Chinmay Tadwalkar

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Rules:

40 Questions Infinite Bounce +10 for Correct answer No negatives.

All Questions guessable. Make guesses.

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Q.1

Identify the missing person.

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw

The only Indian military officers with a five-star rank.

Q.2

What has been blanked out?

The Pirate Bay

Doodle on The Pirate Bay’s homepage to celebrate-"10 million peers. 1 million torrents. 2.5 million registered users. 100 blog entries. Jubilee!"

Q.3

Starting off as a street trader and a mechanic, X has now become a business tycoon.X, who served in the military for a short duration, now has his own “private army” of bodyguards.He also owns a Boeing 767, an Airbus A340 and some of the world’s finest yachts.However, X is more famous for frequently changing the in charge of his another priced possession.Id X.

Roman Abramovich

Q.4

Connect:

Warty WarthogFiesty FawnLucid LynxPrecise PangolinRaring RingtailSaucy Salamander

Order of the names insignificant. As of now, an exhaustive list.

Ubuntu releases.

The names are given in an unique pattern, using an adjective and an animal name starting from the same letter.

Q.5

There is a connection between the four.Fill in the blank.

1.St.Peter’s Basilica2.Mona Lisa3.US Capitol4._____________________

Basilica di Santa Maria del FioreDepicted on the First Edition cover

of Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon

series’ novels.

#1.Angels & Demons

#2.The Da Vinci Code

#3.The Lost Symbol

#4.Inferno

(City of Florence will also suffice)

Q.6

The most famous scene featuring X & Y was at the Apta Railway Station, Panvel.One can go and see them in an old, famous building in Nagpada, Mumbai Central.If you want to pose with them, they are there (not in flesh and blood though) atop Mount Titlis in Switzerland.Who are X and Y?

X: Raj (Shah Rukh Khan)Y: Simran (Kajol)

-Apta Rly. Stn.: Location ofShah Rukh pulling Kajol in trainscene

-Famous Bldg. in Mumbai Central: Maratha Mandir

-Actual site image of their cutouts atop Mt.Titlis, Switzerland.

Q.7

What is it?

Hint:

“Imagine all the people living life in peace”-John Lennon

Imagine Peace Tower

It is the memorial dedicated to John Lennon by Yoko Ono located near Reykjavík, Iceland.The name is inspired from Lennon’s peace anthem ‘Imagine’.

Q.8

Apart from being home to the world’s oldest sporting museum, it has hosted matches of various sports like baseball, bowls, tennis and archery but only one sport is played pre-dominantly here. Until 2005, it was home to the international governing body of that one sport.It has been a witness to some of the most exciting sporting moments.

What?

Lord's Cricket Ground

One such exciting moment.

His Century here on his test debut was another exciting moment, of course.

Q.9

Who are the residents of these addresses:

-90 Bedford St. Apt. 19, New York, NY 10014.-90 Bedford St. Apt. 20, New York, NY 10014.-5 Morton St. Apt. 14, New York, NY 10014.

Besides the thing that brought them all the fame, they have featured in a version of a DVD game ‘Scene it?’ and another game for PlayStation 2.

Joey TribbianiMonica GellerPhoebe Buffayand their Friends.

‘Cast of Friends’ will give you the points.

Owners of the apartments respectively

Q.10

What is common to these commodities?

Darjeeling TeaMysore Sandal SoapPuneri PagdiHyderabadi HaleemBikaneri BhujiaTirupati LadduKashmir PashminaKutch Embroidery

Few more addition to this make it an exhaustive list.

Geographical Indications in India

The GI recognition ensures that none other than those registered as authorised users or those residing in that geographic territory are permitted to use the popular product name.

Q.11

XY was titled Y which translates to 'Prime Minister'. He did away with the priestly job which came along his cast lines and took up the charge of leading troops.X, who never lost a single battle, laid the foundation upon which his successors expanded the empire in the north up to Attock (now in Pakistan). Popular culture is kind of unjust with this great warrior, which identifies him more with his personal life than his valour.

