the illuminati quiz 2009 prelims
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2009 Prelims
• Who was the first football player to negotiate an image rights deal and was paid a grand fee of three guineas for his photo to appear on cigarette cards?
• Name the Indian journalist who is the author of the popular blog ‘India Uncut’. He released his first book, ‘My friend Sancho’ recently.
• Significance of “Dilawar Khan accepting Aisha Bi R. Chakravarty as his wife on 21 August 1979, at a mehr of Rs. 111,000”?
• This company launched the first audio- cassette, co-invented the Audio CD as well as the Blu-Ray technology, and receives royalty on every DVD sold in the world even now.
• Author of the book ‘Travelling through conflict’
• Became Chairman of India’s National Commission of Minorities in 2006
• "The language used by the Pope sounds like that of his 12th-Century counterpart who ordered the crusades”
• Resigned as the NCM chairman to join his current post
• This word originated from the Greek term ‘ἔτυμον’ meaning ‘True Sense’. Name the word.
• It was set up in November 10, 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland
• The official French name abbreviates to AMA• Its current Chairman is Australian Finance
Minister John Fahey, who in 2008 succeeded Dick Pound, a former IOC Vice-President
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• Country with the highest number of military troops? This includes active, reserve and paramilitary.
• He is a writer for the Time magazine’s international edition in Hong Kong, and often publishes perspectives on the Asian world, including India, China and the Middle East. His father, the more famous of the two, is an alumnus of St. Stephens, Delhi and Tufts University, Massachusetts and has recently attracted attention by being an active user of Twitter.
• “Sing, goddess, the rage of ------- the son of Peleus,
the destructive rage that sent countless ills on the Achaeans...”
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• When Emelinda Acuna died in 2005, how did Cristina Calderon of Ukika village in Chile become famous?
• Which Indian company entered into their core business after Jawaharlal Nehru asked them to make the ballot boxes for the 1st General Elections?
• Which carmaker is set to make a Large or a Big Point in the Indian automobile industry very soon?
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• Tigon Studios is a video game production company focused primarily on games featuring or starring which actor, who also founded the company?
Name this chap whose ex-girlfriend did something interesting over the last one month
• In the early 1900s, the process of turning a firm around was named after a powerful individual of the times. What was this term?
• The top secret plans (39 steps - 1935)• The letters of transit (Casablanca - 1942)• The unknown contents of the briefcase
(Pulp Fiction - 1994)• The Green Destiny Sword (Crouching Tiger
Hidden Dragon - 2000)• The Allspark (Transformers - 2007)• R2 D2 (Star Wars - 1977-2005)
Willard Scott (Washington, D.C. 1963–1966) Bob Brandon (1966 + )King Moody (1970s)Geoffrey Giuliano (late 1970s – early 1980s) Squire Fridell (1984 to 1991)Jack Doepke (early 1990's) Joe Maggard (mid-1990s)
These guys were selected for "their ability to project energy, warmth and compassion ". And they went through a painstaking process of applied foundation, spirit gum, white base and detail makeup that would sometimes take two hours to apply. So, what were they doing?
• Tom addressed the issues raised by the Dick controversy in his speech entitled "A More Perfect Union". To explain more fully his actual positions on these issues, Dick gave a speech before the NAACP on April 27, 2008, in which he stressed that he was not "divisive", but "descriptive” and his beliefs were not “deficient”, but “different”. Incidentally, the title of Tom’s speech is taken from Harry’s famous 2001 book. Identify Tom, Dick and Harry
• Name this ‘drug’ manufactured by Cipla, which is being promoted extensively in the media. Apart from TV ads, this drug has advertisements on every Meru Radio Taxi in Mumbai.
• Adam Joseph Copeland is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently a part of the WWE. He rose through the ranks along with his real-life best friend, forming a very successful tag team. He has held the tag team title a record 12 times. Several of his finishing moves are named as an extension of his ring name. What is his ring name?