Thursday, December 20, 2007

start up questions

a few basic questions to start of the blog...a few questions are from a quiz which i conducted in bangalore...it was open quiz...

[bangalorequizgroup] 18th Offline Questions Part 1


Quizmaster: Vinay Mudaliar

1)
"My first stage appearance? When it happened, I felt rather annoyed
because I was yanked away from my favorite game - making mud pies.
Someone picked me up, dusted my hands and skirt, carried me to the
nearby
Sethupathi School where my mother was playing in front of about
100 people. In those days that was the usual concert attendance. At
mother's request, I sang a couple of songs. I was too young, the
smiles and claps from the audience did not mean anything to me. I was
thinking more of returning back to the mud." WHO AM I?

Answer:

2)
It is celebrated its anniversary today (3rd July). It shares its
birthday with the television quiz programme `Kaun Banega Crorepati'.
Both of them began on the same date, July 3rd. What?

Answer:

3)
Mr. X began his career in 1947 with the Centralab Division of Globe
Union Inc. in
Milwaukee, developing ceramic-base, silk-screen circuits
for consumer electronic products. He joined TI in
Dallas. In 1970, at
a White House ceremony, he received the National Medal of Science. In
1982, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, taking
his place alongside Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the Wright Brothers
in the annals of American innovation. Identify Mr X?

Answer:

4)
A talented, self-taught artist, he sold his first drawing to Life
magazine when he was only 14! He was also a natural athlete who longed
for a career in baseball, but his dreams of pitching in the Big
Leagues were shattered when he broke his arm while playing his first
professional game. He became a sports cartoonist and created a strip
called "Champs and Chumps", which was renamed later. The cartoon was
an instant success. Who and what was it renamed as?

Answer:

5)
I was born in
Minneapolis on November 22nd 1922. My father Paul was a
barber. My kindergarten teacher told me that one day I would become an
artist. In 1934, my family acquired a pet which inspired me to create
something I'm best known for. Who am I and what did I create?

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hope u all would like these qs...reply me...