“ANSW

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By GurudattaMohitrohit

01. This event began on April 12,1972. Sponsored by the Indian wing of a well known global company, this event was like a benchmark (probably not now)for other events of this class. The name of the event was so vibrant that the sponsor was (and is) more often identified with it. This first became a Radio show and later in June 1992 , a TV show on Zee TV. Later this show was shifted to Sony Entertainment Television. This show made a comeback in 2011 on a different channel. This was after fans launched a campaign on Facebook to bring the show back, devoting a page to the cause and calling it ‘Bring _________ Back’. Its current host (the most popular of all) came to limelight only after this show a few years back ( now a days in news for issues other than this also). Which favourite show of ours is being talked about?

BOURNVITA QUIZ CONTEST (BQC).

2. Once upon a time in school!!!!!

Mnemonic for what : “Some People Have, Curly Brown Hair, Till Painted Black”

BASIC TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS.Sin x=perpendicular/hypotenuseCos x=base/hypotenuseTan x=perpendicular/base

3. It was originally founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohania in 2005. It has 11 employees but roughly 6 million active members. “The front page of the Internet” is its slogan. It started the largest secret santa program and on January 11,2012 along with Wikipedia and WordPress participated in a 12 hour blackout in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).Which company am I talking about?

REDDIT!!

4. This fictional character was created by the cartoonist while waiting in the lobby. The name is an anagram of word meaning spoiled child. It is voiced by actress Nancy Catwright. Time named _____ one of the “100 most important people of the 20th century” . Michael Jackson wrote a song about ____ which was no 1 song in the UK for three weeks. ____ appeared in commercials for Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC ….. In 2009 the US Postal Service unvailed stamps in recognition of __________Name this famous character

BART SIMPSON

5. “ I die! I die! I live! I live! I die! I die! I live! I live! This is the hairy man , who fetched the sun, and caused it to shine again, one upward step! Another upward step! An upward step, another…….the sun shines!”

How do we know this better?

It is actually the lyrics of a song for Haka dance. Taken from the maori tribes of New Zeland this translated version was made popular by the National Rugby team of New Zeland when they started dancing for this song before the match starts.

6. The picture aside shows a “Proton Pack”, it has a hand-held wand ("Neutrino Wand" or particle thrower) connected to a backpack-sized particle accelerator. It fires a positively charged stream of protons that attract the negatively charged energy, allowing it to be held in the stream while active. How do we know this better?OrWhere do we see it being used popularly?

GHOSTBUSTERS

7. While the Red Fort was being constructed , lack of drinking water worried emperor Shahjahan. He summoned one of his trusted nobles, Ali Mardhan Khan, to find a solution. Khan, well versed in the art of digging canals renovated an old canal and renamed it Faiz Nahar. When the canal was renovated in the time of Mohammed Shah, everyone was happy except the emperor’s physician Hakim Ali. On being summoned to explain his sorrow , he submitted that the canal should be closed as it could cause stomach disorders; or citizens of delhi should follow his prescription. How does his prescription live on today?

DELHI CHATS. It was originally prepared with items that cured/prevented stomach ailments mainly through spices used. I think the maggi tagline is so apt for this; “Taste bhi, Health bhi”

8. Connect

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES AMD

9. Complete the top ten list

1._________________2.People’s liberation army (army)3.Walmart4.McDonald’s5.China National Petroleum Corporation6.State Grid Corporation Of China7.National Health Services(England)8.Indian Railways9.China Post10.Hon Hai Precision Industry

Ans: USDD It was the list of top 10 employers in world (by number). It includes both corporates and non corporates. Topping the list is US Department of Defence.

10.In the Greek mythology, the famous war was waged by the Greeks against the city of Troy. After relentless battle for 10 years, troy finally fell due to a clever ploy. The Greeks constructed a huge wooden _____ and the soldiers hid under it to enter the city of Troy. Then they would open the gates for rest of the army thereby bringing the war to an end. Now in modern times, the same idea is used where an user allows a foreign software to enter his system and leave it defenceless.What ploy and virus type am I talking about?

TROJAN HORSE

11. It is a very important travel accessory especially for single female travelers. According to reports the idea of such a thing is basically derived from the Spartans dating back to 428BC when they burned wood with pitch and sulphur to create poisonous fumes. Also, during Japan’s Tukagawa Empire , police used the ‘Mitsubishi’ a box that did a similar job as it is used now a days. Which travel accessory are we talking about?

PEPPER SPRAY

Identify the bowler from this bizarre but legendary fielding set up.

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DENNIS LILLIE. This is from a match played against New Zeland. The batsman is Dale Hadlee.

13.Apart from Khans what else connects these movies?