Id X.

X:Bajirao IY:Peshwa

Q.12

Funda.

Q.13

Robert Johnson Brian Jones Jimi Hendrix Jim Morrison Kurt Cobain Amy Winehouse

What ‘club’ do these and other few musicians form?

27 ClubAll these musicians died at the age of 27.

Cause of most deaths has been or related to drug and alcohol abuse.

Q.14

X and Y share a fierce rivalry in a derby, which went beyond football and took political turns in the past.X was nicknamed ‘The Vikings’ because they were out to conquer Europe.Y was nicknamed ‘Indians’ because they settled by the river Manzanares.

Identify X and Y.

X: Real MadridY:Athletico Madrid

On their way to the UEFA Champions League titles, it was once said,“Real wandered through Europe as the Vikings once walked, destroying everything in its path.”

Q.15

Connect:

Movies that are adaptations of the Ruskin Bond novels.

Junoon- The Flight of PigeonsThe Blue Umbrella- The Blue Umbrella7 Khoon Maaf- Susanna’s Seven

Husbands

Q.16

Trafalgar Square: London Times Square: New York Tahrir Square: Cairo Tiananmen Square: Beijing Place de la Concorde: Paris Taksim Square: Z

Identify Z.

Istanbul

Taksim Square is in recent news for being the center of protests in Turkey.

Q.17

_________ is a generic term in English, first usage of which can be traced to the 16th century. Of all its etymologies, the most reliable one asserts that its root is the Irish word gab (mouth) and it is derived from the word "jabber" that means “to talk nonsense”.

Using _________ for acting can be used as an exercise in performance art education.

Fill in the blank.

Gibberish

Q.18

X & Y graduated in Electrical engineering from Stanford University. They set up their Co. and tossed a coin to decide if the Co. will be namedX-Y or Y-X. Y won and put X’s name first!

Among the notable employees of X-Y wereSteve Jobs who did a summer job there and also Steve Wozniak who worked as a calculator designer.

Present CEO of X-Y is a lady who has been regularly listed in ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ by Forbes since she took the charge.

X-Y, please.

First logo of Hewlett-Packard

Founders: William Hewlett and David Packard (won the toss)

Present CEO: Meg Whitman

Q.19

Give the Funda that connects these flags.

The ‘Six Flags’ over Texas

Q.20

Blog post of a company dated 23 Aug 2012 read:

“The logo has two components: the logotype and the symbol. For the logotype, we are using the Segoe font which is the same font we use in our products as well as our marketing communications. The symbol is important in a world of digital motion. The symbol’s squares of color are intended to express the company’s diverse portfolio of products.”

What is being talked about here?

New Microsoft Logo

Q.21

A chocolate bar. Named after its creator and the Italian word for

'nougat'. Said to have got its shape from a topographical feature

of its place of origin. Extremely popular having an impact on the culture of

the place where it originated and is manufactured. Became the first patented milk chocolate bar with

almonds and honey. Has an unique logo with an image of a bear hidden in it.

What?

The hidden bear

Q.22

One of the iconic images of a consequence of the 2012 Sindh floods. Explain the phenomenon.

Millions of spiders climbed up the trees to escape the rising flood waters. Many trees became cocooned in spider webs.

This resulted in fewer malaria-spreading mosquitoes than expected, given the standing water.

Q.23

A comic from 5th July 2010.What has been blacked out?

Vuvuzela!

Q.24

Why is this scorecard entry a historical one?

India tour of South Africa- 1st TestPlayed at Kingsmead, Durban13-17 Nov. 1992Day 2SR Tendulkar run out (Rhodes) 11

(24)

First dismissal decided by the third umpire

Q.25

Connect:

Network18

Q.26

Name of X was carved on its building using the classical Latin typograpgy wherein instead of the letter ‘U’, letter ‘V’ was carved. One reason for this being the ease of carving ‘V’.This ‘V’ instead of U’ has 2 occurrences in X’s name besides the one indicated below.

