KMC Manipal Quiz Blog

Question #359

2011-03-26T18:10:00.001+05:30

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1) What hath God wrought
2) Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you
3) Qwertyuiop
4) Merry Christmas
5) just setting up my twttr

Question # 358

2011-03-15T13:46:00.001+05:30

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Question # 357

2011-03-10T23:44:00.003+05:30

ID this 'Contraption' and what is its connection to the field of Sports?(or more specifically to Football?)

After a long hiatus, we're back!!!

2011-03-09T00:11:00.003+05:30

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Question # 355

2010-07-01T08:00:00.001+05:30

Miami-based Motion Pixel Corporation (MPC) and India-based Cornerstone Entertainment have finalized the signing X to star in an animated film Captain India.

The story will show him growing up in Mumbai and encountering a magical cricket stick that he realizes has special powers and uses it to help fight crime and become a star player of the country to help India win the cricket World Cup.

X?

Question # 354

2010-06-14T08:00:00.000+05:30

In an earlier set of myths, X was a manifestation of the Great Goddess. Hesiod's tale can be seen as part of a propaganda campaign to demote her from her previously revered status. X's jar, according to modern feminist interpretation represents the female womb. That the jar releases a myriad evils upon the earth suggests the culture's unease with friendly female sexuality.

Nevi ‘im is the second of the three major sections in the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh. The meaning of Y is perhaps described in Deuteronomy 18:18, where God said, "I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them all that I command him." Thus, the Y was thought to be the "mouth" of God.

The properties of Z depend on the intended use. For example, a pulley made of Z might be massless and frictionless. However, if used in a nuclear rocket, Z would be light, strong at high temperatures, and resistant to radiation damage. All in all, the concept of Z is generally used in a humourous/absurdistic way.

X*Y*Z=Connect

Question # 353

2010-06-13T08:00:00.000+05:30

__________ is a website that parodies Uncyclopedia.

It was founded in 2001, when it began its noble goal of spreading the world's misinformation in the most inconspicuous way possible. Originally written exclusively in a dialect called Swahili, the project currently spans all the known languages of history. The English version has over twelve million pages, most of them capitalization redirects.

Only one vehicle for article humor is employed at __________ : actual information.

__________ works using a complex network of buckets, cups, donuts, pointy hats, boxes and mysterious spherical objects.

Question # 352

2010-06-12T08:00:00.000+05:30

Stats by Alexa, a major web information company…

 Among the top 500 visited websites in the world last year

 Among the top 100 visited websites in 6 countries

 30 million downloads annually

 140 million views annually

 Probably one of the fastest growing websites in the region

Wat????

Question by Dr. Ejaz Hossain

Question # 351

2010-06-11T08:00:00.000+05:30

Flag of ?

Question by Dr. Ejaz Hossain

Question # 350

2010-06-10T08:00:00.000+05:30

Question by Dr. Ejaz Hossain.

Question # 349

2010-06-09T18:19:00.003+05:30

The following two images are the most famous examples of something. The third image which is a Japanese urban legend is another example.

Question by Dr. Ejaz Hossain.

Question #348

2010-05-30T22:19:00.001+05:30

I kept hearing his music and really liking it ... there was a fresh sound and a fresh approach ... and a completely different way of looking at music,",Like any good artist, Y is not a traditionalist, he's a revolutionary. He uses all the revolutionary things that come from all over the world in his stuff ....... and there's an incredible inquisitiveness and playfulness in his music ... “

X wrote the following about Y

Id both X and Y.

Question by Ejaz Hossain.

Question # 347

2010-05-27T08:00:00.000+05:30

It has been claimed that Fred Flintstone's famous "Yabba Dabba Doo" was derived from probably the first jingle made for BBB, when Alan Reed, the actor who voiced the character, didn't like the simple "Yahoo" in the script.
BBBs popularity with Royal Air Force pilots in World War II led to their nickname, The BBB Boys. This is the title of a 1998 film about downed pilots interned in the Republic of Ireland. Ironically, Tony Gibson, the model shown in RAF uniform to advertise BBB during World War II,
A notable user of the product was , Syd Barrett. It is reported that Barrett used so much of BBB that he resembled "a guttered candle" as the hot stage lights were beating down on him
In Episode 1 of Season 3 of Scrubs (originally aired October 2, 2003), Dr. Cox says, "Kelso is so far up my ass that I can taste BBB in the back of my throat."
BBB???

