SPACE QUIZ

UMANG DEORAROHIT JINSIWALESAUMYA MUKUL

Round I

ELIMINATIONS25 QUESTIONS

What was introduced by French engineer Louis RÈard and fashion

designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946?Named after an Island X Atoll in the

pacific, the site of Operation Crossroads, nuclear weapon tests

1.

Fathered originally by Syrian born Abdul Fatah Jandali who said he had no

choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to their relationship.

He was pescetarian (a person who does not eat meat but does eat fish). Who?

2.

He spent about 8 days in 1984

- doing some multi-spectral photography of North India

- in the practice of yoga

-doing some material science experiments

Who?

* 3.

Over 6 million feet of film shot during production; 48,000 swords, axes, shields, and makeup prosthetics;

20,602 background actors cast; 19,000 costumes made by the wardrobe department; 2,400 behind-the-scenes crew members at height of production; 180 computer special-effects artists employed; 114

total speaking roles; 100 real locations used for backdrops; 50 tailors, cobblers, designers and others in wardrobe department; 30 actors trained to speak

fictional dialects and languages. What mammoth undertaking are we talking about?

4.

ID.5.

Born to a Jewish family in North London, she grew up toying with her brother's guitar and received her first guitar when she was 13. Following her shocking death, her album became the biggest-selling album in the UK in the 21st Century. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times: once in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically).

6.

“ I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech

legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.”

“It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.”

“Iphone, Blackberry, Gmail users-You’re all screwed” Identify who?

7.

The Qaumī Tarāna (Literally "The Pure Land"), is the national anthem of X. The words "Qaumi Tarana" in Urdu literally translate to "National Anthem". The X national anthem is unique in that its music, composed by Ahmad G. Chagla, preceded its lyrics, which

were written by Hafeez Jullundhri. Another feature of the anthem is that no verse in the three stanza lyrics is repeated.The music

composed by Chagla reflects his background in both eastern and western music. Twenty-one musical instruments and thirty-eight

different tones are used to play the Qaumi Tarana, the duration of which is 80 seconds. A. R. Ghani from Transvaal, South Africa,

offered two prizes of five thousand rupees each for the poet and composer of a new national anthem.

*8.

ID THE ADVERTISEMENT9.

This is actor X, seen with his co-star at the Rome Film Festival to promote his movie. ID X

What characters did they play?5 points each

10.

Sir X CSI, CIE, FRS was a polymath: a physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, as well as an early writer of science fiction. He pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made very significant contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science. He was the first person from the Indian subcontinent to receive a US patent, in 1904. He went to the University of London to study medicine, but could not pursue studies in medicine due to health problems. Instead, he conducted his research with the Nobel Laureate Lord Rayleigh at Cambridge. X made remarkable progress in his research of remote wireless signaling and was the first to use semiconductor junctions to detect radio signals. However, instead of trying to gain commercial benefit from this invention, he made his inventions public in order to allow others to further develop his research. He subsequently made a number of pioneering discoveries in plant physiology. He used his own invention, the crescograph, to measure plant response to various stimuli, and thereby scientifically proved parallelism between animal and plant tissues.

* 11.

The term X was never actually used by the mob,

author Y just made it up. Yet after the book and film

came out people started assuming it was, so it started appearing

in news reports. And it is now actually used by the mob.

12.

ID the logo.13.

X (1926–2011) was an Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from North East India. His songs, written and sung mainly by himself in his native language, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood; and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notable in Bengali, and Hindi. Known for writing bold lyrics with themes of communal amity, universal justice and empathy, his songs have become popular among all sections of ethnic and religious communities in Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is acknowledged widely in the Hindi film industry for introducing Hindi film to the sounds and folk music Northeast India. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour in 2012.

14.

The X is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body. The device is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more particularly, for its use during the French Revolution, when it "became a part of popular culture, celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents.” Nevertheless, the X continued to be used long after the French Revolution in several countries, including France, where it was the sole method of execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981.

15.

What is this?M: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work

with!J: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's

gotta be something wrong with him!C: All right J, be nice. So does he have a hump? A

hump and a hairpiece?P: Wait, does he eat chalk?

16.

