T. A. Pai Management Institute's annual B-School fest, Atharva invites you to participate in the Quiz on the Beach (QOTB) to be held at Kaup Beach, Udupi, Karnataka. QOTB is held on the shores of the magical Arabian Sea with an old British built lighthouse serving as a backdrop. So pack your bags and come down to Kaup Beach for some serious fun!!!
Quiz Flavour: Business Quiz
Host: T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal
Quiz Master: Mr. Arul Mani
Date: 10th January 2009
Open to Corporates.
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Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Quiz Qawwali #5-Trivia X
This week a set of five questions.Hoping again for a wonderful participation...
1.1.In 1964, particle physicist X discovered a sub-atomic particle which is now known as the Y. Scientists believe that the Y gives all matter it’s mass, and thus it is considered a fundamental particle.Nobel-prize winner Z coined the theistic name for the Y as ‘God particle’. X, whose name is associated with this fundamental particle, commented that, “I find it embarrassing because, though I’m not a believer myself, I think it is the kind of misuse of terminology which I think might offend some people.”X further says that, it wasn’t even Z’s choice, “He wanted to refer to it as that ‘goddamn particle’ and his editor wouldn’t let him.”Beacause of its heavy mass, the particle is very difficult to detect and it is very expensive to build a large enough collider to prove its existence.
Identify X , Y & Z...
2.
Identify the gadget shown in the picture.[Hint: See the picture within the picture]
3.The X effect is the tendency of a spellchecker to suggest inappropriate words to replace misspelled words and words not in its dictionary.The origin of the term is that the spelling "cooperation" was often changed to "X" by older spellcheckers that only contained the hyphenated form "co-operation".X Effect is then more generally applied to any failure to check that the suggested word is appropriate. A common case is "definately"["definitely"] being changed to "defiantly". Benjamin Zimmer of Thinkmap, Inc. and the University of Pennsylvania has collected many examples of similar errors, including DeMeco Ryans as "Demerol" (in the New York Times), Voldemort as "Voltmeter" (in the Denver Post) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement as "Muttonhead Quail".
Identify X.
[Hint:X is also the headquarters of a very famous consumer electronics and software company.]
4.
Map of what?
5.
Identify the duo & tell the connect.
Attention!!!
This quiz is open for a fortnight or till the answers stop pouring in ,whichever is earlier...
Mail me the answers at sid17_4all@yahoo.co.in or post them as comments to this post.
1.1.In 1964, particle physicist X discovered a sub-atomic particle which is now known as the Y. Scientists believe that the Y gives all matter it’s mass, and thus it is considered a fundamental particle.Nobel-prize winner Z coined the theistic name for the Y as ‘God particle’. X, whose name is associated with this fundamental particle, commented that, “I find it embarrassing because, though I’m not a believer myself, I think it is the kind of misuse of terminology which I think might offend some people.”X further says that, it wasn’t even Z’s choice, “He wanted to refer to it as that ‘goddamn particle’ and his editor wouldn’t let him.”Beacause of its heavy mass, the particle is very difficult to detect and it is very expensive to build a large enough collider to prove its existence.
Identify X , Y & Z...
2.
Identify the gadget shown in the picture.[Hint: See the picture within the picture]
3.The X effect is the tendency of a spellchecker to suggest inappropriate words to replace misspelled words and words not in its dictionary.The origin of the term is that the spelling "cooperation" was often changed to "X" by older spellcheckers that only contained the hyphenated form "co-operation".X Effect is then more generally applied to any failure to check that the suggested word is appropriate. A common case is "definately"["definitely"] being changed to "defiantly". Benjamin Zimmer of Thinkmap, Inc. and the University of Pennsylvania has collected many examples of similar errors, including DeMeco Ryans as "Demerol" (in the New York Times), Voldemort as "Voltmeter" (in the Denver Post) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement as "Muttonhead Quail".
Identify X.
[Hint:X is also the headquarters of a very famous consumer electronics and software company.]
4.
Map of what?
5.
Identify the duo & tell the connect.
Attention!!!
This quiz is open for a fortnight or till the answers stop pouring in ,whichever is earlier...
Mail me the answers at sid17_4all@yahoo.co.in or post them as comments to this post.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Quiz Qawwali #4-Trivia X-Answers & Scores
1.Madras(X) was given as a grant to establish a trading post spread over three sq km of beach sand by the rulers to two Britons - Francis Day and Andrew Cogan.It is today the 34th largest city in the world & recently celebrated its 369th birth anniversary.
2.
The photograph on the left is that of Blake Ross.The photograph on the right is that of Dave Hyatt.The duo developed the first Mozilla browser.Mozilla Firefox now controls about 20% of the browser market and poses intense threat to its rivals , chief among them being Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
3.
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx(X) (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made 15 feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers(Y), and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.
4.
