DEMO QUIZ

1. This famous Physicist was world renowned for the physics of the
superfluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics
as he proposed the Parton model.
2. The Rogers Commission Report was created by a Presidential
Commission and was submitted to Ronald Reagan and was charged
with investigating the explosion of which space shuttle that was
powered by the NASA?

3. This language at the height of its usage - was spoken by millions of Jews
of different nationalities all over the globe. The decimation of European
Jewry during the Holocaust in the mid-twentieth century marked the
end of this language as a widely spoken language.
4. The name was applied in the middle Ages to Jews living along the Rhine
River in northern France and western Germany. The term became
identified primarily with German customs and descendants of German
Jews. What are we talking about?
5. In 1924 he proposed a Quantum spin number for electrons. He is best
known for the Exclusion principle which is named after him, proposed
in 1925, which states that no two electrons in an atom can have the
same four quantum numbers.
6. Voice Recognition and Navigation technologies by IBM, will allow the
driver to use simple voice commands to do everything from activate a
DVD player for the kids in the back seat and obtain flight details, to
adjust the cabin temperature and obtain directions. What do you call
this?
7. Who wrote the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'?
8. She played a leading role during Quit India Movement and was elected
as Delhis first Mayor. She was born as Aruna Ganguly and was awarded
the Lenin Prize for peace in 1975. Who is she?
9. He is the mathematician who invented the Harvard Mark I, forerunner of
the modern electronic digital computer. Who is he?
10. Who is the author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbars life
and his rule?
11. Kew and Mauritius are the varieties of a fruit grown in Kerala.
Mauritius is recommended for commercial cultivation and Kew is
recommended for processing industry. Identify the fruit.
12. He is a chess coach, organizer, teacher, commentator, author and
award-winning columnist and an International Chess Grandmaster (GM)
since 1965, and several times U.S. and Czechoslovakian champion. His
game features in 'The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century'.

13. Who is known as the Butcher of Uganda for his brutality? It is

believed that some 300,000 people were killed during his presidency.
14. It was the first ship specially built in Norway for polar research. She
was used on three important expeditions: with Fridtjof Nansen, Otto
Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen to Antarctica for his South Pole
expedition 1910-12. It is now housed and exhibited in the Museum at
Bygdynes, Oslo.
15. The Columbia Records releases which famous singers collection called
'The Basement Tapes Complete'? The comprehensive six-CD box set
contains 138 tracks from the legendary 1967 sessions.
16. It is an adventure novel by Clive Cussler published in the United States
by the Viking Press in 1976. In 1980, the book was adapted for a feature
film of the same name.
17. What was inspired from 'Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or as he is better
known Vlad the Impaler'?
18. The Mousetrap is a famous murder mystery play written by whom?
19. In 1949, exhibitors voted him the sixth most popular British actor at
the box office. He is known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great
Escape, 10 Rillington Place, and Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic
Park. Who is he?
20. It is owned by PepsiCo and the original formula of this was invented in
1940 with the slogan "Ya-Hoo!............................The famous tennis
player Andre Agassi in the 90's was sponsored by this brand. (Fill in the
blanks as the blank and the brand is the same).