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CQC 21/2/2010 Session

        Ashwin Murali
             &
    Chandrashekar Anand’s


 “Idhu Namma Quiz” Part II
       Title Credits : Nutty again
About Us
            BVB Alumni

   Quiz partners since 5th standard

Have been to almost all quizzes in our
   city and have had considerable
       success in most of them.
1. Who holds the record for presenting
  the maximum number of budgets in
  India at the state level?
K. Rosaiah

He presented his 16th budget just the
   day before yesterday (20.2.10).
2. This city was ruled by the Solanki
  kings till the 13th century AD. It was
  then conquered by Sultan ______
  Shah who founded the present city.
  The city was ruled by this dynasty till
  the Mughals came into prominence.
  During the Mughal reign, the city
  became an important centre of textile
  trade which it continues to be, till date.
Ahmedabad
3. X enrolled at Massachusetts Institute
  of Technology, graduating with a BS
  in Electrical Engineering in the early
  1950s. He spent a year in
  Eindhoven, Netherlands, in the
  research labs at NV Philips
  Electronics. He enrolled as a
  professor in Electrical Engineering at
  MIT while at the same time he started
  researching keenly on Acoustics. He
  came up with an invention related to
  acoustics, which all of us have come
  across/used. What was the invention?
The Bose speakers, the inventor
    being Amar Gopal Bose.
4. Who is the only cricketer apart from
  Mohammad Azharuddin to have
  captained the Hyderabad team and
  then went on to lead a national side?
Asif Iqbal
5. We Indians refer to kids of first
  generation immigrants as American
  Born Confused Desis (ABCD). How do
  the ABCD’s refer to students who go
  to the US for their education?
EFGH – Every F*****r gets here
6.Identify the blacked out word.
TASMAC ;-)
7. X was a theologian, philosopher, and
  scriptural exegete. X had a wide following
  during his lifetime. On his death, his followers
  built him a sannadhi in the main temple
  complex of the city where he lived. It is
  believed that his own body was embalmed
  and installed as a statue in the sannadhi.
  Over the years some people believed this
  legend while the others claimed it was just a
  statue. One could see that only the fingers
  looked somewhat real while the rest of the
  body only looked like a statue. The temple
  priests who have direct access to the statue
  say that it felt rock solid like a stone statue
  but there are times when the fingers felt soft
  like that of a human. Identify X and the
  temple.
X – Ramanuja
The temple is Srirangam
8. X was born in Mahendragarh district in
  Haryana. As a child he suffered from
  paralysis. He has stated that it was through
  _____ that he was able to regain the full
  functionality of his body again. He attended
  school till the eighth standard in Shahbajpur.
  He then joined an Aarsh Gurukul in Khanpur
  village to study Sanskrit and ______. He
  claimed that he has cured Cancer and has
  minimized the suffering of AIDS patients
  through his art. In January 2007 he was
  awarded the Honorary Doctorate by Kalinga
  Institute of Industrial Technology,
  Bhubaneswar, Orissa. He received it at the
  hands of scientist and Nobel laureate Richard
  R. Ernstin recognition of his efforts at
  popularizing the Vedic science of ____.
  Identify X.
Baba Ramdev
9. In 1799, Tipu Sultan waged a fierce
  battle with the British. In order to ward
  off his challenge and defeat him, the
  British troops surrounded his entire
  kingdom. The British commanding-
  officer Rick Allen led the South West
  regiment. It is believed that this
  regiment’s camp gave the name to a
  place. Which place?
Alandurai, located at about 20 kms
from the Coimbatore city on the way to
              Siruvani.
10. Connect :

   Mattur in Karnataka
   Jhiri, District: Rajgadh, Madhya
    Pradesh
   Ganoda, District: Banswada,
    Rajasthan
   Bawali, District: Bagapat, Uttar
    Pradesh
   Mohad, District: Narasinhpur,
    Madhya Pradesh
Only Sanskrit speaking villages in
               India
11. This was an ad that was aired on TV in
 late 2003 and early 2004. It created a
 sensation of sorts. This was the first ad
 that adopted a new strategy in the field
 of advertising in India. The strategy was
 that a line (a catch phrase or tagline in
 the form of a question) alone would be
 aired first. This arouses the curiosity of
 the people and subsequently the ad
 unfolds in parts. Though a sensation
 initially, its content was criticized and the
 ad was later dropped. A lot of ads that
 came after this ad followed the same
 strategy. Which ad am I talking about?
Pulli Rajavukku AIDS varuma?
12. X and his sister Gail (born 1939) grew up in New York
  City. After the birth of his sister Nina, his mother Doris
  Norden and his stepfather, Rama Chattopadhyaya moved
  the family to India when X was seven. X's stepfather was a
  pioneer in color film processing in Bombay for Bollywood.
  His brother Neelkanth was born in Mumbai in 1953,He
  continued his education (begun in New York) at the
  Kodaikanal International School (class of 1960). He
  studied at Wyoming University in 1962, was drafted into
  the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era, where he trained
  and was a medic on a military base hospital in Japan. After
  his tour of duty from he apprenticed at the Miami
  _______with Bill Haast whom he affectionately calls his
  "guru". (1963 to 1965). A short career in the Merchant
  Navy brought him back to India. He later earned a B.Sc. in
  Wildlife management from Pacific Western University in
  1986. X is a naturalized Indian citizen. He married his wife
  Zai in 1974, they have two sons, Nikhil (Wildlife
  Management)and Samir,(microbiologist). X currently lives
  in Tamil Nadu. In 1996, X produced the documentary The
  King and I, which received numerous awards including 2
Romulus Whitaker
13. Complete the list :

