The Nirmaan quizfinals

Q1) James Douglas Muir has a large antique car and motorcycle collection of various international marques. The collection spans from the early 1900s to the late 1960s. He constantly works on his collection in his spare time. The collection includes an original 1912 Stanley Steamer and a very rare 1964 Studebaker Avanti, as well as classic sports cars like Bugattis. He is also a promoter of the mechanical crafts through a column in Popular Mechanics and his educational activities. How do we better know him as?

Jay Leno

Q2) Who is the lady in the middle and what has happened?

• Monica Seles. She was stabbed in her back by Günter Parche (a hard core Steffi Graf fan)

Q3) This particular game was initially called Gossima, it was a SUPER FLOP at its birth and the dudes who came up with the game changed it to some other name 'A' and this is one sport whose name change brought loads n loads of popularity to the sport! The swishing sound made while playing this game gave it the name "WIFF WAFF" and the other name ‘X‘? ID X.

Table TennisIn honour of the “Gymkhana Committee”, ppl who spent more time in the Gymkhana than in

the class.

Q4)• Aramaic for 'disappear like word' or which

means 'let the thing be destroyed.'• Latin for 'to order, command'• Latin for 'I torture'

• What am I talking about ?

• Avada Kedavra It is an ancient spell in Aramaic, and it is the original of abracadabra, which means 'let the thing be destroyed.‘

• Imperio• Crucio

Q5)The 'X' system is currently in use for the motor sport season for the very first time, and is under development for road vehicles.The concept of transferring the vehicle’s kinetic energy using Flywheel energy storage was postulated by physicist Richard Feynman in the 1950s and is exemplified in complex high end systems such as the Zytek, Flybri, Torotrak and Xtrac used in race cars. Xtrac and Flybrid are both licensees of Torotrak's technologies, which employ a small and sophisticated ancillary gearbox incorporating a continuously variable transmission (CVT). In 'X' the whole mechanism including the flywheel sits entirely in the vehicle’s hub (looking like a drum brake) and a differential replaces the CVT and transfers torque between the flywheel, drive wheel and road wheel.The first of these systems to be revealed was the Flybrid which appeared in an article in Racecar Engineering magazine.Flybrid Systems' 'X' weighs 24 kg and has an energy capacity of 400 kJ after allowing for internal losses. A maximum power boost of 60 kW (81.6 PS) for 6.67 sec is available. The 240 mm diameter flywheel weighs 5.0 kg and revolves at up to 64,500 rpm. Maximum torque is 18 Nm. The system occupies a volume of 13 liters. There is a cloud of uncertainty surrounding the use of 'X' as all the teams are not prepared to use it .X?

KERS

Q6)Its capital X means Red hero when translated into native language.. Id X and Y- the country?

• Country (Y): MongoliaCapital (X): Ulan BatorQuoting wiki:When the city became the capital of the new Mongolian People's Republic in 1924, its name was changed to Ulaanbaatar in honor of Mongolia's national hero Damdin Sükhbaatar, whose warriors liberated Mongolia from Ungern von Sternberg's troops and Chinese occupation shoulder-to-shoulder with the Soviet Red Army.

Q7) Since travels in Ethiopia in 1769-70 by the Scottish explorer James Bruce (who had learned the ancient Ethiopian language of Ge'ez in Portugal) senior British Freemasons have been aware of Ethiopia's special religious claims. These include the claim of possession of the ________________ at the holy city of Axum in Tigré province. James Bruce was a Freemason who was a descendant of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce).

Ark of the Covenant, also the protagonist :P of an Indiana Jones Movie

Q8) Id the stamp/territory

LTTE

Q9) What do we call this? Be Specific

VTOL

Q10) ID

Chevy Volt, one of the 1st cars to give a mileage of 100 kmpl, Regular IEEE Spectrum readers

might recall a detailed article on the Volt

Q11) What comes next

• Lagaan...List of Indian Movies Nominated for the Oscars

Q12) ID Brand? Use Fundae

Levis Lowrise Jeans

Q13) Under what condition would flame of a candle resemble that of pic 2?

