1. There is a well-known myth about the word "X", which says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within twenty-four hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins to write the word "X", which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test) and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is no evidence to support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791........identify the term "X"
Ans: Quiz (What better way to start a quiz than asking question on "Quiz" :P)
2. Although there is controversy about the actual creator of X, often a Hong Kong design student is credited for X's creation. Although X was introduced to the world earlier, it become immensely popular all over the world on October 2011. Many newspaper from USA and Germany approached the student to buy X, but the student turned down such offers. What I am talking about?
Ans: Apple silhouette logo with Steve Jobs in the bite portion
3. The primary protagonist of these novels are a woman in her twenties with a photographic memory and poor social skills, and an investigative journalist and editor of a magazine called X.Although the author planned ten installments for the series, but due to his sudden death, only three were completed and published. The novels are made into movies in Sweden and also in Hollywood. Identify the series or X.
Ans: The Millennium Series
4. In an interview to the Indian Express in November 2011, he said:
“After Operation Blue Star in Punjab, the final examinations were postponed. [I] led a group of students demanding a month’s notice as preparation. We made banners saying, “____ ____”. and went about raising this slogan.” He used these lines in a recent film. Which lines?
Ans: Sadda Haq, iithe rakh
5. Refer to the pic where and why?
Ans: CERN and depicting the destruction capability of the LHC as similar to the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva
6. Mahatma Gandhi once felt the need to have all business organizations under one umbrella . So he called upon GD Birla and a certain Purushottam Thakur for the job . So in 1927 , X was setup. What is X ?
Ans: FICCI
7. In 1993 , X came up with a 'zero engine noise' product (launched in 1995) , in a move to claim a strong consumer base in Indian market with a new prototype. How do we better know this product ?
Ans: Maruti ZEN (ZEN for Zero Engine Noise)
8. The church of Maranello rings on 3 occasions. One is on Sundays , 2nd on public holidays . What is the 3rd occasion ?
Ans: Ferrari winning a F1 grand prix (Maranello is the town where Ferrari is based)
9. X is an American entrepreneur , sound engineer , and a electrical engineer from MIT (America waala !! :P) . As a graduate student at MIT, X purchased a high end stereo system and was disappointed when it failed to meet his expectations. After extensive research , he founded Y . Id X and Y.
Ans: Dr. Amar Bose, Bose Corporation
10. In 1883 , in the Punjab-Sindh region , the railways system then had faced a very peculiar problem . As a result they came up with an innovative solution to this problem . This practice of the railways is still prevalent in India !! What am I talking about?
Ans: Platform ticket (too many people accompanied to see off or receive a passenger...so the railways came up with the platform ticket system...)
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