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1The quiz consists of 5 rounds. 2The quiz is a mixture of General Knowledge and Trivia.3A direct question carries 10 points and you have 10 seconds to answer it.4A passed question if answered correctly fetches you 5 points. No extra time is given for passed questions.5Only the first answer given by the team will be taken into consideration.6It goes without saying that my decision is final and no questions will be entertained during the course of the quiz.

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Round I2 Questions each

On which river, the worlds largest hydel dam Three Gorges is built?

River Yangtze in China

Name the two drivers ofthe Formula One Team Sahara Force India?

Nico HulkenbergSergio Perez

Till now only two Generalsof the Indian Army have beendecorated with the title of Field Marshal. Who are they?

K.M.CariappaS.H.F. J. Manekshaw

If it is SENSEX for the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE),what is it for National StockExchange(NSE)?

NIFTY

Identify the Logo?

OPEC(Organisation of PetroleumExporting Countries)

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Al Gore

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He asked for one rupee for providing permission to the project. The makers added a touch of symbolism by finding a rupee note printed in 1958 - in many ways, this was a golden and breakthrough year not just for him, but also for Indian athletics because of the Commonwealth and Asian Games.

Who is he, and what did he thus bless?

The film "San Ge Sha Gua" has been one of the big hits in Chinese cities in 2011, especially with young audiences, with whom it seems to have struck a natural chord.How do we know this film in India?

In August 2012, a mountain rescue worker and his neighbour discovered a diplomatic mailbag from Mont Blanc. This was established to have come from the remains of an Air India Boeing 707 that had crashed into the mountain in 1966. The mail was handed over to the Indian embassy in Paris.

The most notable passenger on board this crash in 1966 was an Indian scientist, whose life was cut short at age 56. Who?

Homi jahangir Bhabha

What are these? (not exhaustive)Finger WavePixieBouffantFarah-doThe RachelWedgePompadourFauxhawkHi Top Fade

Hair Cuts!

Hassan-i-Sabbah led an order of armed militants, terrorising the Seljuqs in the Persian territories in 1091.They were believed to be addicted to hashish, and hence the name ______.Their legend was recreated by a recent video game, which is named after the English variant of the term _______.What game?

HashishinAssassins Creed

Audience

What is common between the countries of Cyprus, Christmas Island and Kosovo?

They all have the actual shape of their states in their respective flags.

Where would you come across the line Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, which loosely translates to Never tickle a sleeping dragon?

The Coat of Arms of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Round II

ID the word.One of the origin of the word can be traced to the fact that in Ancient Babylon, the Bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink for a month after the wedding. (Keep in mind that their calendar was lunar) However, Merriam Webster Dictionary reports the etymology as from the "the idea that the first month of the marriage is sweetest".Which term are we talking about?

Honeymoon

ID

LACROSSE

The 2013 film "Ranjhanaa" is set in Varanasi, is directed by Aanand Rai, and has music composed by A.R.Rahman. According to its director, his music composer paid homage to which Bharat Ratna through the music, by prominently using the shehnai in many of its songs?

ID the guy on left.

Raghu Ram Rajan _current RBI governor

500 Startups-backed shopping search site Pricebaba last year launched a campaign to convince Google to do something, but their ambitious goal ultimately ended in defeat following Googles announcement.

Undeterred by their failure,they have already launched an online campaign to convince Google for the same thing in a slightly different way which apparently matches Google's convention for the same. What is it?

To name the new android version as ladoo

Sitter

Audience

Blood Diamond

Round III

Its logo was designed by Atul Pande and consists of the Sun and a fingerprint.

The opening lines of its theme song are:Bhor hui jeevan meinShuru nai udaanMili hume pehchaanKhule naye ab dwaar

What?

The Mahabharata mentions that only four people listened to the Bhagvat Gita directly from Krishna.Arjuna was the one it was addressed to, Sanjaya listened to it because of his divine vision; and Ved Vyasa who was experiencing the past, present and future at the same time. Dhritarashtra heard it indirectly from Sanjaya.Who was the fourth?

Hanuman!Hanuman was doing a favour to Arjuna by being present in the flag on his chariot. When Krishna drove the chariot to the middle of the battlefield; Hanuman too became a witness to the Geeta.