X is a stuffed, deep fried snack that is very popular in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, North Africa and South Africa. It generally consists of a fried or baked triangular, semilunar or tetrahedral pastry shell with a savory filling, which may include spiced potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, lentils or ground lamb or chicken. The size and shape of X, as well as the consistency of the pastry used, can vary considerably, although it is mostly triangular. The word X can be traced to the Persian sanbosag. The pastry name in other countries also derives from this root, such as the crescent shaped sanbusak or sanbusaj in Arab countries.

17.

The X, living mainly in Eurasia and North America, is a cross between

the Culicidae and the Emo Sapiens. The origin of the species itself is doubtful, though an extreme case of S&M is suspected.

The X has been depicted in a wide variety of literature and has been the focus of diverse epochs of pop-culture, though unfortunately the quality and veracity of these portrayals have significantly decreased over time

In recent times, Xs have become a more economically and socially stable race, content in buying and selling Korean children, and running major fast food restaurants such as Subway and Microsoft. They are also known as Romanians.

“Xs suck.”~ Captain Obvious on X “Oh... you sparkle like a gay man...”~ Bella on Xs “Xs are make believe, like elves, goblins and eskimos.”~ Homer Simpson on X

18.

In which country has high speed broad band access been made a basic right

along with life and liberty, around 95% of them has access to broadband

already.

19.

20.

Aisha Bi Chakravarty (29) and Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishn (44) got married in 1979 –these names became prominent in the public eye when the latter stood for parliamentary elections in 2004.

Who are they?

*21.

Connect22.

Who led the massacre of 22 men in a village in Behmai, UP, on Valentine’s Day, 1981?

23.

Which Indian Sporting celeb is the MD of Big Daddy Productions?

24.

Connect

*

25.

Answers

What was introduced by French engineer Louis RÈard and fashion

designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946?Named after an Island X Atoll in the

pacific, the site of Operation Crossroads, nuclear weapon tests

Bikini

Fathered originally by Syrian born Abdul Fatah Jandali who said he had no

choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to their relationship.

He was pescetarian (a person who does not eat meat but does eat fish). Who?

Steve Jobs.

He spent about 8 days in 1984

- doing some multi-spectral photography of North India

- in the practice of yoga

-doing some material science experiments

Who?

*

Rakesh Sharma during his space mission

Over 6 million feet of film shot during production; 48,000 swords, axes, shields, and makeup prosthetics;

20,602 background actors cast; 19,000 costumes made by the wardrobe department; 2,400 behind-the-scenes crew members at height of production; 180 computer special-effects artists employed; 114

total speaking roles; 100 real locations used for backdrops; 50 tailors, cobblers, designers and others in wardrobe department; 30 actors trained to speak

fictional dialects and languages. What mammoth undertaking are we talking about?

LOTR

ID.

Prince Harry

Born to a Jewish family in North London, she grew up toying with her brother's guitar and received her first guitar when she was 13. Following her shocking death, her album became the biggest-selling album in the UK in the 21st Century. She won the Ivor Novello Award three times: once in 2004 for Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically).

Amy Winehouse

“ I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech

legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.”

“It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.”

“Iphone, Blackberry, Gmail users-You’re all screwed” Identify who?

Julian Assange

The Qaumī Tarāna (Literally "The Pure Land"), is the national anthem of X. The words "Qaumi Tarana" in Urdu literally translate to "National Anthem". The X national anthem is unique in that its music, composed by Ahmad G. Chagla, preceded its lyrics, which

were written by Hafeez Jullundhri. Another feature of the anthem is that no verse in the three stanza lyrics is repeated.The music

composed by Chagla reflects his background in both eastern and western music. Twenty-one musical instruments and thirty-eight

different tones are used to play the Qaumi Tarana, the duration of which is 80 seconds. A. R. Ghani from Transvaal, South Africa,

offered two prizes of five thousand rupees each for the poet and composer of a new national anthem.

*

Pakistan

ID THE ADVERTISEMENT

BURGER KING.

