iams lobelia 2014 general quiz finals

FINALS

X, Y ??

X wrote: "You can't be mates with everyone and if there was any way I could knock him down to number 101 for the purposes of this book, I'd be delighted to do so. But having taken on the task, I want to do it seriously, and the fact is that Y helped to put Z on the cricket map. And you know what? Deep down, I'll quietly admit that I rated him as a cricketer."

X – Shane Warne Y- Arjuna Ranatunga Quote from Warne’s book “Centuries” !!

The 1st floor of this hospital houses the “Dai Llewyn” ward which addresses “bites,stings burns,embedded spines…..”. What is peculiar to these injuries??

Caused by magical creatures

Identify the coat of arms

Transylvania

Which team?? What is their most significant addition to our lives?? Bjorn : Test Hilmar: Code Jokull : Product Berglind: Code Svenni: Looks Joi: Code Thor: CEO Addi: Code Bjossi: Code Ymir : Money Hemigervill: Sound Vala: Stuff

Team of Plain Vanilla Games Quizup !!

“Pardonnez moi,monsieur..'' These were the last words of X, to the person who had killed X, because X had accidentally stepped on his foot.ID X ??

Mary Antonniete

“You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen,But do you recallThe most famous X of all ?"

ID Y who arguably is the most famous member of this group of “X” !!

Rudolph- the reindeer

Put funda and ID X! So what did you look for in the actress

(Priyanka Bose)? X : I looked for someone primarily who was a

great performer, someone who could be sensitive to the role. I also looked for someone who had a physicality that was more mature. I didn't want a teeny bopper. I wanted someone who carried a quiet serenity, who carried herself with a sense of confidence that comes with age. A silent confidence.

X – Gauri Shinde Tanishq commercial themed on

“remarriage”

This epic love story was supposedly based on the antics of two of his roomies at Harvard, who subsequently went on to become famous as the Al Gore and the Tommy Lee Jones. Who is the author being spoken of ??

Eric Segal

Apart from “matka phod”, “longest moustache”, “bridal compettition” and buying and selling of livestock, it has become an important annual tourist attraction because of something unique which can only be witnessed in the middle east except for this place. What and where??

Camel race at the Pushkar fair

ID X! This research is based on analysis of almost

350,000 works of fiction from Britain and the U.S.The scientists studied the various works to see how often, and in what manner, writers referred to X.They then repeated the experiment with ancient Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana between the 1st and 3rd century and Chinese dynastic Palace poetry between the 4th and 6th century. Results showed that X is not merely a present day fashion statement but has an “universal” appeal across generations.

Hourglass figure

ID the singer

The English translation of X literally means “place of good bread”. ID X which has set up quite an empire worldwide in recent times.

Au bon pain

X,Y,Z ??

The name X was chosen over Amizubi and Zuzeco and is a portmanteau of Y and Z.

X- Fuleco Y- Football Z- Ecology

The first X was put in place for play testing purposes. Play-testers had to rigorously test the mechanics of a game and introduced X to make this process easier.

Cheat-codes

The 1965 film “Mere Sanam” starring Asha Parekh featured an immortal Majru Sultanpuri number “pookarta chala hu main”. Why has this song been in the news recently ??

Biswajit Chatterjee singing it in Ramleela Maidan!!

.Put funda on this cartoon.

Kundan Lal Saigal

The following is the official diet list of X that could not save humiliation…What??• Moroccan spiced griddled chicken fillets with lime and coriander mayo

• Lamb and pea kofta kebabs with mint yoghurt

• Roasted vegetable and halloumi kebabs with red pepper dip

• Ginger and garlic king prawn kebabs with garlic mayo

• Selection of wholewheat French bread pizzas (parma ham and tomato/feta and red onion)

• Selection of sandwiches (grilled aubergine, red pepper, red onionand basil puree; Cajun salmon, yoghurt and cucumber; Thai citrus chicken and rocket; avocado, raw slaw and butterbean; turkey breast, basil and pine nut)

•Almond and cinnamon flapjacks

•Banana and peanut bars (protein-based Maximuscle)

•Chocolate and coconut truffles.

England cricket team at Ashes-2014

In 1972, Jogesh Dutta founded an institution named “Padaboli” in Calcutta with a handful of pupil. What is the objective of this institution which has certainly become a pioneer in India over the years?