Sir Mokshagundam Visweswaraiah,(15 September 1860 - 14 April 1962) was an eminent Indian engineer and statesman. He is a recipient of the Indian republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was also knighted by the British for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year, 15th September is celebrated as the Engineer's Day in India in his memory and is a public holiday in some places, especially his birth state Karnataka.
With the support of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore, Visweswaraiah made an arguably unprecedented contribution as Diwan to the all-round development of the State. Not only the Krishnaraja Sagara dam and reservoir, but also the hydroelectric projects at Shivanasamudram, the steel mills at Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute (SJP) at Bangalore, the University of Mysore and many other industries and public works owe their inception or active nurture to him. He was instrumental in the founding of the "Government Engineering College" at Bangalore in 1917, one of the first engineering institutes in India. This institution was later named the "University Viswesvarayya College of Engineering" (UVCE) after its founder.
5.
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry(X), (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter and producer. He became best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction universe of Star Trek(Y). He would also become one of the first people to be "buried" in space. Roddenberry was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Roddenberry was sometimes referred to as the "Great Bird of the Galaxy" in reference to his role in Star Trek.
6.
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Kristiansand, Norway, on 19 August 1973), is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.Along with UNAIDS, the Crown Princess is president of various other organizations. They are The Norwegian Scouting Association, the Amandus Film Festival, Kristiansand's International Children's Film Festival, Risor Festival of Chamber Music, FOKUS Forum for Women and Development Questions, Norwegian Design Council, Red Cross Norway, The Norwegian Council for Mental Health, the Full Rigged Ship Sorlandet, and the Oslo International Church Music Festival.The Crown Prince and Crown Princess' Humanitarian Fund was established in 2001.The fund allocates funds to humanitarian projects in Norway and abroad. In Norway the fund mainly focuses on projects aimed at improving conditions for children and young people. Abroad the fund mainly focuses on projects related to health and education.
7.
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Mazan, (June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814), known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary, and writer of philosophic, violent pornography espousing extreme freedom (licentiousness), who was morally, religiously, and legally untrammelled in pursuing personal pleasure as the highest principle. He was imprisoned for cruelty and debauchery, in an insane asylum and prisons: 11 years in Paris (10 in the Bastille); 1 month in Conciergerie; 2 years in a fortress; 1 year in Madelonnettes; 3 years in Bicêtre; 1 year in Sainte-Pélagie; and 13 years in the Charenton insane asylum. The Marquis de Sade wrote mostly while imprisoned; the word "sadism" derives from his surname, describing the sexual cruelty in his books.
The movie Quills directed by Philip Kaufman was based on him.It starred Kate Winslet,Joaquin Phoenix & Geoffrey Rush as The Marquis De Sade & was nominated for 3 Oscars.
8.
Ángel Valodia Matos Fuentes (born December 24, 1976 in Holguín) is a Cuban taekwondo athlete. He received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and added another at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
at the 2008 Summer Olympics where Matos kicked a referee after being disqualified in the bronze medal match.The World Taekwondo Federation banned Matos and his coach for life following this incident.
9.
Benjamin Button is a character created by F.Scott Fitzerald.The story begins in 1860 with the birth of the protagonist.He is born with the body of a seventy-year-old man, and when his father first visits him mere hours after his birth he is already able to speak. To avoid embarrassment,his father forces him to shave his beard and dye his hair in order to look younger.
As the story progresses it soon becomes apparent to Benjamin's family that he is aging backwards. At the age of eighteen he attempts to enroll at Yale University, but the officials at Yale send him away believing that he is a fifty-year-old man.
Many tragi-comedic incidents happen to him & finally, at the end of his life, he ceases to exist.
The movie,"The Curious case Of Benjamin Button" is based on the story of the same name and is directed by David Fincher whose previous works include "Fight Club" & "Zodiac".
10.
The photo is that of Ray Tomlinson , the founding father of the modern E-Mail system.He is a programmer who implemented an email system in 1971 on the ARPANet. Email had been previously sent on other networks such as AUTODIN. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to the ARPAnet (previously, mail could only be sent to others who used the same computer). To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the user from their machine, which has been used in email addresses ever since.
Here are the scores(Calculated from a total of 105 points which includes bonus 5 points for question number 7):
1.Deepanshu Berry-50 (Your second answer to question number 5 was "Norway Corporation".Norway Corporation was established by Gene Roddenberry no doubt but it was established in 1963.Star Trek was the answer I was looking for.)
2.Bharath-20
3.Arun Thulasi-35
4.Abhishek Upadhya-40
5.Kamal Rathi-50
6.Mehar Sridhar Uddandam-35
7.Shrinidhi Rai-10
8.Swarun-20
9.Arjayes-50
10.Raji Muthukrishnan-55
11.Jitaditya-75
2.
