Quiz _PPT_

							1. What‟s happening here ??
……….. And the answer is……….
1. Narendra Modi has tied up a volley ball
   net in front of his dais, during the election
   rallies, to prevent any hurled shoe from
   reaching him !! 
2. This mythological two-headed bird is the
    logo of a well-known company in
    Bangalore. Name the company, whose
    „products‟ you see on a day-to-day basis.
……….. And the answer is……….
2. The BMTC [ and the KSRTC as well] .
3. On July 28, 1927, at the funeral of X, at the
    Guards Chapel in London, Y presented a
    wreath with the tribute “He did his duty as
    he saw it”. Name X and Y.
    Hint : X went by the infamous title of
    “Butcher of Amritsar”
……….. And the answer is……….
3. X = General Dyer
   Y = Rudyard Kipling
4. X is a 1985 book by a famous neurologist,
    describing the case histories of some of
    his patients. The title of the book comes
    from a patient who suffered from Visual
    agnosia, which is the inability of the brain
    to make sense of visual stimuli and
    recognise faces. This book also became
    the basis of an opera of the same name, by
    Michael Nyman, which premiered in
    1986. Name the book.
……….. And the answer is……….
4. „The man who mistook his wife for a hat
    and other clinical tales‟, by Oliver Sacks.
5. What is common between Lata
    Mangeshkar, Jennifer Lopez, Hillary Duff,
    Paris Hilton, Alan Cumming, Shah Rukh
    Khan, Zeenat Aman and Celine Dion ?
……….. And the answer is………
             .
5. All these celebrities have launched
    fragrances named after themselves 
6. This famous music band was initially called
    the T set and was also known as Sigma 6,
    Megadeaths, Leonard's Lodgers, The
    Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, and
    The Screaming Abdabs. When they found
    that another band had the same name [The
    Tea Set ], a band member suggested the
    alternative name, The X Y , after two
    Piedmont Blues musicians, X Andersen
    and Y Council. What is The X Y, the
    name by which this group is now
    immortalised?
……….. And the answer is………
             .
6. The Pink Floyd. It was initially named The
    Pink Floyd Sound, and the word „Sound‟
    was dropped quickly. The article „The‟
    continued in the title of the group until
    1970s.
7. What is common between the structures in
    these two pictures?
……….. And the answer is………
             .
7. Both temples were relocated to higher ground to
   prevent being submerged by the building of
   dams.




  Temple of Ramses at Abu      Sri Venugopala Swamy
  Simbel, Aswan Dam project.   Temple, KRS Dam.
8. This word game was created in 1938, by
    architect Alfred Mosher Butts, as a variation
    of a game he had previously created, called
    Lexico. In 1948, James Brunot, purchased the
    rights to this game, and changed the name to
    X, which means „to scratch frantically‟ . The
    game also was turned in to a day time game
    show, hosted by Chuck Woolery, for the
    NBC. What is this game?
……….. And the answer is………
             .
8. Scrabble. [It was initially named
    Criss-Cross words, by Alfred Butts.]
9. Connect. No Part Marks.
……….. And the answer is………
             .
9. The sport of Buzkashi
10. In the early 1990s, a headline screamed
    “Coca-Cola beats Parthenon.”
     Explain what had occurred.
……….. And the answer is………
             .
10. The opportunity to host the 1996
  Olympics was awarded to Atlanta instead
  of Athens.
11. Palindromes are words / sentences that read
    the same when reversed.
    E.g., MALAYALAM, Able was I, ere I saw
    Elba etc. What is a Semordnilap??
11. Palindromes are words / sentences that read
    the same when reversed. Eg.
    MALAYALAM, Able was I, ere I saw Elba
    etc. What is a Semordnilap??

Hint : Stressed and Desserts are Semordnilaps .
……….. And the answer is………
             .
11. A Semordnilap derives its name from the
    reversed spelling of PALINDROME. It is
    word, phrase, or sentence that has the property
    of forming another word, phrase, or sentence
    when its letters are reversed.
    It differs from a palindrome in that the word or
    phrase resulting from the reversal must be
    different from the original word or phrase.
12. Connect.
               .




                    TRYST
                    WITH
                   DESTINY
……….. And the answer is………
             .
12. Dominique Lapierre
4 of his books are :
• O Jerusalem!
• Is New York burning?
• Is Paris burning?
• Freedom at Midnight
13. With reference to Cipher texts and analysis of
   the same, what does the nonsense phrase
    ETAOIN SHRDLU represent?
……….. And the answer is………
13. ETAOIN SHRDLU is the approximate order
   of frequency of the twelve most commonly
   used letters in the English language
14. Connect
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             .
14. Neverland
15. Why was this in the news in 1997 - 98?
……….. And the answer is………
             .
15. Nike got into trouble in June, 1997 when
  the "flaming air" logo for its Nike Air
  sneakers looked too similar to the Arabic
  form of "Allah".
 Nike pulled more than 38,000 pairs of
  sneakers from the market.
16. Complete the following…

 •   Clive Lloyd
 •   Viv Richards
 •   Aravinda D‟Silva
 •   ??
 •   ??
……….. And the answer is………
             .
16. Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist.
    They all scored centuries in the World
  Cup finals.