Questions from the Prelim round of The Illuminati Quiz held on 2009 at Model Engineering College, Kerala

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2009 Prelims

2. • Who was the first football player to negotiate
an image rights deal and was paid a grand
fee of three guineas for his photo to appear
on cigarette cards?

4. • Name the Indian journalist who is the author
of the popular blog ‘India Uncut’. He
released his first book, ‘My friend Sancho’
recently.

5. • Significance of “Dilawar Khan accepting Aisha
Bi R. Chakravarty as his wife on 21 August
1979, at a mehr of Rs. 111,000”?

6. • This company launched the first audio-
cassette, co-invented the Audio CD as well
as the Blu-Ray technology, and receives
royalty on every DVD sold in the world even
now.

7. BE (Govt. College of Tech, Coimbatore,
1980)
ME (PSG Tech, 1982)

8. • Author of the book ‘Travelling through
conflict’
• Became Chairman of India’s National
Commission of Minorities in 2006
• "The language used by the Pope sounds
like that of his 12th-Century counterpart
who ordered the crusades”
• Resigned as the NCM chairman to join his
current post

9. • This word originated from the Greek
term ‘ἔτυμον’ meaning ‘True Sense’.
Name the word.

10. • It was set up in November 10, 1999 in
Lausanne, Switzerland
• The official French name abbreviates to
AMA
• Its current Chairman is Australian Finance
Minister John Fahey, who in 2008 succeeded
Dick Pound, a former IOC Vice-President

12. *
• Country with the highest number of military
troops? This includes active, reserve and
paramilitary.

13. • He is a writer for the Time magazine’s
international edition in Hong Kong, and often
publishes perspectives on the Asian world,
including India, China and the Middle East. His
father, the more famous of the two, is an
alumnus of St. Stephens, Delhi and Tufts
University, Massachusetts and has recently
attracted attention by being an active user of
Twitter.

14. • “Sing, goddess, the rage of ------- the son of
Peleus,
the destructive rage that sent countless ills on
the Achaeans...”

16. *
• Who is the first Indian footballer to play in
a European league?

17. *
• When Emelinda Acuna died in 2005, how did
Cristina Calderon of Ukika village in Chile
become famous?

18. • Which Indian company entered into their core
business after Jawaharlal Nehru asked them
to make the ballot boxes for the 1st General
Elections?

19. • Which carmaker is set to make a Large or a
Big Point in the Indian automobile industry
very soon?

20. *
• Tigon Studios is a video game production
company focused primarily on games
featuring or starring which actor, who
also founded the company?

21. Name this form of advertising

22. Name this chap whose ex-girlfriend did
something interesting over the last one
month

23. *
• Explain Giselle Monteiro’s recent claim
to fame

24. • In the early 1900s, the process of turning a
firm around was named after a powerful
individual of the times. What was this term?

25. • The top secret plans (39 steps - 1935)
• The letters of transit (Casablanca - 1942)
• The unknown contents of the briefcase
(Pulp Fiction - 1994)
• The Green Destiny Sword (Crouching Tiger
Hidden Dragon - 2000)
• The Allspark (Transformers - 2007)
• R2 D2 (Star Wars - 1977-2005)

26. Connect
• Gran Paradiso
• Shiretoko National Park
• Namoroka National Park

27. I

28. Willard Scott (Washington, D.C. 1963–1966) Bob
Brandon (1966 + )
King Moody (1970s)
Geoffrey Giuliano (late 1970s – early 1980s) Squire
Fridell (1984 to 1991)
Jack Doepke (early 1990's) Joe Maggard (mid-1990s)
These guys were selected for "their ability to project
energy, warmth and compassion ". And they went
through a painstaking process of applied foundation,
spirit gum, white base and detail makeup that would
sometimes take two hours to apply. So, what were
they doing?

29. Executive Producer – ‘The Happening’

30. • Tom addressed the issues raised by the Dick
controversy in his speech entitled "A More
Perfect Union". To explain more fully his
actual positions on these issues, Dick gave a
speech before the NAACP on April 27, 2008,
in which he stressed that he was not
"divisive", but "descriptive” and his beliefs
were not “deficient”, but “different”.
Incidentally, the title of Tom’s speech is taken
from Harry’s famous 2001 book. Identify
Tom, Dick and Harry

31. • Name this ‘drug’ manufactured by Cipla,
which is being promoted extensively in the
media. Apart from TV ads, this drug has
advertisements on every Meru Radio Taxi
in Mumbai.

32. • Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian
professional wrestler, currently a part of the
WWE. He rose through the ranks along with
his real-life best friend, forming a very
successful tag team. He has held the tag team
title a record 12 times. Several of his
finishing moves are named as an extension
of his ring name. What is his ring name?