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Mood Indigo 2011 | India Quiz – Questions

anirudh — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:34:27 +0000

December 28, 2011

Mood Indigo 2011 | India Quiz – Questions

Mood Indigo India Quiz by J Ramanand

J Ramanand, who hosted the quiz at Mood Indigo, has shared with us questions from his Quiz for those of you who haven’t seen it earlier, at the BC session, or at the BQC Ender Bender.

M o od Indigo 2011 – India Quiz – Prelims with Answers

Cut off: 18 with 6*s

Mood Indigo 2011 – India Quiz – Finals

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Know Kolkata Quiz | Quiz Review

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:18:34 +0000

December 23, 2011

‘Know Kolkata Quiz’ held at Modern High School for Girls, part of the ongoing ‘Kolkata Festival’ saw some brilliant contests. Quizmaster for the morning was Mir. The quiz was all about who knew his or her city the best.

The parents also participated in the quiz along with their children, which made it all the more interactive and fun. The quiz made parents feel like school children once again, sitting on stage participating in a school quiz.

There were eight teams with each team consisting of two schoolgirls with their respective parent. The first round was called ‘mixed bag’ where each team had to choose a subject on which they were quizzed.

Subjects varied from language, public buildings, clubs, markets, sports, politics and literature to fiction. The variety in subjects and the questions asked made the session very interesting and each team did superbly in the first round.

This was followed by ‘who am I’ which was about guessing a given personality or subject through a clue. The ‘audio round’ followed next. Then there was quite an innovative round called ‘make the connection’. Each team was given a set of four words and they had to find a connection between them. Some teams struggled to find a connection while for others it was a cake walk.

‘Audience round’ saw the audience interacting and taking part in the quiz. It was quite a break for the contestants before the ‘buzzer round’ which was for the quick thinkers.

The quiz ended with team D winning the first prize. Team B was the runner-up. The quiz was followed by an exquisite exhibition called Magical Kolkata which was a joint effort of students and their parents

Source: Education Times

Cere-Brate: The Open Business Quiz Prelims | Quiz Questions

anirudh — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:37:30 +0000

December 22, 2011

Cere-Brate: The Open Business Quiz Prelims

FMS Fiesta Prelims — Presentation Transcript

CERE- CERE-BRATE: THE OPEN BUSINESS QUIZ PRELIMS

Who was sued by tobacco-to-hospitality major ITC Ltd has for Rs 200 crore for what the company alleges are defamatory tweets and newspaper articles against ITC and its chairman, YC Deveshwar?
What was launched by Henry Luce in 1936 that caught the spirit of America via vivid photojournalism?
Who is the author of the following books?
- Something for the Weekend
- The Naked Chef
- The Return of the Naked Chef
- Happy Days with the Naked Chef
- __________ Kitchen
- __________ Dinners
- __________ Italy
- Cook With __________: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook
Identify.
Identify the author.
The Honorable Sir Charles Kuen was awarded half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for – “groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in ___________ for __________communication.”
Since its founding, Barcelona has never worn corporate advertisements on their shirt. On 14 July 2006, the club announced a five year agreement with UNICEF, which includes having the UNICEF logo on their shirts. The agreement has the club donate €1.5 million per year to UNICEF via the FC Barcelona Foundation. Barcelona ended their refusal of corporate sponsorship in the 2011–2012 season, having signed a five-year €150m deal with?
__________ isn’t a noun, it’s a verb, and it’s what Amazon has done in the targeted direction of Google. This is the first shot in the new war for replacing the Internet with a privatized merchant data- aggregation network. -Chris Espinosa
Advertising slogan for the device: “Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play“. Identify the device.
At a meeting of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, faculty members voted with an “overwhelming majority” to remove two economics courses – Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business and Economic Development in India and East Asia – that were taught by him at the three-month Harvard Summer School session. Identify the teacher.
Identify the advertiser.
Identify the person.
Which company was named after the name of the founder, Shojiro Ishibashi and comes from a calque translation and transposition of his surname?
As of July/August 2011, there were exactly 9.0 million downloads every day, also 158 developers reached over 1 million downloads for their Applications. On May 16, 2011, it was announced that the ‘door’ will be shut for this brand and the services will be rebranded under the main/ parent brand. Identify both the brands.
Born as Robyn __________ Fenty, she has sold more than 20 million albums and 60 million singles which make her one of the best selling artists of all time. Identify her.
Identify the web based application.
Identify the common surname. Cosimo de‘, Piero I de‘, Lorenzo I de, Cardinal Giovanni de, Giuliano de.
He is a British historian having specialty is financial and economic history, particularly hyperinflation and the bond markets, as well as the history of colonialism. He has said that the British Empire succeeded in transforming “the institutions of failed or rogue states and lay the foundations of…rule of law, non-corrupt administration, and ultimately, representative government.”Among such “failed or rogue states” he included India. Identify him.
South Asia’s first modern Metro Museum, showcasing the Delhi Metro, the only such installation worldwide in an operational Metro station has been opened at which metro station?
What originated from the ancient Caledonian art of “flyting” where two or more performers trade elaborate insults, according to Professor Ferenc Szasz?

