TransIT 2009 General Quiz- Prelims

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Dept of Instrumentation Technology, RVCE

TransIT 2009

General Quiz

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Padma

Govind


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Prelims


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A painting of William Crabtree depicting the first observation of X


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Petrichor refers to the blood that flows in the veins of gods

in Greek mythology.

The term was used in 1964 by two Australian researchers,Bear and Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature.

What do we know it as?


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Petrichor = Smell of the Rain on dry earth

Petri= Stone

Ichor=Blood of the gods


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Mario Armando Lavandeira is a notorious American media

personality, emerging from online roots. In the past, he briefly

worked as a media relations assistant for LGBT rights organization

GLAAD; was a freelance writer for gay publications and worked as

a receptionist for NYC gay events club Urban Outings. More

recently, he posed a controversial question to a, now, also

notorious Miss USA contestant. Popstar Fergie has written a song

called Pedestal in which she criticizes him. What do we know

Mario Armando Lavandeira better as?


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Perez Hilton


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There are several legends about the origin of the humble ____.And much of that has to do with its name. Some say it is called

_____because you always got it in sets of four units( ____ in the

local language means one-fourth).

Another story has it that the Portuguese referred to it as ____

pronounced with a nasal twang. The craziest story about theorigin of the word _____ is that it was so named because it was

kneaded using the feet and not the hands to speed up the

work and keep pace with the demand!


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Pav


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What currency? What does it depict?


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Yen, Japanese Cherry Blossoms


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ID X or Y

Xis a science fiction role-playing shooter game that was developed by

Gearbox Software for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It

was first revealed in the September 2007 issue ofGame Informer

magazine and released on 23rd

October 2009.Y is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky where they

were originally known as "Perfect Confusion."


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Cage the Elephant


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This story is apparently based on the murder of Alboin, the Lombard

king, by his wife Rosagunde. She was the daughter of KingCunimund of the Gepids, who were at that time living in the area of

Belgrade. Alboin did actually make Rosagunde drink wine from her

dead father's decaying skull, in northern Italy. It is said that after

Rosagunde strangled her oppressor, she was given the principality of

________ as a reward for her bravery.

_______ is a relatively small principality, which lies between Southern

France and Western Italy. In the films, however, it is a small kingdom

that lies between France and Spain and resembles Andorra. It is also

located by Monaco, a real principality in Europe. The capital of

_______ is ________ City. _______ was ruled by Prince Artur Cristoff

Phillipe Grimaldi Renaldo until his death. the ruler is now his mother,

Clarisse. The royal family also consists of the dowager princess, and

his daughter ________ Mignonette Grimaldi X Renaldo.

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Genovia


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Connect:

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Cyclone PhyanPhyan means Cherry fallen from a tree in Burmese


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A few weeks ago, this image created a wide buzz. Funda?

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Real Starred question, no?


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ID


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David Shepherd

RIP


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What and Who?


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Bharat Ratna

Nelson Mandela


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The 15:30 - London to Paris

The Direct-Orient Express

The Van Golu (Lake Van) Express

The Tehran Express

The Night Mail to Meshed

The Khyber Pass Local

The Khyber Mail to Lahore JunctionThe Frontier Mail

The Kalka Mail for Simla

The Rajdhani ('Capital') Express to Mumbai

The Delhi Mail from Jaipur

The Grand Trunk Express

The Local to Rameswaram

The Talaimannar MailThe 16:25 from Galle

The Howrah Mail

The Mandalay Express

The Local to Maymyo

The Lashio Mail

The Night Express from Nong Khai

The International Express to Butterworth

The Golden Arrow to Kuala LumpurThe North Star Night Express to Singapore

The Saigon-Bien Hoa Passenger Train

The Hue-Da Nang Passenger Train

The Hatsukari ('Early Bird') Limited Express to Aomori

The Ozora ('Big Sky') Limited Express to Kyoto

The Kodama ('Echo') to Osaka

The Trans-Siberian Railway

The chapters of whichbook?


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This statue is the source of the

name of an annual festival held

in its erstwhile location

somewhere in India. What?


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The statue of King Edward VIII was originally installed

outside Elphinstone college. The area came to be knownas Kala Ghoda where the annual arts and literature

festival is now held.


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X was called Kadur district till 1947. The districttakes its name from the headquarters town of Y.It is said to have been given as a dowry to theyounger daughter of Rukmangada, the legendary

chief of Sakrepatna. Another part of the townbestowed on the elder daughter is known as Y.


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Chikmaglur (younger daughters town)

Hiremaglur (elder daughters town)


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The Harley landed on Indian shores eighteen

years ago thanks to some give-and-take between theUSA and Indian government. The Indian governments

decision to allow Harley in was ostensibly made to

please the US government, which was keen to see

Harley-Davidson enter India. In return, Indian

exporters of ______ saw their products allowed into

the US.


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Mango


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_______ Panza is a fictional character in the novel

Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de

Cervantes Saavedra in 1602. ______ acts as squire to

Don Quixote, and provides comments throughout the

novel, known as_____ismos, that are a combination

of broad humor, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthywit. In the 2008 English novel by first time novelist X,

the character Muneezas nickname is ______ and

hence the title of the novel.


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X was born in Glasgow and raised in London. Having

attended Woodhouse College he graduated with a

double first in Social and Political Sciences at King's

College, Cambridge in 2001. He describes himself as a

"European social democrat", who believes that markets

are "an essential tool to generate wealth" but must bematched by strong democratic governments and

strong trade unions or they become "disastrous". He

won the Young Journalist of the Year' at the British

Press Awards in 2003


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The _______ is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal

mammal native to Africa. It is sometimes called "antbear",

"anteater", "Cape anteater" (after the Cape of Good Hope),

"earth hog" or "earth pig". Afrikaans for pig is varken. The

name comes from the Afrikaans/Dutch for "earth pig" or

"ground pig.


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The Aardvark


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This Swedish band from Gothenburg is considered to be the pioneer of

the melodic death metal music genre (also: Gothenburg Metal) along with

Dark Tranquility and At the Gates. In 2005, they became the first ever

metal band to win a Grammis award (Swedish equivalent of the Grammy

Award). They have won 4 grammis till date, more than any other metal

band. Which iconic band in the death metal scene is this?


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Asuras and Kumaon


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