QUIZZER BOYS

Zzzz..................TRRRIINGGGGGG!!

2008-11-16T17:31:00.002+05:30

It has been an extremely long time since I last posted, but this is just to tell you guys that this blog hasn't died, it just hibernated for a very long time. The update about the authors are-
Me, that is the AC part of VIAC is now in IIT Madras (mind you, not Chennai) doing his B Tech in Mechanical Engg.
Vipul, the VI part of VIAC is now in NIT Surathkal, doing his B Tech in some Engg. that i don't remember (because of the endless branch slides he went through)
Harshit, who was the latest addition to VIAC, is now in BITS Pilani doing his B Tech in Civil Engg.

And all of us, still LOVE quizzing!!!!

Since none of my partners were interested in reviving the blog, I thought of doing it myself. I will talk to them after this, and pretty soon, you might be seeing a blog which will be a collaboration between 3 guys from 3 different places, or even more guys!

Stay tuned folks, we will be right back!

New Kid on the Blog!

2008-05-11T10:24:00.005+05:30

I am happy to inform, that another one of my close friends has agreed to be a quizzer boy. He is Harshit Khare (khare.jedi@gmail.com), and since both of our entrance exams are COMPLETELY over, we are down to quizzing now!
There has been a slight change in plans now. Since the no. of questions are lesser per quiz, we have decided to scrap the system of "mail your answers to quizzerboys@yahoo.com" . Instead, you can add your answers as comments, which will be hidden till we reveal the answers to the quiz. Following the BITS quiz blog pattern, the quiz is open, till its answers are revealed. So the previous quiz is still open, you can attempt it!

Today's Quiz (courtesy Harshit)

1. The Quarrymen -> Johnny and the Moon Dogs -> Long John and the __________ -> ____________ . Fill in the blanks.

2. Based upon Orkut, Google and the tick started this social network service. King Eric is their spokesperson. If you play nice in portuguese, you will get it. Funda please.

3. Under the lights,it goes from Anderson Bridge, past Fullerton Hotel, to Esplanade
Drive beside Merlion Park. It will join Raffles Avenue and then go to the front
of Marina Bay Outdoor gallery. What am i talking about?

4. While attending Brentwood School, (X) and Jesse Carmichael joined up with Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick to form Kara's Flowers, a garage/grunge band that played its first gig at the Whisky a Go Go on September 16, 1995. When Valentine joined Kara's Flowers in 2001, the band adopted the name _______ . The band played showcase gigs in New York City and Los Angeles.Identify (X).Fill the blank.

5. His father was of Hungarian-Jewish background and his mother is of Syrian-Jewish descent. He grew up in Massapequa, New York.At Monk's cafe, along with friends Costanza, Benes and Cosmo, he thought of an idea of "A show about nothing".Who is he?

Post your answers in the comments section.

AC IS BAC(K) !!!

2008-05-03T11:37:00.004+05:30

Hello to all the quizzing fanatics out there! I am back from a 3 month break from quizzing. I had taken this break because it was becoming too much for me to handle my JEE studies and school studies along with quizzing, so i left this blog to my partner (who hasn't done much, because he was busy with his studies too). but now, JEE is over, and we are back with a bang. stay tuned to the blog, as our updates will be quite frequent!
So here is my comeback quiz!!!
Answers to be mailed to quizzerboys@yahoo.com

1. Connect

2. As a child, he and Gael Monfils would practice together and spend hours trying to develop a serve like Andy Roddick. He has a cousin Charles N'Zogbia who plays midfield for Newcastle United. Who are we talking about?

3. Connect

4. This company, founded in 1812, takes its name from one of its founder's first inventions, the EVER- mechanical pencil. As a semiconductor maker, it is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders and among the Top 100 R&D Spenders in a list published by IEEE Spectrum magazine.

5. "A multi-stage heavy lift rocket built using established solid and liquid propellant technology with solid boosters doubled for increased payload capability could start a burn for insertion into a lunar trajectory and then back toward Earth for final insertion into a modified Hohmann Transfer Orbit, increasing its final Earth-to-Mars transfer velocity through a periapsis delta-v burn performed at the closest lunar and subsequent Earth approach, with the additional delta v gained on account of the potential energy from the mass of expended propellant,"
why would you answer this question?

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

2008-02-13T13:13:00.002+05:30

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

2008-02-13T13:05:00.004+05:30

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!

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

2008-02-05T19:28:00.000+05:30

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

Pre PRE-BOARD blues!!!!

2008-01-05T10:16:00.001+05:30

Hey people, again Sorry because we won't be able to update our blog before 21st of JAN. as the name of the post suggests, we are going have our preboard exams soon. So wait till 21st and we'll be back at our best!
Till then keep quizzing!!!!
bye!

