Quizophrenia

VJTI Contingent at Tata Crucible 2009

2009-03-27T18:21:00.016+05:30

This is the contingent from VJTI at Tata Crucible (Campus) 2009, one of India's toughest business quizzes. This is probably the biggest bunch of students from VJTI to have gone for Crucible. I just hope that Crucible sees such participation from VJTI in the coming years, given the fact that the majority of the participants from VJTI this time were from their final year.

This Mumbai round , as usual, kept us on the edge of our seats- ending in a triple tie-breaker between NM and IIT-Bombay. The winning team, IIT- showed some, hitherto, unseen chemistry- right up till the very last moment. KJ Somaiya deserves an honourable mention for a great performance indeed.

Catch up with the questions from the elimination round here. This quiz will be telecast on CNBC-TV18 on May 23rd and 24th. Telecast details here.

Connect

2008-05-06T16:34:00.005+05:30

Connect the two pictures

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2.

Plea for revival

2008-04-27T13:04:00.003+05:30

The VJTI Quiz club's been dormant for quite some time now, and in a hope to revive it somewhat, here's a question:
What is a person who knows the Holy Quaran by heart known as?

Trivia-1

2008-03-15T13:55:00.032+05:30

1) Connect.

2) Connect.

3) Connect.

4) Connect the images given in questions 1 and 3.

5) What is being advertised in the following picture?

6) Who are the last 4 cricketers to make it to this list?

Happy Quizzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Indian culture quiz - I

2008-03-12T00:02:00.004+05:30

1.Identify the painter and the character in the painting

2. Which character in an Indian epic had Svetavahana as one of his names? Why?

3. "If you scrap your battleships and let your cannons rust, that will not stop the war. People will continue to fight even if they have to use sticks!"

Who said this? And to whom?

4. Which American State, it is suggested, derives it's name from Kapilaranya (where sage Kapila performed penance)?

5. Who began his first speech in America by saying, "Sisters and brothers of America.."?

6. Easy one: What does this map depict?

7. "Test me as the money-changers test their coins"
Who said this? And to whom?

8."India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."

Who said this?

9. Who are known as the Musical Trinity of Carnatic classical music?

Answers later.

2008-03-05T00:09:00.002+05:30

1.What is the most primitive name of Mumbai?
2.By what name do we know the founder of band euphoria?
3.What
4.Which is the food which doesn't get spoiled?
5.Which is the only vegetable flavoured ice-cream?
6.What does brand name tanishq suggest?
7.Tanishq owns a unique instrument to measure the purity percentage of gold.What is it called?
What is its peculiarity?
8.What is the name of the royal family of Russia?
9.Who is the only U.S. president to hold the degree of Ph.D. ?
10.Which film maker's real name is G.Subramaniam?
11.Which city is called 'city of brotherly love'?
12.Which is the only South American state to lie under the Tropic of Capricon?
13.Which news agency was started by German born immigrant ,Paul Julius in London to
transmit stock market quotations?
14.Which English song writer served in life guard unit of British army and also acted as a
member of NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo?
15.Which is the company to first use artificial refrigeration to tranport its product ,beer?What is
the name of its owner?
16.which company claimed the presence of Irium in its product as publicity stunt,its biggest rival
being the then Dr.Rabbit company and it was recreated for kingkong?
17.After which famous French aviator is a tennis tournament named?
18.Which company was founded by Domenico and Stefano,Italy?
answers:
1.Heptonesia
2.Palash Sen
3.Nickelodean
4.Honey
5.ketchup,Baskin and Robins
6."Ta"for Tata,the owners and "nishk" means gold coin in sanskrit
7.The caratmeter:the only non destructive means of measuring the purity of gold
8.The Romonovs
9.Woodrow Wilson
10.Mani Ratnam
11.Philadelphia
12.Paraguay
13.Reuters
14.James Blunt
15.Budweiser,Anheuser Busch
16.Pepsodent
17.Roland Garros
18.Dolce and Gabbana

Quizophrenia: Quizophrenia:quizzing at its best!!

