Quiz Week 17

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Hey all....
I am back
1) lets us get started with a sitter
Connect

2)“Geckos inspire wall-climbing robot made by. researchers.”

It is a tank-like robot that can scale vertical walls and crawl over ledges without using suction cups, glue or other liquid bonds to adhere to the surface.

This was In the news a few days  months ago.

There are pictures in the next slide.

Tell me how they work??

3) What weapon was given its unusual name by the Finns when(following their refusal to surrender some strategic ports) their country was invaded by the Soviets in November 1939 in what came to be known as the Winter War during World War II?

4) A simple one again

—Which philosopher spoke of marriage thus: "by all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll become happy, if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.”

— The name of his wife by the way became epitomous for a constantly nagging wife.

—Whose the philosopher? 

5) all right,ID

6)

Connect,

also tell when,why,where etc:-

7)

This word derived from Sanskrit for, a small dot or a drop, is “sported” by worn mainly in Southern Asia.

It is supposed to be worn in the place where the 6th chakra point, Is located…

It is often used purely as a decorative purpose too many a times and was in fact very popular with teenage women in the early 90’s and was popularized in the west by Gwen Stefani & Madonna.

Simple ,What is the word??

8)

Claim to flame of this HOTEL ??

9) okay ,my last question here connects back to the firs question of this post(That by itself should serve a clue)

ID the person depicted here

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ANSWERS

       1) Troll\Meme characters
2)The gecko feets work on the principle of van der wall's forces
          ,the hair on the feet of the gecko is so thin that the molecules of this are attracted to the molecules of the wall
3)Molotov Cocktails
4)Socrates
5) Neem Karoli Baba
6)That's david shepard and the whenever 111(a Nelson ) comes or a multiple of it comes  he lifts his leg thanks to his belief,and the second is picture of king  Nelson
7)Bindi
8)Hotel California Album Art
9)Leonidas (From the movie meet the spartans,"This is Sparta...",and hence connects back to the first question)

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Quiz Week 16

Hello world

1.First one...Quite Simple Name the shiny gizmo on everyone's hand...also type out what it does

2.Pic From southpark...What is Kenny attempting?

3.Claim to Fame




4.What is the name of this molecule?(Hint: Related to the Crocin tablets)

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These fellas seem to take eons.

5. Something takes forms such as these in Buddhist monasteries, especially those in Sri Lanka. What are these and why are they this way?

Image courtesy: Sidin Vadukut

6) Simple. Who's that  Trivikrama pose fellow? Fundaes.

 

7) The building is the executive wing of the NZLand parliament buildings. It got its popular name cause it resembled something called a skep which is made from what this building was named after. Identify it.




8) While washing the clothes of her husband (with soap , lots of lather ) who worked in a copper mine, some washerwoman found that most of the dirt settled down while pieces of the copper stayed on top. She took this discovery to academic Carrie Everson who did research on this and later patented what?




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Quiz Week 13

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This week's questions are mostly from the prelims of the rather boring kurukshetra open quiz. Though the questions were superb and of a high standard, a boring auditorium and a visibly tired quizmaster made even guys at the first row fall asleep. Also, the quiz started at about the time it was scheduled to end...
So here's whatever we could remember from that evening.

1) You must have probably heard of the BRIC economies. Economists like Robert Ward are of the opinion that the next set of emerging economies are South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam, Indonesia, Colombia and Egypt. The economies that are part of this group are considered to be very promising because they have reasonably sophisticated financial systems, controlled inflation, and a soaring young population. By what term are these economies collectively referred to as?

2) Who got his Nobel prize for this contribution?

all right, I confess...I am feeling very lazy

3) This part of the brain is named after the creature. What is its name?

on the left is the part of the brain

4) This is a board game called 'You're hired' . A certain trademarking attempt was denied in 2004 because of it. What was trademark attempt for? (I think the question was something along these lines)

5) 1 star  = "worth a stop",
    2 stars = "take a detour,"
    3 stars = "justifies specific dedicated journey". 
What are all these?


6) Disinterested to blacken out. This phenomenon that this cartoon parodies is probably the best explanation to whose charisma?
(I don't think this is how the question was...it was framed in such a way that it was pretty hard ; only guy in the entire hall knew the answer).

7) In the summer of 1981, Mark Ellingham, just graduated from Bristol University, was travelling around Greece and couldn’t find a guidebook that remotely met his needs. It was here that he met Martin Dunford, who was in Greece teaching English at the time. On their return to the UK, in a bid to avoid getting ‘real jobs’, Mark, Martin and a small group of writers set about creating their own guidebook series; a series that aimed to combine a journalistic approach to description with a practical approach to travellers’ needs.
What began thus?


8) Why did this sandwich shop and cafe suddenly witness a huge surge in popularity in 2010?

9) These were powerful bombs that were used in Vietnam and Afghanistan.The nickname given to the nose or the entire bomb itself is also a cricket term. What?

10) X, who died in 1976 is said to have made more profit out of murder than any other woman since Y.  Identify X and Y.


Part 2 should be up shortly.

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Quiz Week 11

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1)
Okay this is a Looong Visual Connect,exhaustive

The Letters under the pictures might be of some help,
Once you have got the answer,you ought to know what the letters indicate.

A

B

B

C

C

F

G

H

J

K

M

M

P

S

S

T

T

V

Finally done,
The Letters under pictures might be of some help,
Once you have got the answer,you ought to know what the letters indicate.
Just for me to know(Once you have got the answer,I am sure many of you will),
Also tell me,Which of the "Letters" is your favorite?

Answer (highlight to read): Age Of Empires again,

So these are the different original buildings that inspired the Wonders for each Civilization.

The Letters next to them simply indicate the starting letter of each civilization.

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2) Identify the man on this Belarusian stamp.

Answer: Pavel Sukhoi

3) Identify this fungus species which got its name because "It's really like a rubbery sponge with big hollow holes"

Answer: Spongiforma Squarepantsii, named after Spongebob Squarepants

4) What is this pairing pattern of nucleic acids known as?

Answer: hairpin loop

5)Whats the occasion?(really simple question)

Answer: Lee for Jane McGrath foundation

6)Whose Paintings?



Answer: syd Barrett.

7)Again a simple question,
Symbol for what?


Answer: Polyamoury

8) How do these two oppose each other ?

the woman in the middle

Answer = In the first pic is Gaia, the Greek goddess of the Earth. The Gaia hypothesis elieves that the Earth acts as a super-organism than protects itself and all other organisms.

The anti to this is the Medea Hypothesis which is named after Medea (the princess who helped Jason get the Golden Fleece) who killed her own children.

I Just Realized All The Questions Are Picture Based :O

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