1) Visual clue - A diver with a torch ?
27 Jun 2000 : Wendy Craig-Duncan a Marine Biologist,carries the Olympic torch underwater on day 20 of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Torch Relay ,Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
2) August Horch founded a company that was named after the Latin translation of his surname Horch. What did he call the company.
By 1910, Horch was booted out of the company so he began to sell cars under the Audi moniker. In German, Horch means “hark” (or “listen”) and the word “audi” is the Latin translation of horch/hark. So, although he could legally no longer use his family name, the Latinized version of the same won out.
3) “Thinnovation” is the tag line for?
Macbook Air
4) In a clash with Live Current Media Inc (owner of Cricket.com) a Canadian firm that owns property rights to IPL coverage, Reuters and AFP have boycotted coverage of the IPL. What does AFP stand for ?
Agence France-Presse
5) Only once have two Oscars been won by actors playing the same character in different movies. Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro for Godfather 1 (1972) and II (1974). But two Oscar nominations have gone to different stars playing the same character in the same movie. Name the movie.
Kate Winslett and Gloria Stuart as Rose Dewitt Bukater in Titanic (1997).
Judi Dench and Kate Winslett for playing novelist Iris Murdoch in the movie Iris (2001)
6) Name the three musketeers
The Three Musketeers names are Porthos, Athos, and Aramis (D'Artagnan joins them later.)
7) Who in 1990 became the 1st African American president of The Harvard Law Review in its 104-year history.
Barack Hussein Obama Jr. He was one of the small minority of black students at the Ivy League School. He graduated with J.D honors from HLS.
8) In its 53 year history, the top soccer club tournament in the world, currently called the UEFA Championship League, has its first ever All-English final. Where will this match be played?
Moscow. The entire tournament including semis is in a 2-leg “home and away” format except the final which is a one-match face-off at a neutral venue.A must-see Red vs Blue game on May 21st , 2008
9) What is the profession of Happy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc, Bashful, Sneezy and Sleepy.
Miners
10) Name creator Matt Groening's real-life father, mother, and two sisters.
The characters of Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Maggie - first names of the Simpsons cartoon characters.
11) 08 08 08 08 08 yeh kya hai ??
The start of the Beijing Olympics will be on August 8, 2008, at 08:08:08 pm. In China the number 8 is seen as a "lucky" number, and pronounced [ba] in Mandarin Chinese - sounding like the word for "prosper/wealth."
12) What does “Sinn Fein” mean?
We ourselves
13) VVS Laxman is not the icon of Deccan Chargers team anymore. What’s the story behind this?
He backed out to give his team more money to bid for players. He gave up USD 1.5 million and settled for 375000! (Aisa boss chahiye humko !)
14) Once called Philadelphia, this capital city is now called…
Amman
15) In the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin stepped on the moon while Michael Collins waited in the mother ship (Imagine the meeting where they decided who will stay back!!). What was the mother ship called?
While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the Moon in "Eagle“ the lunar module, Michael Collins remained alone in "Columbia“ the command module. For 28 hours he served as a communications link and photographed the lunar surface. After reclaiming Armstrong and Aldrin from the ascent stage of the Lunar Module, "Columbia" was the only part of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
16) Who owns the Delhi Daredevils?
GMR Holdings
17) The first album ever in CD format was released in Japan. Name it
Billy Joel’s 52nd Street, in 1982.
The first CD pressed and released in The U.S. was Born In The U.S.A. by Bruce Springsteen in 1983.
18) Who owns the rights to the song “Happy Birthday to You”
Warner Communications. Whenever played commercially, they have to be paid a performance fee.
Happy Birthday to You continues to bring in 2 million dollars in licensing revenue each year, as of 1996.
19) Palatine, Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine.What are they?
The seven hills on which Rome was built
20) Few musicians have been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than once. This guy was the first one to be inducted thrice !. Once with Yardbirds (’92), then with Cream (’93) and the third time as a solo rocker (’00). Who are we talking about?
