Coimbatore Quiz Circle

Answers

2012-01-25T06:05:00.000-08:00

OQ #81:

1. LA Lakers. The blank refers to lakes.

2. The city of Mumbai

3. Quid Pro Quo, made popular in the film The SIlence of the Lambs

4. Appatakkar, of "Avlo periya Appatakkar ah nee?" fame

5. Holy water.

Sudhan gets qn 2 right.

Adhithya gets 1, 2, 3 and 5

Aravind JK - 2, 3, 4

Unknown visitor - 3 and 5

Mohsin - 1 and 2

OQ #81

2012-01-22T06:46:00.000-08:00

And the final set. Thanks for the participation folks!

1. Their name came from their home state being the “Land of 10,000 _____”. However, in 1960, they moved to a new city in a different state, but retained their name even though their new home city had no _____. What am I talking about?

2. Catherine of Braganza was the Portuguese queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland who married King Charles II in 1662. What was given as the dowry in this marriage?

3. _______ most often means a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services. People often use the term to mean "a favour for a favour" and the phrases with almost identical meaning include: "give and take", "tit for tat", "this for that", and "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours". This phrase was extensively used in a famous 1991 movie. Give me the phrase and the movie.

4. Amritlal Thakkar was a famous social reformer. The Government of India even issued a stamp in his honor in 1969. He was a very knowledgeable person and an expert in many fields, to such a level that he would promptly answer any question that was fired at him. Why is he famous to us/What is his popular nickname?

5. Coin vending machines are very popular today from dispensing beverages to checking weights. But what was the first coin vending machine created to dispense?

Answers

2012-01-22T06:43:00.000-08:00

OQ #80

1. X: Vishwanathan Anand, Y: Chess

2. Moonwalk, Michael jackson's autobiography

3. BSNL Sports Quiz

4. Rajnikanth’s acting classes

5. Calvinball, from Calvin & Hobbes

6. Gregory House, House, M.D.

7. Subramaniyam Swamy

Vignesh KR gets 1, 2, 3 and 4 right.

Aravind Subramanian - 3, 4, 5, 6

Adhithya gets them all. So does Ashwin Murali.

Aravind JK gets 1, 2, 3, 4, 7

Vignesh S - 3 and 7

Surya Narayanan gets 1 right

Anon. gets 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.

Reminder: QuizTrac 2012

2012-01-19T19:30:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the late post folks.

Rotaract Club of PSG College of Arts and Sciences organizes one of South India's largest Open quizzes, QuizTrac yet again. Prizes worth 60k are up for grabs. There's a Junior QuizTrac as well, for school students. Teams should consist of 2 members each.

Date: 22/01/2012 (Sunday)
Time: 11.00AM (Junior), 2.00PM (Open)
Venue: GRD Auditorium, PSG CAS, Avanashi Road
Quizmaster: Prof. M. Rangarajan

Please come earlier so as to register. Prizes for the best college team, family team, corporate team and girls team will be there, as usual.

OQ #80

2012-01-19T19:23:00.000-08:00

Yet another set...

1. X recalls this incident to be the most significant moment of his life. X was once travelling in a train when a fellow passenger asked him about his profession. X replied, “I play Y for a living”. The other man replied, “To earn a living out of Y, you must be X” not knowing who X really was. This incident was also made into an advertisement recently. Who is X?

2. Relatives of Doubleday employees were hired as couriers, to deliver portions of this book from the company's head office in to the printing plant. At the printing plant, the book was given the code name ”Neil Armstrong”. Which famous book?

3. X made its debut in the year 2002 on the occasion of the Football World Cup. The Programme was conceived, devised, planned and first produced by Shri. P.S. Parameswaran, . The show has on an average received calls from more than 30,000 viewers and also 3,000 e-mails per show. It reaches around 83 countries. X has now entered the Limca Book of records as the longest running weekly ____ show on television in India. X?

4. Raja Bahadur used to be driver on the bus route from Srinagara to Majestic Circle in Bangalore. He used to supplement his income by running a dairy business. Every month, he used to send Rs.200 towards a cause. What? Exact answer please.

5. Other kids' games are all such a bore!
They've gotta have rules
and they gotta keep score!
X is better by far!
It's never the same! It's always bizarre!
You don't need a team or a referee!
You know that it's great,
'cause it's named after me!

The X Theme Song… X?

6. Two famous fictional characters’ address is 221B Baker Street. One is Sherlock Holmes. Who is the other? PS: The answer is not Watson.

7. If

Swami and Friends : R K Narayanan

then

Swami and Friends – A Few Enemies Too : ?

Answers

2012-01-19T19:18:00.000-08:00

OQ #79:

1. Sachin Tendulkar

2. Up. Animated feature films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar

3. "I’ll pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today" - Wimpy, from The Popeye Show

4. Corleone

5. X - Chewbacca, Y – Indiana Jones

6. Sujatha’s Vasanth and Ganesh

Vignesh gets 1, 2, 3 and 5 right.

Sudhan - 1 and 2

Omi - 3, 4, 5

Adhithya - 1, 2, 4 and X from 5

Senthil - 1, 3, 4, X from 5 and 6.

OQ #79

2012-01-13T07:39:00.000-08:00

Another set from one of the wildcard rounds:

1. Which great cricketer’s first outing in the international arena was as a substitute for Pakistan XI against Cricket Club of India Golden Jubilee XI at the Barbourne Stadium in 1988-1989?

2. If Disney’s The Beauty and the Beast was the first, what was the second?

3. This is one of his favorite catchphrases. He uses it when he doesn't have money to buy food. It first made an appearance in 1932. This phrase is now commonly used to illustrate fiscal irresponsibility and still appears in modern comedies such as The Drew Carey Show and The Office.

The good phrase?

4. X is a small city of around 12000 people in Italy. After the Arab conquest of southern Italy, the town was dominated by Arabs, who gave it the name Qurlayun. The town’s people were known as “Courageous Civitas” because of its position on the front line in all wars. The town was also infamous for its numerous criminal activities. The town became famous in 1969 when _______ used this in his works. X?

5. The character X’s creation as a "gentle, hairy, .............." was inspired by George Lucas seeing his own Alaskan Malamute dog sitting up on the passenger seat of his car. The dog also inspired the name of the lead character in another series of films, Y.

X and Y please.

6. The main characters are based on James Hadley Chase’s Vic Malloy and Jack Kerman. Some of the actor’s who portrayed them include Jaishankar and Rajnikanth as X. Vijay Athiraj and Y.G Mahendran as Y. But the widely concluded statement is that none of them portrayed the characters to their actual greatness. The best suited personality for X and Y are said to be Oviyar Jeyaraj’s creations.

Who am I talking about?

Answers

2012-01-13T07:34:00.000-08:00

OQ #78
1. Aliases of Frank Abagnale, Jr., made famous in the movie Catch Me If You Can
2. The four suits in Cards
3. Venezuela (reminded him of Venice)
4. Googly. Never
5. @
6. Fido Dido, 7Up mascot
7. the Captain of a ship
8. Harley Davidson motorcycles
9. 7 heads of Ananta, the snake

Rajshri gets 5, 7, 8 and 9 right. Come on people, more participation, please.

OQ #78

2012-01-08T21:25:00.000-08:00

The next few online quizzes will be from the Wildcard round conducted by the Association of Serious Quizzers (ASQ), PSG Tech's resident quiz club, as a part of the general quiz for Intrams 2012, an intra-collegiate event. Most questions are rehashes of old ones, so bear with us.

1. Connect these personalities:

Teacher of sociology at Brigham Young University for a semester: Frank Adams

Chief resident pediatrician in a Georgia hospital: Frank Conners

Pan American airways pilot: Robert Black

Louisiana general attorney: Robert Frank

2. How are the 4 classes of the Feudal system (viz. Clergy, Warriors, Merchants and Peasants) immortalized in the world of gambling?