All the movies shown here are Home Productions.

14. _____ ___ is an intentional hidden message, feature or a joke in programs, games, web pages etc. It first appeared in the game Adventure by Atari where a pixel dot appeared and allowed the player to walk through walls, displaying the game designer’s name.Excel 95 had a doom like action game.VLC media player’s traffic cone logo changes to a cone wearing a Santa's hat during Christmas.More recently typing the words “let it snow” in Google search causes snow fall and frosting of the screen.This term gets its inspiration from western customs where it is the symbol of the rebirth of the earth during springWhat am I talking about?

EASTER EGGS

15. MICO- Motor Industries Company is the former name of Bosch India a part of Bosch which celebrated it’s 125th anniversary of global operations in November,2011. It’s origin can be traced back to 1922 when it’s manufacturing plant was set up in Bangalore to cater to Chennai based Ashok Leyland. During the early years of it’s establishment the company was ridiculed by outsiders as _________ ___________ company, just because the workforce here was dominated by people belonging to a particular sect and region. This ridicule did no harm to the abbreviation. Fill in the blanks.

MADRAS IYENGARS.

16. Complete

ANDROID JELLY BEAN

“Even as a child I was drawn to team sport. The fun and friendships shared with teammates , joy and sorrow of winning or losing together the ability to get along with others are things familiar to anyone who has played even the most basic level of any sport…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

In his book called The Sacred Hopes , Phil Jackson the legendary coach of Chicago Bulls , quotes Rudyard Kipling:

For the strength of the pack is the Wolf and the strength of Wolf is the pack.That I think , sums it up rather nicely.” -Rahul DravidRahul Dravid obliged the authors of a certain book to write the ‘ last word’ as a

result was the above stuff, which the authors describe as a wonderful after mint. Identify both the book and the authors for full point.

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A wonderful book!! Suggested reading for sports and biz enthusiasts.

18.Name the event for which this structure is being built. This is obviously an artistic image!

Rio de Janerio- 2016 Summer Olympics. It is called Rio Solar city Tower / Olympic tower(locally)

19. In Greek mythology, ______ was the first woman to be “made” on earth. She was gifted with special characteristics from each God. She was “made” as a part of the punishment for mankind (No offence) . Although the meaning of her name means “All Gifted” and as some historians believe “All Giving” , but all that she gave to mankind is evil – such as plague and diseases thereby satisfying her reason for creation. Now her name is usually associated with “pithos” which roughly translates to a jar/box . Now it means to expose oneself and others to chaos and unexpected problemsFor ex : The VC refused to discuss the matter as it would open the _______ ___”What's her name?

Pandora

Pandora’s box

20. This popular playback singer was born on 3rd January 1981 in Mumbai. He is an active singer in all south Indian languages and the vocalist of a fusion band called ‘Dhwani’ based in Mumbai. He was spotted by AR Rahman during Channel V ‘s reality talent show ‘Super Singer’ and thus made his debut through the song “Mayilirage” from the tamil movie Anbe Aaruyire in 2005. In 2006 he lent his vocals to a hindi song which became an instant hit. He won the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and the Filmfare award for Best Male Debut in music (RD Burman award) for this song. He is one of the few playback singers (probably the only) to have accomplished such a feat in professional debut singing year for the same song. ID him and the song.

Singer: Naresh IyerSong: “Roobaaroo”

21. The _____ ____ is the supercomputer designed and developed by IBM. This was the 2nd computer designed to play chess. It was succeeded by the more successful and powerful Deep Blue. It is named after the fictional supercomputer appearing in “The Hitchhikers‘ guide to the Galaxy” which gave answer to the ultimate question “What is the purpose of life ?”Name this computer?

DEEP THOUGHT

22. Firstly enjoy the video of our Saar. After you stop laughing, find some time to identify the AD!!!

The guy on the left is Ijad Machissch a Harvard graduate, virologist and computer scientist is the founder of a firm called Research Gate. Started in 2008 with few features it attracted several million dollars in venture capital from the original investors of eBay, Twitter, facebook and many more. A year ago Research Gate had 12 employees now about 70 and hiring. Based in Berlin it is modelled after silicon valley start ups. Every employee owns a part of this company (atleast until now it is so) . What is this company’s claim to fame?

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First social networking website exclusively for scientists.

