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JoGa 5 rEsuLts…..

November 20, 2007

team # 1 score 10.5

shovik banerjee

g.jagadheesh singaram

sunil sam kurien

team #2 score 10

g.vinesh reddy

p.srinath

k.c (ece)

team #3 score 9.5

rahul unnikrishnan

anoop mathew

tony sebastian

team #4 score 8.5

arun k

ashanthan r

saurabh mittal

team #5 score 7.5

girija panda

prashant tiwari

menino valentino pereira

team #6 score 6

pranav sharma

k. murlitharan

k sravan kumar

team #7 score 5.5

ashutosh

zubair

debjeet

team #8 score 5

shanti

mousumi

sireesha

note : max possible score was 15.5.can be considered 15 onli..

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NitInZ jOga!!! pLaY oN!!!

November 20, 2007

Joga Bonito-round 5.

(Mick says to Rocky in Rocky II– “1 more round you SOB cos Mickey loves you.”)

1. Martina Hingis was the first person to achieve this feat at the Australian Open in 2001.In the 2007 U.S. Open,Justine Henin became the second to do the same.What rare feat..?

2. Small,spherical and containing 75 calories apiece, these consist of a whole roasted hazelnut cased in a thin wafer shell filled with hazelnut cream n covered in milk chocolate and hazelnuts. In Hong Kong they are a popular gift during holidays especially during Chinese New Year as the Chinese culture associates the gold of the packaging with good fortune and wealth. What am I talking about.?

1.        A native form of X was made by Karl Elsener in 1891.He was disappointed that the ones supplied to his country’s army were made in Germany. Elsner used the cross and shield to brand his product and in 1909 named his company ‘Victoria’. In 1921the company started using stainless steel (acier inoxydable in French ). The company name was then changed to its current name. In April 2005,this company acquired competitor Wenger and so became the only supplier for the national army. Close to 50000 Xs are supplied to the army but they are also produced for export.

The standard X is 9 cm long and 2 cm thick. The simplest commercial model contains just a single blade while other varieties include technological features like USB flash drives,digital altimeter,laser pointer,etc.The original army model contains a brass spacer so that it can be used to assemble the SIG 550 and SIG 510 assault rifles. What is X..?

4. Y (2 words.) is a pejorative term for a small country (commonly Latin American, Caribbean or African) that is politically unstable,dependent on limited agriculture and ruled by a small self elected wealthy and corrupt clique.The term was coined by O’Henry in reference to Honduras.The second word was a euphemism for ‘dictatorship’while the first implied an easy reliance on basic agriculture and backwardness in the development of industrial technology. These nations (Ys) are often prone to revolutions and coups.

5. Her WTA profile says she turned pro in 1999,uses Volkl racquets and wears basketball shoes.She’s never crossed the second round at any major but gets publicity because of her eccentric dress sense-she was once fined at the Flushing Meadows for wearing a cowboy hat in 2005 and at Wimbeldon 06 she wore a soccer themed dress including football socks,chandelier earrings, a boob-tube worn over a strappy vest top,tiny running shorts and a headband. Who ?

6. A Swedish brand owned by V & S Group it has facilities near Ahus, Scania in south of Sweden.It is the third largest brand in the world in its class its current name was given in 1879 by entrepreneur Lars Smith. Famous for its unique ad campaign designed by TBWA based on its distinctive bottle shape it comes in many varieties,the first of which was PEPPAR (roasted jalapenos,green tomato and dried herbs flavored.) Other varieties include Citron,Mandarin ,Apeach and Ruby Red to name a few. What am I talking about.??

7. Karen, Ellen, Francis, Muriel and Eustace. These are only five because the sixth member didn’t have one. What am I talking about ??

( clue : think television.)

8. First processed in 1874 by C.R.Alder Wright ,an English chemist, X was independently re-synthesised 23 years later by Felix Hoffman working at Bayer pharmaceutical company in Germany when he was trying to synthesize codeine. From 1898 to 1910 it was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children and was marketed by Bayer as a cure for morphine addiction before it was discovered that it was converted to morphine when metabolized in the liver and was hence a quicker acting form of morphine, 1.5 to 2 times more potent than morphine..!! Chemically it is C21H23NO5. Whats X..?