3. Which country was named by Amerigo Vespucci after he saw the native homes on stilts in the Maracaibo Lake?

4. When was the only time Brazil won a football gold in the Olympics?

5. This symbol is known in different languages as monkey’s tail, pickled herring, elephant’s trunk, pig’s tail, ear and snail. What?

6. In a New York City bar in 1985, as photography business owner Joanna Ferrone and art director Sue Rose sipped after-work drinks, Rose found herself doodling on a napkin. The fellow who appeared exuded guileless confidence, inner wisdom, and a free spirit. Ferrone named him ____ and gave him a belief in the benevolence of the universe to provide (albeit in often unexpected ways).

7. Priest are usually ordained to perform Baptisms and Funerals. But apart from them who else is authorized to perform these two rituals?

8. In a landmark agreement between US trade Representative Susan Schwab and Minister of Commerce Kamal Nath on April 12th, 2007,what was allowed access to the Indian Market in exchange for the export of Indian Mangoes to the USA?

9. Lord Venky of Tirupathi is called the Lord of the Seven Hills.What are the seven Hills supposed to represent?

Answers

2012-01-08T21:21:00.000-08:00

OQ #77:

A - Quentin Tarantino
B - Inglourious Basterds
C - Jean-Michel Basquiat
D - Andy Warhol
E - David Bowie
F - Nikola Tesla
G - The Prestige
H - Thomas Alva Edison
I - War of Currents
J - Christopher Nolan
K - Memento
L - Jonathan Nolan
M - Following
N - Anne Hathaway
O - Halle Berry
P - James Bond
Q - Die Another Day
R - Uma Thurman
S - The Bride / Beatrix Kiddo
T - Kill Bill
U - Pulp Fiction
V - John Travolta
W - Vincent Vega
X - Reservoir Dogs
Y - Michael Madsen
Z - Vic Vega

Sharan gets 23, Aravind gets all 26.

MindSweep 2012: Where was everybody?

2012-01-08T21:14:00.000-08:00

Ten people turned up for the MindSweep quiz. Where were the others? Time to buck up, people. Anyway, results.

Open:

Yogesh Pai

College:

Aditya Sriram Sankaran

Ladies:

Akhila

Reminder: Mind-Sweep 2012

2012-01-06T07:40:00.000-08:00

KQA's inaugural Mind-Sweep 2012 is set to take place in PSG IM this Sunday, the 8th of January, at 10.00AM. Those who haven't registered, do so at http://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep-registrations

If the online registrations are closed, don't worry, land up there and we'll take care.

Please note your register number while coming. Thank you.

OQ #77

2012-01-02T07:18:00.000-08:00

Been a while since we had one of these (4 months, to be exact :|). Anyway, thanks to Sticky's magnanimous efforts, I've decided to post the A-Z round he had for his farewell quiz as the question for today. This is a treat for those of you who missed seeing his quiz. For those who didn't, well, tough luck :D

A-Z:

When __A__ was asked why he decided to spell __B__ as such, he said it was a __C__-esque touch.

__C__ is known to have collaborated with __D__, who has a very unique unit named after him.

__D__'s workplace was called 'The Factory' and the character of __D__ was played by __E__ in a 1996 movie named after __C__ (It was a Biopic of __C__)

__E__ has also played the character of __F__ in a 2006 film __G__, about a rivalry and an ultimate 'trick'.

__F__, in real life is known to have had a major rivalry with __H__, termed __I__.

__H__ holds 1093 US Patents in his name.

__J__ is the Director of __G__. He has also directed a movie __K__ based on a short story written by __L__.

__L__ has also made a special appearance as a policeman in __J__'s first film __M__.

__J__ is set to release a film in 2012, in which __N__ stars in a role, that has previously been played by __O__, who won a Razzie for the performance.

__O__ has been played an ally to __P__ in __Q__, one of the __P__ series of films. This role had __O__ rated the 4th toughest girl on screen of all time (according to an ITV News Poll). Topping the list was __R__, who acted as __S__ in the __T__ films directed by __A__.

__R__ has also played a role in __A__'s 1994 film __U__, for which she was nominated for an Oscar.

__A__ won the Best Oscar for Screenplay for the movie __U__, which also got __V__, who played the role of __W__ a nomination for Best Actor in a leading role.

__A__ has also directed another movie __X__, that released in 1992, and was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.

__Y__ played the role of __Z__ in __X__.

The characters __Z__ and __W__ have later been confirmed to be brothers by __A__, who has ben trying to work a movie with both brothers in it, however, the project remains unrealized.

Quizzes galore

2012-01-02T07:09:00.000-08:00

More holiday cheer for you guys! Boy, when I start looks like I can't stop eh :D

Details of upcoming quizzes (in chronological order)

1. Coimbatore Open Business Quiz

As part of Coimbatore Vizha, CII is pleased to announce the CBE Open Biz Quiz.

Date: 4th January 2012 (Wednesday)

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, DB Road, RS Puram

Time: Registration: 0930hrs - 1000hrs

Prelims: 1000hrs

Finals: 1045hrs

Eligibility: Open to all (schools, colleges, corporates, mixed teams)

Teams of 2

Format of Quiz: General, Business and Coimbatore related questions

Conducted by: The CQC (Sheilendra Bhansali)

Email: pavithra.r@cii.in

Attractive prizes to be won!

https://www.facebook.com/events/317158868315122/

CQC quiz, so be there! And yes, CQC members are allowed to participate.

2. Mind-Sweep 2012

The Karnataka Quizzing Association (KQA) launches its inaugural International Solo Quizzing Championship, titled Mind-Sweep. The quiz is split into 10 sections of 20 questions each, 200 questions in all to be answered in 2 sessions of 60 minutes each with a 30 minute break in between for corrections.

Date: 8th January 2012 (Sunday)

Venue: PSGIM, Avanashi Road

Time: 1000hrs - 1300hrs

Check http://kqaquizzes.org/mindsweep/ for more details, and register there as well.

3. IIT-Madras Open Quiz 2012

IITM's flagship Open Quiz event (http://openquiz.iitm.ac.in/) is back, and it promises to be bigger and better.

Date: 8th January 2012 (Sunday)
Time: 1330hrs
Venue: Students Activities' Center, IIT Madras

Contact: Suraj Nair (+919500117837) & Swarun Krishna (+919840743747)

Email: contactus@openquiz.in

Weekly prizes to be won on http://iitmopenquiz.wordpress.com/

There's a lot on our plates the coming week!

Happy New Year, fellow quizzers :)

2012-01-02T06:50:00.000-08:00

The CQC wishes everyone a very happy new year! May the Force be with you.

Sticky's Kthnxbye quiz

2012-01-02T06:48:00.000-08:00

Happy holidays folks! Here's a gift for you guys.
Sticky managed to scrounge up the ppt for his LeavingToFranceTataByebye quiz, FINALLY! So here's the link to the ppt :)

http://www.slideshare.net/adityanatesan/the-kthnxbai-quiz

Enjoy!

Santa Claus is comin' to town...

2012-01-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

Looks like the Christmas quiz wasn't done by 6'2", but by BJ2 Kartik Shankar (if you wanna know what BJ2 means, please feel free to ask in the comments :D). Here's the ppt for those who missed it. Enjoy!

It appears Blogger hasn't fixed the bug. Copy and paste the link to view on your browser.

http://www.slideshare.net/vidyuth1990/christmas-2011-10763598

#Edit: Apologies, Vignesh did the quiz along with Kartik. The ppt's for Vignesh's bit (beginners' quiz and main) can be found here:

http://www.slideshare.net/vidyuth1990/beginners-10765777

http://www.slideshare.net/vidyuth1990/main-10765795

Christmas Meet

2011-12-21T19:44:00.000-08:00

CQC meets for another session this Sunday, the 25th of December. The quiz is to be conducted by Vignesh KR from Amrita (aka 6'2").

