Question of the day #301, Books & Authors

"X" is known as an author of thriller fiction. Two of his books have been adapted into films. One of his book "Y" is a pulse-pounding fiction. The author "X" transports readers ' from the ultra-secret National Reconnaissance Office to the towering ice shelves of the Arctic Circle, and back again to the hallways of power inside the West Wing ' in his book "Y". About which book are we talking about and who is the author?

Question of the day #300, Books & Authors

"X" is a memoir by "Y". Y was a research chemist and barrister before entering into politics.  Y is
famous for policies emphasizing deregulation, reducing the power and influence of trade unions etc
in U.K. What is X?

Question of the day #299, Formula One

Connect both of the driver with BRAZIL 2005 Grand Prix.

Question of the day #298, Formula One

A Italian test drivers X which had not driven the current car before and hadn’t raced in formula one in 10 years before qualifying last for a race. This happened because of Michael Schumacher’s neck injury and felipe Massa’s accident in the 2009 Hungary grand prix and Ferrari selected this Italian test driver. Name the person X.

Question of the day #297, Formula One

Connect All of them:-

 Picture of Damon Hill & Ayrton Senna

Picture of Nigel Manseel and David Coulthard

Question Of The Day #296, FORMULA ONE

What is Common in 1991 Australian Grand Prix and 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix?

Question Of The Day #295, FORMULA ONE

At Brazil in 2003, the stewards handed victory to McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen. But Raikkonen wasn’t the real winner because the stewards handed victory to the wrong driver, so who was the real winner of the rain-shortened Brazillian GP of 2003? 

Question Of The Day #294, FORMULA ONE

Team X appeared for the first time at the British Grand Prix; X also entered another four Grand Prix races that season, but scored no points. In consecutive year team X managed fourth place in the US Grand Prix and in next year team X drew its first win at the French Grand Prix. Name the team X, belonging country, and year of entry in F1 first time.

Question Of The Day #293, FORMULA ONE

In formula one race, a world championship season X started in 1950. First season comprised seven race events, while 2014 season is scheduled to comprise of 19 races. What is the name of world championship season X and what is the highest number of races in one season till now?

Question Of The Day #292, History

        A paperboy was shot dead at Yew Tree Farm on A-449 in Staffordshire, when he disturbed burglars while delivering a newspaper to the house in 1978. This incident sparked a massive manhunt by British Police. There were four burglars and were given a collective name. What is it?

Question Of The Day #291, History

    This is an organisation devoted to the practice and promotion of Scientology, a new religious movement. This is responsible for the overall management, dissemination and propagation of Scientology. It derives its  name from the Latin word meaning knowledge and a Greek word meaning branch of learning. Which organisation am I talking about?

Question Of The Day #290, History

     This was the largest invasion in the history of warfare involving about 4 million soldiers of the Axis powers invading the USSR. This operation also involved 6,00,000 motor vehicles and 6,25,000 horses. This ambitious operation was driven by Adolf Hitler’s persistent desire to conquer the Soviet territories. What was the special name given to this operation?

Question Of The Day #289, History

The most devastating stock market crash in the history of United  States, considering the full extent and duration of its fallout, signaled the beginning of the 10-year great depression that affected all Western Industrialized countries. In this context, a top British investor and many of his associates were jailed for fraud and forgery. A special name was given to this great stock market crash. What is it?

Question Of The Day #288, History

            In 1991, a financial policy was introduced in Britain to encourage long term savings by the way of waiving of taxes on deposits of up to 9000 pounds for over a period of 5 years. This policy shares the name with a woman. Which policy am I talking about?

Question Of The Day #287, History

1.       ‘X’ was born in Atlanta, whose legal name at birth was changed to ‘X’ by his father after attending the 5^th Baptist World Alliance Congress in the honor of a great German Reformer. From 1957 till his death, ‘X’ gave over 2500 speeches. There are over 900 streets worldwide named after ’X’ and forty U.S. states have at least one ‘X’-named street of their own. 

      Who is this ‘X’ I am talking about?

Question Of The day #286, History

            The modern techniques of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue, either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons  are invented during which major event in the world history?

CSLQ 2.0 successfully conducted on September 28, 2014

Quizzing Club of IIM Raipur successfully conducted second edition of Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz on September 28, 2014 at the Queens Club of India, Raipur. We witnessed tremendous response from the student community of Chhattisgarh and participants from all corners of the state participated in the event with zeal. CSLQ 1.0 conducted last year paved the way for the beginning of a promising quizzing culture across the state.