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 346

2010-05-26T08:00:00.001+05:30

TTT is made from a secret formulation that dates back to the times of the Chinese emperors. The Aw brothers, Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par inherited the formulation from their father who left China. They call it TTT, after Boon Haw,a gentleman who was instrumental in devising the remarkable selling strategies that made TTT a household name.
Id TTT

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 345

2010-05-25T08:00:00.002+05:30

The first of _______ was run during the World Series in 1997 and there are numerous different TV, radio and print ads. It was idealized by Stewart Emery. MMM actually registered ________ as a trademark. Actor Billy Crudup has been the voice in the US market; in the UK, actor Jack Davenport is the voice.
The purpose of the campaign is to position MMM as a friendly company with a sense of humor, as well as respond to the public's worry that everything is being commodified and that people are becoming too materialistic.

Id MMM and ________....
Get one , get the other

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 344

2010-05-24T08:00:00.001+05:30

In 1902, The New York Central Railroad used__________ to direct people as they boarded their 20th Century Limited passenger train. This is believed to be the origin of the phrase "_________".
However the earliest known reference to ________in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, written in 458 BC. When the title character returns from Troy, he is greeted by his vengeful wife Clytemnestra who offers him a __________

Fill in the blank

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 343

2010-05-23T08:00:00.000+05:30

What is this?

Question by Ejaz Hossain.

Question # 342

2010-05-22T08:00:00.001+05:30

As is the origin for the name ABC, XYZ explained, "I thought up the name ABC. It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid. It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it."
Id XYZ and ABC

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 341

2010-05-21T08:00:00.000+05:30

This is a list of something. Id

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 340

2010-05-20T11:35:00.003+05:30

By the early 1970s, XXX began deriding traditional Christianity as "fly away religion," rejecting the Bible as being white men’s' justification to subordinate women and subjugate people of color and stating that it spoke of a "Sky God" who was no God at all. XXX authored a booklet titled "The Letter Killeth," criticizing the Bible. XXX also began preaching that he was the reincarnation of Jesus of Nazareth, Mahatma Gandhi, Buddha, Vladimir Lenin, and Father Divine. TIMES Mag quoted XXX as saying, "What you need to believe in is what you can see...If you see me as your friend, I'll be your friend. As you see me as your father, I'll be your father, for those of you that don't have a father...If you see me as your savior, I'll be your savior. If you see me as your God, I'll be your God."

Question by Ejaz Hossain

Question # 339

2010-05-19T08:00:00.000+05:30

Verbose, Grandiose, Amicose, Bellicose, Morose, Stuporous and Comatose.

Huh?

Question # 338

2010-05-18T08:00:00.001+05:30

__________ is a website that parodies Uncyclopedia.

Only one vehicle for article humor is employed at __________ : actual information.

__________ works using a complex network of buckets, cups, donuts, pointy hats, boxes and mysterious spherical objects.

Question # 337

2010-05-17T08:00:00.000+05:30

Id the person talking. (The one who is visible in the video; not the one who is saying dum lagaake...)

Question # 336

2010-05-16T08:00:00.000+05:30

Specific answer. What does the map indicate?

Question # 335

2010-05-15T10:13:00.002+05:30

A famous actor playing a famous politician. Id both.

Question # 334

2010-05-14T08:00:00.000+05:30

It is completely owned and managed by its employees.
It is the biggest restaurant chain in Kerala. The society now has a chain with over 51 outlets and associate outlets operating in all major towns.
The society pays homage and dedicates its revival to the great communist leader A. K. Gopalan Nambiar who was responsible for its establishment and popularity.

ID

Question # 333

2010-05-13T08:00:00.000+05:30

The weight of the small one, as soon as it is made is about 178 gm (wet). After sometimes it dries up and its weight reduces to about 174 gram. Similarly the weight of the big while wet is about 720 gram. After it dries up as mentioned above, its weight reduces to about 700 gram. The small one sells for Rs. 25 while the big one sells for Rs. 100.

Was awarded Geographical Indication tag last year.

Question # 332

2010-05-12T08:00:00.000+05:30

A starts at Srinagar, goes on till Kanyakumari.

B starts at Silchar, ends at Porbandar.

They intersect at Jhansi.

And what, pray, are P and Q?

