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Total sixteen questions & each correct answer
carries 10 marks both for direct & bonus
Q1 The guy Bernd Meylander, has
been doing something with
great distinction right from
2000. He was unavailable to
perform his usual “maintaining
peace” job only two times – once
in 2001 (due to injury), when he
was replaced by Marcel Fassler
and again in 2008 (due to
illness), when he was replaced
by Alex Wurz. What is the
profession of Meylander ?
A1
He is the safety car driver in Formula One.
 Simply connect by a single word.
Q2
A2

Ubuntu
The connect is
Desmond Tutu coined the term
Ubuntu Cola
Ubuntu operating system
 Q3
The _________ effect is a British analogy  which
compares the fame of _________ (same as the first
blank) with the economic success of the United
Kingdom’s financial services industries — especially
those clustered in the City of London. The point of
the analogy is that a national and international
institution can be highly successful despite the lack
of strong native competition.
A3
Wimbledon Effect
Q4
The modern X contains mostly Sodium
monofluorophosphate. It also contains
baking soda, enzymes, vitamins, herbs,
calcium sodium phosphosilicate and
hydrogen peroxide. But its origin can be
traced to about 4th Century A.D where it was
basically a mixture of Iris flowers and had a
Urine base to make up for the Ammonia
content. What?
A4
 Q5
This painting by Atul
Dodiya fetched 57.6
lacs in an art auction.
It is a tribute to X.
The painting bear the
signatures of all
other companions of
X except X himself.
Id X.
A5
X= Rahul Dravid -- the wall
 Simply connect the video piece with
Q6 the still.
A6
Two basic varieties of calendar.
Julian & Gregorian calendar
The clip belongs to the movie Julius Ceaser &
the still is of the pope Gregory the 13th
Q7
This phrase is supposed to have evolved from the
“sport” of tent pegging. Sikh warriors would attack
Mughal camps and remove the pegs of tents in
which the enemy was camped thereby trapping the
occupants under the heavy fabric of the tent. They
would then give the battle cry “________ ___
_______” to destroy temporary bridges so that the
Mughal wouldn’t be able to retaliate. In common
usage, when translated to English, it means “to
bring the house down”. What is the good phrase?
A7 Chak de Phatte
Q8 History states that scientists were puzzled on the
chemical structure of a particular compound . Its
mystery was solved when this man dreamt of a
snake swallowing its own tail. The compound has
a similar structure. What was the compound ?
Who is this man ?
A8

Kekule and BENZENE

 Q9
At the 1994 Monaco Grand Prix,
despite being the top two qualifiers,
Michael Schumacher (his first ever pole
position) and Mika Hakkinen, started
from the second row. Who occupied the
front row and why?
A9
Nobody. The first two spots were left empty and
were painted with a Brazilian and an Austrian flag
in memory of Ayrton Senna and Ronald
Ratzenberger, who had died in the previous
Grand Prix at Imola.
Q10.

What was the Occasion for this Google doodle?

A10
Mother’s Day
Q11
Which term in the IT sector refers to
people who have been laid off from a
multinational because their job has
been moved to India?
A11
Bangalored
Q12
When Duryll Cullinan was asked
who his favorite actors were, he
famously replied – Dustin
Hoffman and _____ _____in the act
of appealing. What is missing in
the blank space?
Clue: the missing words are quite generic
A12
 The Australian Bowlers
Q13
In November 2009, Thierry Henry’s infamous
handball sent France into the WC at the expense
of Ireland. A few days earlier Tiger Woods
rammed his car into a tree exposing more than he
would have liked. Federer lost in the ATP World
Tour at the hands of Nikolay Davydenko. Also,
Rahul Dravid was dropped from the Indian
cricket team. The media titled these sequence of
events as “The Curse of __________”.
 Gillette
A13
Q14
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.

