Lets start!!

1) The origins of _____ date back at least to Roman times, to a game called paganica and reached Britain by 400AD (although the Chinese claim to have invented it by 2500 BC) It developed towards its modern form in Scotland where the first written reference comes in a decree which was actually released to encourage the royal sport of archery. It ran "futeball and ______ be utterly cryit doune and not usit." Its name is thought to have been derived from Dutch word for "club" or from an Old Scots word meaning "cuff" or "strike hard.

2) X was the elder son of Shantanu and Satyavati. He ascended the throne of Hastinapura, and was very successful which angered a Gandharva king of the same name. They fought an even matched duel before X was slain and Vichitravirya ascended the throne.
In another episode, Arjuna’s wanderings took him to ancient Manipur where he meets princess Y, the daughter of the king of Manipur and falls in love. According to the matrimonial customs of Manipur, the children born of Y were the heirs and were not allowed to be taken away. Arjuna agreed to this stipulation and finally wed the princess. X and Y?

3) To make the kiswah, you need 670 kilograms of pure silk. This quantity is turned into
47 panels of cloth, each of a length of 14 metres. Other requirements include 120 kgs
gold and about 50 kgs silver for lettering. The kiswah measures 658 square metres and
costs about 17 million in the local currency. What is the kiswah?

4) At Beijing 2008, in the Rhythmic Gymnastics group event for women, the Israel didn’t
win any medal. The team comprising of Olena Dvornichenko, Katerina Pisetsky, Maria
Savenkov, Rahel Vigdozchik & Veronika Vitenberg finished 6th, but got much media
attention in India. Why?

5) What connects Velcro, the number 43, Shrub and King George?

6) The Separation of Light and Darkness, The Creation of the Sun and the Moon and the
firmaments, the creation of Adam and Eve, the Fall, Noah’s Sacrifice and the
Drunkenness of Noah are sequences at which famous location?

7) A monarch commissioned thirty such structures, 26 years into his reign, to serve as
objects of contemplation. They were all carved out of Chunar sandstone, obtained from
quarries near Varanasi. Each consisted of a Persepolitan bell topped by an abacus and a
finial—an arrangement supported by a monolithic shaft. What?

8) 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 in Delhi its name. These three outfits
continue to draw tourists. Which location?

9) The Maoists in Nepal recently announced their intention to put to end a 200-year-old
tradition because of its colonial origins and also because it seemed to compromise
loyalty to the nation. This caused a furore in Central Nepal, the poorest region of the
country. What tradition?

10) Its aerodynamic behavior was consciously replicated in the design of the atmospheric reentry mechanics of Spaceship One. One part of its name is synonymous with round trip transport services, and the other variously meaning a valve or tap controlling flow in plumbing, the hammer of a firearm or an upward tilt. The verb form of the word means to move or be moved rapidly back and forth. What?

TQC logo

Here's the TQC logo... itz a bit noobish...(coz i made it)..although the idea of the seal was given by ashutosh...

Qu33k

We conducted a computer tech quiz at Aranya 08....It turned out to be a huge success coz we receive immense participation....the entire convention hall was overflowing with ppl...teams were sitting on the stage...on the window sill and even standing outside....

Quizmasters : Srivatsan (a.k.a Arkantos ) (me) and Sourabh Deorah

Winners : 1st prize - a single compu geek from some unknown college in punjab
2nd prize - pertash (koul) and (vipul) golchha

N00bness at PEC

The elite members of the TQC went to the Punjab Engineering College to attend the Eureka..a quiz held during their fest...Although the organizers(students of PEC) did their best..the quiz sucked big time...

it was hosted by a person called gautam ghosh...CEO of Grey Cells ltd...
looks like these days...almost anyone can open a company....

the host lacked communication skills...lacked the quizzing aura....asked stupid questions....cracked silly PJs....pronounced prelims as 'eelims'.

