conquiztadors - finals questions

conQUIZtadorsThe Finale

RULES

• 5 teams , 5 rounds and 5 questions per round

• 10 points for answering a direct question, 5 points for a pass question

• Questions not answered by the finalist teams will be thrown open to the audience

• No negative marking.. You are encouraged to guess.

• No laptops and smartphones

• Request the audience to not reveal the answers during the quiz

• Decisions of the quizmaster are final and binding

conQUIZtadorsRound 1

1This is from a press release on May 3rd 2012:• “The reassembling of Helen is almost complete… Margarita

would start its work in the second week of May, once its assembly work was completed.”

• Helen started its journey from Majestic in June 2011; Margarita started in August 2011.

What are we talking about?

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3These signboards can be seen in parking lots in University of California, Berkeley.

For whom are these parking spaces reserved ?

4X is a French MNC servicing multiple sectors ranging from private corporations, schools, hospitals, military bases and even prisons.

They are a 15 billion euro enterprise primarily into food services and facility management.

Identify X

5Two sound devices that generate sounds at the high end and low end may be arrived at based on the images below.

Name BOTH the devices.

conQUIZtadorsRound 2

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Identify the man and the machine

2#1 – The World Data Center for Climate#2 – National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center#3 – At&T#4 – Google#5 – Sprint#6 – LexisNexis#7 – YouTube#8 – amazon.com#9 – CIA#10 – Library of Congress

What does this list represent?

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Where would you have seen him?

4Identify this person, whose biggest contribution to India is his surname.

5With just a 16 minute appearance on screen playing the role of a brilliant psychiatrist in the Hollywood movie X, Welsh actor Y won an Oscar award for the best actor and a place as the #1 villain in American Film Institute’s list of Villains.

Identify X and Y

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conQUIZtadorsRound 3

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What is the funda?

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What does this map represent?

3

Who is this person and who is he being compared to?

4

Identify this monument.

5

Which product?

conQUIZtadorsRound 4

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2Who scored the first century for India in one day international cricket ?

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4This iconic temple is one of the 12 jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva.

It was attacked by Mohammed of Ghazni in 1025 AD, killing over 50,000 people who came to defend it.

He then smashed the solid gold linga into pieces which were taken back and embedded in the steps leading to the mosque in the town of Ghazni.

As a symbol of resilience, this temple stands today after being destroyed and rebuilt 6 times.

Identify.

5This iconic silicon valley entity is responsible for creating some of the most important inventions in the field of computers, such as Object Oriented Programming, Ethernet, Bitmap Graphics, VLSI etc.

However, they are also famous for letting opportunities go and not capitalizing on their inventions.

What are we talking about here?

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conQUIZtadorsRound 5

1This legendary Finnish hacker is the creator of the GIT version control software, among other things.

Steve Jobs offered him a job at Apple, and insisted that he abandon the biggest efforts of his life and work for him.

This hacker rejected Steve Jobs’ offer, and the rest is history.

Who is this hacker?

2___________ refers to cuts of beef from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle, raised according to strict tradition in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The meat is generally considered to be a delicacy, renowned for its flavor, tenderness, and fatty, well-marbled texture.

These cows are specially treated with hand-fed premium grain and fresh grass, with beer (yes, beer !!) during the winter to keep them warm. The cows also get massages regularly to ensure softness of the fat and a good quality, supple meat.

What are we talking about here?

3X is an Indian e-commerce startup by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal started in February 2010 in New Delhi.

It primarily started out as an Indian mimic of groupon.com, but is now into online shopping as well.

Identify X

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Whose business card?