              Paoli Rossi
            Diego Maradona
            Salvatore Scillaci
                Romario
               ________
               ________
               ________
Ronaldo
          Oliver Kahn
        Zinedine Zidane

They are the Golden Ball winners
 in FIFA World Cups from 1982.
14. Identify:
Pre 1994 : One of the dirtiest cities in
 the country
1994 : Plague epidemic strikes the city
Post 1994 : Arguably the cleanest city in
 the country
Known for : Textiles and ______
Annual GDP growth : 11.5 % (one of the
 highest in the country)
Surat
15. X was born on December 14, 1918 in
 Bellur, Kolar District, Karnataka, India. He is
 considered one of the foremost yoga
 teachers in the world and has been
 practicing and teaching yoga for more than
 75 years. He has written many books on
 yogic practice and philosophy, and is best
 known for his books Light on Yoga, Light on
 Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of
 Patanjali. He has also written several
 definitive yoga texts. His yoga centers are
 located throughout the world, and it is
 believed that millions of students practice his
 form of Yoga.
 He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991,
 and the Padma Bhushan in 2002. In 2004, X
 was named one of the 100 most influential
B. K. S. Iyengar
16. Whose Google Trend?
Abinav Bindra
17. Identify
Valmik Thapar
18. Identify and Explain
This painting is a gift by Rajinikanth to
Kamal Haasan.
 During the function to celebrate
Kamal’s 50 years in cinema, Rajini
spoke that while the Goddess of Art
walked by holding the hands of actors
like him, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, etc.,
she held Kamal alone in her arms as a
sign of appreciation to his toil and
achievements.
 He later called a renowned painter to
his house and had the scene that he
had depicted, painted. The painting
was then gifted to Kamal.
19. Identify
John D. Rockefeller

Arguably the richest person to have
             ever lived.
20. It is often asked to actors that what
 they would have become if they hadn’t
 become an actor/actress.

   When this question was asked to a
   certain actress, she spontaneously
                 replied

     “I’d have become a Naxalite.”

                   Who?
Silk Smitha
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Cqc Quiz Feb 21st 2010

