QC#20

Fill the blanked portion

China

Abhi and Sidhu answered it

IIT Madras OQ

IIT Madras Open Quiz is back!
Its happening on 8th January 2012, 1.30 PM onwards at the Students Activity Center (SAC) IIT Madras.
Be there! Witness the cerebral warfare.
Prizes of about 1 Lakh rupees
For more details check: https://www.facebook.com/iitmopenquiz
 teams of 3 and no prior registration required

History of Internet

Week # 2 Social Media: Histories of the Internet

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Stupid Trivia

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Sci-Tech Quiz

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Mood Indigo

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QC# 19

Name him and reason for his fame which led him to an award recently.....

Mohammad Bouazizi whose suicide was the root cause for uprisings in Arab world which led to Arab Spring

Sidhu cracked it

QC#18

A video question...

Name the duck that appears in the screen.
Also name the channel in which it first appeared...


It is Daddles The Duck which appeared in Channel 9 first.


Sreejith again the lone cracker

QC#17

—It was founded by Sam Lessin and an Indian in August 2007. It is an online file sharing service which was acquired by Facebook. Who is that Indian ?

Darshan Somasekhar

Correct crack by Abhi and Sidhu

Sean Parker : A Genious

Sean Parker

Founder of Napster, Plaxo, Causes and Airtime

Founding president of Facebook

Started Napster while he was 15. It was a free file sharing service for music. It was shut down due to oppositions from Recording Industry Association of America and bands like Metallica. It served as a precursor to iTunes.

Plaxo was launched in 2002 as an online address book social networking service that integrated with Microsoft Outlook.

In 2004, he joined Facebook as its founding president. He developed the clean user interface and photo sharing in Facebook. In 2005 he was forced to resign because of some police problems. Police while raiding his vacation home found cocaine there.

In 2006 he became the managing partner at The Founders Fund, which was focused on investing in budding companies. It was a San Francisco based capital fund founded by Peter Theil (PayPal founder).

In 2011, Sean together with Napster co-founder Shawn Fanning founded Airtime.

Parker is the founder of Causes, an organization that uses social media to connect with charities and needy people.

In 2011 he featured on the cover of Forbes 400 and appeared in Vanity Fair.

Justin Timberlake played the role of Sean Parker in the Oscar winning film The Social Network.

IITM Open Quiz

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If not then why are you waiting....
Go and Crack it....
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QC#16

Connect >>>>>>>>>
Clue: Charity

Connect is "Giving Pledge", an agreement between these three which agrees to donate to charity, at least half of their earnings...........

Happy Christmas

QC#15

—A sporting competition bringing together the members of the British Empire was first proposed by the Reverend Astley Cooper in 1891 when he wrote an article in The Times suggesting a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years as a means of increasing the goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire". This is the initiation of what?

Common Wealth Games
Sidhu, Ajith, Prashath and Abhi cracked it

QC#14

1,2,3,7,11,19,43,67,163


What is the speciality of these numbers


These are Heegner numbers


Abhi got it

Lakshya Quiz

Open to scoll students from class VII to XII

Date: 13th of January ,2012.

Venue: Chavara Cmi Public School, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala.

On the spot registration allowed but registration through lakshyaquiz@gmail.com preferred.

Prelims will start at around 10:30 am and registration around 9:00 am.

Prizes worth Rs. 10,000.

More details contact:  lakshyaquiz@gmail.com.

Renju :94009153539

QC#13

An easy one.......

" Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man " said by the legendary writer Ravindranath Tagore about one of the finest structure in The World Heritage Sites list. It is alsko known as Black Pagoda. It was built by King Narasimhadeo in 13th century. Identify it ????


It is the famous Sun temple, Konark.


Abhi, Sreejith and Deepak G Anil got it right

Footballer of the Year

AIFF Footballer of the Year

Sunil Chetri has been declared as the Player of the Year (2011) by All India Football Federation (AIFF).

It is for his excellent performance in the Indian team with 13 goals in 17 international appearances including the 7 goals in SAFF cup 2011 where he was declared as the MVP, Man of the Match in all 5 games India played and top scorer. 

He started his club career with Mohun Bagan in 2002 and then played for JCT, East Bengal, Dempo, Kansas city Wizards (USA), United Sports club. He is now playing for his old club Mohun Bagan.

