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Freshers’ Quiz 2008

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Siri raj nikhil vishy

rohith datta padma nandini

PRELIM CREDITS

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AND……JOSE

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1.Put funda

• ___ ___ - _______ • _____ _____ - Actor • ____ __ - Table Tennis Player • Siddhartha Vaidyanathan aka "Bib"- Cricinfo cricket journalist• Nikhil Joshi - Carnatic musician, guitarist

• Nanditha - Kannada Playback Singer • Vijayalakshmi Bidari - Topped civil services exam in 2000 ( IASTopper)• ___ __ - Model & Actor • Avinash Mudaliar - Famous quizmaster.• Natesh Babu DR - Gold Medalist at India Innovates (by LockheedMartin & Univ. of Texas @ Austin).• T Ravi Shankar - Famous Electrical Designer.• Sujay Dsa - Famous Day Dreamer.• Sumukh Herlekar - Famous Software Designer.• Mishraji - Noted Technician.

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2.This term in the English language was coined from the fact

that cheap novels / magazines were once printed on low grade paper. These magazines are perhaps best remembered for their lurid and exploitative stories, though many respected writerswrote for _____. Modern superhero comic books are

sometimes considered descendants of "hero _____". Themagazines often featured illustrated novel-length stories of heroic characters such as the Shadow, Doc Savage, and thePhantom Detective. Other notable names include Buck Rogers, Conan the Barbarian, Flash Gordon, Fu Manchu, andso on.

The art form pls.

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3. The give away of the prelims

ID the organization embarking on an earth moving (?) project, involving protons.

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4What is depicted in the stamp?The stamp commemorates afamous event. Don’t bother too

much with the pic.

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5.This is the description of how X started

X has its origins in bootlegging during prohibition, whendrivers ran bootleg whiskey made in Appalachia. Bootleggersneeded to distribute their illicit products, and they typically

used small, fast vehicles to better evade the police. Many of the drivers would modify their cars for speed and handling, aswell as increased cargo capacity, and some of them came tolove the fast-paced driving down twisty mountain roads. Oneof the main 'strips' in Knoxville Tennessee, had its beginningas a Mecca for aspiring bootlegging drivers.

X?

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**6. Y's logo is a hollowed potato, named Sophia after the

Gnostic deity, that serves as a spoof of X's globe logo. Y, "thecontent-free encyclopedia", was founded in 2005 as anEnglish-language ____ featuring satirically themed articles. Itis formatted as a parody of X and aims ultimately to parody all

encyclopedic subjects. Originally in English, the projectcurrently spans over 50 languages with almost 100,000 pagesof content. The site has gained negative attention due to itsarticles on towns and places and its similarity with X, whichled to a warning being issued by the Malaysian InternalSecurity Ministry.

Y, X?.. Ok X at least.

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7. The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment is a

United Arab Emirates Private Equity

company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the

UAE Royal Family and Minister of Presidential Affairs. It made headlines

in a big way recently. Why?

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8.The first appearance of the word is from 1784 and means an odd person.This sense survives today in the word _______. It later acquired a meaningof to make fun of, or to mock. How it acquired its current meaning of a testis unknown, but that sense did not appear until 1867. ____ as a test could bea corruption of the Latin ___ __, meaning "Who are you?". In any case it is

probably from the same root as question and inquisitive.

An anecdote says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Dalymade a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within 24hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write theword ____, which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin.

Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning(since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test) and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is noevidence to support the story, and the term was already in use before thealleged bet.

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9. This is the list of largest corporate bankruptcies:

X $639,000,000,000

Worldcom, Inc. $103,914,000,000

Enron Corp. $63,392,000,000Conseco, Inc. $61,392,000,000

Texaco, Inc. $35,892,000,000

Financial Corp. of America $33,864,000,000

Refco Inc. $33,333,172,000Global Crossing Ltd. $30,185,000,000

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. $29,770,000,000

UAL Corp. $25,197,000,000

Delta Air Lines, Inc. $21,801,000,000Adelphia Communications $21,499,000,000

MCorp $20,228,000,000

Mirant Corporation $19,415,000,000

Delphi Corporation $19,415,000,000

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10. The flag was unveiled by X on August 26th 2008 in Y’sfirst public meeting. It has white color to 3/4 of its height atthe top, and the bottom 1/4 is filled with green color. In themiddle, a red colored symbol of the sun is embossed andencircled with a yellow line. There are 24 red colored beams

beyond and around the yellow ring signifying the sun rays. Xsaid that "white" color represents all categories of people,"green" referring to the farmers, "yellow" for happiness andthe "red sun" meaning to be working perennially. The 24

beams of sunrays conveys Y’s conviction to work round theclock.

ID X and Y.

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**11David Gilmour recently said:" In my view, all the greatest X moments are the ones where heis in full flow. No-one can replace X - he was my musical

partner and my friend." He added: "In the welter of arguments, X's enormous input was frequently forgotten. Hewas gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and

playing were vital, magical components of our most

recognized sound. Like X, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss himenormously. I have never played with anyone quite like him. "

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12.

