The Eighth Entry
On one of the Thursdays....Quiz Master was Anindya Bhattacharjee.
1. Chakravarty, Rajadhyaksha, AshwinRao. What comes next?
2. One of the earliest instances of cryptography in India is called 'Mlechha Vikalpa', in which the letters of the alphabet are randomly paired against each other and substituted. In which text can you find a reference to this?
3. The person voting, after marking his ballot puts it on a plate and raises it to show everyone that he is not casting multiple votes. Then it is put in a spherical container. As the ballots are counted, they are stiched into a thread and burnt. What is being described here?
4. Recently Time magazine came out with its top 10 movie soundtracks of all time. Which indian movie finds a place in it? (circa March, 2006)
5. The four elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water gave rise to which ancient symbol?
6. The role of young salim in Mughal e Azam was played by Jalal Agha. Before him, who was offered the role?
7. You can find me as Radha with Krishna, as Menaka with Vishwamitra, with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood and also as playing tennis at the Wimbledon. Who am I?
8. The protein's Haemaglutinin and Neuraminidase for the outer "spikes" of what?
9. Up, down, charm, strange, bottom and top are types of what?
10. Krishna's death, at being shot an arrow from behind the bushes by a hunter is the consequence of which incident in indian mythology?
11. King Harold Blatand sopposedly gives his name to which modern day technology?
12. CHarles Barbier designed this as Napoleon wanted a code of communication for his army which would be silent and workable at night. It was called "night writing". Later on it evolved into what?
13. Best Actor: Uday Chopra, Best Actress: Antara Mali, Best Film: Mr. Ya Miss, Which awards?
14. In an english county match played at the crystal palace in 1900, W.G. Grace scored 110 and then was caught by Storer. Who was the bowler?
15. Connect Minelli and Jyllends Posten.
16. After the churning of the ocean, the nectar, that was found, was hidden by the "devatas" from the "asuras". Where and what originated from this incident?
17. This word was coined in a pamphlet called "Now or Never" taken out by a group of cambridge students in 1933. Chaudhary Rehmat Ali reportedly coined it. Which word?
18. In 1968/69 this player X wasn't picked to tour a country Y, inspite of his string of good performances. He was replced by Tom Cartwright but when the latter got injured X found his way in the team. Now country Y refused to play with X in their opponents team, though X originally hailed from Y.
Identify X and state the significance of this incident.
19. Microspia is a medical condition in which the person affected sees things either too small or too big. What is the alternate name of this disease which is derived from a literary masterpiece?
20. Month, Orange, Silver, Purple---what connects these english words?
21. Whose unfinished autobiography is "An Indian Pilgrim" ?
22. What was introduced on 15th august 1972 in india ?( the occasion was the 25th anniversary of indian independence)
23. 1969 El Salvador ang Hondurous fought a 4 day war. What had caused it?
24. What does the "rug-mark" or "kaleen" mark on carpets signify?
25. What is the origin of the phrase "trembling like an aspen tree" ?
26. Why is the east-west Berling crossing called checkpoint charlie?
27. Only two people in the history of 34th native infantry regiment were executed. One was Ishwari Prasad. Who was the other?
28. "Mr. Watson, Come here, I want you" -- what is the significance of this phrase?
29. Ishmian, Pythean, Nemean, ---what comes next?
30. The Bank of Georgia has only one branch and thats in Atlanta. What does it reportedly contain?
1. Chakravarty, Rajadhyaksha, AshwinRao. What comes next?
2. One of the earliest instances of cryptography in India is called 'Mlechha Vikalpa', in which the letters of the alphabet are randomly paired against each other and substituted. In which text can you find a reference to this?
3. The person voting, after marking his ballot puts it on a plate and raises it to show everyone that he is not casting multiple votes. Then it is put in a spherical container. As the ballots are counted, they are stiched into a thread and burnt. What is being described here?
4. Recently Time magazine came out with its top 10 movie soundtracks of all time. Which indian movie finds a place in it? (circa March, 2006)
5. The four elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water gave rise to which ancient symbol?
6. The role of young salim in Mughal e Azam was played by Jalal Agha. Before him, who was offered the role?
7. You can find me as Radha with Krishna, as Menaka with Vishwamitra, with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood and also as playing tennis at the Wimbledon. Who am I?
8. The protein's Haemaglutinin and Neuraminidase for the outer "spikes" of what?
9. Up, down, charm, strange, bottom and top are types of what?
10. Krishna's death, at being shot an arrow from behind the bushes by a hunter is the consequence of which incident in indian mythology?
11. King Harold Blatand sopposedly gives his name to which modern day technology?
12. CHarles Barbier designed this as Napoleon wanted a code of communication for his army which would be silent and workable at night. It was called "night writing". Later on it evolved into what?
13. Best Actor: Uday Chopra, Best Actress: Antara Mali, Best Film: Mr. Ya Miss, Which awards?
14. In an english county match played at the crystal palace in 1900, W.G. Grace scored 110 and then was caught by Storer. Who was the bowler?
15. Connect Minelli and Jyllends Posten.
16. After the churning of the ocean, the nectar, that was found, was hidden by the "devatas" from the "asuras". Where and what originated from this incident?
17. This word was coined in a pamphlet called "Now or Never" taken out by a group of cambridge students in 1933. Chaudhary Rehmat Ali reportedly coined it. Which word?
18. In 1968/69 this player X wasn't picked to tour a country Y, inspite of his string of good performances. He was replced by Tom Cartwright but when the latter got injured X found his way in the team. Now country Y refused to play with X in their opponents team, though X originally hailed from Y.
Identify X and state the significance of this incident.
19. Microspia is a medical condition in which the person affected sees things either too small or too big. What is the alternate name of this disease which is derived from a literary masterpiece?
20. Month, Orange, Silver, Purple---what connects these english words?
21. Whose unfinished autobiography is "An Indian Pilgrim" ?
22. What was introduced on 15th august 1972 in india ?( the occasion was the 25th anniversary of indian independence)
23. 1969 El Salvador ang Hondurous fought a 4 day war. What had caused it?
24. What does the "rug-mark" or "kaleen" mark on carpets signify?
25. What is the origin of the phrase "trembling like an aspen tree" ?
26. Why is the east-west Berling crossing called checkpoint charlie?
27. Only two people in the history of 34th native infantry regiment were executed. One was Ishwari Prasad. Who was the other?
28. "Mr. Watson, Come here, I want you" -- what is the significance of this phrase?
29. Ishmian, Pythean, Nemean, ---what comes next?
30. The Bank of Georgia has only one branch and thats in Atlanta. What does it reportedly contain?
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