Location: PSGIM
Time: 3.30 PM

The Kakapo Returns

2011-12-21T05:48:00.000-08:00

So last Sunday saw the return of the Big Man, Jun. Here are the ppt's for those who missed them (and from what I hear, there were a lot! Self included.)

#Edit: Some problem with Slideshare. so I'll just link you guys to the ppt's. Copy and paste the link onto your browser. I've enabled download, as usual.

http://www.slideshare.net/vidyuth1990/mains-10656430

http://www.slideshare.net/vidyuth1990/lvc-10656425

Book Quiz

2011-12-20T00:46:00.001-08:00

The Coimbatore West Rotary Club Book Fair is on from the 23rd of December at Suguna Kalyana Mandapam, Avanashi Road. In connection with that, Anjan aka Toodles is doing a book quiz on the 23rd. Teams of two, open to all school and college students only. Decent prizes. Quiz starts at 5 PM. Spot registration from 4. Come one, come all.

Results of Megawhats

2011-12-11T06:18:00.001-08:00

The team representing Coimbatore in the National Finals of KQA's Megawhats is:

Tirupur Tughlaqs +2
1. Ashok
2. Senthil
3. YoPai
4. Natty

They scored 37 points.

Congrats to the winners, and all the best!

Kurukshetra XCeed Biz Quiz

2011-12-07T21:49:00.001-08:00

Mail sent by Rohit Suresh.

Kurukshetra Xceed is now on its way to Coimbatore.

Kurukshetra, College of Engineering Guindy's annual inter-collegiate technical festival, is organizing Xceed. The Biz Quiz (sponsored by Eaton) being one of the premier events at the fest itself, it is fitting that it is brought to Coimbatore as well. As it is making its debut, we look forward to seeing a huge turnout.

Apart from sizeable prize money, the added bonus for all you participants is that the winners get a free ticket into the national finals of the inter-collegiate Biz Quiz at Anna University, Chennai conducted by renowned quizmaster, Mr. Gopal Kidao. If this doesnt get you going, nothing will.

Team size : 2

Cross-college teams allowed.

Date : January 29, 2012

Venue : PSG Institute of Management

Time : 2.00 p.m.

Contact : Rohit. S - +91 90039 25929

Prize money details will be enclosed in a separate mail.

Please come. Thank you.

Note : Although the date is quite close to the actual fest date (which is February 1 to 4), we would be unable to book tickets for the winners. It is the responsibility of the teams to book tickets. However, we shall be reimbursing the one-way ticket cost as promised. This is in addition to the prize money.

Edit: People who are worried that it will clash with QuizTrac, relax. QT is tentatively scheduled to be held on the 22nd of January.
As usual, I will post a reminder a week before the event. But find your partner accordingly.

Reminder: Megawhats 2011

2011-12-07T21:44:00.001-08:00

Hello. Remember us? :)

This post is a reminder concerning Megawhats, KQA's flagship quiz event.

Venue: PSGIM
Date & Time: December 11th 2011 (Sunday) at 3 PM.
Teams of 4 each, open to all. If you haven't formed teams, please do so immediately. Chances of coming to the venue and looking for teammates are minimal.
The winner will represent Coimbatore at the National finals held in Bengaluru next year.

Check out http://kqaquizzes.org/2011/11/16/mega-whats-2011/ for more details and register there as well.

Looking forward to a good crowd. See you there.

Kriya, PSG Tech

2011-11-15T09:19:00.001-08:00

The Association of Serious Quizzers (ASQ), the quiz club of PSG College of Technology brings back Kriya, coinciding with the 60th anniversary celebrations of the college. There will be 3 quizzes as usual, and the quizzes will be held over the weekend.

1. The Kriya Open Quiz - 3 PM @ F-Block Assembly Hall, PSG Tech and NOT CODISSIA on Saturday, 26th November, 2011

Open to all.

Teams of 3.

Prize money:

1st - either Rs. 15000 or 12000

2nd - either Rs. 12000 or 9000

3rd - either Rs. 9000 or 6000

2. SpEnt Quiz - 10 AM @ Y-202, PSG Tech on Sunday, 26th November, 2011

Open to colleges.

Teams of 2.

Prize money:

1st - Rs. 4000

2nd - Rs. 2000

3rd - Rs. 1000

3. Lone Wolf - 1 PM @ J-214, PSG Tech on Sunday, 27th November, 2011

College level.

Single participation.

Prize money details will be mentioned at the venue.

There is a chance of prize money increasing for SpEnt. Come there to find out.

Facebook users, please RSVP to the event at https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284727228234800&pending&context=create
For further details, please contact:
Vidyuth @ +919894277566
Dwarkesh @ +919500446358
Hariprasad @ +919566582021

See you guys there.

Mega-Whats 2011

2011-11-15T09:14:00.001-08:00

The Karnataka Quizzing Association's flagship event is back. Mega-Whats is a National Open Quizzing Championship, and and will be held in Coimbatore once again, apart from other cities like Bangalore, Chennai, Guwahati, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Mysore, New Delhi, Pune, Thrissur, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Date: 11th December, 2011 (Sunday)
Venue: As usual, PSG IM Avanashi Road.
General quiz, open to all.
Teams of 4 members or less.
PRIOR REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL.

Register at http://kqaquizzes.org/megawhats/

You can also find further details about the quiz at the site.

Looking forward to seeing a good turnout!

What a turnout!

2011-10-16T20:57:00.000-07:00

The CQC celebrated its 3rd anniversary in a grand manner. Prof. Rangarajan, as usual, put on a great show for the masses. And masses it was! The hall was brimming, and what's even more impressive is that most of the audience decided to stay back and watch the finals. It more than made up for the appalling lack of participation during the recent informal sessions.

The prelims were on paper, and 6 teams were selected for the finals:
Team No. 1: Ashwin and his dad Bala from Brookefields
Team No. 2: Vishal and Bharadwaaj from Amrita School of Engineering
Team No. 3: The Tirupur Tughlaqs, YoPai and Senthil
Team No. 4: Anjan and Vidyuth
Team No. 5: Sheilen and Govind
Team No. 6: VSSR (Varun Subramaniam and documentary-maker Sarat Rao)

5 nicely framed rounds of pretty awesome quizzing and super guesses followed, and the results were:
1. Tirupur Tughlaqs, Yo and Senthil
2. Anjan and Vidyuth
3. Sheilen and Govind

Prizes were sponsored by the Coimbatore Public School.

After the quiz, the members gathered round for an informal "adda" type session on account of Sarat Rao. You can also follow his progress on his documentary on quizzing, aptly titled "Furiously Curious", by visiting his blog @ http://cut-throatcurious.blogspot.com/

All in all, a good day. Thanks to the people who made it happen!

As a side note, it's fitting that this post should be the 250th post of the blog. Cheers!

The CQC Anniversary Quiz

2011-10-11T22:10:00.000-07:00

The Coimbatore Quiz Circle is celebrating its third anniversary this Sunday, and in honour of that, we are conducting an anniversary quiz.

Open to all.
Teams of 2.
Time - Prelims start by 2 PM followed by finals.
Date - 16/10/11 (Sunday)
QM - Prof. Rangarajan
Venue - PSG IM
Teams can also register at cbequizcircle@gmail.com

The quiz is sponsored by the Coimbatore Public School and attractive prizes are to be won!
Spread the word and bring your friends.

And, CQC members, do wear your CQC t-shirts as Mr. Sharath Rao, a documentary film-maker is making a film on the quizzing scene in India.
People in need of a t-shirt can contact Senthil @ 09363225581. The cost would be either 250 or 300 Rs., depending upon the size.