This is actor X, seen with his co-star at the Rome Film Festival to promote his movie. ID X

What characters did they play?5 points each

Jamie BellTintin Snowy

Sir X CSI, CIE, FRS was a polymath: a physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, as well as an early writer of science fiction. He pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, made very significant contributions to plant science, and laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent. IEEE named him one of the fathers of radio science. He was the first person from the Indian subcontinent to receive a US patent, in 1904. He went to the University of London to study medicine, but could not pursue studies in medicine due to health problems. Instead, he conducted his research with the Nobel Laureate Lord Rayleigh at Cambridge. X made remarkable progress in his research of remote wireless signaling and was the first to use semiconductor junctions to detect radio signals. However, instead of trying to gain commercial benefit from this invention, he made his inventions public in order to allow others to further develop his research. He subsequently made a number of pioneering discoveries in plant physiology. He used his own invention, the crescograph, to measure plant response to various stimuli, and thereby scientifically proved parallelism between animal and plant tissues.

*

Jagadish Chandra Bose

The term X was never actually used by the mob,

author Y just made it up. Yet after the book and film

came out people started assuming it was, so it started appearing

in news reports. And it is now actually used by the mob.

The GodfatherMario Puzo

ID the logo.

Honda

X (1926–2011) was an Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from North East India. His songs, written and sung mainly by himself in his native language, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood; and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notable in Bengali, and Hindi. Known for writing bold lyrics with themes of communal amity, universal justice and empathy, his songs have become popular among all sections of ethnic and religious communities in Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is acknowledged widely in the Hindi film industry for introducing Hindi film to the sounds and folk music Northeast India. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour in 2012.

Bhupen Hazarika

The X is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body. The device is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more particularly, for its use during the French Revolution, when it "became a part of popular culture, celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents.” Nevertheless, the X continued to be used long after the French Revolution in several countries, including France, where it was the sole method of execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981.

                              The Guillotine

What is this?M: There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work

with!J: C'mon, you're going out with the guy! There's

gotta be something wrong with him!C: All right J, be nice. So does he have a hump? A

hump and a hairpiece?P: Wait, does he eat chalk?

Friends

X is a stuffed, deep fried snack that is very popular in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, North Africa and South Africa. It generally consists of a fried or baked triangular, semilunar or tetrahedral pastry shell with a savory filling, which may include spiced potatoes, onions, peas, coriander, lentils or ground lamb or chicken. The size and shape of X, as well as the consistency of the pastry used, can vary considerably, although it is mostly triangular. The word X can be traced to the Persian sanbosag. The pastry name in other countries also derives from this root, such as the crescent shaped sanbusak or sanbusaj in Arab countries.

Samosa

The X, living mainly in Eurasia and North America, is a cross between

the Culicidae and the Emo Sapiens. The origin of the species itself is doubtful, though an extreme case of S&M is suspected.

The X has been depicted in a wide variety of literature and has been the focus of diverse epochs of pop-culture, though unfortunately the quality and veracity of these portrayals have significantly decreased over time

In recent times, Xs have become a more economically and socially stable race, content in buying and selling Korean children, and running major fast food restaurants such as Subway and Microsoft. They are also known as Romanians.

“Xs suck.”~ Captain Obvious on X “Oh... you sparkle like a gay man...”~ Bella on Xs “Xs are make believe, like elves, goblins and eskimos.”~ Homer Simpson on X

Vampires

In which country has high speed broad band access been made a basic right

along with life and liberty, around 95% of them has access to broadband

already.

Finland

Justin Bieber.

Aisha Bi Chakravarty (29) and Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishn (44) got married in 1979 –these names became prominent in the public eye when the latter stood for parliamentary elections in 2004.

Who are they?

*

Hema Malini and Dharmendra

Connect

Tata

Tata Magic Tata IrisTata Ace

Who led the massacre of 22 men in a village in Behmai, UP, on Valentine’s Day, 1981?

Phoolan Devi

Which Indian Sporting celeb is the MD of Big Daddy Productions?

Mahesh Bhupathi

Connect

*

Nelson

Roentgenium is named after Roentgen and has an atomic number 111. Umpire Davis Shepherd stood with one foot off the ground (just like a crane) whenever the score reaches 111.Admiral Nelson allegedly only had one arm,one eye,one leg near the end of his life.