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This document contains a transcript of questions and answers from a business quiz. It discusses topics like the founding of Hyderabad city in Sindh, reasons gloves are included on animated characters, Apollo artifacts left on the moon, Voyager space probes, and other historical and pop culture references.

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Big Quiz - SNL Vishnu | 2nd November 2019
This city emerged as an alternative to the Khudabad, the capital of Kalhora dynasty in 1768 due to the changing course of Indus River. Named after the 4th Caliph and the cousin of prophet Muhammad, identify the city. (Both City and State required)
Hyderabad, Sindh Because, I usually start with a local question!😉
Reasons for including which clean feature, are as mentioned below? 1. To provide the colour contrast between the body and arms during the black and white era. 2. Designers used it to save time and avoid getting into finer details. 3. Walt Disney addresses it in his biography, in this manner: “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human. So we gave him ......
Gloves on animated characters
What are the space enthusiasts excited about? ● During the 6 manned Apollo missions to moon, astronauts had to leave some of their possessions and equipment on the surface in order to decrease the weight of their capsule to take off. ● Cameras among others which are of no use for the return journey were left behind. ● 50 years hence, enthusiasts around the world are excited to know what would have happened to certain things left behind. ● They expect this to answer many questions about interstellar life
Poop, Vomit, Urine etc.,
• Just the a random set of alpha numeric code by the media houses • Placed randomly • But helps to track and nab the ‘pirates' • Where do we see this random code?
General Quiz by Vishnu | SNL
XY? X, apart from being excessively loaded with antibacterial and antiseptic properties the parts of Mangifera Indica are believed to absorb excess of CO2 and release oxygen which would aid in sustaining the crowds at homes during the festivities. Y in Sanskrit means a decorative passage.
Mango Thoranams
A greeting? ● It was used in South England dialect in 1563. ● A form of this idiom is still found in the parts of Southwest America. ● Without regard to the etymological beginnings it is used as a greeting and not as an inquiry. As a result an exclamation or a comma follows this idiom. ● It became popular around the world after it featured as the default greeting on the popular content management site WordPress.
Howdy!
• 4/5/6 digits • First two digits direct at the year of manufacturing • The next 2/3 digits point at the class of the product and its series number in that particular year. • The coding changes on some of the luxury classes
Codes on train coaches
Commercial hub of South India, gateway to South Asia and China? ● Marcopolo, on his return journey from China visited this place, then also known ‘7 Pagodas’ ● The city’s official name literally translates as ‘The Great Wrestler City’ ● The city was built by Narasimhavarman I during 7th century AD
Mamallapuram
This place near Pulicat lake was chosen because of its large uninhabited spaces, nearness to the equator, and clear sky on most days  to conduct the flight tests among other reasons. Which place?
Sri Harikota
A committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University in 1977 assembled 115 such images along with natural sounds. This collection would likely outlast any human creation on earth and perhaps the earth itself! How?
Images and data on Voyager 1 and 2 missions
One theory suggests that its etymological origins trace back to the couple of tectonic shifts over the centuries, which had severely affected the flow of river and only several parts of it were left behind as a chain of scattered lakes. Hence its meaning in Sanskrit means collection of lakes. Because of the civilization that flourished here and its later vanishment led to its glorification as the giver of knowledge. Collection of Lakes?
‘Saras’vati River
Mr V Purushottama Rao, a Telugu person settled in Shimla is driven by a mission to rename the Lambasingi in Vishakapatanam district of Andhra Pradesh with a sobriquet - “Shimla of South India”, by introducing a certain crop to the region. Which crop?
Apple
What would you find at every home? In the olden days, Temples served as rest houses for travellers. A plant (X) was grown outside the temples because it has an unique property of curbing the thirst. A couple of leaves under tongue would make the weary traveller feel less thirsty. Over the time this phenomenon was forgotten, but the plant itself has gained religious significance with several mythological stories around it. It became essential in the worship of Hindu gods, especially Vishnu.