See you there!

Ashwin's "Slightly pop-culture" quiz

2011-09-18T06:58:00.000-07:00

Today came the turn of Ashwin of Brookefields Mall to do an informals. Better turnout than last time, definitely. But a crowd is still lacking. Please show more support and attend more meetings, everyone.

Here's the link to the ppt, for those who missed it (for some reason Slideshare is not allowing me to embed): http://www.slideshare.net/f2000560/cqc-quiz

PS: The CQC is celebrating its third anniversary this year, and we are planning to conduct an anniversary quiz. Tentative date would be October 16th. Block the date on your calendar.

Reminder: Biz Trac 2011 is next week (25/09/11), at PSGCAS Auditorium. Refer the previous post in the blog for more details.

Biz Trac 2011

2011-09-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.2&thid=1326bfe3469f8bc4&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3D8c1219b71f%26view%3Datt%26th%3D1326bfe3469f8bc4%26attid%3D0.2%26disp%3Dsafe%26realattid%3Df_gslbtycz1%26zw&sig=AHIEtbQWDbjKzkOE42rNuJB2JXmNlbz5Zg&pli=1 (copy and paste the link onto your browser to view the poster)

The business quiz is back with bigger and better prizes.

Venue: PSG College of Arts and Sciences
Date: 25/09/11 (Sunday)
Time:
Registration - 11.30 AM
Prelims - 2.15 PM
Finals - 4.00 PM
Quizmaster: Prof. M. Rangarajan
2 per team.
Open to all.

Total prize money of Rs. 35000 up for grabs, along with gifts.

Special prizes for:
Best school team
Best girls team
Best faculty team
Best family team

Be there!

Informal, 18/09/11

2011-09-15T19:57:00.000-07:00

Starting now, the blog will post details about forthcoming CQC meetings as well.

Date: 18/09/11 (Sunday)
Time: 3.30 PM
Quizmaster: Ashwin Balasubramaniam, Brookefields Mall
Venue: Regular classroom, PSGIM

There will be a school quiz and a beginner's quiz as well.

People, once you're done with the quiz, please mail them to me (vidyuth1990@gmail.com).
Please do contribute questions to put up on the blog as well.

For further details about the informal, contact Anjan at +919791803837.

Jaago CQC, Jaago.

2011-09-04T03:14:00.000-07:00

Today the CQC witnessed an unprecedented rush of people for the Lone Wolf quiz, it was quite amazing, there was barely enough space to fit everyone into the hall!

#yeahright.

40 copies of the question paper of the Lone Wolf quiz conducted by BITS, Pilani were taken, thinking there'd be a minimum of 30 in attendance. Surprise, surprise. There were only 6 people in the hall who turned up, 4 of whom were college students, 2 in the open category, out of which 1 was the organizer and participated non-comp.

Terrible showing. The last two weeks have been evidence of it. The numbers have just been dwindling, and it's highly disheartening. An appeal to all members: Please do attend more CQC sessions in the future. Otherwise, what is the point? Reasons may be dime a dozen, but at least try coming for events such as this.

You can all expect a thittu mail from Senthil sometime in the near future.

Anyway, results of today's quiz:

Open winner: Ashwin, Brookefields Mall.

College winner: Vidyuth, PSG Tech.

On another note, the CQC blog has hit 25,000 page views. Woohoo :)

Some Random Quiz.

2011-09-01T19:15:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday, CQC witnessed a very Dwarkesh Bagri aka Choco Cake Bakery aka Dwageshwar Pandian aka Poota Case quiz. Here are the ppt's for those who missed them. Enjoy!

PS: To those who expected Sticky's quiz to be put up, apologies. it seems to have gotten lost.

Cqc

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Lvc

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BITS Pilani: Oasis Quiz (Lonewolf) - Coimbatore edition

2011-08-31T08:21:00.000-07:00

BITS Pilani is conducting a lone wolf quiz as part of their culturals Oasis '11. The Coimbatore Edition will be hosted by the Coimbatore Quiz Circle on the 4th of September 2011 (Sunday). The venue is PSGIM and the time is 11 Am. There will be prizes for both college and Open category winners from the city. However prizes are at CQC's discretion. Also college category winners will be invited to Pilani for the national finals.

Brahma 2011

2011-08-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

Brahma '11 is the annual inter-school and inter-collegiate quiz conducted by Quiz Club of Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. This year its on September 11th, 2011 (Sunday). For school quiz - prizes worth Rs.10000 to be won. For college quiz - prizes worth Rs. 30000 to be won. Teams of 2 members. Mixed college teams allowed. Id cards are mandatory. Registration starts at 9 30 am.

Contact details:

Vishnu - 9894034457

Divya - 9894748108

Sriram - 9043583352

Divya - 9884629289

Email at quizclubcit@gmail.com

Visit quizclubcit.org and quizclubcit.wordpress.com

Book Quiz

2011-08-13T00:46:00.000-07:00

Date: 21/08/2011 (Sunday)

Time: 4.00 PM

Venue: Handloom Grounds, Nanjappa Road

Quizmaster: Prof. Rangarajan

Teams of 2.

80% of the quiz will be on Tamil literature.

Attractive prizes to be won.

Come one, come all.

WIO, Inc.

2011-08-03T19:08:00.001-07:00

Last week saw CQC witness a business quiz, conducted by Mr. Joseph Francis of Karunya University. His quiz was aptly named WIO, an abbreviation for Work It Out. Response was quite amazing we hear, and Mr. Francis dedicates this quiz to his quizzing buddies back home in Pondicherry.

Here's the ppt for those who missed it. Enjoy!

Wio inc

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Answers

2011-08-03T19:07:00.000-07:00

OQ #76:

1. Mr. Bond and Dr. No.

2. Clint Eastwood. it was a musical.

OQ #76

2011-07-30T22:46:00.000-07:00

A continuation of the previous quiz.

1. FITB and identify the guy quoted:

“You are right, _________. That is just what I am, a maniac. All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania that drives them towards their goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders – all maniacs.”

2. Paint Your Wagon is a 1969 musical which has a song “I Talk to the Trees, But They Don’t Listen to Me.” Which unlikely star sang this song?

Answers

2011-07-30T22:41:00.000-07:00

OQ #75:

1. The Coppola family. Nicolas Cage is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire, who are siblings.

cracked by Sundaram and YoPai

2. The only instance when a Nobel prize-winning author (Ernest Hemingway) was adapted for the screen by another Nobel-winning author (William Faulkner).

nobody got it.

3. according to moviemistakes.com, the most number of goof-ups in films.

cracked by Asok

OQ #75

2011-07-28T09:51:00.000-07:00

A Hollywood quiz, courtesy Senthil.

1. Connect.

2. To Have and Have Not (1945) is a movie with a unique distinction that may never be repeated, what?

3. What list? (only the top 5 shown)

Apocalypse Now (1979) - 390
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - 296
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - 289
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) - 267
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - 262.

Answer

2011-07-28T09:49:00.000-07:00

OQ #74:

Indeed, it is Anders Behring Breivik, prime suspect behind the horrific Norway blasts. Interestingly he claims he is inspired by Hindutva ideologies.

cracked by Shtud and Sundaram

OQ #74

2011-07-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

Just the one for today, and a simple one at that.

Identify the businessman at the left, seen here with his half-sister and mother.

Answers

2011-07-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

OQ #73:

1. Eleanor Thornton, who modelled for the Spirit of Ecstasy, the flying lady on the hood of a Rolls-Royce.

cracked by Kartik and Shtud.

