Landmark Quiz 2014 Chennai prelims

Answers to the first 10 questions start with the letters ‘LANDMARK14’

1.      Identify one among the famous trio
Ans. Lala Rajpat Rai

2.      The play: Sivaji Kanda Indhu Rajayam. Identify the actor in the foreground who is also the author.
Ans. Annadurai

3.      Narendra Modi (pict)

4.      Dadasaheb Palke award winners  (pict)– Rukmini Devi and Gulzar

5.      Ans. Mary Kom

6.      Aryabhatta – Satellite

7.      Rajapalayam dog

8.      Blue and white theme
place –  Kolkata

9.      1729

10.  420

11.  Unsung heroes- Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)

12.  This area (visual) of a capital city on the Mediterranean coast is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It gets its name because of its appearance. Its 4000-odd buildings (visual) is the world’s largest collection of a distinctive architectural style that originated in Weimar and Dessau, and being banned by the Nazi government, moved here. Its expensive but efficient architecture was just what was needed to cater to Jews fleeing Germany.
What is the name of this area? White City
What style of architecture is this? Bauhaus

13.  This standardization in India traces back to the Viceroy Lord Mayo, based on calculations to allow 4 persons to sit comfortably abreast. This distance was determined to be 3’3” but was modified slightly to take into account the change to the new metric system. The first practical manifestation of this standardization was in 1872 from Delhi to Farukh Nagar.
what was this (2-word answer). Meter Guage

14.  Chennaiyil Oru Naal movie- Green Corridor

15.  According to a 2007 climate study on rising sea levels, many coastal city around the world will be in danger by 2070. The study made two lists of the Top Five Cities, based on exposed population  and based on exposed assets. Which Indian and Chinese city figure in both these lists? Guangzhou (Canton) and Kolkata

16.  (image) The Adventures of Herge

17.  (missing of the 3 people shown) Franz Beckenbauer

18.  This is the goddess Bon Bibi (or the lady of the forest). She is also worshipped by Muslims who consider her a ‘pirani’.

Where specifically is she worshipped for her powers of protection? Sunderbans

19.  Missing Kanchis- Vishnu Kanchi and Shiva Kanchi

20.  MTV Award is also known as Moon Man Award

21.  Name the breed of dog seen in Commonwealth games (Glasgow) representing India – Scottish Terrier

22.  This grand arch was the symbol of a dynasty that ruled between 083 CE to 1323 CE.
A. Which dynasty? Kakatiya Dynasty
B. Where would one find a representation of this structure today in along with another historical structure. Telangana Emblem

23.  Name the artists performing this single that got the top spot at Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2013 for six weeks, and won them the 2014 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song.

This achievement was extraordinary as they made it to the top without a record label supporting them.

Ans. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

24.  Group name- ISIS
Arabian word for ‘successor’- Caliphate

25.  This country’s flag constitution consists of an entire section of fairly advanced geometry in it (Schedule 1 relating to Article 5). There are 24 steps.
These instructions are for drawing up the flag of Nepal.

26.  Optical effect- Camera Obscura

Optical device described over 1000 years ago means ‘darkened room’- Pin Hole Camera

27.  This self-assembling robot made by Harvard scientists is the world’s first “Transformer”! It may not be able to disguise itself as a car, but the flattened robot can build itself and walk away without human intervention. What was its inspiration? Origami

28.  This phrase describes the use of a property as a holiday home for a fixed limited period each year?
The phrase itself originated from another field in the 1960s, that also allowed people a fixed limited period to perform a certain activity?
Phrase- Timeshare
Field- Computers (MIT CTSS)

29.  Out of all the original Sherlock Holmes stories, the Adventure of the Lion's Mane and the Blanched Soldier are unique. Why? What other almost unique feature do these stories share?
Ans. Both of these stories, which belong to "The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes" cycle, are narrated by Holmes rather than Watson. Watson does not appear in them.

30.  Dartfish Technology – in cricket

31.  In 1861, a Melbourne company called Spiers and Pond, which ran the Café de Paris in the city tried to interest a world famous writer to tour Australia and New Zealand but without success. The novelist’s refusal resulted in the company looking for other ideas, and this eventually resulted in a “first”.

Who refused? Charles Dickens
What was his replacement? Cricket matches

32.  Best & worst sci-fi movies in terms of accuracy:

2001: Space Odyssey
The Black Hole (by Walt Disney)

33.  Kochadaiiyan dialogue- Rajnikanth

34.  Besides birthdays/anniversaries this is a list (incomplete) of another “Day”.
Taiwan (+ China) (Sept 28): Confucius
India Teacher’s Day (Sept 5): Dr Radhakrishnan

35.  (image) Gold, Silver, Bronze medals for Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree respectively.

36.  Titles of both films (Julius Caesar and Ides of March) from William Shakespeare’s play.

37.  A freedom fighter said this in 1945 about a musical legend, “From today, I surrender to _____, the enchanting singer with an enchanting voice, my title”. Who were these two eminent ladies? Sarojini Naidu and MS Subbulakshmi.