the prelims sucked so much..that the highest team got 6 and the cut off was 5...(that is out of 25 questions!!!)...the finals had lesser number of questions than the prelims...we were called on the stage and along with four other teams we were asked to step down coz the organizers did a huge blunder in the calculations...

the quizmaster brought files in an unknown format...so he had no idea as to how to run them...we cudnt hear the audio questions...coz the bhangra guys were playing their music in the background(or shud i say foreground)...

the quizmaster and the laptop operator wer such noobs....the answer to each question was on the slide succeeding the question...so wen the powerpoint file was opened...one cud see all the questions and all the answers in the slide gallery on the left of the screen...

all in all it was a waste of time....

Proness in IIT Roorkee

I would like to state here that the Thapar Quiz Club is official!!!(since we now have our official logo :)))

The elite members of the TQC went to IIT Roorkee to take part in their quizzes...We ended up winning in every event we participated in...except the quizzing events (sadness....)

The first quiz : Comfortably Dumb...was a boring quiz....the questions were interesting but they were loooong....the A/V system sucked and basically even after qualifying we managed to doze off in the quiz....the quiz was hosted by a geeky 4th yr guy...who actually ended up winning the third quiz....

Team Blitzkrieg(our standard pro 3 member team - me,ashu and udit) and the team of Maithani,Gippy and Smile qualified....

The second quiz: MMS (music movies and sports...)
This was our speciality quiz....we qualified easily but got raped in the finals coz we sucked at the hugely high scoring connect rounds...

The third quiz : Titans of Trivia...
This was an ulitmate pro-quiz conducted by the winner of the Nat Geo Genius (Dr.Bhattacharya) and also the member of the Kutub quizzers...although the quiz was below par as compared to inQUIZitive...(maybe only Derek can host a quiz better than Barry)...the questions were fantastic.....after qualifying second...we took the joint lead in the middle of the quiz...but totally lost track after the start of the connect round....Eventually we came 5th or 6th....

The standard of quizzing at IIT Roorkee was very good....lets hope they come to TU and we beat them on our own backyard...

INQUISITIVE by Barry O’Brien

Here are some of the questions from the prelims of INQUISITIVE -

1. How many nanometers make one-billionth of a meter ?
2. In relation to astronomy, what is K.B.O. ?
3. What is called the fear of numbers ?
4. What is the colour of elemental Cobalt ?
5. Of what material is the piston of an aeroplane made of ?
6. In relation to heat, what is C.I. and I.C. ?
7. Name the architect or the company which constructed the Bird's Nest ?
8. Identify this instrument-


9. Identify this instrument-


10. It lies at approximately 81.3° North latitude and 110.8° West longitude near Ellesmere Island in CANADA. What is being talked about here ?
11. Of what material is the piston of an aeroplane made of ?
12. Identify the product-

13. On 28 November, 1968, people from 124 UN nations brought with them some soil from their homeland, to be mixed in a white marble- clad, lotus-shaped urn to give rise to an architectural wonder. Name it.
14. Identify this picture-

TU QUIZZING CLUB WEEKLY QUIZ

This quiz was conducted by Udit and Sakhil on 5/10/2008 as part of our weekly QC meeting. Here are some of the questions from the quiz....
(answers will be given by Udit and Sakhil)

Name this painting by a famous sports personality.

This statue stands 38 metres (120 ft) tall weighs 700 short tons (635 tonnes), and is located at the peak of the 700 metres (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is the tallest of its kind in the world. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.
In October 2006, on the statue's 75th anniversary, Archbishop of ____ Cardinal Eusebio Oscar Scheid consecrated a chapel (named for the patron saint of ______ - Nossa Senhora Aparecida) under the statue. This allows Catholics to hold baptisms and weddings there.

What is being talked about here?

This statue stands 38 metres (120 ft) tall weighs 700 short tons (635 tonnes), and is located at the peak of the 700 metres (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is the tallest of its kind in the world. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.
In October 2006, on the statue's 75th anniversary, Archbishop of ____ Cardinal Eusebio Oscar Scheid consecrated a chapel (named for the patron saint of ______ - Nossa Senhora Aparecida) under the statue. This allows Catholics to hold baptisms and weddings there.

