Adda Quiz on 3.11.2014 (General)

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The much awaited* QUIZ *At least I waited for it. QM: Surabhi Agarwal Adda Quiz, Tezpur University

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A Quiz presentation set by Surabhi Agarwal, a student of Tezpur University and a member of its Adda Quiz Club.

Transcript of Adda Quiz on 3.11.2014 (General)

  • 1. The much awaited*QUIZ*At least I waited for it.QM: Surabhi AgarwalAdda Quiz, Tezpur University

2. RulesScrew Rules. I hate em. 3. Jokes Apart,Rule 1: There are 21 questions (0 to 20).Click on the answer hyperlink on the top rightcorner of the question slide to go to the slidecontaining the corresponding answer and thenpress back to go back to the questions. 4. #0 ConnectAbsolut VodkaVikings 5. #1 ID X and YShooting in a rudimentary studio without any laboratory or printing machineto enable checking of the rushes, X could see only the finished product whichwas 6,000 ft. in length. It was only when Y was taken for editing in Dhakathat X discovered that the battery-operated sound system had failed him andall the dialogues and songs were either inaudible or distorted. Alone,bankrupt and decidedly unable to marshal the actors once again from theirnative places due to various constraints, he hired a sound studio in Lahoreand put his skills in ventriloquism to use, imitating the voices of around 30odd male and female characters and recording the dialogues and songs allover again in a single day. Finally, Y released on March 10, 1935. 6. #2 Whose FB Cover Photo?JoinedFacebook onOctober 7, 2014 7. #3 Which Lake and which city?Wi-Fi internet access was implemented across the lake in November 2003,making it the first lake in the world to provide wireless internet connectivity.Hint: The area has always been in news but has been even more so recently.(For reasons other than Wi-Fi though.) 8. #4 Unnecessary Video*Listen to the SONG carefully(Jagao mera desh, A. R. Rahman) 9. Which famous set of verses is this song a HindiTranslation of? 10. #5 Which company?X started as a concept in founder Frederick W. Smiths Yale term paper forwhich his professor had awarded him a C, noting that although the conceptwas interesting and well-formed, it simply wasnt feasible. It was founded in1971 and began operating in 1973. However, in the early years of business,Smith reached a point where X had just $5000 in its account and was on theverge of closing if it could not refuel its planes the following Monday. Not tobe dissuaded, he took the last $5,000 and flew to Las Vegas, placed thecompanys remaining money on BlackJack bets over the weekend. By Monday,X had $32,000 in its account to refuel the planes and keep the businessrunning for a little while which was all he needed to turn things around.(Today, X is valued at an estimated $25-$35 billion, and Smiths net worth is$2.3 billion.) 11. #6 Connect 12. #7 What are these used in?Waftaroms QuimpsGrawlixesIndotherms PlewdsAgitrons EmanataVitesHitesDitesLucaflectTetelogy 13. #8 Whose manifesto? 14. Described by some as the "anti-Facebook & created in March,2014, it gained attention inSeptember 2014, when numerousmembers of the LGBTQ community,left Facebook following thecontroversial enforcement of itsreal-name policy thought to beintended to exclude drag queens inSan Francisco.The site is said to have went from90 initial users in early August tomore than a million now, with awaiting list of about three million. 15. #9 What is being discussed here?Description of X on Google Developers Page:X is a free Y service that protects your site against spam, malicious registrationsand other forms of attacks where computers try to disguise themselves as a human;a Y is a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and HumanApart. X comes in the form of a widget that you can easily add to your blog, forum,registration form, etc.In addition to protecting your site, X also helps us digitize old books andnewspapers, transcribe street numbers and solve hard AI problems.X digitizes books by turning words that cannot be read by computers into Ys forpeople to solve. Word by word, a book is digitized and preserved online for peopleto find and read.X's slogan is "Stop spam, read books." 16. #10 Which medical condition? Queen Victoria Prince Leopold Richard Burton Mother Teresa Genghis Khan Abraham LincolnRumoured 17. #11 What is X?X is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derivesfrom the Hebrew word, _____ meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". Themodern English usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning, havingbeen popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television.The word is sometimes interpretedparticularly in business parlanceasmeaning the amount of courage, mettle or ardor that an individual has.In Hebrew, however, X is used indignantly, to describe someone who hasoverstepped the boundaries of accepted behaviour. In traditional usage, theword expresses a strong sense of disapproval, condemnation and outrage.