The Hindu NIE Arena 2011, an Inter-School Mega Sports Quiz | Quiz Review

anirudh — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:36:57 +0000

December 20, 2011

The Hindu NIE Arena 2011, an Inter-School Mega Sports Quiz | Quiz Review

They got a sporting chance

The Hindu’s latest Newspaper in Education initiative, Arena, had a grand start. The inter-school mega sports quiz had sports enthusiasts sitting at the edge of their seats.

Do you read the sports page of the newspaper the first thing in the morning? Are sporting legends not just your idols but gods? Do you care more about your favourite football club’s standing in the league or about the status of the injured cricketer in the team than your outcome in the exam? Then you would have loved Arena!

The Hindu NIE Arena 2011, an inter-school mega sports quiz presented by Indian Overseas Bank, was held recently in the city of Chennai. Over 410 teams from 105 schools sat through the prelims where the teams had to write down answers to questions distributed to them. While that was being evaluated, the crowd comprising sports enthusiasts, students and teachers were kept entertained by the team from Radio One.

By the end of it six teams comprising two students each from PS Senior Secondary School, DAV Public School (Velachery), Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Hindu Senior Secondary School, Bala Vidya Mandir and Zion Matriculation were selected.

In keeping with the theme of the quiz, the quizmaster was Dr. Sumanth C. Raman, an avid sports quizzer and host of the DD Podhigai’s BSNL Sports Quiz.

With the stage set for the final clash, the questions categorised into seven rounds were fired at the teams. The rounds comprised general questions, audio, photo/video, dumb charades and rapid fire. It wasn’t just the teams on stage that were racking their brains to answer the question, even the young audience were constantly jumping out of their seats to get the quizmaster’s attention to answer. And they were promptly rewarded with chocolates.

At Arena, everyone walked away with interesting gyan like the Indian government’s efforts to promote tender coconut water as an ideal sports drink, that Jesse Owens visited The Hindu office in Chennai in 1955, that the Maharaja of Porbandar captained India’s first test series overseas. There was also a fun clipping of a sports person dancing in his hotel room to a pop song and the teams had to identify him. To everyone’s amusement it turned out to be Kamran Akmal, the Pakistani cricketer.

After sevens rounds of battling it out and even acting it out (in the dumb charades round), the team from Bala Vidya Mandir comprising Siddhartha S. Nathan and Vedanth Murali, both Std IX students, clinched the first place. They won a cash prize of Rs. 25,000, besides Hercules Rodeo bicycles and computer desks from Zuari Furniture.

Apoorv Abhishek and S. Adityaram from Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Chetpet, came second to bag the cash prize of Rs. 15,000. While Swati Hemant and Arjun Aravind from P.S.S.S.S. who placed third walked away with cash prize of Rs. 10,000. The remaining three teams won cash prizes of Rs. 5000 each.

Actor K. Dhanush, the chief guest who received a rousing welcome from the children, congratulated the winners and added, “Those who were placed fourth, fifth and sixth, don’t worry. That’s where I was usually placed too and I am doing pretty well in life.” He also stressed on the importance of giving one’s best even for the simplest of attempts. “You’ll never know where it’ll take you. That’s what happened with Kolaveri too.”

Mr. M. Narendra, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Overseas Bank, was present too and shared how happy he was to be a part of the initiative and see youngsters enthusiastically participating in the quiz.

SIDDHARTHA S. NATHAN and VEDANTH MURALI, Std IX, Bala Vidya Mandir: We love sports. We are part of various sports teams in school and also avidly follow sports news. Since we were tied in the final rounds, we had to play strategically. One wrong answer would have cost us. That’s why even when we knew the answer for a couple of questions, since we weren’t sure we didn’t want to take the risk. But we are happy it paid off.

APOORV ABHISHEK and A. ADITYARAM, Std IX, Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School: We got to know about the quiz just the previous day and hence didn’t have much time to prepare. But since we regularly read the sports news, especially during the lunch breaks in school, it helped a lot. The quiz was fun and we really enjoyed participating in it.

SWATI HEMANT (Std IX) and ARJUN ARAVIND (Std VIII), P.S.S.S.S.: We’re into sports, that is we play, read books and look up news in the Internet. And that helped us in this quiz. Besides, we’re avid quizzers too. We liked the video rounds. We were extremely surprised that one of our really wild guesses for a question on cricketer Imran Khan turned out to be correct.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article2728494.ece

TCS IT Wiz 2011: SBOA makes Chennai proud | Quiz Review

anirudh — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:58:10 +0000

December 15, 2011

TCS IT Wiz 2011: SBOA makes Chennai proud | Quiz Review

CHENNAI: They came, they contested and they conquered – not just the title but also hearts.

Gokul T and R Aditya from SBOA school, Chennai, defeated eleven other equally talented teams from the rest of the country to emerge winners of the TCS IT Wiz quiz contest – 2011 at the Taj Coromandel on Saturday.

It wasn’t a cake walk for the two school kids, who were good enough to be called tech wizards, as they held on to their nerves to win a nail-biting finish. The quiz contest, the finals of which was held on Saturday, had been held over a period of six months. Although Delhi managed to surge ahead with a few quick points, Chennai and Hyderabad weren’t far behind it.