What is being talked about here?

Identify the flag.

Identify this administrative head of the state.

Nrityagram , is India's first modern Gurukul (residential school), set up by Odissi danseuse ____ _____ in 1990. It is situated 35 km away from Bangalore. In _____ _______'s own words,

"It is a community of dancers in a forsaken place amidst nature. A place where nothing exists, except dance. A place where you breathe, eat, sleep, dream, talk, imagine - dance. A place where all the five senses can be refined to perfection. A place where dancers drop negative qualities such as jealousy, small-mindedness, greed and malice to embrace their colleagues as sisters and support each other in their journey towards becoming dancers of merit."

1. Apart from being the currency of IRAN and OMAN , it is also the name of German brand of light alloy wheels that also was a Formula One constructor, a German Formula One team that raced between 1988 and 1989.
2. It was co-invented in 1964 by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright, employees of Monsanto. It was patented in 1967 and originally sold under the name "Chemgrass". It was renamed after its first well-publicized use at the Houston Astrodome stadium in 1966. What is being talked about??
3.
* AUSTRALIA
* MALAYSIA
* BAHRAIN
* SPAIN
* TURKEY
* MONACO
* CANADA
* FRANCE
* GREAT BRITAIN
* GERMANY
* HUNGARY
* EUROPE
* BELGIUM
* ITALY
*
* JAPAN
* CHINA
* BRAZIL

Identify what is missing ??

4. Except 4 France and Italy, which is the only other country to host the football WC thrice?
5. Who is the 1st debutant to reach the finals of a grand slam?
6. What is "Octopush" in the field of sports?
7. This legendary footballer shares his nickname with the Hawaiian goddess of fire which can take the shape of lava and his real name with a famous american inventor? Identify him.
8. Who is the president of the Italian club AC Milan.

9. What is so special about the tintin adventure TINTIN AND THE ALPH ART?
10. Take That are an English pop musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and, formerly, ____ _____
11. WHICH GREAT MUSICIAN IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FOUNDER OF SENIA GHARANA?
12. This man was christened by George Harrison as the 'Godfather of World Music', who spearheaded the international spread of Indian culture. HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY is named raja mala. Identify him.

13. What is the name of the city in which fictitious character " THE MASK " lives?
14. Who directed the "Devdas" released in 1955 starring Dilip Kumar?

15. Which legendary band had the following members Benny Andersson , Björn
Ulvaeus , Anni-Frid Lyngstad , and Agnetha Fältskog.

this is the poster of a 1957 western film starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin and directed by Delmer Daves.The film was well received on release and is still highly regarded today.

The film was based on the short story of the same name by Elmore Leonard.The story was first published in Dime Western Magazine, a 1950s Pulp magazine, in March of 1953. The story has since been adapted to the screen twice once in 1957 and then again in 2007 .

In 2007 this film was remade starring ----- and ------, and directed by James Mangold.this remake of the movie also got nominated for for the academy awards in 2007. Filming took place in various locations in New Mexico. it opened September 7, 2007, in the United States.



the story focuses on two men, one of whom is a deputy sheriff, another a ruthless outlaw ...the names of most characters in the movies are different from the short story except for Charlie Prince, a character who appears in all three versions.

IIChE quiz questions

1) In island countries its the all purpose boat built by using very few tools. They’re used in fishing , inter-island transport, movement of cargo, diving boats, live-aboard cruise vessels, passenger ferry boats and deep-sea fishing craft complete with outriggers and fighting chairs. In India, the "name" is a phenomenon. What is the boat called?

2) Which comic book character's vital statistics are 19-19-19?

3) Where in India is the TJ Brand of Confectioneries (including Potato Chips/Wafers)

 manufactured?

