Beginners quiz 20.7.14

CQC Beginners QUIZ

Before the time of paper, writing was done by carving on papyrus using a stylus. The first thing that the writers tested for is whether the papyrus was capable of being carved on i.e., soft enough but not too brittle so that it

would break. They tried out the basic movements in writing which were circle, curve, dot and lines. Which

common day practice did this result in?

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Pillayar Suzhi

This restaurant chain was started in 1960’s by K.Dhoraiswamy Naidu as

a catering unit in Kennedy Movie Theatre in RS Puram ,

Coimbatore.When it was started , it started selling Coffee , Tea and Tiffen Items.Which Restaurant

Chain ?

Annapoorna

Rowan Julian ______ lives alone in his small flat in Highbury, North London. He

is mostly seen wearing a tweed brown suit, a white shirt, a thin red tie, trousers, and shoes. He rarely speaks, and when he does, it's generally only a few mumbled

words, which are in a comically low-pitched voice.He has a strong knowledge on Trigonometry.He’s in a relationship

with Irma Gobb.He’s found driving a green Mini Cooper.Who ?

Mr.Bean

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Accordian

Which Indian airline has aircrafts named Clove , Ginger , Mustard , Cardamom , Elachi , Garlic etc.. ?

SpiceJet

The name X literally means "Land of the Pure" in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933

by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, an activist, who published it in his pamphlet Now or Never,

using it as an acronym referring to the names of the five northern regions of the Punjab, Afghania Province, Kashmir, Sindh, and

Baluchistan". The letter i was incorporated to ease pronunciation and form the linguistically

correct and meaningful name.What ?

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Pakistan

This country’s national football team is nicknamed “Socceroos” as

it rhymes with the name of its national animal.Which Southern

country is this ?

Australia

In the quarter finals of 1966 FIFA WC, England met Argentina at Wembley

Stadium. After the match, newspaper reports stated that referee Rudolf Kreitlein

had cautioned both Bobby and Jack Charlton, as well as sending off

Argentinian Antonio Rattin.But he had a hard time telling Rattin that he wants the

player out of the game.On seeing this Ken Anston , a British football referee came up

with a concept.What ?

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Penalty Cards

What is the name of the Air India aircraft which carries the President

of India if its US counterpart is called Air Force One ?

Air India One

In Greek Mythology , whose name literally means “Glorious gift of

Hera” ?

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Hercules

Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited is a company located in the city of Mysore, India. The

company is owned and operated by the Government of Karnataka. The company was started as the Mysore Lac and Paints Limited by the Maharaja of Mysore, Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar in the year 1937 for

manufacturing paints and other related products.It is the only organisation in India which is allowed to

manufacture something that finds use atleast once in 5 years and its manufacturing process is kept as a

secret.Which famous entity is made in India by this organisation ?

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Indelible Voter’s Ink

Id this award.12

Arjuna Award

Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what ?

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In 1923 , this well known person was arrested for the “Beer Hall Putsch” which was an effort to seize power in

Munich , Bavaria which failed miserably.He spent nine months in

Prison during which he wrote a book which was originally titled When

Putsch Comes to Shove.How do we know this book today ?

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Mein Kampf

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa on January 9 , 1915.To commemorate this , the

Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs started celebrating this day as X day since 2003.Every year on this day ,

Indians living abroad and contributing to the development of India are

awarded.How do we know this day as ?

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NRI Day

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Wolverine

What was invented and patented by James J. "Crash" Ryan which is

orange in color ?

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Black Box

This 2013 film was based on “The Snow Queen” , a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Anderson.The plot of

the book differs from the film wherein everything freezes when the main

character touches it.To avoid these she lives in Solitary above a mountain and

builds her own Ice palace.Which movie ?

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Frozen

This famous game was criticized for its resemblance with Super Mario.Some reports say that the pipes in the game is inspired from those that appeared in Super Mario. Even the twinkly sound effect when your _____ _____ between

pipes is heavily inspired by Mario's coin-collecting chime, to the point where they sound nearly identical.The main character appears to

be a cross between the “Spike” and “Cheep Cheep” enemies in Super Mario Bros 3.Which

Game ?

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Flappy Bird

The Entertainment and Sports Programming network was founded by

Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan. It was launched on September 7, 1979 in Connecticut. It is a U.S.-based global

cable and satellite television channel, that is owned as a joint venture between The

Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation.How is it known today ?

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ESPN

The name of this game refers to the Queen of the spades.The name in tamil

stands for “Dark Complexioned Women”.This is commonly played on the streets to lure the Passer-By and to steal money from them.It is also the name of a famous 2011 movie which revolves around the protagonists who

steal money by using one of this game’s method.Which game ?

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Mankatha