It was first observed directly by human eyes during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968 by Astronaut William Anders who described the view as :The backside looks like a sand pile my kids have played in for some time. It's all beat up, no definition, just a lot of bumps and holes.

What is being described here ?

The dark side of the moon

Mehran Karimi Nasseri(born 1942), also known asSir, Alfred Mehran, is anIranianrefugeewho lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One inCharles de Gaulle Airport from 8 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment. His autobiography has been published as a book and is the basis for a movie directed by Steven Spielberg.

Name the movie.

The Terminal

According to ancient tale , there was a Muslim shepherd named Buta Malik who was given a sack of coal by a sadhu. Upon reaching home, he discovered that the sack ,in fact, contained gold. Overjoyed and overcome ,Buta Malik rushed back to look for the sadhu and thank him,but on the spot of their meeting discovered a cave and eventually this became a place of workship for all the believers.To date, a percentage of donations given by pilgrims are given to Maliks descendents and remaining to the trust which manages the shrine.

Name this famous shrine

Amarnath Cave Shrine ,Kashmir

IDENTIFY X

Xs father died in a plane crash when his american pilot misjudged a landing.Xs elder brother was killed when he accidently flew an airplane over power lines in San Antonio, Texas, USA.X was 6ft 4inch-6ft 6inch in height & weighing about 165 pounds. He had an olive complexion and was left handed. He was described as soft-spoken and mild mannered in demeanor.One of his nick names includes LION.Some reports suggest he earned a degree incivil engineering in 1979, or a degree inpublic administration in 1981.

OSAMA BIN LADEN

Audience

Born as Farukh Bulsara in Zanzibar on Sep 5,1946,his parents were Parsi migrants from India. He attended the St.Peters Boarding school near Mumbai, where he learnt the piano. In 1964, his family fled to England, and he had a Diploma in Art and Design. He was also a singer for bands like Ibex and Sour MilkSea. In 1970 he formed this band along with Brian Mayand Roger Taylor, and he also designed the bands logo. Along with his work for the band, he also produced two solo albums Mr Bad Guy and Barcelona. Name the singer and the band.

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FREDDY MERCURY, QUEEN

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Round IV

Dinanath Gopal X, an Indian writerPriya Vijay X, an Indian actressRamesh X, Marathi novelistSuresh X, an Indian economistVijay X, an Indian playwright

ID X.

Tendulkar is a common Marathi surname belonging to Rajpura Saraswat Brahmin caste. People with Tendulkar as surname:Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar, an Indian writerPriya Vijay Tendulkar, an Indian actressRamesh Tendulkar, Marathi novelistSachin Ramesh Tendulkar, an Indian cricketerSuresh Tendulkar, an Indian economistVijay Tendulkar, an Indian playwright

Tendulkar

This comic character was introduced by Pran in 1971 for LotPot magazine. The side characters included the protagonists wife, dog and alien friend. In a TV version of the comic, the role of the character was played by Raghuvir Yadav.

Chacha Chaudhary

The concept for it was first proposed in a 2008 design paper, following which V0.1 was announced and released in Jan, 2009 on a cryptography mailing list. In 2010, someone interested in a $25 pizza procured it successfully using this.

As of 2011, Wikileaks, The Free Software Foundation, Freenet, PioneerOne all endorse this while various governments are looking at it without amusement.

What?

BitCoin virtual currency that has launched a parallel economy

This term in Jainism translates to destroyer of enemies these refer to the enemies within, such as pride, anger, greed etc.

Each Tirthankar would have attained this

Also a class of vehicles in the Indian Navy

What term?

Arihanta; also the name of the navys nuclear-class submarines

The person in the picture is Colonel Homi Motivala. He shares the unique distinction of winning the triple of the Arjuna, Khel Ratna and Dronacharya Awards with another sportsperson. Who?

Pullela Gopichand

He was said to be the best all-rounder of his day. He made his first-class debut for Sussex in 1845 aged 18, weighing only 7 stone (45kg). Initially a fast round-arm bowler, his pace slowed in later years. While bowling fast, he took on average nearly 10 wickets in every game. In 1850, playing for the South against the North at Lord's, he took all 10 wickets in the second innings, all clean bowled (still the only instance of all ten wickets being taken "bowled in any first-class match). In all, he took 1,109 first-class wickets with a bowling average of 10.32. He was also a fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting average of 14.12, an average which was very good for the time). He scored only two centuries, the first in 1849 and the second was the only century scored in 1855. Who?

