General quiz HBTI

general quiz prepared by Pranjal and Siddhant for odyssey 2013

1. ANSWERS

2. Q.1 Which movie’s title comes from the last words spoken by X’s father which was to save his life during the riots of partition of India.

3. Answer 1 BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG

4. Q.2 The young X went to Rhodes to study anatomy, but on his way he was captured by pirates whom he charmed and seemingly befriended. After he was freed, X arranged to have the pirates executed. Identify X immortalised by a very famous writer.

5. Answer 2 JULIUS CAESAR

6. Q.3* Achievements of X: 1.Founded ‘Wheels of Zeus’ to create wireless GPS patents. 2. Microcomputer for use with video displays 3. Controller for magnetic disks, recorder or like 4. Apparatus for digitally controlling PAL color display 5. Digitally colored color signal generation for video display Give me this guy’s more famous inventions

7. Answer 3 STEVE WOZNIACK

8. Q.4 Much like the American comic book character Archies , ‘X’ is a fun loving guy, likeable by girls although not so ‘Casanova friendly’ as Archies . He loves to play cricket. No one has ever seen his eyes due to hair which always covers his eyes and forehead. Identify this character.

9. Answer 4

10. Q.5 Forbes list of Richest fictional characters, 2013: Name Net worth ($ billions) Scrooge McDuck 65.4 ___________ 54.1 Carlisle Cullen 46 Tony Stark 12.4 Charles Fosterkane 11.2

11. Answer 5 SMAUG

12. Q.6 Minimal Poster of which movie?

13. Answer 6 JAB WE MET ( ladki khuli tijori ki tarah hoti hai !!)

14. Q.7 Minimal Poster for?

15. Answer 7 Sarabhai Vs. Sarabhai

16. Q.8* Identify the famous personalities .

17. Answer 8 Charlie Chaplin & Helen Keller

18. Q.9* What has been Blanked out??

19. Answer 9 Agatha Christie

20. Q.10* What is so special about this photo?

21. Answer 10 Largest Photograph in the world 70 billion pixels Budapest

22. 1. And then there was none 2. One two buckle my shoe 3. Five little pigs 4. Crooked House 5. A pocket full of rye 6. Hickory Dickory Dock 7. Three blind Mice Q.11 CONNECT

23. Answer 11 All novels are based on Nursery Rhymes 1.Ten little Indians 2.One two buckle my shows 3.This little piggy 4.There was a crooked man 5.Sing a song of sixpence 6.Hickory dickory dock 7.Three blind mice

24. The four ghosts in _____ are programmed to act differently, red chases you, Pink just positions itself in a set way , Blue tries to ambush you, And orange is random FILL IN THE BLANK Q.12

25. Answer 12

26. What is this graph depicting? Q.13

27. Answer 13 Duckworth Lewis Method

28. Who during emergency in 1975? Q.14

29. Answer 14

30. X___ and Y___ decided their company’s name between XY and YX by tossing a coin. Y won the toss and placed X’s name first. We are talking about which company? Q.15

31. Answer 15 HEWLETT-PACKARD

32. The colors of the dots between the logo of this show matches the color of the six umbrellas used by the characters in the title song. Id the show. Q.16

33. Answer 16

34. Possible disguises of whom? Q.17

35. Answer 17

36. Google Doodle commemorating what? Q.18

37. Answer 18 RAMANUJAM’S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

38. Print Ad campaign for what? Q.19

39. Answer 19

40. Identify this personality and how is he related with India's fortune? Q.20

41. Answer 20 Treasure hunt at UNNAO

42. Identify the organization and why in the news recently? Q.21*

43. Answer 21 OPCW – Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Warfare For winning the Nobel peace prize

44. MAINS

45. ROUND-1 DIRECT TO ALL

46. According to Oxford English Dictionary, the word ‘X’ was used for the first time by H.R.F. Keating in 1976 in his book. Id X. Q.1

47. BOLLYWOOD

48. You may see the “__________” message if the operating system has terminated the tab’s process due to a lack of memory. Alternatively, if you terminated the process using Google chrome’s task manager or the system task manager, this message will appear as well. Derived from, twenty times on the original S tar Trek, McCoy declares someone or something deceased with the line, “__________”. Fill in the blanks. Q.2

49. HE’S DEAD JIM

50. X, the head of Samsung’s think tank team and Director of Research is the person behind making the Samsung Galaxy gear a reality. Among other works include Mouse-less : an invisible computer mouse. SPARSH, Quickies, BlinkBot , pen that can draw in 3D, a public map that can act as Google of physical world. Id X. Q.3

51. PRANAB MISTRY

52. Give funda . Q.4

53. ANSWER If the statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if horse has one front leg in the air, person died as a result of wounds received in the battle ; if the horse has all the four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

54. The invariable sneezing and falling down in modern English versions have given would be origin finders the opportunity to say that the rhyme dates back to the great plague. A rosy rash, they allege, was a symptom of the plaque and posies of herbs were carried as protection and to ward off smell of disease. Sneezing or coughing was a final symptom and all fall down was exactly what happened. What is being explained here? Q.5

55. Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A- tishoo ! A- tishoo ! We all fall down.