9. The most famous branch of this fictional chain store is operated by a Mr. Nahasapeemapetilon who always says,”Thank you,come again ” in a funny accent. The chain was started somewhere in the Himalayas where the world’s first convenient store still stands. Visiting pilgrims are allowed to ask 3 questions to the resident all knowing guru. Which store. ?

10. Born on March 1,1954,hes a famous American actor,film director and producer. He played The Fonz’s (played by Henry Winkler) red-headed freckled face friend.He also appeared in M*A*S*H’s first season and Huckelberry Finn and is the narrator in contemporary sit-com Arrested Development and was considered one of the 100 greatest child stars by a VH1 poll. Perhaps he is better known now for his directorial ventures which include Apollo 13,EdTV,Cindrella Man and Splash among many others. Who ?

11. Released every year around the middle of February or a little later,this publication features top fashion models wearing designer ________ in exotic locales.Its first issue was released in 1964 .Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova are the only sportspersons to appear on the cover (though only as insets.) Supermodel Elle McPherson has been featured on the cover the most number of times (5) and in 2006 Beyonce Knowles became the first singer to appear on the cover. What publication am I referring to.??

12. To the indigenous people of the island it is called Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua in Spanish. The Chilean-governed island has a population of close to 4000 and is at the south-eastern tip of the Polynesian triangle.Dutch Navigator Jacob Roggeveen was the first European to land on the island on April 5,1722 and this day is significant in the subsequent naming of the Island. It is very famous for the 887 monolithic statues called Moai and is a World Heritage site with much of the isle protected by the Rapa Nui National Park. Name the island.

13. 2500 blank ones were created initially in 1958 as part of a plan to give the city of _________ a face lift. Given in 5 different categories,1558 were awarded in the first sixteen months and since then around 2 are awarded every month. The first was given to Joanne Woodward. Even though they are awarded, the awardee is to pay $25000 to the _______ Historic Trust once his/her name is selected from the nominees. The ones belonging to Kirk Douglas,Jimmy Stewart,Gregory Peck and Gene Autry (the only person to have all 5) have been stolen in the past but have been replaced. Muhammad Ali’s is the only one to be vertically aligned and not horizontally.

a) Name the city (the blanks.)

b) What are these awards. ?

c) Why the exception for Ali ?

14. Founded in 1991 as Jordan Grand Prix ,the Silverstone based squad and its facilities were sold in 2005 to Alex Shnaider and was renamed. It was re-sold in less than 2 years to a Dutch manufacturer of hand built cars for $ 106.6 million. Its been in the news again with rumors of another possible hand change. What is this outfit currently called.?

15. Z ( 2 words) or “Super _____” were the nicknames given to a herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. Military. It was the most used of the rainbow herbicides .Degradation of Z has led to the release of dioxins which have caused health problems to those exposed .US Veterans obtained a $184 million settlement in 1984 against the companies which manufactured this substance – Dow Chemicals,Monsanto and Diamond Shamrock.The herbicide was developed in the 1940s for use in controlling broad leafed plants. It was named so because of the 55 gallon orange striped barrels it was shipped in. What is Z.? When was it first extensively used by the US Military ?

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Joga v3.0…the Panda eats a lot more than bamboo shoots!

October 5, 2007

Here is the latest Joga “one-two” by none other than Girija “Wikipedia” Panda!Enjoy folks!Answers will be put up in a while!

1.“O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick.- Thus with a kiss I die.”
2.“O, happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rest, and let me die. “
Connect these two sentences.

1- ______ is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille, based on the 1880 novel Rarahu ou Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. It was first performed in 1883 at the Opéra Comique in Paris.The story concerns ____, a girl who lives in India with her father, Nilakantha, who is a Hindu priest. She falls in love with Gérald, a young British man in the military service and consequently displeases her father. To avoid trouble between her father and Gérald, _____ chooses suicide over dishonor. Name it.

2- The Cacophony Society is “a randomly gathered network of free spirits united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society.” It was started in 1986 by surviving members of the now defunct Suicide Club of San Francisco. The anarchic nature of the Society means that membership is left open-ended and anyone may sponsor an event. Cacophony events often involve costumes and pranks in public places and sometimes going into places that are generally off limits to the public. Cacophonists have been known to dress as Santa Claus or dress in animal suits and go bowling. This has inspired something in pop culture or literature. What?

3- a) What is the name ( in full ) of the official international website of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)??

b) What is the name of official website of paypal ??

