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SIRUSERI WEEKLY QUIZ
QM : BIBIN BABU
5th January 2017

Rules
•25 questions
•Infinite pounce and bounce format.
•+15 and -10 during written mode
•No partial pounce
•+10 and no negatives during oral ode
•QM’s decision is final
Welcome to the first quiz of 2017

1)Why these 3 spots inside TCS Siruseri campus got special
attention from a group of people before 6 months for a certain
period of time?
1.

Pokestops inside TCS Siruseri Campus

2)Abdul Latif was an underworld figure in Gujarat and
an alleged associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He was based
in Ahmedabad and was also politically well connected.
He used to wait on tables in gambling dens where he
started serving liquor as a teenager. He became a small-
time bootlegger and eventually monopolised the
illegal liquor business in Gujarat. Latif was wanted for
over 40 cases of murder and a similar number of
kidnappings and was a suspect in the 1993 Mumbai
blasts case.
Why he is in news recent days?
Image follows

The upcoming Bollywood film Raees is said to be based on
Latif's life

3)This stamps pays tribute to what?

Dr. Livingstone, I presume
Henry Morton Stanley meets David Livingstone

5)Nalambalam (Four Temples) is a set of four Hindu
temples in Kerala.
Thriprayar Temple,
Thrissur
Koodalmanikyam
Temple, Irinjalakuda

Moozhikkulam Temple,
Ernakulam
Payammal Temple,
Thrissur
Who all are the deities in these temples?
(3 more sets such of temples are there in Kerala. These 4 are the
most famous)

Rama, Bharatha, Lakshmana and Shatrughna

•X is based on the 1973 film of the same name, which was
written and directed by American novelist Michael Crichton
•It is the second series based on Crichton’s original story
after the 1980s Beyond X, which aired only three episodes
on CBS before being cancelled.
•Jonathan Nolan serves as executive producer of X along with
Lisa Joy, Jerry Weintraub, J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, and
directed the pilot.
•The first episode premiered on October 2, 2016 and went on to
break the record set by Game of Thrones.
7)Identify X

8)Eriovixia __________, is a species of spider in the family
Araneidae. The animal belongs to the genus Eriovixia. It was
discovered in 2016 in the Indian state of Karnataka by Javed
Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap and Sumukha Javagal.
For obvious reasons this spider is named after someone who’s
the original owner something.
Who and what’s he owned?
Image follows

Eriovixia gryffindori named after fictional wizard Godric
Gryffindor who’s the original owner of Sorting Hat from
Harry Potter series

St. Louis, USA
Antwerp, Belgium
LosAngeles, USA
Melbourne, Australia
Munich, Germany
Montreal, Canada
Barcelona, Spain
Atlanta, USA
_______,______
________,_______
9)Complete the list

Sydney, Australia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Non-capitals that have hosted summer olympics

10)Identify the person
Clue:This is not Heath Ledger 

11)Name the only Indian cricketer
currently you can find in this non-
exhaustive list and explain the
obvious connection

Karun Nair
Cricketers currently have endorsements deals with Gray-
Nicolls

12)It’s commonly believed that the reason they are on
the Coat of Arms is because they are two animals that
are unable to walk backwards, signifying their aspiration
and intent as a nation to always move forwards.
Name the two animals and the country

Australian Coat of Arms
Emu and Kangaroo

13)Certain content providers are nervous about piracy, in particular
people capturing content off-air and relaying it over the internet or
showing the content in a public place like a bar or cafe without
permission.
What teqnique are they using to counter this?

Codes appearing on TV Channels

14)Name the book
Clue1:The name is three word term which become iconic over the last
six years, and first of that something become a sensation in the show
business
Clue2: Title is fitting considering the weather conditions of the author’s
homeland

15)Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean
lying south of Java, Indonesia. A national park covers most of the
135-sq-km island, offering rainforest hikes to wetlands and
waterfalls like Hugh's Dale.
At the beginning of the wet season (usually October / November)
the authority and the people of the island become more vigilant
to safeguard one of the wonders of the natural world.
Some roads will be closed and drivers will be extra cautious, local
park rangers work hard to ensure the safety of something that
brought this island world wide fame.
What?

16)Identify X
•In Norse Mythology, X were believed to be the reflections of the
shields of the Valkyries racing across the sky on their way to their
resting place, Valhalla.
•In South Europe people see X as an omen of war and bloodshed
to come.
•Scandinavians believed the X was the reflection of huge schools
of herring in the sea.
•The Swedes used to believe a winter with much northern X gave
good crops the next year.
•Some Eskimos in Canada believed the X were the gods of
harvest and hunting, and therefore took extra care not to offend
the X.

Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis

17)What does Banglore got to do with Saving Private Ryan?

18)
Heisenberg
Tokyo
Caribbean
Hunter
Aviator
Running in the storm
The Scream
Gothic
Dallas
Mononoke
Explain the list which is trending over the
last few months. (Not exhaustive)

19)Identify X?
•X was born on 13 June 1909 into an aristocratic upper-caste
Brahmin family.
•During his college days, he was deeply associated with the
Indian National Congress and the Indian independence
movement.
•In 1934, he was one of the founders of Congress Socialist Party,
a socialist wing within the Indian National Congress,
and elected as it’s All India Joint Secretary from 1934 to 1940.
•In 1957, he made history by becoming the first _________
leader in India to head a popularly elected government.
•He was well known for his stammer. When asked if he always
stammered, he would reply, "No, only when I speak”.

Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad or simply
EMS

20)Identify X
X, is Shree Bhagavathy in the form of an adolescent girl child.
As an adolescent girl she had immense devotion towards
Lord Shiva and the Lord decided to marry her.
When sage Narada realized that only a virgin girl could kill Bana,
a deadly demon, he interrupted the marriage by tricking Shiva by
assuming the form of a rooster.
It is said that in X's anger over Shiva not arriving that she
scattered all the food items that had been assembled for the
wedding. The small pebbles, resembling sand, and the multi-
coloured sands found on the shore in southern India are
attributed to the above incident.

22)Identify the superhero who’s punching down Tony
Stark

1)Manchester of South India
2)Silicon Valley of India
3)City of Seven Islands
4)Automobile Capital of India
5)Queen of Arabian Sea
23)Identify the nicknamed Indian cities

Manchester of South India - Coimbatore
Silicon Valley of India - Bengaluru
City of Seven Islands - Mumbai
Automobile Capital of India - Chennai
Queen of Arabian Sea – Cochin (Kochi)

1.)“PAU, NAY, LORON will be more of fire than of the blood,
To swim in praise,
the great one to flee to the confluence.
He will refuse entry to the Piuses,
The depraved ones and the Durance will keep them
imprisoned.”
2.)“The blood of the just will be demanded of ______,
Burnt by the fire in the year 66″
“The blood of the just will commit a fault at ______,
burnt through lighting of twenty threes the six:
The ancient lady will fall from her high place,
several of the same sect will be killed.”
24)Decipher these 2 Nostrdamus predictions

1.)Rise Of Napoleon 2.) The Great Fire of London

25)Whose hand and whose words?
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail
better.

Stan Wawrinka and Samuel Beckett

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