13 May, 2009

Quiz Bonanza #1

As the name suggests, the Quiz Bonanza series will have sudden quizzes covering a range of fields. The quiz will remain open for 10 days from the date of posting. Post your answers as a single comment. Happy quizzing!
PS : Don't forget the daily question (see below post).

1. Name the device. Its purpose is obvious.


Hint :

# Lebanese Loop (used for ATM fraud)

2. They are collectively known as ?


Hint :

# Ten Commandments

3. Identify the site or give funda.


# googlefight.com where you can make fights between any two terms and decide the winner on the basis of no. of search results on Google.

4. An early version of which popular game?


# Pinball

5. Who are they?


# X-Presidents comprising Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, Jimmy Carter and George HW Bush

6. A recent sensation. Connect.


# Zoozoo ads

7. What is his claim to fame?


# Roy Sullivan, who survived seven lightning strikes

8. Origin of which word? Think newspapers.


# Tabloid

9. X is a service created by and named after the person in the pic. It is expected to take the world by storm and is all set to be released in less than a week. Identify X.


Hint :

# Wolfram Alpha named after Stephen Wolphram, is an answer engine that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer.

10. An easy one to end. Identify or give funda.


# Doomsday clock (Minutes to midnight)

Scores

Shrey - 4
rithwik - 4
stuntman mike - 5
MJay - 9
Bad Ass Thambi - 8
raghu - 9
The Editor - 2
Kamal Rathi - 9
Vivek - 8
Mr.Q? - 6
Navin Pai - 7
Zish - 6

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

2.Arabian Nights
3.Googlefight ("Fighting" keywords on Google)
6.Zoozoo
7.Survived maximum lightning strikes
8.Aspirin
10.The Doomsday Clock

Anonymous said...

2.Ten Commandemnts

5. former US Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush
from the X Presidents by TV Funhouse

7.James Sullivan nicknamed Thunder Sullivan

8.Tabloid

----------Good set........Great qstns.......


-------Rithwik..

stuntman mike said...

1. lebaneese loop
2. 10 commandments
3. competition on the basis of no. of search results in google
4. pinball ... bagatelle
6. the new adds of vodafone with the white figures goin crazy
10. guess - no. of nuclear blasts/ tests

MJay said...

1. lebanese loop
2. ten commandments
3. googlefights.com
4. pinball
5. something related to political xmen or mib?@??
6. zoozoo
7. roy sullivan, max lightning hits
8. tabloid
9. wolfram alpha, steve wolfram
10. no idea..

MJay said...

googled..
5. x presidents.. :P
nice one.. :D

Bad Ass Thambi said...

1.Lebanese Loop
2.10-commandments
3.Godgle.. :P
4.Pin Ball
5.X-Presidents
6.Zoo-Zoo
7."Human Lightning Conductor": man still alive after being struck by lighting 7 times (Came in ripley's belive it not yesterday)
8.tabloid
9.Skype for Phones..????
10.Doomsday clock: Minutes to midnight

raghu said...

1. Lebanese loop
2. 10 commandments
3. google fight
4. pinball
5. x presidents
6. zoozoo
7. roy sullivan, the person to be hit by lighting maximum times,7.
8. tabloid
9. Wolfram|alpha
10. dont know

nice quiz, it was interesting.

The Editor said...

1. Skimmer
2. Ten Commandments
4. Bagatelle?
8. Tabloid

Kamal Rathi said...

1.Lebanese Loop
2.Ten Commandments
3.www.googlefight.com
4.Pinball
5.The X-Presidents
6.Zoozoo
7.Roy Cleveland Sullivan was a U.S. park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.Sullivan was hit by lightning on seven different occasions and survived all of them. In his lifetime he gained "Human Lightning Conductor" as a nickname.
8.Tabloid
9.Star Trek USB Communicator Internet Phone
10.Doomsday Clock

Anonymous said...

6.Connect: ZooZoo Ads.
Ogilvy India created the ad for Vodafone.
Rajiv Rao, executive creative director, South Asia, Ogilvy India is one of the brains behond the campaign.
Campaign aired during DLF IPL where Vodafone is main sponsor.


------------Rithwik

pls consider dis one too and do keep up the gud work..........

Vivek said...

1)Lebanese Loop
2)Ten Commandments
3)Googlefight.com
4)Pinball??
5)President's X
6)
7)Roy Sullivan - survived after being struck by lightning 7 times
8)Tabloid
9)
10)Doomsday Clock

Vivek said...

hey i think i got 1 more
9)Wolfram alpha

Mr.Q? said...

1 Lebanese loop
2 Old testament
3 Google fight
4 PINBALL
5 x presidents
6 Vodafone Zoozoo ad
7 Benjamin button movie struck by lightning 7 times

Mr.Q? said...

8.tabaloid

navinpai said...

1:
2:The Commandments (Clue Is Moses -->The 10 Commandments)
3:GoogleFight.com (U can give it any 2 search terms to see which returns more results!!)
4:Easy One....Pinball!!
5:The X Presidents
6:ZooZoo People (The New Vodafone Advertisements)
7:Roy Sullivan Who Survived Getting Struck By Lightning 7 Times...A World Record!!)
8:Tabloid
9:
10:

Unknown said...

3. Googlefight
5. Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, Jimmy Carter,George Bush
6. Zoozoos
7. Benjamin Franklin, electricity ???
8. Tabloid Journalism
9. Wolfram Alpha
10. Doomsday Clock : Minutes to midnight