1.Comic reference to whom?

Micheal Phelps

2. Designed by Robert Tor Russell based upon an outline by W. H.Nichollas; named after a duke who was a member of the Royal Family the architects hoped that it's horse shoe shape would bring good luck to the merchants who would later manage their businesses here.

Identify this famous landmark.

Connaught Place

3. Natalie McDonald was a Canadian girl suffering from a terminal illness,leukaemia.A friend of her mother's wrote to___X___ to ask her to write to Natalie. But before___X_____ could respond Natalie passed away.After her death, the creator decided to honour the girl by a mention in Y.

X and Y please?

X-J.K.Rowling

Y-Goblet of Fire

4. They are fictional creatures found in Gullivers Travels. Swift describes them as vile and savage creatures, filthy and with unpleasant habits,obsessed with "pretty stones" they find by digging in mud. Hence the term has come to mean "a crude, brutish or obscenely coarseperson".

Who are 'they' ?

Yahoo!

5. Mother of Cities to me,For I was born in her gate,Between the palms and the sea,Where the world-end steamers wait.

A British author about an Indian city. Identify both

Rudyard Kipling on Bombay

6. The triangular shape of the mountain Mattehorn is believed to have inspired its creator to give it its shape.

What?

Toblerone

7. Wikipedia has been running a series of ads as part of their fund-raising campaign. These feature various people, usually associated with or those who benefited from Wikipedia. In this ad, you see Ward Cunningham who is somebody that Wikipedia owes a debt of gratitude to.

What did he invent?

Wiki

8. Jennifer Egan's book "A Visit From the Goon Squad" won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book is a set of stories about Bennie Salazar, a music executive and one-time-rocker, and characters connected to him.

An interesting aspect to the book is the presence of a chapter (about a girl's diary) set in a particular form, which has probably never been used in a mainstream literary novel. Some critics thought of it as a gimmick, while others have lauded the idea. Egan says she was inspired from how the 2008 Obama campaignbenefited from one such document to spur a turnaround in their fortunes.

What form is this chapter in?

Powerpoint Slides

9. Train number 17303/4, an Express of the Indian Railways, plies between Yeshwantpur (Bangalore) and Mysore in Karnataka. This comes under the SouthWestern Railway.

In 2011, this train was given a more endearing name, something fitting to that particular section of the country. Perhaps a tiger or M.K.Gandhi will one day board the express.

What name?

Malgudi Express

10. Originally, Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to create a video game involving Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto, but was unable to get the licenses for these characters. Hence, he created Y and the entire universe of related characters.

Y?

Mario

11. X's death in February 1656, while fighting against a group of rebel Afghan tribesmen, caused Y to go into a terrible depression. Reportedly, Y did not attend court for two full days after hearing the news, and refused to eat or drink anything for a long while.

X and Y?

X-Birbal
Y-Akbar

12. While most people think that it was created by the Japanese, its modern form was actually created by Howard Garms , a 74-year-old retired architect from Indiana in the year 1979, and it was featured in Dell Magazines. Unfortunately, Garns died in 1989, long before his creation shot achieved worldwide fame. What did he create?

Sudoku

13. Her father was born in Tibet and raised in Delhi, while her mother was from a small town in Himachal Pradesh. Her previous employers include a bakery and a tax and retirement firm.She claims that she does her best to maintain her links to Sikh traditions, but also says that she would be unlikely to abandon her career path due to religion. In 2011, she gained over 8000 followers on Twitter in just two days owing to a particular incident. Who?

Sunny Leone!!!!!

14. Id the man and his creation

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Wolfram Alpha

15. As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here... It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are ....... morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.

Xs letter to Y.

X-Pirate Bay to
Y-Dreamworks

16. In 2011 alone, there have been 5 incidents of this, straining the relationship between A and B to a breaking point. A says about their relationship- "It's some sort of fatal attraction!

The most recent incident occurred in New Delhi in October, adding a sour flavour to what was otherwise an amazing occasion.

What incidents?

Hamilton-Massa collisions

17. Originally called Paul Michael Levesque, X began his career under the name Terra Ryzing. He soon changed his _____ name to Jean-Paul Levesque, and then took up the name by which we know him/her today.X has won 23 world championships in his/her chosen discipline X has also appeared in a few movies, such as Pacific Blue, Blade:Trinity and The Chaperone

Y is the Executive Vice President, Creative of an organization that X is closely associated with. Y's father, incidentally, is the Chairman and CEO of the organizationY married X both on-screen and in real lifeY also holds one World Championship title in the same disciplineX and Y?

X- Triple H
Y-Stephanie McMahon

18. It was initially launched in Brazil, but it was Pakistan that made it what it is. An Indonesian version may also be on the cards, while the first ever Indian version went on air in the middle of June 2011. Leslie Lewis took on the role played by Rohail Hyatt. The reviews for the Indian version were not as great.Which media property is this?

Coke Studio

19. This is a question about two terms X and Y - you might not find either of them in a dictionary yet.Both X and Y refer to groups of people who believe in two separate American controversies.

X is the older of the two, and was coined principally in opposition to one person. The term's associated controversy flared up once again in the end of April 2011, but has significantly died down since.

This happened partly because of events associated with Y. Y was coined in early May 2011 (by online media).

Both X and Y are coined from nouns, the exact opposite of each other. Which two words are these?

X: "Birthers", Y="Deathers"

"Birthers" are those people who do not believethat US President Obama was born in Hawaii, and claim he is ineligible to be the US President because he was born outside the US. In April, a detailed birth certificate showing his place of birth was released.

"Deathers" believe that Osama bin Laden was not shot on May 1 in Pakistan. Among the alternatives are that he was either captured alive or killed long before these events supposedly happened.

20. The theories behind the origin of the name of this region vary. While some believe it is an anglicised version of the Malayalam term for'Hilly Region' its name may also be derived from the Sanskrit 'tamalapattram' literally meaning 'dark tree leaves'.

Identify.

Malabar