Pantomime

Strobilantehs kunthiana is a shrub whose flower blooms once in every 12 years in the grasslands of Western Ghat. The magnificient blue colour of this flower lends its name to the "Nilgiri" hills. What is the local name for this flower?

Neelakurinji

What flower??

Ladies Shoe

Which country??

Adwaita, the grand old inmate of Alipore zoo who died at the age of 256 years belonged to the Aldabra giant tortoise species which are exclusively found in the islands of Aldabra Atoll of a small island nation in the Inidan ocean.

Seychelles

ID X ! The X cuisine derives its name from the

community Y which is very successful in trading affairs.

X is famous for its use of a variety of spices used in preparing mainly non-vegetarian food. The dishes are hot and pungent with fresh ground masalas, and topped with a boiled egg that is usually considered essential part of a meal. They also use a variety of sun dried meats and salted vegetables, reflecting the dry environment of the region.

Chettinad

A portrait of one “impressionist” by another….ID both!!

Claude Monet by Auguste Renoir

X and Y ??

“Ruth’s Journey” is a fictional prequel to X which will be published almost 75 years after the iconic novel by Y was published.

This prequel traces the early life of Mammy- the colored servant who was not identified by any individual name in the original work.

X- Gone with the wind Y- Margaret Mitchell

Put funda !!

On 9th July,2011 after production of the day’s issue was finally wrapped, Editor Collin Myler led the staff to a press conference and jovially remarked “in the best tradition we are going to the pub”.

Final issue of “News of the World”

ID X !

X is a dim-witted, clamorous yet kind hearted landlord whose father left him a garage when he died. X loves his daily dose of local booz and is almost always spotted in his signature white vests.

Baburao Ganpatrao Apte

Matrimony for?? “Mondo noe shey patro bhalo,rang jodio bejae

kalo/

tar upore mukher gothon,onekta thik pyacha-r moton/ Bidyebudhhi?

Bolchi moshai,dhonyi chheler adhyaboshay/

Unish ti baar matric e shey,ghayel hoe thamlo sheshe.”

Gangaram

Such things possibly did exist. The 'considering cap' is explained at great length, in fiction at least, in The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, 1765, which usefully includes an etching: ...a considering Cap, almost as large as a Grenadier's, but of three equal Sides; on the first of which was written, I MAY BE WRONG; on the second, IT IS FIFTY TO ONE BUT YOU ARE; and on the third, I'LL CONSIDER OF IT. What is the modern literary contribution of the considering cap ??

To put on one’s thinking cap

What?? Swiss engineer George de Mestral was out

for a hunting trip with his pooch, and noticed the annoying tendency of burrs to stick to its fur (and his socks). Later, looking under a microscope, Mestral observed the tiny "hooks" that stuck burrs to fabrics and furs. Mestral experimented for years with a variety of textiles before arriving at a new invention in the world of textiles — though it wasn't until two decades later that NASA's fondness for this invention ultimately popularized it.

Velcro

What missing from the list??

Harbor Master Harbor Master HD Max Adventure Hippo High Dive GeoSpark Little Red Sled Word Squares

Temple run!!!

X , featured on this postage stamp has been honored by the introduction of the X Memorial Medal for Humor given annualy by the X foundation . ID X.

Stephen Leacock

What is being defined here??

X happens “when the number of persons sleeping in a dwelling and the number of rooms available as sleeping accommodation is such that two persons of opposite sexes who are not living together as husband and wife must sleep in the same room

Overcrowding!!

X ?? “There is no doubt that coerced sex and bidding

on a new X’s virginity occurred in the period before WWII... After Y lost the war, X dispersed and the profession was in shambles. When they regrouped and began to flourish in the 1960s during Y’s postwar economic boom, the X world changed. In modern Japan, girls are not sold into indentured service, nor are they coerced into sexual relations. Nowadays, a X's sex life is her private affair” – Liza Dalby in “ Do they or don’t they

Geisha

Illustrated by whom ??

Upendrakishore Raychowdhury

Whose cover-girl??

Wall Street Journal

THE WORLD IS OURS

THE WORLD IS OURS

5 points for each correct guess. If all have been guessed correctly, then

an additional 5 point.

ANSWERS:-

1.1974 2.1982 3.1994 4.1954 5.1998

LONG VISUAL CONNECT!!!

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Serendipity!!!

1.Brandy

2.Teflon

3.Potato chips

4.Microwave

5.LSD

6.Viagra

7.Penicillin