For all those who missed out !! The quiz conducted by Mohit, Rohit and Gurudatta on the 21st .

3. 1. This event began on April 12,1972. Sponsored by the Indian
wing of a well known global company, this event was like a
benchmark (probably not now)for other events of the same type.
The name of the event was so vibrant that the sponsor was (and
is) more often identified with it. This first became a Radio show
and later in June 1992 , a TV show on Zee TV. Later this show was
shifted to Sony Entertainment Television. This show made a
comeback in 2011 on a different channel. This was after fans
launched a campaign on Facebook to bring the show back,
devoting a page to the cause and calling it ‘Bring _________
Back’. Its current host (the most popular of all) came to limelight
only after this show a few years back ( now a days in news for
issues other than this also). Which favourite show of ours is being
talked about?

4. 2. Once upon a time in school!!!!!
Mnemonic for what :
“Some People Have,
Curly Brown Hair,
Till Painted Black”

5. 3. It was originally founded by Steve Huffman
and Alexis Ohania in 2005. It has 11 employees
but roughly 6 million active members. “The
front page of the Internet” is its slogan. It
started the largest secret Santa program and on
January 11,2012 along with Wikipedia and
WordPress participated in a 12 hour blackout in
protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Which company am I talking about?

6. 4. This fictional character was created by the
cartoonist while waiting in the lobby. The name
is an anagram of word meaning spoiled child. It
is voiced by actress Nancy Catwright. Time
named _____ one of the “100 most important
people of the 20th century” . Michael Jackson
wrote a song about ____ which was no 1 song in
the UK for three weeks. ____ appeared in
commercials for Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC
….. In 2009 the US Postal Service unveiled
stamps in recognition of __________
Name this famous character

7. 5. “ I die! I die! I live! I live! I die! I
die! I live! I live! This is the hairy man
, who fetched the sun, and caused it
to shine again, one upward step!
Another upward step! An upward
step, another…….the sun shines!”
(translated to English)
How do we know this better? (where
have you heard this?)

8. 6. The picture aside shows a “Proton
Pack”, it has a hand-held wand
("Neutrino Wand" or particle
thrower) connected to a backpack-
sized particle accelerator. It fires a
positively charged stream of protons
that attract the negatively charged
energy, allowing it to be held in the
stream while active.
How do we know this better?
Or
Where do we see it being used
popularly?

9. 7. While the Red Fort was being constructed , lack of
drinking water worried emperor Shahjahan. He
summoned one of his trusted nobles, Ali Mardhan Khan,
to find a solution. Khan, well versed in the art of digging
canals renovated an old canal and renamed it Faiz Nahar.
When the canal was renovated in the time of Mohammed
Shah, everyone was happy except the emperor’s
physician Hakim Ali. On being summoned to explain his
sorrow , he submitted that the canal should be closed as
it could cause stomach disorders; or citizens of delhi
should follow his prescription. How does his prescription
live on today?

10. 8. Connect

11. 9. Complete the top ten list
1._________________
2.People’s liberation army (China)
3.Walmart
4.McDonald’s
5.China National Petroleum Corporation
6.State Grid Corporation Of China
7.National Health Services(England)
8.Indian Railways
9.China Post
10.Hon Hai Precision Industry

12. 10.In the Greek mythology, the famous war was
waged by the Greeks against the city of Troy. After
relentless battle for 10 years, troy finally fell due to a
clever ploy. The Greeks constructed a huge wooden
_____ and the soldiers hid under it to enter the city of
Troy. Then they would open the gates for rest of the
army thereby bringing the war to an end. Now in
modern times, the same idea is used where an user
allows a foreign software to enter his system and
leave it defenceless.
What ploy and virus type am I talking about?

13. 11. It is a very important travel accessory
especially for single female travelers.
According to reports the idea of such a thing
is basically derived from the Spartans dating
back to 428BC when they burned wood with
pitch and sulphur to create poisonous fumes.
Also, during Japan’s Tukagawa Empire , police
used the ‘Mitsubishi’ a box that did a similar
job as it is used now a days. Which travel
accessory are we talking about?

14. 12.
Identify the bowler from this bizarre
but legendary fielding set up.

15. 13.Apart from Khans what else connects these movies?

