DECEMBER, SET-2(Send your Answers before 10/12/09)

1)Name the instrument playing by the guy.[1 point]

Ans:- Rawanhattha

2)'Alpha' is a brief introductory statement of a document 'Beta' which is the longest document in the world but not an integral part of 'Beta'.It took 2 years 11 months and 18 days to complete the 'Beta'. The starting and finishing phrases of 'Alpha' were adopted from a similar document of 'Gamma'. Identify 'Alpha' , 'Beta' and 'Gamma'. [3 points]

Ans:- Alpha = Preamble of the Indian Constitution
Beta = Constitution of India
Gamma = Constitution of Ireland

3)He was named after his father, who was a politician but the son acquired the more fame than father. He was born as a Christian but changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam and later Sufism. He is a legend of his own field.Identify him. [1 point]

Ans:- Muhammad Ali

4)'X' which has more than a million members among 200 countries was founded by an American lawyer 'Y' and the second largest organization by membership behind 'Z'. Inspired by the commitment of 'X' to one of their most notable global projects 'P', many famous global organizations like WHO, UNICEF, and United Nations share their partnership with 'X' for the success of the project.'X' had also been portrayed in various movies, novels and TV shows,etc. This organization was named 'X' because the initial meetings of the organization were rotated to each member's office each week. Identify X, Y, Z and P. [3 points]

Ans:- X = Rotary International
Y = Paul P Harris
Z = Lions Club
P = PolioPlus

5)Connect to a famous personality.[2 points]

Ans:- The Connection is Mrinal Sen. The first pic is of Mrinal Sen's movie Bhuvan Shome which is to be screened in the Mrinal Sen Retrospective Category at IFFK 2009 at Trivandrum (second pic)

6)Connect to an organization.[2 points]

Ans:- The connection is Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)

7)Identify this character.[1 point]

Ans:- Zac,a virtual cool dude launched by Idea Cellular

8)Connect.[2 points]


Ans:- The Connect is Nicholas Negroponte. He is the founder of MIT media lab (first pic) and and One laptop per Child(second pic)

9)Connect.[2 points]

Ans:- The connection is Amrita Shergill
The pics are Flag of Hungary(Amrita Shergill was born in Budapest,Hungary),Self Potrait By Amrita Shergill and Amrita Shergill is Known as India's Frida Kahlo.

10)Name the art being shown in this video. [3 points]

Ans:- Opera