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Saturday, September 11, 2004
Quiz # 1.5 : Devashish & Srinivas
Devashish's questions featured Indian Myth, word origins, Indian history & General trivia.
His quiz also contained a very innovative & interesting part. He read out stanzas from "The watchers of the sky" - Alfred Noyes( remember - The Highway man poem). This poem was about scientists and scientific discoveries. We had to identify whom/ what the stanzas referred to.Here is the link to the ebook version: Watchers of the Sky - Alfred Noyes
General Trivia Rounds
1. Who said and when, 'We knocked the bastard off!'
A- Edmund Hillary on conquering the Everest.
2. In how many volumes is the British Constitution contained?
A- None, it's an oral constitution.
3. What was the first product to be certified by ISI?
A- The Indian Flag
4. Raja Nabakrishna Deb did something in 1756 to celebrate Robert Clive's victory at Plassey, and started a tradition. What?
A- The Durga Puja
5. This famous product was lauched in a submarine. What and why?
A- Windows 95, so that the world could see what the world would look like without windows.
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Srinivas asked q's from the K-circle archives.
His quiz also contained a very innovative & interesting part. He read out stanzas from "The watchers of the sky" - Alfred Noyes( remember - The Highway man poem). This poem was about scientists and scientific discoveries. We had to identify whom/ what the stanzas referred to.Here is the link to the ebook version: Watchers of the Sky - Alfred Noyes
General Trivia Rounds
1. Who said and when, 'We knocked the bastard off!'
A- Edmund Hillary on conquering the Everest.
2. In how many volumes is the British Constitution contained?
A- None, it's an oral constitution.
3. What was the first product to be certified by ISI?
A- The Indian Flag
4. Raja Nabakrishna Deb did something in 1756 to celebrate Robert Clive's victory at Plassey, and started a tradition. What?
A- The Durga Puja
5. This famous product was lauched in a submarine. What and why?
A- Windows 95, so that the world could see what the world would look like without windows.
Click here for more.
Srinivas asked q's from the K-circle archives.
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