16. 14. _____ ___ is an intentional hidden message,
feature or a joke in programs, games, web pages etc.
It first appeared in the game Adventure by Atari where
a pixel dot appeared and allowed the player to walk
through walls, displaying the game designer’s name.
Excel 95 had a doom like action game.
VLC media player’s traffic cone logo changes to a cone
wearing a Santa's hat during Christmas.
More recently typing the words “let it snow” in Google
search causes snow fall and frosting of the screen.
This term gets its inspiration from western customs
where it is the symbol of the rebirth of the earth
during spring
What am I talking about?

17. 15. MICO- Motor Industries Company is the former name
of Bosch India a part of Bosch which celebrated it’s
125th anniversary of global operations in
November,2011. It’s origin can be traced back to 1922
when it’s manufacturing plant was set up in Bangalore
to cater to Chennai based Ashok Leyland. During the
early years of it’s establishment the company was
ridiculed by outsiders as _________ ___________
company, just because the workforce here was
dominated by people belonging to a particular sect and
region. This ridicule did no harm to the abbreviation.
Fill in the blanks.

18. 16. Complete

19. 17.
“Even as a child I was drawn to team sport. The fun and friendships shared
with teammates , joy and sorrow of winning or losing together the ability
to get along with others are things familiar to anyone who has played even
the most basic level of any
sport……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………..
In his book called The Sacred Hopes , Phil Jackson the legendary coach
of Chicago Bulls , quotes Rudyard Kipling:
For the strength of the pack is the Wolf and the strength of Wolf is the pack.
That I think , sums it up rather nicely.”
-Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid obliged the authors of a certain book to write the ‘ last word’ as
a result was the above stuff, which the authors describe as a wonderful
after mint. Identify both the book and the authors for full point.

20. 18.Name the event for which this structure is
being built. This is obviously an artistic image!

21. 19. In Greek mythology, ______ was the first woman to be
“made” on earth. She was gifted with special characteristics
from each God. She was “made” as a part of the punishment
for mankind (No offence) . Although the meaning of her name
means “All Gifted” and as some historians believe “All Giving”
, but all that she gave to mankind is evil – such as plague and
diseases thereby satisfying her reason for creation. Now her
name is usually associated with “pithos” which roughly
translates to a jar/box . Now it means to expose oneself and
others to chaos and unexpected problems
For ex : The VC refused to discuss the matter as it would open
the _______ ___”
What's her name?

22. 20. This popular playback singer was born on 3rd January
1981 in Mumbai. He is an active singer in all south Indian
languages and the vocalist of a fusion band called ‘Dhwani’
based in Mumbai. He was spotted by AR Rahman during
Channel V ‘s reality talent show ‘Super Singer’ and thus
made his debut through the song “Mayilirage” from the
tamil movie Anbe Aaruyire in 2005. In 2006 he lent his
vocals to a hindi song which became an instant hit. He won
the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and
the Filmfare award for Best Male Debut in music (RD
Burman award) for this song. He is one of the few playback
singers (probably the only) to have accomplished such a
feat in professional debut singing year for the same song.
ID him and the song.

23. 21. The _____ ____ is the supercomputer
designed and developed by IBM. This was the
2nd computer designed to play chess. It was
succeeded by the more successful and
powerful Deep Blue. It is named after the
fictional supercomputer appearing in “The
Hitchhikers‘ guide to the Galaxy” which gave
answer to the ultimate question “What is the
purpose of life ?”
Name this computer?

24. 22. Firstly enjoy the video of our Saar. After you
stop laughing, find some time to identify the
AD!!!

25. 23.
The guy on the left is Ijad Machissch a
Harvard graduate, virologist and computer
scientist is the founder of a firm called
Research Gate. Started in 2008 with few
features it attracted several million dollars
in venture capital from the original
investors of eBay, Twitter, facebook and
many more. A year ago Research Gate had
12 employees now about 70 and hiring.
Based in Berlin it is modelled after silicon
valley start ups. Every employee owns a
part of this company (at least until now it is
so) . What is this company’s claim to fame?

26. 24. Tie the knots….

27. 25.X is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial
Centre, an off shoot of DARPA funded CALO project.
X is an intelligent software assistant and knowledge
navigator.
X is dubbed as a superior office and personal “assistant.
X landed in a controversy after it suggested giving
directions to abortion clinics and what not.
X also recently appeared in the latest episode of “The
Big Bang Theory”, where Rag has a relationship with
“X”.
You all probably now what I am talking about. What I
need is the male version of X which is available in the
UK voiced by Jon Briggs.

