Quiz by me for the Chennai BITSAA event, unfortunately could not attend

2.  All answers have a BITS connect. So even
though the question may be vague think about
places and things at BITS and you will know
the answer
 I am sorry if it’s a little low on fundaes from
Goa, Hyd and Dubai. Would have loved it if
someone from there had collaborated.

3.  This was a classification of ships by Lloyds
Register of London for insurance purposes.
Ships were designated a code based on their
age and quality of the materials it was made of.
What was the code for a ship of the highest
quality ?

4.  A quiz By
2000 A1 PS 560

5.  A fragment of what recovered from the Indian
Ocean in 1979 ?

7.  Complete this rhyme from 1939 work
“Finnegans Wake” by James Joyce
Three ________ for Muster Mark!
Sure he hasn't got much of a bark
And sure any he has it's all beside the mark
Physicist Murray Gell-Man named a group of (then
three) particles after this ditty.

8.  Quarks

9.  In the Disney Classic Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs only one of the dwarfs did not
have a beard. Name him ?

10.  DOP(e)Y

11.  What feature derives its current name from
ancient Demotic Egyptian “wahe” or “öuahe”
which means dwelling place.

12.  Oasis

13.  Connect this province in western Ireland to
Rajiv Chowk in Delhi

14.  Connaught
 Rajiv Chowk is the Official name for
Connaught place in Delhi

15.  On 18 November 2010, Airtel rebranded itself in India in the first
phase of a global rebranding strategy. The company unveiled a
new logo with 'airtel' written in lower case. The company had
decided to crowd source the name for its new brand symbol. What
was the winning entry ?

16.  Wave

17.  If Boreas is for the cold Northern
 Notus is for the Hot Southern
 Eurus is for the unlucky and rainy eastern
 Who is it for the fructifying western ?

18.  Zephyr(us) ( the Goan equivalent of Bhavan’s
night)

19.  The last such event occurred on
 2012: September 1, September 30
 And the next is scheduled for
 2015: July 2, July 31 (Note two dates should
give you a hint)

20.  Blue moon ( second full moon in a month is
termed as a blue moon )

21.  What is being depicted
in this Ravi Verma Painting

22.  Descent of Ganga , more specifically Shiva
steadying Ganga’s flow onto the earth
(Shivganaga)

23.  Identify the Organisation

24.  SPIC - MACAY

25.  The key material in the manufacture of this
product can be any one listed below.
 Flint
 Emery
 Garnet
 Aluminium Oxide
 Silicon Carbide
 Alminium - Zirconia
 Chromium (III) Oxide
 Incidentely I did my PS-1 in CUMI which is a
manufacturer of this

26.  Sandpaper

27.  Identify the painting
By Vermeer also the

28.  Girl with a PEARL earring

29.  Identify the bomber ?

30.  B-2 Stealth bomber

31.  Identify this helicopter manufactured by HAL
under license from France. What is its Indian
name ?

32.  Chetak (After Rana Pratap’s famous horse)

33. scientia potentia
est ! ?
+ =

34.  Gyaan Param Balam
 Francis Bacon is cretided (wrongly) with the
quote knowledge is power and that’s the
param in BITS) ..i know sorry I was running
out of questions

35.  Never one to “give up” too easily this
diminutive Trinidadian was perhaps the first
cricketer to be awarded the Man of the Match
for his fielding performance. Name him ?

36.  “Gus” Logie