2008-03-03T22:30:00.000+05:30

Quizophrenia: quizzing at its best!!
Answers:
1)Swaha
2)Mandarin
3)Chicago
4)The Art of War by Sun Tzu
5)Jyoti Basu(26 years)
6)UN Peace keeping force
7)Colour photographs
8)Vikram Sarabhai
9)Biro
10)Nashik
11)Soudamini Deshmukh
12)Mice
13)Walt Disney
14)Pearl Harbour
15)Nicholas Flamel
16)Martini (G=gin,V=vermouth,stirred 360 degrees)
17)Rio De Janeiro
18)Bori bunder
19)100metres
20)Roorkee engg college (now known as IIT Roorkee)

Quizophrenia:quizzing at its best!!

2008-03-03T22:17:00.000+05:30

Some more questions....
1)What was Lord Agni's wive's name?
2)Which is the first most widely spoken language?
3)Which is the world's busiest airport?
4)Which is the oldest military treatise?
5)Who holds the record for being the chief minister of an indian state for the longest duration till date?
6)What are we referring to when we say blue helmets?
7)With regard to photography,what is Maxwell's contribution?
8)Who was the first director of the IIM(ahmedabad)?
9)Whose birthday is celebrated as Inventor's day in Argentina?
10)Which city according to the hindu mythology derives its name from the fact that Laxmana cut demoness Shurpanakha?
11)Who was the first Indian woman pilot?
12)What was Walt Disney scared of?
13)Who has won the most oscar awards without starring in any movie?
14)What was depicted on the cover of the TIME magazine in 1942?
15)What connects harry potter 1,The Davinci code,Holy Blood Holy Grail?
16)Can you guess this formula gives us what?
{ (3.5)G + (0.5)V}/{4(H2O)3 +3(360degrees)=M

17)Where is the tallest statue of the Christ situated?
18)The name of which place means 'where sacks are stored'?
19)What is the height of the tallest wave till date?
20)Which is the oldest engineering college in India?

Meeting on Tuesday, 26/02/08

2008-03-03T00:53:00.003+05:30

This was the first quiz we attempted at documenting. Here are some of the questions:

1. How does Adidas get its name?
2. The brother of the founder of Adidas also founded a famous company. Name the company.
3. Where is the only digital Rolex watch in the world located?
4. Historically, a prime minister is referred to as 'Primus Inter Pares' by virtue of his cabinet position vis-a-vis the other cabinet ministers. What does the phrase mean?
5. What does 'Volkswagen' stand for? Who designed the first Volkswagen Beetle? Who asked him to design it?
6. Whose slogan is 'Think Small'?
7. "Mine is bigger than yours'", was a slogan employed by which company?
8. Name the only two people to have received 2 Nobel prizes in 2 different fields.
9. Name the first person born in India to have received the Nobel prize.
10. Henry Ford once said, "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black". Why?
11. Who started Air India?
12. Name the only fictional character to have been inducted as an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
13. What did Nokia originally manufacture?
14. Who invented the blue jeans?
15. Name the famous actor who plans on donating his brain to Sydney university after his death.

If you remember any of the other questions- post them in the comments

Entering the Alley

2008-03-02T23:17:00.004+05:30

Welcome to QuizzicAlley- VJTI's very own quiz club.

The formation of this 'club' is a natural consequence of the growing interest in quizzing in VJTI for a while now. We've been meeting up informally over the last few days- each time with more people that before. This blog is an attempt at documenting the happenings at these meeting and at informing everyone about upcoming quizzes.

The meetings are open to all- anyone may attend or ask questions. Etiquette begs that you adhere to these guidelines- Raise your hand and wait for the question to be completed or for the person who is asking the question to recognize you before answering. If you're hosting a quiz, ensure that you record all the questions being asked and post them on the blog for the benefit of those who've missed out.

If you had attended a quiz session and you see that one or more of the questions asked are not listed on the blog- feel free to post them in the comments sections. If you disagree with any of the answers provided- again, feel free to use the comments section. A good suggestion to follow in this case would be to provide references.

If you wish to post something on this blog, email any of the existing contributors, or create a blogger account and leave a comment at the end of this post (You can delete it later).

Till our next quiz then....