QC#54

Happy to say that Quizz Congoz turned 1 year old on this Dec 25th. 
Thanking all quizzers for the support and requesting you to continue it.... :)

Identify this list and fill in the blank

1996- McDowell
1997- Gold Flake 
2002- Tata 
2005-09 - Tamil Nadu Government. 
2009 - present = __________


Aircel Chennai Open

QC# 53

This app was criticized for many of its wrong markings like marking an entire city as a hospital, a nursery as an airport and the 3D view of Brooklyn Bridge appeared collapsed. The Victoria police, Australia advised travelers not to use this app to get directions to  a village named Mildura, where it was marked towards a national park where there is no water supply and the temperature reaches almost 46 degrees in summer...
Which is this app ???


Apple maps

QC# 52

This controversial picture was established as a part of campaign by which company to develop a culture against hate among people.

Benetton

QC# 51

Whose first post on twitter ?

Pope Benedict XVI

QC# 50

The below shown poster is of the new film X by Quentin Tarantino which got inspiration from a 1966 film Y starring Franco Nero. Y is in the list of the most violent films ever made.

Identify X and the director of Y....

X - Django Unchained

Y - Sergi Corbucci

QC# 49

Identify these footballers.
Where can you find this statue ?

Champions Statue in Barking road near Upton park.

These are West ham's players who were part of 1966 world cup winning English team, Bobby Moore, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst and Everton's Ray Wilson

QC# 48

The author of this book is unknown. But the only clue about him is that he is a current English Premier League player who is known to have played for two premier league clubs. He usually writes articles in The Guardian titled ___________________.

Fill in the blank.

The Secret Footballer

QC# 47

Identify this controversial art work which was once shortlisted for Turner prize.
Also identify the artist.

The physical Impossibility of Death int the Mind of Someone Living by Damien Hirst

QC# 46

1. "This is the greatest advertisement for our sport. It makes me proud to be a part of it. We often don’t get the respect we deserve in tennis for the athletic demands it places on players, but this should push that respect way up." 

These are the words of John McEnroe on a special incident. What is that ?

2. Identify this Indian footballer who became the first Asian to score a hat trick in Olympics

3. Who is this former Indian football coach, one of the controversial coach?

Answers:
1. The marthon tennis match between John Isner and Nicholas Mahut in 2010 Wimbledon first round which was the longest ever tennis match lasted 11 hours 5 minutes over the course of 3 days

2. Neville d'Souza

3. Stephen Constantine

QC# 45

Identify the lesser known Indian Footballer who gave India their first Asian games Gold medal in football.

Sahu Mewalal

QC# 44

Which Indian scientist is the author of this book ?

Jagadish Chandra Bose

QC# 43

Atari's Pong created history by becoming the first successful commercial video game which was released on Nov29, 1972. Who was the master brain behind this project ?

Steve Jobs

Play Pong here

arcade Courtsey : http://www.classicgamesarcade.com/game/21599/pong-arcade-game.html

QC# 42

The device on the left shares its name with the band from New Delhi shown on the right.
Give the name....

Guillotine

QC# 41

This is the rest place of a father - sun duo.
Identify them / give the name of this monument

Kumsusan Palaceof the sun, Pyongyang

The official residence of North Korea's head of state until President Kim Il-sung's death. It has since been transformed into a mausoleum for the deceased ruler and his son, Kim Jong-il.

QC # 40

This building was in news recently. Why ?

Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur

Naomi Campbell celebrated birthday of her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin here

Just like releasing after 12 years serving life imprisonment

The Andhra Pradesh high court on Thursday struck down the life ban imposed on former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) 12 years ago. It was on Dec 5, 2000, that the BCCI banned Azhar from playing cricket for life after being found guilty of match-fixing. Azhar, one of India's successful captains, played 99 Tests scoring over 6,215 runs during his career. He also played 334 One-Day Internationals scoring 9,378 runs in his 15-year international career.
The BCCI lifted the ban on Azharuddin in 2006 and even honoured him along with other Indian Test captains in a ceremony in Mumbai during the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. The ICC, however, claimed that it alone had the right to revoke the ban despite playing no role in handing out the original ban.


Courtesy : Hindustan times, wikipedia

QC#39

Identify the stadium....

Eidi Stadium, Faroe Island where the national team play their matches

Lakshya School Quiz

QC#38

Id the company from the logo....

Jones Lang LaSalle

QC#37

From A to B recently...
What ?

 A

B

Ans :: Pantaloons

Veronica Vivens 2012

Here is a quiz for school students upto STD 10.....
Centres.: Kozhikode, Ernakulam,Thrissur,Trivandrum
Total prizes worth Rs.1 lakh

Rajagiri Inflore

The biggest prize money Biz quiz in Kerala is back.