28. 26.He was the first recipient of the title of
‘Ambassador of Interlaken’. He was also
honoured by naming a train of the popular
tourist railway network jungfrau railways
after him. The only other person to have a
train of jungfrau railways named after him is
it’s founder Adolf Guyer-Zeller. In addition to
this a luxury suite and spa at the Victoria-
Jungfrau grand hotel carries his name. All this
has been done in view of his outstanding
contribution to tourism development in
Switzerland, particularly in Interlaken . Who is
he?

29. 27. This was founded by a French scientist Nicholas
Bion, before being worked upon by many
different companies in Paris but now it has been
bought and adopted by ‘nine network Australia’.
This uses the same technology developed in the
military for tank and jet fighter tracking. It was
first used on 23 november 2006 at a very famous
place in Brisbane. Though widely appriciated, it
has its own share of critisisms for not being
accurate at times and being highly expensive
(6000$ per day for two of these ,10000$ for four
of them ). Name it.

30. 28. Connect

31. 29.Name the regularly used substance(not by
us) , according to Indian law which was (and
perhaps, still is ) made by ‘saturating the
linseed oil when brought to the boiling point
with the lamp black and then adding the
vinegar .This whole thing must be then boiled.
The addition of turpentine will speed up the
drying of the impression’.

32. 30. In 1930’s The Times , a British newspaper,
were facing lot of problems. They were highly
criticized for being badly print and
typographically antiquated. It was slightly
illegible and there was shortage of space. So in
1931 Victor Lardent discovered a technology
which would do away with all their problems .
This discovery not only helped Times but it
helped save a lot of paper for all the
newspapers. It became so successful that even
now this same “discovery” is still used.
What am I talking about?

33. 31. A well known editor cum owner of a
weekly Kannada tabloid , owner of an
educational institution also known for
voicing a popular TV show few years
back recently set up his own venture
the name of which abbrivates to that of
a global media and entertainment
network. Name the venture ,thus you
will be naming him also.

34. 32.All of you recognize this pose, but from
which movie is this taken from?

35. 33)
• Blagging, Blatching, Blurting, Bumphing,
Cobbing, Haversacking, Flacking, Skinning,
Stooging….are among the 700 fouls which can
be committed in this game. Name the game.

36. 34)Method to prepare what ?
• (i) Excavate table to 280 mm.
• (ii) Lay strips of plastic down the edges of the excavation .
• (iii) Add crushed stone to a depth of 150 mm. Compact the stone and then
score the surface.
• (iv) Apply 40 mm fine to medium gravel. Wet and compact. Score the
surface.
• (v) Complete filling with 90 mm of bulli, firming the material while
filling. (Fertiliser, and particularly phosphate, could be mixed in with the
bulli at filling to promote root growth. The amount needed can be
determined from analysis).
• (vi) If necessary, apply potash on the surface.
• (vii) Plant sprigs 40 mm apart or spread sprigs over the area after
watering, cover with a thin (5 mm) layer of finely crushed bulli .
• (viii) Once established, topdress to level three or four times.
• (ix) Fertilise monthly, irrigating the fertiliser . Apply, in alternate months,
60 grams of 3.1.5 and 30 grams sulphate of ammonia per square metre.

37. • 35)Captain Colonel X of the USAAF, the planner of Y,
recounted in his autobiography that the Y was intended to
bolster American morale and to cause the Japanese to
begin doubting their leadership:
“The Japanese people had been told they were
invulnerable ... An attack on the Japanese homeland would
cause confusion in the minds of the Japanese people and
sow doubt about the reliability of their leaders.There was a
second, and equally important, psychological reason for
this attack ... Americans badly needed a morale boost.”
Name X and give me Y.( Specific name)

38. 36)Born into poverty and hardship, X is an unfortunate
young boy. An orphan, he is sent to a workhouse at a
tender age, forced to labor all day with very little to
eat. X creates a scandal one day when he requests a
second helping of the miserable gruel the workhouse
children are fed. Thrown out of this sorry excuse for a
home, is taken in as an undertaker's apprentice. Soon
realizing that his fate has become no less desperate, Y
runs away and finds himself under the wing of the
London crime boss Y.
Name X. (Extra credits if you name Y too)

39. • 37)As we are introduced to _________ theory that the ________,
we accompany him on a journey to the various locations around the
globe that led him to this conclusion. We start off in Bangalore,
India, where he finds himself surrounded by advertisements of
traditionally American companies such as Pizza Hut, Epson, HP and
Texas Instruments during a round of golf. Traveling with a crew from
the Discovery Times channel, he encounters Indian workers and
businesspeople working for American companies, speaking in
American accents and even adopting American names in their own
country. A visit to Infosys Technologies Ltd leaves ________ in
wonder at the massive conferencing system they have created that
allows people from around the globe to congregate and collaborate
in one giant room via satellite and teleconferencing technology.
Name the book and the author.

