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
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