Trivial tuesdays

1.  In 1934, Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory named the prototype of its first product after the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, as one of its founders, Goro Yoshida, was a firm believer in that faith. Another founder, Yoshida’s brother- in-law, Saburo Uchida, wanted a modern name for the product. A slight alteration in the originally suggested name settled the issue. What was it called?

2. Lines from which  controversial ad: “Tiger, I am more prone to be inquisitive, to promote discussion. I want to find out what your thinking was. I want to find out what your feelings are. And did you learn anything?”

3. “Introduced system- wide in 1968, the ___ ___ was the brainchild of Jim Delligatti, one of Ray Kroc’s earliest franchisees, who by the late 1960s operated a dozen stores in Pittsburgh.” Fill up the blanks

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1. “I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families–second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks…. My father … removed from Kentucky to … Indiana, in my eighth year…. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up…. Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher … but that was all.”Simple one identify this famous autobiographical sketch ?

2. 48,700 pounds that have been raised by auctioning this item on ebay will be donated to Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity promoting education, training and research in Africa to relieve child poverty and Aids. What is the item that is reffered to here?

3. On January 30, 1835, President Andrew Jackson was attending the funeral of South Carolina congressman Warren R. Davis. a man named Richard Lawrence fired two pistols at point-blank range. Both misfired.What notable first transpired in this event ?

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1.It is widely argued that it could be art, science or sport, or perhaps a combination of all three. The argument continues to this day because it does not always start as a fair fight, and hence it can’t be considered a sport. There are plenty of arguments about its origins also. A Sir William Jones essay published in an 18th century volume of Asiatic Researches argues that it came from India. The name as we know it today is from Arabic, and is a corruption of the original, and came about because the Arabs had neither the initial nor the final letter of the original word in their alphabet. What “art” are we talking about?

2.Connect

[1] an Arthur Miller play about the Salem witch trials written in the early 1950s during the time of McCarthyism, when the government blacklisted accused communists, and

[2] a number of different techniques for making steel alloy by slowly heating and cooling pure iron and carbon (typically in the form of charcoal)

… to a South Yorkshire building designed in 1971 by Tanya Moiseiwitsch that has a 980 seat auditorium.

3.Gunter’s Chain is a measuring device used for accurate land

survey by triangulation. It consists of a chain formed of 100 long

wire links, with brass tags along the chain for intermediate

measurement. One of its lasting legacies is as a very well-known

length. Of what?

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1.“There was neither non-exist nor exist. There was neither the realm of space nor the sky beyond”. Opening lines of what?

2. Which popular article of clothing originated in the French city Nimes?

3. What is the dot over a lower case i or j called?

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1.The insect species Plecia neartica is a major nuisance for motorists on highways in Florida and other parts of the southern United States. The insect is attracted to highways by automobile exhaust and thus clouds windscreens or ends up clogging radiators. The common name for this species comes from the fact that it mates riotously even as it smacks into cars. What is this name?

2. First published in 1994, Paris in the 20th century‘s main character is 16-year-old Michel Dufrénoy who lives in a technologically advanced, but culturally backward future . He graduates with a major in literature and the classics, but finds they have been forgotten in a futuristic world where only technological writing is valued. Novel mentions about “a worldwide “telegraphic” communications network” and also criminals “executed by electric charge”. Other notable mentions include ‘High speed trains’, calculator and gasoline powered automobiles. Who is the Author of this book?

3.Formerly, during the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church, the

Promoter of the Faith (Latin Promotor Fidei), popularly known as the _______________ was a canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the candidate. It was his job to take a skeptical view of the candidate’s character, to look for holes in the evidence, to argue that any miracles attributed to the candidate were fraudulent, etc. The _____________ was opposed by God’s advocate, whose job was to make the argument in favor of canonization. The office was established in 1587 during the reign of Pope Sixtus V and was abolished by Pope John Paul II in 1983.

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1. Ironmongers Walter and Thomas Davies added a hired car division in 1902 to their business enterprises in Llanelli. The most common complaint from customers inspired the brothers to come up with an solution that was advertised as requiring ‘no more than a minute’ to use. This innovation attracted much attention at the Olympia Motor Show in 1905 and by 1906 they were dispatching as many as a thousand units every month. Identify this innovation, named after the street from where they operated.

2.In 1984, while working at the De Soto County courthouse in Hernando, Mississippi, he witnessed the harrowing testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. In his spare time, he began work on his first book,

which explored what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her assailants. He finished it in 1987. Initially rejected by many publishers, it was eventually bought by Wynwood Press, which published it in 1988. Identify this bestselling writer.

3.While travelling to Rhodes in 75 BC for philosophical and oratorical studies, he was kidnapped by Cilician pirates in the Mediterranean Sea. When they demanded a ransom of twenty talents, he

laughed at them and told them to ask for fifty. They accepted, and he sent his followers to various cities to collect the ransom money. As soon as he was ransomed and released after 38 days, he

organized a naval force, captured the pirates and crucified them. Who?

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1. This is started by 11 women donning the role of priestesses performing a ceremony . It was introduced by Carl Diemm , with the support of Joseph Goebbels to promote Nazi Ideology . What ?

2. How is “Volstead act ” better known as ? This was later amended by Cullen Harrison act . This act was also called ” noble experiment”.

3. Article _________ of IPC states that :

Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived any property to any person , or to make , alter or destroy the whole or any part of a valuable security , or anything which is signed or sealed , and which is capable of being converted into a valuable security , shall be punished , with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years , and shall be liable to fine . which article ?

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1. Which part of the human body, has its name origin from the word meaning “little mouse”?

2. Which US prez named his pet Little Beagle?

3. Who is credited with the popular statement- ‘ We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes…,’?

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1. What medieval code of knighthood is associated with virtue honour and courtly love?

2. During the Victorian era what long legged bird became associated with the delivery of babies?

3.What ballroom dance follows the general rhythm of S-L-O-W S-L-OW QuickQuick?

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