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Time for Trivia #1

1. Connect Thomas Alva Edison and Kindergarten.

2. According to LA Times at least 6 of the U.S pharma firms have issued internal notices to their employees warning them to be on the lookout for a “scuffy old guy with a baseball cap who asks too many questions”.Who is this being referred to?

3. On Flights its 450*300 mm, on motorcars it is 225*150mm,on tables150*100mm.What is it?

4. What is common between the words “Abstemious and Facetious”?

5. What is E-Sats in HRjargon?

6. Which country’s Internet Id shares it's name with Chemical name for Tin?

7. Which female tennis star has a label named aneres?

8. Crouch to your feet, if you are wearing sunglasses remove it,If you are wearing lenses remove them too,now place your palm over your forehead at an angle of 45 degrees, now look…”-These are instructions for doing what?

9. What is ellipsis?

10. What is Dromophobia the fear of?

11. What does it mean by being at sixes and sevens?

12. Which six letter word connects writer P.G Wodehouse and a search engine?

13. Arch, whorl,loop and composite are types of…..?

14. Unscramble the letters of the word YONWOONDLER to make oneword only.

15.What is the tick symbol in Nike logo called?

Comments

Labakku Das said…
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Labakku Das said…
1)Maybe an elementary school was named after him

3)Some length-breadth ratio. I guess 1.5 is the common thing here.

4)They have all the vowels

6)Argentina

7)Serene Williams

11)In a confused state

12)Jeeves



14) ONEWORD ONLY

15)Swoosh
Dainty Damsel said…
hey thanks for your first visit here.
Q 1,3,6 are wrong.There is a precise answer for Q 4.

Will post answers depending on other's response.
4)all vowels ...
5)some hike in pay (not sure)
6)Senegal
7)serena... aneres( mirror text )
8)thinkin [:P]
9) ... ( continue after a brief session )
10)traveling on the roads
13) finger print
Dainty Damsel said…
6 points to Rajeev and 4 to Sandeep.

keep going guys .\try
Labakku Das said…
4) They have the vowels in the same order.. a e i o u ??
Dainty Damsel said…
you are correct Rajeev :)
Gangadhar said…
10.Fear of crossing roads

Had fun reading this post.. :)
Dainty Damsel said…
Answers would be posted by weekend/Sunday max.

Waiting to see if there are any more attempts in my not so familiar blog ;)
Serendipity said…
hey hold on till next monday. will post answers by then
Serendipity said…
will post answers in bits and pieces:D

15. Nike swoosh- supposed to connote "movement"
Serendipity said…
7. Serena- arenes spelled backwards gives her name.

10. Fear of crossing streets/ roads.


will post the rest when am free:D
Dainty Damsel said…
bingo!3 points to you Harini.

Waiting for you to attempt all as this post needs a period.

Hopefully u'll be free by monday :)
Serendipity said…
13. finger print patterns?

11. state of confusion/ disarray

9.the linguistic one? if so it is a part of speech which is not explicitly written but is understood or implied

rest in the next set :D

14 whoa i never thot of one word only
Dainty Damsel said…
7 points Harini.Good going!
Ellipsis could be confused with eclipsse(IDE).LOL
Buckle up ma :)

Quiz#2 will be up shortly.
Unknown said…
1. He wrote the rhyme ringa ringa roses or some rhyme... i guess this is correct

5. Employee Satisfaction..Measuring the employee satisfaction in the company

this is mine.. i guess rest are there here already
Dainty Damsel said…
Kesavan Q1 incorrect.
Q5 is correct.:)
Serendipity said…
8. just guessing. not sure is it for threading?:D


done yaar. rest i dunno. vowels ahem it was answered and i didnt thibk abt them :D
Dainty Damsel said…
1.Edison recorded “Mary had a little lamb” on the gramophone he invented which became the first sound ever to be recorded

2.Micheal Moore of Farenheit 911 fame.
3.National Flag
4.All the vowels are arranged in sequence in both the
words.
5.Employee Satisfaction
6.Senegal(Sn)
7.Serena
8.Watching The Smile Mona Lisa in Louvre Museum(will verify)
9.Figure of speech in which a word or many words of less important are left out from a sentence.
10.Fear of crossing roads.
11.Being in a state of considerable dilemma.
12.Jeeves
13.Finger prints
14.ONE WORD ONLY
15.Swoosh
Dainty Damsel said…
1.Edison recorded “Mary had a little lamb” on the gramophone he invented which became the first sound ever to be recorded

2.Micheal Moore of Farenheit 911 fame.
3.National Flag
4.All the vowels are arranged in sequence in both the
words.
5.Employee Satisfaction
6.Senegal(Sn)
7.Serena
8.Watching The Smile Mona Lisa in Louvre Museum(will verify)
9.Figure of speech in which a word or many words of less important are left out from a sentence.
10.Fear of crossing roads.
11.Being in a state of considerable dilemma.
12.Jeeves
13.Finger prints
14.ONE WORD ONLY
15.Swoosh

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