Wednesday, February 13, 2008

No pics ans Connects this time!!!!!SORRY

The next edition of Quiz With VIAB:

"Here it goes again":
1.'X' is the grand nephew of a freedom fighter and a former congress president. X started his career as a civil servant in the Indian Foreign Services in 1961 and was a permanant representative to the UN of India. X was awarded the Padma Shree in 1984 and he has also held the posts like chairman of National Commission for Minorities and vice-chancellor Aligarh MU. X is?


2.X was getting tired of sitting by her sister on the riverbank, and of having nothing to do; once or twice she peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pics. or conversations in it,"and what is the use" thought X "without pictures and conversations?"This is the opening passage of which book?


3.She was named after a departmental store, although she is generally considered African-American. She is biracial(White mother and black father). Who are we talking about?


4.founded the Qualified Learning Systems Inc. USA. He is an educator, a business consultant, a successful entrepreneur and a much sought after speaker but he is morew famous for his book. Who?


5.Why is "Sanjeevni" form of kabaddi called so?


6.He was a famous computer architect. He always resisted parallel solutions to high speed computing. He died in 1996 in a traffic accident while in a jeep designed by his own invention. Who?


7.Sabeer Bhatia started a venture for free video conferencing on the net. What is the name of the site?


8.Which site was name the no.1 site of 2007 by TIME magazine?


9.what is "KNOL" and Why is it "KNOL"?


10.She was taken in Z+ secutity from Mumbai to Delhi in 2008. one of the critics, when he saw this, remarked "She should have been Miss India 2008 because she looks so beautiful". Who is "she"?


Waiting for your answers!!!

Answers at quizzerboys@yahoomail.com

Till then keep smilin!bye!

ANSWERS to QUIZ WITH VIAB 1

It was great to hear from you guys after such long time!

Here are the answers for the QUIZ WITH VIAB!
1.Rock Paper Scissor Society.
2.Calvin and Hobbes.My favorite.
3.Many gave "It can't be done".I don't want that,dudes.ANSWER what I've asked.Anyway the answer is the distance between earth and sun!!!
4.Freelancing.I think nobody got this.No probs!!!
5.Chinese Checkers.
6.The Pinochhio Syndrome.Not the "Bill Clinton" syndrome.(chuckles!)
7.Braham Hill.
8.AKON.
9.Jon Arnbuckle.
10.Hari "Sadu".

Nirad-3

Swamy-5

Akshay-5

Santanu Dey-3

varun-3

Preshanth sampath-6

Nishanth Raman-6

Anubhav-3

Ashish-1

Vikram-4

Aditya S-6

Bharath-2

Nikhil Narayan-1

THANK YOU!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

HeY! ReAlLy LoNg TiMe AnD No SeE!!!!SORRY PPL...

First of all, Sorry people we've not been there for quiet some time. Congrats Rajeev on the DOUBLE CENTURY.
Now the big news, my partner-AChyuth is on a temporary leave, so he'll be replaced by another good friend of mine and an extremely good quizzer-ABhiram!!!So its gonna be VIAB for sometime!!!!ANYWAY lots of talk and no quizzing!!
These are some of the questions for the week ahead.ENJOY!

1.The RPS society, Toronto organizes which very famous game annually?

2.It was the last one of its kind. It depicted "X" and "Y" outside in frehly fallen snow, reveling in the wonder and excitement of winter scene."Its a magical world, "Y", ol' buddy...Let's go exploring". "X" exclaimed and they zoomed off.."X" and "Y" are?

3.Take a piece of single normal, ordinary variety of paper and fold it 50 times. How thick is the folded paper this time?

4.This term was coined by Sir Walter Scott in his famous novel "Ivanhoes". It is widely used in business and journalism today. What term?

5.This game originated in Germany 1893 by the name "Stem-Halma". Its previous version was known as "halma". Which game?
[Clue:"Stem"-star. newer version just had a change in the platform of the game]

6.During a lie detector test lying cause one person's blood pressure rise, the vascular tissue in the nose swells and becomes itchy. What phenomenon is described above?

7.Who is the only driver to have won the Triple Crown of Motorsport?
[CLue:Indianapolis 500, 24 hours de Lemans, F1 championship]

8.How do we better know "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara"?

9.He has poor social skills and his attempts to date women always fails. His birth date is July 28, 1951 same as that of the creator.The creator got the name from an old coffee commercial. Who are we talking about?

10.Recently an 11yr old boy _________ Bhanot sent a legal notice to "Naukri.com" claiming damages of Rs.1 Cr citing psychologocal harrassment. Fill in the blank.
Send in ur answers to quizzerboys@yahoo.com ASAP.
Till then ENJOY and keep quizzing!!
BYE