Quiz 5

  1. The founders of digg.com wanted to name it as dig, but since the name was already taken they had to settle for digg. Who owned dig?
  2. The first few of these numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 54, 56, 57, 59, 62, 63, 64, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 76, 77, 79, 81, 83, 84. What are these numbers called?
  3. This is a fort built by Portuguese in 1612 to guard against the Dutch and the Marathas. It gets its name owing to the fact that there was a fresh water spring inside the fort. Name or why has it been in the news

    Q3

    Q3

  4. The verses of this hymn can be found in the Yudhha Kanda (Book 6) Canto 105 in Valmiki’s Ramayana. How do we better know this?
  5. Which company has entered into retailing space with the launch of Mom & Me stores which specialize in infant care and maternity products?
  6. 1973 pic of X who was in the news on 15th January 09. Who

    Q5

    Q6

  7. Identify the inventor and the invention

    q5

    Q7

  8. Itinerary of ______ __.
    03 Feb Chennai
    05 Feb Vellore
    06 Feb Krishnagiri
    07 Feb Salem
    11 Feb Erode
    12 Feb Tiruppur
    14 Feb Coimbatore
    18 Feb Dindigul
    19 Feb Madurai
    23 Feb Tirunelveli
    25 Feb Nagercoil
    27 Feb Tuticorin
    02 Mar Pudukkottai
    03 Mar Tiruchirappalli
    06 Mar Thanjavur
    08 Mar Kumbakonam
    10 Mar Neyveli
    12 Mar Cuddalore
    13 Mar Tiruvannamalai
    Not the itinerary of a politician. So who/what

14 Responses to “Quiz 5”

  1. Karsub Says:

    1. Disney Interactive (media) Group
    2. No idea .. weird numbers?
    3. Non-secular question – someone’s heart?
    4. Is this the Dil Chahthai hai place? Aguada? Vagator?
    5. Nope
    6. Nope
    7. Nope
    8. Rajinikanth

  2. Chandu Says:

    1. Disney Internet Group (just typed it in :) … ok no more cheating!)
    2. Scores of Sachin Tendulkar
    3. dunno
    4. Aditya Hridayam (Thanks wikipedia… but what’s the relevance?… couldn’t help cheating; mythology was always a weakness)
    5.Future Group
    6. dunno
    7. dunno
    8. Google Internet Bus

  3. S Says:

    Q8: itinerary of the google bus?

  4. Chandu Says:

    5. Steve Jobs? (sorry… tubelight effect)

  5. Chandu Says:

    I meant answer to Q6.
    There’s gotta be a simpler way to do this…
    Please discard unnecessary comments

  6. Soumya Panda Says:

    1. Walt Disney Internet Group
    2. No Idea
    3. Fort Aguada
    4. Surya Namaskar Slokas – Adita Hridayam
    5. Mahindra and Mahindra
    6. No Idea
    7. No Idea
    8. The Internet Bus from Google doing its rounds in TN

  7. raghavr24 Says:

    Nice one..

    semma super tamilz name ;p

  8. Rakesh Says:

    I do not want to sound critical…but as always your quiz has too much of SOUTH flavour…lacks national appeal ……u can work on that…..

    Rakesh

  9. Rama Says:

    that Hudsun river incident pilot?

  10. MS Says:

    Disney, Aditya Hrudayam, Aguada, Mahindra i got :)
    2. numbers not multiples of 5, 13, 17, 29, 37, 41, 53, 61 (mersenne primes?) – but idhu romba too much! we can actually construct a question set from this for number theory :)
    rubiks clock? google bus?

  11. Rama Says:

    Q7. Invention: Rubik’s 360.Inventor: Rubik?

  12. Mike Says:

    Just passing by.Btw, you website have great content!

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  13. karthik narayan Says:

    post answers da machi…

  14. abhinav Says:

    1)
    2)nonhypotenuse numbers?
    3)fort aguada?
    4)
    5)
    6)
    7)
    8)google internet bus

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