4- He was in love with a girl called Rosaline and was heartbroken when he learnt that she had taken a chastity vow and would not be able to return his love. He then went to a party hoping to meet her again and met another girl whom he found to be better than Rosaline. The new girl was actually being courted by Paris and was only 14 years of age. Who are we talking about?

5- Let me start with a story. The young entrepreneur took the unknown but promising band members to a one of his known restaurants in the neighborhood and finalized details of the deal over dinner for bringing out the band’s first album under his recording company’s label. After the dinner the owner of the restaurant treated them with complementary dash of marijuana joint. Next morning the band pulled out of the deal as they thought the new entrepreneur had bad intention and instead signed the rival label Polydor. The loss to the fledgling recording company was 500 million pound! Which was the band and who was the young entrepreneur?

6- During the 2002 Lucknow Mahotsav, an NGO named Mahila Samkhya had organised a word game. Following this, an appeal was made to the Indian Government to consider suitable changes in something, but nothing happened. Much later (actually recently) , the issue gained significance due to a certain development. What am I talking about?

7- It is regarded by many smokers as the “Rolls Royce of Cigarettes.” A German brand of high-end tobacco products, it was produced by Imperial Tobacco following its purchase of Reemtsma Zigarettenfabriken. The company also produces a line of high-end perfume, coffee and fashion accessories. The cigarette line includes the standard “classic”, “mild”, “lights”, “ultra lights” and “menthol” flavours, as well as the more expensive rich “Magnum” flavour. Due to legal issues, its sale is prohibited in the United States. Which cigarette?

8- What is being referred to?
Director: Antoine Bardou-Jacquet ; Voiceover: US author Garrison Keillor
Line: Isn’t it nice when things just work?
Background Score: “Rapper’s Delight” by Grand Master Flash & the Sugar Hill Gang ; Possible Inspirations: Short film titled ‘The Way Things Go” by Peter Fischli & David Weiss (or) Engineering of Caractacus Potts’ breakfast-making machine in the Sixties film ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’.
(hint ::..its the best ever made in its category)

9.The first World Cup was held in 1473, with the final being between Flanders and Transylvania.In the 1994 finals, Hassan Mostafa of Egypt was the referee. Which sport? ( hint ::EA sports has released its first video game on it on October 28,2003)

10- This software was originally designed to map the path projectile of missiles. But gained significant popularity in another field . What am I talking about??

11- In 1979 the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Michael McCormack and Godfrey Hounsfield, though neither were doctors or physicans. For what did they win it?

12- Being confounded in a non first-class match by the England bowler Bunny Lucas, who looped a delivery that dropped from around 30 feet almost vertically towards the stumps this batsman deduced – there was plenty of time for thinking – that presenting a vertical bat would fail, so settled on a cross-batted heave. The resulting air shot belied his first-class experience, demolishing two stumps and breaking his bat. The ball then landed on the solitary stump. The batsman was so impressed that he wrote a short story about an asthmatic schoolteacher who used such a delivery to win the Ashes for England. Identify the batsmen.

13- I want the name of the show.

“All Characters and events in this show-even those based on real people-are entirely fictional. All celebrity voices are impersonated…poorly. The following program contains coarse language and due to its content should not be viewed by anyone.”

14- Ben & Jerry’s, one of US’ ice-cream maker released a flavour called “Totally Nuts” to honour a fictional character. Who is this character?
15- “HOG” is the NYSE ticker of which company ??

16- His 1956 autobiography has a single-word title that effectively evokes the way he played the game he was associated with. It begins with the words “You are doubtless aware that I am a common man”. Who? Name the autobiography.)

17- Connect :

Chariots of fire , Sudhir Naik , George Cohen , Hôtel Ritz Paris


18- Why is the Sanders Theater at Harvard University is famous for??

19- This was a poster put up in 1978 explaining something. Who put it up and what is being explained?

If it’s there and you can see it—it’s real

If it’s not there and you can see it—it’s virtual

If it’s there and you can’t see it—it’s transparent

If it’s not there and you can’t see it-you erased it!

20- This famous bollywood personality was born and raised in the Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh. His next film is likely to be titled Julia, to be co-written with Hollywood screen-writer Matthew Robbins. The film, rumoured to star Hollywood actress Uma Thurman and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan, is about the biography of actress Nadira .Recently he has assisted for the legendary Francis Ford Coppola on the latter’s film Youth Without Youth. Identify.

