MIXED BAG QUIZ..........@quizdiary

1.What is so special about this image?

2.What special distinction does 'Karnataka Khadi Gramodyog Samyukta Sangh' hold with respect to national identity?

3. Evidence of this element was first detected on August 18, 1868, by French astronomer Pierre Janssen during a total Solar eclipse in Guntur, India. This was the first element detected in space before being found on Earth. Which element?

4.Which is the first organism intentionally sent to space?

5.Identify the person and what was he an inspiration for?

6.During the freedom struggle, Indira Gandhi created, an organization of young Indian boys and girls, as the children's wing   of the Indian National Congress.What was its name.

7.In 1951 as a medical student, he travelled along with his friend Alberto Granado on  a 1939 model 500 cc  motor cycle nicknamed  'La Poderosa' meaning 'The Mighty One' , all over South America. Who is he and what is the name of the book based on his travels?

8.The flag of Nepal is unique and has two triangular pennants. Which are the only two independent countries to have square shaped flags?

9. Created on Aug 19,1978, this military service has the Sanskrit motto 

“Vaayam Rakshaamah” meaning “We Protect” on it’s coat of arms. Which one?

10.Identify the advertisement.

ANSWERS

1.THE FIRST COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH -'TARTAN RIBBON'(TAKEN BY JAMES CLERK   MAXWELL IN 1861)

2.THIS IS THE ONLY ORGANISATION AUTHORISED TO MANUFACTURE AND SUPPLY THE INDIAN NATIONAL FLAG

3.HELIUM

4.FRUIT FLIES('LAIKA' - A DOG WAS THE FIRST ORGANISM TO ORBIT EARTH

5.MIR RANJAN NEGI.'CHAK DE INDIA'.

6.VAANARA SENA

7.CHE GUVERA.MOTORCYCLE DIARIES.

8.SWITZERLAND,VATICAN CITY

9.INDIAN COAST GUARD

10.NESCAFE

PICTURE QUIZ 3.......@quizdiary

 1.Identify who this is and what is special/unique about this image?

2. What is the connection between following images?

                                                       

3.Identify this wonderful piece of architecture......?(yeah it's in India)

                                                 

4.Identify the 'complan BOY and complan GIRL'...?(A very old AD,probably featuring in Doordarshan)

5.Identify this awesome aircraft.

6.Name these two tech-guys who totally changed the cyber space?

7.This is the satellite image of one of Asia's widely used and famous airport .Identify.

8.Can you identify the person in the bottom left corner(extreme left) and the company he started.

9.Identify this famous Bollywood actress.

10.Name this robust and radicle cabinet minister who is trying hard to build a new system of education.

                                              

ANSWERS

1.THE TRUE FACE OF CLEOPATRA WAS REBUILD USING TECHNOLOGY IN 3-D.SAID TO BE THE MOST ACCURATE RECREATION.

2."Saare jahaan se achcha Hindustan Hamaara".

Pictures (clockwise from top)

1) Poet Iqbal (wrote the poem)
2) Rakesh Sharma. 1st Indian in space
3) Indira Gandhi

When Indira Gandhi asked Rakesh Sharma as to how India looked from outer space, he replied - ""Saare jahaan se achcha Hindustan Hamaara"

3.BANDRA-WORLI SEA LINK ,MUMBAI

4.SHAHID KAPOOR AND AYESHA TAKIA.                                                                                         

 

5.THE CONCORDE SUPERSONIC AIRLINER, BUILT JOINTLY BY FRANCE AND  BRITAIN.  

6.LARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN.(THE FOUNDERS OF GOOGLE)

7.KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,JAPAN

8.BILL GATES AND THE FOUNDERS OF MICROSOFT.

9.AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN

10.KAPIL SIBAL(MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPEMENT)

IT QUIZ @quizdiary

1. When ----- was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub, because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance. Identify it... (Very famous…)

2.Jon Rubinstein assembled a group of engineers to design and build the first ------- with Tony Fadell and Michael Dhuey as the principal hardware engineers. Vatican Radio presented this ------ to the Pope who loves listening to music. What are we talking about...?

3.David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 mins to code a chunk of program called the “Three Fingered   Salute" in 1981  . Millions use it today in case of desperation. What are we talking about..?

 4.Identify the dudes and the organization they started..?

5.Douglas Engelbart received patent US3541541 on November 17, 1970 for an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System". How do we commonly know this patent as..?

6.He is the founder of the Free Software Movement. He campaigned for computer users' freedom  --- for instance, our freedom to control the software we use, to redistribute the software to others etc. Name him.

      

7. The man in the picture is the CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc which is leading the consumer  technology   world with its revolutionary iPods, iPhone and App Store. Name him.

8. The term FAQ means Frequently Asked Questions. What does  the term FUQ means?

9.Google Earth is a virtual globe program that maps the surface of the earth by combining pictures taken by satellites and airplanes .Recently the Indian Space Research Organization launched another program which maps the Indian terrain with a higher resolution(more clearly).Name it.

10. Which IT park in India has the motto- ‘Harmony at work’?

ANSWERS

1.GOOGLE

2.iPOD

3.THE KEYS ALT+CONTROL+DELETE(ALT+CTRL+DEL)

4.THE FOUNDERS OF INFOSYS, N.R NARAYANA   MURTHY(EXTREME LEFT) AND TEAM. 

