QATN03

1. Connect the people in the picture (apart from the fact that they all are scientists)

2. Fortune's Most Innovative Company from 1996 to 2001. Which company?

3. The origin of this object dates back to the Mycenaeans during the 14th century B.C. (Late Mycenaean III era). They are known as fibulae (singular fibula) and were used in the same manner as these are used now. In fact, the very first fibulae of the 14th and 13th centuries B.C. looked remarkably like them. The origin of the fibulae is detailed in Chr. Blinkenberg's 1926 book Fibules grecques et orientales. The modern version was invented in July 1849 by American inventor Walter Hunt. The rights to the invention were sold for $400. What are we talking about?

4. What distinction does Paul Burlison of "The Rock n Roll Trio" hold in music history? (Hint: usual jam session, 1956)

5. He was originally named Kudrayvka, but later given the name ______, which literally means "Barker". The true cause of her death was not made public until decades after the event that made her famous. Who?



6. Whose tagline "Know.Now."?



7. Originally native to Africa, but widely grown in many countries in Asia, the ___________ was introduced into the West Indies and from there to the Southern United States, where it is still a widely used ingredient in soul food and Southern U.S. cuisine. The planting of crops of _____________ was promoted by George Washington Carver both because, as a legume, it adds nitrogen to the soil and for its nutritional value. they are an excellent source of calcium (211mg in a 1 cup serving), folate (209mcg), and vitamin A (1,305 IU) among other nutrients. Fill the blank. (Hint:music)

8.William Sydney Porter wrote under the pen name of_________. ________ stories are famous for their surprise endings. Porter graduated from his aunt Evalina Maria Porter's elementary school in 1876. He then enrolled at the Lindsey Street High School. His aunt continued to tutor him until he was 15. In 1879, he started working as a bookkeeper in his uncle's drugstore and in 1881, at the age of nineteen, he was licensed as a pharmacist. At the drugstore, he also showed off his natural artistic talents by sketching the townsfolk.
Fill in the blank.

9.The _______________ was invented by physicist and chemist Sir James Dewar in 1892. The name of the product changed (same name as the company) when a German company started producing it for the masses in 1904. Give the product.

10. A simple one if you have been to bangalore.
This company began in Bangalore founded as a restaurant by Parampalli Yajnanarayana Maiya and his brothers in the year 1924. It is said that these guys (the company) invented the famous "Rava Idli". It was headed by Sadanand Maiya (son of the Yajnanarayana Maiya) until it was sold to Orkla, a Norwegian company for $80 Million in March 2007.
Name the company.

Answer the questions within a week.
Till then, keep quizzing and answering!

ViAc

QUIZ-A-THON QATN02

Q1. Connect (there's a clue hidden in the pics)



Q2. After acquiring his MA degree in 1907, this person joined the Indian Finance Department as Assistant Accountant General in Calcutta. One day while returning from work, he saw a board for IACS, which he started visiting after office hours. this helped him achieve something. name the person and his achievement.



Q3.The tree is named after Phillipe de Longviliers de Poincy who is credited for introducing the plant to the Americas. In West Bengal and Bangladesh, it is called the Krishnachura. Which tree are we talking about?



Q4.Tata ELXSI received the 2007 Star Screen Award for Best Special Effects. For which movie?



Q5. Which player played for the Zimbabwean Cricket Team in the 1983 World Cup, but played for the England Team in the 1992, 1996, and the 1999 World Cups?



Q6. In Wall Street slang, what are James Bonds?



Q7. Which state government( of India) has its secretariat building named after the juniormost officers of the East India Company?



Q8. Who on whom – ‘If he was a plumber, he would control all the water in the world and force anyone who wants a drop of the precious liquid to cut a deal with him’.



Q9. The road outside the Chicago Art Institute in Chicago was originally called Michigan Avenue. Now it has been renamed after an Indian. Who?



Q10. Tony the Tiger and Cornelius the Rooster are mascots of which brand?



Mail your answers to quizzerboys@yahoo.com



P.S. Since we only have Prince answering the questions, till we don't have more participants, we won't be starting the scoring!!

