Kurukshetra K! Biz Quiz 2010 Bangalore

The college edition of the K!Biz Quiz is coming to a centre near you!

Biz Quiz @ Bangalore
Venue      : R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore.
Date         : December 05, 2010
Time        : 2 PM

Teams of 2. Teams from different colleges are allowed.

There is also a college edition of the Biz Quiz in Hyderabad. Further
details will be sent shortly.

Prize money worth Rs.10,000 to be won!

Winners of the regional round get direct qualification to the All
India finals of the biz quiz to be held during Kurukshetra. As always,
the quiz-masters for the Open Quiz and Biz Quiz Finals are Dr.Navin
Jayakumar and Mr. Gopal Kidao.

For more details, check out the website : http://kurukshetra.org.in/xceed

Contact:

Premkumar N @ +91 99524 48632
Email: Xceed@kurukshetra.org.in

HTNI #2

This company founded in 1880 and known for publishing some leading products like The Lancet , Gray’s Anatomy etc, derives its name from a Dutch Publishing house that ceased printing in 1712. Which company?

HTNI #1

Connect the car and the Trophy to a third entity.

The Aima Quiz -- National Management Quiz 2010

Regional   Rounds
Chennai	Hotel GRT Convention Centre	18 th  December 2010
Kolkatta		10th December 2010
Mumbai		14th December 2010
Delhi		22nd December 2010
Grand Finale	Delhi	22nd December 2010

For questions and review from last years chennai edition -- Click here

The Ford Mind Crushers -- Round Table Quiz

Round Table Quiz in Chennai on 13th November sponsored by Ford. 

Prelims starts at 2 pm and quiz will get over by 7:30 pm. 

Prize money (vouchers): Rs 50K for 1st, 2nd and 3rd (plus best school, college, corporate, team name, audience prizes) 

Teams of 3 


Quiz conducted by Quizician.. the team behind Ceat Open ( formerly Odyssey Quiz), BT Acumen and a whole lot of other big quizzes.

The Indian Freedom Movement (1857- 1947) -- Part II

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The Indian Freedom Movement (1857 - 1947)


1. This  set of reforms prepared in 1918 was named after the Secretary of State for India during the latter parts of World War I and the Viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921. It also formed the basis for the Government of India act of 1919. Which set of reforms?

a. Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms

2. The Hunter Commision of Inquiry was ordered to convene by Secretary of State for India , Edwin Montagu in 1919. What was the reason for setting up the commission?

a. Inquire into the happenings of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre ( Amritsar Massacre)

3. This incident happened at a town near Gorakhpur  on 4 February 1922 and was responsible for Mahatma Gandhi asking all Indians to end the Non-Cooperation movement. Which incident?

a. Chauri Chaura incident

4. In 1943, in which city was the Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind , an Indian government in Exile established by Subhash Chandra Bose , with monetary, diplomatic, political and military assistance from the Japanese?

a. Singapore

5. What name was given to the total strike and the subsequent Mutiny by the Indian sailors on board ship and shore establishments at Bombay , Karachi and Calcutta in February 1946?

a. Royal Indian Navy Mutiny ( or the Bombay Mutiny)

World War II - Part II

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World War II


1. The messages from which machine invented by German Engineer Arthur Scherbius , was decrypted  by the allied codebreakers and allowed the hastening of the end of the European war?

a. Enigma 

2. What was the codename for the soviet Strategic offensive operation , which led to the encirclement of the German Sixth Army , the Third and Fourth Romanian Armies and a part of the German Fourth Panzer Army?

a. Operation Uranus 

3. What was the name of the sniper ,who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and who was the subject of the 2001 movie -- Enemy at the Gates?

a. Vasily Zayetsev 

4. On which mountain was the photo of the raising of the U.S flag taken by Joe Rosenthal during the battle of Iwo Jima?

a. Mount Suribachi  

5. Which Japanese held territory did the Soviet Union invade in the days between the dropping of the two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as had been agreed during the Yalta Conference?

a. Manchuria (Manchukuo) 

Heroes : The TV Series -- Part II

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Heroes: The TV Series


1. Which appliance market Competitor of NBC's parent GE filed a suit in federal court over the depiction of one of  its product 'InSinkerator' in the Pilot episode?

a. Emerson Electric Company

2. What was the name of Founder of the Company , also known by the Japanese word for Swordsmith ?

a. Adam Monroe ( or Takezo Kensei)

3. What is the significance of the license plate of Nakamura's limousine -- NCC -1701?

a. It is the registry number of USS Enterprise, in which George Takei had the role of helmsman.

4. In which year did the Heroes TV series win the BAFTA awards for the Best International Program?

a. 2008

5. Who is attributed with the theme Music of Heroes in the French version of the serial?

a. Victoria Petrosillo

The Oscars - Part II

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The Oscars


1. Which Oscar Winner characterized the academy awards as "the greatest promotion scheme that any industry ever devised for itself"

a. William Friedkin

2. In which year did Regis Philbin officially begin the red carpet pre-show to the Oscars?

a. 1979

3. Which film holds the record for the longest film to be nominated as well as win the Academy award for Best Picture?

a. Gone with the Wind

4. Which French novelist was awarded the 1957 Best Writing Adapted Screenplay as the film's actual writers -- Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted as Communist sympathizers?

a. Pierre Boulle

5. Who became the first African to win an Academy award in the major acting category for the portrayal of a serial killer -- Aileen Woumos in a 2003 Biographical crime thriller?

a. Charlize Theron

The Indian Navy - Part II

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The Indian Navy


1. What is the class of Destroyers in the Indian Navy built based on modified versions of the Soviet Kashin Class Destoryers and the first to be fitted with the Brahmos supersonic Cruise Missiles?

a. The Rajput Class

2. Which Type 14 ASW Frigate became India's biggest wartime casualty when it was sunk by PNS Hangor during the 1971 Indo Pakistan War?

a. INS Khukri

3. What was the name of the operation launched by the Indian Navy during the Kargil war to safeguard Indian maritime assets from a Pakistani Naval Attack?

a. Operation Talwar

4. Which Elite unit of the Indian Navy is locally known as the Dadiwali Fauj since they are the only unit of the Indian Armed Forces that permits non-Sikh recruits to maintain beards.

a. MARCOS ( Marine Commandos)

5. In 1830 , what was the Bombay Marine , a predecessor to the Indian Navy , renamed as ?

a. Her Majesty's Indian Navy