5.COMPUTER MOUSE

6.RICHARD STALLMAN

7.STEVE JOBS

8.FREQUENTLY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

9.BHUVAN

10.TECHNOPARK, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

35 Environment Questions

LOVE NATURE

1) US banned her entry calling her ‘a communist good’. She was kept in On her journey to the USA from China she got into trouble when the London for time’s sake and became a major attraction there. Who?


Chi-Chi the Panda, who became the mascot of the WWF


2)  The comic character Yogi Bear lives in a national park that takes its   name from the world’s first national park. Name both.


Jellystone and Yellowstone


3)  The byline of which company, rather ironically went ‘What we do will touch your lives in some way everyday’?


Union Carbide Limited (Bhopal Gas Tragedy)


4)  Cubatao, in Brazil has certain epithet because it is the world’s most polluted place. What epithet?


The Valley of Death


5)  Which popular brand takes its name from a particular species of deer native to South Africa?


Reebok


6)  Which metal was responsible for the fatal brain disease that affected people eating fish caught from the Minamata Bay off the Japanese island of Kyushu?


Mercury


7)  What is the claim to fame of a body called the Dasohli Gram Swarajya Mandali?


Pioneered the Chipko movement


8)  A certain kind of bird called Storm Petrels are named after St. Peter. Why?


Because they can walk on water


9)  The largest flower in the world is named after the person who forced Lord Minto to occupy Java and was at one time the keeper of the London Zoo. We know him best for a city that he founded. Name him and the flower?


Sir Stamford Thomas Raffles and the Rafflesia arnoldi 
 
10)  In which book would you find the lines ‘All animals are equal but  some animals are more equal’.


George Orwell’s ‘Animal farm’


11)  The Indian television series ‘Living on the edge’ was the first in Asia to win the prestigious Panda Award. By what popular name is this award known?


The Green Oscar


12)  Which animal is mentioned as the teacher of Yudhishthira in the Mahabharatha?
The Mongoose


13)  Which comic character cannot stand trees being cut down?
Dogmatix of Asterix


14)  Which Banking and Finance corporate major recently tied up with the WWF to issue special WWF branded credit cards wherein the company would donate a certain amount of money on the customer’s behalf to  WWF everytime he used the card?


Citibank


15)  A few years ago a certain insect called the Mexican Beetle was imported into Bangalore in large numbers. Why?


To eradicate the weed Parthenium 
 
16)  India’s premier environmental magazine is edited by activist Bittu Sahgal. Name it.


Sanctuary


17)  Who said ‘A nation’s wealth, its real wealth can be gauged by its tree  cover ‘?


Richard St. Barbe Baker, ‘The Man of Trees’


18)  Who is the patron saint of ecology?


St. Francis


19)  Of which media powerhouse is the Discovery Channel a division?


Disney


20)  Who authored a bestseller ‘Overload’ which is concerned with a fight between environmentalists and an engineer over the building of a  thermal power station?


Arthur Hailey


21)  This American industrialist donated about 1/5th of his property to WWF in return for which the WWF gives an annual Wildlife Conservation Prize to individuals and organisations for distinguished service to the cause of conservation, in his name. Who?


J. Paul Getty 

 
22)  Which ancient Indian text contains rules and regulations on how to run a protected forest or a ‘abhayaranya’?


Kautilya’s Arthashastra 
 
23)  The oldest of the species is supposedly more than 600 years old and is found in Kerala’s Perambikulam game sanctuary. Now it is a primary component for reforestation and its bark and flowers are used as medicine for Bronchitis. Its name originated in Malayalam and entered Portuguese to mean ‘carpenter’. Which tree?


The Teak


24)  This tree was supposedly brought to India from Sri Lanka by Hanuman when he was carrying messages from Sita. He felt so delighted by it that he threw the seeds on what is presently Maharashtra. Which tree?


The Mango


26)  What is the area adjoining the Kuntipuzha river in Kerala called?


The Silent Valley


27)  Which comic achieved the distinction of being the first to be printed on recycled paper as early as the mid 80s?


Archie Comics


28)  Petra Kelly founded a political party in Germany whose agenda is conservation. Name the party.


The Greens Party


29)  Who was the star of a film “Grime goes green’ along with John Cleese?


Prince Charles


30)  The first environmentally conscious community are found in Rajasthan and get their name from the fact that the follow 29 commandments?


The Bishnois


31)  If you were a Gargencian  with whom would you mate?


The Amazon tribe


32)  Carl Sagan headed a research team called TTAPS which introduced a  phrase into the English language. What phrase?


Nuclear Winter


33)  In an irony of war in the Gulf, a US owned tanker flying a Pan American flag carrying Iranian oil struck a mine off Fujirah port in UAE and caused an oil slick, the first in the Indian Ocean. Name the ship.


Texaco Carribean


34)  In 1992, At the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro two countries, rather incongruously  announced they would resume whale hunting. Name them.


Iceland and Norway


35)  What was E.P.Gee referring to in his book ‘Wildlife of India’ when he wrote ‘ There are floating islands in Burma, Kashmir and North America that I have heard of. But I think ________ is the only floating wildlife sanctuary in the world. Fill in the blank.


Keibul Lamjao floating sanctuary in Manipur