Question # 331

2010-05-11T08:00:00.000+05:30

It is located in the rocky hinterland of the Malabar Coast of south west India, about 8 km (5 mi) from the Arabian Sea. From its location on a plateau, it commands a view of the Arabian Sea to the west and the Western Ghats range to the east. This place was supposed to have had the highest density of mobile phone users in India as of 2006.

ID

Question # 330

2010-05-10T08:00:00.000+05:30

‘$1 billion ... you are nuts my friend ... completely, absolutely mad and wonderful’

X to Y on Twitter, reacting to one of the clauses in the IPL tender to bid for the new franchises. IDs.

Question # 329

2010-05-09T08:32:00.001+05:30

Nitin Malik, Sonam Sherpa, Saurabh Choudhary, Subir Malik, Chintan Kalra, Srijan Mahajan. Collectively known as?

Question # 328

2010-05-06T08:00:00.000+05:30

In the mid 1970s when India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very low prices. This move made it difficult for X to maintain high standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify into the instant food business, selling ready-to-eat snacks such as chutneys and rasams.

Id X

Question # 327

2010-05-04T08:00:00.001+05:30

X (born 19 November 1961 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a Tamil film actor and comedian born in the Thevar community (Kallar subcaste) from Tamil Nadu, India.

He completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree from The American College, Madurai.

In his career, he has won four Filmfare Best Comedian Awards for his performances in Run, Saamy, Perazhagan and Sivaji, respectively.

In April 2009, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his contribution to the arts.

Question # 326

2010-05-03T08:00:00.000+05:30

Although the design is relatively recent for the purposes of leisure and sport, they have been used since like forever by the Paravas, a fishing community of southern Tamil Nadu. In a form of convergent evolution, Polynesians also developed a similar design to hop between islands.

The design’s basically described as a pair of Vaka held together by an Aka.

Question # 325

2010-05-02T08:00:00.000+05:30

A verse from the Gita –
"Ananyaaschinthayantho mam ye janah paryupaasathe
Thesham nithyaabhiyukthanam ____________ __________”

Missing words are the motto of a famous Indian corporation. Give the company.

Question # 324

2010-05-01T08:00:00.000+05:30

It is supposed to have been invented by Bhima (one of the Pandava brothers) during his agyaathavaasa. According to the legend, Ballav (Bheem's name during this time) when he assumed his duties as the cook in the kitchen of Virata, did not know how to cook. One of the first things he did was to chop up many different vegetables, boil them together and top the dish with grated coconut. What?

Question # 323

2010-04-30T08:00:00.000+05:30

A village in Andhra Pradesh "Kuseelavapuri" - the abode of the Kuseelavas (those bands of actors who, following the teachings of Siddhendra Yogi, wandered with their religious acting and dancing from village to village in accordance with their devotion to Krishna).

What is its claim to fame?

Question # 322

2010-04-28T21:27:00.000+05:30

The rear two hold a drum (damroo) and fire, while the front two exhibit the Gajahastha Mudra and Abhaya Mudra.

??

Question # 321

2010-04-26T18:43:00.001+05:30

India leased k-43 from 1988 to 1992 and supposedly used in designing and building a first indigenous version. More of these are in the pipeline and they will reportedly be based at a facility near Vishakhapatnam.

Name the first of this series, which in Sanskrit means “destroyer of enemies”

Question # 321

2010-04-26T18:43:00.000+05:30

Question # 320

2010-04-26T01:08:00.001+05:30

If you believe in Hindu mythology, the presence of Konkan and Malabar regions can be owed to this guy.

Said to be the first warrior saint.

Also known as Bhrgupati, Bhargava, Bhargava Rāma, Jamadagnya.

Realized today that the blog completed an year. Celebrations. Bring on the booze.

Question # 319

2010-04-25T04:29:00.000+05:30

Believed to have originated in Tamil Nadu, this one’s got many names including Sadugudu, Gudugudu, Palinjadugudu and Sadugoodatthi. It’s most famous name is a derivation of Tamil forms for ‘hand’ and ‘catch’

Some of the forms are Amar, Surjeevani and Gamini with Surjeevani being the official form.

Id what's referred to here.

Question # 318

2010-04-24T00:16:00.001+05:30

For which movie's promotions, stickers have been printed on auto-rickshaws with the slogan 'Capacity: __ ________'

Question # 317

2010-04-23T17:26:00.001+05:30

Born in 1961 in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family settled in Hyderabad.
Schooling from Hyderabad Public School
Chemical engineering at Osmania University.
MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad
Worked in Rediffusion advertising for 2 years, then in sports management for 2 years before shifting to his current field.
Wrote a book “Azhar – The Authorized Biography of Mohammad Azharuddin”
Who?