The photograph on the left is that of Blake Ross.The photograph on the right is that of Dave Hyatt.The duo developed the first Mozilla browser.Mozilla Firefox now controls about 20% of the browser market and poses intense threat to its rivals , chief among them being Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
3.
Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx(X) (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made 15 feature films with his siblings, the Marx Brothers(Y), and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.
4.
Sir Mokshagundam Visweswaraiah,(15 September 1860 - 14 April 1962) was an eminent Indian engineer and statesman. He is a recipient of the Indian republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. He was also knighted by the British for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year, 15th September is celebrated as the Engineer's Day in India in his memory and is a public holiday in some places, especially his birth state Karnataka.
With the support of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore, Visweswaraiah made an arguably unprecedented contribution as Diwan to the all-round development of the State. Not only the Krishnaraja Sagara dam and reservoir, but also the hydroelectric projects at Shivanasamudram, the steel mills at Bhadravathi, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute (SJP) at Bangalore, the University of Mysore and many other industries and public works owe their inception or active nurture to him. He was instrumental in the founding of the "Government Engineering College" at Bangalore in 1917, one of the first engineering institutes in India. This institution was later named the "University Viswesvarayya College of Engineering" (UVCE) after its founder.
5.
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry(X), (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter and producer. He became best known as the creator of what would become the science fiction universe of Star Trek(Y). He would also become one of the first people to be "buried" in space. Roddenberry was a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Roddenberry was sometimes referred to as the "Great Bird of the Galaxy" in reference to his role in Star Trek.
6.
Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (born Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby in Kristiansand, Norway, on 19 August 1973), is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.Along with UNAIDS, the Crown Princess is president of various other organizations. They are The Norwegian Scouting Association, the Amandus Film Festival, Kristiansand's International Children's Film Festival, Risor Festival of Chamber Music, FOKUS Forum for Women and Development Questions, Norwegian Design Council, Red Cross Norway, The Norwegian Council for Mental Health, the Full Rigged Ship Sorlandet, and the Oslo International Church Music Festival.The Crown Prince and Crown Princess' Humanitarian Fund was established in 2001.The fund allocates funds to humanitarian projects in Norway and abroad. In Norway the fund mainly focuses on projects aimed at improving conditions for children and young people. Abroad the fund mainly focuses on projects related to health and education.
7.
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Marquis de Mazan, (June 2, 1740 – December 2, 1814), known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary, and writer of philosophic, violent pornography espousing extreme freedom (licentiousness), who was morally, religiously, and legally untrammelled in pursuing personal pleasure as the highest principle. He was imprisoned for cruelty and debauchery, in an insane asylum and prisons: 11 years in Paris (10 in the Bastille); 1 month in Conciergerie; 2 years in a fortress; 1 year in Madelonnettes; 3 years in Bicêtre; 1 year in Sainte-Pélagie; and 13 years in the Charenton insane asylum. The Marquis de Sade wrote mostly while imprisoned; the word "sadism" derives from his surname, describing the sexual cruelty in his books.
The movie Quills directed by Philip Kaufman was based on him.It starred Kate Winslet,Joaquin Phoenix & Geoffrey Rush as The Marquis De Sade & was nominated for 3 Oscars.
8.
Ángel Valodia Matos Fuentes (born December 24, 1976 in Holguín) is a Cuban taekwondo athlete. He received a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and added another at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.
at the 2008 Summer Olympics where Matos kicked a referee after being disqualified in the bronze medal match.The World Taekwondo Federation banned Matos and his coach for life following this incident.
9.
Benjamin Button is a character created by F.Scott Fitzerald.The story begins in 1860 with the birth of the protagonist.He is born with the body of a seventy-year-old man, and when his father first visits him mere hours after his birth he is already able to speak. To avoid embarrassment,his father forces him to shave his beard and dye his hair in order to look younger.
As the story progresses it soon becomes apparent to Benjamin's family that he is aging backwards. At the age of eighteen he attempts to enroll at Yale University, but the officials at Yale send him away believing that he is a fifty-year-old man.
Many tragi-comedic incidents happen to him & finally, at the end of his life, he ceases to exist.
The movie,"The Curious case Of Benjamin Button" is based on the story of the same name and is directed by David Fincher whose previous works include "Fight Club" & "Zodiac".
10.
The photo is that of Ray Tomlinson , the founding father of the modern E-Mail system.He is a programmer who implemented an email system in 1971 on the ARPANet. Email had been previously sent on other networks such as AUTODIN. It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to the ARPAnet (previously, mail could only be sent to others who used the same computer). To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the user from their machine, which has been used in email addresses ever since.
Here are the scores(Calculated from a total of 105 points which includes bonus 5 points for question number 7):
1.Deepanshu Berry-50 (Your second answer to question number 5 was "Norway Corporation".Norway Corporation was established by Gene Roddenberry no doubt but it was established in 1963.Star Trek was the answer I was looking for.)
