The preliminary round of Conquiztador-2012 held at PES Institute of Technology., B'lore

2. Answers !!

3. 1. Fill in the blank.
• "Ashwathaama Balir Vyaso Hanumanash cha
Vibhishana Krupacharya cha Parashuramam
Saptaita ____________"

4. 1.
• Chiranjeevi/ Seven immortals of Hindu
Mythology

5. 2.
• Id the logo of a much
loved Indian food
product.

6. 2.

7. 3.
• His surname is a
word that refers to a
baby goose.
• What is his most
well-known
contribution?

8. 3.

9. 4. Which fabled creature is depicted here?

10. 4.
Lochness Monster

11. 5.
• X was a British children’s writer, who went by
the pen name Mary Pollock. She is
remembered for her novels in which groups
of kids acted detectives and solved mysteries.
She is also the creator of the character
Noddy.
• X?

12. 5.
Enid Blyton

13. 6. Who is X?
• On June 25, 2007, police entered X's home on a
"welfare check" after several missed appointments,
leading to concerns. The officers discovered the
bodies of X, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son
Daniel. Upon investigating it was determined that X
had committed the murders.
• WWE canceled the scheduled three hour long live
Raw show on June 25, and replaced the broadcast
version with a tribute to his life and career, featuring
his past matches, segments from the Hard Knocks:
The X Story DVD.

14. 6.

15. 7. Fill in the blanks
• When you have to say, something to
someone far away; ______ paves the way.
With clarity you can say
Say it the ______ way
Say it the ______ way

16. 7.

17. 8. Who is the guy on the left?

18. 8.
Julian Assange

19. 9. X?
• The Bharath Swabhiman movement was
started by this person X to eradicate
corruption in India.
• He owns a TV channel Aastha and an
ayurvedic product brand called Patanjali.

20. 9.
Baba Ramdev

21. 10. Theme music of?
• <Play Audio>

22. 10.

23. 11. XY?
• XY consists of a whole roasted hazelnut
encased in a thin wafer shell filled with
hazelnut cream and covered in milk
chocolate, chopped hazelnuts and encased in
a nut croquante. They each contain 73
calories.
• Y comes from French and means "rock"

24. 11.

25. 12. Who are we talking about?
• Range:
Population majorly concentrated in rainforest regions.
• Anatomy:
Smooth skin is iridescent, cyan color. Long, prehensile
tail. Bioluminescent markings for identification.
• Size:
Average male is three meters tall, females slightly
smaller.
• Notes:
Generally peaceful, but ferocious in defence of home,
clan and family.

26. 12.
The Na’vi Tribe from Avatar

27. 13. Whose tweet is this?

28. 13.
The Pope

29. 14. Logo of?

30. 14.

31. 15. Name the guy in the ad.
• <Play Havell’s ad>

32. 15.
• Rajesh Khanna

33. 16.
• Image shown in the next slide is seen on a
very common food product.
• The name of the product literally translates
to “love of the mountains” in German.
• Which product?

35. 16.

36. 17. Which game?
• It consists 2 teams - The seekers and the hitters.
If the ball touches a seeker, he is out and his
team continues without him.
• But a team member can always safeguard
himself by touching the opposite team member
before the ball hits him.
• Another rule states that a direct catch after or
before hitting the pile results in the seekers
being "out".

37. 17.
Lagori

38. 18.
Connect

39. 18.

40. 19.
• Supposedly born on New Year’s Eve, 1926, X committed
the first of many murders in his school, after several
failed attempts, and framed one of his juniors for the
murders.
• Shortly after X graduated, he hunted down his father
and grandparents and killed them because his father
abandoned his mother and X and left them both to die.
• After a failed murder attempt on Halloween 1981, X
fled England, only to return about 14 years later. Three
years after this, X was killed after another failed murder
attempt on the same person whom he tried to kill in
1981.

41. 19.
Lord Voldemort

42. 20.
• This is an ad for which company?
• <Video>

43. 20.

44. 21. List of what?
• 2007 – Vladmir Putin
• 2008 – Nicolas Sarkozy
• 2009 – Nur Sultan Nazar Bayev
• 2010 – Lee Myung Bak
• 2011 – Susilo Yudhoyono
• 2012 – Yingluk Shinawatra

45. 21.
• Chief Guests at the Republic Day parade.

46. 22. Logo of?

47. 22.

48. 23.
• The tallest moai erected, called Paro, was almost
10 metres (33 ft) high and weighed 82 tons.
• The moais are set on stone platforms called ahu
around the perimeter of the island. Almost all
moais have overly large heads three-fifths the
size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the
living faces of deified ancestors .
• The average height of the Moai is about 4m
(13.3 feet) high.
• Where do we find the “moais” ?

49. 23.
Easter Island

50. 24. What’s the good word?
• This term literally means “accomplished” And
refers to any religious ascetic or holy man,
including men (and occasionally women) who
have left their homes in order to concentrate
on physical and mental disciplines, as well as
hermits, magicians, and fortune-tellers, some
of dubious religious intent.
• Also gives a slang meaning as someone who
is very innocent.

51. 24.
• Sadhu

52. 25.
• Which is the only UNESCO World Heritage
Site in the world spread across two different
countries?
• It is obvious that it is a natural site.

53. 25.
• Sunderbans

54. Stage II begins here.
• Answers to Q26 - Q29 are connected by a
common theme.

55. 26. Which company’s ad campaign?
• Cheeka appeared along with the child actor
Jayaram in a series of TV & print ads.
• The duo first appeared on TV, billboards,
newspapers and bus shelters in 2003 and
became instant celebrities all over India. The
campaign was created by Ogilvy & Mather,
Mumbai.
• Cheeka hails from the United Kingdom and is
owned by Vishal and Lisa Bandekar of Goa.

56. 26.

57. 27. X?
• X was first introduced as "Brad's Drink"
in New Bern, North Carolina, United States,
in 1898 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his
home where the drink was sold.
• It was later labeled X, named after a digestive
enzyme and kola nuts used in the recipe.
• Bradham sought to create a fountain drink
that was delicious and would aid in digestion
and boost energy.

58. 27.

59. 28.
• He is the Nobel Peace
prize awardee of 2006.
• He started a
microfinance
organization that caters
to the impoverished.
• Name this highly
successful organization.

60. • Mohammed Younus- GRAMEEN
Bank

61. 29. Connect

62. 29.

63. 30.
• Answer to the Stage II (Q26-29)

64. 30.
• Shirt sponsors of International
Cricket Teams