Pic 1 Pic 2

• On Earth, gravity-driven buoyant convection causes a candle flame to be teardrop-shaped (1) and carries soot to the flame's tip, making it yellow. In microgravity, where convective flows are absent, the flame is spherical, soot-free, and blue (2).

Q14) Id

Ashrita Furman, who has a Guiness World Record for the most number of Guiness World

Records.

Q15) What is so special about this episode?

Only episode that shows Mammy Twoshoes’s face

Q16) If you were/are to be familiar with these which movie would u have watched? • Witness something truly majestic• Help a complete stranger for the common good Laugh till I cry• Drive a Shelby Mustang• Kiss the most beautiful girl in the world• Get a tattoo• Skydiving• Visit Stonehenge• Spend a week at the Louvre• See Rome• Dinner at La Chevre d'Or• See the Pyramids• Get back in touch (previously "Hunt the big cat", added after being earlier added and crossed off)• Visit Taj Mahal, India• Hong Kong• Victoria Falls• Serengeti• Ride the Great Wall of China

The Bucket List

Q17) ID

• Genl. Ambrose Burnside -> Sideburns

Q18) Id movie

American Beauty

Q19) This company existed on the brink of ruin under various owners for the next decade, until the Loft Candy Company bought it in 1931. The company's fortunes took a turn for the better in 1934 when, in the midst of the Depression, it doubled the size of its container to 12 ounces without raising the 5-cent price. In 1939 it also introduced the world's first radio jingle. In 1941 Loft Candy merged with its subsidiary to found what?

Pepsi

Q20) What historical event was recorded in this pic?

The sighting of halley's commet roundabouts the 11th century in europe, during the battle

of hastings

• Q21) X's mother bought her son a guitar when he was 12, and X began playing in various garage bands. His first band was in honor of his girlfriend, Meredith. A year after his parents' divorce, X dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. As he once explained on Inside the Actors Studio, he attempted to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician. He played with The Kids, a band that enjoyed modest local success. The Kids set out together for Los Angeles in pursuit of a record deal, changing their name to Six Gun Method. The group split before signing a record deal. X subsequently collaborated with the band Rock City Angels[9] and co-wrote their song "Mary", which appeared on Rock City Angels' debut for Geffen Records titled Young Man's Blues.

• On December 24, 1983, X married Lori Anne Allison, a makeup artist and sister of his band's bass player and singer. During X's marriage, his wife worked as a makeup artist while he worked a variety of odd jobs, including a telemarketer for ink pens. Later, his wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who advised X to pursue an acting career. In 1985, X and Allison divorced. After his marriage ended, X dated and was engaged to Sherilyn Fenn

In the years to come by he became a great actor....

Johnny Depp

Q22)What?

Swine Flu CasesBlack: Confirmed deaths

Red:Confirmed cases.

Q23)Said to be a member of a very respected family in hollywood(related to Nicholas cage)

has directed few movies and also appeared in one of the worlds most "Unforgettable trilogies"

Who is she? PS: She was won an oscar.

• Sofia Coppola(the above is a still from the movie The Godfather :part III directed by her father Francis Ford Coppola)

Q24) The bible tells us that on the hebrews day of atonement, aaron symbolically laid the sins of the people on the herd of a goat and sent it into the wilderness. At the same time that this was going on, a second goat was sacrificed to the lord. Tindale a 16th century translator of the old testament rendered the passage in this way: "And Aaron cast lottes over the gootes one lotte for the lorde and another for a X..Whats the good word?

Scapegoat (the goat that bears the sins of the people)

Q25) a) This company was first named "Ideal" and then

changed over to its current name..The products they manufacture after being quality tested contain a blue dot..The name itself means blue dot in German. Which company?

b)The turkish name for a holy meeting place is?

• Blaupunkt• Orkut

Q26) Connect

Some portion of the profit of Product RED (Dell PC, Moto Mobiles etc) goes to AIDS welfare

fund..

Q27) What started in India on Sept 15, 1959, when UNESCO gave Indian Govt. $20,000 and 180 Philips TV sets?

