qui9 open prelims 2014

28 Sept 2014Qui9 Grand Annual Quiz Season 3

Prelims

• 30 questions

• Each carries 1 marks.

• No negative markings.

• 9 teams moving on to the finals.

• Incase of a tie star marked questions will

be counted.


The slokas taken

from which epic...?


CONNECT


Pran Characters


Name of this infamous Roman emperor,literally means “Little Soldier’s Boot” &

he earned this name from his father's

soldiers while accompanying him during

his campaigns in Germania. He loved his favored horse ‘Incitatus’ so much

that it was said he planned to make

Incitatus a consul, Though before

implementation he died just at the age

of 28.

Just Identify…. 28 Sept 2014Qui9 Grand Annual Quiz Season 3

Caligula


Gandhi's close friend Henry Polak cites

Gandhi's Prison time (1907-1914) in South

African jail, where he was classified as a

"negro" and thus he required X to

differentiate him with others. However

Gandhi, in a letter to Kaka Kalelkar,

described in detail about X’s actual

origin being Kashmir.

Identify X….


Gandhi cap


Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit, – For

which historic reason

these two sisters are in

the headline?28 Sept 2014Qui9 Grand Annual Quiz Season 3

The first women going to be hanged

in India


80% Water + 17% Butane

Gas + 1% Surfactant +

2% Vegetable Oil = ?


Vanishing Spray.


• Legends claims that when Nawab Asaf-ud-

daulah found his kingdom in the grip of famine, he

initiated a food-for-work programme, employing

thousands. Large cauldrons were filled with rice,

meat, vegetables and spices and sealed to make a

simple, slowly cooked one-dish meal that was

available to workers day and night. Then, one day,

the Nawab caught a whiff of the aromas

emanating from the cauldron and thus the Dum

pukht Biriyani was invented.

• Which famous construction was build by this

initiative of Nawab?


Bara Imambara


The second person to walk

on the moon, was Edwin

Buzz Aldine. According to

him, what did he become first to do at moon?


First Man (to Pee) on the

Moon


• At birth, he was named Ramachandra. He earned

his name because of an unfortunate incident.

Before he was born, his parents had three sons

and a daughter, with all three boys dying in their

infancy. Fearing a curse that targeted male

children, young Ramachandra was brought up as a

girl for the first few years of his life, including

having his nose pierced and being made to wear a

nose-ring. After his younger brother was born,

they switched to treating him as a boy.

• Identify him…


Nathuram Godse


CONNECT

India in 2011 cricket WC

KKR in IPL 2014

GERMANY in 2014 football WC

(Besides they are the champs of the

tournament...)


Mike Horn As Mentor


Specification Of?

Material – Aluminium and CFRP

(Composite Fibre Reinforced Plastic)

sandwich construction.

Power – 3 Solar Panels (Maximum 840

Watts)

Battery – 36 Ah. Li-ion Battery.Cost per K.M. – Rs 6.67/-


Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)


Cover of which book?


In 1964, Louis Cesare Lasagna wrote the

Modernized version of

what that is widely

accepted over the world?


Whose Ad ?


Central Tea board

of India


• Legend says that Angry Shiva killed X

because X tried to trouble young

Markandeya's prayer, who was great

devotee of Shiva. But Lord Siva

brought X back to life at the request

of the gods, under the condition that

the devout youth would live forever.

• Identify X....


Yama


The captains in the British navy

coming back from sea used to put

a pineapple on the gateposts of

their home. This tradition inspired

the pineapple design which adorns

the top of the lid of a trophy.

Which Trophy?


Wimbledon Men’s Singles


Mohammad Tahir , who served under a

governor of Jessore was a Brahmin Hindu

family who converted to Islam; his actions

resulted in the additional conversion of two

Brahmins brothers. As a result, orthodox

Hindu society shunned him, his brothers' &

Hindu relatives (even who had not

converted), and the descendants of these

Hindu relatives became known as the

_________


Pirali Brahmins


Identify

the

Lady…..


Zohra Sehgal


A lifelong supporter of Chelsea Football Club,

this person served as a director of the club

from 1969–1982 and between 1993 and 2008

held the honorary position of Life Vice

President. On 30 November 2008 he was

honoured with the title of Life President at

the club's stadium. He was also the founding

member of The Gandhi Foundation in 1983 &

Satyajit Ray Foundation in 1994.

Identify…


Richard Attenborough


Identify the dance form..


Sattriya


An organization uses an algorithm

named ‘Pagerank’ which was

developed by Rajeev Motwani and

Terry Winograd and 2 others.

Stanford university holds the patent

of this algorithm.

Which organization am I talking

about?


Taken from Which album?


Which Film?


Macbeth


qui9 open prelims 2014

Education