Madras Christian College Selaiyur hall inter block quiz competition by Bennet Thomas

Rules

Total 4 questions.

Direct answers- 10 points

Pass answers- 5 points

1)

He uses a specially designed Blackberry

phone which has high securtity

mechanisms. It doesn't have a selfie

camera and messaging software. The

messaging software is removed to

prevent hacking through it. A special

mechanism has been employed for him

to message to 10 selected persons by

encrypting the messages and sending

them through base stations hiding the

IMEI number. Therefore, wherever he

goes, some people follow him with base

station facilities.

Who?

ANSWER

BARACK OBAMA

2) A common misconception is that the

term for these objects, which continue

to be used in Indian houses, derives

from a preferred consummable that

was served on them.

•On the contrary, the name derived

from the Hindi words that indicate how

many support structures this object

rested on.

What term?

ANSWER

Teapoy,

from “teen pai” (three feet)

3)•In 1965, after approvals, a 450 ton consignment of

Lerma Rojo & Sonora 64 left to Pakistan and India but

was stopped at Mexico, then went by a 30 truck

convoy to Los Angeles, reaching LA after a detour due

to the Watts riots.

•At LA, a Mexican bank refused to honour the Pakistani

payment of US $100,000 due to a misspelling on the

cheque, but still the shipment was loaded on a freighter

and shipped to Bombay and Karachi.

•12 hours into the ship’s journey, war broke out and X

received a telegram from Pakistan minister Malik Bucha

“I’m sorry to hear you are having trouble with my

check, but I've got troubles, too. Bombs are falling on

my front lawn. Be patient, the money is in the bank ...”

Who was X and what was this consignment all about?

ANSWER

Norman Borlaug

The first dwarf spring wheat strains that

started the Green Revolution in India & Pakistan

4) In 2006 X was named richest fictional

character by Forbes magazine. but later

X was dropped from the list because of

angry letters from children claiming X was real .

Identify X ?

ANSWER

SANTA CLAUS

5)Simple One

Connect? (Something in order)

1. Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

(1,366.33 m)

2. Kollam, Kerala , India (1,180.5 m)

3. Kharagpur, West Bengal, India (1,072.5

m)

4. State Street Center ,Chicago, Illinois,

US (1,067 m)

5. Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India: 802 m

6. Cheriton Shuttle Terminal, Folkestone,

United Kingdom( 791 m)

ANSWER

Longest Railway platforms

Rules

Total 4 questions.

Direct answers- 10 points

Pass answers- 5 points

1) “A friend you can bank upon”

ANSWER

2) “ Inspire the next”

ANSWER

3) “American by birth. Rebel by choice.”

ANSWER

4) “Fly the good times”

ANSWER

KINGFISHER AIRLINES

5)TYRES WITH MUSCLES

ANSWER

Rules

• Total 4 questions.

• Direct answers- 10 points

• Pass answers- 5 points

1) The Indians paid 12 villages to the

Pakistanis in 1960s in exchange for the

village of Hussainiwala, a small village

in Punjab.

What made this village so special for

India to have?

ANSWER

Burial site of the three martyrs

2) A new place was started after

the shutting down of these 2

places. What was the new place?

ANSWER

CELLULAR JAIL-

ANDAMAN&NICOBAR

ISLANDS

3)WHICH INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTHER IS

COMPARED TO PROMINENT GERMAN

STATESMAN BISMARK?

ANSWER

SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL

4)He was born as Mahesh Das in 1528, in a village near

Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh, India. According to folklore, it was at

Tikawanpur near the banks of river Yamuna. He was the

third son in a Hindu Brahmin family which had previous

associations with poetry and literature. He was educated

in Hindi, Sanskrit and Persian languages and specialized in

music and poetry in the Braj language. The name by

which he’s more commonly known is derived from Vir Var

which means courageous and great, quite contrary for

him since he was not known for his bravery or for his skills as

a soldier.

Who is being talked about here?

ANSWER

BIRBAL

Rules

• Total 4 questions.

• Direct answers- 10 points

• Pass answers- 5 points

IDENTIFY

1)

ANSWER

ASIAN PAINTS

2)

ANSWER

3)

ANSWER

VISTARA AIRLINES

4)

ANSWER

BANK OF AMERICA

5)

ANSWER

Rules

• Total 5 questions.