This year they have come up with a lot of ways to qualify for the finals

QM: Rohit Nair

For more :Rajagiri Inflore National Business Quiz

QC#36

1. In 2002 FIFA World Cup, Argentinian squad's list was returned back by FIFA as the list didn't have a player with no.10 jersey. They gave numbers 1 to 24 for their 23 men squad. FIFA president Sepp Blatter then proposed to give the number to X. But finally the number was given to Y.
Id X & Y ?

2. Which legendary goal keeper was named "Black Panther" ?

3. The South American tour of Budapest Honved FC in 1957 marked a major turn in the club's fate after which they were declared invalid. This caused a major transfer in the European transfer market that took a team to its "goalden" age. What are we talking about ?

4.The no.3 jersey is currently not given to any A C Milan player in honor of their legendary defender Paolo Maldini. But he agreed to revoke this if something happens. What is it ?

5. Keith Peacock was the first to ________?


Answers ::
1. X - Batistuta, Y -  Ariel Ortega
2. Eusebio
3.  Ferenc Puskás was signed for Real Madrid
4. If one of his son want to play that jersy.
5. substitute ever to be used in football league.

QC#35

This happens rarely in a football match where the participating team goes to the ground wearing suits.
Id the situation, teams and why they wore this ?

Liverpool was drawn to wear the away kit in the F.A. Cup Final 1996.  Some people with superstitious mind said that it's an unlucky draw of kit as Liverpool was also defeated to Manchester United in F.A. Cup Final 1977 with the away kit worn then. That is why the white Armani suits were worn prior to the match.

Sports quiz @ Malappuram

QC#34

1. Engineers Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stan Mazor are associated with which invention ?


2. This term was first used by Edward Cave, on the analogy of a military storehouse of varied              material, originally derived from Arabic makazin "storehouses". Id the word ?







3. In 1826, French scientist Joseph Niepce took this photo which was the world's first    photograph. It was taken at his family house through a window which captures the view of a courtyard and outside buildings. What was the name given to this photo ?

4. The album "Smash song hits" was the first album to introduce what ??

5. This term means the consumption of all or part of another individual by an individual of same species. Korowai is one of the tribe which still believes in this by eating human flesh. Identify the term ???????

Answers
1. World's first Microprocessor
2. Magazine
3. Veiw from Window at Le Gras
4. First album to introduce a cover
5. Cannibalism

QC#33

This is world's first X-ray...

Whose hand's X-ray is this ????

ANS : Roentgent's Wife's hand

QC#32

Name the invention and the inventors???

The inventors are the prime name is this field

World's first motorcycle by Daimler

QC#31

Quiz 4 U

1. Which seven-a-side ball game is played in a swimming pool ?


2. Which strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand?


3. Which New Zealand golfer won the 2000 Australian Masters in Melbourne?


4. What name is given to the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals to make lifelike models?


5. The name of which Roman god means ‘shining father'in Latin ?

Answers
1. Water polo
2. Cook strait
3. Michael Campbell
4. Taxicermy
5. Jupiter

SIB Lions quiz Review

SIB Lions quiz was conducted in 6 centers in Kerala.

The prelims consist of 40 questions, 30 minutes.

I am posting some of them which i remembers....

1. Who is the founder of Lions club ?

2. When was South Indian Bank started?

3. Whos is a South paw?

4. Paulo Coelho belongs to which country?

5. Who won the inaugral Hockey World cup ?

6. Who wrote the book "runs and ruins" ?

7. Which sportman is the father of the twins, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva ?

8. Who is the lyrisict of films Nakashatangal, Vaishali, Madanotsavam etc ?

9. Whose philosophical statement is Cogito ergo sum ?

10. In whic US sate is Harvard university situated?

11. Garuda is the official airlines of which country ?

12. Allium cepa is commonly known as _____?

13. Jenny Shipley,Helen Clark were th PMs of which country ?

14. Which place is known as "Scotland of east" ?

15. Which day is celebrated as national Mathematics day ?

16. Sardar Vallabhai Patel airport is in which Indian city ?

17. Which country's flag has Menorah in it? 

18. Where can you find Zam Zam well ?

19. Which PM of India was also known as Raja Bahadur of Manda ?

Two new quizzes coming up......

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QC#31

One of the rarest incidents....

What has been blanked out ?

Luxor Massacre : Eygpt

Killing of 62 people, mostly tourists, that took place on 17 November 1997, at Deir el-Bahri. Deir el-Bahri is a tourist attraction of Egypt acrosss river Nile from Luxor.
The Egyptian Islamist organization Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya is said to be bhind the attack to devastate the Eygyptian economy and lead the country to a major crisis.


