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- Plato(428-348 B.C)
Rules and Format
x 30 Main Questions.
x Each correct answer-3 points
x Bonus- 2 points
x Tie will be decided by the tie-breakers
u.Identify the nationality of this famous character.
Bonus: his profession
Italian-American and Plumber
x Mark Pincus is the CEO of Zynga. Name any two of their
products.
Farmville
Fishville
Cityville
Mafia Wars
3.What is this?What is the recent buzz ? Identify and
briefly mention.
Ophiuchus
M.X is ³a webcomic of romance,sarcasm,math and language.´ Y
is the creator of this web comic which has more than 60 to 70
million pageviews per month.Identify X and Y.
Xkcd Randall Munroe
.Identify this famous architectural marvel designed in
high-tech style which was designed by Richard Rogers, a
Pritzker prize recipient for 2007, and others in u 7u.
Aeorge Pompidou Centre, Paris
6.If you plan to develop your own audio player which
supports MPEA Layer-3(mp3) format, who are the ones
you should contact for licensing?
Fraunhoffer IIS and Thomson
Multimedia
x 7.Name the Jnanpith award winner for 2007.What for he was
recently in the news?
O.N.V.Kurup
{.Last lines of Popular Films
a.
µI hope.¶

b.
µ[seeing the shipwreck come into view for the first
time]OK; take her up and over the bow rail.¶

c.
µSam« I¶m glad you¶re with me¶

Bonus: : Mention the authors whose works have been

adapted in two films (a and c)
xShawshank Redemption-
Stephen King
xTitanic
xLord of the Rings- The Fellowship
of the Ring- J R R Tolkien
x >>>>
x .Name the only person to win both Nobel and Ig Nobel.
Andre Aeim
u0.Classic- Capitals and Nations
x South Sudan(to be) --- ?
x Kosovo -- ?
x France -- ?
x Azerbaijan -- ?
Juba
Pristina
Paris
Baku
x >>>>
x uu.What is the codename of the Intel¶s next generation
processor which hit the market early this year?
Sandy Bridge
u2.Connect
Manchester United Air Crash-
Busby Babes
u3.Connect w.r.t their inventions
All invented by Women
uM.Connect w.r.t Olympics
Appeared only once in Olympics
u.Connect
Thomas Elva Edison
u6.Name the missing NATO alphabet.

x A- Alpha x N - November
x B- Bravo x O - Oscar
x C- Charlie x P - Papa
x D- Delta x Q - Quebec
x E- Echo x R- Romeo
x F- Foxtrot x S - Sierra
x A- Aolf x T - Tango
x H- Hotel x U - Uniform
x I- DDDDDDDD x V - Victor
x J- Juliet x W - Whiskey
x K- Kilo x X ± X-Ray
x L- Lima x Y - Yankee
x M- Mike x Z - Zulu
India
u7.What is so special about 3{{{ w.r.t. Roman
Numerals?
This is the largest number
representable with standard
Roman numeral notation. In
Roman numerals it appears:
MMMDCCCLXXXVIII.
u{.Currencies
x Kroon(former)
x Real
x Renminbi
x Estonia
x Brazil
x China
x u .Regarded as the masterpiece of ____X_____,
____Y______ is a massive, privately-funded Roman
Catholic church that has been under construction in
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since u{{2 and is not expected
to be complete until at least 2026. Fill the blanks.
Antonio Aaudi, La Sagrada Familia
20.Connect
Ubuntu Releases
2u.Being an Indian, suppose you plan to visit the North-east.
For which state are you required to carry a Border Line
Permit(BLP) to enter, but for any Chinese, he doesn¶t even
require a passport?
Arunachal Pradesh
22.Which is the luxurious train run by Aovernment of
Karnataka?
Aolden Chariot
 23.Name the authors

‡ The Finkler Question

‡ India after Aandhi

‡ The Airl with the dragon tattoo

xHoward Jacobson
xRamachandra Auha
xSteig Larsson
2M.Identify the two dance forms
Flamenco & Yakshagana
2.Supergroup is normally described as "a rock music group
whose performers are already famous from having performed
individually or in other groups.´

Traveling Wilburys was one such group comprising of Jeff

Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and 2 others. Who are they?
Bob Dylan and Aeorge Harrison
>>>>26.Identify the below three composers who form the ³Trinity
of Carnatic Music¶?

X Y Z
Muthuswami Dikshithar
Thygaraja
Purandaradasa
27.Consider this:
‡ Between them, they have played more than 370 matches.
‡ While one is considered as a Protestant club with Unionist
and loyalists support, other has the backing of the Catholics
with Republican and Nationalists supporters.
‡ The rivalry between the two clubs is so great that only five
players have ever moved between the clubs.

Which teams are we talking about?

Celtic and Rangers
2{.Thomas Carlyle said ³Economics is a dismal science.´
Some define it as ³Economics is what economists do´.
Identify the above person who is considered as the father of
Economics?
Adam Smith
>>>>2 .Connect
All are left-handed
30.Facebook is a private-held company based in Palo Alto,
California. Set up in a Harvard dorm room in 200M, it now
boasts of more than 00 million users. Recently, it received a
funding of $u.billion from Aoldman Sachs. According to a
private report, it earned a profit of $30 million last year.
Name any two streams of income for Facebook?
Banner Advertising
Referral Marketing
Casual Aames