Question # 316

2010-04-16T16:35:00.001+05:30

The four main methods used by X during Y are as follows :
1. Infiltration
2. Psychological Warfare from the Outside
3. Harassment through the Legal System
4. Extralegal Force and Violence

When asked to comment on X. Z said
“Y was a program of subversion carried out not by a couple of petty crooks but by the national political police, the X, under four administrations...by the time it got through, I won't run through the whole story, it was aimed at the entire new left, at the women's movement, at the whole black movement, it was extremely broad. Its actions went as far as political assassination.”

Identify X, Y & Z

Question by Shravan.

Question # 315

2010-04-12T16:36:00.002+05:30

Connect the following:

Question by Shravan

Question # 314

2010-04-10T08:00:00.000+05:30

Connect the two images

Question by Shravan

Question # 313

2010-04-08T08:00:00.000+05:30

This picture shows the earliest documented use of something. Id

Question by Shravan

Question # 312

2010-04-06T12:06:00.001+05:30

Unblank

Question by Ramki

Question # 311

2010-04-04T08:00:00.000+05:30

Id A and B

Question by Ramki

Question # 310

2010-04-03T08:00:00.000+05:30

Very specific

Question by Ramki.

Sorry, been a bit busy. Will try to post more regularly.

Question # 309

2010-04-01T08:00:00.000+05:30

Fastest way to learn what?

Question by Ramki.

Question # 308

2010-03-30T08:00:00.000+05:30

Unairbrush

Question by D.N. Ramakrishnan (Ramky)

Question # 307

2010-03-28T08:00:00.000+05:30

“____ _____ _____ ______ :
Once when you're born
And once when you look death in the face.”

Not a haiku in the true sense, but unblank.

Question # 306

2010-03-27T08:00:00.000+05:30

Before this term, words like 'bite' or 'hit' were used. The term most probably owes its origin to the 'Punch and Judy' puppet shows, which feature a guy called Punch and his wife Judy alongwith some recurring minor characters.
Punch would exhibit outrageous behaviour and say unexpected and shocking lines of dialogue that would throw the audience out of the window with laughter.

Question # 305

2010-03-26T08:00:00.000+05:30

The Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers are situated at the intersection of M, Samachar Marg and Hammam Street in Mumbai. In 1930, a building was built at the site of Jeejeebhoy Towers, and N was shifted out the Town Hall into this building. Around 1980, the current building was built, and was named so because Sir Phiroze Jeejeebhoy was the then Chairman of N.
Claim to fame?

Question # 304

2010-03-25T08:00:00.001+05:30

Connect the following:

-retired football midfielder, who played for Brazil, and manager of A.C. Milan.

-a famous early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence. He is, in part, known for his work in basso rilievo.

-an American heavy metal guitarist, considered one of the "20 Greatest Shredders of All Time" by Total Guitar Magazine famous for the ‘quad guitar’.

-an absolutely hot israeli cover model for 2009s sports illustrated.

Anyways, celebrating 300 questions.

Question # 303

2010-03-24T08:00:00.000+05:30

Id the bus, and it's not the first yellow bus.

Question # 302

2010-03-23T08:00:00.000+05:30

Logo of a famous airline. Id.

Question # 301

2010-03-22T08:00:00.000+05:30

Dysfunctional family

Pseudo-documentary format

Ron Howard

Newport Beach and Balboa Island, California

6 Emmy awards, 1 Golden Globe

Listed in Time magazine’s 100 best TV shows of all time

Connect

Question # 300

2010-03-20T12:16:00.001+05:30

According to the Matangalila, _______ was born when Brahma sang sacred hymns over the halves of the egg shell from which Garuda hatched, followed by seven more male and eight female elephants. Prithu made ________ king of all elephants. One of his names means "the one who knits or binds the clouds" since myth has it that these elephants are capable of producing clouds. Id

Question # 299

2010-03-19T08:11:00.000+05:30

Put Funda:

o “How I wish I could recollect pi easily today!”
o “How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!”
o “Sir, I send a rhyme excelling,
In sacred truth and rigid spelling,
Numerical sprites elucidate,
For me the lexicon's dull weight,
If nature gain, not you complain
Tho' Dr Johnson fulminate.”