24. Tie the knots….

All are Sports teams of Los Angeles

25.X is a spin-out from the SRI International Artificial Centre, an off shoot of DARPA funded CALO project. X is an intelligent software assistant and knowledge navigator.X is dubbed as a superior office and personal “assistant.X landed in a controversy after it suggested giving directions to abortion clinics and what not.X also recently appeared in the latest episode of “The Big Bang Theory”, where Rag has a relationship with “X”.You all probably now what I am talking about. What I need is the male version of X which is available in the UK voiced by Jon Briggs

DANIEL

26.He was the first recipient of the title of ‘Ambassador of Interlaken’. He was also honoured by naming a train of the popular tourist railway network jungfrau railways after him. The only other person to have a train of jungfrau railways named after him is it’s founder Adolf Guyer-Zeller. In addition to this a luxury suite and spa at the Victoria-Jungfrau grand hotel carries his name. All this has been done in view of his outstanding contribution to tourism development in Switzerland, particularly in Interlaken . Who is he?

Yash Chopra. He brought out the heavenly beauty of Switzerland on screen through his movies as a director and producer.

27. This was founded by a French scientist Nicholas Bion, before being worked upon by many different companies in Paris but now it has been bought and adopted by ‘nine network Australia’. This uses the same technology developed in the military for tank and jet fighter tracking. It was first used on 23 november 2006 at a very famous place in Brisbane. Though widely appriciated, it has its own share of critisisms for not being accurate at times and being highly expensive (6000$ per day for two of these ,10000$ for four of them ). Name it.

Hotspot cameras (popular name)/ basically IR cameras. First used in sports during 2006 Ashes at the ‘GABBA’.

28. Connect

STEVE JOBS

29.Name the regularly used substance(not by us) , according to Indian law which was (and perhaps, still is ) made by ‘saturating the linseed oil when brought to the boiling point with the lamp black and then adding the vinegar .This whole thing must be then boiled. The addition of turpentine will speed up the drying of the impression’.

Ink used by post offices to mark postal stamps. Prepared using two parts of lamp black, four parts of linseed oil and three n half parts of vinegar.

30. In 1930’s The Times , a British newspaper, were facing lot of problems. They were highly criticized for being badly print and typographically antiquated. It was slightly illegible and there was shortage of space. So in 1931 Victor Lardent discovered a technology which would do away with all their problems . This discovery not only helped Times but it helped save a lot of paper for all the newspapers. It became so successful that even now this same “discovery” is still used. What am I talking about?

TIMES NEW ROMAN

31. A well known editor cum owner of a weekly Kannada tabloid , owner of an educational institution also known for voicing a popular TV show few years back recently set up his own venture the name of which abbrivates to that of a global media and entertainment network. Name the venture ,thus you will be naming him also.

BBC- ‘Belagere Books n Coffee’ at Gandhi Bazar

32.All of you recognize this pose, but from which film is this taken from

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

33)

• Blagging, Blatching, Blurting, Bumphing, Cobbing, Haversacking, Flacking, Skinning, Stooging….are among the 700 fouls which can be committed in this game. Name the game.

QUIDDITCH

34)Method to prepare what ?

• (i) Excavate table to 280 mm.• (ii) Lay strips of plastic down the edges of the excavation .• (iii) Add crushed stone to a depth of 150 mm. Compact the stone and then score

the surface.• (iv) Apply 40 mm fine to medium gravel. Wet and compact. Score the surface.• (v) Complete filling with 90 mm of bulli, firming the material while

filling. (Fertiliser, and particularly phosphate, could be mixed in with the bulli at filling to promote root growth. The amount needed can be determined from analysis).

• (vi) If necessary, apply potash on the surface.• (vii) Plant sprigs 40 mm apart or spread sprigs over the area after watering, cover

with a thin (5 mm) layer of finely crushed bulli .• (viii) Once established, topdress to level three or four times.• (ix) Fertilise monthly, irrigating the fertiliser . Apply, in alternate months, 60

grams of 3.1.5 and 30 grams sulphate of ammonia per square metre.

The Cricket Pitch.

• 35)Captain Colonel X of the USAAF, the planner of Y, recounted in his autobiography that the Y was intended to bolster American morale and to cause the Japanese to begin doubting their leadership:“The Japanese people had been told they were invulnerable ... An attack on the Japanese homeland would cause confusion in the minds of the Japanese people and sow doubt about the reliability of their leaders.There was a second, and equally important, psychological reason for this attack ... Americans badly needed a morale boost.”

Name X and give me Y.( Specific name)

X is Captain James Doolittle.Y is The Doolittle Raid

36)Born into poverty and hardship, X is an unfortunate young boy. An orphan, he is sent to a workhouse at a tender age, forced to labor all day with very little to eat. X creates a scandal one day when he requests a second helping of the miserable gruel the workhouse children are fed. Thrown out of this sorry excuse for a home, is taken in as an undertaker's apprentice. Soon realizing that his fate has become no less desperate, Y runs away and finds himself under the wing of the London crime boss Y.

