ROUND 1

WHO AM I

RULES

Clock wise Round Bounce with infinite pounce. No negatives. +10 for correct answer for bounce +10/-10 for pounce

QUESTION NO 1

• The character of Jaya played by Nargis Fakhri in the 2013 Bollywood thriller Madras Café is modeled mainly on X . In 1999 X married Arne Roy Walther , a Norwegian diplomate , but X still carrying her first husband’s name as her surname. Id X

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QUESTION NO 2

• X Born in Malacca and studied at Rangoon Road Primary school. X joined People’s Action Party in 1954 and became the only PAP member to win the Malaysian General Election in 1964. X Migrated to Hamilton , Ontario, Canada and died in 2005.

• Id X

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• When India won 1964 Olympics Hockey medal , the national anthem played was that of Pakistan; by mistake. Name the person who was the one to point out the mistake and rectify it. He also awarded the order of merit of the Sacred Treasure by Emporer Hirohito. Id the person

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NAIR SAN / AYYAPPAN PILLAI MADHAVAN NAIR

QUESTION NO 4 X born at Shillong, Meghalaya to a Bangali tea plantation manager from kolkatta. X is a cousin of prominent media personality related to NDTV. X’s real name starting with Suzanna. Id X

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QUESTION NO 5

• X is writing his autobiography in 5 parts viz:. µÞÖí, µEß, µáMÞÏ¢, µÞ΢, µUí . The first three parts are already published in one of the leading magazine in malayalam. Id X

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QUESTION NO 6

• X was born at a coastal village called Odayam in Edava(Trivandrum). X founded the first private airlines company in India in early 1992 after the open sky policy . X was assassinated outside his office in Mumbai in 1995 by the gang group of Chhota Rajan. Id X

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• Thakiyudeen Wahid

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• PARAMEKKAL THOMMA KATHANAR

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• Born to J. S. Andrews and Manini on July 19, 1915 as Lesli Andrews but better known as X. X made his debut as a playback singer in Malayalam film Navalokam in 1951. In 1948 X met Y and lived together. Y got a national award for acting in 1991. Id X and Y?

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• Kozhikkode Abdul Khader and Kozhikkode Santhadevi

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• X was born on 1978 to a Bangalore based Malayali- Bangali Couple. X was the winner of Miss India Universe 1997 and semi finalist of Miss Universe 1997. X was an active member of PETA(People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) and wrote a weekly column on Animals in The Times Of India. X met a tragic end on 2004. Id X

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• Nafisa Joseph

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• X was the first to write a daily political column for five decades called “ Over a cup of Tea” sprinkled with Biblical and Dickensian quotes.

X started or developed 26 newspapers. Id X

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• Pothen Joseph

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• X was a good hammer thrower in his school days. X picked the wicket of Virender Sehwag in the very first over he bowled in the IPL debut for Kochi Strikers against Delhi Dare devils in 2011. According to wiki his nick name is “puli” id X

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• Bertrand François X comte de La Bourdonnais was a French Naval Officer and administrator in the service of French East India Company. The Largest island in Seychelles is named after him. Id X

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• Mahe