The team that surprised the audience was the one from Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Hyderabad, which had two enthusiastic quizzers who overtook the remaining teams during the tie-breaker round to make their way into the second level.� While St Paul’s English School, Bangalore looked promising at the start of the second level, Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai and Lucknow Public School, Lucknow offered tough competition. Amidst all the high-tech drama, SBOA Chennai maintained a decent score in every round. The final round of the contest – that had teams from Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow and Mumbai contesting – was a nerve-wracking one.

SBOA, Chennai – the home team stood victorious with 65 points bringing cheer to the audience, while Bangalore occupied the runner’s up position with 40 points.

“It feels great to know that the future of our country is bright and safe,” said guest of honour, N Chandrasekaran,� CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services.

The winners were presented with a Macbook pro each, while the runner’s up took home iphone 4.

Every participating team won Blue-ray DVD players and other goodies.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tcs-it-wiz-2011-sboa-makes-chennai-proud/211140-60-118.html

Heritage India Quiz | Quiz Review

anirudh — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:14:04 +0000

December 15, 2011

Heritage India Quiz | Quiz Review

DAV CSPur wins Heritage India Quiz

14 Dec 2011

BHUBANESWAR:

DAV Public School, Chandrashekharpur, has won the CBSE Heritage India Quiz competition conducted by CBSE New Delhi, for the second time. Around 10,000 schools affiliated to the board had participated in the quiz. The competition was conducted at four different levels. Aswin Kumar Behera of Class IX, Swastik Pradhan of Class X and Gourav Jena of Class IX reached the final round and won by 95 points.

Quiz master Pranab Mukherjee conducted it at the India Islamic Centre. The winning team along with the guide teacher were awarded the champion’s trophy citation and cash prize of Rs. 21,000 by the Minister of State for External Affairs and HRD E Ahamed and CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi.

The team was felicitated by the school at a separate function by SMC chairman Madan Mohan Panda and Principal KC Satpathy.

Source: Express Buzz http://expressbuzz.com/states/orissa/dav-cspur-wins-heritage-india-quiz/343337.html

Limca Book of Records Quiz – National Finals | Quiz Review

anirudh — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:07:22 +0000

December 15, 2011

Limca Book of Records Quiz - National Finals | Quiz Review

DPS Kolkata wins Limca Book of Records Quiz

Proud winners: Students of Delhi Public School, Kolkata, Arunavha Chanda (left) and Mitul Dey Chowdhary (right) receiving the Limca Book of Records Quiz 2011 trophy from former Chief Justice of India J. S. Verma and quizmaster Derek O'Brien in New Delhi on Tuesday. - Photo: S. Subramanium

In a display of intelligence and quick thinking, Delhi Public School, Kolkata, team of Arunavha Chanda and Mitul Dey Chowdhury emerged triumphant at the national finals of the “Limca Book of Records Quiz-11” in the Capital on Tuesday.

The “Limca Book of Records Quiz” competitions were organised for students from Class VIII to XII in over 3,800 schools across 80 cities over a six-month period.

Hosted by quiz master and Rajya Sabha member Derek O’ Brien, the finals saw Delhi Public School, Kolkata, prevailing over teams from Sherwood College, Nainital, and New Era Public School, Delhi.

Felicitating the winners, former Chief Justice J. S. Verma described the event as an “unprecedented learning platform”. “Initiatives such as these are an ideal platform for students since they enhance their awareness around a variety of subjects and stimulate their creative thinking.”

On the occasion, Limca Book of Records holder Aditi Singhal enthralled the students with a quick demonstration of her ability to memorise things.

According to Mr. Brien, the initiative is a great platform to impart knowledge, promote learning and help young minds to know and grow.

The 22nd edition of the Limca Book of Records launched earlier this year was dedicated to the outstanding performances of 15 Indian athletes during the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in 2010.

Source: The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article2713324.ece

Paragana Biz Quiz 2011 | Quiz Review and Questions

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:22:15 +0000

December 15, 2011

Review from QuizCollective

The NMIMS Mumbai ‘Paragana’ Biz Quiz, hosted by Amit Pandeya, saw a participation of over 45 teams consisting of about 20 Corporates & 25 Students teams. The Final Results of the Biz Quiz, held on 13th November, 2011, were as follows :

Team 1 : Rohit Jain & Rabi Shankar Saha ( IBM, Mumbai )

Team 2 : Anil Kothuri & Vibhendu Tewari ( Edelweiss Capital & IndusInd Bank )

Team 3 : Naveen Prasad & Debargha Ambuly ( S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai ) – Best Student Team

Team 4 : Francis. R & Ameya Samant ( HDFC Life & IMRB, Mumbai ) – Joint Winners

Team 5 : Rajiv Rai & R.Jayakanthan ( Deutsche Bank, Mumbai & TCS, Chennai ) – Joint Winners

Team 6 : Rohan Khanna & Yagnyesh ( Accenture, Delhi & Oracle, Mumbai )

Team 7 : Raghav N.C ( Symbiosis Law School, Pune )

Find inline the Awesome Quiz by Amit Pandeya!

Delhi Advertising Club organized one Advertising, Marketing & Media Quiz | Quiz review

anirudh — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:06 +0000

December 13, 2011

Delhi Advertising Club – Advertising, Marketing & Media Quiz | Quiz Review

Company Brief
New Delhi, December 12, 2011

Delhi Advertising Club organized one Advertising, Marketing & Media Quiz on 9th December 2011 Evening in New Delhi.