Name X. (Extra credits if you name Y too)

Oliver Twist.

• 37)As we are introduced to _________ theory that the ________, we accompany him on a journey to the various locations around the globe that led him to this conclusion. We start off in Bangalore, India, where he finds himself surrounded by advertisements of traditionally American companies such as Pizza Hut, Epson, HP and Texas Instruments during a round of golf. Traveling with a crew from the Discovery Times channel, he encounters Indian workers and businesspeople working for American companies, speaking in American accents and even adopting American names in their own country. A visit to Infosys Technologies Ltd leaves ________ in wonder at the massive conferencing system they have created that allows people from around the globe to congregate and collaborate in one giant room via satellite and teleconferencing technology.

Name the book and the author.

Thomas Friedman.The World Is Flat.

• 38)The International Date Line sits on the 180º line of longitude in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and is the imaginary line that separates two consecutive calendar days. It is not a perfectly straight line and has been moved slightly over the years to accommodate needs (or requests) of varied countries in the Pacific Ocean. Note how it bends to include all of Tokelau, Samoa, Tonga and X in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Name X.

Kiribati

39)

• Melchior (also Melichior), a Persian scholar• Caspar (also Gaspar, Jaspar, Jaspas,

Gathaspa,and other variations), a Indian scholar

• Balthazar (also Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea), an Arabian scholar.

How do we know them more famously?

The 3 wise men who visited Jesus in his manger.

• 40)The ‘thing’ the X held in his hand was a glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than a small clock, and very delicately made. There was ivory in it, and some transparent crystalline substance. It looked singularly askew, and there was an odd twinkling appearance about this bar, as though it was in some way unreal.' X pointed to the part with his finger. `Also, here is one little white lever, and here is another....‘, he said. The 2 levers had completely opposite operations.

Name the ‘thing’.

Time Machine

• 41). Adele’s debut album was called 19. And her recent phenomenon is called 21. Whats the funda of naming them so?

• Adele was aged 19 when she started to write ‘19’ and was aged 21 when she began to write ‘21’.

• 42)During a public exhibition demonstrating the safe handling of nuclear laboratory waste materials, sponsored by General Techtronics Corporation, a small organism happened to be in path of a particle accelerator’s beam and was massively irradiated. The stricken organism fell and attacked an individual in self defense. How do we know this event more famously as?

The birth of Spiderman.

• 43)In the FIFA World Cup Final( one of the most boring matches of the tournament, thanks to Xavi and others) Andres Iniesta scored the winner at 116 mins(a.e.t). He dedicated his goal to a stricken former team mate and friend by revealing a message on his t-shirt which said “_________ is always with us” . This friend died a month after he was named captain of his football club in 2009. Name the ‘friend’ and the club.

Dani Jarque of Espanyol.

• 44)We all know of that tragic Munich air disaster which occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 608 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with a number of supporters and journalists. United were returning from a European match against _________ , but had to make a stop in Munich for refueling, as a non-stop trip from Belgrade to Manchester was out of the "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador aircraft's range

Fill the blank.

Red Star Belgrade.

• 45)8th December 1980, was a fateful day for the entire Music Fraternity. John Lennon was Murdered by Mark David Chapman. The perpetrator used a Charter arms .38 special revolver for the execution. It was reported that the perpetrator, after shooting Lennon, dropped the revolver to the ground and was holding a paperback book . Chapman had scribbled a message on the book's inside front cover: "To Holden Caulfield. From Holden Caulfield. This is my statement." He would later claim that his life mirrored that of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the book. Name the book.

The Catcher In The Rye.

• 46)Malachite is a copper carbonate mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This green-colored mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses. Individual crystals are rare but do occur as slender to acicular prisms. Why would this ore appear in Wesley Sneijder’s dreams( We are only assuming it did, just for you to connect) ?

The base of the FIFA WC trophy is Malachite.

• 47.dictionary.reference.com defines this adjective as a word used as a nonsense word by children to express approval. The word was also used in a song with the same name in the 1964 Disney musical Mary Poppins. Give me the adjective.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

• 48.) He is a modern impressionistic artist who works mainly with a palette knife and oils. He developed his own unique technique and style which is unmistakable and cannot be confused with other artists. He is mainly known as being a self-representing artist who promotes and sells his work exclusively over the internet with very little exhibitions and involvement of dealers and galleries. Before the advancement of online sales and ebay, he was a struggling artist. Look at his works and name the artist.

Leonid Afremov.

49.ID her.

Patrizia D’addoria.

50.If I use these terms in my conversation with a friend, then what is the conversation about?

• 1.Huey2.Webbigail Wanderquack3. The Beagle Boys4. Flintheart Glomgold5. The Money Bin.