John Wisden

Audience

X arrived at London with the aim of buying Y. Admittedly, he was a fan. The management at Y though declined after repeated advances by X, and with his 10 day visa permit fast coming to an end, he ended up buying Z. And thus came about one of the most important takeovers in sporting history.ID X,Y, and Z.

X-Roman Abramovich Y- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Z- Chelsea F.C.

Round V

Name the currency

Greek Drachma

Identify the insurance company from its mascot

Metlife

Identify the logo

Which company operates in India under this name?

Walmart

"I want the entire country to see this movie. One never knows... There might be someone who has met my son, seen him somewhere... The movie will have Azhar's photograph and our cell phone number so that people can contact us Roopa Mody in an interview with TOI

Which movie is this?

Parzania

If Russia stand first, USA stands third, India stands 7th then Who stands 2nd?

Usain Bolt Jamaican SprinterRussel Brain NeurologistMargaret Court Tennis PlayerJim McGovern PoliticianBob Rock Music producerScott Speed Nascar racer

The following names are examples of aptronyms. What is an aptronym?

Aptronyms are names that are suited to a persons character.

The following is an excerpt from a 1924 article:

could not explosives even of the existing type be guided automatically in flying machines by wireless or other rays, without a human pilot, in ceaseless procession, over a hostile city, arsenal, camp or dockyard

These are Churchills words. What did Churchill describe over 80 years before they came into regular use?

Drone Warfare.

Rolex doesnt make any Digital watch for humans. Yet it produces one digital watch. For what purpose or where is it used?

If you are visiting the Changi International Airport, which city/country would you be in?

Singapore

Which is the largest of the seven member Emirates of United Arab Emirates?

Abu Dhabi

Which is the award being shown here

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Arjuna Award

Identify

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Angela Merkel, Vice Chancellor of Germany

Audience

In the movie Benaam, Amitabh Bachchans characters name is Amit Srivastava. What is so special about this fact?

Real name of Amitabh Bachchan

Final Scores

When this movie was released Filmfare said that the film was an unsuccessful mincing of Western style with Indian milieu, making it a "...imitation westernneither here nor there. The movie won only one Filmfare award: film editor M. S. Shinde won for editing. Which movie is this ?

Sholay

Identify the logo

Catull is an old style serif typeface designed by Gustav Jaeger for the Berthold foundry in 1982.

It was used in a very iconic logo, which has thus been seen by millions of people.

Google Logo

What is this a cross-section of?

Golf Ball

This track, recorded by Hans Zimmer is a choral arrangement of a theme from TheDark Knight Risessoundtrack.

However, this track is not a part of the original album and was released almost a month after the movies release.

What is the purpose behind its recording?

Intended to raise funds for the victims of 2012 Aurora Shooting incident.

The track is called Aurora and contains all the melancholic parts of the original TDKR soundtrack.

Which major tournament was first held in 1905 at Warehousemans cricket ground, Melbourne?

Identify

Tony Fernandes

Which most visited monument was opened in 1889 as an entrance arch to 1889 Worlds fair?

Identify

Jesse Ryder

Flags of which company?

British East India Company

Forint is the currency of which country?

Hungary

Name the chief minister of Uttar PradeshAsnwer: Akhilesh YadavWith Which sport will you associate Mithali RajAnswer: Womens cricketOn which high river is Aswan high dam builtAsnwer: NileWhat prize does the International Olympic association award for Fair play in sportAsnwer: Pierre de coubertinWhose Samadhi is Vijay ghat in Delhi?Answer; Lal Bahadur shastriWhich organization website is wwf.panda.org Answer : Worldwildlife fund for Nature

4/17/12TEAM A

a) Which union territory's capital is SilvassaAsnwer Dadra and Nagar havelib) With which sport will you assocate Pankaj AdvaniAnswer: Billiards and snookerBy what name is Bahai temple in Delhi better known as Ans: Lotus templeBetween 1992 and 2012 which club has won the englsh premier league football the most number of timeAnswer: Manchester unitede) Name the 2 national languages of SrilankaAnswer :Sinhalese and tamilf) Which NASA Astronaut graduated from haryana?Answer: Kalpana Chawla

