PENTATHLON EPISODE 8
QM- Arghya Mukherjee
This is the eighth and last episode of quizzes we planned as part of the celebration of 5 years of the Quizzards_2k4 yahoo group.This is a General Quiz
After this edition the consolidated scores will be calculated and the winner announced
Q1: What is the term given to a person appointed to test the claims of a candidate for canonization before a papal church? (Think Movies)
Ans. Devil's Advocate
Q2: What colloquial English Phrase for hierarchy comes from the dominance and submissive behavior of chicken?
Ans. Pecking Order
Q3: Which still existing 11th century English fortress been a palace, a prison, a mint and an observatory?
Ans. Tower of London (Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress
)Q4: Which three day famous cultural ‘happening’ first took place at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York, 1969 ?
Ans.Woodstock
Q5: How do we better know the company Vishnu Industries and Chemical Corporation?
Ans.VICCO
QM-Aniruddha Biswas
Q6:This visual shows the route map of an event held for the first time in South America in 2009.Identify.
Ans. Dakar Rally
Q 7:The picture on the right is that of a Japanese jellyfish.The two gentleman in the picture started their business with a dry goods store in Montgomery,Alabama.Later they started accepting raw cotton as payment for merchandise,and started their second business ,trading cotton.Their company helped in founding the New York Cotton exchange in 1870.Connect the pictures.
Ans. Left- 2 of the Lehman Brothers
Right - Nomura jellyfish.
Nomura took over the Asian Business of Lehman Brothers
Q8:This private space transportation company was founded in 2002 by PayPal co founder Elon Musk.The company operates from Hawthorne ,California.Identify.
Ans.SpaceX
Q9:This famous author was known to some of his fans as "Bop Ad" because of his illegible signature.
Ans.Douglas Adams
Q10.Connect the following 5 companies.
1.Activecubes Solutions
2.Lakshya
3.StarAgri
4.Takeovercode.com
5.The Loot
Ans.Winners of the TATA-NEN Hottest Start-Ups
