3. RULES
— There are 6 questions
— Questions 1-3 are CW and 4-6 are ACW
— Each Question carries 10 mark( pass or direct)
— Quizmaster’s decision is final
— Remember the name of the round.
4. TEAM-1
In 1937, after the Japanese invasion of China, the communist General
Zhu De requested Jawaharlal Nehru to send Indian physicians to China.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the President of the Indian National
Congress, made arrangements to send a team of volunteer doctors
and an ambulance by collecting a fund of Rs 22,000 on the All-Indian
China Day and China Fund days on July 7-9.___________________
was one of five Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical
assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938. Besides being
known for his dedication and perseverance, he has also been regarded
as an example for Sino-Indian friendship and collaboration.
Id?
6. TEAM 2
In Times Square on V.J. Day I saw a sailor running along the street grabbing
any and every girl in sight. Whether she was a grandmother, stout, thin,
old, didn't make a difference. I was running ahead of him with my Leica looking
back over my shoulder but none of the pictures that were possible pleased me.
Then suddenly, in a flash, I saw something white being grabbed.
I turned around and __________________
What happened next?
8. TEAM 3
X a village on the Swedish island
of Resarö, in
Vaxholm Municipality in the
Stockholm archipelago.
X means literally Outer Village.
So what?
9. THE ANSWER IS
Lending its name to a famous quarry where many rare earth minerals
have been discovered, the small village has been the inspiration for naming
the chemical elements yttrium (Y), ytterbium (Yb), terbium (Tb) and erbium (Er).
Gadolinium(Gd) (named after gadolinite, which is named after
Professor Johan Gadolin), holmium (Ho) (from the Latin name forStockholm),
scandium (Sc) and thulium (Tm) (Thule is an old Latin word for
the Nordic countries) all trace their origin to the Ytterby quarry.
10. TEAM 4
some Western sources claimed that Gagarin, during his space flight,
had made the comment,__________________
However, no such words appear in the verbatim record of Gagarin's
conversations with the Earth during the spaceflight.
In a 2006 interview a close friend of Gagarin, Colonel Valentin Petrov,
stated that Gagarin never said such words, and that the phrase originated
from Nikita Khrushchev's speech at the plenum of the
Central Committee of the CPSU
, where the anti-religious propaganda was discussed.
What?
19. THE ANSWER IS
“ all three mean I Don’t Know” in their native languages
20.
21. TEAM 1
One day, after finding that a transducer was wired wrong, the engineer cursed the
technician responsible and said, "If there is any way to do it wrong, he'll find it.“
I was born at Edwards Air Force Base in 1949 at North Base.
Ask the question?
23. TEAM 2
I am a slang term for a minor stock character of an adventure drama who dies
violently soon after being introduced in order to dramatize the dangerous situation
experienced by the main characters. The term originated with fans of the
science fiction television series Star Trek
Id?
25. TEAM 3
It was a large cannon used by Royalist forces to defend Colchester in 1648.
The weapon, mounted on the church tower of St. Mary-at-the-Wall and
expertly fired by a Royalist gunner named “One-eyed” Jack Thompson,
successfully held off the Parliamentarians (or Roundheads) for eleven weeks
before succumbing to a direct hit
ask me a question?
28. I mean a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their positive
qualities and abilities and to underestimate their negative qualities, relative to others
I am also a fictional town in the U.S. state of Minnesota, said to have been
the boyhood home of Garrison Keillor.
Id?
33. SPORTS
the phrase_______refers to a married middle class woman who lives in the
suburbs and has school age children. she is portryed in the media as
busy overburdened and driving a minivan. she is also portrayed as putting
the interests of her family most importantly her children, ahead of her own.
What?
35. BUSINESS
It is the oldest company in the United States which still makes its original product
, and is the oldest continuously operating manufacturer in North America. It is the
only US company which produces both firearms and ammunition domestically,
and is the largest US producer of shotguns and rifles.
The company though is known for its other product that started as a spin off.
But is eponymous to the company. You still find it waiting at a government office.
What?
37. ENTERTAINMENT
though X was born in mikawa province, he often returned to iga,
home of the ___ family. he was extremely skilled spearman, tactician and
swordsman,. the village of yagyu along the kyoto nara border was home to a venerable
school of a sword technique._____ fought in his first war at 16 and died in 1596
of natural causes.
And this is entertainment question…….
41. TRIVIA
the four goldberg brothers Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max invented and
developed the first automobile a/c. on july 17 1946 the temprature in detroit was
97 f. the brothers walked into henry ford's office, and sweet talked his
secretary into telling him that the gentleman hd the most exciting innovation.
henry was curious. they refused to meet him an asked him to come to the parking lot
. the temp was about 130 f. they turned on
the a/c. the old man now exicted offered 3 million for the patent.
the brothers refused and said a 2 million + a recognition label
" the goldberg air conditioner". now ford was not
read for this, after two hours of haggling, they finally agreed at 4 million and
a new naming convention ... what??
42. THE ANSWER IS
“ ever wonderd why car a/c speed is called
“Lo”
“ Norm”
“ Hi”
“Max”
45. NRI
X(born May 26, 1946 in Bombay) is an Indian-American engineer
who is a pioneer of digital technology including HDTV andMPEG4.
He conducted seminal research in digital compression, signal processing
and other fields.
X has been President of Bell Laboratories and
Chief Scientist for Lucent Technologies.
ID?