LANDMARK QUIZ 2008(PUNE)

Hi Quizzers!!!! Attended the landmark quiz held on 28th instant at Pune.The quiz was comfortably won by Mr.Rajiv Rai and team!!!A total of 40 questions & the  cut-off for the prelims was 22….Sorry for few incomplete questions!!!

Q1. The description about a logo of an institue based in Pune?

Ans:AFMC

Q2.The question was based on description of waist 22 and how is it commonly known as?

Ans:Size Zero

Q3.Fill in the blanks…..Quote from Hamlet?

Q4.In Thailand Colour generally associated with death?

Ans:Purple.

Q5.’Grand Prix’ term was 1st used in….?

Ans:Horse Racing

Q6.Aabid Surti created which character for Indrajal Comics?

Ans:Bahadur

Q7.Shram Sadhna Trust was created by whom?

Ans:Pratibha Patil

Q8.Aamir Khusrao created what?

Ans: Qawwali

Q9.Almost half of the world’s supply,which vegetable is consumed the maximum by the Asians?

Ans: Potato

Q10.Time Magazine’s list of 20th century’s 20 most influential asian?

Ans:M.S.Swaminathan.

Q11.Missed out on the question but it was abt the statue of buddha in afghanistan which was destroyed by the talibans.

Q12.Question was about Statue of Liberty?

Q13.Connect: Species of Lily in Royal Botanical Garden to a fictional school founded in AD 1000?

Ans: Hogwart

Q14.A question on parachute?

Q15.Out of the two—chewing gum and mint which has a better capacity to remove bad odour?

Ans: Chewing Gum

Q16.Description of Chopsticks

Q17.Book “Certain Philosophical Questions”  has a mention of a true friend ?Who is he?

Ans:Newton

Q18.Brand of machines called ‘JUKI’ from Japan manufactures what in 9 different sizes in India?

Ans:National Flag of India

Q19.About Baboon…missed out on this ques.

Q20.Which nobel prize medal has been inspired from 1851 physics medal?

Ans:Economics medal

Q21.On which day did Mahavira attained Nirvana?

Ans: On Diwali

Q22.Which famous personality has its photo on New Zealand coin?

Ans:Edmund Hillary

Q23.What was created by Warren Hastings?

Ans: President’s body-guard.

Q24.Quetion on House Boats?

Q25:Rutland,Interview,Sound and Neil are islands located where?

Ans:Andaman & Nicobar

Q26.Which mammal has 950 species?

Ans: Bat

Q27.Which tennis star is nick-named Djoker?

Ans: Djokovic

Q28.Goliath belong to which race?

Ans:Philistines

Q29.To lower B.P and pain during pregnancy…which drug is administered?

Ans:Viagra

Q30.Pierre Satinger Syndrome is associated to what?

Ans:Internet

Q31.Pic of inner view of Taj Mahal.

Q32.Pic of Amrita Shergill.

Q33.Pic of Boycott & Botham.

Q34.Pic of Silicon Mineral.

Q35.Pic of Nelson Mandela.

Q36.Pic of Phulkari art.

Q37.Pic of Commonwealth Games Pune.

Q38.Soundtrack of movie Live & Let Die

Q39.Connet: Song from the movie Tezaab & a pic of Johnny Gaddar.

Ans:Mukesh

Q40.Voice of Roosevelt.

Regards,

Anubhav & Vijay

Return of Mixed Masala!!!!

Hello Quizzers!!! Hope everyone is doin good!!!Posting a quiz after a looong time…..the series of Mixed Masala continues.!!!! All the best!!!

Q1.This train runs between H.Nizammudin and Kanyakumari and the name is derived from classic of couplets celebrated by Tamils.This couplets is considered to be the first work to focus on ethics among the Buddhist and Jain literature of India. Identify the train?

Ans:Thirukkural Express

Q2.Another one from the world of Indian Railways (an easy 1)………this train runs between Mumbai Central and Ahmedabad and is named after an older town that existed in the same town i.e Ahmedabad.Identify the train?

Ans:Karnavati Express

Q3.Gede is the last Indian Station,the next station is at Darshana.The train covers 416 K.M.The train then crosses Jessore,Jhanaidah,Kushtia,Natore,Sirajganj,Tangil,Gazipur and then pulls into the final destination.What am I talking about?

Ans: Kolkata-Dhaka Cantonment Maitree Express

Q4.Born on 23rd July 1973 to Vipin and Madhu,this talented music director is known to give 36 hits in a year as a music director.Now into acting,his latest movie is being directed by Satish Kaushik and is a remake of 1970s hit.Whom am i talking about?

Ans: Himesh Reshammiya

Q5.Think is the in-house journal of which business group?

Ans: Murugappa Group

 

Scores:

Gaurav Dasgupta-2

Vishal – 1

Piyush Raithatha-1

Harihara Krishnan – Well Tried!!!

Bharath-1

Cintom Kashyap-1

Hari Narayanan-2

Dipesh Mehta -1

Abhinav Sharma-3

Sriram Ventakesh-2

Haroon Siyech-4

Preshanth Sampath-2

Regards,

A&V