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LANDMARK QUIZ PRELIMS- Compiled by Sanandan (the phonewolf)

(Sanandan has done a great job in jotting down the questions of the Landmark Open Quiz 2008. Kudos mac.)

1. Which sporting discipline has won the most number of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards?

Shooting

2. Which two countries celebrate Independence Day on August 15^th?

South Korea & Bahrain

3. Which 1902 novel came No 7 in the fictional bestseller list making it the first detective novel to appear on this list?

Sherlock Holmes – The Hound of Baskervilles

4. The saints of this religion are called thus because they help others cross the ford of “the river of human misery”.

Tirthankaras

5. This country’s name means “Great houses of stone”

Zimbabwe

6. Which geographical term denotes the Shiv linga at Amarnath?

Stalagmite

7. What geometrical term denotes a curve which is egg-shaped?

Oval/Ovoid

8. Annie Besant started Theosophical Society in this landmark place in Chennai.

Gokhale Hall

9. Which fairy tale describes the story of a woman whose “only wish is to have a tiny child” – Thumbelina

10. A tomb like monument for a person which is also the name of a road in Chennai

Cenotaph

11. Who were the two people apart from Arjuna who heard the Bhagavad Gita?

Hanuman & Sanjaya

12. Silent Valley project is being undertaken to preserve the ecosystem there and to stop the construction of a dam. Which animal is the mascot of this project?

Lion tailed macaque

13. Which is the toughest management school to get into?

IIM Ahmedabad

14. It was noticed that people who traveled in flights used to experience deep venous thrombosis. What is it more popularly known as?

Economy class syndrome

15. Which historical character was the inspiration for the bob-cut fashion?

Joan of Arc

16. Scott Fahlman introduced which internet phenomenon?

Smiley

17. Electric rifle to tame elephants?

TASER

18. Antric Corporation is the arm of which agency?

ISRO

19. What was Sam Manekshaw affectionately called by his legion?

Sam Bahadur

20. Which is the only club to win the xxx award?

Blackburn Rovers

21. What Tamil slang word originated from the English phrase for the person who has no job or who has left his job?

OB

22. In 1857, who became the patron saint of Delhi when Christian converts were stoned to death?

St. Stephen

23. James Connolley won the gold medal in modern Olympics in which event?

Triple Jump

24. Which concept came from the lore that a farm girl was supposed to bring luck if she was chaste?

Mascot

25. In 1987 who became the first woman xxx in Supreme Court of India?

Fateema Beevi

26. What can be found in the Pali canon in Buddhism?

Jataka Tales

27. Greek word for Mask

Personality

28. What did Acharya Vinoba Bhave call Anushasan Parva?

Emergency

29. Which website has movies rated under Certified Fresh category?

Rotten Tomatoes

30. What can you find on the top of the Wimbledon’s men’s trophy?

Pineapple

31. Visual Identification – Red Panda – Fire Fox

32. Visual Identification – Amazon Kindle

33. Visual Identification – TN Assembly Complex

34. Visual Identification – Ilavazhagi

35. Audio Clip – Kuselan

36. Audio Clip – Barack Obama reading from his book

37. Audio Clip – Lara’s theme (Instrument – Balalaika)

38. Video Clip – Inspiration for Bugs Bunny

39. Video Clip – Movie names inspired from names of Disney Theme Park rides

40. Video Clip – Child artiste – Imran Khan

Finals

Round 1

1. Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai in 1891 wrote something which was based on The Secret Way the opening lines of which became very popular. What?

Thamizh Thai Vazhthu

2. Colin McDonald and George Thomas in 1951-52 were the first people to open the batting for their county, country and state. Who were the only Indians to achieve the same feat?

Sunil Gavaskar & Ramnath Parkar

3. Misch metal is a mix of rare earth metals. Where is this used?

Cigarette lighter

4. Painting significance – Red Vineyard – only painting to be sold by Van Gogh when he was alive

5. Philip Astley devised the length of something as 42 feet so that horses can gallop properly. What?

Circus ring

6. Roman Catholic college in India

Bombay & Ernakulam

7. Tomb of Unknown soldier – what is special about this?

There is no body buried in it. It was moved to some other place

8. Therapy for people with strokes – Wiihabilitation

9. Portrayal of Narada in movies – what is wrong about it?

Narada is actually supposed to have a veena with him. Since actors could not carry the weight of the veena, they switched over to Tambura

10. Audio clip – Singers – Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep

11. Peter Finch – Network

12. Alphonso Mangoes – plants were brought from Brazil

13. Why does the salt content of Dead Sea keep increasing?

Because there is no drainage out of the Dead Sea

14. Dyaus and Prithvi – Kashyap & Aditi – Yagna – funda?

Agni’s parents – they are the sticks which are used to start the fire

15. Who became a saint by the end of his life and went to Sravana Belagola?

Chandragupta Maurya

Audience Q

100 mile diet – you eat stuff which is produced within 100 miles of your place. That ways you can conserve fuel