2. Google+

cracked by Shtud

3. RD Burman, and the book is RD Burman: The Man, The Music by Aniruddha Bhattarcharjee and Balaji Vittal.

cracked by Kartik and Shtud on second attempt

A Quiz of High Caliber

2011-07-24T07:18:00.000-07:00

What more can one expect from the man named Shyam Kumar? :)

Shyam's quiz, conducted today.

Here is the ppt for those who missed it.

Quiz

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Crucible winners, yet again.

2011-07-23T17:48:00.001-07:00

The CQC congratulates the Tirupur Tughlaqs, Yogesh and Ashok, for pulling off yet another win of the Coimbatore edition of Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz.

Hat-trick it is!

Cheers!

Jun's Farewell

2011-07-23T00:26:00.000-07:00

Arjun Mohan, secretary of the CQC, is off to Pune to do things at Symbiosis University. These are the ppt's of his farewell quiz, conducted last Sunday, for those who missed it. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to conduct the quiz due to some prior commitments, so it was mastered by Toodlechu.

All the best, Jun!

Last quiz

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OQ #73

2011-07-23T00:02:00.001-07:00

Yes, yes, I know there've been no posts for a while. The moderator apologizes, yet again :|

#do-not-google

1. The lady in the picture was an inspiration for a famous logo, and was created by an English sculptor in 1909. Identify the lady and the logo.

2. Recent funda: Which project was initially named Emerald Sea?

3. "Today, modernity and dignity have become an either/or matter. But you don't have that in X's music. His music is modern, cool and has a certain dignity; there is nothing cheap about it."

excerpt from Javed Akhtar's foreword of a particular book. Who is he talking about, and what is the name of the book?

Of X's, Y's, Z's and @'s

2011-07-03T10:36:00.000-07:00

Today's CQC session saw Anjan aka Toodles run a (predominantly) lit-ent quiz (with a little bit of mythology and sports thrown in). 40 questions and an LVC. Here is the ppt for those of you who missed it. Enjoy!

Anjan

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Answers

2011-06-30T08:31:00.001-07:00

OQ #72:

Apologies for the delay, once again :)

1. Hogenakkal Falls (from Kannada Hoge and Kal)

cracked by Ashok and Senthil.

2. HG Wells and Orson Welles, before the latter's radio screening of War of the Worlds.

good answer by Sundaram.

3. Unfortunately nobody got it :(
Answers:

Champagne and Brandy

Popsicle and Ice cream cone

Cornflakes and Chocolate chip cookies

LSD

Jeans

Cellophane

Stainless steel

Vaseline

Teflon

Connect: (lesser known) Accidental inventions.

OQ #72

2011-06-24T21:00:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the delay.

1. The name of this geographical feature derives from two words of a certain Indian language which mean "Smoke" and "Rock". Identify.

2. Identify the 2 gentlemen, and tell me what is happening.

3. Visual connect (whether it's long, medium or short, you decide.)

Please mention which slide you cracked it on in your comment.

Visual connect

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Answers

2011-06-13T10:02:00.001-07:00

OQ #71:

1. Uriah Heep

2. Abraham Zapruder, common man who inadvertently caught JFK's assassination on camera, explaining the shot.

cracked by way too many of you guys. :)

OQ #71

2011-06-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

Well what do you know, I managed to find some questions after all.

1. X is a character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield. The character is notable for his humility, servility, and insincerity. His name has become synonymous with being a yes man. He is the central antagonist of the later part of the book.

Much of David Copperfield is autobiographical and scholars believe X's mannerisms and physical attributes to be based on Hans Christian Andersen whom Dickens met shortly before writing the novel.

A British band is named after the character, in fact their debut album (Very 'eavy... Very 'umble) references the character's signature phrase. X?

2. Identify the guy on the right, and what is he describing?

Answers

2011-06-09T09:05:00.000-07:00

OQ #70:

1. served as a model for Eustace Tilly, mascot of The New Yorker magazine.

cracked by Omkar, Ramki and Sticky.

2. Steve Jobs, self-confessed Beatles fan.

cracked by Kartik, Arjun M, Ramki and Omkar.

3. One of Arthur Conan Doyle's earliest books, written when he was struggling to establish himself as a novelist and a physician. Unfinished, it is set to be published soon.

Cracked by Shtud, Kartik, Omkar and Ramki.

Will be back as and when I get more questions. Till then, happy quizzing! :)

OQ #70

2011-06-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

Googling spoils the fun. Don't be evil!

1. This is an 1834 caricature of 19th century French amateur artist Alfred d'Orsay (aka Count of Orsay). What did it inspire?

2. My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each other's negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Great things in business are not done by one person, they are done by a team of people.

Whose quote?

3. The Narrative of John Smith is a novel which tells the story of a 50-year-old "opinionated Everyman" confined to his room by gout, laying out his thoughts and views on subjects from religion to war and literature through the conversations he has with his visitors, from a retired army major to a curate.

Who wrote it, and why is it currently in the news?

Answers

2011-06-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

OQ #69:

1. Rajinikanth himself :)

good crack by Ashwin.

2. Namrata Goyal, daughter of Jet Airways' Naresh Goyal. What is unique about the production is that it is composed entirely of Jet Airways employees.

went uncracked

3. Who else but Baba Ramdev.

cracked by all who attempted

4. It was one of the earliest instances of the Ponzi scheme.

went uncracked.

WQC 2011 - Coimbatore Results

2011-06-06T01:24:00.000-07:00

The results of the Coimbatore edition of the World Quizzing Championships (conducted on Saturday) are as follows:

1st place: Brijesh Nair (98)

2nd place: Ramakrishnan V (88)

3rd place: Sujith E (72)

College: Aravind R (60)

School: Atitya Raghul (38)

Category-wise winners:

Entertainment - Brijesh Nair and Ramakrishnan V (9)

Culture - Brijesh Nair, Ramakrishnan V and Sujith E (9)

Lifestyle - Ramakrishnan V (18)

Science - Sujith E (13)

History - Brijesh Nair (14)

Media - Brijesh Nair (21)

Sports - Ramakrishnan V (14)

World - Brijesh Nair (14)

Worldwide results can be viewed here.

UPDATE: Questions for the 2011 edition of the World Quizzing Championships can be found here.

OQ #69

2011-06-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

4 for today.

1. Murattu Kaalai is a 1980 film directed by SP Muthuraman starring Rajini. The movie featured songs such as Podhuvaaga Yen Manasu Thangam which became a superhit, and the film established itself as one of the early blockbusters in Superstar's career. Interestingly, the film had an actor play the role of Lord Krishna (the only time he played the role) although those scenes were cut from the final theatrical release. Who is the actor?

2. Black Comedy is a 1961 play by English playwright Peter Shaffer. The title of this post-war farcical comedy is a pun, because all the action takes place in a flat in London during an electrical blackout as a dinner party is going on and the effect it has on the eight members present. A couple of months back, it was brought to life in India (it was the director's maiden theatre venture), touring the country with many shows. Who is the director of the play and what is unique about the production?

3. Do-not-google.

In July 2009, when the Delhi High Court gave a verdict under decriminalizing homosexuality in Delhi, X called a press conference and said, "This verdict of the court will encourage criminality and sick mentality. This kind of thing is shameful and insulting to all of us. We are blindly following the West in everything. This is breaking the family system in India. Homosexuals are sick people, they should be sent to hospitals for treatment."X?

4. Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. My question is, the novel describes one of the earliest instances of which notorious operation?

Answers

2011-06-05T06:32:00.000-07:00

OQ #68:

1. Jean-Dominique Bauby, subject of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

cracked by Sundaram, Omkar.

2. Wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer, who is currently on a winning streak of 418 matches, winning 37 Grand Slam titles. Novak who?

part cracks by a lot of people.