Deir el-Bahri is famous for the mortuary temples which houses the mummies of  Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh dynasty,18th-dynasty female pharaoh Hatshepsut and Amenhotep I.
The temple of Hatshepsut is more spectacular and is known by the name Djeser-
Djeseru.

Djeser-Djeseru

With the tourists trapped inside the temple, the killing went on systematically for 45 minutes and killed 62 people from various countries. The police and military tried to capture them in a shootout but they fled into the hills and all their bodies were found dead in a cave excpet one who was injured in the shootout. They might have committed suicide.

QC#31, Do you know him ???

The ______________massacre was a shooting attack in October 1985 on Israeli vacationers in ____________, a beach resort area in the Sinai peninsula, in which seven Israelis were killed. Egyptian authorities countered that the Israelis bled to death "because this crazy soldier refused to let anyone near the area that some of the victims lay".The gunman killed one of the Egyptian policeman who tried to arrest him.


Fill in the blank and name the crazy gunman in whose memory Iran issued a stamp...

QC#30

The lady in the center was a world champion in free stand gymnastics. Her husband(divorced) was a great USSR football player and 2 time Ukranian parliamentarian. 

Id the lady and her husband?

Lady is Irina Deriguina and her famous husband was Oleh Blokin, the legendary USSR footballer and current Ukranian national coach

EURO 2012

EURO fever is back

The 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA and will be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine.Qualification was contested by 51 nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil. 

Final will be held on July 1 in Lympic Stadium, Kiev. The logo of EURO 2012 takes its visual identity from Wycinanki or Vytynanky, traditional form of paper cutting practised in rural areas of Poland and Ukraine. The art form symbolises the nature of the rural areas of both countries.

Slavek and Slavko 

The official mascots of EURO 2012. These twins and represent Polish and Ukrainian footballers in national colours and was designed by Warner Bros.

The official Euro 2012 song is "Endless Summer" by the German singer Oceana.The official Polish song for the tournament is "Koko Euro Spoko" by the folk band Jarzebina.

TANGO

Official match ball from ADIDAS

GROUPS

FIXTURE

The Illustrated Man

" The Illustrated Man " dies at the age of 91

Ray Bradbury

Of all the American science fiction writers, there was a time when Ray Bradbury was the most prized.

He was an enduring author of  fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mysteries. 

He was born on Aug 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois.

He died at the age of 91, on Jun5,2012 which was the Venus Transit Day.

The Washington Post hallmarked several modern day technologies that Bradbury had envisioned much earlier in his writing, such as the idea of banking ATMs and earbuds and Bluetooth headsets from Fahrenheit 451, and the concepts of artificial intelligence within I Sing the Body Electric.

As influenced by George Bernard Shaw and William Shakespeare as he was by Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Bradbury was an expert of the taut tale, the last-sentence twist. 

Some of his famous works are

Fahrenheit 451 (1953).

 It was named so to represent the temperature at which paper ignites.

 The Martian Chronicles (1950)- collection of science fiction stories

The Illustrated Man (1951)

Amazing Facts

Solar Impulse

Flight Report: Madrid - Rabat

TAKE-OFF TIME: 05:22 (UTC+2) 05.06.12

LANDING TIME:  23:30 (UTC+1) 05.06.12

FLIGHT DURATION: 19 H 8 MIN

AVERAGE GROUND SPEED: 51,8 KM/H

HIGHEST ALTITUDE REACHED: 8’229 M (27’000 FT)

FLIGHT DISTANCE: 830 KM

Bertrand Piccard inside HB-SIA

HB-SIA landed in Morocco’s Rabat-Salé international airport at 23:30 (UTC+1) after 19 hours of flight becoming the first solar powered flight to trvel between two continents.
The Solar Impulse team was thus completing a leg of the 2012 "Crossing the Frontiers" Mission.The main reason tovchoose Morocco as its destination is to flyover the Strait of Gibraltar which is a challenge.
Talking of Strait of Gibraltar, it connects Atlantic ocean to Meditteranean sea and separates Spain from Morroco (Africa) and the narrowest portion separating Europe and Africa is just 7.7 Nautical miles of sea.
The flight took off from Madrid airport and after a successful 9hour 18 min journey, it landed in Rabbath airport, the capital of Morocco.
The mission was led by pilot and project founder,Bertrand Piccard whom UNEP nominated for 2012  Champions of the Earth Laureate Award.

Landing  video of HB-SIA in Rabat

For more :  http://solarimpulse.com/