38.  The members of which martial community are the only Indians allowed to carry unlicensed firearms being granted an exemption according to the Indian Arms Act. They worship firearms during festivals and also fire shots in the air to announce the birth of a male child. Kodavas (of Coorg)

39.  What Indian folk form has its mythological origin in the Ramayana when Sita sees her abductor’s shadow on the waters as he takes her to Lanka? Shadow Puppetry or Ravanchhaya.

40.  Closing ceremony was Gandhiji’s favourite-
Abide With Me (famous Christian Hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte)

Beating the Retreat (military ceremony)

'KICK' movie review

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The Business Line Cerebration Quiz 2014

Prelims

1.      Name this US based company that has become the largest supplier of bananas in the world.

Ans. Chiquita

2.      Name the company behind the biscuit brand Dilberito. It was sold in India for a brief period.

Ans. Scott Adams Foods

3.      Paisaboltahai is the website of ________

Ans. RBI

4.      Name the common sponsor of AC Milan, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, and Arsenal.

Ans. Emirates

5.      Kwiknic, a nicotine based chewing gum, is a product from _____

Ans. ITC

6.      Name the concept pioneered based on the proverbial example "Give 'em the razor; sell 'em the blades"
Ans. Freebie Marketing

7.      _______ ________ position in ICC (image)

8.      Pepper sauce that comes in cologne-style bottles sold in more than 165 countries.
Ans. Tabasco

9.      Mobile visual search platform from Ricoh Innovations Corp.

Ans. Ocutab

10.  Beoplay sound systems are from _______
Ans. Bang & Olufsen

11.  Author of "Gods of Management". He began his career with Shell Corporation.
Ans. Charles Handy

Logos:

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013
Chennai Prelims

1.       Identify the personality

Ans. Sanjeev Goenka, Vice Chairman, RPG Enterprises

2.       Japanese term adopted by Shigeo Shingo that means “mistake proofing”.

Ans. Poka-yoke

3.       Very famous automobile giant that advocates use of original parts. Even as the Indian car industry is reeling under slowdown, this company’s car sales have grown phenomenally.

Ans. Volkswagen

4.       Name this leather co. listed as COH in NYSE.

Ans. Coach Inc.

5.       Their first book, Across Asia on the Cheap, was written and published by Englishman Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen Wheeler in Sydney in 1973. Identify.

Ans. Lonely Planet Publications

6.       American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. He saved major New York banks from becoming bankrupt by personally taking charge, thereby resolving the 1907 crisis.

Ans. J.P. Morgan

7.       _______ is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.

Ans. The Streisand Effect

8.       “My word is my bond” is its motto. Identify.

Ans. London Stock Exchange

9.       Name this Hong Kong-based club whose turnover jumped 12.3 per cent to a record HK$94.4 billion ((€9.27 billion/$12.16 billion).

Ans. Hong Kong Jockey Club

10.   Based in Dallas, Texas, name this intercity bus service, a common carrier of passengers serving over 3,700 destinations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Along with its flagship Greyhound brand, and the subsidiary Greyhound Express brand, the company also operates or co-operates BoltBus, NeOn, and YO! Bus.

Ans. Greyhound

11.   First appeared in 1884, it contained nine railroads and two industrial companies that appeared in the Customer's Afternoon Letter, a daily two-page financial news bulletin which was the precursor to The Wall Street Journal.

Ans. Dow Jones Industrial Average

12.   First airlines to introduce online check-in. It’s also the name of the place (Pickbrain: not necessarily a country). The system was first offered on a limited basis starting in September 1999, and was available to the general public on selected flights the following month.

Ans. Alaska Airlines

13.   The founders of this co. had their first Free Cone Day, where they gave free scoops to their local community way back in 1978 - and we've done it every year since! Identify.

Ans. Ben & Jerry’s

14.   The paper's motto, "All the News That's Fit to Print", appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page. Its website has adapted it to "All the News That's Fit to Click."

Ans. The New York Times

15.   _______ began as a family magazine, launched in 1886 by Schlicht & Field of New York.

Ans. Cosmopolitan

16.   ______ were introduced to the American public by the National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco) on March 6, 1912. Porcello held five patents directly related to his work on this cookie.

Ans. Oreo

17.   Name this imaging company that would have been humongous in size had leveraged on its strengths (patents). It sold 1,100 digital imaging and processing patents to an organized consortium of 12 tech companies — Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Fujifilm, Google, HTC, Huawei, Microsoft, RIM, Samsung and Shutterfly for $525 million. The portfolio was said to be worth around $2.5 billion, but Kodak settled for the $525 million.

Ans. Kodak

18.   Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson drove a _____ (military vehicle) into Times Square and crushed a bunch of Coke and Pepsi.

Ans. Tank

19.   Identify the CEO and majority owner of Semco SA, a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering, also the Author of the international bestseller, and The Seven Day Weekend.

Ans. Ricardo Semler

20.   In 1942 Revolite, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, originally developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used as sealing tape on ammunition cases during World War II.

Ans. Duck tape

 

21.   Listed as DEO on the NYSE.

Ans. Diageo

22.   Popular youth icon

Ans. Justin Bieber

23.   ______ is a fictional cat, and the "evil director of human resources" in the Dilbert comic strip

Ans. Catbert

24.   “The Reach and Limits of Growth: Economic Recession, Development and Human Capability” insights by ________.

Ans. Amartya Kumar Sen