21- X was an 18th century monk of Indo-Portugese descent who pioneered scientific hypnotism. X moved to France in 1795 where he was arrested for his revolutionary activities and was put into a solitary confinement in an infamous chateu.
Y , a 19th century historical novelist used a fictionalised version of X in his famous novel Z. Identify X ,Y, Z

22- What happened when Henry II, feuding with Archbishop Thomas Becket and incensed with King of France for siding with Becket, ordered English students back from the University of Paris? (the feud on which the movies Becket and Namak Haram are based on)

23-This was originally conceived in 1860 by the British Commander A.D. Taylor of the Indian Marines. Thereafter, almost once in every decade a committee or a prominent expert made a recommendation in favour of it. In 1955, for the first time since Independence, the Government of India constituted a Committee under Sir Ramaswamy Mudaliyar to examine the feasibility of it. What am I talking about?

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B Qs

September 15, 2007

A few qs from the Spree’s Biz quiz..they are already up on another blog. But i guess, you can still give it a shot 

1. A quote from an Internet forum. “While I appreciate your intellectual depth, I question your business pragmatics. No one will set up a plant any where they will be buying the ores at the prevalent international price. X will like to make sure they have control on the price for the raw material. Companies get into futures market to have better control on the cost of material. Just check the price of aviation fuel South West Airlines pays these days? They have been extremely smart by hedging their bet. Please remember that X has just signed a MoU. Brazil is pursuing X to set up the plant in Brazil. Brazil has as much iron ores as Y. X will ask Y to guarantee a price for the ores for next 10-20 years. If you want to ask them pay the prevalent international price for Ore, why the heck they will give any stake in ownership to Y. ” Identify X and Y

2. Fill in the blanks

Excerpt from RL. Chambers’ Book of Days, Vol. 1 (1864)

We see it in the sculptures and paintings of Egypt, and Sir Gardner Wilkinson has engraved a delineation of an Ethiopian princess, traveling in her chariot through Upper Egypt to Thebes, wherein the car is furnished with an arrangement resembling the chaise ____________ of the present time. The recent discoveries at Nineveh show that the __________ was generally carried with the king in time of peace and even in war. In shape,” says Layard, “it resembled very closely those now in common use, but it is always seen open in the sculptures. It was edged with tassels, and was usually adorned at the top by a flower or some other ornament.

3. Again..fill in the blank ( The rhyme ought to do it )

The Epitaph of the __________

Low and high We all will sigh

 When the poor little ___

 Bids her last goodbye…..

 So let us not vie

 To keep alive the _____

And without a plaintive cry

 Peacefully let her die.

 If you want the reason why

There need not be hue and cry

Remember she’ll in honour lie

 With the silver rupee high!

 4. Put fundae

 Fabrikam, Awesome Computers, Contoso, Fourthcoffee, Woodgrove bank

 5. Dreaming of becoming a millionaire, he once had an epiphany one morning while reading the newspaper. With so little known about a growing number of corporate securities, someone was bound to publish an industrial manual offering financial information to investors. “When it comes,” he recalled thinking in his autobiography, “it will be a gold mine.” In 1909, he started mining. He published a book about railroad securities, using letter grades to assess their risk. Investors looking for more certainty liked the idea, and it was then that the business took off.6. A sitter…

6.When the cinchona tree which was the one stop source for drugs became scarce in the 1880s, people began to look for viable alternatives. Two alternative antipyretic agents were developed in the 1880s: acetanilide in 1886 and phenacetin in 1887. By this time, ____________ had already been synthesized by Harmon Northrop Morse . While this was first performed in 1873, __________ was not used medically for another two decades. In 1893, ____________ was discovered in the urine of individuals who had taken phenacetin, and was concentrated into a white, crystalline compound with a bitter taste. In 1899, _________ was found to be a metabolite of acetanilide. This discovery was largely ignored at the time. Name the drug.

