Announcing the Greenko HQC Open

Hyderabad Quiz Club in association with the Greenko Group announces
the second edition of the Greenko Open Quiz in Hyderabad on the 1st of
August, 2009. Details of the quiz are as under:

Date of Quiz : 1 August, 2009
Venue : Hari Hara Kala Bhavan, Begumpet, Hyderabad
Time : 3:00 pm – Elimination Round
4:45 pm – Finals (We expect the finals to finish by 7:15 pm)
Team Size : Teams of Three
Prizes : First Prize – Rs. 18,000 cash
Second Prize – Rs. 12,000 cash
Third Prize – Rs. 9,000 cash

Prizes for all finalists + Top Three School Teams + Best Corporate
Team + Audience Prizes

There is no need for any registration. Please land up at least 30
minutes before the quiz and get cracking.

Please visit www.quizhyd.blogspot.com or www.hyderabadquiz.org for
updates on the quiz

Regards,

Questions

1. On April 16, 1853, amidst the deafening roar of a 21-gun salute, a
train with 14 carriages and 400 passengers steamed out of Bombay's
Bori Bunder Station bound for Thane. The 21-mile journey took an hour
and 15 minutes. Three historic locomotives hauled the train on its
maiden journey — the first in Asia built by the famous Vulcan Foundry
for the Great Indian Peninsular in 1852. What were the names of the
locomotives?
Sahib Sindh Sultan

2. Pre-Independence the whole of India used a currency called BG Rupee
which was the British Government Rupee while only the kingdom of
Hyderabad used a currency called OS. 116 OS made 1 GB. What did OS
stand for?
Osmania Sikka

3. This order of mammals has only 4 species that are not extinct (3
types of manatees and the dugong). Early European explorers imagined
manatees and dugongs were mermaids, possibly because of their pectoral
breasts, dexterous forelimbs, and fish-like tails. The order takes its
name from what mythical half-woman half-bird creatures. What?
Sirens. The order is Sirenidae.