SIRUSERI WEEKLY QUIZ

QM : BIBIN BABU5th January 2017

Rules

•25 questions

•Infinite pounce and bounce format.

•+15 and -10 during written mode

•No partial pounce

•+10 and no negatives during oral ode

•QM’s decision is final

Welcome to the first quiz of 2017

LET’S START

1)Why these 3 spots inside TCS Siruseri campus got special attention from a group of people before 6 months for a certain period of time? 1.

And theAnswer is…

Pokestops inside TCS Siruseri Campus

2)Abdul Latif was an underworld figure in Gujarat and an alleged associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He was based in Ahmedabad and was also politically well connected.He used to wait on tables in gambling dens where he started serving liquor as a teenager. He became a small-time bootlegger and eventually monopolised the illegal liquor business in Gujarat. Latif was wanted for over 40 cases of murder and a similar number of kidnappings and was a suspect in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

Why he is in news recent days?

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And theAnswer is…

The upcoming Bollywood film Raees is said to be based on Latif's life

3)This stamps pays tribute to what?

And theAnswer is…

Dr. Livingstone, I presume

Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone

4)Whom they are portraying?

And theAnswer is…

Bob Dylan

5)Nalambalam (Four Temples) is a set of four Hindu temples in Kerala.

Thriprayar Temple, Thrissur

KoodalmanikyamTemple, Irinjalakuda

Moozhikkulam Temple, Ernakulam

Payammal Temple, Thrissur

Who all are the deities in these temples?(3 more sets such of temples are there in Kerala. These 4 are the most famous)

And theAnswer is…

Rama, Bharatha, Lakshmana and Shatrughna

6)Put Funda!

And theAnswer is…

•X is based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton

•It is the second series based on Crichton’s original story after the 1980s Beyond X, which aired only three episodes on CBS before being cancelled.

•Jonathan Nolan serves as executive producer of X along with Lisa Joy, Jerry Weintraub, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, and directed the pilot.

•The first episode premiered on October 2, 2016 and went on to break the record set by Game of Thrones.

7)Identify X

And theAnswer is…

8)Eriovixia __________, is a species of spider in the familyAraneidae. The animal belongs to the genus Eriovixia. It wasdiscovered in 2016 in the Indian state of Karnataka by JavedAhmed, Rajashree Khalap and Sumukha Javagal.

For obvious reasons this spider is named after someone who’sthe original owner something.

Who and what’s he owned?

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And theAnswer is…

Eriovixia gryffindori named after fictional wizard GodricGryffindor who’s the original owner of Sorting Hat from Harry Potter series

St. Louis, USAAntwerp, BelgiumLos Angeles, USAMelbourne, AustraliaMunich, GermanyMontreal, CanadaBarcelona, SpainAtlanta, USA_______,______________,_______

9)Complete the list

And theAnswer is…

Sydney, AustraliaRio de Janeiro, Brazil

Non-capitals that have hosted summer olympics

10)Identify the person

Clue: This is not Heath Ledger

And theAnswer is…

Emraan Hashmi

11)Name the only Indian cricketer currently you can find in this non-exhaustive list and explain the obvious connection

And theAnswer is…

Karun Nair

Cricketers currently have endorsements deals with Gray-Nicolls

12)It’s commonly believed that the reason they are on the Coat of Arms is because they are two animals that are unable to walk backwards, signifying their aspiration and intent as a nation to always move forwards.

Name the two animals and the country

And theAnswer is…

Australian Coat of ArmsEmu and Kangaroo

13)Certain content providers are nervous about piracy, in particular people capturing content off-air and relaying it over the internet or showing the content in a public place like a bar or cafe without permission.

What teqnique are they using to counter this?

And theAnswer is…

Codes appearing on TV Channels

14)Name the bookClue1:The name is three word term which become iconic over the last six years, and first of that something become a sensation in the show businessClue2: Title is fitting considering the weather conditions of the author’s homeland

And theAnswer is…

15)Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean lying south of Java, Indonesia. A national park covers most of the 135-sq-km island, offering rainforest hikes to wetlands and waterfalls like Hugh's Dale.

At the beginning of the wet season (usually October / November)the authority and the people of the island become more vigilantto safeguard one of the wonders of the natural world.Some roads will be closed and drivers will be extra cautious, local park rangers work hard to ensure the safety of something that brought this island world wide fame.

What?

And theAnswer is…

Red Crab Migration

16)Identify X

•In Norse Mythology, X were believed to be the reflections of theshields of the Valkyries racing across the sky on their way to theirresting place, Valhalla.

•In South Europe people see X as an omen of war and bloodshedto come.

•Scandinavians believed the X was the reflection of huge schoolsof herring in the sea.

•The Swedes used to believe a winter with much northern X gavegood crops the next year.

•Some Eskimos in Canada believed the X were the gods ofharvest and hunting, and therefore took extra care not to offendthe X.

And theAnswer is…

Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis

17)What does Banglore got to do with Saving Private Ryan?

And theAnswer is…

Bangalore torpedo

18)HeisenbergTokyoCaribbeanHunterAviatorRunning in the stormThe ScreamGothicDallasMononoke

Explain the list which is trending over the last few months. (Not exhaustive)

And theAnswer is…

Prisma effects

19)Identify X?

•X was born on 13 June 1909 into an aristocratic upper-casteBrahmin family.•During his college days, he was deeply associated with theIndian National Congress and the Indian independencemovement.•In 1934, he was one of the founders of Congress Socialist Party,a socialist wing within the Indian National Congress,and elected as it’s All India Joint Secretary from 1934 to 1940.•In 1957, he made history by becoming the first _________leader in India to head a popularly elected government.•He was well known for his stammer. When asked if he alwaysstammered, he would reply, "No, only when I speak”.

And theAnswer is…

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad or simply EMS

20)Identify X

X, is Shree Bhagavathy in the form of an adolescent girl child.As an adolescent girl she had immense devotion towardsLord Shiva and the Lord decided to marry her.When sage Narada realized that only a virgin girl could kill Bana,a deadly demon, he interrupted the marriage by tricking Shiva byassuming the form of a rooster.

It is said that in X's anger over Shiva not arriving that shescattered all the food items that had been assembled for thewedding. The small pebbles, resembling sand, and the multi-coloured sands found on the shore in southern India areattributed to the above incident.

And theAnswer is…

Devi Knayakumari

21)Identify the company?

And theAnswer is…

22)Identify the superhero who’s punching down Tony Stark

And theAnswer is…

1)Manchester of South India2)Silicon Valley of India3)City of Seven Islands4)Automobile Capital of India5)Queen of Arabian Sea

23)Identify the nicknamed Indian cities

And theAnswer is…

Manchester of South India - CoimbatoreSilicon Valley of India - BengaluruCity of Seven Islands - MumbaiAutomobile Capital of India - ChennaiQueen of Arabian Sea – Cochin (Kochi)

1.)“PAU, NAY, LORON will be more of fire than of the blood,To swim in praise,the great one to flee to the confluence.He will refuse entry to the Piuses,The depraved ones and the Durance will keep them imprisoned.”

2.)“The blood of the just will be demanded of ______,Burnt by the fire in the year 66″“The blood of the just will commit a fault at ______,burnt through lighting of twenty threes the six:The ancient lady will fall from her high place,several of the same sect will be killed.”

24)Decipher these 2 Nostrdamus predictions

And theAnswer is…

1.)Rise Of Napoleon 2.) The Great Fire of London

25)Whose hand and whose words?

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

And theAnswer is…

Stan Wawrinka and Samuel Beckett