The First Entry in Qpedia

On one of the Thursdays... Quiz master was Prasun Das

1. What's common to Ms. Clarissa Luard , Ms.Marianne Wiggins , Mrs.Elizabeth West ?

2. What is Dolly Roy's claim to fame?

3. Which film production company's logo takes its inspiration from the Mahabharata and features Arjun at the Draupadi swayamvar taking aim at the fish?

4. Connect the following: PEROTWOOD HOLYWOOD, HOLLYWOODLAND

5. What is the generic term for tablets coated with sugar or sugar like substitutes?

6. The famous brand, when tried in London hospitals for the first time in the nineteen thirties, reduced the maternity deaths of the women to half. The Doctors hailed this as a wonder product. Which brand?

7. Line56 is a supply chain magazine (business to business). Why the odd name Line56? The name is not so odd if you get the answer.

8. If Monopoly is one Seller what is Monosopy?

9. Some malted barley, pinches of wheat flour with a dash of evaporated milk is considered the recipe of success by Mr. James ______. Give me the surname or the brand.

10. The event continues even today and is organized by the Amaury Organization (ASO), which is a part of the media group that owns l'Équipe. Which event is being talked about?

11. What is the Japanese for "empty orchestra"?

12. This was a brief from the agency to the musician - "We want a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sentimental, emotional," this whole list of adjectives, and then at the bottom it said "and it must be 3 1/4 seconds long." The musician's name at birth was Brian Peter George. How do we know him better and identify the piece he created?

13. This product is based on software developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is distributed under a licensing agreement with Spyglass, Inc. Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. Its Unix version contains software licensed from Mainsoft Corporation. Which product?

14. Question from the TCS IPO Bid-Cum Application form - Why does the address: Sagardarshan 8, Worli Seaface, Mumbai feature in the form?

15. Connect the following: Blue, Cola, mobile, wine, America, Atlantic

16. Expand - A.B.C.D. (referring to Feluda)

17. In old days, movies were shown continuously. The forthcoming attractions reel was spliced onto the end of the last reel of the movie. What word was derived from this practice?

18. The Mig-23 and Mig-25 combat aircraft are code-named the “the “Flogger” and “Foxbat” respectively by NATO. How has NATO code-named the Mig-21?

19. Connect jhankaar,Amore,Upop,Swing,Shruti,The System...

20. British Airways was the first to introduce in-flight movies. Similarly, what was first introduced by tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways?

21. The inventor of X didn't get permission to take out a patent on his equipment, because accurate description of it already existed in "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea". Identify X.

22. Which Book has chapters such as “Machiavellian Methods”, ‘Pretending to work” and “Engineers, Scientists, Programmers and other odd people”?

23. In Pakistan it is called Mehran what is it called in India?

24. One of the oldest trademarks, this was introduced in 1898. It takes its name from the slogan meaning "Now is the time to Drink". It is also used to describe the appearance of someone obese or wearing comically bulky clothing. Whom are we talking about?

25. Where in India is the TJ brand of confectionaries including potato chips and wafers manufactured?