QC#12

Current Affairs

1.  The 9^th ASEAN-India summit was held in_______________ 
2. Asia – Pacific Economic Summit 2011 was held in__________
3. According to the human development index prepared by the planning commission of India what is the rank of Kerala______________
4. Who was recently elected as the secretary general of the commonwealth ?
5. Where was the 6^th G20 summit held recently ? 
6. Who was awarded the 20^th Saraswati Samman ?
7. World Asthma day is on______________
8. National consumers day is observed every year on the day_____________________
9. Indira Gandhi Peace prize was awarded to X for her contribution in the field of women empowerment. Identify X ?
10. "Lucknow boy": a memoir is a book written by_________________
11. Name the winners of Stockholm Open Doubles title ?
12. Who was recently appointed as the Indian table tennis coach ?
13. Name the Indian American who was recently re-elected as the governor of Louisiana ?
14. Who won the title of Miss World 2011 ?
15. Who was recently elected as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ? 

Thanks to Savio Tom for his contribution.......




Answers

1. 1)      Bali in Indonesia
   2)      Honolulu in Hawai
   3)      First
   4)      Kamalesh Sharma
   5)      Cannes in France
   6)      S L Bhairappa – Kannada author for his epic novel – Mandra
   7)      December 11
   8)      December 24
   9)      Ela Bhatt
   10)   Vinod Mehta
   11)   Rohan Bopanna of India and Aisum – ul – Haq - Qureshi of Pakistan
   12)   Leszek Kucharaski
   13)   Bobby Jindal
   14)   Ivian Sarcos of Venezuala
   15)   Nabam Tuki
   
   

QC#11

____________ is facing a legal ban and the prospect of being branded as an "extreme" literature across Russia. This matter is receiving highest attention now with the government of India yielding to vociferous protests RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav,  signed off the campaign with cheers of "Jai Sri Krishna" sounding much like the battle cry " Jai Sri Rama" in the 90's. Fill in the blank and name movement which started with the second listed slogan ?????


Bhagavad Geetha is the answer.
Jai Sri Ram is the battle cry of Ayodhya regaining by Sangh Parivar


Divyajyoti, Ajith , Sathya, Sreejith got it right

Microsoft : A Look

Microsoft : A Look

In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed the partnership called Microsoft which later turned to be the world’s biggest business enterprise.

MS DOS

MS DOS stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System.

Developed with the help of Steve Balmer.

It was developed when IBM approached Microsoft about a project code named “Chess”

Windows 1.0

Launched on Nov 20,1985.

Code name : Interface Manager

It enabled the use of mouse for clicks rather than writing codes.

Windows 2.0

Launched on Dec 9, 1987

Desktop icons and Control panel first appeared.

Designed for Intel 286 processor

Windows 3.0

Launched on May 22, 1990

Included gamws like Solitaire, Hearts and Minesweeper.

Windows NT

Launched on July 27, 1993

“Windows NT represents nothing less than a fundamental change in the way that companies can address their business computing requirements”, Bill Gates said this about NT during itas launch.

The group that developed Windows NT was originally called the “Portable Systems” team.

Windows 95

Launched on August 24, 1995

Released with the phrase “ It’s here”.

TV commercials featured the Rolling Stones singing “ Start Me Up” over the picture of the new Start button.

Start menu, taskbar, minimize, maximize and close buttons appeared for the first time. It also provides built-in internet support, dial up networking etc.

First version of Internet Explorer was also released.

Windows 98, Windows 2000 & Windows Me

Win 98 was launched on June 25, 1998

It is described as the OS that “Works Better, Plays Better”

Quick launch bar was launched in this edition.

Win 98 is the last version based on MS-DOS.

Windows Me was the last based on Win 95 code base.

Windows XP

Released on Oct 25, 2001

It is compiled from 45 million lines of code.

Windows Vista

Relkeased in 2006 with the stongest ever security system.

More than 1.5 million devices are compatible with Vista at launch.

Windows 7

Released on Oct 2009.

Still waiting for more and more from MICROSOFT…….

QC#10

Id the computer against which Kasparov played. Name its manufacturer .

Its the Deep Blue from IBM

Answered by Leo, Sreejith and Sidhu

QC#9

Connect >>>>>>>>>>

All these are books based on Titanic (survival of such a tragedy)
Cracked by Sreejith, Sidhu, Divyajyoti Paul and Alen

QC#8

The X was one of several designs submitted to replace the Baker rifle.The X was a large caliber (.704) muzzle-loading percussion rifle manufactured for the British Army at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield in the early 19th century. The X had a two groove barrel designed to accept a "belted" round ball. Like all rifles of the period, the X suffered from the problem of being difficult to load.The rifle takes its name from the German state of X. Find X 

Brunswick Rifle

Good crack by Jis, Deepak, Deepak Anil and Vishesh Balani

QC#7

Name the lady and Why is she in news now....

She is Mariah Yeater, the 20 year old lady who is alleging that the famous Canadian pop singer Justin Beiber is the father of her child. 


No one got her name correctly. But i will give points to Vishnu and Sidhu for giving reason

Mega-whats 2011 Answer key

Answer key of Mega-whats 2011

You can download the answer key of Mega-whats 2011, the open quiz of KQA from here....