Buzzer

1. Sunflower – same side towards the sun

2. Section 1,2, 3 – Atomic Act

3. Mocha

4. Campari

5. Hogs – Wimbledon Lawn Tennis

6. 1911 – Radhika story – Censored – Bangalore Nagarathnammal

7. Birth of Venus – Botticelli – Ursula Andress appearance in Dr. No

8. DLF – company

9. Tetra Hertz Frequency – T Rays

10. Park – Valluvar kottam – Independence Day Park

Round 2

1. Gandhiji – attributes

Seven Blunders of the world

2. Lord X was the one who attributed all land which doesn’t belong to anyone should belong to the Government. The word is a native slang for “nobody” – What?

Lord Pembroke – Poromboke

3. Olympic Fire and Torch – significance

Theft of fire from the Gods

4. Lionel Messi – Ad for Adidas

Impossible is Nothing

5. Map of Moon – significance of the features

Man on Moon

6. Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar & Franz Lizst

First public recital

7. NYC – Fonts

Webdings – Wingdings (I hate Jews – I Love NYC)

8. First & Last appearance on screen – Anthony Minghella

9. In perfume counters what do they ask you to smell in between 2 different perfumes?

Coffee beans

10. Fashion called – pants down

Sagging – prison inmates – belt is forbidden coz criminals tend to commit suicide

11. Audio – 126% surge in sales in April 2008

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

12. Big Five – Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion, Rhino. What is the big nine?

Giraffe, Hippo, Cheetah, Zebra

13. Who sanctioned the Poondi Reservoir plan?

Satyamurthi

14. Utilidor – Utility corridor – Where was it first used?

Disney Theme Park

15. Who is the second Prime Minister of India and why?

Gulzari :Lal Nanda – coz Constitution doesn’t have a provision for acting PM

National Finals – Round 1

1. Prem Bihari Narain Raizada – Constitution of India. Who made the drawings?

Nandalal Bose

2. Tata Capital – Mizuaho Corporate has come up with Ninja laws. Expand Ninja.

No Income, No Job & Assets

3. Dark Tourism – What is?

Places where major human tragedies have happened

4. Picture – Identification

Windows XP Bliss Wallpaper

5. Olympics 2008, the marching order was Greece followed by Guinea. Why was this so?

Based on Chinese Script

6. Latin for “I forbid”

Veto

7. Natural Antihypertensive drug in 1934

Serpina – Himalaya

8. Girl on the moon – Queen’s Radio gaga

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis – countdown funda

9. Atlanta Games – Olympic Flame cauldron – in the shape of what?

McDonalds

10. Feist – 1 2 3 4

IPOd sample video

11. There are 4 forms of malyuddham in Mahabharatha. If two of them are Bhima & Jarasandha what are the other 2?

Hanuman & Jambavan

12. Peace Pagoda – Identify Visual

Built to commemorate Asoka’s conversion to non-violence

13. H2S + Fe —> FeS

Egg yolk & egg – Frying of an egg

14. Venezuela – Amerigo Vespucci – Visual Identification

15. Baaton Baaton mein – K3G and Tara Rum Pum

Intermediate Round

1. Graham Greene – fundaes

2. Chrysler Building – world’s tallest brick building

Round 2 – Anticlockwise

1. Gandhi – photograph with Margaret Bourke White – condition?

She had to learn how to spin the yarn

2. Alexander II & Maria Alexandrovna – Prince Alfred & Queen Victoria – what had its inception in the these marriages?

Marie Biscuits

3. Why did Vibhishana want the Ram Setu to be removed?

Because he wanted ships to pass through

4. Peace Bell – know thyself – Greek, Sanskrit and one more language where is this present?

Hiroshima – other language being Japanese

5. First PM of Independent India to propose a trust movement that he could not vote for

Manmohan Singh – coz he belongs to the Rajya Sabha

6. White Rhino – Visual

Named wrongly

7. Inbuan – Mizo people – what rule is different in their form of wrestling?

For a person to win the contest, he has to lift his opponent off the ground as against pinning him to the ground under normal rules

8. Five elements of nature – which musical element incorporates these?

Ghatam (Air – Inside the ghatam, Earth – it is made out of, Water – for making the clay, Fire – to heat and get a proper shape, Akash – when it is beaten, the mouth encompasses the akash)

9. Coldplay – Viva La Vida – Frida Kahlo

10. Habitable Zone in the Solar System

Goldilocks Zone

11. Audio – Identify

A R Rahman – LOTR

12. Rene Higuta – Scorpion Kick

13. Watch the birdie – used to catch the attention of kids when taking a photograph

14. Gandhi – “Indian Opinion” – Prize – what term was coined?

Satyagraha

Buzzer Questions

1. Kodangallur

2. Asia – Greek Myth

3. Presidents Palace – Hyderabad – retreat

4. Ludology