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IISc Quiz ClubGeneral Quiz8 November 2009

Ulka KelkarSiddhartha Gadgil1

What is the subject of this Google logo, used on 6 June 2009?

12Answer325th anniversary of Tetris

4What is common among Bjorn Borg Pat Cash Stefan Edberg Roger Federer

25Answer6Only Wimbledon Boys Champions to also win the Wimbledon Mens Singles title.

7How is Joseph Alois Ratzinger, born 16 April 1927, better known?38Answer9Pope Benedict XVI

10The most traded commodity, by value, in the world is crude oil. Which is the second most traded commodity?411Answer12Coffee13Which English expression owes its origin to the use of mercury in the manufacture of felt (during the 18th and 19th centuries)?514Answer15Mad as a hatter16He was a lecturer and newspaper editor before being elected MP of Birmingham East. He was the Minister of Administrative Affairs during the 1980s. Who are we talking about?617Answer18Rt. Hon. James Hacker, M.P. in Yes Minister19 Two whatevers Three represents Four olds Eight dos and dontsWhat are these examples of?720Answer21Chinese (numbered) policies

22 Long hours of monotonous work resulted in acts of random violence committed by members of a certain profession. Which English expression did this give rise to?823Answer24Going postal

25It's true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold.

Who said this and about what?926Answer27Francis Crick about the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA

28Of what are standard, medium, miniature, toy, and teacup categories?1029Answer30Poodles

31Identify this sport

1132Answer33Muggle quidditch34Japanese food commonly includes sushi and sashimi. We often use the word sushi to mean raw fish, but that is actually sashimi. What exactly is sushi, or what is its main ingredient?

1235Answer36Rice

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What is the subject of this cartoon, published in the last week of October?

1338Answer39On 21 October 2009, Northwest Airlines Flight 188 to Minneapolis overshot its destination by 150 miles (and the flight was out of contact with air traffic control for more than 90 minutes) because the pilots were busy on their personal laptops and lost track of time and place.

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Film adaptations of Jane Austens novelsEmmaSense and SensibilityPride and Prejudice43What is unique about this cloth, which went on display at the American Museum of Natural History in September 2009?

1544Answer45It is the only large piece of cloth made from natural spider silk. The silk was extracted from more than 1 million golden orb spiders in Madagascar.

46Which beverage brand, which gets its special flavour from the oil of a type of orange, is named after the British Prime Minister during 1830-34?1647Answer48

49 In Frances Burnetts 1886childrens novel, a boy from a poor American family turns out to be the heir to an irritable old English Earl. It created a major fashion trend for a type of boys suit. It is also the middle name of a famous duck.

Name the novel / title character. 1750Answer51

Little Lord Fauntleroy52Which breed of dog is named after the largest state in Mexico?1853Answer54Chihuahua

55The terms red pill and blue pill have come to refer to painful reality and blissful ignorance, respectively.

Which movie popularized this usage?

1956Answer57The Matrix

In the movie, Redpillrefers to a person who has been freed fromthe computer-generated world, the Matrix.Bluepillis a person still connected to the Matrix.

58On a visit to Burma in 1930, the founder of this company saw that restless elephants were fed a root Rauwolfia serpentina to pacify them. From this he developed the anti-hypertensive drug Serpina. Name the company. 2059Answer60Himalaya Drug Company61For which food item is Mohammad Sarwar, British Labour MP, trying to get EU Protected Designation of Origin status for Glasgow city?2162Answer63Chicken tikka masala64

Connect2265Answer66Only Booker Prize-winning novels made into Oscar Best Picture nominees. Schindlers List won in 1993 The English Patient won in 1996 The Remains of the Day was nominated in 1993

67Connect Sudha Murthys recent sale of Infosys shares The captain of the Indian cricket team Gold coins in Harry Potter

2368Answer69 Catamaran Dhoni Galleon Junk

Types of boats / ships

70In May 1954,Life magazine published a report on illiteracy among American school children. Apparently, children were not learning to read because their books were boring.Theodor Geisels publisher gave him a list of 400 words that children learn in school, and told him to write an engaging book. In nine months, Geisel wrote ____________________ in anapestic tetrameter, using 236 distinct words.More than 10 million copies ofthis bookhave been printed. It has been translated into several languages, including the Latin Cattus Petasatus. Identify this work. 2471Answer72

73Grand ConnectRules: You may make multiple attempts. You lose 5 points for each wrong attempt. For a close enough answer (quizmasters judgment) the negative points are waived.74

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Five Little PigsThe Adventure of the Christmas PuddingThe Labours of HerculesCat Among the PigeonsMurder on the Orient ExpressThe MousetrapAgatha Christie82