the awesome quiz night prelims

By:Tarun RuchandaniPrashanth Kanduri

Rules for the Quiz:

•20 questions for the written prelims•7 star marked questions from 14-20 used

in case of a tie.•Best team name would earn an awesome

goodie•Best 6 teams shall make it to The Finals.•Amusing answers shall be applauded (but

mind you… not rewarded!)•Googlers shall be disqualified.•Quizmaster is God !

1. Fill in the blank:

Kofi AnnanJimmy CarterShirin EbadiWangari Muta MaathaiMohamed ElBaradeiMuhammad YunusAl GoreMartti Ahtisaari_______Liu Xiaobo

2. What is the last name of John Ronald Reuel?

3. What's common between these guys -

Eric Schmidt - Google CeoJames E.Rogers - Duke Energy CorporationLarry Page & Sergey Brin - Founders Of GoogleRichard D.Fair Bank - Ceo Of Capital One FinanceSteve Jobs - Ceo Of AppleTerry Semel - Ceo Of YahooVikram Pundit - Ceo Of Citibank

4. This organisation claims to offer the 'The Best Job in the World'. The interest in this has been so great that roughly 160,000 people flocked to the website that advertised this position causing an overnight crash. What organisation am I talking about?

5. Identify the building and tell us its claim to fame.

6. Connect the following images:

7. What do the following comments refer to?

"I'm pretty speechless. I don't think it's quite sunk in. It's probably the best innings I've ever played since I started playing. It just came off. I got a little bit of luck and I just kept going and kept attacking. It was our day," "I just chanced my arm and said I'm going to be as positive as I can and I got a few away and didn't look back really," "He doesn't have the facilities of a county but he is working hard on his game at home. The Dublin club player worked out the situation of the game brilliantly on Wednesday, he knew what was needed."

8. On 24th feb, eight companies including Agarwal Packers, Vedanta Foundation, Good Housekeeping, Relaxo and Parado Security came calling and interviewed 46 candidates. Fourteen were given job offers while the rest hope to make the cut in the next couple of days. Now, the campus boasts 100% placement. What campus are we talking about?

9. The Dept. of Information Technology (DIT) standard for the keyboard usage of this symbol came out on August 31st, 2010 and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) approved it on Jan 31st, 2011. As per Wipro's proposal, for activating the symbol, one has to press the '4' key along with right 'alt'. What are we talking about?

10. Identify the logo.

11. Within 24 hours of its release, this title established a new record for largest ever entertainment launch with 7 million copies, 5.6 million in the U.S. and 1.4 million in the UK.By December 22, its worldwide revenue exceeded $1 billion.What are we talking about?

12. Identify the singer.

13. For what development is the telecommunications company Tegic known for?

14*. Put Funda (two words):

i. 9 February 1945, Norwayii. 12 March 1993, Mumbaiiii. The eve of the 4th Thursday of November

15*. Batman: Gotham, Superman: Metropolis, Green Lantern: ? .

16*. What is the aibohphobia?

17*. Who made this famous tweet?

"Free speech has a number : http://88.80.13.160" 

18*. Where in the world would you find the following?

19*. Complete the list:

Michael KeatonVal KilmerGeorge Clooney______

20*. The International Day of Awesomeness is a celebration of awesomeness, to be celebrated today i.e. 10th March. Why was this day chosen? True story. 

Audience Question.

• X was an American businessman who started the Y lingerie retail store. X, opened the first Y store at the Stanford Shopping Center after feeling embarrassed trying to purchase lingerie for his wife in an awkward, public department store environment. To open the store, he took a $40,000 bank loan and borrowed $40,000 from relatives. X sold the Y company, with its six stores and 42-page catalogue, grossing $6 million per year, to Leslie Wexner, creator of The Limited, for $4 million. In 1984, X started My Child's Destiny, a retail store for children which went bankrupt in 1986.On August 26, 1993, X committed suicide by leaping off the Golden Gate Bridge. He was 46.