Answers to QUIZ-A-THON 6

2008-01-05T10:01:00.000+05:30

Sorry people, the answers are coming so late and that too half empty (Christmas question-answes will be given by AC part of VIAC)! Actually we are school kids aspiring for IIT so couldn't take much time out. Any way here it goes-
1.GOATEE-Ali called himself Goat-"God of all things" and "ee" made it GOATEE.

2.LANCE ARMSTRONG (almost everybody got this one! SITTERS i tell you)

3.The connect is WIKIPEDIA. The founder, Britannica, etc. toughie!

4.The manager I believe best for any club with lots of ego-JOSE MOURINHO

5.DHARMAJ. Some gave Mehsana, even I gave Mehsana when I was first asked.

6.A computer program that is so necessary or desirable that it provides the core value of some larger technology.First one - VisiCalc Spreadsheet - Apple II.(Had to copy from one of the answers- didn't have much time!!!)

7.BOEING 747

8.SOCIETY for SOBER SAILORS

9.RICHARD FEYNMAN

10.FORCE INDIA. OUR REPLY TO THE WORLD OF RACING.

P.S.-The scoring will be done by AC part of VIAC.
till then its bye from VIAC!
keep quizzing!

HO HO HO!! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL QUIZ

2007-12-22T19:53:00.000+05:30

Ho ho ho reminds me of a great joke I made with my blog partner during Maths class.
Here it goes-A santa goes to a boring neighborhood, amkes it one hell of a place, now everybody is happy.But one day Santa dies off cancer. If a movie is made on this, what will be its title??
answer in the next post! Till then enjoy our special Christmas edition!!!

1. It is an archaic term meaning "hoax", or "jest". While the term was first attested in 1751 in student slang, its etymology is unknown. In several East-Indian dialects, the word is borrowed from English, and used to mean "to deceive" or "to cheat". In Australian Aboriginal English, it means "to pester or annoy." Most of us know it due to something related to Christmas. What?

2. Who is the patron saint of students and children?

3. One of the legends behind this tradition, is that children used to open their money ________ to see the amount of money they had received over Christmas. What tradition?

4. He was created by Robert L May in 1939 as part of his employment with Montgomery Ward. Character Arts, LLC manages the licensing for the ________ Company, L.P. which owns the story. Although the story and song have not passed into public domain, they have established themselves as folklore. Who and which story?

5. ______________ or olibanum (Arabic,لبٌان ,Lubban) is an aromatic resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, particularly Boswellia sacra (syn. B. carteri, B. thurifera) (Burseraceae). It is used in incense as well as in perfumes. It is tapped from the very scraggly but hardy Boswellia tree through slashing the bark and allowing the exuded resins to bleed out and harden. Though, we know it for completely different reasons. What?

6. Which company is widely believed(falsely, though) to have popularised the present day image of Santa Claus, by giving him their colours?

Send in your answers ASAP to quizzerboys@yahoo.com
Thanks and a Merry Christmas!!!! Be a good person this year!
Enjoy the day.

QATN06

2007-12-19T12:45:00.000+05:30

1. Connect.

2. Jan Ulrich, Marco Pantani, __________________, ______________, __________________, ___________________, _______________________, ________________, _______________, Oscar Pereiro, Alberto Contador. Fill in the blank(all blanks have the same name)

3. identify the funda:
Jimbo goes Hawaiian and gives female England(with a C) a run for its money.

4. His playing career consisted of a few generally unsuccessful spells at small and medium sized Portuguese clubs during the years he was studying. He joined the youth team of Belenenses, and then played for Rio Ave F.C.. He later returned to Lisbon's Belenenses. Later, he earned the nickname Tradutor (translator), when he worked with Sir Bobby Robson as his translator. Who are we talking about?

5. Name the "rich" village with NRI inhabitants which was in the news recently for pro-Modi campaigning in Gujarat.

6. What is a killer app, and which was the first one?

7. This product is considered to be the best of its kind. The first one was completed in September 1968, took 4 years and $1.5 billion to build, and the effort almost sank the company and threw the city of Seattle into depression. 7000 men worked to make it. What?

8. Tintin: Captain Haddock is the President of an organization called SSS. What does SSS stand for?

9. This person signs his paintings using the corruption of the word ‘Au Fait’ meaning ‘it’s done’. The name was suggested to him by Frank Dudley Wright. He replaced Gina Lollobrigida as the Guest of Honor at the Carnival celebrations at Rio in 1965 and is the lead singer of the band ‘The 3 quarks’ with Ralph Leighton playing the drums and Tom Rutishauser playing the guitar. Who?

10.

Simple one to end with. Identify the logo.