Question # 298

2010-03-18T08:00:00.001+05:30

Put Funda:

Cary Granite
Stony Curtis
Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone
Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudstone
Ann-Margrock
Jimmy Darrock
Alvin Brickrock
Perry Masonary/Masonite
Eppy Brianstone
The Beau Brummelstones

Question # 297

2010-03-17T08:00:00.000+05:30

· Wedding dress: $8,000

· Specially constructed coffin: $8,000

· Renting a symphony orchestra: $25,000

· Specially constructed chapel: $150,000

· Total cost of event: $1,500,000+

Wat is me talkin abt ????

Question by Ejaz.

Question # 296

2010-03-15T08:00:00.000+05:30

According to the Global Language Monitor, if Obama and H1N1 are No. 2 and No. 3, what's No. 1?

Question # 295

2010-03-14T08:00:00.000+05:30

'W' originally declined to be in the movie, saying it would be like cheating the audience. He, however, allowed his likeness to be used. His computer generated face, complete with the 80's style hairdo, was superimposed on the body of actor Roland Kickinger.

W? Movie?

Question # 294

2010-03-13T08:00:00.000+05:30

Who said (brilliant statement): “The Academy Awards are the greatest promotion scheme that any industry ever devised for itself”?
(Hints: The French Connection
The Exorcist
Rules of Engagement)

Question # 293

2010-03-12T08:00:00.001+05:30

For making vaccines for viral diseases, viruses need to be cultured. And viruses, being the douches that they are, can only grow inside living cells. For culturing polioviruses, mainly cells from monkeys are used. So after growing the viruses in these cells, these cultures are chemically treated so that the cells are removed, only the viruses inside them remain.
Now, suppose a virus was present inside the monkey cell from before, it would mix with the cultured polioviruses, and therefore be propagated with the vaccine. This was probably the case with the X virus.
This is one of the theories of origin of what/ ID X.

Question # 292

2010-03-11T08:00:00.000+05:30

How are ‘The Poor Fellow-soldiers of Christ and of The Temple of Solomon’ better known?

Questions starting today are from the Verve Quiz (an interbatch event of KMC) which we hosted.

Question # 291

2010-03-08T08:00:00.000+05:30

When AK was listening to the scratch version of a song from his new film, during a line 'ib ke hovega agge yaar', he misheard 'agge yaar' as 'Q'. He then added the word 'P' before it, and asked his composers to make it into a song, creating pop culture history. According to AK, 'That's the entire film in those two words.'

What on earth is PQ then?

Question # 290

2010-03-07T08:00:00.000+05:30

The image below is open to your interpretation:

Question # 289

2010-03-06T08:00:00.000+05:30

Connect:

Question # 288

2010-03-05T08:00:00.000+05:30

August Horch used to manufacture $%^*s under his family name. In 1909 he was forced out of this business, so he set up a new company under the SAME name, totally pissing his former partners off, who thereby rained copyright infringement on his sorry derriere. He had to call in a meeting at his friend Franz Fikentscher's (say that five times) house to decide on a new name. Franz's son suggested 'Yo, lets call it Y. Why Y? Because "Horch" in German means "listen", which is "Y" in Latin!'. And the name stuck.

Enlightenez moi with the ID of Y.

Question # 287

2010-03-04T08:00:00.000+05:30

An early version of what? I'm sure this is a very popular question. All you quizzers, don't start shouting "Peter, peter".

Question # 286

2010-03-03T08:00:00.001+05:30

This is one of the most famous scenes in cinema history. It was shot from December 17 to December 23, 1959, and features between 71 and 78 angles (the exact number is unknown). The scene "runs 3 minutes and includes 50 cuts." Most of the shots are extreme close-ups, except for medium shots directly before and directly after the incident depicted. The combination of the close shots with the short duration between cuts makes the sequence feel longer, more subjective, more uncontrolled, and more violent than would the images if they presented alone or in a wider angle.

Question # 285

2010-03-02T08:00:00.000+05:30

Founded in 1889, X’s first product was handmade hanfuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company, a love hotel, a TV network and a food company. Eventually, it entered its current business becoming one of the most influential in the industry and third biggest company in its home country, Japan with a market value of more than $85b.

