Les quizerables el concurso 2016 prelims

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RULES
• The preliminary round consists of 25 questions.
• No negative marking, u guys are free to guess.
• Each question carries a weightage of 2 points
• There are 5 starred questions.
• In case of a tie these decide your future.
• Clues will be provide by quiz master whenever he feels like.
• However teams can object to clues being given.

1) www.relentless.com will reach you to which famous website

2) The founders of this company had to use a punctuation in the brand
name because the name had previously been used for knives, canoes
and barbecue sauce. The company’s logo still retains the punctuation
and in its latest revision in 2013 the punctuation was further tilted by
nine degrees. Which company are we talking about?

3)The following image is that of the montreal biosphere.The Biosphere is
a museum in Montreal dedicated to the environment. It is located
at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Saint Helen's Island in the former pavilion of
the United States for the 1967 World Fair, Expo 67. The building
originally formed an enclosed structure of steel and acrylic cells, 76
metres (250 ft) in diameter and 62 metres (200 ft) high. This structure is
in the shape of a geodesic dome. In the afternoon of 20 May 1976,
during structural renovations, a fire burned away the building's
transparent acrylic bubble, but the hard steel truss structure remained.
The site remained closed until 1990. Identify the famous architect
who designed the structure.

4) Cricket was included in only one Olympics which was in
1900. 4 teams were scheduled to compete in the tournament
however 2 of them pulled out and only one match was played.
Which country won that match to win the only Olympic gold in
cricket till date?

5) This is Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer is now
residing in a place (shown above) were someone else is
supposed to live. Who?

6) For what reason did this picture attain fame recently. Also identify the
person.

Selena Gomez. Most liked picture on instagram.

7) After an accidental meeting between Jamsedji N. Tata and Xon a
ship in 1893 where they discussed Tata's plan of bringing the steel
industry to India, Tata wrote to Xfive years later "I trust, you remember
me as a fellow-traveller on your voyage from Japan to Chicago. I very
much recall at this moment your views on the growth of the ascetic spirit
in India... I recall these ideas in connection with my scheme of Research
Institute of Science for India, of which you have doubtless heard or
read."
Tata, with the aim of advancing the scientific capabilities of the country,
constituted a Provisional Committee to prepare a plan for setting up of
an Institute of research and higher education. Thus resulting in the
institute Y. Identify X and Y

8) X or capture-bonding, is a psychological phenomenon described in 1973 in
which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings
toward their captors. X is named after the Norrmalmstorg
robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm, Sweden. During the
crime, several bank employees were held hostage in a bank vault from August
23 to 28, 1973, while their captors negotiated with police. During this standoff,
the victims became emotionally attached to their captors, rejected assistance
from government officials at one point, and even defended their captors after
they were freed from their six-day ordeal. Identify X

9) What is this google doodle about?

10) Which space agency holds the record for placing maximum
number of satellites in orbit in a single launch. Name the
agency and the launch vehicle used.

11)This great person received a posthumous Honorary Fellowship from
the Royal Society of Chemistry. It comes 100 years after He returned from
the dead to solve a case. Usually such honours are reserved for Nobel
Laureates and other distinguished academics and industrialists. He is the
first of its kind to receive the Fellowship, and a silver medal will be struck
in his name. Who is he

12) In November 2007 X published several poems under the pen name Y –
a combination of his middle name and the Jewish version of his mother
Marcia Gresham Jacobson’s (above) maiden name Gresham – in Rubbish,
an underground fashion magazine
Identify X and his pen name Y.

X is Daniel Radcliff and his
pen name Jacob Gershon

13) X on witnessing something, remarked later that it brought to mind
words from the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer
of worlds.“ Who is X and what did he witness?

14) Identify this couple famous for their paranormal adventures.

15) Late pop icon Michael Jackson’s personal physician Dr.
Conrad Murray claimed that Jackson wanted to marry her
when she was 11 years old after watching her first movies.
Who is she?

16) The official plane of American president is Air Force One.
What is the official plane of Indian Prime Minister or President
called.

17) Connect these three substances

18) This is Masako Nozawa. She is famous for voicing a popular
comic book character. Name the character.

19)What does torino scale (above) measure.

20) What is the weapon of all Jedi masters?

21)Identify this famous Greek mythical creature.

22) The first attested use of this word was in 1781 and means an odd
person. It later acquired a meaning of to make fun of, or to mock. How it
acquired its current meaning of a test is unknown. However there is a
well-known myth about this word that says that in 1791 a Dublin theater
owner made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language
within twenty-four hours. He then went out and hired a group of street
urchins to write this word on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a
day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since
no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test)
and he had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is no evidence
to support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged
bet in 1791. Identify the word

23) These two basketball Players of the Golden State Warriors in the
NBA, hold the record for most 3 point field goals made in a season.
This duo is better known by a nickname. Identify the players and the
nickname

Splash brothers. Klay Thompson &
Stephen Curry

24) X (above) passed away on 24th june 2016. He is credited with
conducting the first formal quiz in india in 1967. He was a three-time
nominated mla in west Bengal. His son Y is TMC MP.
Identify X and Y.

X is Neil O’Brein
Y is Derik O Berien

25) This is tay a twitter user, who got framed for its racist remarkes.
What is tay really?

Micosofts Artificial intelligence bot , Tay.ai

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