Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Question Set 351 to 375: Annual Celebrations

Quizlexic has completed one year of quiz-blogging and to celebrate we have compiled 25 questions for you.

Answers are to be mailed to quizlexic@gmail.com and not to be left in comments.

Question set open till the 30th of May.

GET SET GO!!


1)This company's name can be split into 2 parts meaning three and rhombus, which is reflected in the company's logo. Which company?

2)This brand receives its name from the Biblical character Samson, renowned for his strength. Which brand?

3) X was a hydrographer and officer in British Royal Navy. He created the scale for indicating ____ force. That scale is based on the formula:

v=0.836 B3/ 2m/ s

where v is the equivalent _____ speed at 10 meters above sea surface and B is X scale number. Name X.

4)At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a prosperous middle-aged meat-packer in Troy. He obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which he shipped in barrels. The barrels, being government property, were branded with the initials "U.S." Over time, it is believed, anything marked with the same initials (as much Army property was) also became linked with his name. How do we know him better?

5) The poet X was moved by Y's accomplishments to write the famous epitaph:

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;
God said "Let Y be" and all was light.

Identify X and Y. Hint:

6)Connect these two gentlemen:

7)Connect again:

8)Connect:
9)Connect:

10)Guess the word which is blanked out and give funda:
11)Identify the 2nd and 3rd person from the left in the lower row and guess what they all were accused of?

12)Identify and explain what he is doing:
13)Google doodle commemorating whom?
14)Who?
15)What?
16)Which award? Awarded for what reason?
17)Who in his childhood days?
18)Who?
19)What?

20) Put fundae:

21) What?

22) Who?
23) This is an image of a dead Japanese soldier. It was an inspiration for which famous mascot?
24) What?

25)What?
Happy Quizzing.
Questions compiled by Rohan, Sanket and Rohit.

OPEN TILL MAY 30th.

6 Answers:

Chithananda said...

1. mitsubishi
2. samsonite
3. beaufort
4. uncle Sam
5. Alexander pope on Newton
6. Crocodile -( Steve irwin crocodile hunter and lacoste founded crocodile)
7. 911 - porsche 911, farenheit 911...
10. rotten tomatoes
11. Godse and savarkar, gandhi assassination
12. david shepperd jumping for nelson (111,222..)
13. Van Gogh
14.
15. Pentagon
16. Razzies
17. Arnold schwarzenegger
18. valentina thereshkova
19. Apple -1 first PC
21. travian village
22. Mary magdalene
24. Al burj

Advait said...

Hi guys!!
Well....I just glanced through this quiz of yours just for a few moments....I can answer a few questions right now.....
2. Samsonite(?)
4. Uncle Sam (Sure)
13. Vincent Van Gogh (sure)
15. Pentagon (?)
20. Upside-down logo of Hewlett-Packard
23. (Just a guess) Eddie, of British metal band Iron Maiden

I'd have to think a bit for the other questions....short on time right now....

saurabh said...

1) 3m or 3 com????
2) samsonite
3)
4) uncle sam
5) X- alexander pope, y- newton
6) lacoste- & ????
7)
8
9) vijay mallaya
10) rotten
11) veer savarkar and nathuram godse
12)david shepherd used to jump whenever the score was nelson(111,222 etc), he consideered it unlucky and warded away the bad luck by this stunt

13)vincent van gogh
14)dhoni???
15) penatagon
16) razzie awards ( raspberry)
17
18) valentina tereshkova
19) Apple's first manufactured computer
20)
21
22 mary magdalane
23
24 new bridge being construted connecting marine drive and i dunno what other place

saurabh said...

sorry forgot to post the last one do count it in
25) career graph of don bradman

saurabh said...

sorry but i keep forgetting
20) hp had small co called dynec it was named so when u turned logo of hp upside down then it looks like 'dy'.

Balaji Subramanian said...

14 is didier drogba, of chelsea and ivory coast fame, in case u ppl dint know