Quiz Week 7

Answers Will Be Given Next Week... Meanwhile Drop Down Your Answers... PS: DON'T POST YOUR ANSWERS AS ANON
1)“When the Spanish arrived in America and ultimately conquered the Aztecs, they erected Christian churches on top of the pyramids.

Eventually their whole colonial city was built over the Aztec one. In the 20th century, many colonial buildings were demolished and modern structures raised on the existing historic foundations.

The __________  will uncover our roots.”

 -Estaban, a Mexican visionary and architect.

The stunning ___________ in the middle of Mexico City is designed to get around height limits on new buildings in the capital.(There is a rule over there according to which no buiding can exceed more than 6 or 7 storeys)

FITB AND PUT FUNDA   

This is where it is to be built.

          1) Earthscrapers !                 

2) Identify the caricaturist and the subject of the caricature. 

2) Trichy Shankaran who was conferred the title of Sangitha Kalanidhi this season

3) Here are photos of three different people when they were younger than what they are now. Connect the three. Hard.

The young girl. Not the Swamiji.

3) Hema Malini, Trisha and Sudha Raghunathan are the brand ambassadors of Pothys
4) This Brazilian football club is named after an explorer who ventured no where near Brazil nor had anything to do with football. Who is it named after and why?

4) Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama was initially a rowing club founded by a group of Portugese. It was the 400th year of Vasco Da Gama's historic sailing to India and hence the name
5) An easy one to go along with Quiz Abyss' first video question.
Identify the lecturer in this video.

5) Dr Sengai Podhuvan

6) The mathematics version of Rajinikanth I guess....Rajinikanth is all this during his sleep.


“Uncountably Infinite” was a phrase coined to explain the intelligence of X.
X can get to the other side of a Möbius strip.
X actually disproved the clause: "X cannot prove that this clause is true".
X knows the real value of log(-1)
When X breaks a magnet he ends up with two monopoles
X can understand income tax.
X once created an axiomatic system that was both consistent and complete

And so on...Just tell me who is X. Actually X is only a subset of Srinivasa Ramanujam. Some of Ramanujam's works are so awesome that Rajinikanth would actually have to think for 10 seconds before declaring it obvious.

6) Gauss. Do visit http://www.gaussfacts.com/ 


7)A simple question ,nevertheless a nice question
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway E2 Class ,was a class of 0-6-0T steam locomotives designed by Lawson Billinton, intended for shunting and short distance freight trains.

Though it was retired long ago, as a result of the association with the __________this minor class of tank locomotives rank as one of the best known steam locomotive classes of all time.

7) Thomas the tank engine
8) The first cricketer to have done what?

Will provide a hint to this if no one gets this in the next 3 or 4 days.

8) Adam Parore , the first cricketer to climb Mount Everest 

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Quiz Week 6

Answers Will Be Given Next Week...Meanwhile Drop Down Your Answers...PS: DON'T POST YOUR ANSWERS AS ANON

1)There are times when single organisms may show more than one genetically different tissue co-existing together. A few examples in plants and animals are below. They are more common in plants than in animals. Now, what are such organisms called?

Answer: Its called a chimera (named after the Greek monster which simultaneously exhibited traits of a lion, goat and a snake.  

2) These are certain moments from a Malayalam film. Apart from local dance forms, what was the main inspiration behind several scenes of the movie, especially in the picturization of a couple of songs?

Answer: Raja Ravi Varma paintings. The movie is Anandabharanam. The paintings are Woman in thought  , Woman carrying milkpot and Hamsa Damayanti . 

3) The usage of any search engine is prohibited for this question.

What is all this?

[32] But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?

[33] On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.

Answer: Lorem Ipsum ; this is standard text used to convey importance to the template and design rather than content. Try this...go to MS word and type =lorem(m,n) where m and n are positive integers. 

4) Simple. Identify the photographer.

Alice Liddell

Answer : Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). This girl was the inspiration for the popular character Alice. 

5) Identify the molecule if the second picture is a hint. Also it in very technical terms holds a certain record. Which one?