(Source: Wikipedia) 18. #12 FITBThe _____ Bucket Challenge, conceived by a Hyderabadi female journalist ManjuLatha Kalanidihi, is a variant of and response to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Whilethe original involved participants pouring a bucket of ice over their heads and/ordonating to the ALS Association, the ____ Bucket Challenge involves donating abucket of _____ to somebody in need.Thus, it served the dual purpose of highlighting water scarcity (in that the use ofice was considered expensive and wasteful) and poverty (in that a bucket of ____was considered a valuable donation by recipients).It started off as a Facebook page (which described it as an "Indian version forIndian needs) on August 23, 2014, and within a day, the page had 7000 likes. OnAugust 24, 2014, the Twitter hashtag #____bucketchallenge was first used, andwithin a month, the hashtag had been tweeted 11,000 times. 19. #13 Whose biographyForeword:X has given cinema just that with his seamless artistry. He struck terror inthe heart of the audience, assuaging them finally with the moral - ladies andgentlemen, evil does not win.___________ is a thankless job which X accepted and carried out with such adegree of perfection that he became the actor the entire nation loved tohate. That indeed was the measure of his extraordinary success. Parents didnot want their children to meet him. Occasionally, he would even be fearedand dreaded at public gatherings.Evidently he came to terms with that, bemused with the power of cinema toinfluence the audience in a way that sketches only a thin line between thereal and the reel. Subsequently the thespian turned the tables with amarvellous sleight of hand. He donned the mantle of a character artist withequal skill and felicity. Versatility became his imprimatur. 20. #14 Fear of?Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia 21. #15 ConnectJustice Hidayatullah Varahagiri Venkata Giri Bassapa Dannappa Jatti 22. #16 IDX had a very critically acclaimed career, and has worked with directors likeSatyajit Ray, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and Ketan Mehta. In 2002, in an interviewto Times of India he quoted "I have never been commercially viable: Peoplerecognize me, smile and wave at me but I have never received marriageproposals written in blood. In his heyday, when Rajesh Khanna drove down astreet, the traffic stopped I don't mind not receiving this kind of adulation.But I do miss not having been able to command the kind of work I wanted. Imiss not being 100 per cent commercially viable." He was also associated withtheatre and television. He hosted a very popular celebrity TV show, with hissense of humor and humble approach being its USP. 23. #17 Name the bookThe inspiration behind the Lord of The Ringsaccording to J.R.R. Tolkien 24. #18 ID An Indian media mogul who is chairman of Essel Group, an Indianconglomerate. Barely 17, began as a commodity trader in his family'sbusiness in Hissar, Haryana, in the late 1970s. He went on to start ninepath-breaking businesses. Two failed. Seven survived. Revolutionized the television industry by launching the country's firstsatellite Hindi channel in 1992 and later the first private news channel. Set up TALEEM (Transnational Alternate Learning for Emancipation andEmpowerment through Multimedia) to provide access to quality educationthrough distance and open learning. The Chairman of the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation of India a movement toeradicate illiteracy from rural and tribal India. Received 2011 International Emmy Directorate Award. 25. #19 ID the poetThe VisionI climbed and climbedWhere is the peak, my Lord?I ploughed and ploughed,Where is the knowledge treasure, my Lord?I sailed and sailed,Where is the island of peace, my Lord?Almighty, bless my nationWith vision and sweat resulting into happiness 26. #20 Closing LinesA commercial flop at the time of itspublication, which 1925 classic Americannovel ends with So we beat on, boats againstthe current, borne back ceaselessly into thepast.? 27. The End 28. #20 BACK 29. #19Dr. A. P. J. Abdul KalamBACK 30. #18Subhash ChandraZee EntertainmentBACK 31. #17The Bible (Christ!)BACK 32. #16Farookh SheikhBACK 33. #15The three acting Presidents of IndiaBACK 34. #14The number 666BACK 35. #13PraanBACK 36. #12RiceBACK 37. #11ChutzpahBACK 38. #10The Royal DiseaseHemophiliaBACK 39. #9X- ReCaptchaY- CaptchaBACK 40. #8ElloBACK 41. #7Terms for Symboliaused in drawingcartoons.Made popular by MortWalker.BACK 42. #6Self portraits of celebritiesMarilynMansonSylvesterStalloneBobDylanDavidBowie 43. Courtney Love asCurt CobainBACK 44. #5FedEx/ Federal ExpressBACK 45. #4BACKChitto jetha bhoyshunyo (Where the mind iswithout fear) 46. #3Dal Lake, SrinagarBACK 47. #2 BACK 48. #1X- Roopkunwor Jyotiprasad AgarwallaY- JoymotiBACK 49. #0Sweden!!!BACK