TUAUTQ 3.0

Note: The google docs ain't properly working in our netcafe conditions ( ppl who know abt our @#$*@$ netcafe are sure to understand i am sure ). So I am manually keeping track of your added scores. Have a nice day and scratch your heads on Anand's trivia before dailies return in a short while :)


The Sadistic TUAUTQ is back.....

On the record....Anybody who posts all the answere by 19/06 gets the chance to post the next TUAUTQ... So c'mon sissboys..(and gals..), this one's an outright challenge..

Here Goes...

Question 1 :

They are known to be in many places between North Africa and Japan. Before 2004, nobody knew that they exist in Arunachal Pradesh. Prior to Arunachal, last of such places (where they are located) was identified in Indonesia in 1903. Who are they?

Lion Tailed Macaque(LTM)

Question 2 :

Lala Lajpat Rai : Punjab :: X : Andhra :: Y : Bihar. Identify X and Y

(cryptic clue... : Saturday morning speciality in BIT mess )

Andhra Kesari: Tanguturi Prakasam, Bihar Kesari : Dr.Sri Krishna Singh

Question 3 :

This enterprise was started in 2002 by an engineer from GE. Since then it has spread to hundreds of outlets across all major cities in India. The tag-line of the enterprise emphasizes on its affordable prices. Identify...

Bharti

Question 4 :

Of the official languages of India, how are the eight languages, Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit and Tamil different from others? Hint: It has to do with a national honour.

Only languages to win national award (best film)

Question 5 :

This should be easy. A is credited with breaking a great text B in four parts so it could be studied more easily by lesser scholars than he. His greatest work C includes another great work D which is considered the summary of the above four-part text B. E, a descendant of A, listened to a recital of another major work F on his deathbed. The first public recital of C occurred in the presence of E's son G. Identify A-G.

A - Vyasa, B - Vedas C- Mahabharatha, D - Gita, E- Parikshit F- Bhagavata, G - Janamejaya

Question 6 :

This service is very much prevalent in India. Although this service started in other countries (particularly UK), the service is either no longer available, or, changed its name in other countries. What is it?

Subsciber Trunk Dialling(STD)

Mail your answers to 90.ram27@gmail.com for these special editions alone.

Daily #18 --- Double Delight

Bill Clinton giving away the National Medal of technology to ?



Kd and vinay +1 each . Ken Thompson and Dennis ritchie who created UNIX which turned 40 this year.

Daily #17 -- "scary" one !

She complained in the past about difficulties collecting royalties from her participation in X . At first, she blamed Y, but then apologized to him in 1997. However, she eventually sued Y on May 6, 2009 in a dispute to obtain uncollected royalties but Ydied suddenly less than two months later. Identify her, X and Y.

Ok that was a sitter :) .. Cracked by Ankan,Kd and Vinay !!

Ola Ray,erstwhile Playboy centerfold who enacted MJ's girl in the revolutionary Thriller video.

Daily #16 - for the cinematographer in you!

What's this technique used in the video called as and who innovated it? (there's a clue attached as well!)

Cracked by vinay ! but only 1/2 a point there..cos u din mention the guy who introduced it. It was Hitchcock.

The Dolly Zoom. Check it out on wiki... real cool info on ths stuff!

Daily #15 - a milestone !

Inside which piece of architecture would you find this ?

Cracked by Vinay and KD . Matrimandir dome in auroville.

Notification : The answer appeared in Daily #14's visual only I think. Won't happen again ...scout's honor :) and your scores have been updated.. refer to the table.. adios

Daily #14--- there's no place like madras!!

Which place?





Nice zoomin in by Vinay :) (mea culpa fellow quizzards) The Land of Oz it is!

Open Quiz!!!

Ok guys here it comes. Quench has finally struck oil ! Our first maiden Open quiz as a part of FUTURA '09 to be held in the college. Hosted by V V Ramanan(the one and only one of course) on August 30th 2009 (sunday). Starting at 10 am in our auditorium with finals following it immediately. Don miss your chance to get

Rs. 10000 for first place
Rs. 5000 for 2nd
Rs. 3000 for the third spot.

Get your quizzing senses tickling again people. Corporates and Campus are all welcome !!

On spot registration and online registration are available.

Further details:

www.bitfutura.org/quiz

Contact:

Ramakrishnan - +91 9952968169
Gowrishankar- +91 9940307842

Daily #13 --- not an unlucky one!

Alrighty now.. Whats happenin here??





Goes uncracked! this is the Blarney Stone in Ireland..kissing it upside down as such supposedly brings good fortune upon the kisser.

Daily #12 - remember this one?

Sitter--- Connect










































Spot on warrier!! V for vendetta it is!!!

Daily 11 --- figure this out when ur 64!

This list depicted more than 70 famous people, including writers, musicians, film stars and a number of Indian gurus. The final grouping included Marlene Dietrich, Carl Gustav Jung, W.C. Fields, Diana Dors, Bob Dylan, Marilyn Monroe, Aldous Huxley, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sigmund Freud, Aleister Crowley, Edgar Allan Poe, Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, William S. Burroughs, Marlon Brando, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

The following people were considered but ultimately left out:

# Leo Gorcey
# Mohandas Gandhi
# Jesus Christ
# Adolf Hitler
# Tin-Tan


what are we talking about??



Kd +1 and Vinay +1. The cover of sgt peppers of the Beatles indeed!