Send in your answers to quizzerboys@yahoo.com

VIAC

Answers to QATN05

2007-12-17T20:30:00.000+05:30

Here are the answers to QATN05-

1. Arthur Conan Doyle (toughie: no one got this one)
    Arthur- for obvious reasons
    Conan - the pic shown was Arnold Schwarzenegger playing CONAN the barbarian (Atilla the     Hun was a barbarian)
    Doyle- the player shown was Kevin Doyle, plays for Reading FC in the EPL (sorry folks, cdnt    get a better one for Doyle)

2. Water (almost everyone got this one) Dihydrogen Monoxide

3. No 2 countries with McDonald's outlets have gone to war

4. Parker

5. outside British Houses of Parliament in London

6. Yamakasi (for more information, refer to GOD, btw a semi-pure version of it was shown by Akshay Kumar in the Thums Up ad (aakhri Thums up?). another similar sport is Parkour.

7. Bill Smith, Six Sigma methodology

8. Rakesh Roshan

9. a Spork (spoon+fork)

10. to make socks for lumberjacks who were suffering from blisters due to poor woollen socks

Whoa!
we got quite a lot of answers for this one. keep it going!!

sandip mukherjee                   9
rishabh                                     8
sathyanarayanan                    8
abhiram                                    6.5
varun                                         6
vivek rao                                   5.5
anoop chandran                       5
sadeep kumar                          5
narayan swamy                       5
saurabh datar                          4
santanu dey                              4
debajyoti adhikari                    3
sukrit vijayakar                        3
nikhil lasrado                             3
anubhav chatterjee                   1.5
piyush raithata                          1
shrinidhi rai                              well tried

There will be a slight delay in QATN06, and it might be shorter, but the wait won't be too long. so, HAPPY QUIZZING!!
any feedback(+ve or -ve) is welcome at achu_182@yahoo.co.in or vipul_best247@rediffmail.com
Vipul Dassani
Achyuth Sanjay

QATN05

2007-12-01T22:53:00.000+05:30

1. It's a cryptic. The pictures in a sequence form a well known group of words. Alternate answers could be accepted, if fair enough.

2. DHMO is colourless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death. What is DHMO? (Literally a piece of cake handed on a silver spoon!!)

3. According to McDonald’s, what is the ‘Golden Arches theory of Conflict prevention’?

4. In 1931, a person George ______, invented Quink "quick drying ink" which eliminated the need for blotting and led to the development of the most widely used model of fountain pen in history (over $400 million worth of sales in its 30 year history). Manufacturing facilities were set up over the years in Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Mexico, USA and Argentina. His products were frequently selected (often as favourites of their users) for important documents such as the World War II armistices, and commemorative editions were sometimes offered. Fill in the blank.

5. Where was the first traffic light set up?

6. Often mistaken for Japanese, the word __________ is actually taken from the Lingala language, which is spoken in the two Congos. It can mean "strong body, strong spirit, strong person", though in French usage its meaning is closer to "high energy". What word.

7.Born in Brooklyn, New York, this person graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and studied at the University of Minnesota School of Management (now known as the Carlson School of Management). In 1987, after working for nearly 35 years in engineering and quality assurance, he joined Motorola, serving as vice president and senior quality assurance manager for the Land Mobile Products Sector. He spent years convincing the higher management at Motorola about something, that he is now famous for. Identify the person, and his creation (which is partly borrowed from many previous versions in this field).

8. Whose film production company is FilmKraft?

What is this?

10. Why was Jockey International Inc. set up in 1876? (Hint: its NOT for producing underwear!!)

Mail your answers to quizzerboys@yahoo.com ASAP, and please do it within a week.

Answers to QATN04

2007-12-01T22:39:00.000+05:30

Sorry for the delay folks. we ran into rough weather with the school exams. here are the answers to QATN04, with QATN05 coming shortly!

1. Woody Allen. Tom Hanks did the voice of Woody in Toy Story, the actor shown is Tim Allen, and Scarlett Johannson is supposedly the muse of Woody Allen
2. Wipro
3. 3M
4. Sivakasi
5. Spaceman Spiff or Conqueror Spiff etc.
6. Verka
7. Them Clones
8. James Blunt
9. Lux
10. Impossible Mission Force (MI, MI2, MI3 etc.)

There was only one reply for this quiz
Rishabh Kaul 7

Hope for better participation in the next one!!

QATN04

2007-11-15T10:43:00.000+05:30

1.Connect these pics.

2.Which Indian company was the first Indian company to be in the Second Life Stock Exchange?

3.Which company produces the Scotch tapes (officially)?

