QC# 59

What is the subject of this cover ?

Vietnam War

QC# 58

Who are they ?

Menachem Begin, 6th PM of Isreal with Anwar Sadat, former Egyptian president. This cover was a result of the Camp David accords 

QC# 57

Identify him who was instrumental in the making of a legend....

Ramakanth Acharekar

QC# 56

Whose statue is this ?

Ho chi Minh

QC# 55

1       This is a private business school established in 1908 and is now located on the banks of river Charles, Boston. Some of the famous alumnus include George W Bush, P Chidambaram, Rahul Bajaj, Rajat Gupta etc. Identify this institution….
2       Pratheeksha ,Akshaya ,Pournami ,Bhagyanidhi ,Dhanasree are the list of _________________.
3       (*) You can find these on either side of the tail of something which started its operation on 29 April 2005 which is most remembered for an incident on 22 May 2010 at Managalore.
Thrissur Pooram, Pushkar Fair
 Konark sun temple, Taj Mahal
 India Gate, Gateway of India
  Dal Lake, Thar Desert
 Kathakali, Bharatanatyam .
Identify it….
4.       Whose tweets are published under the name @pontifex ?
5.       Former alumni of IIT Kharagpur and employee of TATA steel. Joined Indian Revenue Service in 1992 and later turned into politics and social works. Got Ramon Magsaysay award for Emergent leadership in 2006. Helped in the foundation of “Parivartan” a movement to help people on issues related to income tax, ration etc.
Identify this famous Indian personality
6.       BSNL provides services all over India except Mumbai and New Delhi. Instead who provides services there ?
7.       (*) This term originated from George Orwell’s famous novel Nineteen Eighty four. This is used as the title of a reality show which was first broadcasted in Veronica channel in Netherlands. Later various adaptations of this was aired in different countries. This show gained attention in India due to racist remarks towards an Indian celebrity. Which is this show ?
8.       In the Bretton Woods conference which was conducted on May 1944, agreements were signed for the setting up of two international organizations which are commonly known by the name Bretton Wood Sisters. If one of them is IMF, name the other one…
9.       Which multinational company’s official magazine is named “THINK” ?
THINK is also a trade mark of this company as they used this word along with their so many products….
10   Joseph Woodland who died on 9^th Dec 2012 along with Bernard Silver invented __________
Woodland once said "I just extended the dots and dashes downwards and made narrow lines and wide lines out of them."
11   Identify the advertisement 

12   Which American MNC designed the 6 reactors in Fukushima nuclear power plant which underwent serious destruction in 2011 leading to radiation emission?
13   The Imperial Bank which in turn became the State Bank of India was formed by the merger of 3 presidency banks namely Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and _________________.
14   (*) “The Moguls of Real Estate” is the biography of which Indian born construction tycoon who is always referred as the Phantom of Bombay House and is the richest Parsi in 2012 according to Forbes ?
15   Why they were in news recently ? Name the firm associated with them which was involved in the controversy.

16   "I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. I was afraid of going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools. Only 11 students attended the class out of 27. The number decreased because of Taliban's edict."
This is a diary entry from a person who was short listed for Time person of the year in 2012…Whose words ?
17   The resignation of the sitting MP on June 26 lead to the by-poll in Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in Murshidabad on October 2012. Who was that sitting MP/ why did he resign ?
18 (*) Don Bradman, Brian Lara, Bill Ponsford, Wally Hammond, WG Grace, Graeme Hick, Mike Hussey , ________________
Who is the 8^th person in this list and the 1^st Indian to achieve that feat ?
19.   _________ is an Italian word which means “every other year” and it is used to describe any event that occurs every two years. This word conquered news some days ago in India.
20.   Which recently released Hollywood film was awarded two National Tourism awards by Ministry of Tourism because of its impact in promoting India as a tourist destination especially Munnar and Puducherry. “Richard Parker”, one of the main characters is of Bengali descent and also has other connections with India.
21.   (*) Dennis Papin, a French Physicist invented “Steam Digesteur” after his intense studies about steam. This was the first model of something that is found in every house. How do this invention better known to us ?
22.   This newly discovered Etheostoma genus fish is named after a Nobel laureate. Name him 

23.   “Still, I dare to submit my imperfect work for my readers to judge. Perhaps some of you will find my bursts of word-fire too long, others may regard them too brief and broken.” What matters is if my words hit the target.”
These are the starting lines of whose auto biography?
24.   ___________  is a marketing term for the Monday after Black Friday which was invented by shop.org. This was created to persuade people to shop online and the recent trends showed that is it one of the biggest online shopping day of the year.
25.   This phrase is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with a district of Seoul. It entered the Collins dictionary as word of the year for the month of November and it also entered Guinness World records. Identify the phrase.



Answers.....

Greycells challenge Prelims from QuizzCongoz

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