• Direct answers- 10 points

• Pass answers- 5 points

1)

ANSWER

ALLEN SOLLY

ANSWER

BOSE

3)

ANSWER

BOSCH

4)

ANSWER

5)

ANSWER

JUSTDIAL

Rules

• Total 4 questions.

• Direct answers- 10 points

• Pass answers- 5 points

1) “I never dared to break the glass of his

house while playing cricket as I used to

be extremely scared of him.”

Virender Sehwag talking about which

former childhood neighbour of his from

Najafgarh?

ANSWER

SUSHEEL KUMAR

2) Which two Sri Lankan cricketers own a

sea food restaurant chain called ”

Ministry of Crab ” ?

ANSWER

Kumar Sangakkara and MahelaJayawardena

3)THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SACHIN

TENDULKAR-

ANSWER

PLAYING IT MY WAY

4) In the 1984-85 season, India and Pakistan

were playing the 2nd ODI in Sialkot. Indian

team was at 210/3 and Vengsarkar was at

94*. At this point, the match was suddenly

abandoned. Why?

ANSWER

Assassination of Indira Gandhi

5) CONNECT

ANSWER

DAVID BEKHAM

RULES

• A PHOTO WILL BE SHOWN.ONE PERSON

FROM THE TEAM MUST FIND OUT THE

PERSON BY ASKING THE OTHER TWO

• SAME AS RULES OF 90 SECS

• POINTS WILL BE GRANTED AS THE TIME

REMAING*2

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Rules

• Total 4 questions.

• Direct answers- 10 points

• Pass answers- 5 points

1) Id the Character

• Birth Name: Vito Andolini

• Spouse: Carmela

• Children: Sonny, Fredo, Michael, Connie,

Tom Hagen (adopted), Johnny Fontane

(godson)

• Competitors: The Tattaglias

• Area of operation: Manhattan (New

York)Death: Heart attack while playing with

his grandson Anthony in his garden

• How do we better know him?

ANSWER

Don Vito Corleone

2) Identify X and Y

• The title of the movie X was

originally a subtitle for Die Hard 4

project.

• Bruce Willis traded the name for one

his movies for acting in Die Hard 4.

So they changed the subtitle to Y.

• Identify the original subtitle X which

was made into another movie and

actual subtitle Y.

ANSWER

X – Tears of the Sun

Y – Live Free or Die Hard

3) According to Motion Picture Association

of America, these highly condensed series of

movie shots cannot exceed 2.5 minutes,

usually start with a green or a red band and

include rating cards.

The name comes from the fact that they

were originally shown at the end of a feature

film screening.

What term are we talking about?

ANSWER

TRAILOR

4)In the movie Benaam, Amitabh

Bachchan’s character’s name is

“Amit Srivastava”. What is so

special about this fact?

ANSWER

Real name of Amitabh

Bachchan

5)First Indian Movie Submitted for Oscar

answer

MOTHER INDIA

BUMPER QUESTION

FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER 5MARKS

TEAMS WRITE THE ANSWERS IN THE

GIVEN PAPER

The slide will have 6 movie represented

graphically.

Identifying each movie will fetch you 5

points.

If you get

1 correct - 5 points

2 correct - 10 points

3 correct – 15 points

4 correct – 20 points

5 correct – 25 points

6 correct – 30 points (+5 bonus points)

ANSWER

1)Top gun 2)Pshyco 3)The Addams family

4)There Will be blood 5)Titanic

6)Transformers

Family tree (+5 for each answer)

• A is an American actor who featured as the NASA

administrator in the Hollywood blockbuster

Armageddon

• B is the Oscar winning ex-wife of A and is an UNHCR

Goodwill Ambassador

• E is the father of B and is himself an Academy Award

Winner.

• C is the current husband of B and together they form

one of the most powerful celebrity couples in the USA

• D is the ex-wife of C. Her character in one of the

famous sitcom to date, also resulted in a famous

hairstyle which is still very popular amongst women

ANSWER

A-Billy Bob Thornton

B-Angelina Jolie

C-Brad Pitt

D-Jennifer Aniston

E-John Voight