Mr. B. Sridhar-Group Director, Media Services Innocean Worldwide was the Quiz Master. 15 team participated. These are- MPG, Innocean Worldwide 2 team, Hard News Media, JCDecaux, Goldmine, Inter Publicity, Mindshare 2 team, Indian Oil, Crayons, NTPC, Zenith Optimedia, Lokmat Media & Lintas.

Winning team was “Hard News Media”, Second was Innocean Worldwide & Third position was achieved by IndianOil.

1st Prize was given by Immediate Past President Mr. Narinder Sharma. Mr. B. Sridhar-Quiz Master was given one Souvenir with a vote of thanks by President –DAC-Mr. R.C.Tanwar.

For further information, please contact:

Delhi Advertising Club
R.C.Tanwar
Mobile: +919811054189
Email: tanwarrc@gmail.com

Source:http://www.afaqs.com/news/company_briefs/?id=52356_Delhi+Advertising+Club+organized+one+Advertising+Marketing++Media+Quiz

Quiz Reviews

Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz 2011 | Quiz Review

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:14:39 +0000

December 7, 2011

Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz 2011 | Quiz Review

Bangalore. 5th December, 2011.

Nalanda Talent School, Kolkata, represented by VSP Abhishek and R Sri Krishna, emerged as national winners of the Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz 2011 held in Bangalore on Sunday. The team overcame stiff competition from finalists from Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, and Bangalore. The trophy was presented by Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra, president & managing director, Texas Instruments (TI) India.

Sri Sankara Senior Sec School, Adayar, Chennai, and Sri Vidya Mandir High School, finished second and third respectively in the national finals. The event drew an enthusiastic response from school students from Bangalore who thronged the venue and passionately cheered the winners and the finalists. Members of the team that won the national finals were awarded attractive iPADs while their school was awarded a trophy.

Sri Vidya Mandir High School, National Public School, Indiranagar and Poornaprajna High School, Sadashivanagar, won the regional rounds for Bangalore. The Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz has provided a platform for bright, young students of Class 8, 9 and 10 to test their skills of inquiry and scientific thinking. “The talent displayed by students in five cities was amazing. These are the innovators of the future. The quiz has been successful in inculcating a scientific spirit among high school students in the country,” said Mitra.

Source: DNA.

Other quiz reviews at Nuclear Energy Quiz @ SIMT | Quiz Review and TIME Aqua Regia | Chennai Review.

Times of Oman Open Quiz Contest, 15th Edition | Quiz Review

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:12:22 +0000

December 7, 2011

Times of Oman Open Quiz Contest, 15th Edition | Quiz Review

03 December 2011

MUSCAT: They came, they fought hard, and they conquered. After an exciting battle of grit, nerves and wit, a new champion team emerged at the 15th edition of the Times of Oman Open Quiz Contest (TOOOQC).

Know Brainers — the team comprising Sujatha Ashok, R. S. Sumanth and Raji Sumanth — put a stop to the dominance of the defending champions, Mostly Clueless, to lift the ultimate quizzing trophy in Muscat, at the packed-to-the-brim City Amphitheatre in Muscat on Thursday.

Four time champions Mostly Clueless — the team comprising Dr Anupam Kakaria, Shafeek M. K. and Shaheen Jamil — and last year’s runners up, Questionable Characters (Rohini Dinesh, Sushmita Gupta and Udayan Gupta) displayed amazing performances to put up a brave fight to finish second and third (after a tie-breaker) respectively.

ISG Sreeraag Mohan and team (Sreeraag Mohan T, Darshan Regi Kalathil, R. Rajaganapathy Sankar) were crowned the school quiz champions.

ISM Quizzing ISMiites (Rohan Karnawat, Srujan Keskar, Shuvankar Goswami) and ISG Anmol Kakaria and team (Anmol Kakaria, Fahd Rayees, Anirudh Sen) finished first and second runners up respectively.

But the true champions of the evening were, of course, the audiences, who turned up in huge numbers despite the rain clouds looming large over the skies. They didn’t allow the thoughts of inconvenience the rains could have brought to dissuade them from attending this Times of Oman event that’s so close to their hearts.

Speaking to Times of Oman, quizmaster Giri ‘Pickbrain’ Balasubramanium said, “My first reaction is that the true winners of today’s (Thursday’s) event are the audience of Muscat. No two ways about it. It is amazing that despite the climate that prevailed, people turned out in such large numbers. It is their reflection of solidarity to an event like this.”

Sharing his thoughts on the champions, Know Brainers, Giri said, “The winners were an outstanding team. They have been waiting in the wings for way too long. I think they will win a few more finals. It is just the beginning for them.”

About the runners up, Mostly Clueless and Questionable Characters, Giri said, “They were known and expected to do well. It was a few tactical errors here and there that led them to lose. Facts like not getting their hands to the buzzer fast enough cost them some points.”

Explaining that this has been the closest TOOOQC that Muscat has ever witnessed so far, Giri said, “That to me is the changing times. Till it got to the buzzer it was five teams battling. So I think it was outstanding.”

Giri also suggested that Times of Oman should now restart the school quiz.

“I am sure the public here who root for a knowledge property like the TOOOQC wants that and would welcome that,” Giri noted.