40. • 38)The International Date Line sits on the 180º line of
longitude in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and is the
imaginary line that separates two consecutive calendar
days. It is not a perfectly straight line and has been
moved slightly over the years to accommodate needs
(or requests) of varied countries in the Pacific Ocean.
Note how it bends to include all of Tokelau, Samoa,
Tonga and country X in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Name X.

41. 39)
• Melchior (also Melichior), a Persian scholar
• Caspar (also Gaspar, Jaspar, Jaspas,
Gathaspa,and other variations),
a Indian scholar
• Balthazar (also Balthasar, Balthassar, and
Bithisarea), an Arabian scholar.
How do we know them more famously?

42. • 40)The ‘thing’ the X held in his hand was a
glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than
a small clock, and very delicately made. There
was ivory in it, and some transparent crystalline
substance. It looked singularly askew, and there
was an odd twinkling appearance about this bar,
as though it was in some way unreal.' X pointed
to the part with his finger. `Also, here is one little
white lever, and here is another....‘, he said. The 2
levers had completely opposite operations.
Name the ‘thing’.

43. • 41). Adele’s debut album was called 19. And
her recent phenomenon is called 21. Whats
the funda of naming them so?

44. • 42)During a public exhibition demonstrating
the safe handling of nuclear laboratory waste
materials, sponsored by General Techtronics
Corporation, a small organism happened to be
in path of a particle accelerator’s beam and
was massively irradiated. The stricken
organism fell and attacked an individual in self
defense. How do we know this event more
famously as?

45. • 43)In the FIFA World Cup Final( one of the
most boring matches of the tournament,
thanks to Xavi and others) Andres Iniesta
scored the winner at 116 mins(a.e.t). He
dedicated his goal to a stricken former team
mate and friend by revealing a message on his
t-shirt which said “_________ is always with
us” . This friend died a month after he was
named captain of his football club in 2009.
Name the ‘friend’ and the club.

46. • 44)We all know of that tragic Munich air disaster which
occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European
Airways Flight 608 crashed on its third attempt to take off
from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in
Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was
the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the
"Busby Babes", along with a number of supporters and
journalists. United were returning from a European match
against _________ , but had to make a stop in Munich for
refueling, as a non-stop trip from Belgrade to Manchester
was out of the "Elizabethan" class Airspeed
Ambassador aircraft's range
Fill the blank.

47. • 45)8th December 1980, was a fateful day for the entire
Music Fraternity. John Lennon was Murdered by Mark
David Chapman. The perpetrator used a Charter arms
.38 special revolver for the execution. It was reported
that the perpetrator, after shooting Lennon, dropped
the revolver to the ground and was holding a
paperback book . Chapman had scribbled a message on
the book's inside front cover: "To Holden Caulfield.
From Holden Caulfield. This is my statement." He would
later claim that his life mirrored that of Holden
Caulfield, the protagonist of the book. Name the book.

48. • 46)Malachite is a copper carbonate mineral,
with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This green-
colored mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic
crystal system, and most often forms
botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses.
Individual crystals are rare but do occur as
slender to acicular prisms. Why would this ore
appear in Wesley Sneijder’s dreams( We are
only assuming it did, just for you to connect) ?

49. • 47.
dictionary.reference.com defines this adjective
as a word used as a nonsense word by
children to express approval. The word was
also used in a song with the same name in the
1964 Disney musical Mary Poppins. Give me
the adjective.

50. • 48.) He is a modern impressionistic artist who
works mainly with a palette knife and oils. He
developed his own unique technique and style
which is unmistakable and cannot be confused
with other artists. He is mainly known as being a
self-representing artist who promotes and sells
his work exclusively over the internet with very
little exhibitions and involvement of dealers and
galleries. Before the advancement of online sales
and ebay, he was a struggling artist. Look at his
works and name the artist.

54. 49.ID her.

55. 50.If I use these terms in my conversation
with a friend, then what is the
conversation about?
• 1.Louie
2.Webbigail Wanderquack
3. The Beagle Boys
4. Flintheart Glomgold
5. The Money Bin.