Welcome to brand new edition of Nagpur Quiz. Hope you are all set for the quiz!
Before you start, here are some key points -- Use the form in the sidebar to post your answers. In case you face any issues, use the comments system to tell us the issues you faced. You can also mail us at nagpur (at) MH-31 (dot) com
- Please enter your name and email id correctly in the form. Submission without valid name or email will be disqualified.
- If you do not know answers to some questions, fill in the answers to those questions with NA. Or better take a wild guess!
- The deadline to receive entries is 23:59:59 on 08 July 2009 IST
- The answers to this quiz along with winners name will be published in next quiz on 09 July 09
- Happy Quizzing!
Quiz Master: Mr Arkadev Ghoshal
The answers to last edition of Nagpur quiz 02 July 09 are:
1. Which is the only country in the world to have won five world cups in football?
Ans: Brazil
2. Doctors'Day in India is celebrated in memory of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, a noted doctor and also the 2nd CM of old West Bengal. He was born on July 1, 1882, & died on July 1, 1962. What is his contribution to the field of Indian & World Cinema?
Ans: Satyajit Ray was making 'Pather Panchali', his first film, when he fell short of funds. He approached Dr B C Roy, who took out money from the Public Works Department under the head of 'road works', because 'Pather Panchali' literally meant 'song of the road', and gave it to Satyajit Roy to complete the film.
3. Other than 'whistler', Windows XP, in its stage of development, was also called 'Cairo'. Why Cairo?
Ans: Because in Greek alphabets, X is 'chi' and P looks like 'rho'
4. Connect arguably the most famous song of the band 'Eagles' to the Vidarbha belt through agriculture.
Ans: The song is Hotel California - Nagpur & its adjoining areas is known as the California of India because of the oranges grown here
And the winners are :
Ashish Gharde got three answers correct ! congrats Ashish. Sunny Ravindran got two answers correct. Congrats Sunny!
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