Enigma Quiz Prelims
- 2. 1) This German company released this flagship product in 1997. The name is a clever pun with reference to an emperor who was associated with the great fire of Rome 2
- 4. 2)What was this competition for Dominance known as? First one was between Microsoft and Netscape in late 90's. Second one was between Mozilla, Google, Apple,Opera etc., starting from 2003 4
- 5. First and Second Browser Wars
- 6. 3) Identify the Company and the Brand • This GOI enterprise, headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram (estd : 1966) is a healthcare products manufacturing company. • They are known for their flagship brand. • They ventured into maternity care business in 2005 by starting LifeSpring Hospitals. 6
- 7. HLL Lifecare Limited and MOODS
- 8. Intel’s founders Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce initially wanted to name the company as X. Why did they change their mind? 8 4) Identify X
- 9. Moore Noyce • Both the founders wanted to name the company Moore Noyce, but later settled for Intel, which is an acronym for Integrated Electronics as Moore Noyce sounded “More Noise”
- 10. • In 1957 a group of eight employees who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory • The eight who left Shockley Semiconductor reached an agreement with Sherman X and on September 18, 1957 they formed X Semiconductor. • They are known as Y 10 5) Identify X and Y
- 11. X – Fairchild, Y – Traitorous Eight
- 12. • The debut film of X was an English language film, “Epistle”, released in 1961. • The film was produced by Shankar Giri, the son of former President of India Dr V.V. Giri. 12 6) Identify X
- 13. Jayalalitha
- 14. 7) Identify the 13th person in the team (dated 7th Dec 2014) 14
- 15. Phil Hughes
- 16. 8) Identify 16
- 17. Official flag of the State of Jammu and Kashmir • It consists of a deep red field, representing labour, charged with a plough to represent agriculture. • Three stripes are found on the hoist side and represent the three geographic regions of the state: Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh
- 18. 9) Identify the personality mentioned in the song and the vocal group who produced this There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire 18
- 19. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin and Boney M • "Rasputin" is a 1978 euro disco hit single by the Germany- based pop and euro disco group Boney M., the second from their album Nightflight to Venus.
- 20. 10) Identify X and Y • X's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office on 10th march. • In connection to the scandal, Y's de facto head, Lee Jae- Yong, is now on trial on a string of corruption charges, including bribery and embezzlement. • Y is the largest conglomerate in X. 20
- 21. South Korea and Samsung
- 22. 11) Connect these delicacies 22
- 23. Names of the Android Versions
- 24. 12) Identify the person who is been shot 24
- 25. Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby
- 26. • This is named after Admiral X who allegedly only had “One Eye, One Arm, One Leg” near the end of his life. • Other variants of it being Double X, Triple X and is considered unlucky. • International umpire Y, made it famous by a whole retinue of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so on. • This same superstition was displayed by spectators and Umpire Ian Gould during the Test between Australia and South Africa on November 11th, 2011, at 11:11, when South Africa needed 111 runs to win. 26 13) Identify X and Y
- 27. X – Nelson , Y – David Shephard
- 28. 14) Identify X and Y • X was facing financial difficulties in 1924 due to the plunging industrial demand after WWI • F.E.Dinshaw, a close friend & financier lent to X. Under the agreement that percentage profits from some of the group companies of X shall be shared • X was unable to repay the loan & the outstanding debt has been converted into equity • Following F.E.Dinshaw’s death in 1930, his stake has been purchased by an famous realtor Y in the city 28
- 29. X – Tata Sons , Y - Shapoorji Pallonji
- 30. 15) Identify X,Y and Z • X is a 1964 American musical-fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Y. • X is based on children’s book series by P.L Travers on on a magical English nanny X. • X received a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and eventually won five. • A film Z, centered on the development of the X, was released in 2013 30
- 31. X – Mary Poppins, Y – Walt Disney Z – Saving Mr Banks
- 32. 16) Identify the personality • This Bharat Ratna Awardee made a successful movie debut by playing the role of Narada in a movie titled ‘Savitri’, but later changed the track completely.
- 33. M S Subhalekshmi
- 34. 17) Identify X • X is the only patented entity of it’s type in the world, it is traditionally prepared by a special group of people known as ‘archakas’ in a highly guarded room known as ‘potu’. All the basic ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi. • Celebrated it’s 300th ‘birthday’ with much pomp and fanfare on Aug 2, 2015, what is being talked about?
- 35. Tirupathi Laddu
- 36. 18) What significant role does this letter play in the history of Indian railways?
- 37. It led to the introduction of toilets on trains. • There were no toilets in any class of Indian railways by 1909. • Babu Okhil Chandra Sen shot this complaint letter to the Transport Superintendent at Sahibaganj, following which toilets were installed in all classes.
- 38. 19) What is he complaining about? • Lawyer Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh grabbed headlines after filing a complaint-case against X and X’s family members in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Sitamarhi, Bihar. • But in all likelihood, his case may be get dismissed for want of jurisdiction, since Sitamarhi, UP is said to be the place where the actual action took place.
- 39. Accused Lord Ram of 'domestic violence'
- 40. 20) Identify the occasion
- 41. Google Doodle commemorates 140th Anniversary of the First Cricket Test Match
Editor's Notes
- #3: It is technically, an optical disc authoring program
- #22: In February 2017, Lee Jae-yong was arrested and then charged over his alleged role in a political and corporate scandal, linked to South Korea's impeached president, Park Geun-hye. Samsung is accused of paying 43bn won ($36.4m; £30.3m) to two non-profit foundations operated by Choi Soon-sil, a friend of Ms Park, in exchange for political support.