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1. This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about various people, events, companies and other topics. It provides context and clues for identifying the answers to fill in blanks labeled X, Y, Z etc. 2. The questions cover a wide range topics including the first cricket test match, Indian railway history, companies like Intel, Tata and Samsung, films like Mary Poppins, as well as people like Rasputin, Nelson, and Jayalalithaa. 3. The document uses clues and context surrounding events, people, time periods, locations and other details to allow identification of the correct answer for each question.

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1) This German company released this flagship product in 1997. The name is a clever pun with reference to an emperor who was associated with the great fire of Rome 2
Enigma Quiz Prelims
2)What was this competition for Dominance known as? First one was between Microsoft and Netscape in late 90's. Second one was between Mozilla, Google, Apple,Opera etc., starting from 2003 4
First and Second Browser Wars
3) Identify the Company and the Brand This GOI enterprise, headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram (estd : 1966) is a healthcare products manufacturing company. They are known for their flagship brand. They ventured into maternity care business in 2005 by starting LifeSpring Hospitals. 6
HLL Lifecare Limited and MOODS
Intels founders Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce initially wanted to name the company as X. Why did they change their mind? 8 4) Identify X
Moore Noyce Both the founders wanted to name the company Moore Noyce, but later settled for Intel, which is an acronym for Integrated Electronics as Moore Noyce sounded More Noise
In 1957 a group of eight employees who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory The eight who left Shockley Semiconductor reached an agreement with Sherman X and on September 18, 1957 they formed X Semiconductor. They are known as Y 10 5) Identify X and Y
X Fairchild, Y Traitorous Eight
The debut film of X was an English language film, Epistle, released in 1961. The film was produced by Shankar Giri, the son of former President of India Dr V.V. Giri. 12 6) Identify X
Jayalalitha
7) Identify the 13th person in the team (dated 7th Dec 2014) 14
Phil Hughes
8) Identify 16
Official flag of the State of Jammu and Kashmir It consists of a deep red field, representing labour, charged with a plough to represent agriculture. Three stripes are found on the hoist side and represent the three geographic regions of the state: Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh
9) Identify the personality mentioned in the song and the vocal group who produced this There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire 18
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin and Boney M "Rasputin" is a 1978 euro disco hit single by the Germany- based pop and euro disco group Boney M., the second from their album Nightflight to Venus.
10) Identify X and Y X's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office on 10th march. In connection to the scandal, Y's de facto head, Lee Jae- Yong, is now on trial on a string of corruption charges, including bribery and embezzlement. Y is the largest conglomerate in X. 20
South Korea and Samsung
11) Connect these delicacies 22
Names of the Android Versions
12) Identify the person who is been shot 24
Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby
This is named after Admiral X who allegedly only had One Eye, One Arm, One Leg near the end of his life. Other variants of it being Double X, Triple X and is considered unlucky. International umpire Y, made it famous by a whole retinue of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so on. This same superstition was displayed by spectators and Umpire Ian Gould during the Test between Australia and South Africa on November 11th, 2011, at 11:11, when South Africa needed 111 runs to win. 26 13) Identify X and Y
X Nelson , Y David Shephard
14) Identify X and Y X was facing financial difficulties in 1924 due to the plunging industrial demand after WWI F.E.Dinshaw, a close friend & financier lent to X. Under the agreement that percentage profits from some of the group companies of X shall be shared X was unable to repay the loan & the outstanding debt has been converted into equity Following F.E.Dinshaws death in 1930, his stake has been purchased by an famous realtor Y in the city 28
X Tata Sons , Y - Shapoorji Pallonji
15) Identify X,Y and Z X is a 1964 American musical-fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Y. X is based on childrens book series by P.L Travers on on a magical English nanny X. X received a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and eventually won five. A film Z, centered on the development of the X, was released in 2013 30
X Mary Poppins, Y Walt Disney Z Saving Mr Banks
16) Identify the personality This Bharat Ratna Awardee made a successful movie debut by playing the role of Narada in a movie titled Savitri, but later changed the track completely.
M S Subhalekshmi
17) Identify X X is the only patented entity of its type in the world, it is traditionally prepared by a special group of people known as archakas in a highly guarded room known as potu. All the basic ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi. Celebrated its 300th birthday with much pomp and fanfare on Aug 2, 2015, what is being talked about?
Tirupathi Laddu
18) What significant role does this letter play in the history of Indian railways?
It led to the introduction of toilets on trains. There were no toilets in any class of Indian railways by 1909. Babu Okhil Chandra Sen shot this complaint letter to the Transport Superintendent at Sahibaganj, following which toilets were installed in all classes.
19) What is he complaining about? Lawyer Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh grabbed headlines after filing a complaint-case against X and Xs family members in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Sitamarhi, Bihar. But in all likelihood, his case may be get dismissed for want of jurisdiction, since Sitamarhi, UP is said to be the place where the actual action took place.
Accused Lord Ram of 'domestic violence'
20) Identify the occasion
Google Doodle commemorates 140th Anniversary of the First Cricket Test Match