Eric Clapton
21) In the first ever multi-satellite launch, two were made in ISRO. Who has provided the other 8?
Universities and Research Centres in Canada (2), Denmark, Germany (2), Netherlands, Japan (2). These satellites totaling a weight of 50 kg, were built to induct the art of fabricating satellites by academicians (and to test nano technologies for use in satellites)
22) Visual clue Connect the dots and explain
The mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa. The Fuwa consist of five members that incorporate fish, giant panda, fire, antelope, and swallow designs. They are named Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini When the first syllable of each of the five names are said together, the result is the phrase (Běijīng huānyíng nĭ) which means "Beijing welcomes you".
They were originally named "The Friendlies", but this name was dropped as officials were worried that it would be misunderstood as "friendless" or "friend lies"
23) What does “Beijing literally mean”?
Bei – Fish ; Jing – Panda, Also Bei – North ; Jing - Capital
24) This auction was known as “Bid for Title”. Vodafone lost,Reliance lost,Titan lost; What is being referred to here and who won ?
IPL ; “DLF” title sponsorship
25) What is “PETANQUE” ?
The game itself is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden ball called cochonnet (Jack). The game is normally played on hard dirt or gravel. It is supposed to have originated from southern France particularly Provence
26) “Where Amazing happens” – is the slogan of which organization.
NBA TV – National Basketball Association TV Channel
27) Name the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto ?
The Daughter of the East
28) Name the book released by Pope Benedict XVI in reply to the “The Da Vinci code”
Jesus of Nazareth
29) Who is the new Pak PM ?
Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
30) Name the autobiography of LK Advani?
My Country My Life
31) What is the tagline of Intel Core 2 Duo ?
Do More
32) Alan Greenspan has been hired as a consultant / senior advisor in Aug’07 by which co. ?
Deutsche Bank
33) Legendary ad ends with a line “we pluck the __________,you get the plums ?
“Lemons” and Volkswagen Beetle
34) What’s the connection between Onida Devil and Abby Statue ?
Gopi Kudke
35) Body Structure of Tata Nano car would be built by which company?
Lord Swaraj Paul’s “Capparo Group”
36) The ever-ready mechanical pencil was created by this company.The name of the co. bears a relation to this product of theirs. Name the co.
Sharp
37) What are Ninja, Stout, Kid’s club, Vogue & Spice names of ?
Cycles from Atlas cycle
38) What is the hotness rating of Chilli’s / piquancy of chilli pepper ?
SCU / Scoville Heat Unit ; Bhut Jolokia ( 1040,000 SHU) , Naga Morich ,Nagaland ; Second is Red Sanina from California ; Wilbur Scoville 1912 ; Material ; Capsaicin
39) What’s this phobia “NOMOPHOBIA”?
Fear of being out of mobile contact Latest stress of 21st century
NOMO – No Mobile
40) Name the first Directorial movie by Ajay Devgan ?
U me aur Hum
Badhai ho! To the TEAM JAi Ho, namely QM Kartick, Hala & organizer
Shiv Iyer for putting up a fantastic show. 
because the QMs have either raped my intellect or knocked
off presence of my mind. These kinds of QMs are on a different ego trip; who
are hell bent to prove how intelligent they are and how stupid the participants
are.
QM Kartick did a good job as a quiz master, however at times
his ‘comprehension’ regarding the rounds was confusing, especially during the
buzzer round. May be the poor audio system made him sound less articulate. Secondly
there were few ‘written’ rounds in the finals, which could have been avoided as
they were time consuming as well as high scoring ones. Round with sportsperson
plus a film star sounded challenging, but came out to be a lame round.
Otherwise QM kartick’s crowd management skills are enviable, something I would
like to imbibe.
The entire team of QMs & organizers deserve a bow for
their maiden venture. I am sure this may become an ‘annual’ feature on quiz
calendar of Oman. I am ready to offer any kind of service to this fantastic
gang of “knowledge injectors” of Muscat Quiz League.