According to X's Touch! Generations website, the name “X" translated to English means "Leave luck to Heaven“

ID X

Question # 284

2010-03-01T08:00:00.000+05:30

He is the only person to have won two undivided Nobel Prizes.
In addition to the general recognition as one of the two greatest scientists of the 20th century, he was usually acknowledged by his colleagues as the most influential chemist since Lavoisier, the 18th-century founder of the modern science of chemistry.
His introductory textbook General Chemistry, revised three times since its first printing in 1947 and translated into 13 languages, has been used by generations of undergraduates. ID him (5 points)

There is only one other person who has won the Nobel Prize in two unrelated categories (Peace and Literature, for example). That person is ______ _______. ( 5 points)

Basically, give me both answers; points are unrelated.

Question # 283

2010-02-28T08:00:00.000+05:30

A is a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer, and is responsible for the proliferation of cancer throughout surrounding cells. The leader of the research team which discovered this, geneticist Pier Paolo Pandolfi from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City, said the gene is unique in that it is needed for other oncogenes to cause cancer. Discovery of the gene was first published in the January 2005 issue of Nature.

The name of A was changed to 7btb7 in december 2005 after the center was threatened with legal action by B.

Give A and B.

Question # 282

2010-02-27T08:00:00.000+05:30

X is a Japanese word which means death from Y. The phenomenon was first identified in Japan, and the word is being adopted internationally. Uehata reported 17 X cases at the 51st annual meeting of the Japan Association of Industrial Health. In 1988 a group of lawyers established the National Defense Counsel for Victims of X (and started telephone consultation to handle inquiries about X-related workers' compensation insurance). Uehata described X as a sociomedical term that refers to fatalities or associated work disability due to cardiovascular attacks (such as strokes, myocardial infarction or acute cardiac failure) which could occur when hypertensive arteriosclerotic diseases are aggravated by a heavy workload. X is not a pure medical term. The media have frequently used the word because it emphasizes that sudden deaths (or disabilities) were caused by Y and should be compensated. X has become an important social problem in Japan.

ID X and Y.

Question # 281

2010-02-26T08:00:00.000+05:30

Q was written by a Sarah Josepha Hale in 1830. It was inspired by a true incident of a schoolgirl Ms. _____ Sawyer whose pet followed her to school. A Mr. John Rolstone, nephew of the school reverend, was highly amused by this, and wrote the first three lines on a paper, later handing that paper over to Ms. Hale, who completed it.

Blessed are those, who knoweth Q.

Question # 280

2010-02-24T08:00:00.002+05:30

'X'
- Kreated by Ed Boon and John Tobias in 1992
- Konsisted of characters based on aktors, as opposed to animated kartoon graphiks
- Originally kontroversial bekause of its extreme violence, later gained a kult status for the very same reason.
- The series (yes, it's a series) holds 7 Guinness rekords, including "Most Successful Video Game Spin-Off Soundtrack Album".
- In an episode of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', a sekurity company official tells the Banks family (the Fresh Prince‘s aunt, unkle and cousins) of the horribly violent thing he has seen in his life. On being asked as to where he saw these things, he replied, "X".
- A character 'Y' in the game has a name which is aktually a jumbled up version of the kreators' names.

ID X.

All the kannada in this blog is courtesy of AT

Question # 279

2010-02-23T08:00:00.000+05:30

The origin of the term K can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks, who like every single civilization in the history of civilizations, hated foreigners. To poke fun at them, they used to call them K's, because they thought their language consisted of only a single word 'bar' repeated again and again, much like the modern 'blah'.

K yenu?

Question # 278

2010-02-22T08:00:00.001+05:30

Id
Use your imagination to improve upon the emptiness below.

Question by AT

Question # 277

2010-02-21T08:00:00.000+05:30

This person has written 270 novels, have career span over 50 years with 2.5 crore copies sold.
He is the person who coined the word "Company" for Mumbai Mafia.

Question by Peeyush Rao.

Question # 276

2010-02-20T08:00:00.000+05:30

Question by Aniket Dave

Inconvenience Regretted

2010-02-19T13:02:00.001+05:30

Both the blog administrators(AT and I) went to Pune(AFMC) for a week and couldn't upload any questions. We'll start from tomorrow.

Question # 275

2010-02-10T08:00:00.000+05:30

'M' literally translates to 'one who makes people cry'. According to Srimad Bhagvat, he is the actual father of Seeta. He was once given Boon Water by Shiv, who told him to give it to his (M's) wife. On the journey back, M got very thirsty and drank a bit of that water, and got impregnated (wtf?!). Next morning, he coughed so hard, The Baby That Was To Be Sita ejected from his mouth and landed in Janakpuri, the kingdom of Janak, and was found by Janak.