TOOOQC was presented by Samsung. The major sponsors were Muscat Pharmacy, Pocari Sweat, Perfumes and Cosmetics. The co-sponsors were Sohar Aluminum, Al Mudhish and Delicio. Jet Airways was the official airlines and Sixt was the official rent a car company.

The official hosts were Platinum Hotel. The venue sponsors were Badr Al Samaa, Oasis Water, Shah Nagardas Manji, E-Travels and Tours, Malabar Gold, New India Assurance, Hoshan Trading, Apparel International and Spicy Village. The prelims of TOOOQC was organised at the Indian School Ghubra auditorium.

Earlier, Lakshmi Kothaneth, host for the evening, gave a perfect start to the proceedings, welcoming the huge crowd which voice voted the decision to shift TOOOQC to the month of December.

The event was earlier held in the month of April.

The event started with the school quiz, with team members — ISM Unchartered (Ashwin Menon, Arun Philips, Daniel Joseph), PSM Crashers (Aly Reza, Hager Abdul Sami, Syed Tumail Jafri), ISD Master Minds (Pranav R Krishnan, Francis Cilwin, Hadi Jamal), ISG Anmol Kakaria and team (Anmol Kakaria, Fahd Rayees, Anirudh Sen), ISM Quizzing ISMiites (Rohan Karnawat, Srujan Keskar, Shuvankar Goswami), ISG Sreeraag Mohan and team (Sreeraag Mohan T, Darshan Regi Kalathil, R Rajaganapathy Sankar), ISD Talent Knights (Mithun Prasad, Collins Jacob, Kelisto Chalissery) and ISWK iQuiz (Krishna Kamath, Lolith Lohidhakshan, Mohammed Suhail P M) providing exhilarating moments for the quiz.

Electrifying touches

Whether it was the rounds ‘first frontiers’ or ‘snap shots’ or the ‘final countdown’, the quizmaster, the school team members, and the audiences lent electrifying touches to the action.

Lauding the school teams for their participation, Giri said, “Hats off to their nerves and talent. It is not easy for the school children to perform with a 5,000 audience watching them.”

Before the start of the mega finals where the two school team toppers competed with the six open teams, a short film marking 15 years of Times of Oman Open Quiz Contest (TOOOQC) was screened.

At the mega finals, the open quiz teams— Know Brainers(Sujatha Ashok, R S Sumanth, Raji Sumanth), Three D (Armstrong Jeyakumar, Sangeetha Sridhar, Dr Rajan Philips), TBTF (Nitin Aravind, Roshan Kamath, Namrata Sheshadri), Mostly Clueless (Dr Anupam Kakaria, Shafeek M K, Shaheen Jamil), Questionable Characters (Rohini Dinesh, Sushmita Gupta, Udayan Gupta) and Roaring 40s (Sridhar Babu, Jacob Chandy, Harish Bilgi), ISG Sreeraag Mohan and team and ISM Quizzing ISMiites, provided impressive touches by cracking some very difficult questions.

The many rounds — including ‘global update’, ‘global vision’, ‘global crosswords’, ‘global connections’, ‘global preferences’ — had interesting oral and visual questions.

Most questions for the quiz were taken straight from the Times of Oman newspaper published last year and the round “global crosswords” had segments named after sections appearing in Times such as Extra, Entertainment, Market, Connect, Mind Games, and Commentary among others.

For the first time in a quiz in Muscat in the round ‘global preferences’, each team was quizzed on their preferences based on a form the teams had filled up during the prelims. Giri’s team in India worked on the questions once they received the filled in forms from the teams. The questions to each team were on what the teams like in life. In 45 seconds, they had to answer five questions on their subjects of preference.

Pickbrain kept the audience entertained by passing the unanswered questions from teams to them and also hurling special questions at them. Correct answers were followed by many gifts. From the grade four ISM student Ankith to seasoned quizzers like Murali R, they cracked tough questions to win some fabulous prizes.

The audiences answered five multiple choice questions via SMS to take home interesting gifts.

The quiz proved that one should always keep one’s quest for knowledge alive.

“Since the start of Times Quiz, I have seen so many new faces putting above average efforts to make it to the finals and win. It is a fabulous event,” said Riyas, country manager of Sea Pearls.

Source: Champions ‘Know Brainers’ knew it all.

Other quiz reviews at Texas Instruments Science & Technology Quiz 2011, Nuclear Energy Quiz @ SIMT | Quiz Review and TIME Aqua Regia | Chennai Review.

The Hindeburg Line – Finalists

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:08:31 +0000

December 3, 2011

After the online prelims held on 27th November 2011, the finalists who will travel to Pune for the Grand Finale of The Hindenburg Line, to be hosted by Rohit Nair from QuizWorks are:

Top 6 Teams:

IIT Kanpur: Rohit Gupta & Shashwat Shivam
NIT Surat: Rajarshi Mandal & Arindam Paul
Osmania Medical College: Syed Mustafa Hashmi & Team
ITER, Bhubaneshwar: Amit Mohanty & Sandeep Kumar Behera
School of Law, Christ University: Vinya R.M & Anurag Chaudhury
RVCE, Bangalore: Trisha Gopalakrishna & Vijay R

Waitlist#1

Symbiosis Law School, Pune: Sachin Ravi & Raghav C
HBTI, Kanpur : Shashwat Omar & Aaditya Tiwari
BIT, Mesra : Utsav Raghuvanshi & Vrashank Jain

Nuclear Energy Quiz @ SIMT | Quiz Review

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:30:46 +0000

November 30, 2011

Nuclear energy is a clean and pollution-free means to generate electricity and India must actively encourage its use to keep pace with the rising energy demand. This was the consensus of students after an interactive quiz session on energy scenario in India. The programme was held at Sevdie Institute of Management and Technology (SIMT) on Tuesday.

