Xquizzite Quiz

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Xquizzite Quiz

• Alex Varghese
• February 15/16, 2005
• Peccavi

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Business Round

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Question 1

• Being deeply in debt, on the advice of a stamp
  collector 12 commemorative stamps were issued to
  balance the books. The proceeds were used to
  complete the last 4 tasks. What?
• 1896 Olympics

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Question 2

• 10.22.38 Astoria
• Significance?
• The first message to be Xeroxed

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Question 3

• This idea was developed in 1956 when the
  researcher Vic Mills had to baby sit his
  granddaughter. He assigned a group to the task
  and in 1961 was born ?
• Pampers

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Question 4

• If DINKS stands for Double Income No Kids, What
  does DINS stand for?
• Double Income, No sex

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Question 5

• He took leave of absence from Harvard to study
  Polarised light. He stands second to Edison in
  the number of Patents filed. His company?
• Polaroid, Edwin Herbertland

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Question 6

• Why were French customers confused when Colgate
  launched a toothpaste named Cue?
• Cue is French for butt

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Question 7

• Which airlines in-flight magazine is called
  Hot-Air?
• Virgin Atlantic

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Question 8

• In 1959, Fidel Castro gathered his victorious
  rebels for a conference. He asked, "Who here is
  an Economist?"
• XXX thought Castro asked, "Who here is a
  Communist?", and so he put his hand up. XXX was
  thus promptly appointed President of the Bank of
  Cuba.
• Identify XXX.
• Che Guevara

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General Round

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Question 1

• The Nobel Peace Prize for the year 1948 was not
  awarded to anyone. On November 18, 1948 a
  statement was made about the awards not being
  given because there was no suitable living
  candidate. Why?
• In honour of Gandhiji

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Question 2

• The myth goes like this many centuries ago, the
  King Kumarpala and his queen were stopped by a
  templepriest from enterig the temple because the
  queen was waering a ......saree which was 'second
  hand' and hence impure.
• The king argued that the was bought first
  hand from a merchant who had visited his palace.
  The priest countered that the had changed many
  hands, since it was not woven in his kingdom. The
  only place the saree could have originated was in
  Jalanda, an obsure hamlet in Maharashtra.
• Overnight the king got all the saree weavers
  from Jalanda to settle in Patan and alloted them
  five lanes (Sheeris) outside the city limits.
  Around 800 families were resettled there, all
  bearing the surname, Salvi.
• Today this is the only place where the sarees
  are woven is in ...... Sheeri, as the colony is
  known. Which?
• Patola

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Question 3

• Such a river of life as exists nowhere else in
  the world.
• This is Rudyard Kipling in the novel Kim.
  Identify the river?
• Grand Trunk Road

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Question 4

• Who are the Tifosi?
• Ferarri fans

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Question 5

• Who said this
• In the history of the world there have been
  thousands of kings and emperors who called
  themselves 'Their Highnesses', 'Their Majesties'
  and 'Their Exalted Majesties' and so on. They
  shone for a brief moment, and as quickly
  disappeared. But ______ shines and shines
  brightly like a bright star, even unto this day.
• H.G. Wells about Ashoka

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Question 6

• Hot Dog Syndrome.
• Please explain.
• Women finding men eating in public places
  sexually attractive. John Travolta in Saturday
  Night Fever

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Question 7

• Shahjahan built two magnificent things. One the
  Taj Mahal and the other was twice as much
  expensive. What was it?
• Peacock throne

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Question 8

• What is the Battle of Somme famous for in
  Military History?
• The first use of tanks

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Take Your Pick

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Take your pick

• Freedom fighters
• Automobiles
• Internet
• Christianity
• Indian Military
• Hinduism
• Business History
• Islam

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Freedom Fighters

• Who were called the Head, Heart and Hands of
  Gandhi?
• C. Rajagopalachari, Nehru and Patel

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Vintage Cars

• Cars produced before 1919 are not called as
  Vintage cars, but as ...
• Veteran
• Finer classification before 1904 Veteran
  Between 1904 to 1919 Edwardian

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Chatting on the Net

• What is Godwin's law?
• As an online discussion goes longer the
  probability of comparison to Nazis and Hitler
  rises to one.

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Christian History

• Variously said to have been 5 or 8 eight
  namboothiri families, they are the first converts
  to Christianity in India in AD 52, and were given
  privileges such as the right to own land, walk
  under an umbrella etc.
• How do we know this group as?
• Malankara Orthodox Christians

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Indian Military

• Eva Yuonne Linda Maday-de-Moros was born to a
  Hungarian Father and Russian mother. What was her
  contribution to Indian military?
• She designed the Param Vir Chakra

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Hindu Mythology

• When going to Kashi, Adi Shankaracharya came upon
  an untouchable, his wife and 4 dogs.
• When asked to move aside by Sankara's
  disciples, the untouchable asked "Do you wish
  that I move my soul, the atman and ever lasting,
  or this body made of clay?"
• Seeing the untouchable as none other than Siva,
  Sankara prostrated before him, composing five
  slokas. Name this composition
• Manisha Panchakam

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Business History

• Why was the HP5060A, a cesium bearing standard
  equipment, become famous as the flying clock?
• It was used to calibrate clocks across the
  worlds observatories/standards labs.

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Islam

• These members of the Shiite clergy are allowed to
  wear the black turban.
• What is unique about them, also called as the
  Ashraf?
• Descendants of Muhammad

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Nain Sukh

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Name this
Tweel
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Famous book. Which and why?
Gutenberg Bible First book to be block printed
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What?
Gettysburg Address
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Inspired ?
Mandrake. This is Leon Mandrake.
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Nelson signalling what?
England expects that every man will do his duty
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Who?
Rabindranath Tagore
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Which place?
Crematoria at Aushwitz
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Explain
Horse from Francesco Baraccas plane. Yellow
because it is the colour of Modena