4) It could have been: Calex, Elcal, Calecom, Elcom, Calcomp, Digicom, Tronicom, Comptek, Computek, Esscotek or Ectek. But what name was finally chosen for this startup?

5) This company manufactures the products - Chintoo,Chox,Rangeeli and 4ever. Though not available in India, most of the people see their ads thanks mainly to their local cable operator. Name the company.

6) What unique cricketing record connects Martyn Moxon,Alex Tudor and Norman Yardley of England,John Beck and Dipak Patel of New Zealand, Rusi Surti of India, Maqsood Ahmed and Asim Kamal of Pakistan and Shane Warne of Australia ?

7) Amitabh Bachchan has won three National Awards. The Best Actor for Agneepath and Black. Which was the third one?

8) What were officially attributed to as Worship & Knowledge, Welcoming & Openness, Perseverance & Persistence, Community & Dedication, Engineering & Protection, Joy & Suffering, Love & Passion and Immortality & Eternity?

9) connect

(a)Spencerian Script(b) Hobble skirt(C) NYSE:KO

(the pick is of hobble skirt) 

10) What’s common to these TWO matches?i. France Vs Italy-9th July 2006ii. Inter Milan Vs Sampdoria-29th January 2007

1. The founder of the company Marc Ewing was given Cornell lacrosse cap ( with red and white stripes ) while at college by his grandfather. People would turn to him to solve their problems, and he was referred to as 'that guy in the ________'. He lost the _______and had to search for it desperately. In fact, for a long time the manual of the _______ had an appeal to readers to return his ________ if anyone found it. Fill in the blank ( name of the company ).

2. This company was founded by an American Marty Bromley to import pinball games to Japan for use on American military bases. It literally means service games of japan.

3. This company has its headquarters in UK its name means voice, data and telephone. Name the company.

Now some questions about India......
4. Nestled in Arbudaranya, this place is known as "an oasis in the desert". Name this famous pilgrimage centre.
5. When these islands were captured Japanese, the were renamed "Shaheed" and "Swaraj" and incorporated into the 'Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind'. Give the modern name of this island group.
6. The name of this territory means "new village" in Tamil. In ancient times, it was known to be a thriving port settlement. Name this former European colony.
7. Known as "Indrakil" ( garden of Indra ) in ancient times, the Tibetan name for this state is Denjong, meaning "Valle of Rice". Give its modern name.
8. Many theories prevail about the origin of its name. One such theory laid down in the Nilamata Purana says that the name comes from two different words, which mean "water" and "to desiccate" respectively. Name this important part of India.

RED SALUTE!!

Arise, wretched of the earth
Arise, convicts of hunger
Reason thunders in its volcano
This is the eruption of the end
Of the past let us wipe the slate clean
Masses, slaves, arise, arise
The world is about to change its foundation
We are nothing, let us be all
 |: This is the final struggle
  Let us gather together, and tomorrow
  The Internationale
  Will be the human race :|

Above is the English translation of an original French song which later beacame the International Anthem of all the Socialists, Communists and Marxists. It became famous in India as the song of the Bhukhe Bande and Garib Ghulam. name the song.

picture quiz

1. Connect the 2 pictures. The slogan in the poster is "Be bold, comrade! Openness is our strength!"

tadka quiz

1. "I remember how I first heard of him. I had asked Mehboob, our lyricist, for a new voice that is earthy and strong, and he said, I have just the person for you. That voice can only be that of ____!' And he sent _____ to meet me. The moment I heard him, I knew that here was a voice that was so wonderful, and which had its own unique space.... I want to say that ______'s voice has something that had been lacking a lot -- it had pure soul!"

 whom AR Rehman referring to in the above lines?

2. So u all know which is the tallest building in the world...to bharat mata ke veer saputo tell which is the tallest building in india?

3.A question quite related to the previous one...the design for the NOIDA TOWERS, which will be the tallest structures in the world (if ever built!), had been reportedly accepted by the Noida Development Authority in the year 2005...currently studies regarding the design are on course...the question is who is the architect? (Hint: Think Mumbai!)