4/17/12TEAM B

1)Hemant Soren is the chief minister of which Indian state?Ans Jharkhand2)In which country did the Accupuncture therapy originateAsnwer: China3)Where was the first Asian games held in 1951?Asnwer ;New Delhi,India4)What does L in Laser stand forAnswer LASER5)Which country has tricoloured flag with white,Blue and red bandAns: RUSSIA6)What does S in UNESCO stand for :Ans: S stands for Science: United nations educational scientific and research organization

Team C

What is the middle name of Charlie ChaplinAsnwer: SpencerWith which intrument will you associate Zakir Hussein and Alla Rakha khanAnswer TablaWhich countrys capital is LA PAZ the highest capital in the worldAns : BoliviaName the place in Himachal pradesh where Dalai Lama gives his public sermons?Asnwer DharmasalaWho was known as the Punjab kesriAnswer: Lala Lajpat RAIWhat is euthanasiaAsnwer : Mercy killing

4/17/12TEAM D

team E)What was the first Artificial satellite to orbit earth calledAnswer: SputnikWho is well known for his tratise on Geometry called the ElementsAnswer EuclidWho was the famous father of Amitabh BhachanAsnwer Harivansrai BachanWho was described as the IRON LADyAsnwer : Margaret ThatcherWho was the first ASIAN to get the Noble PrizeAnswer TagoreIn which country is the Baikonoaur cosmodromeAsnwer Kazakhsthan

4/17/12

Team F) 1) In which country did the Battle of waterloo take placeAnswer :belgiumWho played the role of Gandhi in Richard Attenbourgh film GandhiAns Ben KingsleyIn which field is Anjali Ela Menon famousAns PaintingOver 70% of one horned rhinos are found in which national park?Ans Kaziranga5 ) Who is known as the METRO ManAns: SreedharanWho is the first woman speaker of LoksabhaMeira Kumar

4/17/12

In a letter to X, Y wrote: "We have no doubt about your bravery or devotion to your fatherland, nor do we believe that you are the monster described by your opponents.

Both X and Y are world famous personalities, and Im sure all present here know the two people.

X Adolf Hitler Y- Mahatma Gandhi But in his continuation, he wrote -"But your own writings and pronouncements and those of your friends and admirers leave no room for doubt that many of your acts are monstrous and unbecoming of human dignity, especially in the estimation of men like me who believe in human friendliness. Such are your humiliation of Czechoslovakia, the rape of Poland and the swallowing of Denmark."

The five goals of the X party, led by Y , are100% voting100% nationalist thought100% boycott of foreign companies, adoption of swadeshi100% unification of the people of the nation100% yoga-oriented nation

The Bharat Swabhiman Party, led by Baba Ramdev, played a major role in the Anna Hazare movement against corruption.

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Easy one. The common saying X is nowadays used to denote a special day. Its usage originated from the practise of marking the dates of church festivals on calendars in red.

Red Letter Day

The fact that X suffered from tuberculosis was a fiercely hidden fact by his close ones, because if it was leaked, a significant event in history would not have happened. X died just a year after the event.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the prime person behind Indias partition, was suffering from the last stages of tuberculosis in the 1940s.

Mountbatten : Had they known that Jinnah was about to die, they'd have postponed India's independence by a few months as he was being inflexible on Pakistan'.

Virginia, 1781Name the person connecting the two incidents depicted by these paintingsBangalore, 1792

Lord CornwallisSurrendered to G. Washington 1781Receiving Tipu Sultans sons as hostage - 1792

This organisation was involved in a controversy over its members' persistent refusal to allow female membership well into the 1990s. Eventually, the govt. of that country intervened threatening to cut funding on the grounds it was being sexist, ending 212 years of male exclusivity. Name the organisation.

Marylebone Cricket Club

Which astronaut, served as the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission?

Michael Collins

Which Beatle often played his instrument upside down?

Paul McCartney

How many squares are there on a Scrabble Board?

225 squares

What is the name of Don Quixote's horse?

Rocinante

At which railway station does one board the 'Hogwarts Express'?

Hogsmeade Station

What is a Rhinoceros horn made of?

Keratin

What are rats unable to do, making them more vulnerable to poison?

They can't vomit.

What is the Olympic Motto?

Citius Altius Fortius

Russian language

Sri Lanka MathaNational anthem Sri Lanka

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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