Going by the unexpected popularity of last year's Women's Day Quiz slides, here is the 2015 version of a similar quiz. 5 final teams were selected from 8 teams consisting of 2 to 4 women each.
3. Written Elimination Round
• To select the Top 5 Finalist Teams
• Tie-breaker for equal scores Fastest to submit
answer sheet
• Time allotted: 7 minutes
9. • Which of the following was not a nickname for
former British PM Margaret Thatcher?
a) Attilathe Hen
b) MilkSnatcher
c) Decisive Dame
d) IronLady
10. • Which of the following was not a nickname for
former British PM Margaret Thatcher?
a) Attilathe Hen
b) MilkSnatcher
c) Decisive Dame
d) IronLady
11. • Which of the following companies is not an
Oracle acquisition?
a) Bharosa
b) i-flexsolutions
c) Skywire Software
d) Nest Labs
12. • Which of the following companies is not an
Oracle acquisition?
a) Bharosa
b) i-flexsolutions
c) Skywire Software
d) Nest Labs
13. • Which of the following companies is not an
Oracle acquisition?
a) Bharosa (identity management)
b) i-flexsolutions (bankingsolutions)
c) Skywire Software (insurancesolutions)
d) Nest Labs (home automation, acquiredby
Google)
14. • Which of the following is not the name of a
popular instant messenger software?
a) CohereChat
b) Tencent QQ
c) Hike
d) Snapchat
15. • Which of the following is not the name of a
popular instant messenger software?
a) CohereChat
b) Tencent QQ (most popular in China)
c) Hike (very popular in India)
d) Snapchat
17. • Which of the following is not the name of a well
known epidemic?
a) Birdflu
b) Crow’sfeet
c) Swine flu
d) Madcowdisease
18. • Which of the following is not the name of a well
known epidemic?
a) Birdflu
b) Crow’sfeet
c) Swineflu
d) Madcowdisease
• Crow’sfeet refersto the wrinklesin the outercornerof the eyes.
We wishcrow’sfeet did become an epidemic Expertsbelieve a
non-fake smile(calleda Duchenne smile) formscrow’sfeet.
20. Name the person
• I neverthought that usingmy personal mail ID will
become a scandal
21. Name the person
• I neverthought that usingmy personal mail ID will
become a scandal
• Authored6 books, one namedDear SocksDear Buddy
22. Name the person
• I neverthought that usingmy personal mail ID will
become a scandal
• Authored6 books, one namedDear SocksDear Buddy
• My middle nameis Rodham
23. Name the person
• I neverthought that usingmy personal mail ID will
become a scandal
• Authored6 books, one namedDear SocksDear Buddy
• My middle nameis Rodham
• Hillary Clinton
24. Name the person
• They calledme “lady withthe lamp”, I wrotebookson
medicine
25. Name the person
• They calledme “lady withthe lamp”, I wrotebookson
medicine
• An anagramof my name is “Fliton, cheeringangel”
26. Name the person
• They calledme “lady withthe lamp”, I wrotebookson
medicine
• An anagramof my name is “Fliton, cheeringangel”
• Founder of modernnursing
27. Name the person
• They calledme “lady withthe lamp”, I wrotebookson
medicine
• An anagramof my name is “Fliton, cheeringangel”
• Founder of modernnursing
• FlorenceNightingale
28. Name the person
• My campaignto ban landmines wonthe Nobel peace
prize
29. Name the person
• My campaignto ban landmines wonthe Nobel peace
prize
• My deathremainssomewhat of a mystery
30. Name the person
• My campaignto ban landmines wonthe Nobel peace
prize
• My deathremainssomewhat of a mystery
• I was a memberof a Europeanroyal family
31. Name the person
• My campaignto ban landmines wonthe Nobel peace
prize
• My deathremainssomewhat of a mystery
• I was a memberof a Europeanroyal family
• Princess DianaCharles
33. Name the person
• Longest servingwomanmember of parliament of India
• Popularly called, “tai” (elder sister)
34. Name the person
• Longest servingwomanmember of parliament of India
• Popularly called, “tai” (elder sister)
• Took over as speakerfromanotherwoman
35. Name the person
• Longest servingwomanmember of parliament of India
