hostel night quiz

(Hostel Quiz Oct 2010)

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In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature.His first novel, "The Room On the Roof", was written when he was 17 and published when he was 21,brought him the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957.Shashi Kapoor,Nasseruddin starrer Junoon is based on his work.Who and his work?

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Setup in 1927,on the advice of X,FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business organisation of India.With a nation wide membership of 1500 corporates and 500 chambers of commerce and business associations.

Which great leader's idea envisaged as FICCI?

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The title of this 1960 film was inspired by the title of Nobel laureate Mikhail Sholokhov?s epic 4 -part novel "And Quiet Flows the Don".

The story was inspired by the life of Shankar Maharaj, a Gandhian who gave up his job as village school -teacher to work with a tribe classified as criminal by the British administration. Identify.

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Collado Mediano is a town located in the Guadarrama mountains, 48 km north-west from Madrid. Which well pioneer of his field, who has been conferred the Jameo do Oro , one of Spain’s highest civilian awards given to a foreigner, resides here?

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Who is modelling here for Samsung, off the field?

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X's debut was observed in June 2008,at the Euro Cup,Germany vs Poland......

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Octopus Paul

Niel Bhor Albert Einstein Marie and Pierre Curie Enrico Fermi Rutherford Roentegen Nicolas CopernicusAnd some more are a part of history.Why?

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Have elements named after them.

Sohna in Haryana was also a proposed site but lost to the present location.It's being constructed on 875acres under German architect Herman Tillke.

What "challenging" construction is being talked about?

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Who is this

“famous ” man,also a

subject of two films?

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Haji Mastan

Movies on him- Deewar and Once Upon a time in Mumbai

X is a Malaysian astrophysicist who has served in several roles within her country, and as Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in Vienna . The United Nations has appointed her Earth's ambassador should aliens touch down in the near future.Who?

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Mazlan Othman

Sini Jose, Ashwini Akkunji, Mandeep, Manjeet.

Who are they and their accomplishment?

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2010 CWG Delhi 4X400 mt relay Gold winner.

Upcoming film ‘Dunno Y… Na Jaane Kyun’ has run into controversy with the Censor Board following love making scenes that the film boasts boldly,according to reports.

But why such a ‘fuss’ about the movie?

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First Gay film of India

Ismail Darbar and Monty Singh have debuted as music directors from Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie.

Who debut’s as the music director for “Guzaarish”?

Debuting himself.

The Unicode Consortium, the organization that is responsible for maintaining the Unicode Standard, formally announced Unicode Version 6.0 which includes some 2000+ new characters and the Unicode Consortium approved the code  U+20B9 for __________?

Ranjana Sonawane, a 30-year-old housewife from the northern Maharashtra village of Tembhli, etched her name in history recently.

How?

First Aadhar recipient

Of Thee I Sing:A Letter to My Daughters.

Whose latest book?

Dr. James Maas is a social psychologist who has taught popular Psychology 101 courses at Cornell University for many years.

He is best known for his work in the field of sleep research,specifically the relationship between sleep and performance. He wrote a best-selling book on sleep in 1997 and is widely known for coining which related two-word term?

(Hint:somebody recently made it popular in India!!)

Power-nap

LORBO…. KORBO…… JEETBO……

This method was invented by W. McKertcher in 1930/31. Since its spread in the 1950s through 1970s, this process first took hold most quickly in India and Africa. Most of the black teas produced in the 21st century are of “X” manufacture, or of the closely related rotovane orthodox manufacture. These styles of manufacture have the advantage that the finished product is well suited for tea bags, as it gives a quick and coloury brew.

What's the term and any significant details would fetch some more points....

CTCCrush, Tear, Curl

Idea Cellular,as it was renamed in 2004,was a venture of three giants.It's previous name was also a commonly used word for a local culinary . This led to the change of name .

What was it called and who were the Co-founders?

 Birla Tata and AT&T- Batata

Farzana has been manager to this actor for three decades and is termed as the closest friend by the actor who has had several failures at marriages.Farzana is also sighted with her at almost all Bollywood events.

Who is the actor we are talking about?

Siyaram's came with a new range of suitings which they called the Monday to Sunday Dressing.

Who was their brand ambassdor for it and why?

Monday to Sunday Dressing=MSD=M S Dhoni

WW-II victory parade was supposed to be the first coloured telecast on TV,but an irony prevailed.Thus the first coloured TV telecast was somebody's funeral.

Whose?

The inventor’s… J L Baird

The 1998 movie "Jhooth Bole Kaua Kaate" was directed by a celebrated veteran,his last.Who?

Rishikesh Mukherjee

In 1983 Oracle introduced Oracle 2.0.It became their flagship product.But what was unusual about it?

There was never a Ver. 1.0!!

X started his career by singing Indian and Nepali songs and acting in Indian and Nepali movies. His nepali song "Kaanchi lai ghumaune Kathmandu Sahara" is still famous among Nepali people after 2 decades.An actor,he has also starred in some international projects, the most famous being Seven Years in Tibet where he acted alongside Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. In 2003,X was awarded the Padma Shree, India's fourth highest civilian honour.

He started dabbling in the brewing industry after 1982, and in 2009, his company Yuksom Breweries, which has three breweries in Sikkim, Orissa and Assam, and sells over three million cases, acquired Rhino Breweries in Assam, to thwart industry leader United Breweries’ (UB) plans to take over the North East market.

Who?

He was one of the nominees for the Best Beard of the Year in 2006. The award was eventually won by Monty Panesar.

He had earlier made his fortune by launching an adult site called BOMIS in 1996. The money earned thus helped him set up his pet project. That project is a household name today.

Who are we talking about/ what is this project?

Jimmy Wales,Wikipedia- wale

Sports:Gunter's Chain is a measuring device used for accurate land survey by triangulation. It consists of a chain formed of 100 longwire links, with brass tags along the chain for intermediate measurement.

One of its lasting legacies is as a very well-known length. Of what?

Length of the Cricket Pitch

Kulbushan Pandit joined the Bombay police force and became an Inspector at the Mahim Police Station in the 1940s. Given his irreverence to senior officers, he knew that he did not stand much of a chance of quickly rising through the ranks. So he made a drastic career change.

By what name do we know him better?

Jaani boy!!

What specifically does this map show?

Currency Rupee

Lamba-wala Connect….

Ans: Fake IPL player Characters

Babli- Preity ZintaPrince of Patiala -Yuvraj Singh  Gilli Danda- Ashok Dinda Appam Chutiya- Sreesanth Kishan kanahaiya-Ravi Shastri Lordie/Lord Almighty- Ganguly Li’l John- Ishant Sharma Deewar-Dravid Bhooka Naan- John Buchanan

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