7. Delhi-based businessman said of him admiringly: “He is in the value-for-money business. He can spot an opportunity a mile away and make money even before others start thinking about it. By the time others get on to it, he will have exited the business after making a pile of cash. A mercurial business man, who started big with Srinivas Telecom, renamed it and then ventured into virtually every sector is now set to be left with a Spa, a chain of health food restaurants – Aiwo- and the wi-fi business under Dishnet Wireless and of course,a whopping 4000 crore in hand.”. He is now in the news for having sold his latest success story. The guy in question ? 8. And my fav question of the quiz… Now into fashion cosmetics, she once said she would be launching her own brand of organic baby food, saying that she was inspired by her three-year-old son, and that “I found all I wanted to do was give him perfect, unadulterated food. It would be wonderful to come up with good, maybe even convenience, food which is really healthy, low-calorie, organic and delicious.” She is so committed to this vision that she’s giving up acting to concentrate on her new endeavor. Saying “it’s the only place I want to be,” she has retreated to her estate in the British countryside, and is busily making plans to go green. “”When we get our organic status we’re going to farm properly and we’re going to have a herd of cows and proper sheep and proper chickens, and we’re going to have small amounts of Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs. I’ve joined the breeders’ club already and I’m quite excited about it. So..who is she ?

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From the Spree days

September 14, 2007

Guys here are a few qns i found while rummaging through my PC from the Spree Lit n Ent quiz…have fun !!

1.The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is probably the most influential of L’s works. Its vision of a dynamic relationship between a stable “Heaven” and a dynamic “Hell” has fascinated theologians, aestheticians and psychologists. X took the name of one of his most famous works, P from this work.

X once said:

Who lives longer: the man who takes heroin for two years and dies, or the man who lives on roast beef, water, and potatoes till ninety-five? One passes his twenty-four months in eternity. All the years of the beef-eater are lived only in time.

X was injected with LSD while on his deathbed, right before dying. His last words were “LSD, 100 micrograms I.M.”

His book Y inspires a massively multiplayer first-person shooter computer game published by WebZen games. Special content includes a campaign mode for the Xbox 360 only. The Xbox 360 version is planned for release six months after the PC. This means that it may be 2008 before 360 players can play the game. It will also be the first MMOFPS to have both the PC and Console version interact with each other online and play on the same servers.

Y first published in 1932. Set in London in 2540, the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, biological engineering, and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The title of Y comes from Miranda’s speech in Z’s M, Act V, Scene I.

 

Both X and Y have a very strong musical connection……go ahead…take a shot in the dark!!

2.. X’s wife told her husband that their hall would be beautiful only if a “Roc’s egg” was hung up from the middle of the dome.X immediately decided to humor her and summoned Y. On hearing the request Y gave a loud shriek, admonished X and left him for good. Basically, an evil sorcerer came as a woman and tricked Xs wife into believing that her palace lacked a Roc’s egg. X promptly killed the sorcerer

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Results for Joga v1

September 12, 2007

Congrats to the winners!

1) Menino, Prashant Tiwari, Girija Prasad              - 15

2) Rahul Unnikrishnan, Anoop, Tony Sebastian – 14

3) Shovik, Sunil , Shivanand                                        - 12

4) Vinesh, Nitin                                                                 - 12

5)Mousumi, Sireesha, Shanti                                       - 10

6) a)Arun Shankar, Mayur, Ajit Das                         - 9

     b)Ashantan, Vinay, Saurabh 

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JogaBonito v2…Shovik’s turn

September 11, 2007

 1.”The Juwes are the men that Will not be Blamed for nothing”. Other police officers recalled a slightly different message: “The Juwes are not The men That Will be Blamed for nothing”.Police Superintendent Thomas Arnold visited the scene and saw the graffiti. He feared that with daybreak and the beginning of the day’s business, the message would be widely seen and might exacerbate the general Anti-Semitic sentiments of the populace. Since the Nichols murder, rumours had been circulating in the East End that the killings were the work of a Jew dubbed “Leather Apron”. Religious tensions were already high, and there had already been many near-riots.Author and conspiracy theorist Stephen Knight suggested that “Juwes” referred not to “Jews,” but to Jubela, Jubelo and Jubelum, the three killers of Hiram Abiff, a semi-legendary figure in Freemasonry, and furthermore, that the message was written by the killer (or killers) as part of a Masonic plot. Who is/are the subject in question?

 

2. X was founded by Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack. X has entered the Indian market as a stakeholder in Y. Y will be directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Mukesh Talreja and Rohan Sippy, starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone. Even though Y is one of the most recognizable labels in the world today, the phrase Y is viewed as an indication of inferior product quality made under questionable labor conditions by consumers in some countries. Identify X and Y.

