ABOVE & BEYOND –

The ABOVE Quiz 2010Welcome to the FINALS

Quizmaster: Venkatesh S

(Venky)

Write Choice• 10 questions

• Write down all your answers

• 5 pts per question or part

• 10 point bonus if you get all right

1

What is this?

2Where will you find this on the internet / what is it called?

3What is shown on this $5 note and 1 cent coin?

4Name the band

7. 5Identify the film

6Which company?

7An actress portraying an actress. Name both

Who? 8

What‟s blanked out?

9

Who? 10

Whose house?

Answers

1.Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel with the ICC 2011 WC

2. Failed Whale on Twitter

3. Lincoln Memorial

4. Indian Ocean

5. Yaadon ki Baarat featuring Aamir Khan

6. NVIDIA

7. Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn

8. Lord Mountbatten

9.Symbian OS

10.David Beckham

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• When we now think of the Afghan city of _____, we

equate it with the Taliban. But its original name was

Gandhara, and it was a part of the ancient Buddhist

civilization with its capital city in _____.

• Swat, Peshawar and the Kabul Valley were all included

in this thriving, peaceful community that had

absorbed Mediterranean culture brought to the

subcontinent by Alexander, and before him, by Greek

mercenaries and traders.

• Fill in the two blanks

1

KandaharTaxila

Father's Name: Shri S.K. Andimuthu

Date of Birth: 1963-05-10

Birth Place: Velur, Tamil Nadu

Education:

Government Arts College, Trichy,

Government Law College, Madurai and

Government Law College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu

Who is this?

2

• A Raja

The Indian Rebellion of 1857, known to the

British as the "Great Mutiny", but to Indians as

the "First War of Independence", resulted in

widespread devastation in India and a shake-up

in the British administration.

What was the direct result in the „corporate

world‟ of this rebellion?

3

India was taken over directly by the

Crown (British Queen) and the East

India Company lost its powers.

• Why did this house become vacant recently?

4

This is where Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar leader was imprisoned and she was finally released recently

Where?

What does it

represent?

Who is the sculptor?

Which company

commissioned it?

5

MG Road in BangaloreDNA Double HelixSculpted by Yusuf ArakkalCommissioned by Biocon

What‟s the story?

6

The phrase “Zandu Balm” is apparently a favorite of Madhur Bhandarkar’s and he uses this to address or call people.

Lalit Pandit who wrote the song was paying tribute to him.

Emami owns Zandu Balm

In 1984, why was this a famous answer by a high-

flying achiever?

7

In a famous conversation, Rakesh

Sharma was asked by the then Prime

Minister Indira Gandhi how India looked

from space, to which he replied, Saare

Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan hamara

From 1896 the construction was started and it was

completed in 1906 with 698 cells. It was constructed

with seven wings, spreading out like a seven-petal

flower. In its centre it had a tower with a turret.

Connected to this were the three storey high seven

wings with 698 cells. This is why it is called the

_______ _____.

What?

8

Cellular Jail in Andaman

Who on what?

9

Mark Zuckerberg, on The Social Network

Anti-

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• One of the ways in which a batsman can be given out

(has never happened in international cricket)

• One of Homer‟s Greek epics

• A puzzle - the creating of these is called

cruciverbalism among its practitioners, who are

referred to as cruciverbalists

• An achievement of significance

• What is the lateral connection to all these?

1

Book Stores! Time Out, Odyssey, Crossword, Landmark

2

• A countdown clock from Feb 2010.

Where and for what??

• Winter Olympics, Vancouver, 2010

• X denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our

leaders must be indifferent to material gains and

dedicate themselves to their work.

• The Y in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide

our conduct.

• The Z shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to

the plant life here, on which all other life depends.

• The “AC” denotes Truth or virtue… it also denotes

motion and represents the dynamism of a peaceful

change

Who, in 1947, about what?

3

S Radhakrishnan, India’s first VP about

the National Flag (Orange, White, Green

and the Ashoka Chakra)

• So I did that which I thought was most dignified. As I advanced

slowly toward him I noticed he was pale, looked wearied, had a

gray beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had

on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of gray tweed trousers. I

would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of

such a mob, - would have embraced him, only, he being an

Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did

what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing, -

walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said,

“_ _________ _ ________”? Who, about what?

4

Henry Morton Stanley’s famous words, “Dr Livingstone, I presume?”

Connect – think telecom

5

Blackberry models – Storm, Pearl, Torch and Curve

“In 1981, a young woman wrote him a letter, which

informed the singer that he was the father of one of

her twins. She continued to send more letters, which

stated that she loved him and wanted to be with him.

She wrote of how happy they would be if they raised

the child together. She pondered how he could ignore

his own flesh and blood. The letters disturbed him to

the extent that he suffered nightmares”

Who is he? And this story is given as the basis of

what?

6

Michael JacksonThe song, “Billie Jean”

Who, among what?

7

Omi Vaidya, on the role of Chatur

Video of Aishwariya Rai dancing from the film Umrao

Jaan

What connects the video to the cities of Lucknow,

Banaras and Jaipur?

8

Kathak – its three main schools / gharanas are in these three cities

(Audio of an actor speaking at a college function)

Connect

9

Kamal Hassan, Mamooty and Amitabh

Bachchan – people who have won National

Award for Best Actor 3 time

Relatively

Speaking8 visuals

All written

+10 for each; +15 if you

are among 1 or 2 teams

to get it

ID her husband1

ID her dad or mom

2

ID her brother

3

ID his wife4

ID his grandson

5

ID her father6

ID his son7

ID her grandfather

8

Whose house?

Answers

1. Mani Ratnam

2. Bill & Hilary Clinton

3. Abhishek Bachchan

4. Indira Gandhi

5. Neil Nitin Mukesh

6. M Karunanidhi

7. Stuart Broad

8. Mahatma Gandhi

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