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QWiz 2012 Prelims

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Hall of fame

Quiz No.	Year and month	Winners	Runners-up
NISER QWiz-6	2012 October	Arnab Saha and Krushna Chandra Murmu	Parameswaran D Valiathan and Sayoni Mitra
NISER QWiz-5	2011 September	Amudhan Usha Krishnaswamy and Prajakta Bedekar	Aritra De and Abhiram Reddy
NISER QWiz-4	2010 September	Sourajit Soumyaranjan Das and Pragyanditi Dash	Dr. A. K. Naik and Amruta Naik
NISER QWiz-3	2010 April	Alokananda Ray and Swagat Sourav Mishra	Sourajit Soumyaranjan Das and Pragyanditi Dash
NISER QWiz-2	2009 September	Milan Gupta and Aritra De	Aparna K.H and Adithya Kuchibhotla
NISER QWiz-1	2008 September	Aparna K.H and G.G.Sharmila Dhevi	Sourajit Soumyaranjan Das and Rakesh Majhi

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NISER QWiz - 3 Questions (with answers) :

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Question 1: Identify this personality in disguise.
Answer: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin


Question 2: Where was the word "Quarks" first used?




Answer: In 'Finnegans Wake' by James Joyce. The phrase used was "Three quarks for Muster Mark", which was picked up by Murray Gell-Mann


Question 3: Explain this image?




Answer: In early March 2010, the city Topeka, Kansas changed its name to Google in an attempt to capture a spot in Google's new Fiber Optics project. Google responded by changing its name to Topeka on April 1, 2010 as part of its annual hoaxes on April Fool's Day.


Question 4: What is the name of the highest-numbered element recognized by the IUPAC (as of 16th of April, 2010)?




Answer: Copernicium, Cn. First created in 1996, its existence was recognized and its naming approved by the IUPAC on February 19, 2010


Question 5: The people in the picture are celebrating something called the Bloomsday. After the events in which novel is Bloomsday celebrated? The picture contains an important clue.




Answer: Ulysses, by James Joyce is considered one of the most important works of 20th century literature. The novel's main character is Leopold Bloom, after whom the festival is named as an affirmation and celebration of life. The name is effectively the antonym of Doomsday. It is celebrated on June 16, the date on which the fictional events described in the novel occurred.


Question 6: If T degree Fahrenheit = T degree Celsius, T = ?




Answer: -40


Question 7: Which ruler of the medieval ages is called "Punishment of God"?




Answer: Genghis Khan, ruler of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history.


Question 8: Identify this person.




Answer: Sri Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, the 2009 Nobel Prize Laureate (in Chemistry).


Question 9: Who invented the Guillotine?




Answer: Guillotine! His full name was Jospeh-Ignace Guillotine.


Question 10: According to Greek mythology, who was the first Olympian?




Answer: Zeus.


Question 11: Which MotoGP legend is nicknamed "The Doctor"?




Answer: Valentino Rossi, for his cold and clinical dismantling of his opponents.


Question 12: Who was the only sister of the Kauravas?




Answer: Dussala


Question 13: Which world famous company did Adolf Dassler found?




Answer: Adidas


Question 14: Who is the only person of Indian origin to win the Abel Prize?




Answer: Sri SR Srinivasa Varadhan, awarded for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation.


Question 15: Who's voice is this? (Couldn't embed audio here)




Answer: Michael Jackson (A song of his was played).


Question 16: Cricket was a part of which Olympics?




Answer: The 1900 Olympics. Great Britain and France were the only participants, with Great Britain winning the gold medal.


Question 17: Who wrote the short story "The Lady with the Dog"?




Answer: Anton Chekov.


Question 18: What is 10/2 here?




Answer: This is the date on which Lance Armstrong (record 7-time winner of the Tour de France) was diagnosed with cancer. The picture shown is the logo of 'Livestrong', the Lance Armstrong Foundation that provides support for people affected by cancer.


Question 19: Who's Missing?




Answer: Paul McCartney


Question 20: Name the Polish President who died recently (recent as on 16th April, 2010) in a plane crash




Answer: Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia, on his way to commemorate the Katyn massacre.


Question 21: Name the character portrayed by Charlie Chaplin as a parody of Adolf Hitler in the film 'The Great Dictator'




Answer: Adenoid Hynkel. Charlie Chaplin had a double role in the movie, the second role being that of a barber.


Question 22: Why is the 123 Deal so named?




Answer: The deal comes under Section 123 of the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954, titled "Cooperation With Other Nations", which establishes an agreement for cooperation as a prerequisite for nuclear deals between the US and any other nation. Any such agreement is called 123 Agreement.


Question 23: How is "Chomolungma" better known as?




Answer: Mount Everest.


Question 24: "O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead."

This poem was written by Walt Whitman after a particular incident in American history.
Taking cues from the above lines deduce who is the 'Captain' he is referring to?




Answer: The Captain referred to is Abraham Lincoln. This poem was written after the assassination of the US President, after the end of the US Civil War..


Question 25: Which entertainment corporation owns an 80 percent stake in ESPN?




Answer: Walt Disney


Question 26: On what date was the first passenger train in history of Indian Railways inaugurated?




Answer: April 16, 1853. (The date on which the quiz was conducted!)


Question 27: What incident is pictured here?




Answer: The Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, 1989. The Anonymous man standing in front of the tanks is nicknamed 'Tankman'.


Question 28: Identify this Gadget




Answer: The Apple iPad


Question 29: Who designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit for the 2012 Olympics?




Answer: Anish Kapoor designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit, which at a height of 115 m would stand as the largest work of Public art in London.


Question 30: Who is the only winner of the Clay Millennium Prize?




Answer: Grigory Perelman, awarded for his proof of the Poincare Conjecture.