 

3. Adorned with a boomerang as its insignia this Aussie company is currently headquartered in Nottingham and is owned by the London based Pentland Group. The company was founded in 1914 by hosiery manufacturer Alexander MacRae and the name was made up by a Captain Jim Parsons who won a company slogan competition. The company was one of the major suppliers of mosquito nets during World War II. Among its endorsers the company has are the likes of Grant Hackett, Michael Klim, Megan Jendrick and Kosuke Kitajima. Name the company in question.

 

4. The first collection of 12 models was introduced on March 1, 1983 in Zurich, Switzerland. Initially the price ranged from CHF 39.90 to CHF 49.90 but was standardized to CHF 50.00 in autumn of the same year. The signature name of the brand means “a sample of cloth or other material.” The brand is the largest in its segment. The company introduced a “beat” notation for standardized time without the hassles of time zones  e.g. @248″ would indicate a time 248 .beats after midnight, equivalent to a fractional day of 0.248 CET. Name this pioneer company which has also played a major role in supporting the sport of Beach Volleyball.

 

 

 5. X is the Spanish and Portuguese version of the name Peter, derived from the Greek word for rock X character with the ability to heal from The Power of Five series written by Anthony Horowitz. X is also one of the main characters in the 2004 flick Napoleon Dynamite. The New York Mets used the phrase “Vote for X” to encourage fans to fill out All-Star ballots in 2005 for Mets players. X is also another name of Panama Joe, character from Montezuma’s Revenge video game.

 

6. X is a term generally used for individuals who subscribe to the rough set of beliefs and values laid out through X’. Principally, a X is fiscally conservative, socially liberal, and displays strong Libertarian bents Major tenets of belief include an emphasis on personal responsibility, general disdain or apathy toward religion , dislike of environmental regulation and paranoia  and hatred of effete, Hollywood morals. X has thus become popular among a handful of pundits to describe young Americans who interpret X’ ‘s values as being parallel to their cause. They see themselves as being more libertarian and far less puritanical than many other conservative groups (e.g., the religious right), while also maintaining a disdain for what they regard as the politically correct pieties of left-liberalism.

 

 

7. X has a television commercial for hiking shoes that was shot in Kenya using Samburu tribesmen. The camera closes in on the one tribesman who speaks, in native Maa. As he speaks, X ‘s slogan  appears on the screen. Lee Cronk, an anthropologist at the University of Cincinnati, says the Kenyan is really saying, “I don’t want these. Give me big shoes.” X retorted by saying “We thought nobody in America would know what he said!”

 

 

8. First published in 1956, X is a popular song by Jay Livingston (music) and Ray Evans (lyrics).It was written for and featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 film, The Man Who Knew Too Much, with Doris Day and James Stewart in the lead roles. There has been some minor controversy about the reputed language in the song title. In fact, the phrase was Jay Livingston’s own variation on a fictional family motto which he had seen in The Barefoot Contessa. The song was used before the penalty shoot out in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final in Germany and is also a famous chant of the best football club in the world, Manchester United!!!

9. Founded as Dial Square in 1886 by factory workers, X was initially located at Gillespie Road station but a later rename gave it the distinction of being the first club to have a station named after them. The club’s newly adopted Latin motto is Victoria Concordia Crescit (meaning “victory comes from harmony”), coined by Harry Homer, the club’s programme editor. X have often featured when football is depicted in British culture and have appeared in a number of media “firsts”. On January 22, 1927, their match against Sheffield United was the first English League match to be broadcast live on radio. A decade later, on September 16, 1937, an exhibition match between X’s first team and the reserves was the first ever football match to be televised live. X also featured in the first edition of the BBC’s Match of the Day, which screened highlights of their match against Liverpool at Anfield on August 22, 1964. X has often been stereotyped as a defensive and “boring” side, especially during the 1970s and 1980s; many comedians, such as Eric Morecambe, made jokes about this at the team’s expense. The theme was repeated in the 1997 film The Full Monty, in a scene where the lead actors move in a line and raise their hands, deliberately mimicking the X defence’s offside trap, in an attempt to co-ordinate their stripping. The club have also been mentioned in several Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketches, and in Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, where a barman remarks that the impending end of the world is a “lucky escape” for X. Enough said…identify X.