Identify

Answer: Kudos to those who got this. The name of the molecule is nanocar. It is special because it can actually roll and move as a whole on certain surfaces when some potential difference is there.  So basically, it is the smallest electric car :) 

The guy is btw the first owner of a (tata) nano car. 

6) This question is about a historic College which these days has become Galeej.

It was started by the Britishers as a school initially and then grew into one of the most respected universities of its Golden Time.

Its alumni include

• Two Nobel Laureates who were also Royal Society fellows(One is a Padma Vibhushan and other a Bharat Ratna);
• An Abel Prize laureate(Who is also fellow of Royal Society, Padma Bhushan, US National Medal of Science);
• A Bio-Chemist who people hardly know, because he never patented his work or boasted about it, but is one of the greatest men ever to have walked on earth. He was the one of the first to synthesise cancer treatment drugs;
• A very famous guy who has held many important political posts, Bharat Ratna and father-in-law of a Father's Son;
• The Chairman of a leading newspaper chain;
• A Former Governor of RBI.

[edit: This blog is not here to defame. The statement a blog author made here is transferred to the comments section by another blog author. ]

OK now name the Galeej.

Answer: Presidency College  Chennai. Yes, where all this violence took place.

7) A Giveaway.

X river is named after the place where it originates. The name of the river/place comes from a local word that refers to a person who is well versed with the Science of water in general.

It was also initially chosen as a boundary to split a famous place among people of two different languages. Although it was once providing drinking water and recreation such as fishing and boat racing, it is the first thing local person can think of when you say 'open drainage system'.

(According to the government, efforts are being taken to clean up the river but all they have done so far is to swindle the funds they got for that from World Bank.)

Answer: Koovum 

8)Pretty Simple Question.

After being frustrated over choosing their name ,the X finally chose the X as the Band members forget even the earlier suggested names.


This band achieved their peak popularity around the 60’s and 70’s and their live shows were popular for their instrument destruction.

Simple,

ID X


Answer: The Who

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Quiz Week 5

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1) These are some of the works of one of the greatest caricaturists of all time. He did something once which became hugely popular and several of his works contained such gags. His caricatures were even used by the US Army to train bomber pilots.

Self Portrait

Now tell me what do the numbers beside his name in his signature indicate.

Answer : These are  Al Hirschfeld  caricatures and the numbers beside his name in his signature indicate how many times the name of his daughter, Nina, would appear  somewhere in the background.

2) LVC (long visual connect). Not exhaustive.

Answer: Captain Claw Cheats

3)So what would connect these 4??

•Van Gough’s Starry Starry night.

•Chiyoaya Co operation.

•A drawing  of clifton suspension bridge drawing.

•An island called Santorini ,Greece

Answer: Google Reverse Image search. These are the 4 pictures that greeted the visitors. Removed for some reason now.


4)This motor sport which essentially comprises of a series of timed stunts done in a predetermined order owes its name eventually to the Hindi word meaning ‘Ball House’. What is this sport called?

WHAT IS THIS SPORT CALLED??

Answer = Motorkhana


5)Kristina Rei has had 100 injections at a cost of £4,000 to inflate her lips to unnatural proportions after being bullied at school for her appearance.Kristina says her lips were too thin when she was 15 and hence the decision.


She decided that big lips were the way to beauty and hence this happened.

The big lips were a result of trying to look like someone.
The question is whom did she wanna resemble??

Answer = jessica rabbit

6) This is one of the biggest bloomers in advertising ever. Just tell me the caption that's blackened out.

Answer = Nothing sucks like an electrolux!


7) Which product was named in honour of the runner wearing 11?

Answer = Vibram fivefingers Bikila named after Bikila who won the 1960 Olympic marathon running barefoot.

8) A common myth is that the controls of X are inspired by the names of the inventors. The story goes like they invented X and gave the design to Y to use in his products. They wanted Y's products to contain their name on it. However Y did not want to do that and offered them millions of dollars to NOT have their names on his product. These inventors were not happy. So that was when Y came up with the idea of naming the controls of X after their names.