2.Bharath-20
3.Arun Thulasi-35
4.Abhishek Upadhya-40
5.Kamal Rathi-50
6.Mehar Sridhar Uddandam-35
7.Shrinidhi Rai-10
8.Swarun-20
9.Arjayes-50
10.Raji Muthukrishnan-55
11.Jitaditya-75
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Quiz Qawwali #4-Trivia X
1.X was given as a grant to establish a trading post spread over three sq km of beach sand by the rulers to two Britons - Francis Day and Andrew Cogan.It is today the 34th largest city in the world.The first signs of industrial activity started with the formation of Parry & Co that later went into manufacture of finished leather goods supplied mainly to the British and American soldiers. Cotton textile was, however, the oldest manufactured good from this part of the world to be sold all over Europe. It recently celebrated its 369th birth anniversary.Identify X?
2.
Identify this duo who developed something which has been a pain in the neck for microsoft for quite sometime now...
3.X (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made fifteen feature films with his siblings, the Y, and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.He had a distinctive image, which included a heavy greasepaint moustache and eyebrows and glasses.X had a successful performing career even after the brothers stopped making films though. He performed constantly, doing a one-man show at Carnegie Hall when he was 82!He's the one to have said these witty remarks which became immortal: 'A black cat crossing your path signifies the animal is going somewhere'; 'Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot'; and 'Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.'
Identify X & Y?
4.
Identify this legendary statesman...
5.Despite studying criminal justice, X first began his career as a pilot, was shot down on a bombing mission during World War II, and won a medal in the process. He had a second crash while flying a commercial airplane,left aviation industry & became a police officer.The money offered by the television industry soon tempted him to try his luck there and he made Y in 1966.X died on October 24, 1991, and became one of the first people to be buried in space.
Identify X&Y?
6.
Identify this very beautiful lady...
7.
He lends his name to the english lexicon.A 2000 movie based on him and starring Kate Winslet, Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for 3 oscars.
Identify him.Bonus 5 points for naming the movie.
8.
Identify this,recently in news, sportsperson who did something that even Fidel Castro could not.
9.X is a character created by F.Scott Fitzerald.The story begins in 1860 with the birth of the protagonist, X. X is born with the body of a seventy-year-old man, and when his father first visits him mere hours after his birth he is already able to speak. To avoid embarrassment,X's father forces him to shave his beard and dye his hair in order to look younger.
As the story progresses it soon becomes apparent to the X's family that X is aging backwards. At the age of eighteen he attempts to enroll at Yale University, but the officials at Yale send him away believing that he is a fifty-year-old man.
Many tragi-comedic incidents happen to X & finally, at the end of his life, X ceases to exist.
A movie based on X and directed by David Fincher is slated for a 2008 release.
Identify X.
10.
Identify this person who is one of the founding fathers of the internet revolution...
Attention!!!
This quiz is open for a fortnight or till the answers stop pouring in ,whichever is earlier...
Mail me the answers at sid17_4all@yahoo.co.in or post them as comments to this post.
2.
Identify this duo who developed something which has been a pain in the neck for microsoft for quite sometime now...
3.X (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977), was an American comedian and film star. He is famed as a master of wit. He made fifteen feature films with his siblings, the Y, and also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life.He had a distinctive image, which included a heavy greasepaint moustache and eyebrows and glasses.X had a successful performing career even after the brothers stopped making films though. He performed constantly, doing a one-man show at Carnegie Hall when he was 82!He's the one to have said these witty remarks which became immortal: 'A black cat crossing your path signifies the animal is going somewhere'; 'Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot'; and 'Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.'
Identify X & Y?
4.
Identify this legendary statesman...
5.Despite studying criminal justice, X first began his career as a pilot, was shot down on a bombing mission during World War II, and won a medal in the process. He had a second crash while flying a commercial airplane,left aviation industry & became a police officer.The money offered by the television industry soon tempted him to try his luck there and he made Y in 1966.X died on October 24, 1991, and became one of the first people to be buried in space.
Identify X&Y?
6.
Identify this very beautiful lady...
7.
He lends his name to the english lexicon.A 2000 movie based on him and starring Kate Winslet, Geoffrey Rush and Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for 3 oscars.
Identify him.Bonus 5 points for naming the movie.
8.
Identify this,recently in news, sportsperson who did something that even Fidel Castro could not.
9.X is a character created by F.Scott Fitzerald.The story begins in 1860 with the birth of the protagonist, X. X is born with the body of a seventy-year-old man, and when his father first visits him mere hours after his birth he is already able to speak. To avoid embarrassment,X's father forces him to shave his beard and dye his hair in order to look younger.
As the story progresses it soon becomes apparent to the X's family that X is aging backwards. At the age of eighteen he attempts to enroll at Yale University, but the officials at Yale send him away believing that he is a fifty-year-old man.
