Yagna Dhruva Second Dry Round

1. Whose ad?

And the answer is

2. What is this?

And the answer is

New Zealand Flag referendum

3. Who? On September 5 , 2012 he asked Alex

Ferguson whether he could join Manchester United after retiring from his current sport.

In August 2013, he wanted to meet with David Moyes, to keep his dream alive.

In January 2016 , on being asked about it, he replied that he would want to wait until Van Gaal went out .

And the answer is

Usain Bolt

4. Kanhaiyya kumar in his comeback speech explained about how M S Gowalker met X , while , historians pointed out that it was B S Moonje who met X in 1931 right after the round table conference. Who is X?

And the answer is

Benito Mussolini

5. Who or what? ___________ usually translated as "self-

reliance", is the official political ideology of ______, described by the regime as X’s "original, brilliant and revolutionary contribution to national and international thought". The idea states that an individual is "the master of his destiny“ and that the masses are to act as the "masters of the revolution and construction".

And the answer is

Juche X – Kim Il Sung

6. The term _____ is used to denote a wide geographical region spanning a few countries, bounded by sea on the west, mountains to the north and desert to the east and south.The term originated from the french word for the “rising”,denoting the rising of the sun thus signifying its location relative to France who enjoyed suzerainty over much of the area for a brief period, During this period the nations from the region were collectively known as the ____ states.While the term has continued to be used in academic circles ,interest in it has been rekindled by its use by a well known organisation to refer to itself in its rise to prominence.

And the answer is

Levant

7. Possible origins for what? “Sometimes it is the wind which blows the pollen dust

from one plant to the other, and sometimes it is the bees gathering honey from the flowers. As they suck the honey from the blossoms some of the plant dust sticks to their legs and bodies, and as they go to another plant in search of sweets this is rubbed off and so the parts of the father and mother plant get together and the seed is made fertile”- Emma Drake – Story of Life

“All nature seems at work ... The _____ are stirring—_____ are on the wing ... and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing”- Samuel Coleridge.

“Let’s do it, Let’s fall in love” – Cole Porter

And the answer is

The famous birds and the bees story.

8. Which institution? This institution used to be inside the

Fort in the Barracks of the Nair Brigade . It was moved to its current location for a

special reason. The officers, being religious , used to conduct the expiation of their sin in the nearby temple . Also the relatives of the deceased used to come to this temple and do the final rites ceremony.

And the answer is

Right Next Door!!!

9. Which country adopted it as the national animal?

During a research, a historian found that the Unicorn was believed to be the natural enemy of the lion - a symbol that the English royals adopted around a hundred years before.

According to folklore, the lion and the unicorn hate each other - a tradition going back to the ancient Babylonians in 3,500 B.C.

The second natural enemy? The elephant. “It was always said that the unicorn would always

defeat the elephant, that it had this immense strength to it, even despite its diminished size, it couldn’t be beaten by something as large and powerful as an elephant.

And the answer is

10. Whose IMDB page?

And the answer is

Raghuram Rajan!!!

11. On 13 November, 1995 the Managing

Director of India’s firs private airlines was shot dead in his Mumbai Office by the gang belonging to Chota Rajan.

He was killed as a revenge against whom?

And the answer is

Dawood Ibrahim

12. Id his claim to fame According to his LinkedIn profile, he holds a

BBA degree from Western Sydney University, Australia and has completed his MBA degree from Amity University in Noida.

His LinkedIn profile also says he was the General Manager of Marketing at Shaw Communications for nine years. Which is strange as he was born in 1987, which means he would mean he's been working since he was 19-years-old.

And the answer is

Freedom 251- Mohit Goel

13. Explanation on what? Only small parts of the foam actually catch fire,

although it’s not clear how it begins. Chemical reactions could be causing the foam to combust, while the fire could be due to methane building up on the surface of the water. But experts have said just a cigarette thrown in the lake would be enough to ignite it.

Winds also pick up the foam and send it across the nearby city, causing a significant problem. The exact health hazards are not known – but considering it originated from a mixture of water, chemicals, and sewage, it’s probably not good.

And the answer is

Bengaluru lake fire

14.Which page did loser.com redirect to in 2016??

2000 – Al Gore 2002 – Jim Hodges 2008- Obama 2010- Wikileaks 2012 – Reddit 2015- Kanye West 2016 - ??????

And the answer is

Whoever he is!!!

15. Id the infamous guy. Only a fraction of Xs thousands of victims have

gotten all of their money back. Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee in the case, has recovered more than $9.5 billion of the $20 billion in stolen assets.

Even now, nobody knows when Xs scheme started. Some say 1987, some say 1992.

X didn't actually steal $65 billion. He stole $20 billion and told the customers that it made $65 billion.

Life in prison isn't so bad, said X. But he still can't sleep since his son committed suicide in 2010.

And the answer is

Bernie Madoff.