However the truth is that X was invented much later by another company, who used it in their own products. What is X? Who is Y, who featured in that story?
Answer:
There were 4 bros..lowel, max, hiram and norman Goldberg. invented car AC.
gave design to Ford..he offered 3million dollars
they said they want 2 million but their name has to be put on the car..The Goldberg AC or something, which ford did not agree
so he gave them 4million and he named the controls as HI, NORM, LOW and MAX

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Quiz Week 4

1) This Goddess appeared in the dreams of a person who credited all his success to her. He claimed that he was merely a scribe to what the Goddess told him. Who?

Answer(Highlight To View):

 Srinivasa Ramanujam in whose dream Goddess Namagiri, the Goddess of Namakkal appeared.
For more info : Click Here

2) What 'record' do these creatures hold? [okay, the second edition of these]

Answer(Highlight To View):It is the official longest page in wiki,
I dare you Read through the entire article, here it is.


3) Connect this fellow with a Google Inc. product.

One more thing,this fellow is quite irritating,trust me.

Answer(Highlight To View):
this guy is Leonard McCoy ,yes the actor,jis famous dialog being,"He's Dead Jim!",
The Vid.,The Pic.
4) ____(A)____’s al-Shabaab group banned ______ (B)_____ sometime ago because they felt that it was too westernized and too anti-islam.

The extremist group in fact offered no official explanation for the ban, which are commonly cooked up and served across the Horn of Africa.

They refused to relax the ban even after being warned that more than a 100,000 people might have to die of starvation.

The reason for the ban is that (B) Resembles the holy trinity too much. (pictured below)
FI (A) & (B)

How I Wish (B) was my staple diet :D

Answer(Highlight To View):
Ze Samosa,the country  being Somalia.
5) Connect and explain.

This comes with a sorry to the non-Tamil makkal.

Answer(Highlight To View):

Thiruvilayadal ( Baliaah acts as the singer, Dr Balamurali Krishna sang the song ; Sivaji Ganesan acts as the singer of paatum naane while the original song was sung by T.M. Soundararajan.
Here's some more interesting Stuff related to this,
Tms was supposed to sing the oru naal podhuma and Balamurali was to sing paatum naane originally. Then Tms kicked up a fuss saying he doesnt want to lose even in a "competition" and even against siva peruman
So they hurriedly changed Balamurali to oru naal poduma, and changed the music of paatum naane to sing in 5 kattai = very loud, to suit TMS's voice

So here we have our first question where the answers is longer than the question :P

6) The first 3 to achieve what?

There are only two more people in the list of men to have achieved it. I am not sure if the 4th guy must be a part of the list but the 5th guy surely is.

Answer(Highlight To View): Nightwatchmen to score centuries, The Wiki Page.

7) The guy encircled, an industrialist and chemist, invited all great physicists and chemists of the world for a historic conference. Following the success of this conference, institutes started conducting such conferences every three years (there have been larger gaps though). A certain aniversary of this conference was (or still is being) celebrated with much grandeur across the world. As what?

And for brownie points, identify

i) the guy encircled and hence the name of such conferences

ii) All the men and woman

Answer(Highlight To View):

The conference was convened by Ernest Solvay , in Brussels in 1911. Its 100th anniversary 2011 was thus celebrated as the international year of chemistry.  Know more here. Some people think this is to commemorate Marie Curie's getting the 1911 Nobel. But this does not sound plausible since Marie Curie got the Nobel more than once. And even if Marie Curie hadn't got the 1911 Chemistry Nobel, somebody else would have got it. 

8)EASILY THE EASIEST QUESTION ON THE BLOG YET,

you have to be living on some other planet if you did not get this one.

Answer(Highlight To View):Muhuhahahaaa....
"Why This Kolaveri di??",
if you still do not get it,listen to the song again :\
PS: I still dont get what so good about the song,but yeah it is a viral vid and one can not debate that.
Yo Boys....(Here we go,the Vid)
Enjoy!!

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