Download

QC#6

Put funda...

Why this poster in new style and id the poster

This is the "Why this kolaveri di" version of Killbill ....
Killbill is a Quentin Tarantino film. 

Sidhu , Deepak & Vasudev answered  the first part. But Sreejith answered both correct

Providentia

Providentia

Venue : Mar Ivanios College, Tvm

Date : Jan 7 ,2012

Rules:
Maximum 2 per team.

Cross teams & lone wolf allowed.

20 % of questions will be from business, economy, commerce & related subjects.

6 teams will qualify for the finals after the written preliminary round.

All candidates require a valid ID card of their respective educational institutes or authorization letter from the head of the institution.

Link: Providentia

QC#5

Identify the advertiser

Durex 

It is a trademarked name for range of condoms. Durex stands for "Durability, Reliability and Excellence". It was founded by Stephen O'Kennedy in London in 1915.
 Durex condoms was the runner-up of the most sales of condoms in the United States, with Trojan condoms being no. 1. 

QC#4

Connect these...pretty easy on

Android is the connection...
1. Australian rock band "The Androids" whose most famous work is " Do it with Madonna"
2. 1982 Film "Android" by Aaron Lipstadt. It is a film about a scientist working on an illegal android program in his lab on a space station in Earth's orbit.
3. George Lucas, who coined the term "Droid" for the original Star Wars film which means a robot.


Sreejith got it right

QC#3

Identify her and why is she in news now ?

This is British singer and songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins who became the first female singer to be named top artist having top album,"21" & score the top single "Rolling in the deep" all in one year according to the famous Billboard survey.

Rolling in the Deep video

Answered by Abhi, Prathamesh and Sidhu

LOQ 1 Results

Results of LOQ 1

Aneesh H 5/0*
Dev - 3 pts/1*

Abhi 2/2*
Jacob - 2/1*

Dkm - 2/0*

Aneesh - 2/0*

Sreejith - 1/0*


I know the quiz was pretty tough....Then also good work, guys...
Hoping for better performance in later shows...
These quizzers will be rated and points will be displayed on right side of blog.
Rating will be your marks + stars.

Mega whats

Mega - whats 2011

The all India open quiz competition of KQA is on Dec 11,2011.
A team of four can participate.
Section of school, college and open.
Centers across various parts of India.
Kerala Centers : Mar Ivanios college, Tvm and GEC, Thrissur
For more, visit :Mega whats

Viru storm in Indore

Congratz Virender Sehwag for his record breaking performance 219(149) at Holkar Stadium in Indore against WI.

Madhya Pradesh, now the state of Double hundreds. Sachin took the first at Captain Roop singh stadium, Gwalior.

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Whats happening here ???? (1 pt)

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox 360 video-game machine, shown here mounted in large demonstration units, drawing visitors at the Tokyo Game Show. Xbox 360 is competing with Sony's Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii

    

Answered by Abhi

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Movie guess (1 pt)

This is the famous 2009 film Fast and Furious directed by Justin Lin.
The first Fast and Furious film was released in 1939. The next one in this series, Fast Six will release in 2013.
The thing that we see on the hood of this car is TURBOCHARGER


Cracked by Abhi and Dev

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Googly (1 pt)
By what name Google call its new employees ?

Google can't call its new employees anything other than "NOOGLERS"

Its another lone crack from Sidhu

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Circiut plz>>>>(1 pt)

I thought every one will answer this. But result is disappointment...
This is the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, the colourful and one of the most superb F1 track.
It was designed by Herman Tilke, who is also the designer of our prestigious Buddh circuit.


Cracked by Aneesh H

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Out of Earth(1 pt)

This space probe from NASA  was designed to study the composition of the comet interior of 9P/Tempel, by releasing an impactor into the comet. Name  it >>>>

Deep Impact

Launched on Jan 12, 2005 in Delta II 7925 from Cape Canaveral in Califrnia.

Ball aerospace and NASA's own Jet Propulsion Laboratory is behind this project.

 Cracked by Sreejith and Aneesh H

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Lit Bits (2 pts)

 ‘The time is post-independence India. For 18 months or so the novel tracks four families linked through the city of Calcutta, the province of Purva Pradesh and  Delhi drawn by the heroine’s mother looking for a suitable boy.’The pagework  of this novel is considered to be the longest. 

Name it + author.

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth

Ajith got this 2 pointer

Live Online Quiz [LOQ] 1

Controversy(1 pt)

The Dongria Kondh, whose plight has been compared to the fictional Na’vi in Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, won an historic victory against X last year. The country’s Environment Ministry blocked X’s multimillion-dollar bid to create an open-pit bauxite mine on the Dongria’s sacred mountain.

Its the controversial VEDANTA.


Answered by Aneesh H and Sidhu