A short animation film titled ‘Meet Mr Budhiya’ which portrays through comic characters the change of heart among villagers who have fears about a nuclear power plant, was screened before a group of more than 100 engineering students of SIMT. After the screening, a few questions were asked about energy and those students who gave correct answers were given prizes.

The questions included teasers such as the use of radiation in daily life, in agriculture and medical care; comparison of nuclear energy with other non-conventional forms as solar and wind energy and the comparatively lesser damage to the environment in production of nuclear energy.

Source: TOI

TIME Aqua Regia | Chennai Review

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:30:18 +0000

November 29, 2011

Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E) Pvt. conducted Aqua Regia, India’s largest science quiz for school students across the country. The Chennai regional finals for the quiz were held in the city recently in which about 250 teams from different schools across the city participated. Unnikrishnan Nair and Arvind S. Mohan from PSBB Nungambakkam won the city finals, while V. Thejas and S. Krishna from PS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, and Vignesh Manoharan and R. Praneeth Srivanth from Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, were the first and second runner-ups respectively. Haseeb Khan T. and Rohith KMS from Lisieux won the regional finals of the quiz.

Source: The Hindu

Galaxy 2011 | Quiz Review

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:30:34 +0000

November 28, 2011

Review has been obtained from Qryptic

Galaxy 2011, after being postponed twice, was finally conducted in the cramped auditorium of JIMS, Kalkaji on the 26th day of November. Cramped not because of the small size but because of the number of teams that turned up for the quiz(80+), with a few teams from Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata. After a quick little yoga exercise to switch off the cell phones, the 25 question prelims began. The prelims were a mix of business, brands, current affairs and sports.

With a difference of 4 marks separating the sixth team from the seventh, the selection of six teams was a task well cut out. The teams that made it to the finals were from IILMx2, FMS, IIFT, Hansraj and Sri Venkateswara College. The finals had 4 rounds- Uchhal Kud, Iski Topi Uske Sar, Zero Katta and Ae! Kya Bolti Tu. After the relatively easy initial rounds, the teams were all warmed-up for the high octane barrage of questions that were to follow. And the two teams that dealt with them with ease were the teams from Venky and FMS who were well versed with their Pixar and La Liga, while IIFT who messed up with their Tennis Grand Slam, was unable to build on the momentum of their foundation. After the end of the penultimate round the scorecard read- 12(Hansraj), 16(IILM), 21(IILM), 27(IIFT), 38(Venky) and 49(FMS).

For the final round the teams had to switch to the top gear as it was time to perform or perish – do or die at every question. With two teams getting eliminated after every round it came down to the last two questions. With Venky at 42 and FMS at 49 the quiz was all set for a thrilling finish. The boys from Venky were in no mood to make life easy for FMS as they opted for a 15 pointer and they got it right too. Scorecard before the final question- Venky- 57, FMS- 49. FMS now had two choices, either opt for an 8 pointer and come level with Venky and test their knowledge (and luck) in the tie-breaker or go for a 15 pointer and win it fair and square. But when FMS identified him as Nek Chand, Venky did a barely audible high-five and exchanged smiles since they knew they were going back home with deeper pockets than FMS.

Final Scores- Venky- 57, FMS- 41, IIFT- 34

Some Questions

1. Recently conferred the ‘Commandeur of the Order of Leopold II’, which entrepreneur joined the travel business as a General Sales Agent for the Lebanese International Airlines, in 1967? Naresh Goyal

2. ‘If he is Big B, then I am double B’, he joked when asked about comparison with someone. ‘He had his own style and I will have my own. I don’t claim I am better than him but I don’t feel inferior to him.’

Who is talking about whom?

Shatrughn Sinha about Big B, referring to Ke Bani Crorepati

3. About whom did Gulzar say-

“Baad muddat ke phir mili ho tum,

Ye jo thodi si bhar gayi ho tum,

Ye vajan tumpe accha lagta hai.”

The Filmfare trophy since its weight was increased from 1.5 kg to around 3.5 kg.

4. The approximate rates are 0.022 per cent for industries, 0.013 per cent for non-industries and 0.08 per cent for residences on the total value of the property. Introduced in 2001, General Insurance Corporation manages the pool. In India, the largest claim made till date has been by Coca-Cola. What are we referring to?

Terrorism Insurance

5. Taken from Kautilya’s Arthashashtra, which Indian Governement agency’s motto in Sanskrit reads “Kosha Moolo Dandaha”?

Income Tax dept.

6. In the Mahabharata, Draupadi is known widely by her patronymic surname, derived from the name of her father, King Drupad. Her actual first name, which she shares with another character in the epic means ‘black’ or ‘dark’.

What is the name?

Krishna

7. In horse racing, if a rider was a considerable distance ahead of his rivals, he would drop the cains and cruise to victory without much effort. This led to a term being coined for an easy convincing victory.

