FUNDAMENTALS
Happy New quizzing year to all of you. May the new year be filled with interesting trivia, great fundas and new discoveries. Today’s theme is on petroleum companies. Write to us with questions (with answers), suggestions and cribs to senjam@gmail.com Oil Majors 1. John D. Rockefeller dominated the oil industry in United States ever since oil was discovered. So much so that in 1911, the United States Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the company into thirty independent companies. Name this mother of all companies? 2. While BPCL (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.) might be a familiar name to Indians, the name of the company was given only in 1977, after the nationalisation of the erstwhile oil company. What was the earlier name of the company? 3. The Standard Oil of New Jersey, often called Jersey Standard, is now better known by another name. Identify? 4. William Knox D’Arcy, an Englishman who made a fortune from gold mining in Australia and Burmah Oil formed the Anglo Persian Oil company in 1908. Which name do we now know it as? 5. Sweet crude oil is the most sought after version of crude. How does a crude oil become sweet? 6. Which two oil companies merged to form the Caltex group of companies? 7. What is the contribution of an engineer named WL Lake working with Assam Railways and Trading Company to the history of petroleum in India? 8. The Red Line agreement formed a major landmark in oil exploration for the petroleum companies. What was the red line agreement? 9. Shell initially named all of its UK oil fields after which member of the animal world in alphabetical order by discovery? 10. Saudi Aramco is the world’s biggest petroleum company and most valuable company across all sectors. What does Aramco stand for?
ANYTHING GOES
1. There are few blue blooded creatures on earth. Crabs and snails are two of them. Why are their blood blue? (V. Shishir, Secunderabad) 2. The logo of Kit Kat is different in USA when compared to the same in any other country. How and why? (Commander G R Balakrishnan (Retd), Chennai) 3. As per the Sec 154 of Criminal procedure Code, every Police officer is law bound to register the First Information Report of any cognizable offence committed, irrespective of the jurisdiction. When it is not committed in his jurisdiction, he registers the FIR under number 00 and sends it to the police station, where the offence was committed for further investigation. What is such an FIR called? (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad) 4. Out of the eight ‘Under Water Restaurants’ existing in the world, which one was established first? (ASM Rao, Vijaywada) 5. The West Indian Batsman Andy Ganteaume scored a century on his Test debut against England at Trinidad in 1947-48. However he was dropped in the next Test and was never selected to play again for his country in a Test match .What was the reason for this unbelievable decision ?(BK Harinath, Mysuru) 6. What is special about these three young women Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh? (UN Murthy, Secunderabad) 7. The modern image of this universal character as we know it today was the handiwork of artist Thomas Nast who created it based on a poem by Clement Clarke Moore. What are we talking about? (Dee Surendra Nath, Hyderabad) 8. Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India coined a mnemonic what ran like this “Hot Kippers make good breakfast”. What did this sentence connote? (Rajeev Lochan, Kolkata