56. It was believed that X was married to a goat before being married to Z. When Z came to know about this, he got angry and imprisoned all members of X’s family. Y was youngest brother of X’s 100 brothers. Since all of them were sparsely fed with one grain of rice per day in the prison, the family decided that at least one them could survive and gave all rice to Y so that he could live on to take revenge. GIVE X , Y AND Z Q.6

57. X= GANDHARI Y=SHAKUNI Z=DHRITRASHTRA

58. Who's got the sweetest disposition? One Guess, guess who? Who never, never starts an argument? Who never shows a bit of temperament? Who's never wrong, but always right? Who never dreams of starting a fight? Who get's stuck, with all the bad luck? No one….but him. Id him . Q.7

59. Donald duck opening theme.

60. Ad campaign for what? Q.8

61. FED-EX

62. Which Indian actor derived his nickname from this toy? Q.9

63. JUMPING JACK- JEETENDRA

64. Q.10

65. Map of what and who made it? Q.11

66. Map by Christopher Columbus before finding the new world

67. The answers to which famous question on the internet? Ring-ding-ding-ding- dingeringeding ! " Wa -pa-pa-pa-pa-pa- pow ! Hatee - hatee - hatee -ho! Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff ! Chacha - chacha - chacha -chow Fraka -kaka-kaka-kaka- kow ! A- hee - ahee ha- hee ! Woo- oo - oo - ooo ! Q.12

68. What does the fox says?

69. Etymology 1 During the time of Crusades, the members of a certain Muslim sect engaged people to terrorize their Christian enemies by performing murders as a religious duty. These acts were carried out under the influence of Hashish, and so the killers became known as ______meaning eaters or smokers of hashish. What are they now popularly known as?

70. AND THE ANSWER IS…….

71. ASSASSINS.

72. Etymology 2 Mercury used to be used in the manufacture of felt hats. So hat makers, would come into contact with this poisonous metal a lot. Unfortunately, the exposure may lead to mercury poisoning, one of the symptoms of which is is insanity. This phenomenon lead to generation of a phrase in popular culture. State that phrase.

73. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

74. MAD-HATTERS.

75. Movies 1 Cast of Movie: ‘ In which Annie gives it those ones’ Arjun Raina : Annie Arundhati Roy : Radha Rituraj : Arjun Roshan Seth : Y. D. Billimoria / Yamdoot Issac Thomas : Lakes Idries Malik : Papey Moses Uboh : Kasozi Jagan Shah : Medoo Himani Shivpuri : Bijli _______ ____ : Senior Niraj Shah : Canteen Boy Dhianee : Canteen boy

76. AND THE ANSWER IS….

77. SHAHRUKH KHAN

78. Movies 2 The  _____ , is a  paradox  that raises the question of whether an object which has had all its components replaced remains fundamentally  the same object . Name the Indian movie which is also the name of this paradox.

79. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

80. SHIP OF THESEUS

81. Sports 1 Identify the sports

82. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

83. Sepak takraw

84. Sports 2

85. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

86. Technology 1 Malus domestica  (McIntosh) McIntosh apple on a tree Details Hybrid parentage Unknown Cultivar McIntosh Origin Dundela ,  Upper Canada , 1811

87. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

88. Mclntosh There by--Macintosh

89. Technology 2 What’s this?

90. AND THE ANSWER IS……

91. world’s lightest material Graphene Aerogel Chinese material scientists have created the world’s lightest material: A Graphene Aerogel that is seven times lighter than air, and 12% lighter than the previous record holder ( Aerographite )

92. Cartoons 1 Cartoon 1

93. AND THE ANSWER IS……

94. Walt Disney

95. Cartoons 2

96. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

97. The real adventures of Johnny quest.

98. India 1

99. AND THE ANSWER IS……

100. Construction of gateway of india

101. India 2 Francisco Acuna de figueroa was a Uruguayan poet and writer. He wrote the national anthem of his country URUGUAY. Apart from writing the national anthem of his own country what unique record does he hold in the world along with RABINDRANATH TAGORE?

102. AND THE ANSWER IS…..

103. WRITING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF TWO COUNTRIES FIGUEROA- URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY TAGORE- INDIA AND BANGLADESH

104. IDENTIFY THE LOGO Q.1

105. Spartan GOLF club

106. Identify this writer whose famous works include ‘the importance of being ernest , Q.2

107. OSCAR wilde

108. Q.3 Name the film The film is an abridged  modernization  of Shakespeare's play. While it retains the original Shakespearean dialogue, the X and the Y are represented as warring business empires and swords are replaced by guns (with brand names such as "Dagger" and "Sword").

109. ROMEO+JULIET

110. q.4 Name this character X is a  fictional character , a  Marvel Comics   superheroine  and a supporting character of  Daredevil . She is a  Native American  and one of the very few  deaf  comic characters. When she dons her “X" guise, she is easily recognizable by a white hand print which covers most of her face.

111. echo

112. q.5 Give X The origins of “X" have been fiercely debated throughout the history of the Republic, and to this day the  Oxford English Dictionary  says the source of the word is "unascertained." Perhaps the most widely accepted explanation was advanced by H.L. Mencken, the well-known newsman-scholar (and don't tell me  that  isn't an unusual combination), who argued that “X” derives from the expression Jan Kaas , literally "John Cheese." This supposedly was a derogatory nickname bestowed on the Dutch by the Germans and the Flemish in the 1600s.

113. yankee

114. AND THE ANSWERS …..

115. NATO PHONETIC ALPHABETS OR MILITARY CODES