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Enigma Quiz Prelims

  • 2. 1) This German company released this flagship product in 1997. The name is a clever pun with reference to an emperor who was associated with the great fire of Rome 2
  • 4. 2)What was this competition for Dominance known as? First one was between Microsoft and Netscape in late 90's. Second one was between Mozilla, Google, Apple,Opera etc., starting from 2003 4
  • 5. First and Second Browser Wars
  • 6. 3) Identify the Company and the Brand This GOI enterprise, headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram (estd : 1966) is a healthcare products manufacturing company. They are known for their flagship brand. They ventured into maternity care business in 2005 by starting LifeSpring Hospitals. 6
  • 8. Intels founders Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce initially wanted to name the company as X. Why did they change their mind? 8 4) Identify X
  • 9. Moore Noyce Both the founders wanted to name the company Moore Noyce, but later settled for Intel, which is an acronym for Integrated Electronics as Moore Noyce sounded More Noise
  • 10. In 1957 a group of eight employees who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory The eight who left Shockley Semiconductor reached an agreement with Sherman X and on September 18, 1957 they formed X Semiconductor. They are known as Y 10 5) Identify X and Y
  • 11. X Fairchild, Y Traitorous Eight
  • 12. The debut film of X was an English language film, Epistle, released in 1961. The film was produced by Shankar Giri, the son of former President of India Dr V.V. Giri. 12 6) Identify X
  • 14. 7) Identify the 13th person in the team (dated 7th Dec 2014) 14
  • 17. Official flag of the State of Jammu and Kashmir It consists of a deep red field, representing labour, charged with a plough to represent agriculture. Three stripes are found on the hoist side and represent the three geographic regions of the state: Jammu, the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh
  • 18. 9) Identify the personality mentioned in the song and the vocal group who produced this There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher Women would desire 18
  • 19. Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin and Boney M "Rasputin" is a 1978 euro disco hit single by the Germany- based pop and euro disco group Boney M., the second from their album Nightflight to Venus.
  • 20. 10) Identify X and Y X's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office on 10th march. In connection to the scandal, Y's de facto head, Lee Jae- Yong, is now on trial on a string of corruption charges, including bribery and embezzlement. Y is the largest conglomerate in X. 20
  • 21. South Korea and Samsung
  • 22. 11) Connect these delicacies 22
  • 23. Names of the Android Versions
  • 24. 12) Identify the person who is been shot 24
  • 25. Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby
  • 26. This is named after Admiral X who allegedly only had One Eye, One Arm, One Leg near the end of his life. Other variants of it being Double X, Triple X and is considered unlucky. International umpire Y, made it famous by a whole retinue of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so on. This same superstition was displayed by spectators and Umpire Ian Gould during the Test between Australia and South Africa on November 11th, 2011, at 11:11, when South Africa needed 111 runs to win. 26 13) Identify X and Y
  • 27. X Nelson , Y David Shephard
  • 28. 14) Identify X and Y X was facing financial difficulties in 1924 due to the plunging industrial demand after WWI F.E.Dinshaw, a close friend & financier lent to X. Under the agreement that percentage profits from some of the group companies of X shall be shared X was unable to repay the loan & the outstanding debt has been converted into equity Following F.E.Dinshaws death in 1930, his stake has been purchased by an famous realtor Y in the city 28
  • 29. X Tata Sons , Y - Shapoorji Pallonji
  • 30. 15) Identify X,Y and Z X is a 1964 American musical-fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Y. X is based on childrens book series by P.L Travers on on a magical English nanny X. X received a total of thirteen Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and eventually won five. A film Z, centered on the development of the X, was released in 2013 30
  • 31. X Mary Poppins, Y Walt Disney Z Saving Mr Banks
  • 32. 16) Identify the personality This Bharat Ratna Awardee made a successful movie debut by playing the role of Narada in a movie titled Savitri, but later changed the track completely.
  • 34. 17) Identify X X is the only patented entity of its type in the world, it is traditionally prepared by a special group of people known as archakas in a highly guarded room known as potu. All the basic ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in Kochi. Celebrated its 300th birthday with much pomp and fanfare on Aug 2, 2015, what is being talked about?
  • 36. 18) What significant role does this letter play in the history of Indian railways?
  • 37. It led to the introduction of toilets on trains. There were no toilets in any class of Indian railways by 1909. Babu Okhil Chandra Sen shot this complaint letter to the Transport Superintendent at Sahibaganj, following which toilets were installed in all classes.
  • 38. 19) What is he complaining about? Lawyer Thakur Chandan Kumar Singh grabbed headlines after filing a complaint-case against X and Xs family members in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Sitamarhi, Bihar. But in all likelihood, his case may be get dismissed for want of jurisdiction, since Sitamarhi, UP is said to be the place where the actual action took place.
  • 39. Accused Lord Ram of 'domestic violence'
  • 40. 20) Identify the occasion
  • 41. Google Doodle commemorates 140th Anniversary of the First Cricket Test Match

Editor's Notes

  • #3: It is technically, an optical disc authoring program
  • #22: In February 2017, Lee Jae-yong was arrested and then charged over his alleged role in a political and corporate scandal, linked to South Korea's impeached president, Park Geun-hye. Samsung is accused of paying 43bn won ($36.4m; 贈30.3m) to two non-profit foundations operated by Choi Soon-sil, a friend of Ms Park, in exchange for political support.