iQuizLeague

(Compiled by the one and only Phone Wolf aka Sana)

 Prelims

 

1. ______ was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, `and what is the use of a book,’ thought ____ `without pictures or conversation?’ – Opening lines of a famous book. Fill up the blanks and name the book

 

2. Mavalli Tiffin Room invented this food item during World War II when there was an acute shortage of rice. Name it.

 

3. If the first person to achieve this was Gonzalo Garcia. Who is the last person?

 

4. Bob, corkscrew, docked, odd, saber, sickle are all types of what?

 

5. Every year, 15^th September is celebrated as what as a dedication to Visweswaraiah?

 

6. What is the motto of California which indicates about the Gold Rush which happened there?

 

7. What is defined here – Poverty Line

 

8. Which is the only summer Olympic sport which does not include women?

 

9. Xavier Institute of Higher Learning – name the special people who studied here?

 

10. What is the unit of knowledge according to Google?

 

11. What is Karnataka’s equivalent of the Palace on Wheels?

 

12. X was a Spanish priest and later bishop in Segura whose book Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first fundamental book on this topic in Europe. Who? Which topic?

 

13. Musician – 11 years old – offered a chance to sing in some big time event – Who are we talking about? (Karnataka funda)

 

14. This place in Spain takes its name from a Germanic tribe. Which place?

 

15. Which country among these does not lie on the equator? Columbia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Equatorial Guinea

 

16. Who established HAL?

 

17. Items that you find on a 1000 rupee note on the obverse

 

18. Identify the logo (Refer gallery at the bottom of this page)

 

19. What is a Punnett square?

 

20. Who gave the music for FIFA WC 2002?

 

21. In 985 AD, when an explorer identified this place, he gave a name which he thought would attract more people towards it. Name the place.

 

22. Which Indian sporting event has the largest number of participants?

 

23. From which plant do you get linen?

 

24. Elvis Presley won Grammy awards under which music genre?

 

25. O, beware, my lord, of ______; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on

 

Fill in the blank and name the work.

 

26. Identify the duo (refer gallery)

 

27. Which company was voted as the most innovative company in 2008?

 

28. What is the phrase which refers to the exact point in time just before the matador kills the bull? This is also the name of a very famous reality shows in US.

 

29. What is the only work signed by Michelangelo

 

30. Who suggested the word “Hello” for telephone conversations? What word was being used before Hello?

 

31. In medieval maps, what phrase was used to indicate unknown places?

 

32. Who was the attendant of Shiva who taught Bharatha the nuances of dancing? Bharatha went on to write Natya Shastra based on this.

 

33. What is called G-WIZ in UK?

 

34. All India War Memorial. How is it known better as?

 

35. French word for the flower shown below. What English word comes from this? – refer gallery

 

36. Identify audio – not available

 

37. Identify audio – not available

 

38. Horse breed identification

 

 

39. Scene from Mughal-E-Azam – Identify the palace where the shooting took place.

 

40. Identify audio – not available

Answers:

 

1. Alice in Wonderland

 

2. Rava Idly

 

3. Sister Alphonsa, canonized as a Saint

 

4. Dog’s Tails

 

5. Engineer’s Day

 

6. Eureka

 

7. Poverty Line

 

8. Boxing

 

9. Mutants; X-Men

 

10. Knol

 

11. Golden Chariot

 

12. Ruy Lopez, Chess

 

13. Gangubhai Hangal

 

14. Andalusia

 

15. Equatorial Guinea

 

16. Walchand Hirachand

 

17. 1000 rupee note

 

18. Art of Living

 

19. Genetics – Biology

 

20. Vangelis

 

21. Greenland

 

22. Kerala Boat Race

 

23. Flax

 

24. Gospel

 

25. Jealousy – Othello

 

26. Lehman Brothers

 

27. BCCI

 

28. Moment of Truth

 

29. Pieta

 

30. Edison coined the word. Ahoy was used before Hello.

 

31. Here be dragons

 

32. Tandu, from whose name we get Tandava

 

33. Reva

 

34. India Gate

 

35. Mauve

 

36. Raghu Dixit

 

37. Amelia Earhardt

 

38. Clydesdale

 

39. Sheesh Mahal

 

40. Roadside Romeo