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(as of Q25) - it would be ideal to update this once every five to ten questions
QuestionsQ1To set things rolling, here goes: She was a national swimming champion, a jockey, a Miss India, an actress, and now, a social activist. Who am I talking about?? -- Gurubrahma 10:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC) It is Nafisa Ali. She was a real jockey, that is, she rode horses. Nafisa Joseph was a video jockey and I doubt if she was a swimming champion. Anyways, we have 2 articles to improve and one DYK fact ready! your go, DaGizza. -- Gurubrahma 12:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC) Q2I think this is easy, but still interesting. Which Indian was considered the "father of surgery?" Gizza Chat © 19:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Q3Once again pretty easy, but just to keep things going. During the British rule of India there were a number of princely families. The grandson of one of these Princes is now a popular Bollywood actor. Name the Prince in question (the actor's grandfather). Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Q4A fulltoss. Which India city got its name because of the presence of a large number of banyan trees in that area ? PS : If you get the answer right, you need not wait for me. I may not be online over the weekend. Tintin ( talk) 12:26, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Q5Should be easy - this person paid the highest individual income tax in the mid-1990s - apart from also featuring in advertisements that exhorted people to pay income taxes. Who? -- Gurubrahma 14:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Q6Okay now this might be very easy. But here goes....Which character, according to the Hindu mythology is said to have offered herself/himself as food to a lion in order to prevent it from attacking a cow? thunderboltza.k.a.D eepu Joseph | TALK 15:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Q7Now is the time to make the quiz a bit tough, that is answers that cannot be easily googled. Which district can claim to have produced the maximum number of Bharat Ratnas, how many of them and who are they? I need answers to all the three parts of the question. -- Gurubrahma 09:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
That was not the answer I was looking at. I guess we cannot count Purushottam Das Tandon as he is a Punjabi and to the best of my knowledge, was not born in Allahabad. -- Gurubrahma 13:42, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
That was indeed the answer I was looking at - Ratnagiri District has that info - added by me in my n00b days - I saw it on some website while researching my article on Pandurang Vaman Kane. Allahabad may also be correct, but wasn't the answer I was looking for. Over to you, DeepuJoseph. -- Gurubrahma 15:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Q8Which Indian politician was acting PM twice but never became the a Prime Minister? thunderboltza.k.a.D eepu Joseph | TALK 15:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Q9How many Indians have won the Junior Singles' Event at Wimbledon? Name them.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Q10I believe my answer is correct - so, the next question to keep the quiz going. Again, something that cannot be googled easily - what connects M. S. Swaminathan, Verghese Kurien and Raja Ramanna, the men behind the green, white and nuclear revolutions of India? -- Gurubrahma 12:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Q11This is a type of trivia question. A famous Indian personality was misplaced accidentely by the hospital staff when he was born. This was found by his uncle because he had noticed a deformity (clue can be given later if difficult) in the baby on the first day. Can you name this famous person whose life would have been different but for his uncle.-- Raghu 16:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Q12I cant think of any good questions now. So here is an easy one: Name the Indian athlete who lost a medal in an Olympic event by 100th of a second? thunderboltza.k.a.D eepu Joseph | TALK 06:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Q13Probably won't take much effort to figure out but here goes. Who was the first Non-Congress Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and what party did he represent? Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:51, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Q14When was the practice of pre-censoring movies introduced in India and by which act? -- Sundar \ talk \ contribs 05:32, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Q15He is supposed to be a prophet who migrated to Kashmir around 2000 years ago and is believed to be the fifth advent of Buddha in some accounts. Who am I talking about? I want the exact name, btw. -- Gurubrahma 09:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Q16Which university is regarded (at least by some) to be the oldest in the world? A hint: It is in India! Gizza Chat © 05:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Q17When the Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992, the Government of India asked the Rajputana Rifles to go to Ayodhya and control the situation there. For the first time in history, a regiment refused to follow the government order citing a very strange but valid reason. What was the reason given by Rajputana Rifles for not obeying government's order? (Hints will be provided on request.) - Ambuj Saxena ( talk) 11:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Q18Wow, bull's eye on the last question with a wild guess! The question was brilliant without doubt. Now, time for my question - who can be regarded as India's first rap singer and what is the song? -- Gurubrahma 16:22, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Q19Which incident occurred following the arrest of the founder of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha (Indian Youth Congress) and one more person?. This incident was followed by a movement started by 2 brothers. Name the movement and the 2 brothers. Answer all 3 parts.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 11:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
New question: Who is the most famous child of Prakash and Prem Peshawaria?--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 09:05, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q20This is a easy one. P.T.Usha is probably most famous for losing out an Olympic track and field Gold medal by a whisker in 1984. Lesser known is the fact that two other athletes from Kerala had also competed in the finals of a track and field event in the same Olympics. Who all? SparkPlug 10:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q21Which film comedian is widely regarded as the first film comedian to receive the Padma Shri from the Government of India? I also want the year. -- Gurubrahma 16:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q22Here's my question - Link the following.
