Team Quizkrieg’s new Initiative- Frequently Asked Questions

This blog will comprise of 2 series’..

One will be called C Bee Biz - A current Affairs Series

And the other- FAQs- Frequently Asked Questions

You can have a look at the firs quiz of C Bee Biz here

These 2 quizzes will also be cross-posted on Quizkrieg..

So, have a rocking season ahead..

Mahaquizzer, KQA’s annual solo championship, will be held on Sunday, 18 May 2008.

The contest will be held simultaneously in nine cities: Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

Four prizes will be given out in each city: Best Quizzer, Best Lady Quizzer, Best College Quizzer and Best School Quizzer.

The person recording the highest score across all centres will hold the title of Mahaquizzer for 2008. She/he will also be awarded the Wing Commander G.R. Mulky Trophy for Quizzing Excellence.

This year’s contest is set by a new team comprising Ochintya Sharma, Thejaswi Udupa, Avinash Thirumalai and Arun Hiregange.

Mahaquizzer is a unique contest, requiring the participant to answer 150 questions, drawn from as wide a spread as possible, in 90 minutes. It is open to all and entry is free. Those interested in participating must mail Mahaquizzer@gmail.com or kqaquizzes@gmail.com, mentioning which city you would like to appear from in the subject line.

You can have a look at previous editions of the quiz here: http://kqaquizzes.org/quizzes/

Review and Quiz for Quizkrieg

The Gen-Tech Quiz at UVCE’s annual Tech fest- Impetus drew a huge crowd. Quizmaster for yet another edition was Arul Mani.. A fantastic quiz yet again.

MSRIT team of Karthik and Nishant won the quiz followed by the BMSCE team.

The quiz was a general one with a huge Tech flavour to it

Impetus 2008

29 April 2008

QM: Arul Mani

Winners: Nishant & Karthik- MSRIT

1) This naming convention in programming is an ironic reference to the country from which the person who created it comes. In his country names are ‘reversed’ compared to most other European names; the family name precedes the given name. What practice?

Ans: Hungarian notation after Simonyi

2) Quanta Computers was founded by Barry Lam in 1988, and is still headed by him. They were named original design manufacturer for the XO-1 project and given a contract in 2007 for one million units. How does the layman know the XO-1 project?

Ans: OLPC or One Laptop per Child Programme

3) This law has often been illustrated using the example of fax machines: a single fax machine is useless, but the value of every fax machine increases with the total number of fax machines in the network, because the total number of people with whom each user may send and receive documents increases. It is named after the engineer who first used this idea to describe what he observed in connection with his 1974 invention IEEE 802.3. Which law?

Ans: Metcalfe’s law- Robert (Bob) Metcalfe

4) This German optician is remembered for the discovery of the dark absorption lines in the Sun’s spectrum now known by his name. He lends his name to a research organization with 56 branches across Germany- this organization came up with the MP3 algorithm. Who?

Ans: Franhauffer

5) The term was in use in Middle English Literature to mean ‘to know’. The term can be found in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Wife of bath’s Tale: ‘For well ___ thy patience is gon..’ It gained much attention in the international media because ‘it blends whimsy and new technology’. Identify the term.

Ans: wOOt (Last year’s MW Word of the year)

6) Sparkler (launched on September 12, 1997), Pumpkin, Abigail, Brutus, Chelsea, Playground, Cricket, Kestrel, Ladybird, Merlin, Hopper, Mantis, Tiger, Mustang and Dolphin (anticipated for 2008). Codenames associated with what?

Ans: Java

7) A ruler falls in love with a local dancer named Bhagmati who lives in the village of Chichlam. He builds a city and names it Bhagyanagar after her. Sometime later she converts to Islam, following which the city is given a new name based on her new Muslim name. Identify the city, now a state capital in India.

Ans: Hyderabad

Identify this Indian pilgrimage destination. It has three names, of which one comes from two rivers; the other a Pali corruption of this name while the third name comes from the Sanskrit for ‘shining’. Which town?

