moss week 02 full set with answers
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Quizzes conducted at Moss Cocktail Lounge, Domlur, Bangalore by Team Nexus - Venky, Kivi and AnirbanTRANSCRIPT
Mosstermind Week 02
VenkykiViBan
6 sets of 5 questions eachEach set has four 1 pointers and a 3 pointer
No Negatives
Teams of max 4 peopleAll answers to be written downPlease put down table numbers
Give in your answers at the end of each set
The Rules
Set 1___________________
Tennis Grand Slams after 2000
Roger Federer won 3 out of the 4 Grand Slam titles in a year 3 times – in 2004, 2006 and 2007. In 2006 and 2007, the other winner was Nadal.
In 2004, the French Open was won by an Argentine player, nicknamed “El Gato” – the cat.
Who?
1
Gaston Gaudio1A
2000: Pete Sampras
2001: Goran Ivanisevic
2002: ?
2003 – 2007 : Roger Federer
2008: Rafael Nadal
2
Lleyton Hewitt – the list is Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champions
2A
Women’s Doubles Winners of:1999 French and US Open2000 Wimbledon2001 Australian Open2002 Wimbledon2003 Australian Open2008 Wimbledon2009 Australian Open
Which duo?
3
Venus and Serena Williams3A
Connect the following Grand Slam tournaments:• 2009 Australian Open• 2008 US Open• 2006 Australian Open• 2005 Wimbledon and US Open• 2003 Australian Open and Wimbledon• 2002 Wimbledon• 1999 Wimbledon and US Open• 1997 French Open
4
Either Mahesh Bhupati or Leander Paes have won the Mixed Doubles at all these Grand Slams
4A
This 23‐year old French player is currently ranked #10 in the world. His best performance till date has been reaching the semi‐finals of the French Open in 2008.
He won 3 out of the 4 Grand Slam titles in 2004 in the junior circuit.
Who?
5
Gael Monfils5A
Set 2___________________
Doordarshan
Audio Clip – ID the serial.(Audio words from Rig Veda, “Srishtise pehle sat nahin thaa, asat bhinahin, Antariksh bhi nahin, aakaashbhee nahin thaa”)
1
Bharat Ek Khoj1A
ID the duo. 2
Johnny Socko and the Giant Robot / Flying Robot
2A
He started as a clapper boy in Raiders of the Rail Road in 1936.
In the mid ’70s, while shooting for the film Charas in France, he saw a family watching TV together. He foresaw that TV would be the medium of the future.
The thought process saw the light of the day in 1985. Who?
3
Ramanand Sagar3A
When he was 17, Padma Bhushan Jasdev Singh was inspired hearing Melville De Mellow give commentary at Gandhi’s funeral. Jasdev later became a legend on radio as a hockey commentator.
What is his major involvement with DD that he is renowned for ‐ something that he has been doing for 47 years?
4
He gives commentary during the Republic Day Parade every year
4A
Among the first serials based on short stories, it was directed by Jyot & Manju Singh. It focused on Indian literature in regional languages.
Actors from specific regions were used, to get accents right. Kritika Desai and Pallavi Joshi were among the ones who were first spotted here.
Name the serial.
5
Ek Kahani5A
Set 3___________________
Good Company
Founded in 1906 as ‘The Haloid Company’…
Legend has it that it sold its rights to the Graphical User Interface to APPLE as it thought that the Personal Computer business will never be able to sustain itself.
Which Company?
01
Xerox Corporation1A
02It traces its roots to Valley Falls, a textile company established in Rhode Island by Oliver Chace in 1839.
In 1929, Valley Falls merged with ‘X’ Cotton Mfg Co.
In 1955, this new entity merged with ‘Y’ Mfg Co and hence, we now know it as XY.
Identify XY
Berkshire Hathaway2A
It is a type of construction material typically used in Central and South Western US.
Wet clay and chopped hay were mixed and trampled with bare feet. This was then sun dried.
What is this material that is also the name of an enterprise?
03
Adobe3A
This company derives its name from a Japanese phrase which means ‘Everywhere’. The government owns one third of this company. The company’s mascot is a mushroom which is a celebrity in Japan.
Which iconic Japanese enterprise is this?
04
NTT DoCoMo4A
Formed by the merger of the two leading Swiss watch manufacturers, it owns brands like Rado, Longines, Tissot, CK amongst others.
Took its present name of _______in 1998.
Fill the blank.
05
Swatch5A
Set 4___________________
Buildings in South India
1It is the only other Danish settlement in India apart from Serampore in Bengal. Name pls.
Tranquebar or Tirangambady1A
ID the place. 2
The Jewish Synagogue at Kochi2A
Spread over 150+ acres it is the arguably the largest functioning Hindu temple complex in the world.
The 236 feet tall gopuram here is the tallest in Asia. Myth has it that the coast of Ceylon can be seen from its top.
Which is this place?
3
The Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam
3A
Modeled on St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Originally a guesthouse for the local king’s European cronies.
4
The Lalit Mahal Palace, Mysore4A
Where was this shot? (Video of song “KonjamNilavu…Chandralekha” from ThirudaThiruda featuring AnuAgarwal)
5
Egmore Museum, Chennai5A
Set 5___________________
Audio
Set 6___________________
Jai Ho! – India’s contribution to
English
This temple has a famous Ratha Yatra. In the past people had been crushed and others injured as the massive multi‐ton chariot went out of control.
This led the Britons of the time to contrive a word to refer to examples of unstoppable, crushing
forces. What’s the good word?
1
Juggernaut, from the Jagannathtemple
1A
This animal when assailed makes a grunt like a pig. This led to the Telugu word for this animal, meaning “pig rat”. This Telugu word led to the
English name that we know.What?
2
Bandicoot, from pandi‐kokku2A
Tamil words for tie and wood led to the naming of this type of boat consisting of two hulls joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame.
It was first discovered being used by the Paravas, a fishing community in south Tamil Nadu. What?
3
Kattu + Maram, became Catamaran3A
A type of single‐story house that originated in India. The English word derives from the Hindi word for a "house in the Bengal style”. Such houses were traditionally small, only
one story, thatched and had a wide veranda.
4
“Bangla” became Bungalow4A
The word comes from the Dhivehi word meaning a ring of coral islands or reefs. The term was popularized by Charles Darwin,
who described these as a subset in a special class of islands, the unique property of which is the presence of an organic reef.
What word?
5
Atoll5A