Many tragi-comedic incidents happen to X & finally, at the end of his life, X ceases to exist.
A movie based on X and directed by David Fincher is slated for a 2008 release.
Identify X.
10.
Identify this person who is one of the founding fathers of the internet revolution...
Attention!!!
This quiz is open for a fortnight or till the answers stop pouring in ,whichever is earlier...
Mail me the answers at sid17_4all@yahoo.co.in or post them as comments to this post.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Quiz Qawwali #3 - Trivia X -Answers
1.Y is"Benihana Steak House" and X is Hiroaki (Rocky) Aoki.After he received his degree in restaurant management from New York City Community College in 1964, Rocky Aoki used the $10,000 he had saved from an ice cream business to convince his father to co-invest in the first Benihana, a four-table teppanyaki restaurant on West 56th Street. "Benihana", taken from the Japanese name for safflower, was suggested by Aoki's father. According to family legend, Aoki's father was walking through the bombed-out ruins of post-war Tokyo when he happened across a single red safflower growing in the rubble.
2.Falun Gong or Falun Dafa(X) was founded by Li Hongzhi(Y) in 1992.As Falun Gong has no membership or rosters, the number of practitioners is unknown. In 1998, the Chinese government published a figure of 70 million practitioners in China.Clearwisdom.net, a Falun Gong website, claims 100 million practitioners in more than 80 countries.
3
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The top-left picture is that of Sid Vicious or John Simon Ritchie the infamous bassist of Sex Pistols,a British punk band.The top-right picture is of Heath Ledger , the actor who played the role of The Joker in the movie,"The Dark Knight".Heath Ledger stated that he based the character of Joker on the behaviour and mannerisms of Sid Vicious.The bottom-left picture is of Jack Nicholson who portrayed Joker in the movie made by Tim Burton.
The connect is of course Joker.
4.A Darwin Award(X) is tongue-in-cheek "honor" named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. Awards have been given for people who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the Gene pool", i.e., lose the ability to reproduce either by death or sterilization in a stupid fashion. According to the Darwin Award books: "The Awards honor people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion."
Wendy Northcutt(Y) runs the well known website darwinawards.com started in 1994.She has also written several books on the Darwin Awards.
5.Larrabee(X) is the codename for a graphics processing unit (GPU) chip that Intel is developing separately from its current line of integrated graphics accelerators. The video card containing Larrabee is expected to compete with GeForce and Radeon products from NVIDIA and AMD/ATI respectively. Larrabee will also compete in the GPGPU and high-performance computing markets. Intel plans to have engineering samples of Larrabee ready by the end of 2008, with a video card hitting shelves in late 2009 or 2010.
2.Falun Gong or Falun Dafa(X) was founded by Li Hongzhi(Y) in 1992.As Falun Gong has no membership or rosters, the number of practitioners is unknown. In 1998, the Chinese government published a figure of 70 million practitioners in China.Clearwisdom.net, a Falun Gong website, claims 100 million practitioners in more than 80 countries.
3
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The top-left picture is that of Sid Vicious or John Simon Ritchie the infamous bassist of Sex Pistols,a British punk band.The top-right picture is of Heath Ledger , the actor who played the role of The Joker in the movie,"The Dark Knight".Heath Ledger stated that he based the character of Joker on the behaviour and mannerisms of Sid Vicious.The bottom-left picture is of Jack Nicholson who portrayed Joker in the movie made by Tim Burton.
The connect is of course Joker.
4.A Darwin Award(X) is tongue-in-cheek "honor" named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. Awards have been given for people who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the Gene pool", i.e., lose the ability to reproduce either by death or sterilization in a stupid fashion. According to the Darwin Award books: "The Awards honor people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion."
Wendy Northcutt(Y) runs the well known website darwinawards.com started in 1994.She has also written several books on the Darwin Awards.
5.Larrabee(X) is the codename for a graphics processing unit (GPU) chip that Intel is developing separately from its current line of integrated graphics accelerators. The video card containing Larrabee is expected to compete with GeForce and Radeon products from NVIDIA and AMD/ATI respectively. Larrabee will also compete in the GPGPU and high-performance computing markets. Intel plans to have engineering samples of Larrabee ready by the end of 2008, with a video card hitting shelves in late 2009 or 2010.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Quiz Qawwali #3 - Trivia X
1.Borrowing the name from his parents' coffee shop in Japan , X founded the first Y in New York City in 1964 , incorporating his homeland's teppanyaki style of cooking that called on chefs to perform with a flourish in front of the guests.While X's company later grew to nearly 100 restaurants worldwide X's ambition wasn't limited only to restaurants.A man with diverse interests ,X was once a member of Japan's Olympic Wrestling Team , a driver in the notorious ( and illegal ) cross-country cannonball run and one of the few people to traverse the pacific in a hot air balloon.
Identify X & Y.