Hope this isn't too hard. The first two are easy, the other two can be called cryptic clues. Hope I am not violating any copyright laws. But probably the use of corporate logos in quizzes can be considered fair use. - Aksi_gr eat 17:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q23This should be an easy one. Although mute, this resident of Kolkata received visitors from across India, and around the world. At the time of his death within the last five years he was one of the oldest residents of Kolkata. What was his name? -- BostonMA 13:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Q24Sorry for the confusion created in the previous question. I hadn't logged on when I answered the question first time and by the time I logged back in and claimed my answer, Dwaipayanc had given his answer and both of us were correct! All seems resolved now, I am going ahead with the next question : This is kind of cryptic, but definitely guessable. Connect :
SparkPlug 15:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Q25This is a very obscure question, but it keeps coming to mind so I will present it. At what location is it said that Lord Vishnu made an offering to Lord Siva of an eye? It is possible that several locations claim to be the site of this event, although I am aware of only one. So please provide a reference to your answer. -- BostonMA 18:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current main page. |
(as of Q25) - it would be ideal to update this once every five to ten questions
QuestionsQ1To set things rolling, here goes: She was a national swimming champion, a jockey, a Miss India, an actress, and now, a social activist. Who am I talking about?? -- Gurubrahma 10:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC) It is Nafisa Ali. She was a real jockey, that is, she rode horses. Nafisa Joseph was a video jockey and I doubt if she was a swimming champion. Anyways, we have 2 articles to improve and one DYK fact ready! your go, DaGizza. -- Gurubrahma 12:22, 15 March 2006 (UTC) Q2I think this is easy, but still interesting. Which Indian was considered the "father of surgery?" Gizza Chat © 19:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
Q3Once again pretty easy, but just to keep things going. During the British rule of India there were a number of princely families. The grandson of one of these Princes is now a popular Bollywood actor. Name the Prince in question (the actor's grandfather). Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:46, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Q4A fulltoss. Which India city got its name because of the presence of a large number of banyan trees in that area ? PS : If you get the answer right, you need not wait for me. I may not be online over the weekend. Tintin ( talk) 12:26, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Q5Should be easy - this person paid the highest individual income tax in the mid-1990s - apart from also featuring in advertisements that exhorted people to pay income taxes. Who? -- Gurubrahma 14:41, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
Q6Okay now this might be very easy. But here goes....Which character, according to the Hindu mythology is said to have offered herself/himself as food to a lion in order to prevent it from attacking a cow? thunderboltza.k.a.D eepu Joseph | TALK 15:08, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
Q7Now is the time to make the quiz a bit tough, that is answers that cannot be easily googled. Which district can claim to have produced the maximum number of Bharat Ratnas, how many of them and who are they? I need answers to all the three parts of the question. -- Gurubrahma 09:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
That was not the answer I was looking at. I guess we cannot count Purushottam Das Tandon as he is a Punjabi and to the best of my knowledge, was not born in Allahabad. -- Gurubrahma 13:42, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
That was indeed the answer I was looking at - Ratnagiri District has that info - added by me in my n00b days - I saw it on some website while researching my article on Pandurang Vaman Kane. Allahabad may also be correct, but wasn't the answer I was looking for. Over to you, DeepuJoseph. -- Gurubrahma 15:19, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Q8Which Indian politician was acting PM twice but never became the a Prime Minister? thunderboltza.k.a.D eepu Joseph | TALK 15:43, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Q9How many Indians have won the Junior Singles' Event at Wimbledon? Name them.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:05, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
