Quiz #2

Answers can be put as comments or mailed to me at – svijayavargia@gmail.com

1. Starting off with taglines of some companies. Simply name the companies. 0.5 marks for each correct answer.

• Swiss Made Since 1848
• Delighting You Always

2. Which famous temple is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the Gods in Hindu Mythology?

3. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have scored centuries in 4 consecutive test innings?

4. The song “Chaiyya Chaiyya” from Dil Se, composed by AR Rahman is played in the end-credits of which Hollywood Movie?

5. This animal, weighs an average of 70 kilograms, and can eat upto 80% of its body weight in a single meal. This species is only found in Indonesia. A national park was also established for protection efforts as it is listed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN. Name the species.

6. Who has written the novel “Rendezvous with Rama”?
7. In the interior of the pedestal of which structure is the poem, “The New Colossus”, by Emma Lazarus inscribed?

8. The Fridrich Method, Petrus Method and Roux Method are all methods for what?

9. What do the 24 spokes in the Ashoka Chakra on the Indian National Flag signify?

10. This sporting body was founded in 1924 by Paul Léautey, who became the first president, in response to the sport’s omission from the 1924 Summer Olympics. The 7 founding members were Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Spain and Switzerland. Name the sporting body or the sport.

Happy Quizzing!

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Prateek Vijayavargia