2.X is a spiritual practice founded Y in 1992.It has five sets of meditation exercises and seeks to develop practitioners' hearts and character according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.The teachings deal with issues such as "cultivation of virtue and character", "moral standards for different levels", and "salvation of all sentient beings."
Since 1999, reports of torture,illegal imprisonment,beatings, forced labour, and psychiatric abuses of X's practitioners have been widespread. 66% of all reported torture cases in China concern X's practitioners, who are also estimated to comprise at least half of China's labour camp population, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, and the US Department of State respectively.In 2006, two high-profile Canadian lawyers published an investigative report concluding that since 1999, the Chinese authorities have systematically executed X's practitioners to harvest their organs for the burgeoning transplant trade.
Identify X and Y.
3.
A Sitter....Connect.......
4.X have been circulated since 1985 as emails and Usenet group discussions; the Google Usenet archive records two early mentions of X, 7 August 1985 Vending Machine Tipover and 7 December 1990 JATO Rocket Car urban legend. The JATO legend was widely distributed via emails from 1995–97. Several anonymously authored email lists titled (for example) 1999 "X" have appeared annually since 1991.There are several websites that record "X" — a well-known one started in 1994 run by Y, who has also written several books on X.
Y has stated five requirements for her X which are - "Inability to reproduce","Excellence" , "Self-selection" , "Maturity" & "Veracity".
Identify X & Y.
5.X is the codename for a discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) chip that was invented by the Pentagon through the negotiation of military applications solution.X will differ from other GPUs currently on the market such as the GeForce 200 Series and the Radeon 4000 series in that it will use the popular x86 instruction set for its shader cores instead of a proprietary graphics-focused instruction set, and will feature cache coherency across all its cores like a multi-core CPU (unlike current GPUs).X is thus expected to be more flexible than current GPUs.X is being worked on by Intel's Hillsboro, Oregon design team, whose last major design was the Pentium 4.
Identify X.
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Identify X & Y.
2.X is a spiritual practice founded Y in 1992.It has five sets of meditation exercises and seeks to develop practitioners' hearts and character according to the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance.The teachings deal with issues such as "cultivation of virtue and character", "moral standards for different levels", and "salvation of all sentient beings."
Since 1999, reports of torture,illegal imprisonment,beatings, forced labour, and psychiatric abuses of X's practitioners have been widespread. 66% of all reported torture cases in China concern X's practitioners, who are also estimated to comprise at least half of China's labour camp population, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, and the US Department of State respectively.In 2006, two high-profile Canadian lawyers published an investigative report concluding that since 1999, the Chinese authorities have systematically executed X's practitioners to harvest their organs for the burgeoning transplant trade.
Identify X and Y.
3.
A Sitter....Connect.......
4.X have been circulated since 1985 as emails and Usenet group discussions; the Google Usenet archive records two early mentions of X, 7 August 1985 Vending Machine Tipover and 7 December 1990 JATO Rocket Car urban legend. The JATO legend was widely distributed via emails from 1995–97. Several anonymously authored email lists titled (for example) 1999 "X" have appeared annually since 1991.There are several websites that record "X" — a well-known one started in 1994 run by Y, who has also written several books on X.
Y has stated five requirements for her X which are - "Inability to reproduce","Excellence" , "Self-selection" , "Maturity" & "Veracity".
Identify X & Y.
5.X is the codename for a discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) chip that was invented by the Pentagon through the negotiation of military applications solution.X will differ from other GPUs currently on the market such as the GeForce 200 Series and the Radeon 4000 series in that it will use the popular x86 instruction set for its shader cores instead of a proprietary graphics-focused instruction set, and will feature cache coherency across all its cores like a multi-core CPU (unlike current GPUs).X is thus expected to be more flexible than current GPUs.X is being worked on by Intel's Hillsboro, Oregon design team, whose last major design was the Pentium 4.
Identify X.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Quiz Qawwali#2 - Trivia X - Answers
1.
He is Nicholas Negroponte Greek-American architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also known as the founder of The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC). OLPC recently partnered with Reliance ADA Group to bring computers to India's primary school kids .
2.The site is www.4chan.org which was launched by "moot" ("Christopher Poole").
3.
Barack Obama....Who else
4.Colours , Standards , Pendants And Burgees are all different varieties and types of flags.
5.
The picture on the left is that of "Ajax The Lesser" , Greek mythological hero.He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey. Ajax was killed by Poseidon,the God of sea.
The picture on the right is that of Jesse James Garrett , an experience designer, known for having coined the term Ajax(asynchronous JavaScript and XML).
The connect is of course AJAX, which is a group of interrelated web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications or rich Internet applications . AJAX has become the web tool of choice with the advent of web2.0.
1.
He is Nicholas Negroponte Greek-American architect and computer scientist best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also known as the founder of The One Laptop per Child association (OLPC). OLPC recently partnered with Reliance ADA Group to bring computers to India's primary school kids .