Tulasi
What are Grawlixes? ● Grawlixes are the various keyboard symbols that you find when pushing shift and mashing the number keys in order to produce nonsensical stand-ins for implied profanities. ● The term Grawlixes along with other new terms were first used by Mort Walker in his article ‘Let's Get Down to Grawlixes’
I’m Grawlixi ng you!
What? The epicuticular wax makes it easy to clean and also more hygienic than the commonly used utensils. The wax melts to add an extra taste to the food. Also, the presence of polyphenols which are natural antioxidants and other anti-bacterial & anti- carcinogenic properties present it as a traditional healthy alternative.
Meals on Banana Leaves
Put on a blazing fire in April, 1984. Where can we find this? (a proud moment for India)
General Quiz by Vishnu | SNL
You can find me like this only at Chidambaram. Who am I?
Naraguga Vinayagar (Ganesha)
Which part was added to the dollar bill in 1956 as a symbolic counter to the US’s international rival of the time. And why?
In The God We Trust - To counter the atheistic leanings of the communist USSR
He one among the very few who defeated Ravana in a battle. He had a special capability to obtain half strength of his opponent. Only two who can face him in a duel are Hanuman and Rama. He gets a chance in Dwapara yuga as Jara (slayer of Krishna) to avenge his unjust murder in Treta yuga. Earliest known Hypnotist?!
Vali
The term X is derived from a italian word which means ‘Running’ X evolved to save the writing time and also to avoid the problems encountered while using the fragile quills and later steel dips. However recent studies show that, X does not increase the writing speed of Latin alphabet. It has 2 styles namely Looped, and Connected In 2012, few US states removed X as mandatory course in their schools and instead gave space for computer proficiency. Identify X?
Cursive Handwriting
X was narrated by Sri Krishna Dvaipāyana’s son Y at the beginning of Kali Yuga to the King Parikshith. X literally transaltes to ‘The Glorious Devotees of Z’ X was the first purana to be translated to an European language in 1788. X, Y, and Z?
X: Srimad Bhagavatam Y: Sukha Maharshi Z: Vishnu Thankyou! Contact me @ 9032705011 tackon@indiabusinessquiz.com

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General Quiz by Vishnu | SNL

  • 1. Big Quiz - SNL Vishnu | 2nd November 2019
  • 2. This city emerged as an alternative to the Khudabad, the capital of Kalhora dynasty in 1768 due to the changing course of Indus River. Named after the 4th Caliph and the cousin of prophet Muhammad, identify the city. (Both City and State required)
  • 3. Hyderabad, Sindh Because, I usually start with a local question!😉
  • 4. Reasons for including which clean feature, are as mentioned below? 1. To provide the colour contrast between the body and arms during the black and white era. 2. Designers used it to save time and avoid getting into finer details. 3. Walt Disney addresses it in his biography, in this manner: “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human. So we gave him ......
  • 5. Gloves on animated characters
  • 6. What are the space enthusiasts excited about? ● During the 6 manned Apollo missions to moon, astronauts had to leave some of their possessions and equipment on the surface in order to decrease the weight of their capsule to take off. ● Cameras among others which are of no use for the return journey were left behind. ● 50 years hence, enthusiasts around the world are excited to know what would have happened to certain things left behind. ● They expect this to answer many questions about interstellar life
  • 8. • Just the a random set of alpha numeric code by the media houses • Placed randomly • But helps to track and nab the ‘pirates' • Where do we see this random code?
  • 10. XY? X, apart from being excessively loaded with antibacterial and antiseptic properties the parts of Mangifera Indica are believed to absorb excess of CO2 and release oxygen which would aid in sustaining the crowds at homes during the festivities. Y in Sanskrit means a decorative passage.
  • 12. A greeting? ● It was used in South England dialect in 1563. ● A form of this idiom is still found in the parts of Southwest America. ● Without regard to the etymological beginnings it is used as a greeting and not as an inquiry. As a result an exclamation or a comma follows this idiom. ● It became popular around the world after it featured as the default greeting on the popular content management site WordPress.