 

10. . It was first rendered in China as  Ke-ke-ken-la. Chinese characters for bite the wax tadpoleUnfortunately, the company did not discover until after thousands of signs had been printed that the phrase means “bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax” depending on the dialect. They then researched 40,000 Chinese characters and found a close phonetic equivalent, “ko-kou-ko-le,” Chinese characters for Coca-colawhich can be loosely translated as “happiness in the mouth.”. Name the product in question.

 

11. This publication refers to itself as “The daily diary of the American dream” Which publication?

 

12. During the Victorian Era, the term confirmed _________ often was used
as a euphemism for a gay man. Fill up the blank.

13. It is a simple game with only three possible results – ‘Player’, ‘Banker’ and ‘Tie’. The term ‘Player’ does not refer to the customer and the term ‘Banker’ does not refer to the house. They are just options on which the customer can bet. Which game?

 

14.August 2007:With the change in its management, this company will have some key advantages over competitors: scale, financial resources and a little extra time to figure out how to grapple with new media trends. As investors heap pressure on newspaper publishers to find a way to captivate audiences that are moving to the Internet, the new owner will be able to bring in funds, cut costs and insulate the business within his larger media empire. Name the new owner or the company.

 

15. This Indian company is the largest producer of Loratadine in the World and presently has over 90% market share of generic Loratadine in the US market by supplying the bulk drug to top class customers like  Novartis, Merck etc. It is the approved global supplier to these  companies. By successfully complying with USFDA standards, it has further cleared the decks for other product entries in the world market. Name the company.

 

16. Caroline Davidson was a student at Portland State University interested in advertising when she met Phil Knight who was teaching accounting classes at the university. Phil asked Caroline to design a logo and when she handed him the logo, he handed her $35. That logo became world famous and made her famous too. Which logo?

 

17. Clients at a typical Japanese Internet cafe pay as little as 100 yen (87 cents) an hour for a small cubicle equipped with a reclining chair, computer and TV. Many cafes also provide free soft drinks; some even offer showers at 200 yen ($1.73) for 30 minutes. This has lead to something remarkable. What?

 

18. According to Britain’s popular Tatler magazine, a hotel in Bangalore was voted among the best 101 in the world. It stands beside The Ritz London, Four Seasons in New York, Amanapuri in Thailand and the Park Hyatt in Tokyo. Which hotel?

 

19. With what sports do you associate Monotosh Roy, Manohar Aich, Sunil
Patra, Parimol Roy?

 

 

 

20. It is a distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs including the flowers and leaves of the medicinal plant Artemisia absinthium, also called grand wormwood. It is typically green (either naturally or with added color) or clear and is often referred to as ‘The Green Fairy’. Although it is sometimes mistakenly called a liqueur, it is not bottled with added sugar and is therefore classified as a liquor or spirit. It is uncommon among spirits in that it is bottled at a high proof but consumed diluted with water to the strength of wine. Name it.

21. X is classified as an aldehyde. Its top notes include ylang ylang, neroli and aldehydes; its mid notes rose and jasmine; and its base notes sandalwood, vetiver and vanilla.X contains secretions from the perineal glands of civet cats. What is X?

 

22. In an advertising aimed at children , which 100 year old logo is replaced by an animated dog named Gromit?

23.Conceptual artist Jonathan Keats has decided to entertain ‘them’ arguing that “since they were sensitive to light, cinema was practically made of them “.Since Keats was having trouble dealing with ‘their’ mindset, he decided that he could bank on only one thing as a subject matter of his entertaining endeavour. His film will be projected to a 60 strong audience of ‘them’ at the 1078 Gallery in Chico, California making it a one-of-a-kind theatre. Who is ‘they’ and what is being talked about?

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Pedro plays Joga v1!!

September 11, 2007

QM Pedro...!!

 

The inaugural Joga Bonito for the year 2007-08 is brought to you by the talismanic cult figure…G.Jagadheesh ‘Pedro’.As a kick off I thought it would be a great idea for others to write something about the QMs.It is extremely difficult for me to describe Pedro baring the use of expletives of gargantuan proportions.Nevertheless…baring his penchant of keeping himself as far away as possible from the sights and sounds of a shower..and his ever challenging endeavor of setting new records for the maximum days spent without changing his clothes, Pedro is as close to the eccentric quiz freak as we can get here in NITW.So here goes…another stinker from the king of stink!!!(kidding….this guy is seriously good!)

