india quiz- finals

FINALS

INDIA QUIZ3 ROUNDS

NO PRIZES AT THE END :p

Lets Go Desi

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• It is a form of explanation and is often used in writing to introduce an extraordinary deed or story of transformation. It is also name given to the creation of Dhiraj Mukherjee with Chris Barton and Philip. What am I talking about

Shazam

• The app that recognizes music played in backround

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• Connect McDonald’s, Horlicks, Reynolds and Max Super Markets.

Chota bheem

3• 1939 Even as the Allies and the Axis blew conch shells

for the Second World War• 1980 When it was time for graduation, the brand was

rechristened X to distinguish itself from the horde of me-too glucose brands entering the market.

• Gulzar moved his quill and Piyush Mishra lent his voice to the most recent campaign

• Neeru Deshpandey from then and till now continues to feature on it

• Roped in Ruskin Bond to blog for its micro site

PARLE-G

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• Darjeeling Tea, Mysore Pak (sweet), Tanjavur Veena, ________ (not an exhaustive list)

• Justice Basha ordered the assistant registrar to reconsider the issue of addition of areas of states such as Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan.

• Justice Basha also dismissed a petition filed by Lahore-based Association

GI tag for Basmati

Mythology-into our roots

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• X is a religion which follows the concept of death by slow starving. Y, one of the famous rulers of India, went on to follow X and subjected him to slow death in favor of his son at a place Z (pic in the next slide). Like many religions across the world have Ganesha like gods, this also has a Ganesha, but with a turtle in stead of a mouse. Give me the names of any of the 2 variables to claim full points.

JainismChandraguptaBhadrabahu

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• Which Brahmin saint and teacher did ask for a land to teach Brahmin the art of war and martial arts to defeat the khyatriyas to take revenge and the people who performed this art came to be known as X which is still a part of the surname.

ParshuramaKalaripayattu (kalari)

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Duryodhan

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• Asked to show off an item of personal significance during the interview with YouTube creator Nilsen on Friday, X pulled from his pockets a series of small totems, each of which he said reminded him “of all the different people I’ve met along the way.”

• It included rosary beads given to him from Pope Francis, a tiny Buddha statue procured upon him by a monk; a silver poker chip that was once the lucky charm of a bald, mustachioed biker in Iowa; a figurine of the Y and a Coptic cross from Ethiopia, where he visited in July.

Barack Obama

8 shots to victory

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•  “Lambi race no ghodo chhe, leader chhe, PM banse – he’s a thoroughbred for the long run, a true leader, he will be prime minister”. Who said this about Narendra Modi to his family members when Modi attended a dinner at their residence ?

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• Identify the event from the audio

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• "El sari rojo" by Javier Moro is a story of a native young woman X confronted by the complicated and dangerous world by politics. It tells the story of X whose dreams of home, heart and anonymous living were struck down by the hands of fate. Demand was made for the book's withdrawal as some claimed of distorted facts and misinterpreted details. Who is X?

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• X acted as the central bank of Y till 1948, before Y before it had its own state bank. It also acted as bank of _____ till April 1947. The denominations of 20 of the currency made by X will be now be replaced by a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter after the former person returns to Chicago.

7

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• Whats the link between Akhilesh Yadav, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and former US vice president Al Gore?