X=Roy RaymondY=Victoria’s Secret

ID X and Y• The ads were created by Ogilvy & Mather, an

agency that handles Y's advertisements and the films were shot by Bangalore based Nirvana Films in Cape Town, South Africa.

• X is the nickname of George Bailey's daughter from the movie It's A Wonderful Life.

• Y received the first People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) 2009 Glitterbox Award, for their humane X ads.

ZooZoo.

Answers

1. Fill in the blank:

Kofi AnnanJimmy CarterShirin EbadiWangari Muta MaathaiMohamed ElBaradeiMuhammad YunusAl GoreMartti Ahtisaari_______Liu Xiaobo

Barrack Obama,Nobel Peace Prize Winners list

2. What is the last name of John Ronald Reuel?

Tolkien

3. What's common between these guys -

Eric Schmidt - Google CeoJames E.Rogers - Duke Energy CorporationLarry Page & Sergey Brin - Founders Of GoogleRichard D.Fair Bank - Ceo Of Capital One FinanceSteve Jobs - Ceo Of AppleTerry Semel - Ceo Of YahooVikram Pundit - Ceo Of Citibank

They all have an official yearly salary of $1.

4. This organisation claims to offer the 'The Best Job in the World'. The interest in this has been so great that roughly 160,000 people flocked to the website that advertised this position causing an overnight crash. What organisation am I talking about?

Tourism Queensland

5. Identify the building and tell us its claim to fame.

Capital Gate Building,

holds the record of "World’s furthest leaning man-made tower”

6. Connect the following images:

Code-names of Android versions

7. What do the following comments refer to?

"I'm pretty speechless. I don't think it's quite sunk in. It's probably the best innings I've ever played since I started playing. It just came off. I got a little bit of luck and I just kept going and kept attacking. It was our day," "I just chanced my arm and said I'm going to be as positive as I can and I got a few away and didn't look back really," "He doesn't have the facilities of a county but he is working hard on his game at home. The Dublin club player worked out the situation of the game brilliantly on Wednesday, he knew what was needed."

Kevin O'Brien's fastest century

8. On 24th feb, eight companies including Agarwal Packers, Vedanta Foundation, Good Housekeeping, Relaxo and Parado Security came calling and interviewed 46 candidates. Fourteen were given job offers while the rest hope to make the cut in the next couple of days. Now, the campus boasts 100% placement. What campus are we talking about?

Tihar Jail

9. The Dept. of Information Technology (DIT) standard for the keyboard usage of this symbol came out on August 31st, 2010 and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) approved it on Jan 31st, 2011. As per Wipro's proposal, for activating the symbol, one has to press the '4' key along with right 'alt'. What are we talking about?

The Rupee Symbol

10. Identify the logo.

Dabur

11. Within 24 hours of its release, this title established a new record for largest ever entertainment launch with 7 million copies, 5.6 million in the U.S. and 1.4 million in the UK.By December 22, its worldwide revenue exceeded $1 billion.What are we talking about?

Call of Duty: Black Ops

12. Identify the singer.

Shruti Hassan(at the Rolling Stone India launch)

13. For what development is the telecommunications company Tegic known for?

T9 predictive texting system

14*. Put Funda (two words):

i. 9 February 1945, Norwayii. 12 March 1993, Mumbaiiii. The eve of the 4th Thursday of November

Black Friday

15*. Batman: Gotham, Superman: Metropolis, Green Lantern: ? .

Coast City

16*. What is the aibohphobia?

Fear of Palindromes

17*. Who made this famous tweet?

"Free speech has a number : http://88.80.13.160" 

Wikileaks

18*. Where in the world would you find the following?

Kryptos,in front of CIA HQ, Virginia

19*. Complete the list:

Michael KeatonVal KilmerGeorge Clooney______

Christian Bale

20*. The International Day of Awesomeness is a celebration of awesomeness, to be celebrated today i.e. 10th March. Why was this day chosen? True story. 

Chuck Norris was born this day!