What term?

Winning hands down

8. ‘Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte’ is the subtitle of which famous Indian TV Sitcom?

Balika Vadhu

9. Bollywood is the largest film industry in the world in terms of number of annual film productions ahead of Nollywood and Hollywood.

Worth $250 million, what country does Nollywood belong to?

Nigeria

10. ‘We have decided to continue with him as he is synonymous with the brand and network of the. He was more of an emotional attachment and was also important from the creative perspective. The child was not important, though he would be introduced in the second phase’- said Harit Nagpal, the business director of the company. What is he talking about?

Pug usage in hutch to vodafone transition

Times MAK Moto Quiz 2011 |West Zone

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:36:10 +0000

November 28, 2011

Siddharth Banerjee and Ahmed Firdaus won the West Zone round of the Times MAK Moto Quiz 2011, held at the Birla Matushri Auditorium on Saturday.

The participants included youngsters from various companies and colleges of Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. All of them had to go through the preliminary rounds, where each participant had to answer 20 questions, out of which six teams qualified for the zonal finals.

The format of the quiz was based on the concept of racing through the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Each round involved different stages which a driver undergoes during a race.

The quiz was dominated by questions on F1 but there were several on MotoGP, Indian racing, WRC and NASCAR as well. Quizmaster Avinash Mudaliar ensured that the audience and the team were on their toes. Source: Times of India

Limca Book of Records 2011 | Kolkata Questions

admin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:36:16 +0000

November 26, 2011

Arunav Chanda from DPS, Ruby Park reviews the Limca Book of Recirds – Kolkata Edition and provides the questions from the Quiz. Review taken from Gyaan.in

There were around 250+ teams from 98 schools.

The prelims were hosted by Andrew Scolt and the main quiz by none other than Derek O’Brien himself!

Eventually, DPS Ruby Park consisting of Mitul Dey Chowdhury and Arunavha Chanda came 1st.

RESULTS:

1st: DPS Ruby Park

2nd: Apeejay School, Park Street

3rd: Birla High School for Boys

4th: La Martiniere for Boys

5th: Modern High School for Girls

6th: National Gems Higher Secondary School

PRELIMS: Highest-28/30 and Cutoff – 26/30

1. Who is the only Test cricketer to have scored more runs than Don Bradman, but failed to score in his last innings?

Ans: Sourav Ganguly

2. Which river forms India’s Waterway no. 1?

Ans: Ganga

3. Which Indian state had the first woman CM?

Ans: Uttar Pradesh

4. Which Bollywood actor would you associate with the “Being Human” foundation?

Ans: Salman Khan

5. How do we better know singer, Steffani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?

Ans: Lady Gaga

6. The President of which country is also the honorary co-prince of Andorra?

Ans: France

7. On which Indian currency note would you find the picture of a computer monitor?

Ans: Rs. 1000/-

8. In October, 2011, the world’s highest webcam was installed on top of which mountain peak?

Ans: Mt. Everest

9. Which painting attracts more than 6 million people every year to the ‘Louvre Museum’?

Ans: The Mona Lisa

10. On 10th May, 2001, who sang the ghazal, ‘Lagta Nahin Dil Mera…’ in the Parliament to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the First War of Indian Independence?

Ans: Jagjit Singh

11. On 9th July 2011, ___________ became the newest country in the world.

Ans: South Sudan

12. Which computer keyboard symbol is traditionally called the pound sign or the number sign in USA?

Ans: # (or) Hash

13. Which continent produces 90% of the world’s rice?

Ans: Rice

14. What is the official colour of the Queen and the Royal Family of the Netherlands?

Ans: Orange

15. Which scientist saved his city in Sicily from Romans by practical application of pulleys and levers?

Ans: Archimedes

16. Omnitrix and the Humungosaur dinosaur can be associated with which television series?

Ans: Ben 10

17. In October 2011, MPs of UK voted to allow which Social Networking site during debates in the House of Commons?

Ans: Twitter

18. Buzz Aldrin, the 2nd man on the moon, appeared in which 2011 Hollywood action film?

Ans: Transformers 3

19. Chef Rafael Esposito designed which food item in honour of Queen Margherita in the colours of the Itaian flag?

Ans: Pizza

20. The adult males of which primate are called ‘silverbacks’?

Ans: Gorilla

21. Elle Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, hail from which country?

Ans: Liberia

22. In which 1865 children’s novel will you find the the King, Queen and Knave of Hearts?

Ans: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

23. Plasma, which makes up 55% of blood fluid, is basically 92% what?

Ans: Water

24. Camp, Golf, Polo and Half are all types of Shirt, Trousers or Coats?

Ans: Shirts

25. Which Asian country emits more CO2 than USA and Canada combined?

Ans: China

26. Which cartoon is this?

Ans: Chota Bheem

27.Identify the game.

Ans: Kho-Kho

28.Which creature, also called dwarf leopard is this?

Ans: OCELOT

29. There was a vague Bengali song played, we had to identify the singer.

Ans: Shreya Ghoshal

30. [Chammak Challo] Music director?

Ans: Vishal-Sekhar.