World Quizzing Championships

2011-06-03T02:44:00.000-07:00

The 2011 edition of the World Quizzing Championships conducted by the International Quizzing Association will be held tomorrow in Coimbatore. Details below:

Venue: PSG Institute of Management, Avinashi Road

Reporting time: 1530 hrs. Quiz starts by 1600 hrs sharp.

60 minutes, 120 questions.

Visit http://www.wqc2011.com/format.html for more details.

See you there.

OQ #68

2011-06-03T02:11:00.000-07:00

1. The guy in the pictures was the subject of a film by American artist, sculptor and filmmaker Julian Schnabel (he went so far as learning the language, which was earlier foreign to him, in order to get a feel of the characters). What movie?

2. Identify the lady in the wheelchair, and give me her claim to fame.

Answers

2011-06-03T02:07:00.000-07:00

OQ #67:

1. Tamil Songs sung by people of Non-Indian origin. Thee Thee is by Chinese singers named Caroline and Noel James and Dol Dol features ethnic vocals by Shahin Badar, UK based Arabic singer.

went uncracked

2. Frank and Nancy Sinatra. Song is Something Stupid

cracked by Kartik, Jun, Meenakshi and Divya.

3. Mickey-Mousing

cracked by Divya and Jun

OQ #67

2011-06-01T22:51:00.000-07:00

Qns contribution Shtud

1. Unique connect. Thee Thee from Thiruda Thiruda and Dol Dol from Ayudha Ezhuthu (Citation Needed)

2. In 1966, C. Carson Parks and his wife Gail Foote recorded this song for an album called "San Antonio Rose". The popularity of the song shot sky high after the duo of X and Y sang and released this song as a single. The song came under controversy due to the intimate nature of the song, making people to name this "The Incest Song". Song, X and Y.

3. X is a film technique that syncs the accompanying music with the actions on screen. The term comes from the early and mid-production of Y's films, where the music almost completely works to mimic the animated motions of the characters. X-ing may use music to "reinforce an action by mimicking its rhythm exactly. X is also used to criticize that a visual action is - without good reason - being duplicated in accompanying music or text, therefore being a weakness of the production rather than a strength.

Answers

2011-05-27T21:36:00.000-07:00

OQ #66:

1. Mats Wilander and Sting.

went uncracked.

2. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

Arjun Murali and Kartik Shankar get it

3. George Mallory and his wife Ruth (Thomas Gray wrote the poem Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, the title of Jeffrey Archer's book Paths of Glory is from here, the book is based on Mallory's life.)

cracked by Kartik Shankar and Arjun Murali

a) Eric Clapton

cracked by Kartik and Omkar

b) Audrey Hepburn

uncracked

c) Bonnie and Clyde

uncracked, surprisingly

d) Jimmy Page

Kartik and Omkar.

OQ #67 will be up in a couple of days. See you guys tomorrow at Mahaquizzer :)

OQ #66

2011-05-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

1. He traded his French Open trophy with someone and got a Grammy award in exchange. Name both the fellows.

2. Complete the list. More people can be added.

John Hunt, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, Tom Bourdillon, Charles Evans, X & Y.

3. Continuing on a similar vein as the previous question, identify the people in the picture.

Clue: Thomas Gray.

4. Open theme: Famous people in their younger days.

Identify.

Answers

2011-05-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

OQ #65:

1. They all voiced Mammy Two-Shoes from Tom & Jerry.

cracked by Jun and Shtud Bhai.

2. He is the only person to take a hat-trick in both the innings of a test match/Only player to take two hat-tricks in the same match. Took both the hat-tricks during the same day (28th may, 1912) against SA in the First test of the famous Triangular Tournament.

3. Kamala Das/Kamala Surraiya.

cracked by Jun, Meenakshi, Ashwini and somebody named Nobody :-/

4. Airtel.

cracked by Jun and Shtud alone, surprisingly.

Reminder - MahaQuizzer 2011

2011-05-25T09:36:00.001-07:00

The seventh edition of MahaQuizzer, KQA's flagship event, is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 29th at PSG IM. The quiz will start at 10 AM sharp and will continue for an hour and a half. There is no entry fee, and the quiz is open to all. Lateness will not be tolerated, so you might have to end up getting back home disappointed. Make sure you come early!

The quiz will be an individual event and in written format (150 questions/90 minutes).

Prizes up for grabs: Best Quizzer, Best Woman Quizzer, Best College Quizzer and Best School Quizzer (Note: school according to the KQA is upto the Standard X, XI and XII will be counted as college).

Link to blogpost: http://cbequizcircle.blogspot.com/2011/05/mahaquizzer-2011.html

Limited entries are available for spot registration. Register via email (cbequizcircle@gmail.com) to avoid disappointment. Entries close by 9.30 am at the venue.

PS: CQC t-shirts will be available for grabs at 275 each. Available in small, medium and large sizes.

Contact Arjun Mohan @ 9944709086 for more details.

OQ #65

2011-05-24T22:53:00.000-07:00

Qns contrib Arjun Murali and myself

1. Connect the three women

Lillian Randolph

Thea Vidale

June Foray

2. The person in the pic is Jimmy Matthews, who played cricket for Australia during the 1911-12 season. He is till now the only person to achieve something in the game. What did he do?

3. She was born in Thrissur in 1934. Her father was a former editor of Mathrubhumi. When she wished to begin writing, her husband supported her decision to augment the family's income. She would often wait until nightfall after her family had gone to sleep and would write until morning."There was only the kitchen table where I would cut vegetables, and after all the plates and things were cleared, I would sit there and start typing". Her first book was Summer in Calcutta in which she wrote chiefly of love and betrayal. She died on May 31st, 2009.

Who this be?

4. Once again, easy one to finish with.

Which company's symbol was named the Wave after a 6 month online contest? The winning entry was by Mukesh Chauhan, a Delhi engineer.

Answers

2011-05-24T22:48:00.000-07:00

OQ #64:

1. She outed Arnold Schwarzzen-whatever-his-spelling-is's scandalous affairs. Some say that even Tiger Woods is no match for Arnie's sexploits.

cracked by GSK, Ameya, Meenakshi, Omkar.

2. Wafah Dufour (orig. Wafah bin Laden, she took her mother's maiden name), one of the 300 nieces and nephews of one Mr. Osama bin Laden.

cracked by the same people.

3. Mick Jagger and AR Rahman, the connect being the band Super Heavy.

cracked by the same people again

OQ #64

2011-05-23T20:31:00.000-07:00

1. The lady in the picture is 50 year old Mildred Baena, mother of four. Question is, why is she in the news currently?

2. NSFW? Identify, and give me the name of her world-renown uncle.

3. Easy one to finish with.

Dave Stewart, Damien Marley, Joss Stone, X and Y. Complete the list, and connect.

Answers

2011-05-23T20:30:00.000-07:00

OQ #63:

1. Jordan Mechner's brother acting as a model for the original Prince of Persia game. Mechner used videos like these to implement the movements to the character in the game.

cracked by Sticky and Shtud.

2. Visha-kanyas

cracked by Sticky and Asok.

Jun's turn

2011-05-22T22:40:00.000-07:00

22/05/11 found Arjun Mohan aka Metal Gaad aka Fat... (wait, this is a family forum) make his way as QM. Here are the ppt's for your viewing/downloading pleasure. Enjoy!

Gen quiz

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Theme

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don't forget, OQ #63 is still up for grabs!

OQ #63

2011-05-22T21:16:00.001-07:00

Two questions contributed by Arjun Murali.

1. Video. What is happening?

2. Indian epics talk about this practice. It has been said that, during the rule of the king Chandragupta Maurya, there was a practice of selecting beautiful girls and administering poison in small amounts until they grow up, thus making them insensitive to poison. These maidens were called X. It was believed that making love with X can result in death of their partners, hence they were employed to kill enemies. X?