Ans: Benaras / Varanasi / Kasi

9) Ram, Bull, Twins, Crab, Lion, Virgin, Scales, Scorpion, Archer, Sea-goat, Water-bearer and Fish. What are we talking about?

Ans: Symbols associated with the Zodiac

10) The Universal Tube and Rollform Equipment Corporation has had all sorts of problem with maintaining their web presence since 2006. What has caused these difficulties?

Ans: Cuz of YouTube

11) The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. This coating, practically all of which was worn away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red and the smaller one was painted multiple colours. The lower parts of the statues’ arms were constructed from the same mud straw mix while supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts. This description was true till 2001. What?

Ans: Bamyan Buddhas

12) This 7 letter word is a term denoting globalization- arising from the fact that a company in the food business has a worldwide presence. If you add the letter ‘a’, to this word, you can be referring to a magazine founded by David Bunnell that caters to consumers of a specific Apple Product. Give me one of the two words.

Ans: McWord and MacWorld

13) He was one of the Traitorous Eight who founded Fairchild Semiconductors. The library at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge University is named after him and his wife. He is one of the primary donors at Caltech and a laboratory complex was dedicated in his name in 1996. Who?

Ans: Gordon Moore

14) What variation of a six letter word resulted because Silicon Valley engineer Tim Beauchamp refused in 1997 to relinquish the domain that he was using as a site for math and astronomy?

Ans: Google- Googol

15) What place name would early versions of MS-Word offer you as a correction if you typed in the word ‘Cooperation’ leading thus to the term ___ Effect for the ludicrous spell check on MS-Word?

Ans: Cupertino

16) Dan Bricklin is said to ahe invented the electronic spreadsheet with the introduction of _________ in 1979. What was ____ ?

Ans: Visicalc

17) They are essentially the tops of submerged mountain range that is a continuation of the Arakan Yomas in Burma. They occupy an area of 3185 square miles and lie 121 km south of Cape Negrais. What are we talking about?

Ans: Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1 Which Indian state is said to derive its name either from a dynasty that ruled over the area or from the Sanskrit word for the Coconut Palm tree?

Ans: Kerala

19) This small town in Karnataka is home to the oldest stud farm in Asia. Tipu Sultan is said to have begun breeding horses here. Which small town?

Ans: Kunigal

20) Which legendary Indian won the International marshal Tito award for the best railway sportsperson in 1984, 1985, 1989 and 1990?

Ans: P.T Usha

21) The Chance RT-52 is a small unit built by Chance Coach Inc measuring only 25’ 11’’ in length. It normally carries 19 to 23 passengers and is built to handle short run abouts. The most well known use of this unit resulted in what well known term?

Ans: Wiki – from the Wiki shuttle

22) Which scholar who wrote the Sarvadarsana Sangraha was also instrumental in the founding of Vijayanagar by Harihara and Bukka?

Ans: Vidyaranya

23) This award was instituted in 1991- its first recipient was Vishwanathan Anand. Last year, the award was given to the shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu. Among other things, the winner gets Rs 5, 00,000/-. Name the award.

Ans: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

24) The airport that serves Venice is named after which famous explorer and traveler who lived in the city?

Ans: Marco Polo

25) Complete this quote, attributed to one of the wives of the Persian king Nader Shah: “If a strong man should take five stones, and throw one north, one south, one east and one west, and the last straight up into the air, and the space between filled with gold and gems, that would be equal the value of ______”

Ans: Kohinoor

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Prateek has provided yet another quiz for Quintessential Theory.. Thanks a lot, Prateek..

The last two posts on QT might be of immense importance as this ‘might’ be QT’s slow diversification into General Quizzing also.. Hopefully, this will increase readership

Till my next post.. Ta Ra..

Hey,

As I ain’t getting too much time to attend/make any quizzes, I’ve been inactive on the Quiz Blogging side. A suggestion put across by a friend has finally been taken seriously now

Below is a Quiz, our beloved Prateek decided to provide IQL for their meet. He has also consented to my putting it up on my blog.. So, enjoy the quiz

To prevent my blogging from becoming very perfunctory, I will put up a few ‘original’ questions every fortnight or so (will be cross posted on Quizkrieg too), till then Sayonara..