Times Mak Moto Quiz | Delhi Quiz Review

admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:30:38 +0000

November 24, 2011

The Times Mak Moto Quiz Zonal Rounds kicked off on the 20th of November at NCUI auditorium in New Delhi. Quiz Master Avinash Mudaliar conducted the proceedings and there were many participants from organizations and colleges from Delhi, Chandigarh, Bihar and the likes. Amongst the audience which mainly comprised of youngsters and motor enthusiasts was a 75 year old lady who won many audience prizes. Though most of the questions revolved around F1, there were some from MotoGP and NASCAR as well.

Rahul Jadhav and Sudarshan Nidhi dominated the quiz to take victory while Ajay Poonia and Abhiram were runners up also making it to the national finals. The Delhi winners will head to Mumbai for the Grand Finale and will be representing the North Zone. They will take on winners from the other Zonal Rounds and fight for the Grand Prize – The trip to the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix 2012.

If you were part of the quiz, do share the questions with us. Write to us – priyanka@quizzing.in

Courtesy : Times Mak Moto Quiz Blog

CBSE Heritage India Quiz | Bhubaneshwar 2011

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:30:22 +0000

November 23, 2011

Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E), New Delhi, like every year, organised the CBSE Heritage India Quiz in order to sharpen the student’s knowledge and inculcate love for the culture and heritage of the Nation.

The Zonal Round of the Quiz was organized on 19^thNovember at D.A.V Public School, Unit-VIII, where in six preliminary qualifier teams participated.

D.A.V Chandrasekharpur team comprising of Aswin Behera (Class-XI), Swastik Pradhan (Class-X) and Gaurav Jena (Class-IX) emerged as the Champions leaving behind the teams from KV-1, CDA,Cuttack and KV-3, Mancheswar, Bhbubaneswar at the First and Second Runners Up position respectively. The Champions team will now be facing the Final Round of the Quiz scheduled to be held at New Delhi.

The Quiz was hosted by Quiz Master Mr. Prabin Bagodia.

The Final Round will be held under the guidance of Mr. Sarbadaman Singh, Escort Teacher of the Champions Team.

Mr. Satpathy, Principal, DAV Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Members of the Quiz Club, Teachers, Parents, the Chairman and the members of the Managing Committee of the school sent their regards to the Zonal Champions Team.

Source: Odisha360

33rd Annual Patton Argus Open Quiz | Review

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:35:41 +0000

November 23, 2011

The Telegraph presents the 33rd Annual Patton Argus Open Quiz.

Where: Dalhousie Institute.

When: Saturday, November 19.

The participants: The best part of this 33-year-old quiz is that it’s open to all. On Saturday, school and college students matched wits with young professionals and young-at-heart grandpas, their teams sporting fun names like Hammer and Tongs, Last Action Heroes, Pataldanga Thundercloud and Perennial Peripherals.

The prelims: “Forty-five teams fought it out for the eight places in the finals,” explained Ram Mihir Sen, a founder-member of Argus, an association of “like-minded people” that has been organising the quiz since 1977. And even though Argus has a reputation for fielding questions favouring the “oldies”, the prelims packed in enough contemporary cool. For example: How would you know Jo Calderone’s alter ego better? Answer: Lady Gaga.

The finals: Right from the start, Hammer and Tongs took the lead with Pataldanga and Inmaniacs close on its heels. After a neck-and-neck fight, the eighth and final round saw Hammer and Tongs and Pataldanga on the same score, prompting a tie-breaker, which comprised three written questions. H&T beat Pataldanga 3-0.

The mood: It was a fun, relaxed quiz with sips of beer in between rounds. The smart questions and even smarter answers ensured many edge-of-the-seat moments, both among the quizzers and the audience.

The questions: Quizmaster Soumyadip Chowdhury covered everything from the Boer Wars to Angry Birds, Joss Stone to Eugene Delacroix.

In 1972 what brand was born after Roy Raymond was embarrassed while trying to buy a gift for his wife from a department store? Answer: Victoria’s Secret.

Why was Ian Fleming’s Vesper Lynd — played by Ursula Andress and Eva Green in the two versions of Casino Royale — named the way she was? Answer: Because it sounds like “West Berlin”.

What’s common to Parabeak, Kamikaze, Wood Breaker and Glass Jaw? Answer: Angry Birds.

Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism? This one had a few tricky close ones. The most obvious answer was “Ashoka” but one team threw up a googly — “Gautam Buddha”! Could Prince Siddhartha, who later became Buddha, be passed off as the first royal convert? The quizmaster decided differently. The correct answer? Ajatashatru.

Quizmaster’s voice: “It’s a quizmaster’s dream to hold a quiz that’s so close! I tried to keep a balance of questions so they didn’t lean too much towards us, old fogies,” smiled quizmaster Soumyadip.

Winner’s voice: “It was a good quiz. My favourite question was PD James’s Death Comes to Pemberley is a sequel to which literary classic?,” said Kinshuk Biswas, a member of winning team Hammer and Tongs. Answer: Pride and Prejudice.

Sponsor speak: “Most people are moving away from mindsports. I think it’s important that we have more events like this so that everyone can challenge themselves mentally,” said Sanjay Budhia, MD, Patton Group.

Club speak: “DI has always been known as the home of quizzing and the Argus Quiz has been on for more than three decades! We’re happy to support it,” said Barry ’Brien, president, DI.

Courtesy: Telegraph