The Quizmaster was Prof. Vinita Sahay, Chairperson (Fellow Programmes) IIM Raipur. Many people from the corporate graced the occasion as well - most notably:

·                     Mr. N Meharbaba, Deputy General Manager, Canara Bank; 

·                     Mr. Garge, Assistant General Manager, Canara Bank;

·                     Mr. Tarang Singhal, Dept. of Community Relations, BALCO, an IIM Raipur alumnus.

·                     Mr. Saurabh Chaubey of IMS, an IIM Raipur alumnus.

College Prelims:

Teams from various colleges across the state of Chhattisgarh, participated in the event and the top six teams qualified for the finals of the event.

College Finals:

The finalists were:

Smruti Prakash & Dushyant Panda- IIM Raipur

Pranjal Kishore &  Sidharth Madhavan- HNLU

Nitin Goyal & Rajat Bhaldi- NIT Raipur

Chandan & Yogesh- Durga College

Arpit Bajpai & Abhishek Mukherjee - IIM Raipur

Piyush Mishra & Akshay Pillay- NIT Raipur

The final round was tense with IIM Raipur team of Dushyant & Smruti in lead by 1 point over HNLU before the final buzzer round. IIM Raipur held their nerves and emerged victorious over HNLU by a margin of 1 point.

The winners received a trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 20000, and the runners-up got a prize money of Rs. 10000.

School Prelims:

Teams from various schools across the state of Chhattisgarh, participated in the event and the top six teams qualified for the finals of the event.

 

School Finals:

The finalists were:
Aviraj Pandey & Shishya Goyal- Kanger Valley Academy  

Sachin Kumar Sahu & Abhinav Bharadwaj- Kendriya Vidyalaya – 1

Mukund Choudhary & Jaypuri Goswami- Krishna Public School

Vikas Bhagat & Atul Mishra- Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya

Ojas Agrawal & Arnav Mishra- Delhi Public School

Binit Agrawal & Sanskar Singh- Holy Cross Hr. Sec. School

Final round had a nail-biting finish with two teams tied at second position. Krishna Public School emerged victorious and Kendriya Vidyalaya- 1 were the runners up.

The winners received a trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 10000, and the runners-up got a prize money of Rs. 5000.

Pictures of the event available HERE.

CSLQ 2.0- September 28, 2014

Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz

IIM Raipur presents second edition of Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz in collaboration with Canara Bank and BALCO. CSLQ 2.0, scheduled on September 28, 2014, is open to all schools & colleges of Chhattisgarh.

Rules & Details:

·         Date: September 28, 2014

·         Venue: Queens Club of India, (Next to Hotel Babylon International), VIP Road, Raipur

·         Team Size: 2 (same institute)

·         Theme: India

·         Registration starts at 12:30 pm (Registration free, Spot registration at the venue)

·         Separate Rounds for school & college students. Each will have a prelims & on-stage finals

·         Prizes for Winners, Runners-up and audience

·         Participation certificate for first 100 registrations

·         Carry your identity cards

For any query, contact us:

quizzing@iimraipur.ac.in

Piyush: 8349501042

Ravinath: 7024120038

Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizzing.iimraipur

Question of the day # 285

The reign of this dynasty probably began in after 500 BC.This dynasty was was the second ruling dynasty of this region.The earliest reference to the people of this region occurs in the Atharva-Veda where they are found listed along with the Angas,Gandharis,and Mujavats. This region played an important role in the development of Jainism and Buddhism, and two of India's greatest empires.

Identify the region?

Question of the day # 284

This structure went 'pink' for the very first time in India. Doing so, it joined other landmarks around the world such as the White House in Washington, the Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and the Eiffel Tower, Paris.
Identify the structure and tell why it was illuminated with pink color?

Question of the day # 283

A government white paper released in November 2013 announced that if a referendum, to be held on 18th September 2014, is successful for the "yes" side, Then a new country X will celebrate its first Independence Day on 24th March, 2016.Identify X?

Question of the day # 282

Connect the following pictures

Question of the day # 281

Inscriptions and historical sources assert that the Medieval Chola king X sent a naval expedition to Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia in order to subdue City Y.A stronghold of Vajrayana Buddhism, Y attracted pilgrims and scholars from other parts of Asia.In the Buddhist expansion from northern India to the rest of Asia, city Y once served as a center of Buddhist learning and expansion.

Identify Y?

Question of the day # 280 , Famous Bridge

Can you tell the name and the type of the bridge?

Question of the day #279

Connect the pictures and find a famous writer

Question of the day #278

Connect the pictures and find the Indian Personality

Question of the day #277 Famous Personality

Connect the pictures and find a famous writer

Question of the day #276 Famous Personality

Connect the pictures and find the Indian personality

Question of the day #275 Famous Personality

Connect the below given pictures and find the person who is an Indian.