3 years.. 3583 members.. One of the youngest Quizzing Yahoo Groups (there are a zillion nowadays though) but the second largest by numbers.. Quizkrieg has proven its reach with its reviews and messages which have had far fetching effects with Quizzers, Quizmasters and (sometimes) just spectators We hope to bring you a whole lot of variety in Quizzing this year.. Thats a promise.. Below is a set of 9 questions connected by a theme.. Try them, enjoy them and have a great Quizzing year ahead!

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1) This company’s logo consists of a pyramid which depicts nine smaller pyramids; each composes itself into a larger pyramid all encompassing in nature and presentation. The pyramid itself and the component pyramids convey cohesion, interdependence, support and foundation, to a common purpose and to achieve greater heights. Which company’s logo are we talking about?

Ans: DLF

2) Shri Sankaralinga Iyer, primarily a banker ventured into the field of heavy industries with rare devotion and confidence by setting up a factory in the vicinity of Thalaiyuthu, where extensive deposits of limestone were available. Which company did this go on to become?

Ans: India cements

3) After his high profile exit from the executive role at his father’s media empire, he headed back to Australia to set up Illyria Pty Ltd in which he is the sole director and secretary (from application documents)

Ans: Lachlan Murdoch

4) Founded in 1978, the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility arm is called Varalakshmi Foundation. Which company?

Ans: GMR

5) The plan, drawn up by the firm Perkins+Will, reveals that this structure will resemble a virtual glass palace, with entertainment centres, a health club, a swimming pool and various green spots thrown in for good measure. The structure will rise to a height of 173.12 meters equivalent to a regular 60 storeyed residential building. What are we talking about? Who owns it?

Ans: Antilia, the proposed house of Mukesh Ambani

6) This Rs 8000 crore venture was described by some as ‘India’s largest surrogate advertising campaign’ and had to receive a go-ahead from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry before it was launched. Name the venture

Ans: Kingfisher Airlines

7) With which airline would you ‘Fly Smarter’?

Ans: Go Air

Dreamz Unlimited- Arclightz and Films- What comes next?

Ans: Red Chillies Entertainment

9) This newspaper’s Chennai Edition was launched on 28 March 2005 and is India’s fourth largest English language newspaper. Which one?

Ans: Deccan Chronicle

Haven’t figured the theme yet??

Go jump

Rgds

Rohit (feedback- mail@rohitnair.in )

Dear All,

I hope all of you are missing the lack of ‘updation’ (if such an abstract exists) on this blog. College commitments keep me occupied.

But at the same time, I am planning to shift the blog to a different host with hopefully a swankier name than rohitnair.wordpress.com..

The new address will soon be updated.

Till then keep patience and enjoy the older posts

Cheers

Rohit

For all those guys who religiously participate in Quiz Shows are very well aware that there was a time when there had been absolutely no Tech Quiz book available in market until very recently. For budding Quizzers esp Tech Quizzers who were fascinated by IT quiz and aspired to migrate from General Quiz to Tech Quiz, it was almost impossible to lay hands on a piece of literature which can be called a Comprehensive Guide to IT Quiz.

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NATIONAL WINNERS- TCS, KOLKATA

National Runners Up- Deutsche Bank, Mumbai

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Regional Winners

Kolkata- G.Sreekanth & Sabyasachi (TCS)

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Ahmedabad- Mahesh Manjawala & Mayur Rana (Triton Communications)

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Delhi- Anupam Jain & BA Naveen (SAP Labs)

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Indore- S Ramani & C Chandrashekhar (Bhilai Steel Plant)

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Kochi- Ranjith K Wilson & Arun Thomas Abraham (Malayala Manorama)

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Chennai- Karthik Chandrasekaran & Ashwin Prabhu (Citibank)

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Hyderabad- Anver Ali Khan & Arif Akbar ( JWT Mindset )

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Pune- Abha Shah & PV Ramanathan (TCS)

