QUIZZING CLUB IITD

A Teaser

Gravity, what?

And the Answer is

And the Answer is

Thank God for Pants and

And the Answer is

 Toilets on Trains!
There were no toilets in any class of Indian railways till 1909. Babu Okhil Chandra Sen shot this complaint letter to the Transport Superintendent at Sahibaganj, following which railways were compelled to introduce toilets in all lower class coaches in trains running at a speed of more than 50miles per hour. This letter is on display at the Railway Museum in New Delhi.

Connect the Dots

The following image was captured by Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, when it landed within the crater in 2004. On February 2,2004, NASA named the range Columbia hills, and the 7 individual peaks in the following manner: Give me the blanked out name

Image Courtesy: Jet Propulsion Lab, NAS

Connect the Dots

The following image was captured by Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, when it landed within the crater in 2004. On February 2,2004, NASA named the range Columbia hills, and the 7 individual peaks in the following manner: Give me the blanked out name

Connect the Dots

The following image was captured by Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, when it landed within the crater in 2004. On February 2,2004, NASA named the range Columbia hills, and the 7 individual peaks in the following manner: Give me the blanked out name

Connect the Dots

The following image was captured by Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, when it landed within the crater in 2004. On February 2,2004, NASA named the range Columbia hills, and the 7 individual peaks in the following manner: Give me the blanked out name

Hint:

She aimed for the Stars!!!

Chawla Hill

Tell me more about it

The Niagara Falls were lit blue for 3 days (July 22-24) between 9 11 pm, for a particular reason.

And the Answer is

Prince George Alexander Louis

Tribute

What is the significance of the old Nokia SMS ringtone?

And the Answer is

Hawk Eye!

At 5:34 a.m. Baghdad time on 20 March 2003 (9:34 p.m., 19 March EST) the surprise military invasion of Iraq began. There was no declaration of war. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. army General Tommy Franks, began under the codename "Operation Iraqi Liberation, the UK codename Operation Telic, and the Australian codename Operation Falconer. The US operation was later renamed Operation Iraqi Freedom. Why?

Hawk Eye!

At 5:34 a.m. Baghdad time on 20 March 2003 (9:34 p.m., 19 March EST) the surprise military invasion of Iraq began. There was no declaration of war. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. army General Tommy Franks, began under the codename "Operation Iraqi Liberation, the UK codename Operation Telic, and the Australian codename Operation Falconer. The US operation was later renamed Operation Iraqi Freedom. Why?

Hawk Eye!

At 5:34 a.m. Baghdad time on 20 March 2003 (9:34 p.m., 19 March EST) the surprise military invasion of Iraq began. There was no declaration of war. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. army General Tommy Franks, began under the codename "Operation Iraqi Liberation, the UK codename Operation Telic, and the Australian codename Operation Falconer. The US operation was later renamed Operation Iraqi Freedom. Why?

And the Answer is

OIL Ho!

The acronym for Operation Iraqi Liberation was OIL (fuelling all the conspiracy theories about the reasons US waged the war).

The Social Contract!

Which practice, from the world of games, gained prominence during the French revolution as a symbol of lower classes rising in power above the royalty?

Hint:

Its all circular!

And the Answer is

The People, are the State

In early games the kings were always the highest card in their suit. During the 18th century, games began being played "ace high".