THE OPEN QUIZ 2.0Presents

Tack On Quiz Club

THE OPEN QUIZ 2.0Prelims

Twenty QuestionsOne minute for each question

No negatives

*Questions - Tie Breakers

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Fictional Company (Comic & Cinema) Dr. Rajit Ratha is an executive at this company

Norman Osborn - The Founder and CEO

Clues

Answer

Oscorp

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He is Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916–2010)

In 1957, he was recognized as a “Hibakusha” by Japanese

Govt.

Although there are many people identified as

Hibakusha

On March 24, 2009, the Japanese government officially recognized him as a “Double

Hibakusha”

What is Hibakusha & Double Hibakusha

Answer

Hibakusha - Atom Bomb SurvivorDouble Hibakusha - Survivor Of Both The Bombs

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Reserve Bank Of India

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Although India gained its independence “at the stroke of midnight of 15th August 1947”. Many people, including top Congress leaders and Constituent Assembly started their

celebrations at the evening of 14th August.

Excitement can be one reason behind it😛

But what was the main reason ?

According to many pandits and spiritual leaders 15th was inauspicious for India to start with

Answer

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Maggie

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This is a news website dedicated to the eight Hindi speaking states of Bihar,

Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,

Uttarakhand and Haryana.

This is a Joint venture between Network 18 & “X” ?

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ETV Network / Eenadu

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A politician who has chosen not to seek re-election, is ineligible to run for office again or has

lost an election but is still in office until the election winner takes control of the office is

known as ?

Clue

Similar to a term in cricket(least performed batsman)

Answer

Lame Duck Politician

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Explain the funda behind 10 : 9 or 10:10

This is to highlight the brand image or logo usually placed in the upper part, in ads

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Whose Portrait on a hillside at Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Genghis Khan

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Lavapura, was founded by Prince Lava the son of Sita and Rama

Ptolemy, the celebrated 2nd-century Egyptian astronomer and geographer, mentions in his Geographia a city called Labokla situated on the route between

the Indus River and Pataliputra mostly, in a tract of country called Kashmir

Which City is being discussed here?

Lahore

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DELP , An initiative by Ministry Of Power under UJALA Scheme

Expand DELP & UJALA*

Domestic Efficient Lighting ProgrammeUnnat Jyothi by Affordable LEDs for All

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Since his childhood, Moothedath Panjan Ramachandran had washed his own clothes but was dissatisfied with fabric whiteners results. One day got a chemical industry journal that talked about “purple-colored dyes helping

textile makers get the most brilliant shades of white.” The phrase ignited an idea. Ramachandran experimented in his kitchen for a year–boiling, diluting

and testing–until he was pleased with the results.

What did he create(brand) and what is the name of the company* he established

Ujala & Jyothi Laboratories

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World Wide WebWorld’s first website

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He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. he

completed his high school from Sharadashram Vidya Mandir, Mumbai, followed by a Bachelor in Commerce with Honours

from M.L. Dahanukar College, Mumbai. He received a Bachelor in Law degree from the New Law College.He was All India 11th rank holder in CA exam.He is working on his

Ph.D. in Climate Change from Frei University Berlin and Public Finance from Mumbai University.

Whose Profile

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu

Answer

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What does this company do & Who owns* it ?

VR Devices & Facebook

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When Tamil Nadu’s former Chief Minster K. Kamaraj saw a boy near the town of Cheranmahadevi herding livestock he asked him,

“What are you doing with these cows? Why didn’t you go to school?”

His simple response sparked a series of events which gave rise to a movement in India starting in the 1960s in Tamil Nadu

What did it give raise to ?

Mid Day Meal Scheme

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2011 - Godrej & Boyce shuts down its __________ manufacturing plant, the last in the world

FITB

Typewriter

Answer

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A _ _ _ _ _ corporation is a company which serves as a vehicle for business transactions without itself having any significant assets or operations. Some _ _ _ _ _ companies may have had operations, but those may have shrunk due to unfavourable market conditions or company mismanagement. A _ _ _ _ _ corporation may also arise when a company's operations have been wound up, for example following a takeover, but the “_ _ _ _ _” of the original company continues to exist

Shell Corporations

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Chandi Prasad Bhatt is an Indian Gandhian environmentalist and social activist, who founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh (DGSS) in Gopeshwar in 1964, which later became a

mother-organization to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ started in the early 18th century in the state Rajasthan

The term originally used by Bhatt was the word "angalwaltha" in the Garhwali language for "embrace", which later was adapted to the Hindi word, _ _ _ _ _ _, which means to stick

Chipkoo Movement

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Panama Papers

Clue

Mossack Fonseca

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THE OPEN QUIZ 2.0Finals

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Site Of ?or

Claim to fame of the site

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Shockley Semiconductors Laboratory

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break the clues !

