Two Short Quizzes

1. What is an Infosys employee called? infosyian…………………………….

2. Who was the Time Man of the Year 1999? Jeff Bezos ……………………………………

3. Co founder of Apple with Steve Jobs? Steve Wozniak------------------------

4. What does WIPRO stand for? ----------------------------

5. Memphis was the code name for WINDOWS 98--------------------

6. Name the Musical produced by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Shekar Kapur for which A.R.Rahman has scored the music DREAMS---------------------------

7. Which Indian city literally means the city of Banyan trees? baroda……………………………..

8. Who was the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize? rabindranath tagore-------------------

9. What English Word means, "twice cooked" in French? saute ………………………………..

10. The asana (exercise) Surya-Namaskar is traditionally done how many times? …once…………….

11. Which was Shakespeare's last play? Henry the VIII…………………………….

12. What branch of maths gets its name from an Arabic phrase for "reunification of broken parts"? algebra
13. Who was the first space tourist? Denis Tito…………………….

14. Althea Gibson was the first African-American woman to win a Grand slam tournament. Who was the second? billie jean king…………………………………

15. Which company has its origin as Herman Hollerith's Tabulating Machine Company in 1896? ……………………………….IBM

16. What is the Japanese art of ornamental flower arrangement called? IKEBANA

17. Who discovered the antibiotic Pencillin…Alexander Fleming

18. Birla Tata AT& T 'S new Name??? …………………………… iDEA


19. Who said about Marie Curie, "She has a sparky intelligence, but is not attractive enough to be a danger to anybody?" ………………………ALBERT EINSTEIN

20. How did Sabeer Bhatia get the name Hot mail? from the HTML language. ………………………………..




A Sardarji is in the Quiz Contest "KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI" trying to win
> prize money of Rs 1 Crore.
> 
> The questions are as follows:
> 
> 1) How long was the 100 yr war?
> A) 116
> B) 99
> C) 100
> D) 150
> 
> Sardar says "I will skip this"
> 
> 2) In which country are the Panama hats made?
> A) BRAZIL
> B) CHILE
> C) PANAMA
> D) ECUADOR
> 
> Sardar asks for help from the University students
> 
> 3) In which month do the Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
> A) JANUARY
> B) SEPTEMBER
> C) OCTOBER
> D) NOVEMBER
> 
> Sardar asks for help from general public
> 
> 4) Which of these is King George VI first name?
> A) EDGER
> B) ALBERT
> C) GEORGE
> D) MANUEL
> 
> Sardar asks for lucky cards
> 
> 5) The Canary islands, in the Pacific Ocean, has
> its name based on which animal:
> A) CANARY BIRD
> B) KANGAROO
> C) PUPPY
> D) RAT
> 
> Sardar gives up
> 
> If u think you are indeed clever and laughed at the
> Sardar's replies, then please check the answers below :
> 
> 1) The 100 year war lasted 116 years from 1337-1453
> 2) The Panama hat is made in Ecuador
> 3) The October revolution is celebrated in November
> 4) King George's first name was Albert. In 1936 he changed his name
> 5) Puppy. The Latin name is INSULARIA CANARIA which means Islands of the
> puppies
>