Jigyasa'08

After a lot of brain storming our team zeroed on the name Jigyasa'08 for the inaugural inter hostel quiz.The name symbolises the mission of our community to encourage the inquisitive mind and to spread awareness in the campus.
September 05,celebrated as teacher's day all over India was the final date for the grand final of the event.
Below is the poster of the event:


Poster courtsey:www.nVtStudios.com (Prasenjit Sharan)
In the next post will come with the Review and Questions of Jigyasa'08.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855

Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Prelims:Hostel 1

Welcome to the grandest of all hostels where there is thrill in air for quizzing and maximum participation is expected from all the years. So welcome you all to our own Hostel-1.
The most awaited quizzing destination and the last milestone before the first Inter Hostel quiz.
Presenting the questions from prelims:
1. Of Albanian descent, by what name is 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace winner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
Ans: Mother Teresa

2. Which international brand had an ad campaign - 'Tomorrow is mine' and had signed Rahul Dravid for the campaign?
Ans: Reebok

3.Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth-2 won an Oscar at 80th Academy Awards in which category?
Ans: Best Costumes

4. Relate Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon.
Ans: Beatles
5. Archipelago is the collective name for a large number of ________ . Fill in the blank.
Ans: Island

6. Mount Godwin-Austen is better known by which name?
Ans: Mt K2

7. How many players are there in a basketball team?
Ans: Five
8. What is the name for a word which reads the same backwards as forwards?
Ans: Palindrome

9. Name the person of Indian origin who founded the popular "Hotmail free e-mail service" which he sold to Microsoft for $400 million.
Ans: Sabeer Bhatia

10. With which infamous incident would you associate the company 'Union Carbide'?
Ans: Bhopal Gas Tragedy(1984)

11. Which state is known as India's Spice Garden?
Ans: Kerala

12. Who is said to be the inventor of jeans; a popular brand also?
Ans: Levi Strauss

13. India qualified for the Soccer World Cup in 1950 but were refused permission to take part; why?
Ans: Non acquaintance of playing with shoes

14. Which is the last letter of Greek alphabet?
Ans: Omega

15. Who invented the elevator in 1853?
Ans: Elisha Otis

16. Which tennis player was stabbed while playing against Steffi Graf in Hamburg 1993?

Ans: Monica Seles

17. What is the world's fastest growing plant?
Ans: Bamboo

18. In 1865 what significant( rather unfortunate) event happened at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC?
Ans: Assaination of Abraham Lincoln

19. Name the captain of Rajasthan Royals for the 1st IPL to be held next month?
Ans: Shane Warne(he is also the coach of the team)

20. In which month is United Nations Day?
Ans: October

21. What company, founded in 1968, was responsible for developing the single-chip microprocessor in 1971?
Ans: Intel

22. What does a philatelist collect?
Ans: Postage Stamps

23. Which country has the planning of making a road way up to the base of 'Mt. Everest'?
Ans: China

24. 'chai unchai' is the tea chain of which business group?
ANs: Tata

25. POSCO the steel industry giant belongs to which country?
Ans: South Korea

As expected the attendance was maximum and all the Quizzards came up for the prelims.
Thus we came to an end of the chapter of prelims and our team was now gearing for the real challenge: 1st Inter Hostel Quiz. The final date as well as name of the event was not finalized till now.
In my next post we will see the further developments.
Hope you liked questions of prelims.
Sayonara ………… will come with another post.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855
Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Prelims:Girl's Hostel

Our journey was going strong and with god’s grace it was gaining popularity also. But now we had a herculean task of conducting quizzes in all the girl’s hostels. March 08, which happens to be the International Women’s day, was the scheduled date for the quiz. With help of Shreeta Jena, Pratichi Choudhury, Vijayalaxmi Mahapatro, Sagarika khuntia, Ipsa Akanhya and Stuti Pandey the quizzes were conducted in various hostels.

The questions were very much oriented towards fairer sex to encourage them and to keep up our promise of an interesting Quiz.
1. When is the ‘International Women’s Day’ observed?
Ans: March 08

2. Name the owner of IPL Mohali team.
Ans: Wadias and Preiti Zinta

3. This film star won the ‘Sword of Honor’ in the 12th standard At St. Columbus, Delhi. He made his debut on television in the teleseries ’Fauji’. Name him.
Ans: Shahrukh Khan

4. How many women have won the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1969, the year the prize was started?
Ans: No One

5. Which is the most abundantly found element in the universe?
Ans: Hydrogen

6. As per Hindu mythology, name the last incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
Ans: Kalki

7. Which famous Indian industrialist began his career as an attendant for Burmah Shell Gas in Aden (Yemen)?
Ans: Dhiru Bhai Ambani

8. Which is the most famous publication of the company Bennett and Coleman, started in year 1838?
Ans: Times OF India(TOI)

9. Who is currently the captain of the Indian Test cricket team?
Ans: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

10. Who won the critics award for best actor in the 53rd Filmfare Awards (for the year 2007)?
Ans: Darsheel Safari(for Taare Zameen Pe)

11. Which company recently has introduced world's thinnest laptop?
Ans: Apple(The product is called Apple Macbook Air)

12. Which Indian actor has the distinction of getting the Nishan-e-Pak, the highest civilian award in Pakistan?
Ans: Dilip Kumar

13. In which year was the 1st train in India started, it was from Bombay to Thane?
Ans: 1853

14. What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?
Ans: Pluto

15. Which mega-city is also known as the ‘Big Apple’?
Ans: New York

16. Which fruit's name also happens to be the surname of the Dutch Royal Family?
Ans: Orange

17. Which bird has the largest wing span; it’s a golfing term also?
Ans: Albatross

18.’ It Happened in India’ is the book authored by the head of the Future Group, name the person?
Ans: Kishor Biyani(he happens to be the owner of Big Bazaar and Pantaloons)

19. Who is the director of the films ‘Monsoon Wedding’?
Ans: Mira Nair

20. Which is the oldest of the four Vedas?
Ans: Rigveda

21. As Minnie is to Mickey Mouse, then _______ is for Donald Duck?
Ans: Daisy

22. Name the first woman recipient of the Nobel Prize.
Ans: Madam Curie

23. Which country won the inaugural ICC T20 World cup?
Ans: India

24. Name the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss World.
Ans: Reita Fadia

25. She was born in Hong Kong in 1984 to a British mother and father of Indian Kashmiri origin. She grew up in Hawaii and subsequently moved to London. She was offered her first role by Kaizad Gustad and has been fairly successful in Bollywood, name the actress?
Ans: Katrina Kaif

The quizzes at the entire girl’s hostel were very successful and number of participants surpassed many of the earlier prelims being conducted at various other hostels. A Successful quiz at the most unexpected of the places gave a great relief to our team and paved the way for a superb future of quizzing in campus.
Hope you liked questions of prelims.
Sayonara ………… will come with another post.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855
Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.