3  Clues    To  *ind  the  term/movement

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Unto This Last is an essay and book on economy by John Ruskin, first published in December 1860 in the monthly journal Cornhill Magazine

in four articles. Ruskin says himself that these articles were "very violently criticized”.

The title is a quotation from the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard.

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Unto This Last had a very important impact on Gandhi's philosophy. Gandhi decided immediately not only to change his own life according to Ruskin's teaching, but also to publish his own

newspaper, Indian Opinion, from a farm where everybody would get the same salary, without distinction of function, race or nationality, which for that time, was quite revolutionary. Thus Gandhi created

Phoenix Settlement

Gandhi translated Unto This Last into Gujarati in 1908 under the title of X

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Gandhi came to use the term “X” for the ideal of his own political philosophy

His followers (notably, Vinoba Bhave, Jaya Prakash Narayan, Dada Dharmadhikari etc.,) continued working to promote the kind of

society that he envisioned, and their efforts have come to be known as the “X” Movement

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Sarvodaya  Movement

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Julius Nyerere₹ One Crore

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Gandhi Peace Prize

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Popular Russian myth claims _______________ as the Father Of Russian Vodka

The myth was further fueled in an ad campaign by a premium Russian vodka brand “Russian Standard”

The campaign claims that, ”In 1894, _________________, the greatest scientist in all Russia, received the decree to set the Imperial quality standard for Russian vodka and the 'Russian Standard'

was born”

A crater _________ on the Moon, as well as element number 101 on the Periodic Table, are named after him

Identify the person and his famous work

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Dmitri Mendeleev

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•He is considered the father of Indian planning•Authored this book in 1934, which later inspired national leaders to setup the planning commission and lead the country with planned economy

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Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

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18 February 3102 BCE

Claim to fame of this date/Importance of this date

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First Date Of Kali Yuga

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Companies Born Out Of Garage

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“Keynote” & “Letters” are the books authored by which famous Indian Business person

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JRD Tata

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The company was established by Mohamed Hasham  in 1945. He was a leading rice merchant and commission agent in Bombay. When Jinnah set up the planning committee of the Muslim League in September 1944, he invited

Hasham to be a part of it. But Hasham denied to join the League

Jinnah reportedly sought out Hasham once again when he was forming the first cabinet in Pakistan to serve as his Industrial minister. But Hasham rejected the

offer and decided to stay on in India and nurture his oil business.”

Which company did Hasham nurture ?

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WIPRO

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These were the copper coins issued by SherShahSuri.Gold & silver coins issued by him were known as Mohurs and

Rupayya respectivelyWhat were copper coins known as, and these coins are the

source of which English phrase?

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Dammidi / Dam

I Don’t Give A Damn !

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The initial approach was to create tiny spheres which were half white and half black, and which, depending on electric charge, would rotate such that the white or the black sides would be visible on the display. Joseph Jacobson’s team had trouble creating these spheres, and during their experiments, they accidentally created some all-white spheres.

They experimented with charging and encapsulating those all-white particles in microcapsules mixed in with a dark dye. The result was a

system of microcapsules which could be applied to a surface and then could be charged independently to create black and white images

What technology is being discussed here?

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E-Ink technology for E-book readers like kindle, nook etc.,

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Vic Flick

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James Bond’s Theme Music

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World War II - Inventions

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CIA

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Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England,

offered his customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest the

door or taking none at all.

This led to a English phrase, in other word which means “Take it, or leave it”

This phrase has recently become famous due to the shift of capital of Andhra

Pradesh from Hyderabad to Amaravati, where the employs are left with

“………………………….”

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Hobson’s Choice

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PechaKucha (Japanese:chit-chat) is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format, which keeps

presentations concise and fast-paced, powers multiple-speaker events called PechaKucha Nights. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the

images. In “India” this was recently introduced at an event held during March 17 & 18 2016.

Which event?

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India Today Conclave

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Rock's law or “……” second law, named for Arthur Rock or …… ….. , says that the cost

of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years.

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Gordon Moore / Moore’s Second Law

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Tata Communications

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He has had a strong academic record - all-India second rank holder Chartered Accountant and second rank holder in Law in Mumbai University. He has participated in Leadership Programs at

Yale University (2011), Oxford University (2012) and Princeton University (2013) and is currently pursuing the Owner / President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard Business

School. He did his schooling from Don Bosco High School, Matunga.

He’s also a well-known investment banker, he has advised top corporates on management strategy and growth; also served on the Board of India’s largest commercial bank, State Bank of

India and Bank of Baroda

Whose Profile

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Piyush Goel

Which airways has sacked Men members from its crew, to save fuel costs

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GoAir

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Thats All Folks !