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Freshers Quiz 2008

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1.Put funda

______ - _______

__________ - Actor ______ - Table Tennis Player Siddhartha Vaidyanathan aka "Bib"- Cricinfo cricket journalist Nikhil Joshi - Carnatic musician, guitarist

Nanditha - Kannada Playback Singer Vijayalakshmi Bidari - Topped civil services exam in 2000 ( IASTopper) _____ - Model & Actor Avinash Mudaliar - Famous quizmaster.

Natesh Babu DR - Gold Medalist at India Innovates (byLockheed Martin & Univ. of Texas @ Austin). T Ravi Shankar - Famous Electrical Designer. Sujay Dsa - Famous Day Dreamer. Sumukh Herlekar - Famous Software Designer. Mishraji - Noted Technician.


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Where else? Where youll the next 4 (or more?) years.


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2.This term in the English language was coined from thefact that cheap novels / magazines were once printed on

low grade paper. These magazines are perhaps bestremembered for their lurid and exploitative stories,though many respected writers wrote for _____. Modern

superhero comic books are sometimes considereddescendants of "hero _____". The magazines oftenfeatured illustrated novel-length stories of heroiccharacters such as the Shadow, Doc Savage, and the

Phantom Detective. Other notable names include BuckRogers, Conan the Barbarian, Flash Gordon, FuManchu, and so on.

The art form pls.


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3. The give away of the prelims

ID the organization embarking on an earth moving (?)project, involving protons.


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European Organization for Nuclear Research - CERN


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What is depicted in thestamp? The stampcommemorates a famousevent. Dont bother too much

with the pic.


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WOODSTOCK


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5.This is the description of how X started

X has its origins in bootlegging during prohibition, whendrivers ran bootleg whiskey made in Appalachia.Bootleggers needed to distribute their illicit products, andthey typically used small, fast vehicles to better evadethe police. Many of the drivers would modify their carsfor speed and handling, as well as increased cargocapacity, and some of them came to love the fast-paced

driving down twisty mountain roads. One of the main'strips' in Knoxville Tennessee, had its beginning as aMecca for aspiring bootlegging drivers.

X?


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NASCAR


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**6. Y's logo is a hollowed potato, named Sophia after theGnostic deity, that serves as a spoof of X's globe logo.

Y, "the content-free encyclopedia", was founded in 2005as an English-language ____ featuring satirically themedarticles. It is formatted as a parody of X and aimsultimately to parody all encyclopedic subjects. Originallyin English, the project currently spans over 50 languageswith almost 100,000 pages of content. The site hasgained negative attention due to its articles on towns

and places and its similarity with X, which led to awarning being issued by the Malaysian Internal SecurityMinistry.

Y, X?.. Ok X at least.


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7. The Abu Dhabi United Group for

Development and Investment is aUnited Arab Emirates Private Equitycompany owned by Sheikh

Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan,Member of the UAE Royal Family

and Minister of Presidential Affairs.It made headlines in a big way

recently. Why?


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9. This is the list of largest corporate bankruptcies:

X $639,000,000,000

Worldcom, Inc. $103,914,000,000

Enron Corp. $63,392,000,000Conseco, Inc. $61,392,000,000

Texaco, Inc. $35,892,000,000

Financial Corp. of America $33,864,000,000

Refco Inc. $33,333,172,000Global Crossing Ltd. $30,185,000,000

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. $29,770,000,000

UAL Corp. $25,197,000,000

Delta Air Lines, Inc. $21,801,000,000Adelphia Communications $21,499,000,000

MCorp $20,228,000,000

Mirant Corporation $19,415,000,000

Delphi Corporation $19,415,000,000


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LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS, INC.


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10. The flag was unveiled by X on August 26th 2008 inYs first public meeting. It has white color to 3/4 of its

height at the top, and the bottom 1/4 is filled with greencolor. In the middle, a red colored symbol of the sun isembossed and encircled with a yellow line. There are 24red colored beams beyond and around the yellow ringsignifying the sun rays. X said that "white" colorrepresents all categories of people, "green" referring tothe farmers, "yellow" for happiness and the "red sun"

meaning to be working perennially. The 24 beams ofsunrays conveys Ys conviction to work round the clock.

ID X and Y.


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Y - Praja RajyamX - Chiranjeevi


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David Gilmour recently said:"In my view, all the greatest X moments are the oneswhere he is in full flow. No-one can replace X - he was

my musical partner and my friend." He added: "In the

welter of arguments, X's enormous input was frequentlyforgotten. He was gentle, unassuming and private but

his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical

components of our most recognized sound. Like X, I

don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but Iloved him and will miss him enormously. I have never

played with anyone quite like him."