Name of X blanked out.

Id the blanked out name i.e. X.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Q.27

Y is called The French Riviera of the East.A famous Hollywood director was born in Y.One of the greatest contemporary filmmakers based the story of his Oscar winning film largely in Y, in accordance with the book from which the film is adapted.Y is also the birthplace of an actress, born to French hippies who had come to Y.

Id Y, the place whose many connections with the cine world have gone almost unnoticed.

Puducherry or Pondicherry.

References made are-

Manoj Night Shyamalan

Ang Lee and Life of Pi

Kalki Koechlin

Q.28

Nike unveiled these limited edition shoes to commemorate what?

World No.1 for 287 weeks, surpassing Pete Sampras (286).

Q.29

X is a game franchise developed by a Finnish game developing company. X has not only revolutionized gaming on the platforms on which it was launched but has influenced the world outside gaming circles.Creation of the mascot of 2012 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship was inspired from the characters of X.X is going to be made into a 3-D animated film in 2016.

X, please.

X: Angry Birds

Q.30

Excerpts of the English translation:

Who is the speaker? Or significance of the speech.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the United Nations.First Hindi speech to be delivered at UN.

Q.31

Who has been blanked out?

Larger image in next slide.

Fidel CastroThe 26th of July Movement

Q.32

Uttam Kumar was the first and has 1. Amitabh Bachchan has 3. Kamal Hasan has 3. Ajay Devgn has 2. Mithun has 2. Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Irrfan Khan, Dhanush

have 1 each.They are not the only ones who make it to this exhaustive list.

What is being talked about?

National Film Award for Best Actor.

Q.33

The X Rights is a warning given by police in USA to criminal suspects in police custody before they are interrogated. The rights were named X Rights following a landmark judgment of US Supreme Court- X vs Arizona, X being the last name of the suspect.

Give me X.

X: Miranda(Miranda Rights)

The typical warning states: You have the right to remain silent when questioned. Anything you say or do may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police

and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before

any questioning, if you wish. If you decide to answer any questions now, without an attorney present,

you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney.

Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?

Q.34

Manhattan

Wagon Wheel / Spider

What?

Worm

Q.35

After the Indian Govt. allowed FDI in the aviation sector, a Malaysian low-cost airline announced its plan to set up an Indian subsidiary as a joint venture with Tata Sons and one more Co.Ratan Tata will be the Chief Advisor of the airline. This joint venture is being seen as the return of Tata Sons’ to aviation after 60 years.Name the Malaysian airline.

AirAsiaIndian subsidiary is AirAsia India.

Q.36

______ is an ideal society with desirable qualities. The word ______ was coined by Sir Thomas More for his book ______. Description of ______ is:

The island containeth in breath in the middle part of it, two hundred miles. Within it there are fifty-four large and fair cities, agreeing all together in one tongue, in like manners, institutions and laws. The capital is situated in the middle of the island.

Fill in the blank.

Utopia

Q.37

Connect

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson have voiced the character of Genie in Walt Disney’s various Aladin movies and series.

Q.38

Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and

Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus

and gave it to mortals. Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it

grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources. How has Prometheus’s crime been immortalized?

(The answer is NOT the movie Prometheus)

The Olympic FlameStands for the fire that Prometheus stole for mankind

Q.39

The origins of which secretive organisation, currently headquartered in this glitzy building in Mount Abu (right), can be traced to a group called the Om Mandli, founded by Lekhraj Kripalani (the guy at left) in Hyderabad, Sindh in the 1930s?

 The Brahma Kumaris. Dada Kripalani later became Brahma Baba.

Q.40

What is the lowest sounding string of a violin, which is also the thickest, called?

G-String

VISUAL CONNECT5 sets. Each of two slides.

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ANSWERS

BEDROCK

Mr. Slate

DINO

RUBBLES

BAM BAM

PEBBLES

BETTY

WILMA

FRED

BARNEY

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