Calicut University D-Zone Quiz Prelims
Calicut University D-Zone Quiz Prelims – 24th January, 2006
Questions:
Underlined questions were tie-breakers.
1. Whose autobiography is “Spirit of St. Louis”
2. Which snake (land) is considered to be the most poisonous in the world?
3. Which perfume was named so because its formula was perfected on May 5?
4. Who was the captain of Pakistan in India’s first test series at Pakistan, Lala Amarnath being the Indian captain?
5. Identify the company from logo?
6. Which famous philosophical statement will one find in the essay “Discourse on methods”, and who is its author?
7. Who is the first person to be inducted into both Country Music Hall Of Fame and the Rock Music Hall Of Fame?
8. How do we know Archibald Leach better as?
9. Who coined the term ‘Francophonie’ to denote all people and countries using French in a variety of circumstances?
10. Who is the second youngest winner of Nobel Prize?
11. Which word meaning ‘a person who completely dominates and controls another, usually for selfish or sinister motives’ came from George du Maurier’s 1894 novel “Trilby”?
12. What are Chatreux, Maine Coon, Japanese Bobtail, British Shorthair types of?
13. This game was originally called ‘mokshapat’ (good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births) created by Saint Gyandev is forerunner of which popular game with kids?
14. Recently Zheng He, Chinese mariner and explorer, is claimed to have discovered the N. American continent before Columbus after some maps were found which gave details of N. American continent. Another explorer is also in this exclusive ‘list’ of explorers who is said to have come before Columbus. Name this other guy?
15. For what purpose was the guillotine originally designed?
16. What first has Kate Warne to her credit (in USA)?
17. This church has been celebrating Christmas on 30th of October since 1999. With 20,000 people from as far as Iceland and Vietnam have become church members via the official web site. Name the church?
18. Who’s the wife of the fishmonger, Unhygenix, the character in Asterix comics?
19. Who was the captain of the Titanic on its first voyage?
20. The DuPont archives reveal that the other names suggested for it were Duparooh (from DuPont pulls a rabbit out of a hat). Later they settled for a more sedate name. What?
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Questions:
Underlined questions were tie-breakers.
1. Whose autobiography is “Spirit of St. Louis”
2. Which snake (land) is considered to be the most poisonous in the world?
3. Which perfume was named so because its formula was perfected on May 5?
4. Who was the captain of Pakistan in India’s first test series at Pakistan, Lala Amarnath being the Indian captain?
5. Identify the company from logo?
6. Which famous philosophical statement will one find in the essay “Discourse on methods”, and who is its author?
7. Who is the first person to be inducted into both Country Music Hall Of Fame and the Rock Music Hall Of Fame?
8. How do we know Archibald Leach better as?
9. Who coined the term ‘Francophonie’ to denote all people and countries using French in a variety of circumstances?
10. Who is the second youngest winner of Nobel Prize?
11. Which word meaning ‘a person who completely dominates and controls another, usually for selfish or sinister motives’ came from George du Maurier’s 1894 novel “Trilby”?
12. What are Chatreux, Maine Coon, Japanese Bobtail, British Shorthair types of?
13. This game was originally called ‘mokshapat’ (good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births) created by Saint Gyandev is forerunner of which popular game with kids?
14. Recently Zheng He, Chinese mariner and explorer, is claimed to have discovered the N. American continent before Columbus after some maps were found which gave details of N. American continent. Another explorer is also in this exclusive ‘list’ of explorers who is said to have come before Columbus. Name this other guy?
15. For what purpose was the guillotine originally designed?
16. What first has Kate Warne to her credit (in USA)?
17. This church has been celebrating Christmas on 30th of October since 1999. With 20,000 people from as far as Iceland and Vietnam have become church members via the official web site. Name the church?
18. Who’s the wife of the fishmonger, Unhygenix, the character in Asterix comics?
19. Who was the captain of the Titanic on its first voyage?
20. The DuPont archives reveal that the other names suggested for it were Duparooh (from DuPont pulls a rabbit out of a hat). Later they settled for a more sedate name. What?
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