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RICHARD WRIGHT (R. I. P)


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12.

When the Roman General Marcellus attacked Syracuse in

214-212 B.C., Heiron asked his illustrious relative for help. As

the Roman fleet was approaching, he devised a great catapult

based on his study of levers and the Syracusans were able to

defend themselves well. But Marcellus regrouped his forcesand sometime later attacked from the rear and was able to

take Syracuse by surprise. This time he was not even aware

of the attack and was sitting quietly on the ground above the

city drawing geometrical figures in the sand. A Romansoldier approached and stepped on the figures. He jumped

exclaiming "Don't disturb my circles!" at which the soldier

drew his sword and killed the 75 year old. Who?


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Archimedes


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After finishing film school, X started in the industry as a

screenwriter with Steven Spielberg'sAmblin Productions,working on Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985) and YoungSherlock Holmes (1985). X made his directorial debut with theteen comedyAdventures in Babysitting(1987). He had hugesuccess with the popularHome Alone (1990) and it's sequelHome Alone 2: Lost In New York. His later directorial workincludes Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Bicentennial Man (1999), thefirst two Harry Potter films and Rent(2005), an adaptation ofthe popular Broadway musical.

In 1995, X started his own production company named 1492Pictures in honor of his more illustrious namesake.

X?


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GATORADE


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A was born on January 9, 1974, to screenwriters,____X___and _______Y______, in Mumbai, where he did hisschooling from 'Maneckji Cooper School', Vile Parle, andlater joined H.R. College, for a degree in Commerce, thoughhe left it, in the second year. A started his career by workingas an apprentice with cinematographer-director, ManmohanSingh at age 17, for films like Lamhe (1991); before going onto assist director, Pankaj Parashar in film Himalayputra(1997), followed by working in a Television production housefor three years, doing various jobs. He made his acting debutin the film The Fakir of Venice in 2007.

Who?


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FARHAN AKHTAR


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EDMUND HILLARY


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17.

Green is the most common form, no 2 red types have the sameeffect, gold removes power permanently, white kills all plant life,black can split personality while the pink one makes one gay.

What am I talkin about?


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KRYPTONITE


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18.According to J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit :If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realise that

this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even toOld Took's great granduncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a

hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the

goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and

knocked their king Gol-firnbul's head clean off with a wooden club.

It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit

hole, and in this way the battle was won and ...

The Romans had a version called it Paganica. The Chinese who

claim to have invented everything useful, called it Ch'ui Wan.The French had a version called paille maillewhile the Dutchcalled theirs as Kolven.

What are we talking about?


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**19THE FLAG OF WHICH NATION ?


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Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)

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21Probably the most famous member of the African tribe BafokengKa Bakwena orTribe of the Crocodile. These pictures depict X ifhe hadnt undergone the changes he did.

X?

YOUTH AGE 45 (in 2003) AGE 70 (in 2028)


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22.

ID THE PRODUCT

ADVERTISED


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The city of _____ noted the rise of X and decided to use thecommon name to boost publicity for the town. It began Xgave a 2006 interview with Japanese television network TBSwhere he noted that, when passing through customs in

Narita Airport, an official looking at his visa noted that he wasfrom _____. The _____ City Hall heard about the interviewand the then mayor, Toshio Murakami, sent X a set of thecitys famous lacquer chopsticks, a DVD about the city and a

letter wishing him the best. X has since thanked the town fortheir gifts and support, saying "I look forward to a futuremarked by the continued friendship of our two great nationsand a shared commitment to a better, freer world".

OBAMA


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OBAMA


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24.

Delilah DiCrescenzo, 23, was third in the 3000-metersteeplechase at the 2006 USATF Championships in 10:03.31.She had set a personal best of 9:59.48 in the steeple in June atthe Music City Distance Classic in Nashville. DiCrescenzo, fromChicago, attended Columbia University, where she was a three-time Heptagonals steeplechase champion. She was ninth in thesteeple at the 2005 NCAA Championships. At the CanadianNational Track & Field Championships in Ottawa on August 8,DiCrescenzo won the steeple by 22 seconds in 10:16.16, though

as a native of Chicago, she was not eligible for a Canadian title.She's living in Chicago, but she competes for the Westchester(NY) Track Club. She got known to the world for an entirelydifferent reason. What?


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The song Hey There Delilah by

PLAIN WHITE TEES


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**25.

CONNECT


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