  • 1. CQC 21/2/2010 Session Ashwin Murali & Chandrashekar Anand’s “Idhu Namma Quiz” Part II Title Credits : Nutty again
  • 2. About Us BVB Alumni Quiz partners since 5th standard Have been to almost all quizzes in our city and have had considerable success in most of them.
  • 3. 1. Who holds the record for presenting the maximum number of budgets in India at the state level?
  • 4. K. Rosaiah He presented his 16th budget just the day before yesterday (20.2.10).
  • 5. 2. This city was ruled by the Solanki kings till the 13th century AD. It was then conquered by Sultan ______ Shah who founded the present city. The city was ruled by this dynasty till the Mughals came into prominence. During the Mughal reign, the city became an important centre of textile trade which it continues to be, till date.
  • 7. 3. X enrolled at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a BS in Electrical Engineering in the early 1950s. He spent a year in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in the research labs at NV Philips Electronics. He enrolled as a professor in Electrical Engineering at MIT while at the same time he started researching keenly on Acoustics. He came up with an invention related to acoustics, which all of us have come across/used. What was the invention?
  • 8. The Bose speakers, the inventor being Amar Gopal Bose.
  • 9. 4. Who is the only cricketer apart from Mohammad Azharuddin to have captained the Hyderabad team and then went on to lead a national side?
  • 11. 5. We Indians refer to kids of first generation immigrants as American Born Confused Desis (ABCD). How do the ABCD’s refer to students who go to the US for their education?
  • 12. EFGH – Every F*****r gets here
  • 15. 7. X was a theologian, philosopher, and scriptural exegete. X had a wide following during his lifetime. On his death, his followers built him a sannadhi in the main temple complex of the city where he lived. It is believed that his own body was embalmed and installed as a statue in the sannadhi. Over the years some people believed this legend while the others claimed it was just a statue. One could see that only the fingers looked somewhat real while the rest of the body only looked like a statue. The temple priests who have direct access to the statue say that it felt rock solid like a stone statue but there are times when the fingers felt soft like that of a human. Identify X and the temple.
  • 16. X – Ramanuja The temple is Srirangam
  • 17. 8. X was born in Mahendragarh district in Haryana. As a child he suffered from paralysis. He has stated that it was through _____ that he was able to regain the full functionality of his body again. He attended school till the eighth standard in Shahbajpur. He then joined an Aarsh Gurukul in Khanpur village to study Sanskrit and ______. He claimed that he has cured Cancer and has minimized the suffering of AIDS patients through his art. In January 2007 he was awarded the Honorary Doctorate by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. He received it at the hands of scientist and Nobel laureate Richard R. Ernstin recognition of his efforts at popularizing the Vedic science of ____. Identify X.
  • 19. 9. In 1799, Tipu Sultan waged a fierce battle with the British. In order to ward off his challenge and defeat him, the British troops surrounded his entire kingdom. The British commanding- officer Rick Allen led the South West regiment. It is believed that this regiment’s camp gave the name to a place. Which place?
  • 20. Alandurai, located at about 20 kms from the Coimbatore city on the way to Siruvani.
  • 21. 10. Connect :  Mattur in Karnataka  Jhiri, District: Rajgadh, Madhya Pradesh  Ganoda, District: Banswada, Rajasthan  Bawali, District: Bagapat, Uttar Pradesh  Mohad, District: Narasinhpur, Madhya Pradesh
  • 22. Only Sanskrit speaking villages in India
  • 23. 11. This was an ad that was aired on TV in late 2003 and early 2004. It created a sensation of sorts. This was the first ad that adopted a new strategy in the field of advertising in India. The strategy was that a line (a catch phrase or tagline in the form of a question) alone would be aired first. This arouses the curiosity of the people and subsequently the ad unfolds in parts. Though a sensation initially, its content was criticized and the ad was later dropped. A lot of ads that came after this ad followed the same strategy. Which ad am I talking about?
  • 25. 12. X and his sister Gail (born 1939) grew up in New York City. After the birth of his sister Nina, his mother Doris Norden and his stepfather, Rama Chattopadhyaya moved the family to India when X was seven. X's stepfather was a pioneer in color film processing in Bombay for Bollywood. His brother Neelkanth was born in Mumbai in 1953,He continued his education (begun in New York) at the Kodaikanal International School (class of 1960). He studied at Wyoming University in 1962, was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era, where he trained and was a medic on a military base hospital in Japan. After his tour of duty from he apprenticed at the Miami _______with Bill Haast whom he affectionately calls his "guru". (1963 to 1965). A short career in the Merchant Navy brought him back to India. He later earned a B.Sc. in Wildlife management from Pacific Western University in 1986. X is a naturalized Indian citizen. He married his wife Zai in 1974, they have two sons, Nikhil (Wildlife Management)and Samir,(microbiologist). X currently lives in Tamil Nadu. In 1996, X produced the documentary The King and I, which received numerous awards including 2
  • 27. 13. Complete the list : Paoli Rossi Diego Maradona Salvatore Scillaci Romario ________ ________ ________
  • 28. Ronaldo Oliver Kahn Zinedine Zidane They are the Golden Ball winners in FIFA World Cups from 1982.
  • 29. 14. Identify: Pre 1994 : One of the dirtiest cities in the country 1994 : Plague epidemic strikes the city Post 1994 : Arguably the cleanest city in the country Known for : Textiles and ______ Annual GDP growth : 11.5 % (one of the highest in the country)
  • 30. Surat
  • 31. 15. X was born on December 14, 1918 in Bellur, Kolar District, Karnataka, India. He is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world and has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 75 years. He has written many books on yogic practice and philosophy, and is best known for his books Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. He has also written several definitive yoga texts. His yoga centers are located throughout the world, and it is believed that millions of students practice his form of Yoga. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002. In 2004, X was named one of the 100 most influential
  • 32. B. K. S. Iyengar
  • 37. 18. Identify and Explain
  • 38. This painting is a gift by Rajinikanth to Kamal Haasan. During the function to celebrate Kamal’s 50 years in cinema, Rajini spoke that while the Goddess of Art walked by holding the hands of actors like him, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, etc., she held Kamal alone in her arms as a sign of appreciation to his toil and achievements. He later called a renowned painter to his house and had the scene that he had depicted, painted. The painting was then gifted to Kamal.
  • 40. John D. Rockefeller Arguably the richest person to have ever lived.
  • 41. 20. It is often asked to actors that what they would have become if they hadn’t become an actor/actress. When this question was asked to a certain actress, she spontaneously replied “I’d have become a Naxalite.” Who?