Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The quizzing game

1.Name the game after reading the short story. Also identify what each clue stands for.
King Wilhelm of Sicily never played in the deep blue waters . He preferred the black and white castle which he never left - not even to meet Zermelo.
2.They came from Leeds,England. They would foil every attempt of Aldo Nadi to win the duel.
3. He wore a chonmage and lived in a stable. Heya .

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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Just Experimenting

1. Sciences:
Clue 1
Never recieved a nobel prize though people who worked on his theories and continued his work did
Clue 2
He was the General president of the Indian Science congress.
Clue 3
Albert Einstein
Clue 4
Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
Clue 5:
University of Dhaka

Connect the above to name the scientist

2.What are we talking about over here?
Clue 1:
you can consider it a social science
Clue 2:
Wealth of nations
Clue3:
Hmm are these questions demanding ?
Clue 4:
When this is quite noble why didnt we have a Nobel for such a long time?

3.What field are we discussing?

Clue 1:Dhanvanthri
Clue 2: Susrutha Samhita.
Clue 3: Histology, Epidemiology


4.

Clue1: The spartons employed scytale for a specific purpose. This branch of science is associated with this.
Clue 2: Caesar cipher, EXCESS-3 ,invisible ink, microdots, and digital watermarks

Which branch of science are we discussing here?

5. I am of two forms. pure and applied. In my applied form I am used in
pure science, engineering, medicine, physics , social sciences etc. Who am I?

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Arbit quiz

1. "...and believe me, it's well named - because only an eagle can get to it!"


name the book from where the above quote is from. This was also made into a movie


2. nicknamed The Gentle Giant, he promoted Hawaiian rights and Hawaiian independence through his music , died of respiratory disorders due to excessive weight at the age of 38. clue : facing future. identify this singer


3.


Itz all Greek and Latin. Identify this Goddess for me plz

Thursday, March 08, 2007

General quiz

My penchant for killer quizzes have been on the decline especially after being at the receiving end of killer quizzes . So here goes an easier quiz.

1. Music:A brother sister duo who were active from 69 to 83 , winning 3 Grammys. Famous for albums like yesterday once more.Name the two/ the last name.

2. Mythology:No of legs that Agni is supposed to have.

3.Space above and beyond : Name the first women to go into space.

4.Arts:The title Nightingale of india was bestowed upon Sarojini Naidu by whom?

5.Jargons: whatz work in?

6. IT: A famous recursive acronym( clue:free software)

7.Agriculture:I am a type of bamboo(gotta believe that).Originally from south east asia.People consume my extract as juice. U use me everyday as a derived product.

8.Women's day spcl: The first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School.

9. Famous quotes: "‘Some men see things around them and wonder why! I dream of things that aren’t, and say why not?" By whom was this written?

10.Trivia: Whatz Addiction to chocolates known as?

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Prahelika - get riddled

1. Aaj I hold majority shares. I am not a politician. Zorastrianism isnt my religion. Madras isnt my birthplace but bombay is.

okies folks hmm above we have some clues that will give u the first name of a person.


2. The innocent man killed the broker while the lawyer was practising in the country courthouse . The lawyer had his big break in June 1988 and the Lawyer'sbig break is expected to be in October 2006

Can u name the lawyer? :)

3. LIGHT CRISP REFRESHING -
no carbs
no calories

It is a product:)

4. Somebody , nobody and mad were 3 friends. If somebody did not kill nobody and nobody didnot kill nobody and nor did he kill somebody and mad was never interested in killing nobody and stayed away from somebody at the time of a murder .

Now who is killed by whom?:D


Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Connect















1. A place

2. A sea

connect



BRICS

3. software

coffee-> kotak mutual fund--> beans -->sun

4. tired of connect quizzes so a few direct ones

common to the discoverer of pencilin and creator of james bond


5. a musical raag created for a famous person (indian- quite a recent raag)

Monday, January 09, 2006

hav fun

1.identify the cricketer
2. Identify this reformer
3.This is a nebula but there is an airlines by the same name too.



4.Left handed, trully veggie, weapons designer, a man who has designed from chruches to fortresses-- identify the artist( Enjoy compulsive:) )

5.Compared to Machiavelli's Prince , obsessed with spying, studied at taxila, a great statesman

Friday, January 06, 2006

Two for me




1.This shud be easy. Identify the cricketer



2.Identify this lady. clue actress and singer











3.Pramadi Chaitra Bright 1st day, Friday (BC 3102-2-20) at 2-27-30 P.M ----- Hindu Mythology says that a great event took place on this day.


4.Anna Sewell wrote the book ----- ------


5.Now a techie question

Expand ISM ( clue frequencies)

Thursday, January 05, 2006

One for passtime

Quiz 1
1.
Identify this gentleman
clue: President of an asian country. His daughter was a president too


2. Mountain of light . what is it?


3. This place was established in 1958 as a sanctuary, 1979 as a tiger reserve,1982 as a national park. Was in the news recently .



4.







Identify this actor. clue: Jeannie

5.
i am not an alien maniac
Nor yet a foreign tripper
I'm just your jolly, lively friend,
Yours truly

find the man to whom these words are attributed to .