'N' was originally a fortress built by Vishwakarma for Kuber, the god of wealth. In Mahabhaarat, Sahadev visited N during Yudhishthir's Rajasuya campaign.

M et N?

Question # 274

2010-02-09T08:00:00.000+05:30

"But I don't want to go among mad people"
"Oh, you can't help that, We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?"
"You must be, otherwise you wouldn't have come here."

Where have the above lines been copied from?

Question # 273

2010-02-08T08:00:00.000+05:30

T was born Maqsood Mehmood Ali on Sep 19, 1958, second of eight children. Father was a Muslim, mother Madhuri was a Bengali. He got into the drug habit pretty young, causing a lot of tension between him and Dad. He used to breed race horses, run a carpet cleaning business, and work in an oil rig before ending up doing what made him famous. Has two wives, both of whom converted to Islam after marriage.
His first movie role was in ‘Yehi Hai Zindagi’ (1977), alongwith Sanjeev Kumar and Utpal Dutt.
ID Mr. T.

Question # 272

2010-02-06T08:00:00.000+05:30

Id the car, and no, Maruti 800's not the answer i'm looking for.

Question by Varun Chad

Question # 271

2010-02-05T08:00:00.000+05:30

Question # 270

2010-02-04T08:00:00.000+05:30

An ad for?

I know, it's a very old question.

Question # 269

2010-02-03T08:00:00.000+05:30

X is the world's fastest supercomputer. Developed in Los Alamos, the US$133 million X is designed for a performance level of 1.026 petaflops peak. It is a hybrid design with almost 6,912 AMD Opteron dual core processors and almost 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i CPUs in special designed TriBlades connected by Infiniband. DOE plans to use the computer for simulating how nuclear materials age and whether the aging nuclear weapon arsenal of the United States is safe and reliable.

X is also the more common name of a bird belonging to the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America. These birds are known for their speed and agility.

What is X?

Question # 268

2010-02-02T08:00:00.000+05:30

The Wall Street Journal had a story on the Chilkur Balaji Temple located near Hyderabad on December 31st 2007. The temple has been around for over 100 years, but it’s only in the last few years that it has discovered its USP.

Draws more than 100,000 pilgrims a week. As per the local legend, anyone desirous of seeking a wish fulfillment from Chilkur Balaji must first make 11 pradakshinas at the temple, and after it’s granted, one must return to perform 108 pradakshinas as a way of expressing gratitude.

The temple’s also unique in the sense that there’s no hundi and does not accept any offerings from devotees.

Give us the USP of this temple.

Question # 267

2010-01-31T08:00:00.000+05:30

Todabhim in the Dausa district in Rajasthan is the country’s leading producer of something that is built using a water pump set converted into engine and runs on diesel.
The object in question is also unmistakably a part of hostel lingo. What?

Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 266

2010-01-30T08:00:00.000+05:30

Built by a king for his daughter to ship all that she wanted to, this market place derives its name from the canals filled with water that sparkled like silver in the moonlight. What place is this?

Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 265

2010-01-29T08:00:00.000+05:30

Id the face behind the blue circle

Question by BK and group

Question # 264

2010-01-28T08:00:00.000+05:30

When the name of this place was changed a few years ago, Outlook magazine called it ‘the biggest sex change in the history of modern india’. What place?

Question by Suraj Menon

Question # 263

2010-01-27T08:00:00.000+05:30

This individual's name is said to mean 'one of the most common amphibians' in the vernacular. Evidence suggests that this name was artificially made up, because it does not mean 'one of the most common amphibians' in any known language. The creator of this name stated that it's first syllable should rhyme with "cow" and so it is pronounced this way in Britain, while in America it is almost always pronounced to rhyme with "go". What name/character is referred to here?

Question by Suraj Menon

Verve Quiz 2009 Presentations

2010-01-26T16:34:00.003+05:30

The first quiz hosted by AT, Venkat and I.

Prelims

Verve Quiz 2009 Prelims

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Finals

Verve Quiz 2009 Phinalz

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A few questions are audio and video. Ignore those for now.
The prelims presentation also has answers.
If you want any answers for the questions in finals, please reply in comments.