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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Christ Quiz: Prelims

Nihar and I just finished conducting a quiz at Christ, and we'll be posting up the questions and answers soon.

Attempt the prelims
Its +5 per question ok?

have fun



we'll add the points to the main scoreboard soon.
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6 comments:

  1. AttitudeMongerDecember 10, 2010 at 2:03 AM

    3- Google.
    6- 3 Musketeers.
    11- St. Elmo's Fire.
    12- 1st mother to win a Grand Slam.
    14- He voiced Donald Duck.
    18- Werner Heisenberg.
    21- Dokomo.
    22- Vodafone Zuzus were designed on them.

    23- Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up on Youtube.

    24- A character named Paul served as the source for naming Paul the Octopus.

    25- Roadrunner?
    28- Serendipity.
    29- Belinda Clark, 1st person to score an international ODI 200 (in 1997).

    Answered all of them on my own, except the one on Clijsters, which I wikied.

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  2. AmeyaDecember 10, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    Q13 dedication is for me??? am zapped

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  3. pranavDecember 10, 2010 at 6:47 PM

    1.tata nano
    4.mahut and john isner
    5.kosovo??
    6.the 3 musketeers
    9.a quiver full of arrows
    12.becoming a grand slam winner after becoming a mother
    13.tin eye
    14.just a guess did he provide the voice for donald duck???
    15.rocket constellation :D
    16.x-airtel logo
    y-vediocon logo
    18.a sitter thats werner heisenberg
    19.yottabyte??
    20.something to do with world wildlife fund reacted to the competative fighting of animals like cock fights etc
    21.docomo
    22.zoo-zoos
    24.paul the octopus was supposed to be named after this book
    25.roadrunner
    27.delta
    28.serendipity
    29.belinda clark she is the first human being to score 200 runs in international odi cricket

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  4. Gowtham RagavendarDecember 11, 2010 at 12:10 AM

    1. Tata Ace
    2. The Orient Express
    3. Google
    4. Nicholass Mahut, John Isner
    5. It's an easter egg on google maps
    6. The three musketeers
    7. Gone with the wind?
    8. Michael Ballack
    9. A quiver full of Arrows
    10.
    11. Looming
    12. Winning a Grand Slam as a mom
    13. TinEye
    14. Voice of Donald Duck
    15. Ursa Major
    16. AirTel
    17. Dunno X, Y is Springfield
    18. Werner Heisenberg
    19. Zettabyte
    20. World Wrestling Federation renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment
    21. DoCoMo
    22. Zoozoos
    23. Rick Astleys song- never gonna giv you up
    24. Paul the Octopus
    25. Roadrunner
    26. Bamako?
    27. The Golden Ratio
    28. Serendip
    29. Belinda Clarke - scored 229, the highest in an ODI innings
    30. DV Gundappa?

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  5. RDecember 11, 2010 at 11:41 AM

    1. Tata Ace
    2. Aboard the Orient express (Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie)
    3. Google! (sitter)
    4. Awesome question dude, it was not 40-40 points. It was 40-40 games in the last set of the longest ever match at Wimbledon between John Isner and Nicholas Mahut which went on till 70 games! great question once again.
    5. Iceland??
    6. easy one, The Three Musketeers
    7. Casino Royale??
    8. Michael Ballack!
    9. A Quiver full of Arrows, Archer's short story collection
    10. Winston Churchill maybe
    11. i saw this pic on wiki. it's st. elmo's fire
    12. won a Grand Slam tournament when she was a mother
    13. TinEye, this is given on their homepage too
    14. He voiced Donald Duck
    15. Ursa major
    16. Airtel
    17. Springfield
    18. Murphy?
    19. Zettabyte
    20. World Wrestling Federation?
    21. Expansion of DOCOMO
    22. ZooZoo
    23. the thing shown in The Ring maybe
    24. Paul the Octopus was named after it
    25. Casper
    26. Timbuktu
    27. easy one Pi
    28. Serendipity, good question
    29. Belinda Clark, scored 230 in 1997 in an ODI, long before Sachin
    30. i have no idea about this as I am from Pune

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  6. YogarshiDecember 12, 2010 at 11:41 PM

    Ok here goes -

    1) Tata Ace
    2) Aboard the Orient Express in 'Murder on the Orient Express'.
    3) Google !
    4)John Isner and Nicholas Mahout in the 2010 Wimbledon
    5)Iceland
    6)The Three Musketeers !
    7)
    8) Michael Ballack
    9) Not very sure but is it A quiver Full of arrows ????
    10)Sir John(probably) Simon..the members of the Simon Commission..
    11) St Elmo's Fire
    12) winning a grand slam as a mother
    13)
    14) Donald Duck
    15)The Big Dipper
    16) Airtel
    17) Springfield..dunno the full name
    18) Heisenberg, He lies here somewhere!!!
    19)zettabyte
    20)
    21) Docomo
    22)Zoozoo!!
    23)
    24) Due to Paul the Octopus !

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