Q10I believe my answer is correct - so, the next question to keep the quiz going. Again, something that cannot be googled easily - what connects M. S. Swaminathan, Verghese Kurien and Raja Ramanna, the men behind the green, white and nuclear revolutions of India? -- Gurubrahma 12:30, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Q11This is a type of trivia question. A famous Indian personality was misplaced accidentely by the hospital staff when he was born. This was found by his uncle because he had noticed a deformity (clue can be given later if difficult) in the baby on the first day. Can you name this famous person whose life would have been different but for his uncle.-- Raghu 16:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
Q12I cant think of any good questions now. So here is an easy one: Name the Indian athlete who lost a medal in an Olympic event by 100th of a second? thunderboltza.k.a.D eepu Joseph | TALK 06:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Q13Probably won't take much effort to figure out but here goes. Who was the first Non-Congress Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and what party did he represent? Nobleeagle (Talk) 07:51, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Q14When was the practice of pre-censoring movies introduced in India and by which act? -- Sundar \ talk \ contribs 05:32, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Q15He is supposed to be a prophet who migrated to Kashmir around 2000 years ago and is believed to be the fifth advent of Buddha in some accounts. Who am I talking about? I want the exact name, btw. -- Gurubrahma 09:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Q16Which university is regarded (at least by some) to be the oldest in the world? A hint: It is in India! Gizza Chat © 05:31, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Q17When the Babri Mosque was demolished in 1992, the Government of India asked the Rajputana Rifles to go to Ayodhya and control the situation there. For the first time in history, a regiment refused to follow the government order citing a very strange but valid reason. What was the reason given by Rajputana Rifles for not obeying government's order? (Hints will be provided on request.) - Ambuj Saxena ( talk) 11:43, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Q18Wow, bull's eye on the last question with a wild guess! The question was brilliant without doubt. Now, time for my question - who can be regarded as India's first rap singer and what is the song? -- Gurubrahma 16:22, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Q19Which incident occurred following the arrest of the founder of the Naujawan Bharat Sabha (Indian Youth Congress) and one more person?. This incident was followed by a movement started by 2 brothers. Name the movement and the 2 brothers. Answer all 3 parts.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 11:06, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
New question: Who is the most famous child of Prakash and Prem Peshawaria?--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 09:05, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q20This is a easy one. P.T.Usha is probably most famous for losing out an Olympic track and field Gold medal by a whisker in 1984. Lesser known is the fact that two other athletes from Kerala had also competed in the finals of a track and field event in the same Olympics. Who all? SparkPlug 10:27, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q21Which film comedian is widely regarded as the first film comedian to receive the Padma Shri from the Government of India? I also want the year. -- Gurubrahma 16:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q22Here's my question - Link the following.
Hope this isn't too hard. The first two are easy, the other two can be called cryptic clues. Hope I am not violating any copyright laws. But probably the use of corporate logos in quizzes can be considered fair use. - Aksi_gr eat 17:25, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Q23This should be an easy one. Although mute, this resident of Kolkata received visitors from across India, and around the world. At the time of his death within the last five years he was one of the oldest residents of Kolkata. What was his name? -- BostonMA 13:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Q24Sorry for the confusion created in the previous question. I hadn't logged on when I answered the question first time and by the time I logged back in and claimed my answer, Dwaipayanc had given his answer and both of us were correct! All seems resolved now, I am going ahead with the next question : This is kind of cryptic, but definitely guessable. Connect :
SparkPlug 15:23, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 16:04, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Q25This is a very obscure question, but it keeps coming to mind so I will present it. At what location is it said that Lord Vishnu made an offering to Lord Siva of an eye? It is possible that several locations claim to be the site of this event, although I am aware of only one. So please provide a reference to your answer. -- BostonMA 18:10, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
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