2. About me & The Quiz
• - 9th standard @ The PSBB Millennium School.
• - Crazy about Barcelona & Chelsea (You might find questions on
them!)
• The QM’s decision is final.
• We will have 3 rounds.
• That’s it
7. 2.• “X" is a song recorded by Boney M. and included on their debut album
Take the Heat off Me. It was a 1976 hit and a staple in disco music and
Boney M.'s first UK hit.
• It was the second Boney M. single, released in May 1976 without
making any major impact at first. It wasn't until a spectacular
performance on the Musikladen TV show in September that the single
became a hit, topping most European charts.
• This song features in the recent ad of “Y”. Id X & Y
8.
9. 3.
• Nalanda University (also known as University of Nalanda) is the name of a
proposed university in Rajgir, near Nalanda, Bihar, India. The first academic
session is set to start from 2014.
• Originally the university was established in the 5th century AD by Gupta
Kings.
• Who is the Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of Nalanda
University?
11. 4.
• This virtual currency was introduced in May this year by a company to oversee
transactions. The company hopes to make it easier to make purchases using these
coins without worrying about handing over more cash to the company. The coins
would never expire and there are no fees associated with it. Which company?
13. 5.
•Give Funda
• When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
• Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
• The welkin will ring loud,
• The great crowd will feel proud,
• Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
• And the rest coming home with the urn.
15. 6.• X was born in Vilassar de Mar, Catalonia.
• He supported FC Barcelona since childhood and went to his first match when he was nine
months old with his grandfather.
• He began his club football career with CE Mataro. His first coach Senor Blai, reportedly did not
select X for matches against Barcelona in an attempt to hide him from their scouts. This tactic
was unable to withstand for long, and Mataro gave in and allowed X to train with Barcelona one
day per week. Eventually he joined Barcelona's academy full time. His initial training was as a
defensive midfielder. Although he was a prolific scorer, sometimes scoring more than 30 goals a
season in the youth team, he never managed to play a first team game at Camp Nou.
• During his time at Barcelona's youth academy, X idolised Barcelona's number four and then-
captain Josep Guardiola, who would later give his shirt as a consolation when X's parents
divorced. ID X.
21. 9.•Id X
• X was named by an engineer at the firm Codenomicon, a Finnish
cybersecurity company, which also created the logo, and launched the domain
X.com to explain the bug to the public.
• According to Codenomicon, Neel Mehta of Google's security team first
reported the bug to OpenSSL, but both Google and Codenomicon discovered
it independently.
• Codenomicon reports April 3 as their date of discovery of the bug and as
their date of notification of NCSC-FI (formerly known as CERT-FI) for
vulnerability coordination. Mehta also congratulated Codenomicon, without
going into detail.
30. 3.
X, formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island
nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and
Australia. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls
spread out between the latitude of 5°to 10° south and longitude
of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line.
How is this country related to the India media?
41. 8.
This was probably the first-ever India –specific marketing
campaign. Put together by Lintas, the famous advertising firm,
the campaign familiarized the Palm tree logo.
The campaign also featured the innovative packaging – a square
tin and a round tin in a distinctive green and yellow
combination. The product itself is still known by its brand
name.
For which Indian product was this campaign launched by
Lintas?
45. 10.
i. London to Suez
ii. Suez to Bombay (Mumbai)
iii. Bombay to Calcutta (Kolkata)
iv. Calcutta to Hong Kong
v. Hong Kong to Yokohoma
vi. Yokohama to San Francisco
vii. San Francisco to New York City
viii.New York to London
In terms of 19th century adventure time - what will be i to viii = ?
48. 1.
• X was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. The vessel, constructed
at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on
the River Thames. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the
coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom, and for that occasion is
said to have been the first ship to sail under the old London Bridge.
• X became one of the most famous ships in history after it’s second survey.
• Id X
49. 2.
• X’s came comes from a Dakota word for "clear water". It is also
known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes“.
X is the 12th biggest in size and the 21st most populous of the U.S.
States.
Xis known for its relatively mixed social and political orientations
and its high rate of civic participation and voter turnout. It ranks
among the healthiest states, and has a highly literate population. The
large majority of residents are of Scandinavian and German
descent.
52. 4.
• Deep Blue was a computer developed by IBM. In 1997, the machine, with human
intervention between games, won the second six-game match against X by two wins
to one with three draws. X accused IBM of cheating and demanded a rematch. IBM
refused and retired Deep Blue. X had beaten a previous version of Deep Blue in
1996.
• Id X.
54. 6.
• ____________ came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy,
after an early emigration from his birthplace, and impressed from an
early age. _______ made his first-team debut in 2002, aged 18.
_________ began playing regularly during the 2004–05 season and has
remained in the side ever since. _________ was an integral part of the
Barcelona side in 2009, the only time a club has achieved six titles in
one season. ____________ is considered to be one of the best
footballers of his generation.
56. 8.
Pokhran-II refers to the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions
conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May
1998. It was the second nuclear test since the first test, code-named
Smiling Buddha, had been conducted in May 1974.
To commemorate the first of the five tests that were carried out on that
day has been officially declared as ____________________ in India .
The day was officially signed by the then Prime Minister of India. The
day is celebrated by giving awards to various individuals and industries in
the field of science and industry.
58. 1.
• X was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. The vessel, constructed
at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on
the River Thames. In July of that year she took part in a fleet review celebrating the
coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom, and for that occasion is
said to have been the first ship to sail under the old London Bridge.
• X became one of the most famous ships in history after it’s second survey.
• Id X
60. 2.
• X’s came comes from a Dakota word for "clear water". It is also known as
the "Land of 10,000 Lakes“.
X is the 12th biggest in size and the 21st most populous of the U.S. States.
Xis known for its relatively mixed social and political orientations and its high
rate of civic participation and voter turnout. It ranks among the healthiest
states, and has a highly literate population. The large majority of residents are
of Scandinavian and German descent.
Id X.
64. 4.
• Deep Blue was a computer developed by IBM. In 1997, the machine, with
human intervention between games, won the second six-game match against
X by two wins to one with three draws. X accused IBM of cheating and
demanded a rematch. IBM refused and retired Deep Blue. X had beaten a
previous version of Deep Blue in 1996.
• Id X.
68. 6.
• ____________ came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy,
after an early emigration from his birthplace, and impressed from an
early age. _______ made his first-team debut in 2002, aged 18.
_________ began playing regularly during the 2004–05 season and has
remained in the side ever since. _________ was an integral part of the
Barcelona side in 2009, the only time a club has achieved six titles in
one season. ____________ is considered to be one of the best
footballers of his generation.
72. 8.
Pokhran-II refers to the series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted
by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. It was the
second nuclear test since the first test, code-named Smiling Buddha, had been
conducted in May 1974.
To commemorate the first of the five tests that were carried out on that day has
been officially declared as ____________________ in India . The day was
officially signed by the then Prime Minister of India. The day is celebrated by
giving awards to various individuals and industries in the field of science and
industry
74. May 11
1. HMS Beagle, the ship that will take Charles
Darwin on his scientific voyage, is launched.
2. Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.
3. Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler
and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
4. Deep Blue, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last
game of the rematch, becoming the first
computer to beat a world-champion chess player
in a classic match format.
5. Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (b. 1904) is born
6. Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer (B.1984) is
born
7. Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for
the second time. The name had been in use
since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
8. National Tecnology Day is observed on May 11.