• Popularly called, “tai” (elder sister)
• Took over as speakerfromanotherwoman
• SumitraMahajan(previous speaker
of LokSabha was MeiraKumar)
37. Name the person
• I hada different kindof “maidproblem”
• Another Indianoriginpersonpursuedmy “crime”
38. Name the person
• I hada different kindof “maidproblem”
• Another Indianoriginpersonpursuedmy “crime”
• My case strainedIndo-USrelations
39. Name the person
• I hada different kindof “maidproblem”
• Another Indianoriginpersonpursuedmy “crime”
• My case strainedIndo-USrelations
• Devyani Khobragade
• A casefor violatingimmigrationrules
waspursuedby Preet Bharara
42. Name the person
• I hadto get a documentary done to establishmy IQ
• I ama goodactorbut became famous for a silly remark
onnational television
43. Name the person
• I hadto get a documentary done to establishmy IQ
• I ama goodactorbut became famous for a silly remark
onnational television
• I amfroma film(y) family
44. Name the person
• I had to get a documentarydone to establishmy IQ
• I am a good actorbut becamefamousfor a silly remarkon
nationaltelevision
• I am froma film(y) family
• Alia Bhatt, Bollywoodactor
• Whenaskedto name the President of India in
the Koffee withKaranshowin 2014, she said,
“Prithviraj Chauhan!”
48. Arundhati Bhattacharya heads ________?
• First womanchairpersonof her organization
• First womanbanker to heada Fortune500 company
anywhere in the world
49. Arundhati Bhattacharya heads ________?
• First womanchairpersonof her organization
• First womanbanker to heada Fortune500 company
anywhere in the world
• Chairperson, State Bank of India
56. Padmasree Warrior is CTO of ________?
• Formerly CTO and EVP of Motorola
• Alumnus of IIT Delhi andCornell
57. Padmasree Warrior is CTO of ________?
• Formerly CTO and EVP of Motorola
• Alumnus of IIT Delhi andCornell
• Chief Technology & Strategy
Officer (CTO) of CiscoSystems
63. Chitra Ramakrishna is MD & CEO of ________?
• Part of one of the world’slargest exchangessince its
inception
64. Chitra Ramakrishna is MD & CEO of ________?
• Part of one of the world’slargest exchangessince its
inception
• CharteredAccountant (CA)
65. Chitra Ramakrishna is MD & CEO of ________?
• Part of one of the world’slargest exchangessince its
inception
• CharteredAccountant (CA)
• ManagingDirector, & CEO, National
StockExchange of India (NSE)
72. When we find what she found (the first ever), we spray!
• Grace Hopper
• Inventor of the computer compilerat MIT
73. When we find what she found (the first ever), we spray!
• Grace Hopper
• Inventor of the computer compilerat MIT
• Foundthe world’s first “bug”in a computer!
74. Name this person
• Anticipatedthe evolutionof the general purpose
computer
• An early programminglanguage is namedafterher
• Exchangedletterson her mathematical and scientific
ideas withCharles Babbage
75. Name this person
• Anticipatedthe evolutionof the general purpose
computer
• An early programminglanguage is namedafterher
• Exchangedletterson her mathematical and scientific
ideas withCharles Babbage
• Ada Byron(Lady Lovelace)
76. She is the first ________ (which we all are, today)
• Mary Allen Wilkes
• Simulatedthe first minicomputer
• Movedon fromcomputer science to pursuelaw
77. She is the first ________ (which we all are, today)
• Mary Allen Wilkes
• Simulatedthe first minicomputer
• Movedon fromcomputer science to pursuelaw
• Saidto have been the first ever home computer user
79. She co-developed the language ________
• Adele Goldberg
• Workedat Xerox PARCon thisfirst…(oops, can’t reveal
more)
• Co-wrote a book withAlanKay
• President of Associationof Computing Machinery
(ACM)
80. She co-developed the language ________
• Workedat Xerox PARCon thisfirst…(oops, can’t reveal
more)
• Co-wrote a book withAlanKay
• President of Associationof Computing Machinery
(ACM)
• DevelopedSmalltalk