2.The site is www.4chan.org which was launched by "moot" ("Christopher Poole").
3.
Barack Obama....Who else
4.Colours , Standards , Pendants And Burgees are all different varieties and types of flags.
5.
The picture on the left is that of "Ajax The Lesser" , Greek mythological hero.He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War. He is a significant figure in Homer's Iliad and is also mentioned in the Odyssey. Ajax was killed by Poseidon,the God of sea.
The picture on the right is that of Jesse James Garrett , an experience designer, known for having coined the term Ajax(asynchronous JavaScript and XML).
The connect is of course AJAX, which is a group of interrelated web development techniques used for creating interactive web applications or rich Internet applications . AJAX has become the web tool of choice with the advent of web2.0.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Quiz Qawwali #2 - Trivia X
1.
Who is he and what is his connection to India?
2.X is an English-language imageboard website based on the Japanese-language Futaba Channel. Launched in 2003, its boards are based primarily around the posting of pictures and discussion of Japanese comics and television shows. Its members have also been responsible for the formation and popularization of many Internet memes such as lolcats and rickrolling. The Guardian describes X as "at once brilliant, ridiculous and alarming.
X was founded by "Moot" in 2003.Very little is known about "Moot" as he wishes to separate his online and real life."Moot" originally meant this to be an online community where he and his friends could talk about manga and anime.
X is now the fourth largest bulletin board on the net.It gets 8.5 million page views a day and 3.3. million visitors in a month.However X is said to be a profane , scary place and obscenity dominates much its content.Google started listing X only 6 months ago.Identify X?
3.X was born on August 4 , 1961.X's father died in an automobile accident in 1982.X's mother died of ovarian cancer in 1995.
X graduated with a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991.X is also the alumni of Columbia University and Occidental College.
X is said to be a brilliant orator and is the author of the books "Dreams from My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope".
Identify X?
4.Colours , Standards , Pendants And Burgees are types of what?
5.
Connect the above two pictures....
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Answers - Quiz Qawwali - Fully Filmy # 1
1.Edward Davis Wood, Jr. , popularly known as Ed Wood.The movie "Ed Wood" made by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp was based on him.It won 2 Academy Awards.
2.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis.The story of his life was the subject of a Bollywood movie with the title Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani ( English : The Immortal Story of Dr. Kotnis), script by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, directed by V Shantaram.
3.Shaan. It was director Ramesh Sippy's 2nd film with Amitabh Bachchan after Sholay.
4.Fanny and Alexander.It is a 1982 Golden Globe and Academy Award winning film by Ingmar Bergman.Along with the Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries , Fanny and Alexander is considered by many to be one of Bergman's best films.
5.Peter Sellers.Peter Sellers played 3 characters in Stanley Kubrick's landmark movie, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" , for which he was paid $1,000,000.Hence Kubrick quipped , "I got three for the price of six".
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2.Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis.The story of his life was the subject of a Bollywood movie with the title Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani ( English : The Immortal Story of Dr. Kotnis), script by Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, directed by V Shantaram.
3.Shaan. It was director Ramesh Sippy's 2nd film with Amitabh Bachchan after Sholay.
4.Fanny and Alexander.It is a 1982 Golden Globe and Academy Award winning film by Ingmar Bergman.Along with the Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries , Fanny and Alexander is considered by many to be one of Bergman's best films.
5.Peter Sellers.Peter Sellers played 3 characters in Stanley Kubrick's landmark movie, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" , for which he was paid $1,000,000.Hence Kubrick quipped , "I got three for the price of six".
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Quiz Qawwali - Fully Filmy # 1
1.Born on October 10, 1924 he was an American motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author and editor (often performing many of these functions simultaneously).It is believed that his mother, Lillian, always wanted a girl and would sometimes, until he was about 12 years old, dress him in skirts and dresses.For the rest of his life, he was a heterosexual transvestite.Fascinated by the exotic and bizarre, he joined a carnival after discharge from the Marines. His several missing teeth and disfigured leg (wounds while in combat) combined with personal fetishes and acting skills made him a perfect candidate for the freak show. He played, among others, the geek and the bearded lady.As the bearded lady, he donned women's clothing and created his own prosthetic breasts. Carnivals would be frequently depicted in his works.
He made a run of independently produced, extremely low-budget horror, science fiction and cowboy films, now celebrated for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts, and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his productions at least a modicum of commercial success & he is commonly regarded as the worst director of all time.
Who is he?[Hint:A movie made on him won 2 academy awards]
2.He was one of five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. He stayed in China for almost 5 years working in mobile clinics to treat wounded soldiers.The hardships of suppressed military life, stresses that were especially relevant to the front-line doctors who often had to work over 72 hours at a stretch, began to tell on him & he died of epilepsy on December 9, 1942 at age 32, and was buried in the Heroes Courtyard, Nanquan Village. It is rumoured that he joined the Communist Party of China just before his death. Besides being known for his dedication and perseverance, he has also been regarded as an example for Sino-Indian friendship and collaboration.