DoorDarshan

Q28) Inspite of being the greatest bollywood flick Sholay, didn't turn out to be a hit in its initial few weeks. Name the movie which shared its release date with sholay and turned out to be a bigger hit in its early days. ?

• Jai Santoshi Maa

Q29) In 1964, he failed the U.S. Armed Forces qualifying test because his writing and spelling skills were sub-par. However, in early 1966, the tests were revised and he was reclassified as 1A. This classification meant he was now eligible for the draft and induction into the U.S. Army. This was especially important because the United States was engaged in the Vietnam War.

When notified of this status, he declared that he would refuse to serve in the United States Army and publicly considered himself a conscientious objector. he stated that "War is against the teachings of the Holy Qur'an. I'm not trying to dodge the draft. We are not supposed to take part in no wars unless declared by Allah or The Messenger. We don't take part in Christian wars or wars of any unbelievers."

He also famously said in 1966: "I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong ... They never called me nigger. Identify the person.

• Muhammad Ali

Q30)In 1844, 23-year-old Henry , the son of a cattle merchant, emigrated to the United States from Rimpar, Bavaria. He settled in Montgomery, Alabama, where he opened a dry-goods store.

In 1847, following the arrival of Emanuel, the firm added "Brothers" to its name. With the arrival of their youngest brother, Mayer, in 1850, the firm changed its name again and the more popular name was established. Its legacy ended on September 15, 2008. Identify the firm.

• Lehman Brothers

Q31) Little is publicly known of the man's identity or that of the commander of the lead tank. Shortly after the incident, British tabloid the Sunday Express named the man as Wang Weilin, a 19-year-old student; however, the veracity of this claim is dubious. The People's Republic of China government made few statements about the incident or the people involved. In a 1990 interview with Barbara Walters, then-CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin was asked what became of the man. Jiang replied in English, "I think never killed." Who?

Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel

Q32) It has since been claimed that acoustic analysis of the recording reveals the presence of the missing "a". A digital audio analysis conducted by Peter Shann Ford, an Australia-based computer programmer, journalist/ entrepreneur claims that X did, in fact, say "a man", but the "a" was inaudible due to the limitations of communications technology of the time. X has expressed his preference that written quotations include the "a" in parentheses. Identify X.

Neil ArmstrongThat's one small step for (a) man; one giant leap

for mankind.P.S: Ford’s claims have not been independently

verified

Q33) The idea came to Swiss engineer, George de Mestral one day after returning from a hunting trip with his dog in the Alps. He took a close look at the burrs (seeds) of burdock that kept sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur. He examined them under a microscope, and noted their hundreds of "hooks" that caught on anything with a loop, such as clothing, animal fur, or hair. What did this lead to?

• Velcro

Q34) In 16th century Europe when peasant homes were commonly thatched, the home was constructed in such a manner that animals could crawl into the thatch and find shelter from the elements, and would fall out during heavy rain. Which phrase did this lead to?

• Its Raining Cats & Dogs

Q35) Although the author writes under a famous pen name, the first book was penned, without the middle initial. The author’s publishing house feared that the target audience might be reluctant to buy books written by the opposite sex. It requested that the author use two initials, rather than reveal the first name. As the author had no middle name, the author chose a middle initial, from a paternal relative. Who?

• J. K. Rowling• Before publishing her first book, her publisher

Bloomsbury feared that the target audience of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author. It requested that Rowling use two initials, rather than reveal her first name. As she had no middle name, she chose K. for Kathleen as the second initial of her pseudonym, from her paternal grandmother

Q36) "I could not continue the same life, the same useless life which I hadfor fourteen years." she said in March 1967. In late 1966 she walked into the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, India, and announced to Ambassador Chester Bowles her desire to defect to the West. Name her.

• Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin’s Daughter

• One of the bigest cold war coup’s, for all you Cold War History Freaks

Q37) It is a patented predictive technology, developed by Tegic Communications,recently acquired by Nuance Communications. It was used by Texas Instruments PDA Avigo during the late 90s. Its main competitors are iTap,

created by Motorola, Zi's eZiText, and SureType, created by RIM. Which technology?

• T9 (Text On 9 Keys)

Q38) ID Brand

Nothing Wakes you up as Nescafe