1 )X, as a little boy, wrote a letter to Y,with a drawing of his dog. He explained the amazing facts that the beagle ate shards of glass and other sharp objects, with no apparent harm to him. Y published the drawing and the story. The boy, decades later became the creator of a comic strip. Solve for X and Y.

2) What is “Friggatriskaidekaphobia” the fear of ?

3) The ‘Jolly Roger’ – the black flag with the white skull and cross bones, was allegedly the battle flag of the

fleet of the _______, a full 400 years before the pirates started using it. Whose flag was it?


4) Whose 25 year old record of occupying the No. 1 spot for 160 consecutive weeks did Roger Federer break in Feb. 2007?


5)This movie title is adapted from the ninth stanza of this Thomas Gray poem, “Elegy written in a courtyard”.

” The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r,

And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave,

Awaits alike th’inevitable hour.

The ___________ lead but to the grave. “


6) This popular drink is named after the daughter of Muzaffar Shah, the king of Firdaus(Heaven). Which drink?

7) X was the son of Captain Grant _________ . He was born in British colonial India and was once employed by the East India Trading Company. X helmed the Wicked Wench, an EITC merchant vessel, performing odd jobs for Sir Cutler Beckett. When he refused to tranport slaves and instead freed them in Africa, Beckett sanctioned the destruction of the Wicked Wench and branded X an outcast. Identify X…

8) Who wrote for ‘The National Geographic’ under the pseudonymn H.A. Largelamb because he felt that the magazine was printing his articles because of his fame and he wanted to sell them on their own merit?

9) This Hollywood actor’s name in Hawaiian means ” Cool breeze over the hills”. Who?

10) ‘Bahujana Hitaya, Bahujana Sukhaya’ is the motto of which organisation?

11) In Japan, If James Bond is known as “Mr. Kissy Kissy Bang Bang”, Who is known as the “Dancing Maharajah”?

12) An endangered marsh rabbit species has a Bio-name “Sylvilagus Palustris Hefneris”. After whom and Why?

13) This footballer’s family has made a cameo appearance in the 2007 movie, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” Who?

14) This event has happened regularly since 1919 at the NM Rothschild offices at St.Swithin’s lane, London twice each weekday at 10.30 AM and 3 PM. What are we talking about?

15) He is responsible for “the delivery of prisoners to the court, collection of rents and taxes, and generally keeping the ‘King’s peace’ “. From 1450 to 1835, two people shared the position. The current person who holds the position is Derek Cresswell. What are we talking about?

16) This word comes from an Arabic word, which originally meant a very fine powder of Antimony used as eye makeup. It conveyed the idea of something very fine and the arab alchemists therefore used this term to any powder obtained by sublimation, and thus to all compounds obtained through distillation process. What term?

17) Which F-1 driver was promoted from a test driver to a racing driver for the Williams team following the death of Ayrton Senna?

18) Invented in 1987 by Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Circuits in Germany. It began as a Digital Audio Broadcast Project,which was financed by EU as part of the Eureka research program. Suzanne Vega’s Song ‘Tom’s Diner’ was used as the model for the compression algorithm. The licensing patent for this is controlled by Thomson Consumer Electronics. What is being referred to?

19) In 2005, Which company became the first to be represented on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

20) Hamida Djandoubi was a Tunisian immigrant who was convicted of the torture and murder of 21 year old Elisabeth Bousquet and sentenced to death on September 10, 1977 at Baumettes Prison in Marseille. What is this the last instance of ?

21) Kalyanam Iyengar is credited with founding of a famous empire in the manufacturing sector. Their product, being world famous, comes in 2 sizes- small and large. The daily output is nearly 1.25 lakhs in terms of numbers, but the demand is a lot more than this. Initially it was a family business, given down from one generation to the next. But soon their monopolistic ways made the government to step in and abolish the empire. The product is based purely and wholly on agro-based raw materials, yet the product itself has nothing to do with Agriculture. What am I talking about?

22) In 1951, As a medical student, he travelled along with his friend Alberto Granado on a 1939 500 cc motorcycle nicknamed ” La Poderosa II ” meaning “The mighty one” all over South America. Who is he and what was the name of the book he wrote based on his travels?


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