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DATE-14/02/2014 QUESTIONS BY- ABIR BHATTACHARYAWITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SAMRAT ROY, SAYANTAN BHATTACHARJEE, SRIJAK BHATTACHARYA

Rules26 Questions.Last 5 questions are star marked .Each question carries 1 markEach answer starts with a different letter of the alphabetTop 6 teams qualify to the finalsIn case of a tie, the team which answers more starred questions correctly qualifiesIn cases of a further tie,i.e teams answering the same number of starred questions, the team with the first mistake is eliminated

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Question 1X is India’s all-time joint-top scorer in the AFC Cup(club competition), along with Bhaichung Bhutia (each scoring 4 goals), X holds the record for most goals by an Indian in a single edition.Identify X.

ANSWER LALRINDIKA RALTE

Question 2 This term was first used in speech in 1873. It was first used in print in 1876, in Putnam's Magazine.

One of the earliest books to use the word was The Home and Farm Manual, written by Jonathan Periam in 1883. In that work, Periam used the term several times to denote an ill-bred and ignorant, but ostentatious, man from the city.

The term is generally used to denote an individual, typically male, particularly somebody well dressed or who has never lived outside a big city. Which term?

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Question 3 This is a common cocktail drink, erroneously reputed to cure hangovers due to its combination of a heavy vegetable base ,salt and alcohol.

It contains combinations of other spices and flavorings including Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, piri piri sauce, beef consommé or bouillon,celery, olives, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and celery salt.

What are we talking about?

ANSWER BLOODY MARY

Question 4 AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars is a list of the top 50 greatest screen legends in American film history, which included 25 male and 25 female stars. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 15, 1999, with 50 actors making the presentations. Who was ranked one in the Male Legends list?

Hint:- As of January 2015, only Kirk Douglas, Sophia Loren, and Sidney Poitier are still living of the 50 stars listed.

ANSWER=HUMPHREY BOGART

Question 5 Developed by Joe Armstrong, Robert Virding and Mike Williams in 1986, it was originally a proprietary language within Ericsson, but was released as open source in 1998. WhatsApp uses it to run messaging servers, achieving up to 2 million connected users per server. What are we talking about?

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Question 6 Who was the the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power? He is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career. He spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.

ANSWER=FELIX BAUMGARTNER

Question 7 This TV show entered the Guinness Book of World Records for filming an entire episode named "The Inheritance" in a single shot of 111 minutes without a single cut. The episode was shot on 8 October 2004 and was telecast on Sunday, 7 November 2004, without a break. Identify the famous TV show.

ANSWER=CID

Question 8 Which breed of dog is this?

ANSWER=XOLO

Question 9 Serialised weekly from January 1930 to 1940 in Le Petit Vingtième it is a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé .The series ran alongside Hergé's better known The Adventures of Tintin. It revolves around the lives of two misbehaving boys who live in Brussels, and the conflict that they get into with a local policeman. They even made short appearances in The Adventures of Tintin books. PICTURE IN NEXT SLIDE

ANSWER=QUICK & FLUPKE

Question 10 The phrase ______ is named after The Greek King of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC during the ______ War.

A _______ inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a _________has been victorious in some way; however, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit

ANSWER=PYRRHIC VICTORY

Question 11 IDENTIFY THIS LEGEND

ANSWER=MRINAL SEN

Question 12 This cricketer was named by his father as a tribute to some legendary cricketers. His middle name is Jaivishwa which is a tribute to M. L. Jaisimha; and Gundappa Vishwanath.His first name is same as that of a Caribbean cricketing legend. Id this cricketer who seldom uses his middle name.

ANSWER = ROHAN GAVASKAR

Question 13 Gideon Sundback, a famous Swedish-American Engineer is most commonly associated with his work in the development of a very often used thing.

On 24th April 2012, Google dedicated a doodle to him, depicting his invention.

What are we talking about?

ANSWER=ZIPPER

Question 14 Identify the cartoonist. (Give the popular pseudonym)

ANSWER=TIGNOUS

Question 15 This 2014 film marked the acting debut of which celebrity?

ANSWER=IRINA SHAYK

Question 16 Which company’s former logo is this ?

ANSWER=YAMAHA

Question 17 What are Kim Sasabone, Denise Post-Van Rijswijk, Robin Pors and Donny Latupeirissa popularly known as?

ANSWER=VENGABOYS

Question 18 There are two major versions of his birth and several versions of his death.He appears briefly in both Odyssey and Illiad. Italian composer Francesco Cavalli wrote an opera in his honour, Science fiction author Ben Bova re-invented him as a time-traveling servant of various gods in a series of five novels.

Who is this famous mythological hunter?

ANSWER=ORION

Question 19 What instrument is Marilyn Monroe playing?This 4 stringed instrument originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of the machete, a small guitar-like instrument.In Hawaiian the name roughly translates as "jumping flea."

ANSWER=UKULELE

QUESTION 20 Identify this animal.

ANSWER=WOLVERINE

Question 21 Which organ does this cartoon depict?

ANSWER=GALL BLADDER

Question 22(***) Tamil is an Object-Verb-Subject language. Which famous fictional language shares this characteristic with Tamil in order to make the language more counter-intuitive?

ANSWER=KLINGON

Question 23(***) Zero Mile Stone is a monument locating the geographical center of colonial India in the city of _______. The Zero Mile Stone was erected by the British who used this point to measure all the distances. The Zero Mile Stone consists of four horses and a pillar made up of sandstone. In 2008, The Times of India undertook to maintain the monument for the next 5 years.

FITB

ANSWER=NAGPUR

Question 24(***) X is a small village located in northeastern India. The village is lush green and scenic, surrounded by serene mountains but is well-known for an entirely different reason which occurs between September and November after sunset, between 7 and 10 pm. The phenomenon was first observed by the Zeme Nagas, the inhabitant tribe of the region in the early 1900s. It frightened them so badly that they sold their land to Jaintias and left the place in 1905. The new inhabitants also observed the phenomenon, but interpreted it as a gift from God. Many experts conclude that it occurs due to monsoon fog, but many others discarded this theory. This mystery is also responsible for a boost in tourism during the monsoon months. To promote tourism, district authorities have created a festival around the phenomenon. What are we talking about?

ANSWER=JATINGA BIRD MYSTERY

QUESTION 25(***)Connect these movies through one person. (List is not exhaustive )

ANSWER=SAMARESH BASU(MOVIES BASED ON HIS WORKS)

Question 26(***) X was born on 9 October 1973,he comes from a family of eminent jurists. His paternal grandfather was a Congress leader. His maternal grandfather was a leader of the opposition in their state for many years. X’s father has been a BJP member and contested the 1998 Lok Sabha Polls. X completed his Master's degree from Oxford University where he was a Felix Scholar, he was a visiting fellow at the Cambridge University. X has also written a book named “Combating Terrorism:- The Legal Challenge”. X has been awarded several times for excellence in his field.

Identify X.

ANSWER=ARNAB GOSWAMI