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Mumbai- Rajiv Rai & Sudipta Roy (Deutsche Bank)

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For Schedule of BEQ ‘08, Click Here

Impetus 2008- 29th & 30th April 2008

Click here for details of Quiz

Quiz: Business Quiz

Part of: Instincts ‘08

Host: SSNCE, Chennai

QM: Inhouse (To my knowledge- Madanish & Muthu)

I feel it is necessary (from my point of view) to let everyone know the reply provided by the organizers regarding the Tata Crucible Campus Hyderabad 2008 mail that I’d sent.. (If you do not know about it, Click here)

Inline is the mail sent..

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Satya Rao

Q- Factor ‘08

Part of Q-Quest ‘08

Date: 01 March 2008

QM: Avinash Mudaliar

* Due to shortage of Gasoline during war time in India, he is well known for having designed an auto part which could run on charcoal. Who?

Ans: TVS Iyengar

* What was first established in Japan in 1962 by and Kaoru Ishikawa? The movement in Japan was coordinated by the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers (JUSE).

Ans: Quality Circles

* What did Roger Boesche, professor of Politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, call, “a book of political realism, a book analysing how the political world does work and not very often stating how it ought to work, a book that frequently discloses to a king what calculating and sometimes brutal measures he must carry out to preserve the state and the common good.”?

Ans: Arthashastra

* The Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT) earned a particular distinction in December 2005 which was then the only one of its kind to that distinction in the country. What distinction?

Ans: An ISO 9001:2000 certification

* Rs.11.4 crore has been provided in the current budget towards a particular Scheme which is the largest school programme of its kind in the world. What are we talking about?

Ans: Akshaya Patra or the Mid Day Meal Scheme

* He came to India in the 1780’s and started his partnership firm in 1819 with John William Dare. He set up the first Sugar Factory in 1842 at Bandipalayam. The company he set up is also the first private sector company to start in house R&D. Who was he and which company did he start?

Ans: Thomas Parry and EID Parry

* In the Toyota Way, “Heijunka”(levelling out the load) is done by two ways, a.) Avoiding overburdening people and b.) Avoiding unevenness. What are these two known as?

Ans: Muri and Mura

* In 1981, he became the 26th United States Secretary of Commerce from 1981. He took the lead in resolving difficulties in technology transfers with China and India. In recognition of his services, after his death in 1987, the government named something after which it started in order to raise awareness about the importance of quality and performance excellence as a competitive edge. Who was he?

Ans: Howard Malcolm Baldrige after whom Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for product quality has been named

* According to IRS 2006, it is the highest read English publication in India. In one of its recent ads, it claims that in-spite of not carrying any stories, it still has 1, 39, 32,000 readers. Which publication?

Ans: Yellow Pages

* It was pioneered by Walter A. Shewhart in the early 1920s. While Dr. Shewhart drew from pure mathematical statistical theories, he understood that data from physical processes seldom produces a “normal distribution curve”. He concluded that while every process displays variation, some processes display controlled variation that is natural to the process, while others display uncontrolled variation that is not present in the process causal system at all times. What concept?

Ans: Statistical Process Control (SPC), an effective method of monitoring a process through the use of control charts.

Date: 7 March 2008

Venue: Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi

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Or contact: Shikha- shikha@aima-ind.org

Quiz: Business Quiz

Host: Goa Institute of Management

Date: 01 March 2008

Venue: The International Centre, Donapaola, Goa

QM: Mr. Ajay Anthony

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Quiz: ET in Campus ‘08 (Earlier called ET in the Classroom) - Bangalore Edition

Quizmaster: Pickbrain

Date: 3 March 2008 (Monday)

Venue: Gurunanak Bhavan, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore

Time: 1400 hrs

Winners: ICFAI Business School (Karthik & Pareekshit)

Quiz: Business Quiz

Part of : Megabucks ‘08

Host: IIT-Kanpur

Date: 01 March 2008 

QM: Satyajit Chetri

Open to: Everyone (Teams of maximum 4)

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