4.Asia's first commercial brewery, Mohan Meakins Brewery, was setup in this famous city. It is also incidentally the birthplace of British pop legend Sir Cliff Richards. Which city?

5.Currently Amul is in the process of getting one of its most famous creations registered in the Guiness Book Of World Records for a unique feat. Which creation and for what reason?

6. This one is a bit ezee.....National Highways 1, 2 and 91, running between Kolkata and Indo-Pak border, constitute major portions of which famous historical road?

7. These bombs were derisively named after Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav _______ by the Finnish army during the Winter Wars. In its simplest form it is a glass bottle containing petrol fuel usually with a source of ignition such as a burning, fuel soaked, rag wick held in the place by the bottle's stopper. Simple to make, they are frequently used by rioters. Which bombs?

8. Jeff Widener in 1989 took this world famous picture during Tianenmen Square massacre for which he got nominated for Pulitzer Prize. The protagonist of the picture was named as "THE UNKNOWN REBEL" by the Time magazine and was listed in the "100 most influential people of the 20th century". What was "The Unknown Rebel" shown doing in the picture which became an example of courage all over the world?

   

Q.) What does the map indicate :

Q.1) Connect the following pictures :

answer the following

1. who is famous for the following lines: (english translation given)
Aj aakhan Waris Shah nun, kiton kabraan vichchon bol,
Te aj kitab-e-ishq daa koi agla varka phol
Ik roi si dhi Punjab di, tun likh likh maare vaen,
Aj lakhaan dhian rondian, tainun Waris Shah nun kaehn
Uth dardmandaan dia dardia, uth takk apna Punjab
Aj bele lashaan bichhiaan te lahu di bhari Chenab

Today, I call Waris Shah, “Speak from your grave”
And turn, today, the book of love’s next affectionate page
Once, a daughter of Punjab cried and you wrote a wailing saga
Today, a million daughters, cry to you, Waris Shah
Rise! O’ narrator of the grieving; rise! look at your Punjab
Today, fields are lined with corpses, and blood fills the Chenab

2.

In 1944, K Asif planned to make a film called ________ with Chandramohan in the male lead and the then upcoming actress Nargis in the female lead. However, in 1946, before the production of the film could begin, the male lead, Chandramohan, died.

At that time, Asif temporarily shelved the film until further notice. however, he restarted the film later with _______ in the male lead and _______ in the female lead in 1951. it got relaeased in 1960 after nine years in production. fill in the blanks.

connect the following people

there is something unique about d person in the first image when compared 2 d other 10...what is it?

connect d following places

connect

1. above are the images of 3 famous bollywood directors...find another interesting connect betwen them...

Connect

identify the above images and connect them....

first quiz

1. Many of galvin manufacturing company's products have been radio-related, starting with a battery eliminator for radios, through the first walkie-talkie in the world, defense electronics, cellular infrastructure equipment, and mobile phone manufacturing. In September 1983, the firm made history when the FCC approved the DynaTAC 8000X telephone, the world's first-only commercial cellular device. wha is the other ore popular name of the company?
2. Apart from his films, his major contribution towards introducing a new cinema culture in Kerala was the constitution of the first Film Society in Kerala, "Chitralekha Film Society". He also took active part in the constitution of "Chitralekha," Kerala's first Film Co-operative Society for film production. These movements triggered a fresh wave of films, called "art films," by directors like G Aravindan, PA Becker, KG George, Pavithran, and Raveendran. who am i talking about?
3. In the popular Football Manager series (marketed as Worldwide Soccer Manager in the United States) X is known as Jens Mustermann as a result of X holding the rights to his image. Mustermann translates from German into English as Sample Man and is a common placeholder name in Germany and Austria, while Jens is a reference to Jens Lehmann, X’s main international goalkeeping rival. who is X?
4. originally named USS Diablo, PNS Ghazi was commissioned in the pakistani navy in 1964 and was the first and only of its kind of vessel with the navy. it was destroyed during 71 war while stalking INS Vikrant at Vizag. Its sinking was the first of its kind in indian sub continent. what was PNS Ghazi?
5. On the compact disc-interactive console by Philips, is the obscure puzzle-action game where Mario must take the elevator between the several floors of a hotel to shut every door to clear the level. the path Mario takes is critical so that he does not walk into enemies. Some enemies open doors on each floor and will end the game if every door in the stage is opened. Each hotel ends in a boss battle with one of the Koopas from Super Mario Bros. 3 until Bowser at the end. name the game.
6. The name of the place originates from the word the English word barracks. it acquired its current name as the site of the first major military base of the British East India Company. Prior to that time, it was known as Chanak, and is mentioned by that name in the Manasa Mangal.

