

26. Q 13.
FRANCISCO DE ASÍS TÁRREGA Y EIXEA (21 NOVEMBER
1852 – 15 DECEMBER 1909) WAS A SPANISH COMPOSER
AND GUITARIST OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD.HIS
COMPOSOITION GRANDE VALSE HAS INSPIRED ONE OF
THE MOST HEARD TUNES OF THE WORLD…
IT IS HEARD 1.8 BILLION TIMES A DAY. WHICH TUNE ?

27. NOKIA TUNE

28. Q 14. WHOSE
STATUE ?

29. ALAN TURING

30. Q 15.
THIS SHOW HAS WON THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR
ANIMATED SHORT FILM SEVEN TIMES, TYING IT WITH WALT
DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONIES AS THE THEATRICAL
ANIMATED SERIES WITH THE MOST OSCARS. IN 2000, TIME
NAMED THE SERIES ONE OF THE GREATEST TELEVISION
SHOWS OF ALL TIME.
WHICH SHOW ?

32. ** Q 16. WHAT‟S X ?
THE TERM X WAS COINED BY RALPH VAERST, A SUCCESSFUL
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ENTREPRENEUR. ITS FIRST
PUBLISHED USE IS CREDITED TO DON HOEFLER, A FRIEND OF
VAERST'S, WHO USED THE PHRASE AS THE TITLE OF A
SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE WEEKLY TRADE NEWSPAPER
ELECTRONIC NEWS. THE SERIES, ENTITLED “X IN THE USA,"
BEGAN IN THE PAPER'S ISSUE DATED JANUARY 11, 1971. THE
TERM DID NOT BECOME WIDELY KNOWN AND USED,
HOWEVER, UNTIL THE EARLY 1980S, ESSENTIALLY
SYNONYMOUS WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NUMEROUS
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PRODUCTS TO THE CONSUMER
MARKET.

33. SILICON VALLEY

34. Q 17.
X IS A 102-STORY SKYSCRAPER LOCATED IN Y, WITH A
TOTAL HEIGHT OF 1,454 FT (443.2 M). X‟S NAME IS DERIVED
FROM THE NICKNAME FOR Y. X STOOD AS THE WORLD'S
TALLEST BUILDING FOR 40 YEARS, FROM ITS COMPLETION
IN 1931 UNTIL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TRADE
CENTER'S NORTH TOWER WAS COMPLETED IN 1972. FEW
KNOW THAT IN JULY 1945, A B-25 BOMBER CRASHED INTO
X, KILLING 14 PEOPLE...
IDENTIFY X AND Y. (HALF POINTS FOR EACH)

35. X IS EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
Y IS NEW YORK

36. Q 18. NAME THIS BEAUTY.

37. NAVNEET KAUR DHILLON
MISS INDIA 2013.

38. Q 19.
X WAS AN INDIAN TELEVISION PERSONALITY FAMOUS FOR
HIS SATIRICAL TAKE ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE COMMON
MAN. HE IS MOST WELL KNOWN FOR HIS TELEVISION
SERIES Y AND MINI CAPSULES ULTA PULTA WHICH RAN ON
DOORDARSHAN, INDIA'S NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK,
IN THE LATE 1980S AND EARLY 1990S. X ALSO ACTED IN
MOVIES LIKE FANAA(2006), KUCH NAA KAHO(2003),
SHAKTI(2002) ETC.
IDENTIFY X AND Y. (HALF POINTS FOR EACH)

39. X = JASPAL BHATTI
Y = FLOP SHOW

40. ** Q 20.
WHILE SMALL TEST PROGRAMS EXISTED SINCE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTERS, THE
TRADITION OF USING THE PHRASE X AS A TEST MESSAGE
WAS INFLUENCED BY AN EXAMPLE PROGRAM IN THE
SEMINAL BOOK THE C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.
WHAT IS THE PHRASE X BETTER KNOWN AS?

41. HELLO WORLD

42. Q 21.
HE WAS A CIVIL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION AND ROOTED
FOR ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB. HE WAS REFERRED AS
UBL. AFTER BEING KILLED UNDER THE OPERATION
NEPTUNE SPEAR, THEY FOUND COCA-COLA IN HIS HOME
… WHO ?

43. OSAMA BIN LADEN

44. Q 22.
WHO/WHAT IS KNOWN AS:
SASQUATCH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA,
ORANG KUBU IN INDONESIA,
YEREN IN CHINA, ALMA IN
MONGOLIA, YOWIE IN AUSTRALIA ?

45. ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN /
YETI

46. Q 23. WHO‟S X ?
• HE WAS NAMED AFTER THE AMERICAN INVENTOR
THOMAS EDISON, HOWEVER HIS PARENTS DECIDED TO
REMOVE THE 'I' AND CALL HIM 'EDSON„.
• HE WAS ORIGINALLY NICKNAMED DICO BY HIS FAMILY.
• HE GOT HIS NAME X BECAUSE OF HIS FAVORITE PLAYER,
LOCAL VASCO DA GAMA GOALKEEPER BILÉ.
• X HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE NAME MEANS.

47. PELE

48. Q 24.
THE X IS THE NAME OF A FICTIONAL INTERGALACTIC
MILITARY/POLICE FORCE APPEARING IN Y COMICS.
ACCORDING TO Y COMMUNITY, THE X HAS BEEN IN
EXISTENCE FOR 3 BILLION YEARS, SURVIVING MULTIPLE
CONFLICTS BOTH INTERNAL & EXTERNAL. THERE ARE
OVER 7200 X MEMBERS OPERATING AMONGST THE 3600
„SECTORS‟ OF THE UNIVERSE.
IDENTIFY X.

49. GREEN LANTERN CORPS

50. Q 25. THIS IS
AN AD FOR
WHICH
COMPANY ?