beginners quiz 20.7.14
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A Beginners Quiz conducted by Mr.Surya Narayanan at CQC on 20/7/14TRANSCRIPT
CQC Beginners QUIZ
Before the time of paper, writing was done by carving on papyrus using a stylus. The first thing that the writers tested for is whether the papyrus was capable of being carved on i.e., soft enough but not too brittle so that it
would break. They tried out the basic movements in writing which were circle, curve, dot and lines. Which
common day practice did this result in?
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Pillayar Suzhi
This restaurant chain was started in 1960’s by K.Dhoraiswamy Naidu as
a catering unit in Kennedy Movie Theatre in RS Puram ,
Coimbatore.When it was started , it started selling Coffee , Tea and Tiffen Items.Which Restaurant
Chain ?
Annapoorna
Rowan Julian ______ lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, North London. He
is mostly seen wearing a tweed brown suit, a white shirt, a thin red tie, trousers, and shoes. He rarely speaks, and when he does, it's generally only a few mumbled
words, which are in a comically low-pitched voice.He has a strong knowledge on Trigonometry.He’s in a relationship
with Irma Gobb.He’s found driving a green Mini Cooper.Who ?
Mr.Bean
What ?4
Accordian
Which Indian airline has aircrafts named Clove , Ginger , Mustard , Cardamom , Elachi , Garlic etc.. ?
SpiceJet
The name X literally means "Land of the Pure" in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933
by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, an activist, who published it in his pamphlet Now or Never,
using it as an acronym referring to the names of the five northern regions of the Punjab, Afghania Province, Kashmir, Sindh, and
Baluchistan". The letter i was incorporated to ease pronunciation and form the linguistically
correct and meaningful name.What ?
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Pakistan
This country’s national football team is nicknamed “Socceroos” as
it rhymes with the name of its national animal.Which Southern
country is this ?
Australia
In the quarter finals of 1966 FIFA WC, England met Argentina at Wembley
Stadium. After the match, newspaper reports stated that referee Rudolf Kreitlein
had cautioned both Bobby and Jack Charlton, as well as sending off
Argentinian Antonio Rattin.But he had a hard time telling Rattin that he wants the
player out of the game.On seeing this Ken Anston , a British football referee came up
with a concept.What ?
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Penalty Cards
What is the name of the Air India aircraft which carries the President
of India if its US counterpart is called Air Force One ?
Air India One
In Greek Mythology , whose name literally means “Glorious gift of
Hera” ?
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Hercules
Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited is a company located in the city of Mysore, India. The
company is owned and operated by the Government of Karnataka. The company was started as the Mysore Lac and Paints Limited by the Maharaja of Mysore, Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar in the year 1937 for
manufacturing paints and other related products.It is the only organisation in India which is allowed to
manufacture something that finds use atleast once in 5 years and its manufacturing process is kept as a
secret.Which famous entity is made in India by this organisation ?
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Indelible Voter’s Ink
Id this award.12
Arjuna Award
Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what ?
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13
In 1923 , this well known person was arrested for the “Beer Hall Putsch” which was an effort to seize power in
Munich , Bavaria which failed miserably.He spent nine months in
Prison during which he wrote a book which was originally titled When
Putsch Comes to Shove.How do we know this book today ?
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Mein Kampf
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa on January 9 , 1915.To commemorate this , the
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs started celebrating this day as X day since 2003.Every year on this day ,
Indians living abroad and contributing to the development of India are
awarded.How do we know this day as ?
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NRI Day
ID16
Wolverine
What was invented and patented by James J. "Crash" Ryan which is
orange in color ?
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Black Box
This 2013 film was based on “The Snow Queen” , a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Anderson.The plot of
the book differs from the film wherein everything freezes when the main
character touches it.To avoid these she lives in Solitary above a mountain and
builds her own Ice palace.Which movie ?
18
Frozen
This famous game was criticized for its resemblance with Super Mario.Some reports say that the pipes in the game is inspired from those that appeared in Super Mario. Even the twinkly sound effect when your _____ _____ between
pipes is heavily inspired by Mario's coin-collecting chime, to the point where they sound nearly identical.The main character appears to
be a cross between the “Spike” and “Cheep Cheep” enemies in Super Mario Bros 3.Which
Game ?
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Flappy Bird
The Entertainment and Sports Programming network was founded by
Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan. It was launched on September 7, 1979 in Connecticut. It is a U.S.-based global
cable and satellite television channel, that is owned as a joint venture between The
Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation.How is it known today ?
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ESPN
The name of this game refers to the Queen of the spades.The name in tamil
stands for “Dark Complexioned Women”.This is commonly played on the streets to lure the Passer-By and to steal money from them.It is also the name of a famous 2011 movie which revolves around the protagonists who
steal money by using one of this game’s method.Which game ?
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Mankatha