FUNDAMENTALS
It’s a mixed bag quiz today. Dip into it to see what trivia you learn today. Write with your suggestions, questions (with answers) to senjam@gmail.com.
MIXED BAG
1. The author of the largest-selling economics textbook of all time: Economics: An Introductory Analysis was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Economics. Name him?
2. LTTE was founded in 1976. Which militant organization founded by Prabhakaran was precursor to LTTE?
3. ‘Jai Ho’ that won Rahman the Oscar was one of the biggest hit songs of this year. The song was originally made for a different movie but was not used. Which one?
4. What fateful incident took place at the 100 North Carolwood Drive in Holmby Hills District of Los Angeles on June 25, 2009?
5. How were the fates of these people united — Prince Pedro Luis, third in succession to the erstwhile throne of Brazil; Luis Roberto Anastacio, President of Michelin for Latin America; Silvio Barbato, former conductor of Brasilia National Theatre and Fatma Ceren Necipoglu, Turkish classical harpist?
6. He died in Iceland in 2008 where he was given asylum just after he was arrested in Japan. He also lived some time in Hungary and Philippines, after a US Treasury department arrest warrant against him. Name this fugitive and a genius?
7. John Lange, Jeffery Hudson and Michael Douglas are the pen names of a writer who achieved fame, using his own name. Name him?
8. Sri Lanka’s most famous foreign resident used to stay at 25, Barnes Place, Colombo till his death. Name this person who was also the recipient of Sri Lanka’s highest civil honour, Sri Lankabhimanya?
9. Marie-dominique Culioli, Cécilia Ciganeralbéniz. Complete the list with a third name?
10. Henry, Emanuel and Mayer started a general store in a small town of Montgomery in Alabama in 1844. The general store morphed into a large commercial entity that ended spectacularly. Which one?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Roger L Easton of the Naval Research Laboratory, Ivan A.getting of The Aerospace Corporation and Bradford Parkinson of the Applied Physics Laboratory are credited with inventing a particular system that was launched in the United States in 1973. What system are we talking about?(dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
2. Since 2008, people have been trying to find out the real identity of a person named Satoshi Nakamoto. However, till now nobody has been successful. What is the claim to fame of Satoshi Nakamoto?(philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
3. Built in the 12th century by king Rawal Jaisal, it is popularly known as "Sonar Quila and golden fort". Where will you find this incredible hill fort? (Abin K. I., Ernakulam)
4. President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation in 1972 designating the third Sunday in June as an official holiday in the United States. What does the day commemorate?(mn Jonathan, Secunderabad)
5. Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman, a pioneering Indian has achieved excellence in which sport?(bikram Keshari Jena, Nayagarh)
6. Mhadei is a wildlife sanctuary in Goa. it is also name of something that Dilip Donde used to create an Indian record. What? (BK Harinath, Mysuru)
7. A molecule called 2nonenal is secreted by older people. What phenomenon does it cause? (Aseem Manchanda, Noida)