  • 14. • 4/5/6 digits • First two digits direct at the year of manufacturing • The next 2/3 digits point at the class of the product and its series number in that particular year. • The coding changes on some of the luxury classes
  • 16. Commercial hub of South India, gateway to South Asia and China? ● Marcopolo, on his return journey from China visited this place, then also known ‘7 Pagodas’ ● The city’s official name literally translates as ‘The Great Wrestler City’ ● The city was built by Narasimhavarman I during 7th century AD
  • 18. This place near Pulicat lake was chosen because of its large uninhabited spaces, nearness to the equator, and clear sky on most days  to conduct the flight tests among other reasons. Which place?
  • 20. A committee chaired by Carl Sagan of Cornell University in 1977 assembled 115 such images along with natural sounds. This collection would likely outlast any human creation on earth and perhaps the earth itself! How?
  • 21. Images and data on Voyager 1 and 2 missions
  • 22. One theory suggests that its etymological origins trace back to the couple of tectonic shifts over the centuries, which had severely affected the flow of river and only several parts of it were left behind as a chain of scattered lakes. Hence its meaning in Sanskrit means collection of lakes. Because of the civilization that flourished here and its later vanishment led to its glorification as the giver of knowledge. Collection of Lakes?
  • 24. Mr V Purushottama Rao, a Telugu person settled in Shimla is driven by a mission to rename the Lambasingi in Vishakapatanam district of Andhra Pradesh with a sobriquet - “Shimla of South India”, by introducing a certain crop to the region. Which crop?
  • 25. Apple
  • 26. What would you find at every home? In the olden days, Temples served as rest houses for travellers. A plant (X) was grown outside the temples because it has an unique property of curbing the thirst. A couple of leaves under tongue would make the weary traveller feel less thirsty. Over the time this phenomenon was forgotten, but the plant itself has gained religious significance with several mythological stories around it. It became essential in the worship of Hindu gods, especially Vishnu.
  • 28. What are Grawlixes? ● Grawlixes are the various keyboard symbols that you find when pushing shift and mashing the number keys in order to produce nonsensical stand-ins for implied profanities. ● The term Grawlixes along with other new terms were first used by Mort Walker in his article ‘Let's Get Down to Grawlixes’
  • 30. What? The epicuticular wax makes it easy to clean and also more hygienic than the commonly used utensils. The wax melts to add an extra taste to the food. Also, the presence of polyphenols which are natural antioxidants and other anti-bacterial & anti- carcinogenic properties present it as a traditional healthy alternative.
  • 31. Meals on Banana Leaves
  • 32. Put on a blazing fire in April, 1984. Where can we find this? (a proud moment for India)
  • 34. You can find me like this only at Chidambaram. Who am I?
  • 36. Which part was added to the dollar bill in 1956 as a symbolic counter to the US’s international rival of the time. And why?
  • 37. In The God We Trust - To counter the atheistic leanings of the communist USSR
  • 38. He one among the very few who defeated Ravana in a battle. He had a special capability to obtain half strength of his opponent. Only two who can face him in a duel are Hanuman and Rama. He gets a chance in Dwapara yuga as Jara (slayer of Krishna) to avenge his unjust murder in Treta yuga. Earliest known Hypnotist?!
  • 39. Vali
  • 40. The term X is derived from a italian word which means ‘Running’ X evolved to save the writing time and also to avoid the problems encountered while using the fragile quills and later steel dips. However recent studies show that, X does not increase the writing speed of Latin alphabet. It has 2 styles namely Looped, and Connected In 2012, few US states removed X as mandatory course in their schools and instead gave space for computer proficiency. Identify X?
  • 42. X was narrated by Sri Krishna Dvaipāyana’s son Y at the beginning of Kali Yuga to the King Parikshith. X literally transaltes to ‘The Glorious Devotees of Z’ X was the first purana to be translated to an European language in 1788. X, Y, and Z?
  • 43. X: Srimad Bhagavatam Y: Sukha Maharshi Z: Vishnu Thankyou! Contact me @ 9032705011 tackon@indiabusinessquiz.com