Answers

2011-05-22T08:25:00.000-07:00

OQ #62:

1. Gaddafi stadium in Lahore (1987), Eden Gardens in Kolkata (1996), Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (2011).

cracked by Sticky alone. pat points to Sundaram and Arjun M.

2. Daniel Day-Lewis

cracked by Sticky and Meenakshi

OQ #62

2011-05-20T00:27:00.000-07:00

Questions contrib: Rammohan

1. Only 3 cities have had the honor of hosting both the semis & finals of the Cricket World Cup. Id all 3.

2. first video question on blog :)

Video from Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. Identify the tall bully. It's his first speaking part in a feature film.

Answers

2011-05-20T00:24:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the late update folks.

OQ #61:

1. Mohd. Yousuf (earlier Yousuf Youhana), the connect is they are the only Christian people to have represented Pakistan in the cricket team.

cracked by Rohit and Toodles.

2. X - Elu, Y - Eelam, the blank being Eezhu.

cracked by Toodles, Rohit and Sundaram.

OQ #61

2011-05-16T00:33:00.000-07:00

Questions contribution: Goutham Sankara Krishnan

1. Complete the list: (exhaustive)

Wallis Mathias, Antao D' Souza, Duncan Albert Sharpe, _____

2. The word X is mentioned in Mahavamsa as "______ Nagu". X language is called "Kodunthamizh" or harsh Tamil and quality Tamil is "Senthamizh" and the former X subsequently changed to Y and hence the word is in use now. X and Y?

PS: 200th post win!

Answers

2011-05-15T09:47:00.000-07:00

OQ #60:

(at the time) Happy Friday the 13th everybody.

1. That's make up artist Tom Savini applying make up to Ari Lehman for his initial concept of Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th.

cracked by Saagar and (comprehensively, leading one to think that Tineye helped) Desertwind

2. Frigga, after whom Friday is named.

cracked by Saagar, Desertwind, Omkar, ET and Farzana

3. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley from House.

cracked by Saagar, Desertwind, Omkar, Dwarkesh and the Robinator(?)

OQ #60

2011-05-13T19:30:00.001-07:00

1. What is happening here?

2. She is the wife of Odin and foremost among the goddesses in Norse mythology, and is the queen of Asgard. Who is she?

She attended Newton North High School in Massachusetts, and Sarah Lawrence College, New York.

Her middle name is Beauregard.

She had a mother named Anne and has a father named John.

She had an unnamed brother, whom as was recently revealed, she euthanized.

Answers

2011-05-13T19:27:00.000-07:00

OQ #59:

1. Billy Wilder. "Nobody's perfect", a line from his movie Some Like It Hot.

cracked by Sivaram and Toodles.

2. Khan market

cracked by Sticky and Toodles

3. Hermann Tilke, GP circuit designer.

cracked by Sivaram, Sticky and Toodles.

OQ #59

2011-05-10T23:24:00.000-07:00

Questions contribution: Shivram aka Shtud bhai and OmitheHomie

1. Gravestone of?

2. X market is is the costliest market shop in New Delhi. It has been ranked as the costliest retail location in India. it was rated as the world's 21st most expensive retail high street by real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield and is consistently ranked as one of the costliest high end streets. Originally this place was allocated to immigrants from ________ after the partition. Hence they named the place X market. What the place?

3. Michael Griffin writes: "He killed the Hockenheimring, and will probably be pleading with Simon Gillet to do the same to the Kraner Curves at Donington. Sepang is just ridiculous, Bahrain is similar to Malaysia and has only two or three good places. Shanghai again has four good places, but only if you are on an overdose of brave pills. Valencia is an absolute failure in terms of racing action. Abu Dhabi is meant to be a street circuit that is ridiculously wide, and has silly run-off areas like Bahrain. He is on a mission to obliterate Formula One, and maybe the new aero rules next year can be the only thing to save the art. Is he slowly killing Formula One?"

Who is Michael Griffin talking about?

MahaQuizzer 2011

2011-05-10T04:22:00.000-07:00

MahaQuizzer 2011, the seventh edition of the National Solo Quiz Championship by the KQA will be held in 14 cities across India (and in the UK & US) on Sunday 29th May 2011. As usual, the quiz will require takers to answer 150 questions in 90 minutes. Participants are requested to be at the venue latest by 9:30AM to ensure an on-time start! Anyone arriving after 10AM IST is strictly not allowed to participate (whatever be the reason!).

Prizes in each city for best School, College, Lady and Open entrant. The School Category is defined as per the Karnataka Quiz Association as students upto Standard X. Standard XI, XII are counted as College.

Please use the link ( http://goo.gl/jew5w ) to register for Mahaquizzer 2011. If you have already registered via email, you do not need to fill out the form.

Venue - PSG Institute of Management

Time - 9.30 to reach venue and quiz from sharp 10 to 11-30.

Registration and contact -

cbequizcircle@gmail.com

Arjun Mohan - 9944709086

The ASQ Marathon

2011-05-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

Today, the regular classroom at PSG Institute of Management bore witness to an epic attempt by the Association of Serious Quizzers, PSG Tech's quiz club: a quiz marathon of sorts. 5 quizzes spanning over 10 hours, and it was awesome, to say the least.

A brief gist (for those who missed it): The ASQ Marathon was basically conducted as a kind of a farewell to the seniors of the club, who are passing out this year.

We had Loki, who opened the day with a Cameo quiz, which he called The "Slightly Orbit" quiz, the funda being, if you cracked a question, you got a pack of Wrigley's orbit gum :D
12 questions. Short and sweet :)
Then came Farzana Unnikamu (Edathodu?) who wowed everybody with a kickass medical quiz, which also happened to be her first quiz for a non-medical audience. Certainly did not seem like it. All questions were crackable, and it was thoroughly enjoyed :)
We had honorary ASQ member Shiva aka Shtud Boy enthralling his audience (:P) with an awesome quiz.
After lunch was myself (Vidyuth, and I wouldn't like to comment on my own quiz). Now for want of time I wasn't able to do 2 rounds, which I have retained and shared in the ppt below. Please to be seeing the rounds and commenting.
PS: Any non-attempts at lynching me for the LVC will be much appreciated ^_^
Lastly, we had Goutham, fellow ASQ member ending the day with the ultimate India quiz.

All in all, it was an awesome day. Thanks to all the QM's for making it happen, and thanks to the participants especially. You guys rocked.

Special thanks to PSGIM for having borne with out noise and let us use their classroom for the entire day.

Here are the quizzes, in the order in which they were conducted. Enjoy!

Loki

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Farzana's Medical Quiz

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Shiva

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Vidyuth

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Goutham's India quiz

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2011-05-08T08:15:00.000-07:00

OQ #58:

1. People who have won Oscars for non-speaking roles.

Cracked only by GP.

2. "Black Money"

went uncracked.

OQ #58

2011-05-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

Just the two for today.

Qns contrib: OmitheHomie

Connect the following roles.

Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda
Patty Duke in The Miracle Worker
John Mills in Ryan's Daughter
Holly Hunter in The Piano

2. "Debased silver minted in France and circulated in England, until it was banned by the Government of England."

Which phenomenon/term originated from the above?

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2011-05-06T08:13:00.000-07:00

OQ #57:

1. The Sri Lankan Premier League.

After ALL that hullaballoo in the guava orchard that they created about how country cricket is more important. Hypocrites.

Cracked by Sundaram, Asok, Kartik and Arjun M.

2. Simple Engrish really. Reverse mentoring is the concept by which older businessmen learn stuff like the latest technology from younger ones.

Cracked by Shtud Bhai, Asok and Sourabh.

