COIMBATORE QUIZ CIRCLE BEGINNER’S QUIZ

BY HARINARAYANAN.K

Q1:“southside with you” is a movie staring Parker sawyers and Tika sumpter. The plot of the movie would be revolving around a couple who began dating in 1989 and married in1992 in the city of Chicago. Which celebrity couple am I talking?

Q2:This american TV show is hosted by John Oliver. It discusses about a popular event or incident which happen the previous week of the show which will be telecasted live on HBO in the USA on Sunday’s @11pm.Which Popular TV show am I talking?

Q3:An estimated 15 million people gathered to mourn the death of a personality in India to make it the fourth largest gathering in the world . The year was 1969.Which personality am I talking?

Q4:A Public Interest litigation was submitted in GUJ HC in the first week of septmeber. The petition says that X hurts his/her religious sentiments as it depicts eggs inside places of worship .The person also says that there is also a conspiracy theory that X acts a secret tool for the US intelligence agency CIA. ID X?

COIMBATORE ROUND:

Q6:The person in the photo is Narasimhallu Naidu. He established Coimbatore city's first textile mill, CS&W Mills. He also established a sugar mill in Podhanur. He was involved in the establishment of the Victoria Municipal Hall , Coimbatore Cosmopolitan Club, Coimbatore College Committee and Coimbatore Co-operative store.But he also did something  which makes the people of coimbatore proud because of the product’s speciality. What am I talking about?

Q7:G.D. Naidu developed India's first indigenous motor in 1937 along with D. Balasundaram Naidu .It was the motor's success that resulted in the founding of Textool by Balasundaram and which later on became X.ID X.

Q8:His name is K.Govindasamy naidu. What did he revolutionize in Indian entertainment industry?

Q9:An ancient highway connects the port city of musuri in chera kingdom(Kerala)to Arikamedu in chola kingdom(current Pondicherry). Archeologists and old Tamil poems say that trade with Romans and Greeks flourished in this highway from the sangam age. It passes through Perur ,Vellalore and Sulur and finally reaches Kerala through Palaghat gap. How is this highway known?

RAJAKESARI PERUVAZHI

Q10:This highway which passes through Coimbatore connects two cities (one in TN and one in Kerala). This National Highway that experiences the highest volume of night traffic in India. On an average, over 10,000 lorries use this highway per day. The majority of the goods which are transported include steel , cement , eggs etc. I want u to name the NH number or the cities which are being connected.

Anti clockwise Round:

Q11:Google to maximize 360 views has come with a unique technique. It first tested this technique in a inhabited island in the UK and 17 other inhabited islands in other countries. What unique technique did Google use?

Q12:A simple and straightforward question.

Who won the Nobel prize for peace in 1948 ?

It’s a googly! It was not given as Mk Gandhi passed away the same year.

Q13:X  is a popular ritual form of worship of North Malabar  in Kerala. It  incorporates dance, mime and music and enshrines the rudiments of ancient tribal cultures which attached great importance to the worship of heroes and the spirits of ancestors.  over 400 of these are performed and the most famous ones areRaktha Chamundi, Kari Chamundi, Muchilottu Bhagavathi, Wayanadu Kulaven, Gulikan and Pottan and it is performed on all days in Muthappan temple in Kannur. Which popular ritual am I talking?

Q14:October 16, 1968, Mexico city.US athletes  Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony did something which made the whole world turn and see them. What did these people do?

Q15: Dr Ambedkar Rd, Sampangi Ramnagar, Bengaluru is the location of an iconic building whose style is said to be Mysore Neo-Dravidian . The building came to existence in 1956 and it’s architect is MR.B.R. Manickam. Which building am I talking?

She entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) even without completing her 10th and 12th standard.

Q18:27 November 2015. Australia vs. Newzeland in Adelaide oval. What was the specialty of that particular match?

Q19:This temple was built by the pallava king. Narasimhavarman II around 685-705 A.D .This temple’s architecture inspired Raja Raja-I the chozha emperor to build the Brahadeshwara temple in Thanjavur . Which famous temple am I talking about?

Q20:Rudolf Dassler and Adolf Dassler are brothers and were partners of a shoe company called ‘Adi’ in 1924. However the brothers became rivals after WWII and the brands they created are still leading sports companies. Which brands am I talking?