4.Between 1428 and 1460 AD, King Harikesari Parakkirama Pandian, then king of Tenkasi, ruled the southern region of Madurai, with his capital at Tenkasi. According to legend, he wanted to construct a temple for Lord Shiva at his palace. Therefore, he went to Kasi-Varanasi and worshiped Lord Shiva there and brought a Shivalingam from there. While returning to his palace with the prized lingam, he took rest under a grove of Vilva trees, which are favored by Shiva. The cow which carried the Shivalingam refused to move from that point which prevented the carrying of the lingam to Tenkasi. The king realized that the wishes of Lord Shiva were different from his own and placed the lingam in the place where the cow had halted.
This was history of this town.
The town is also known for its powerful printing industry and match-making industries.
It was given the nickname "Kutty Japan" ('Little Japan' in Tamil) by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Which town are we talking about?
(Hint: known for a different reason today!)

5.Calvin, a very cute, witty, boy with some serious imagination who loves Susie Derkins, thinks he is a saviour, conquerer of the galaxy.
What name has he given to himself?

6.Under what name the Punjab Govt. does sells its dairy products?

7.A band gave music for one of the ads of Yamaha Gladiator launched recently. Which Indian band?

8.Born in Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, educated at Elstree School, Woolhampton, and then Harrow School (Elmfield House). He gained an army sponsored place at Bristol University from Harrow School, finally completing his education at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was then a commissioned officer in the Life Guards regiment, a unit of the Household Cavalry of the British Army. He rose to the rank of Captain and served as an armored reconnaissance officer in the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo. He was put in charge of leading 30,000 troops into Priština as the first British officer to enter the Kosovan capital. Now he is known for completely different reasons. Who am I talking about?
(Hint: It was while on duty in Kosovo that he wrote the song "No Bravery".)

9.___________ soap was launched in India in 1929.The very first advertisement in 1929 featured Leela Chitnis as its brand ambassador. Advertisements have featured Dorothy Lamour, Joan Crawford, Cheryl Ladd, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Taylor, Demi Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Marilyn Monroe, among others. Nigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji was paid $20 million to appear as the face of this soap cover in 2004.
Which soap are we talking about?

10.________agents are sent on covert missions to tackle the dangerous world of counterterrorism, espionage and international crime.
They operate under non-official cover status, and if they are captured or killed, the U.S. government will disavow any knowledge of their actions. These agents work on a part time basis untill unless tehy are appointed some mission.
Which Agency are we talking about?

So this is the QAT 4.Enjoy!

Send in Your answers to quizzerboys@yahoo.com ASAP!

Keep Quizzing!

Answers to QATN03

2007-11-13T17:46:00.000+05:30

Here are the answers to QATN03-

1. All have elements named after them (Ernest Rutherford, Lisa Meitner, Marie Curie, Seaborg, Enrico Fermi, and Albert Einstein)

2. Enron

3. Safety Pin

4. he invented distortion (half points for fuzz-tone guitars, because he only invented the noise, not guitars with the noise)

5. Laika (first living being in space)

6. Reuters

7. Black Eyed Peas

8. O Henry

9. Thermos Flask

10. MTR

Here are the scores--
Prince Abhiram 9
Champ 7.5
Sandipan 8.5

QATN04 Coming your way................................. shortly!

ATTENTION!!

2007-11-04T20:53:00.000+05:30

THE QAT03 HAS BEEN POSTED BY MISTAKE AFTER THE ANSWERS OF QAT02.
SO PLEASE DO SOME SCROLLING AND ENJOY!!

answers to QATN02

2007-11-02T21:52:00.000+05:30

Here are the answers to QATN02

1. Boney M (the people showed are Rasputin, Malaika Arora, Ma Barker, Jesus Christ. Boney M has written songs about Rasputin, Ma Baker and Jesus Christ. They have written a song called "Malaika". the bones and M was kind of a cryptic to decode "BONEY M".

2. CV Raman. His achievement was the Nobel Prize.

3. Gulmohur, or the Royal Poincana

4. Rang De Basanti

5. Graeme Hick

6. Bonds which will mature by 2007

7. West Bengal (Writer's Building)

8. Larry Ellison on Bill Gates

9. Swami Vivekananda

10. Kellogs

The scores are as follows-

Tathagata    -      8
Rahul Jayanti   -   8
Prince Abhiram   -   6.5

There will be a slight delay in Quiz-a-Thon 3 as we are getting a little stuck up with school stuff.

P.S We won the NIE FUNDAMENTAL QUIZ 2007. Its an all-Delhi quiz with around 204 teams, and Derek as the quizmaster. However , i am not posting the questions as they were too simple.

QATN03

2007-10-28T18:36:00.000+05:30

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

2007-10-27T20:35:00.000+05:30

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

2007-10-27T20:30:00.000+05:30

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!

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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

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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!!

2007-10-21T21:03:00.000+05:30

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

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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

2007-10-20T20:39:00.000+05:30

hi!
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....

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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!!!!!!!

ENJOY

P.S.-The shady pic is just there cuz I like him and my partner hates him big time!!!!