Question of the day #274 Famous Personality

Connect the pictures and identify the famous Indian Personality

Question of the day #273 Famous Personalities

Connect the pictures and identify the famous personality

Question of the day #272 Scam

In this famous cartoon identify the person in blue jacket.

Question of the day #271 CM

Name the chief minister Who Started his career as a recorder in the office of the inspector of Schools then worked in state Co-operative Apex Bank as a Dealing Assistant.  

Question of the day #270 PM

All the figures are arranged from top to bottom in a logical way. find the missing person (second from the top).

Question of the day #269 Leader

Name a Political Leader who was connected with all the given figures...

Question of the day #268 CPI

The first session of X was held at bombay under Lala Lajpat Roy and thus marking the beginning of the X.Today X has over 30 Lakh members and is politically affiliated with the CPI.

What is X ?

Question of the day #267 Nizam

A legendary Indian Photographer clicked this Rare 19th century Picture. In this picture King of Hyderabad Nizam X and his party pose with tiger skins. 
Identify X.

Question of the day #266 Sports

Cricket- Sri Lanka
Hockey- Netherlands
Basketball- Argentina
Volleyball- Germany
Rugby- New Zealand
Football- 'X'
What is 'X' and what is the relation between Football and 'X'?

Question of the day #265 Rugby

1.       Name the professional English rugby club which contains the name of a famous character from Indian Mythology. This club took 6 years to win its first Yorkshire Challenge Club after its inception.

Question of the day #264 Sports

1.       X is the youngest and one of the few players who have one all the four major professional championships in his game and he being the only player to do it in a row. He is the only player in his sport to have won U.S. Amateur for three consecutive years. He along with two other athletes, very successful in their sport have endorsed for one of the famous brand of P&G. Who is this ‘X’ I am talking about?

Question of the day #263 Football

      X is one of the most successful European football club in 20^th century. They won European Cup consecutively from 1971-72.  X is the only Dutch club with an IPO listed on the stock exchange, Y.  What are these ‘X’ and ‘Y’ I am talking about? What is the stock price of 'X' as of August 20th 2014?

Question of the day #262 Cricket

      X is the only cricketer under whose captaincy West Indies has never lost any test series. X had played for West Indies in 4 world Cups. He also appeared in a world cup for a sport other than cricket playing for team Y in year Z, which also happens to be his test debut year. Identify X, Y and Z?

Question of the day #261 Olympics

On this day (18th august) in the history of Olympics, a nation was banned from Summer games and did not participate in the next 7 Olympic games. This nation has won 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in 2012 Olympics. 

Which nation am I talking about and what was the reason?

Question of the day #260 Auto Brand

X started as a manufacturer of vacuum tubes and other electronic instruments,  It is now a successful auto brand. Identify X.

Question of the day #259 US Grand Prix

Narain Karthikeyan achieved his first points in F1 in 2005 United States Grand Prix when only 6 cars out of 20 completed the race. All of them completed the parade lap but retired before start of the race.
What was the reason?

Independence Day Quiz - August 15, 2014

Independence Day Quiz was organized by Quizzing club of IIM Raipur on the occasion of 68th Independence Day on 15th August, 2014. Quiz was based on theme: ‘India’, covering different fields like Politics, Business, Sports and Science and Technology with 25 questions. Event saw huge participation from students & staff of IIM Raipur.

Winners:

Kumar Prashant and Navodaya Chourasia (PGP 1st year).

Runners Up:

Abhishek Mukherjee and Arpit Bajpai (PGP 2nd year).

Quiz Answers:

Question of the day #258 Automaker Brand

The brand logo has a winged arrow , which stands for Speed. Green colour in its logo stands for environment friendliness.It started as a X company in wayback 1890 but now it is a famous auto brand.

Identify X.

Question of the day #257 Automaker Brand

X started as the brainchild of Hitler and Ferdinand Porche. Producing an affordable car for common man was the idea behind this. One of its model became the world’s first best selling car. Identify X.

Question of the day #256 Automaker Brand

X is a popular German auto brand, which is famous for its luxury segments. Its brand name is the Latin version of the word Horch (Founder’s name). It means “to listen”. 
Identify X?

Question of the day #255 Automaker Brand

X is an automobile company which started as a textile company. It designed the logo which embodies the thread going to the eyes of a needle. X’s logo also contains all the six letters of the company name hidden inside.

Identify X.

Question of the day #254 Automaker LOGO

It’s the logo of a famous Swedish automobile maker. It contains a mythical bird’s head  from the coat of arms of the company’s founder Count Von Skane and the Swedish province of Skane where the company was formed.
Identify the Bird?