Identify him.[Hint:A movie made on him is one of the "immortal" movies of Bollywood]
3.X released in 1980 is a bollywood movie.Expectations were high that this would match the success of its predecessor. It didn't match the success but still managed to have average business at the box office.R.D. Burman composed the unforgettable songs for the film and earned the film's only Filmfare nomination for Best Music. The film took 3 years to make, because of the juggling around of stars' busy schedules.The movie took its lead from the James Bond films with fancy sets and beautiful costumes. The villain was based on the James Bond villain Blofeld.
Identify X.
4.X is one of BBC's top 10 movies of all time this is & is considered by many as it's legendary director Y's best movie.The movie won 4 academy awards.It was originally conceived as a four part TV movie which spanned 312 minutes. A version lasting only 188 minutes was created later for cinematic release.The movie was also Y's last theatrical release.
Liv Ullmann was originally offered the role of Emilie Ekdahl (played by Ewa Fröling) but turned it down.Y was very upset and told Ullmann that she'd "lost her birthright".Y and cinematographer Sven Nykvist had a big falling-out during shooting, since Nykvist wanted to attend his ex-wife's funeral and Y wouldn't allow him to leave the set.Y's work diary was released in Sweden in 2006, revealing that the director had huge doubts of himself pulling this big film off. There are constants complain about illnesses, misery and fear he might not finish the movie due to personal concerns.
Identify X & Y.
5.X was the first man to be featured on the cover of Playboy.
X was born on 8 September 1925.X performed at five at the Windmill Theatre in the drama Splash Me!, which featured his mother. X rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g. French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters, contributed to his success as radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards.X famously collaborated with Stanley Kubrick in a landmark movie and was paid $1,000,000 .Kubrick famously quipped "I got three for the price of six".Identify X.
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He made a run of independently produced, extremely low-budget horror, science fiction and cowboy films, now celebrated for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts, and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his productions at least a modicum of commercial success & he is commonly regarded as the worst director of all time.
Who is he?[Hint:A movie made on him won 2 academy awards]
2.He was one of five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. He stayed in China for almost 5 years working in mobile clinics to treat wounded soldiers.The hardships of suppressed military life, stresses that were especially relevant to the front-line doctors who often had to work over 72 hours at a stretch, began to tell on him & he died of epilepsy on December 9, 1942 at age 32, and was buried in the Heroes Courtyard, Nanquan Village. It is rumoured that he joined the Communist Party of China just before his death. Besides being known for his dedication and perseverance, he has also been regarded as an example for Sino-Indian friendship and collaboration.
Identify him.[Hint:A movie made on him is one of the "immortal" movies of Bollywood]
3.X released in 1980 is a bollywood movie.Expectations were high that this would match the success of its predecessor. It didn't match the success but still managed to have average business at the box office.R.D. Burman composed the unforgettable songs for the film and earned the film's only Filmfare nomination for Best Music. The film took 3 years to make, because of the juggling around of stars' busy schedules.The movie took its lead from the James Bond films with fancy sets and beautiful costumes. The villain was based on the James Bond villain Blofeld.
Identify X.
4.X is one of BBC's top 10 movies of all time this is & is considered by many as it's legendary director Y's best movie.The movie won 4 academy awards.It was originally conceived as a four part TV movie which spanned 312 minutes. A version lasting only 188 minutes was created later for cinematic release.The movie was also Y's last theatrical release.
Liv Ullmann was originally offered the role of Emilie Ekdahl (played by Ewa Fröling) but turned it down.Y was very upset and told Ullmann that she'd "lost her birthright".Y and cinematographer Sven Nykvist had a big falling-out during shooting, since Nykvist wanted to attend his ex-wife's funeral and Y wouldn't allow him to leave the set.Y's work diary was released in Sweden in 2006, revealing that the director had huge doubts of himself pulling this big film off. There are constants complain about illnesses, misery and fear he might not finish the movie due to personal concerns.
Identify X & Y.
5.X was the first man to be featured on the cover of Playboy.
X was born on 8 September 1925.X performed at five at the Windmill Theatre in the drama Splash Me!, which featured his mother. X rose to fame on the BBC Home Service radio series The Goon Show. His ability to speak in different accents (e.g. French, Indian, American, British, German), along with his talent to portray a range of characters, contributed to his success as radio personality and screen actor and earned him national and international nominations and awards.X famously collaborated with Stanley Kubrick in a landmark movie and was paid $1,000,000 .Kubrick famously quipped "I got three for the price of six".Identify X.
Mail Me The Answers At sid17.4all@gmail.com .
Answers & Scores will be published after a week.
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