Questions of Independence Day Special -2008

1. This personality’s original name was Manikarnikka at birth; she was born to a Maharashtrian Karate Brahmin family sometime around 1828 in Varanasi. Her father was Moropant Tambey and her mother was Bhagirathibai. Who am I talking about?

2. This was the only photograph of lesser known Indian king, who is this king?


3. Whose flag was this ?


4. The Indian Statutory Commission had seven British Members of Parliament who were sent to India in 1927 to study constitutional reforms. How do we better know this commission as?

5. Identify this famous freedom fighter.



6. “Better than the entire world, is our Hindustan,
We are its nightingales, and it (is) our garden abode


If we are in an alien place, the heart remains in the homeland,
Know us to be only there where our heart is.



That tallest mountain, that shade-sharer of the sky,
(It) is our sentry; (it) is our watchman

In its lap frolic those thousands of rivers,
Whose vitality makes our garden the envy of Paradise.

O the flowing waters of the Ganges, do you remember that day
When our caravan first disembarked on your waterfront?

Religion does not teach us to bear ill-will among ourselves
We are of Hind, our homeland is Hindustan.

In a world in which ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome have all vanished without trace
Our own attributes (name and sign) live on today.

Such is our existence that it cannot be erased
Even though, for centuries, the cycle of time has been our enemy.

Iqbal! We have no confidant in this world
What does any one know of our hidden pain? “

What is this??????

7. Connect the following 4 images



8. Identify this famous place which has a huge significance.




9. Who is the person whose face is circled?


10 What is this front page cover of time magazine depicting?

Olympics Special Weequiz

1. What are the 5 colors of the Olympic rings?

2. Which is this Indian hockey team?

3. In which year were the Olympic Games first televised?

4. Fill the missing word and give me the reason
Olympia - Marathonas - Athens (Greece) (by airplane)___________________ (by airplane) Almaty (Kazakhstan) (by airplane) Istanbul (Turkey) (by airplane) St. Petersburg (Russia) (by airplane) London (Great Britain) – Paris (by airplane) San Francisco (USA) (by airplane) Buenos Aires (Argentina) (by airplane) Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) – Muscat (Oman) – Islamabad (Pakistan) – Mumbai (India) – Bangkok (Thailand) – Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) – Jakarta (Indonesia) – Canberra (Australia) – Nagano (Japan) – Seoul (South Korea) – Pyongyang (North Korea) – Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) - Hong Kong – Macau – Sanya - Wuzhishan - Wanning - Haikou - Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Huizhou - Shantou - Fuzhou - Quanzhou - Xiamen - Longyan - Ruijin - Jinggangshan - Nanchang - Wenzhou - Ningbo - Hangzhou - Shaoxing - Jiaxing - Shanghai - Suzhou - Nantong - Taizhou - Yangzhou - Nanjing - Hefei - Huainan - Wuhu - Jixi - Huangshan - Wuhan - Yichang - Jingzhou - Yueyang - Changsha - Shaoshan - Guilin - Nanning - Baise - Kunming - Lijiang - Shangri-La County - Guiyang - Kaili - Zunyi - Chongqing - Guang'an - Mianyang - Guanghan - Leshan - Zigong - Yibin - Chengdu - Shannan Prefecture - Lhasa - Golmud - Qinghai Hu - Xining - Ürümqi - Kashi - Shihezi - Changji - Dunhuang - Jiayuguan - Jiuquan - Tianshui - Lanzhou - Zhongwei - Wuzhong - Yinchuan - Yan'an - Yangling - Xianyang - Xi'an - Yuncheng - Pingyao - Taiyuan - Datong - Hohhot - Ordos - Baotou - Chifeng - Qiqihar - Daqing - Harbin - Songyuan - Changchun - Jilin - Yanji - Shenyang - Benxi - Liaoyang - Anshan - Dalian - Yantai - Weihai - Qingdao - Rizhao - Linyi - Qufu - Tai'an - Jinan - Shangqiu - Kaifeng - Zhengzhou - Luoyang - Anyang - Shijiazhuang - Qinhuangdao - Tangshan – Tianjin – _______________________.

5. This Olympics was the first Olympics to be boycotted. The Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland refused to attend because of the repression of the Hungarian Uprising by the Soviet Union; additionally, Cambodia, Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon, boycotted the games due to the Suez Crisis. Which Olympic Games am I talking about?

6. Why is person so famous in Olympic history?

7. The traditional part of the Olympic ceremonies starts with a "Parade of Nations”. Which county first enters into the stadium?

8. Lutz Long Germany 1936 ,Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia 1952 Summer Olympics , Eugenio Monti Italy 1964,Lawrence Lemieux Canada 1988 Summer Olympics ,Raymond Gafner Switzerland - 1999 , Tana Umaga New Zealand 2003 Rugby Test Match ,Spencer Eccles United States 2002 Winter ,Vanderlei de Lima ,Brazil 2004 Summer Olympics . What is so special about these people?

9. Larissa Semyonovna Latynina, what is so famous about her in the history of Olympic Games?

10. Complete the series: Shiny Wilson, Anju bobby George, Leander Peas, Anju bobby George, ________________.

Enjoy the Festival of Olympics 2008

Answers of Olympics Special Quiz are :

1. Black ,Yellow,Blue, Red & Green
2. The 1928 Indian Hockey Team
3. 1936 Olympics was the first Olympics to be televised.
4. Beijing . the route was the Olympics torch route of 2008.
5. 1956 Melbourne Olympics was the first Olympics to be boycotted.
6. Paavo Nurmi, He has won more number of medals in athletics in the Olympics.
7. Greece is the country to enter into the stadium first during opening ceremonies.
8 & 9 . these are the people who have won Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin medals.
10. Rajya vardhan singh Rathore . All others were previous Indian flag bearers at Olympics.

WeeQuiz -03

Here are this week's questions . Happy Quizzing.

1. “Next is what?” Is the catch line of which famous company?

2. A booming Economy has given which European country the nickname of “The Celtic Tiger”?

3. ‘X’ was designed by Charles Robinson Sykes, ‘X’ has adorned the radiators of Rolls-Royce motor cars since 1911. This wonderful mascot was modeled after a young woman who had bewitching beauty, intellect and esprit - but not the social status which might have permitted her to marry the man with whom she had fallen in love. What is ‘X’?

4. Austria's newspaper stamps first appeared in 1851; they depicted a profile of Mercury, the Roman messenger god, and were not denominated, the color of the stamp indicating the value. Blue indicated the 6/10 kreuzer rate for one newspaper, yellow for ten newspapers (6kr), and rose for 50 newspapers (30kr). What was this stamp called as?

5. The 2010 football world cup tournament will be held in which country?

6. Identify this famous band?




7. Route of ?

Answers :

1. Samsung

2. Ireland

3. SPirit of Ecstasy .

4. Red Mercury stamp

5. South Africa.

6.Metallica

7. Tour De france Route map