ANSWERS TO QATN01

Here are the answers to Quiz-a-Thon Set 01

1. the connect is ORACLE. the pics are of Apollo (oracle of delphi), ruins of delphi, David Duffield (co-founder of PEOPLESOFT, which was acquired by ORACLE in January 2005. the building is Oracle's office

2. A Roopdarshak was one who examined the silver coins (Roop is sanskrit for silver)

3. Spa

4. Dissolvable Aspirin

5. Fido (mascot of 7-up)

slight change in rules!

we have decided that posting the answers in the comments section would be unfair to people who are a little late in seeing the posts. so we have decided that the answers would have to be mailed to our email id-

quizzerboys@yahoo.com

so looking forward to your quick replies!!

Quiz-A-Thon Set 1 - QAT01

1. A sitter to start with. Connect the 4 pictures.



2. In the Maurya dynasty, what did a Roopdarshak do for a living.



3. In the 18th century, wealthy visitors thoroughly enjoyed the mineral springs and baths in a village in South East Belgium near the German Border. What was the village called?



4. How does the popular pharmaceutical brand Disprin get its name?



5. He is a cartoon character created by Joanna Ferone and Sue Rose, first developed on a napkin in a restaurant in 1985. The character did not receive much popularity until early 1990s on various stationery products. He reappeared in 2000 and is now used on products, way different from stationery products. Who am I talking about?





Hope to see quick answers!!!

Let the Quiz-A-Thon begin!!

i guess i will be giving out the answers for QNO01.



1. Nirvana. the pics were Buddha, Lithium(a song by Nirvana) and the cover of their debut album Nevermind





2. Black Box. quoting Wikipedia (our God!)-


"Black box is a technical term for a device or system or object when it is viewed primarily in terms of its input and output characteristics. Almost anything might occasionally be referred to as a black box: a transistor, an algorithm, humans, the Internet.
The opposite of a black box is a system where the inner components or logic are available for inspection (such as a free software/open source program) which is sometimes known as a white box, a glass box, or a clear box. Points of view such as interactive computation may see the concept of a black box as a useful fiction."





3. Rotary Lathe used in plywood manufacturing.





4. Sultan Azlan Shah





5. Starbucks. Starbuck was the first mate on the Pequod








We got a lot of answers for the first quiz, so i think we will be starting a scoring system soon. The system will be as follows-


1. Answers to be entered in the comments section.


2. First correct answer for a question will be awarded 1 point.


3. If u get all questions correct first, then you will be getting 5 bonus points as well.


4. You can attempt more than once. The last answer given by you will be counted.





I hope everythings clear and set. So lets start the Quiz-a-Thon!

first quiz QNO01

1) Connect.

2) This is a term, that is used to describe an object, the working of which is not understood by the engineers or workers, but it is known that if you input X, you will get an output Y. It is also an object found in the cockpit of airplanes, and more often than not, its appearance contradicts its name. What term?

3) Which product, extensively used nowadays, did Immanuel Nobel, father of Alfred Nobel, invent?

4) He was born on April 19, 1928 in Perak in Malaysia. He went to read law at the University of Nottingham where he was conferred the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1953 and was admitted to the English Bar by the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn on 23rd November 1954. He later became the youngest ever Lord President of Federal Court of Malaysia in 1982. Amongst other organizations, he is also the Royal Patron of the Royal Perak Golf Club. Who are we talking about?

5) Which brand is named after a character from Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick?

the second half of VIAC Productions

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i am achyuth, and am into quizzing for a very long time! i have been an avid trivia quizzer for the last year and a half. being alphabetically higher placed than my partner, i will be posting this blog's first question. once we pick up speed and have quite a few quizzers visiting our blog, we will try and keep scores. till then, its just for the joy of quizzing! here goes....

This site is for those interested in Quizzes, Connect questions, Puzzles, Riddles, Jokes (by jokes I mean real poor ones!) We will try to post as many questions, as soon as possible and links as well. Hope this blog spreads fast! Keep smilin and solving those questions!!!!!!!

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