When the Roman General Marcellus attacked Syracuse in214-212 B.C., Heiron asked his illustrious relative for help. Asthe Roman fleet was approaching, he devised a great catapultbased on his study of levers and the Syracusans were able todefend themselves well. But Marcellus regrouped his forcesand sometime later attacked from the rear and was able totake Syracuse by surprise. This time he was not even awareof the attack and was sitting quietly on the ground above the

city drawing geometrical figures in the sand. A Romansoldier approached and stepped on the figures. He jumpedexclaiming "Don't disturb my circles!" at which the soldier drew his sword and killed the 75 year old. Who?

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13

After finishing film school, X started in the industry as a screenwriter with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Productions , working on Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985) and Young Sherlock Holmes (1985). Xmade his directorial debut with the teen comedy Adventures in

Babysitting (1987). He had huge success with the popular Home

Alone (1990) and it's sequel Home Alone 2: Lost In New York . Hislater directorial work includes Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Bicentennial Man (1999), the first two Harry Potter films and Rent (2005), anadaptation of the popular Broadway musical.

In 1995, X started his own production company named 1492 Picturesin honor of his more illustrious namesake.

X?

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14.

As on Feb 2000, University of Florida had received $63million as royalty for X. X was developed by a researchteam at the University of Florida headed by Robert Cade.The marketing rights of X were sold to Stokely-VanCamp. The Quaker Oats company owned the brand. Pepsilater brought it to India after acquiring Quaker Oats. Thisbrand is named so as it was first tested on the University

of Florida football team.

What is X?

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15.

A was born on January 9, 1974, to screenwriters, ____X___ and _______Y______, in Mumbai, where he did his schooling from'Maneckji Cooper School', Vile Parle, and later joined H.R.College, for a degree in Commerce, though he left it, in the second

year. A started his career by working as an apprentice withcinematographer-director, Manmohan Singh at age 17, for filmslike Lamhe (1991); before going on to assist director, PankajParashar in film Himalayputra (1997), followed by working in a

Television production house for three years, doing various jobs. Hemade his acting debut in the film The Fakir of Venice in 2007.

Who?

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16. In 1992 X appeared on the updated New Zealand $5 note, thus becoming the only New Zealander to appear on a banknote during

his or her lifetime, in defiance of the established convention for

banknotes of using only depictions of deceased individuals, andcurrent heads of state. The Reserve Bank governor broke with

convention by requesting and receiving X's permission — along withan insistence from X to use Aoraki / Mount Cook rather than _____

_______ in the backdrop.

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17.

Green is the most common form, no 2 red types have the same effect,gold removes power permanently, white kills all plant life, black cansplit personality while the pink one makes one gay.

What am I talkin’ about?

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18.According to J. R. R. Tolkien in “ The Hobbit ” :“ If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realise that this was

only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to Old Took's great granduncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a hobbit) that hecould ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gramin the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Gol-firnbul's

head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through theair and went down a rabbit hole, and in this way the battle was won and ...”

The Romans had a version called it “Paganica”. The Chinese who claimto have invented everything useful, called it “ Ch'ui Wan” . The Frenchhad a version called “ paille maille” while the Dutch called theirs as“ Kolven ”.

What are we talking about?

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**19THE FLAG OF WHICH “NATION” ?

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**20. ____ founding president was Mohammad Ahmadullah

Siddiqi, now professor of journalism and public relations atthe Western Illinois University.

_ ___ claims to have about 400 registered members and about

20,000 supporting members known as IKHWANS. ___ _ published several magazines in various languages,including Tahreek in Hindi, Iqraa in Gujrati, Rupantar inBengali, Sedhi Madal in Tamil, Vivekam in Malayalam, andMovement in English and Shaheen Times for children inEnglish.

Group?

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21Probably the most famous member of the African tribe Bafokeng Ka

Bakwena or Tribe of the Crocodile. These pictures depict X if he hadn’tundergone the changes he did.X?

YOUTH AGE 45 (in 2003) AGE 70 (in 2028)

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22.

ID THE PRODUCTADVERTISED

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**23.

The city of _____ noted the rise of X and decided to use thecommon name to boost publicity for the town. It began X gave a2006 interview with Japanese television network TBS where henoted that, when passing through customs in Narita Airport, an

official looking at his visa noted that he was from _____. The _____ City Hall heard about the interview and the then mayor,Toshio Murakami, sent X a set of the city’s famous lacquer chopsticks, a DVD about the city and a letter wishing him the best.

X has since thanked the town for their gifts and support, saying "Ilook forward to a future marked by the continued friendship of our two great nations and a shared commitment to a better, freer world".

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24.

Delilah DiCrescenzo, 23, was third in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the2006 USATF Championships in 10:03.31. She had set a personal best of 9:59.48 in the steeple in June at the Music City Distance Classic in

Nashville. DiCrescenzo, from Chicago, attended Columbia University,where she was a three-time Heptagonals steeplechase champion. Shewas ninth in the steeple at the 2005 NCAA Championships. At theCanadian National Track & Field Championships in Ottawa on August8, DiCrescenzo won the steeple by 22 seconds in 10:16.16, though as anative of Chicago, she was not eligible for a Canadian title. She's livingin Chicago, but she competes for the Westchester (NY) Track Club. Shegot known to the world for an entirely different reason. What?

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