3. Duet, and none other than Kadri Gopalnath and Rahman. cracked by Shtud and Kartik.

4. translated, "Osama bin Laden, Enemy Killed In Action", the code used by the CIA commandos to inform the POTUS of their epic victory.

cracked by all who attempted :)

5. Vicks VapoRub it was :)

cracked by Biz God Asok, Kartik and Sourabh (was that a guess young Padawan? :D)

OQ #57

2011-05-04T19:09:00.000-07:00

Mixed bag.

1. Proposed logos for?

2. Currently, business firms are employing a technique known as Reverse Mentoring to stay in the game, ahead of competitors.

A book of the same name by Earl Creps (written about the concept being applied in a church scenario) is also a bestseller in the Amazon market.

So what exactly is Reverse Mentoring?

3. The movie is based on the French play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It has the tagline "My Fair Lady" and stars the youngest woman to be crowned Miss India (at age 17, in 1981).

X, who is now an icon in Indian instrumental music got to public fame after this album. He once said (about this album), "I played some 30 ragas for Y. He wasn't satisfied. Finally I played Kalyana Vasantam, and he said, "Thats it!"".

4. A mandatory Been-reading-the-papers? question.

"Geronimo EKIA."

Significance?

5. The flu epidemic of 1918 increased sales of this product from $900,000 to $2.9 million in just one year. It is marketed as "The only thing more powerful than a mother's touch."

Identify.

Answers. More participation needed!

2011-05-04T19:04:00.001-07:00

OQ #56:

1. The Maltese Falcon was based on a novel of the same name by Dashiell Hamett. Its protagonist, Det. Sam Spade was a chief influence of Raymond Chandler's character Det. Philip Marlowe, who was the protagonist of The Big Sleep. The obvious connect was both were characters played by Humphrey Bogart.

went uncracked.

2. That's Bogart as Fred C. Dobbs from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Cracked by Arjun Murali, part points to Sourabh.

Toodles' Amrita Quiz

2011-05-03T17:03:00.001-07:00

This was a quiz conducted by Anjuchu for Aitreya 2011, an inter-Amrita lit fest, which our resident Quiz God Sticky ran for last week's CQC session. enjoy!

Prelims with answers

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Main quiz

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OQ #56

2011-05-03T06:38:00.000-07:00

1. Connect the films The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. Don't give me the obvious.

2. Who playing what character?

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2011-05-03T06:34:00.000-07:00

OQ #55:

1. He worked at Guinness Breweries and started the Guinness Book of World Records.

cracked by Tolstoy, Asok and Ameya.

2. Sivappu Mazhai, produced by and starring Suresh Joachim. The movie holds the Guinness Record for being completed in the shortest time (11 days, 23 hours, 45 minutes).

comprehensively cracked by Ameya, part points to Asok.

3. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel here.

cracked by all who attempted.

OQ #55

2011-05-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

Questions courtesy Sourabh Banthia.

1.On 4 May 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the X, went on a shooting party in the North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the koshin golden plover or the grouse. That evening at Castlebridge House he realised that it was impossible to confirm whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. This led to the formation of X, and the rest is history.

2. Which movie's plot is this? And what is its claim to fame?

The film revolves around Nandhan (X), a Lankan youth who kidnaps Meera Jasmine, a Minister's daughter and a television journalist.

The Minister (Suman) is helped by the Director General of Police (Rajeev) and his subordinate (Bose Venkat) to rescue Meera. Things take a turn when they get an interesting demand from Nandhan seeking the release of a Lankan national detained by police. Why and for what the demand is forms the crux.

3. Sitter. Funda behind the place?

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2011-05-01T21:41:00.000-07:00

OQ #54:

1. Scene taken from "William and Kate: The Movie" starring Nico Evers-Swindell and Camilla Luddington as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

cracked by Meenakshi

2. Transylvania

cracked by Sivaram and Meenakshi

OQ #54

2011-04-29T05:24:00.000-07:00

1. This scene is taken from a made-for-TV movie (that is according to a reviewer, "So bad it'll probably be a smash hit") directed by Mark Rosman. Identify the movie.

2. What place name derives from the Medieval Latin word for "beyond the forest"?

24/04/11

2011-04-28T04:42:00.000-07:00

The ppt's for the school quiz prepared by Sourabh and the general quiz done by Arjun Murali. Enjoy!

Sourabh banthia school quiz

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Arjun cqc quiz

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2011-04-28T04:34:00.000-07:00

OQ #53:

1. Paranthewali Gali, in Chandni Chowk.
part points to Meenakshi.

2. Mohun Bagan after defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1 in the IFA shield in 1911
cracked by Two-D and Sivaram.

3. Deepak Chopra
Good crack by Meenakshi.

Why So Serious?

2011-04-25T07:37:00.000-07:00

Kartik Shankar's quiz, which was conducted over a span of 2 CQC meetings.

Done

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OQ #53

2011-04-24T17:19:00.000-07:00

All questions contributed by Toodles.

1. Establishments founded by Pandit Gayaprasad Shivcharan (1872), Kanhaiyalal Durgaprasad Dikshit (1875) and Pandit Babu Ram Devi Dayal (1888) still survive of the original nine establishments that gave this location its name. These three outfits continue to draw tourists. Which location?

2. It is said that when the team was returning to the club with the Shield, a Brahmin pointed to the Union Jack atop the Fort William & asked - " When will that come down ? " Somebody replied that " It will come down when _________ _________ will win the shield again." It is probably coincidental that _______ ________ won it again in 1947, the year of Indian Independence.

Fill in the blank and identify the context.

3. In 1985, X met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who gave him an invitation to study Ayurveda. In that same year, X became the founding president of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, and was later named medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center for Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine. He was initially the sole stockholder of Maharishi Ayurveda Products International, but divested after three months. He has been called the Transcendental Meditation movement's "poster boy" and "its leading Ayurvedic physician". In 1989, the Maharishi gave him the title "Dhanvantari (Lord of Immortality), the keeper of perfect health for the world".

Who it is?

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2011-04-24T17:15:00.000-07:00

1. Yesteryear Bollywood actress Helen

cracked by Sivaram, Kartik, someone with no name, and Sundaram.

Pic a: Wayne Cochran

Pic b: Pearl Jam

Last Kiss was an original single by Cochran, covered by Pearl Jam.

Surprised nobody got this.

3. Vilayanur Ramachandran describing the Phantom Limbs phenomenon (excerpt taken from his book Phantoms in the Brain).

cracked by Sticky, someone with no name, Sundaram and part pooints to Sivaram and Kartik.

OQ #52

2011-04-22T18:54:00.000-07:00

1. Question contrib: Toodles

Her diplomat father went missing during World War II. She traveled to India with her mother Marlene Richardson and eventually made her breakthrough with a number titled 'Mr. John ya Baba Khan, Lala Roshandaan' in the film Baarish. Identify.

2. Question contrib: Jun

Connect the two pictures.

3. Question contrib: Toodles again

“I placed a coffee cup in front of John and asked him to grab it. Just as he said he was reaching out, I yanked the cup away. "Ow!" he yelled. "Don't do that!" "What's the matter?" "Don't do that", he repeated. "I had just got my fingers around the cup handle when you pulled it. That really hurts!" Hold on a minute. I wrench a real cup from _____ fingers and the person yells, ouch! The fingers were illusory, but the pain was real - indeed, so intense that I dared not repeat the experiment.”

Identify the observer of this experiment and what observation in neuroscience came about as a result?

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2011-04-22T17:49:00.000-07:00

OQ #51:

1. Pietro Ferrero Jr., joint CEO of Ferrero SpA which owns Ferrero, Nutella, Kinder, etc.

The revolutionary product I was talking about referred to his grandfather making paste out of hazelnuts in order to be different from the crowd.

cracked by Sourabh, Sheilen, Sivaram, Sticky, Praveen and Ashmur.

2. Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize winner for Non-fiction for his book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer.

Cracked by most of you.