Arguably, it is also believed that during the regime of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, this place has been a major collection centre of "khajna" - Taxes and then it was named as Barbakpur. which place?
7. which mughal emperor decided to build a BLACK TAJ MAHAL somewhere in deccan in order to malign the image of the original?
8. identify the person in the image?

Connect

Name and connect the following personalities

1) This is the main entrance in to what?? The lines at the gate means " Work will set youfree”.

2) connect:

3) This google doodle, that appeared on January 15, 2007 was in memory of a great American known for his dream. Who?

4) Tomorrow, a duathlon will be held in scotland. Individuals in each team of four will be required to complete two legs of an eight-legged event, in northern Scotland -- one 10-kilometre run and one 20-kilometre cycle.The organisers have taken out a one million pound insurance policy for the event. What’s being insured against? ( hint: what would u find in SCOTLAND?)

5) As one of twenty-eight French tax collectors and a powerful figure in the unpopular Ferme Générale, X was branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by French Revolutionists in 1794. One of his actions that might have sealed his fate was a clash a few years earlier with the young Jean-Paul Marat.He had also intervened on behalf of a number of foreign-born scientists including Joseph Louis Lagrange, granting them exception to a mandate stripping all foreigners of possessions and freedomX was tried, convicted, and executed on the same day. An appeal to spare his life was cut short by the judge: "The Republic has no need of geniuses”.One and a half years after his death, he was exonerated by the French government. When his private belongings were delivered to his widow, a brief note was included reading "To the widow of X, who was falsely convicted." Id X.

6) What are these the criteria for?

"inability to reproduce" — Nominee must be dead or sterile.

"Excellence" — Astounding misapplication of judgment.

"Self-selection" — Cause of one's own demise.

"Maturity" — Capable of sound judgment.

"Veracity" — The event must be verified

7) He was born in Khurd in Jhelum District (Now in Pakistan). His father died when he was just five and he, his sister and brother were brought up by his uncle. in 1947, during Partition, his family fled to india and lived in Ambala district, now in Haryana. in the early 1950s, he moved to Mumbai to continue his education and joined the Jai Hind College. His involvement in dramatics got him his first job with Keymers, a British advertising agency that hired him for radio programmes. Lipton ki Mehfil, broadcast on Radio Ceylon, at that time the only commercial radio station in the region, became extremely popular.IDentify him.

8) In the early 1990s, the term, ____-______ , began appearing as a pun on "perestroika", the reform policy of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev. Critics viewed the policy as "a lot of fizz without substance" and as an attempt to usher in Western products in deals there with the old elites. _______, as one of the first Americanproducts in the Soviet Union, became a symbol of the relationship and the Soviet policy. Fill in the blanks

9) IN Araimic,this phrase roughly means "what I speak is destroyed". The phrase is also believed to be influenced by the Latin word cadaver, meaning "corpse". It is one of the very few NOT adapted fromLatin by its creator. What?

10) The enemy advances, we retreat. The enemy camps, we harass. The enemy tires, we attack. The enemy retreats, we pursue." What kind of military tactic is Mao Tse-tung describing?