kadambaran namboodiri memorial inter collegiate quest- 2014

Kadambaran Namboodiri Memorial

Inter Collegiate Quest- 2014

ORGANISED BYDEPARTMENT OF BOTANY,

NSS HINDU COLLEGE, CHANGANACHERRY

PROF.KADAMBARAN NAMBOODIRI

memories never die

Elimination

Rules and Regulations • Total 20 questions-(including 4 star questions

as tie-breakers(2,6,9,15)

• Write your answers legibly, if we can’t read it, its wrong.

• The top 6 teams will be qualified for the finals.

• Always keep your quizzing ethics

• Quiz master’s word is final

‘I’ have every right to command you..turn off your

Cell phones!!!

Kadambaran Namboodiri

Memorial Inter Collegiate Quest- 2014

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2*

Identify the Kathakali artist recently in news

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization


Memorial Intrer Collegiate Quest- 2014

Identify the person in news recently by using the following hints-

Chinchilla albinisticM.E.F.Bowring Welsh

2008 Man Booker Prize Ur Clue: I want his exact name!!

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Maqsood Khan,

victim of White tiger attack at National Zoological Park, New Delhi

Chinchilla albinistic-White tiger 2008 Man Booker Prize-White tiger(Aravind

Adiga) M.E.F.Bowring Welsh-Founder of National

Zoological Park



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1. Artur Avila2. Martin Hairer3. Maryam Mirzakhani4. …………………………..?

Fill the forth name!!!

Manjul Bhargava,winner Fields Medal 2014



5

American man David Rahimi and his girlfriend Jasmine Juan recently

travelled from California to Sydney with a successful mission-

What is it?

First to own Apple I Phone 6



6*

Name the chemical experimental plant of ISRO located in ‘Aluva’ fecilitated Strontium perchlorate and oxidizing substances that increase the burning of fuels in the several

stages of MOM popularly called Mangalyaan.

Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental Plant (APEP), Aluva



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N.J. Vasudevan was retired from Karnataka State Health Department, lives in Sri

Rangarajapura, near Mysore-His grandfather N. Rangachar was served as Mysore Palace

doctor during the reign of Krishna raja Wadiyar IV-The day 27th of September 2014 was unforgettable for him and his family-

How?

His

His step sister Jayalalitha was jailed for corruption



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What is common to the above snaps

Khushwant Singh



9*

‘X’ got its first textual reference in Ain-i-Akbari a biographical medieval text- ‘X’ then appeared in

an official report on the 1857 incident by Joan Lawrence, the then British Imperial statesman

and later became the Viceroy of British India-He connected ‘X’ as a causation for the spread of the revolt-‘X’ first came to Kerala during the days of

Vaikom Satyagraham in 1924-Recent days ‘X’ got a surname (or may be a brand name) from a place

in Thiruvananthapuram-Identify ‘x’!!!!!

Chapati

Chapati



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10

Exactly how many kilometers are there from Washington DC to Miami Beach???(give me your answer in Kilometer)

Exactly 1698 Kilometers!!!!



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Identify the person in this semi-caricature

Justice H. L. Dattu, 42nd Chief Justice of India



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In Hindu Philosophic Tradition, Mahabharata speaks about a practice in which a women (whose husband is either impotent or has died without

having a child) is allowed to have physical relationship with her

husband's brother or a noble person in the society with the sole purpose of

having a child – Name this Tradition…..

NIYOGAA



13

Identify the Map

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve



14

Connect ‘ZMapp’ with Dr. Ken Brandly and Nancy Writebol…

Hint: Liberia



15*

Identify what is common to these three?

Madison Square Garden



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This chemical element was discovered by the English chemist Charles Hatchett in 1801 and was named Columbium after

Columbia, the poetical name for America. Identify this element which is used in

various superconducting alloys and magnets of MRI scanners.



17

‘110201’ is the Postal Index Number of………?

It was assigned on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the PIN code system in

India!!!

Supreme Court of India



18

Name the First women chairperson of

State Bank of India, appointed recently?

Arundhati Bhattacharya



19*

You can buy this Brand watch for a price of $300,000- For your information the watch is made off with Titanic remains-

Identify the Brand-Ur Hint-think about a former athlete by the same name

Romain Jerome



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‘X’ was started on 31 October, 1914 and was first coined by Kappana Kannan Menon of Thalassery (inspired from Gopalakrishna

Gokhale & The Servants of India Society)..later it was renamed as ‘Y’ by

K. Paramu Pillai, the first person to own M.A. degree in Kerala history-Now its your turn,

what is the motto of ‘Y’?

X-Bharathiya JanasanghY-Nair Service Society

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Jithin SankarAssistant Professor, PG Department of HistoryNSS Hindu College, [email protected] 9544416170

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kadambaran namboodiri memorial inter collegiate quest- 2014

Education

recent days x

nationalzoological park

chemical element

nd chief justice of

viceroy ofbritish india

supreme court of india

brand watch

american man david rahimi