Quiz Prelims questions – Weston, Miramar Jan 17th : (answers below)

1. One of its earlier historical names was Byzantine or Constantinople. What is its current name?

2. .This production house has been among the toppers in cartoon making. This house has made Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, Flintstones. Name the production house.

3. Name the author of the book series that inspired the movie”I-robot”.

4. Which is the closest star to us (Excluding the Sun).

5. The only Two cases not solved by Sherlock Holmes were The Gloria Scott and ______?

6. What is a ship’s equivalent to an aircraft’s black box?

7. Goody the tiger is used as the logo of which paint company?

8. Which explorer led the 1st circumnavigation of the world?

9. What city in Syria is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?

10. Which is the oldest document in literature of south Asia?

11. Before becoming President of the United States, George W Bush was governor of which state?

12. What is the largest country in the world to have only one time zone?

13. What does the acronym `LASER` stand for?

14. The original manuscript of the US Constitution was moved from Washington DC to Fort Knoxx for safekeeping. Which incident prompted that move ?

15. Name the Capitals of Ukraine and Burkina Faso?

16. Who is second in line to the US Presidential line of succession, first in line is Dick Cheney – the Vice president ?

17. Its four letter name was originally registered for the company’s
proposed internet kiosks, name this revolutionary product launched in 2001 ?

18. Who directed Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006) and Munnabhai M.B.B.S . (2003) ?

19. Which movie holds the number one spot in all time world wide
Box-office as the highest grosser?

20. Name the two countries that signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, weeks
before WWII began ?

21. In PC WORLD’s 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years selected in 2005, iPod was number 2,what was number one ? (Think ! It should be a brand product and not generic like Cell Phone)

22. On May 7, 1946 Masaru Ibuka and _ _ _ _  _ found the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, nowadays known as  _ _ _ _

23. Which American Rock band derived its name from Aldous Huxley’s book on Mind expanding drugs and their effects – “The Doors of Perception” ?

24. Who is the author of ‘ The diary of a young girl’

25. With what would you associate the date April 13, 1919

26. This classic film starring Jack Nicholson won best actor , actress, director, screenplay and film Oscars

27. Who defeated Hemu in second battle of Panipat?

28. With Which game do you associate the term ‘ Ruy Lopez’ ?

29. How is Edson Arantes Do Nascimento more popularly known?

30. Who is the only player to score a century while making his Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy and Ranji Trophy Debut?

31. Which is the longest written constitution in the world?

32. Who wrote Abhignana Shakuntalam?

33. Fill the blank. George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and _____________________

34. What is the Chemical symbol for the liquid used in thermometers?

35. Which City are you in if you are playing at the Gabba?

Answers :

TurnCoat

Not the board game, the other one and more fun*For the audience*

About the event :

There is a bell.

You are given a topic or phrase *say, India WILL win the cricket worldcup* and you start speaking for it, once the bell rings, you switch to why India will not win the World Cup , the bell keeps ringing at intervals. Listen to the bell.

Max allowed time : 2 – 2 1\2 mins

Topics like : “Roses are red”, “God is a software engineer”, “This event is foolish”

Send in your names to : Rajiv S Sridhar , Brahmaprakash V Narayanan

An event which needs no introduction. Antakshari has always promised to be a fun filled experience for all those involved with it. With various entertaining and intriguing rounds involving extensive use of audio and visual clues, the event is an ideal pastime among the masses.
Rules and other information regarding the various rounds will be communicated once we have received all the entries.

If you are interested, please email the list of your team members to either Samarth or Gaurav. The team can have only 3 members. Please submit your entries latest by end of day 01/10/2007

Contacts :

Gaurav @ 954.384.3459 (Work), 954.254.1896 (Cell)
Samarth @ 954.704.6010 (Work), 954.326.8264 (Cell)

Vote Now !

Expansivo 2007 -Expanding Creativity and fun
PRATIDHVANI – THE ECHO – 2007
Parichay
Sanskriti
Mil Jhul ke – harmonious living!
UTSAV
DARPAN A reflection of tradition, culture and values
Rangoli -Colours of TCS, Colours of life
Sammilan -meeting of people with a good cause
Rhapsoday or Rhapsody
Ananya -Second to None / Unique
Antaragni – “The Fire Within..”
Unmaad
Spandan – ‘let the heart feel the rhythm…’
Techkriti (Techies’ Cult Fest)
Verve ‘07 – The mélange of Minds!
Spoorthi – The élan of Life!
STARZ Night – A night for every one of us!!! Successful Trendy Ambitious Resourceful Zesty
Abhinava -Quite new
Yuvatha-meaning youth in sanskrit
Heart Beats
Anunad – The New Resonance
Bhartiyam – of Indian Culture
Pratibha
Dhwani – Our Rythm
Mitr  
Talent Scan 
Dhoom Machale 
Sammelan
Navodayam 
IRIS-rainbow -the color bow
SARA-2006 -THEprecious MOMENT
SARAH-Excellence
NEDA-voice of excellent talents
OMID-the ray of hope
FURIES-the spirit
SAMBHRAM-2007 
SAARANG
Advika 
Ekata
Abhinithi
 

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Suggest a name for the Cultural Night on January 27th and win a prize.

Send in your ideas to Harikumar S Subramonian and Devesh D Arora by 29th or Put a comment with your name on this site.

Got a catchy name for the Cultural Evening on Jan 27 ?

Send it over to us and Win a prize if it gets selected.Last year’s winning name was “Pratibimb”…so dont be clever and send the same name again

send yr ideas to Harikumar S Subramonian or Devesh D Arora

or Post a comment here with your name !!

The volunteers for the cultural committee had a quick meeting yesterday and have come up with the following first cut list of off the stage events.

Naming of the Event : Hari & Devesh (To be completed by 12/29)
Collage / Banner Design : Anindita & Renuga (To kick off once the Name of the event is finalized)
Quiz : Brahma, Aditya, Jyoti, Sachin and Sridhar
Photography / Painting : Rajeswari & Vinutha
Anthakshari : Samarth & Gaurav
Turn Coat : Rajiv and team
Pictionary / Dumb Charades : Anshika, Aruna and Akhil
AdZap : Brahma & Ramesh Chamaiah

The respective coordinators will be sending out separate communications shortly with the details and inviting your participation.

As you can see we have a wide variety of exciting events this time. However this is not a final list and we are open to more ideas from you and your family. If you wish to volunteer for any of the events or if you have creative ideas that you would like to include, please send a note to Anindita and Vinutha.

Request wholehearted participation and encouragement from each one of you and your family.

This is the time of the year when we get to have a lot fun …So stay tuned and Gear up for a lot of fun!!