A14
Dude
Q15
X’s other sporting claims to fame include being
home to X Union Club 72 (to be renamed X
Football Club from July 2010), a cycling race that
takes its name from the river Sarthe (on the banks
of which X lies) and, more recently, as Jo Wilfred
Tsongas's birthplace. But X is more famous for an
annual sporting event. Id X.
 Le Mans, the Le Mans 24
A15 Hour Race
 Which football club was greeted
Q16 with this birth day card by their
fans?
A16
Blackburn Rovers
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Total sixteen questions & rules follow as above
Q1
The history of the origin of this trophy is a checkered
one. Two names were put forward for this tournament.
One, in tribute of X; and the other, by flatterers of Y.
These two rival groups set about their business and
even prepared two separate trophies. By vote,
however, it was decided that it would be named the ‘Y
trophy’.
On the day of the final, Y himself was called to present
the trophy named in his honour. However, in an act of
almost rare generosity, Y handed over the ‘X trophy’.
The name X has been continuing till today. Id X & Y.
A1
X – Ranji
Y – Willingdon
Q2 Id the advertiser
A2
Q3
In 1899, George Crump, William Poultney Smith,
and his brother Ab Smith were playing together
when Crump hit his second shot only inches from
the cup after his first shot had struck a Z in flight.
Simultaneously, the Smith brothers exclaimed
that Crump's shot was "a Z." And from that day the
three of them referred to such a score as a "W." In
short order, the entire membership of the club
began using the term. What is W?
A3
“Birdie” in Golf
 Connect all the personalities from
different spectrum of life.
Q4
A4
Titles of movies named after
them.
Main Madhuri Dikshit Banna
Chahata Hu
Tere Bin Laden
Phas Gaye Re Obama
Being Malcovich
Q5
• "It took a lot of courage for him to befriend me in
front of Hitler... You can melt down all the medals
and cups I have and they wouldn't be a plating on
the twenty-four karat friendship that I felt for ___
_____ at that moment." —X expressed his
gratitude about Y who for his spirit of
sportsmanship, was posthumously awarded the
Pierre de Coubertin medal. Id X & Y
A5
X= Jessie Owens
Y= Lutz Long
Q6
The setting: Athens 2004, final of a particular event.
The prominent competitors - X, Pieter van den
Hoogenband and Y.
X was desperate to prove his detractors wrong after a
shock defeat to Hoogenband the last time they met,
when he was heavily favoured to win. Hoogenband,
the sport's quiet, unassuming competitor was out to
show that his victory over X was no fluke. Despite
this not being his favourite event, Y… was around.

X came first, Hoogenband came second, and Y

surprisingly, came fifth. Thus ended the 'race of the
century'. Id X & Y .
 X – Ian Thorpe
A6 Z – Michael Phelps.
Q7 What is so special about this
video clip? Put fundae.
A7
It is the world’s first video game
“Tennis for two”
Q8.
A bizarre term was used by the
journalists to describe the 1984 test match
series between West Indies and England,
in England, which West Indies won 5-0,
thus retaining the Wisden Trophy? What
was the term?
A8.
Blackwash as opposed to
the normal whitewash.
Q9
Born on March 2, 1944 in Tunisia, X’s
World Cup career spanned five matches
including an appearance in a Round of 16
match between Denmark and Spain.

However, all these distinctions faded

into irrelevance due to what X claimed
was an adverse reaction to the treatment
X was receiving for a latent
haemorrhoidal condition which caused
X’s medium-distance vision to suddenly
become unfocused, causing X to miss Y. Id
X,& explain Y?
A9

Ali Bin Nasser (X),

the referee who
missed Maradona’s
“Hand of God” goal
at the 1986 World
Cup (Y).
 Id the sport. Please be specific.
Q10
A10
Futsal
Q11
Located on the Right Bank of the Seine,
it was begun as a fortress by Philip II in
the 12th century. It’s name is supposed to
mean “A wolf hunting den”. Since, 10
August 1793, it has been used for its
current purpose. It amassed 8.5 Million
visitors in 2008, The highest for its kind.
What are we talking about?
A11 LOUVRE Museum
Q12 The typical hold of the ball in the air & then making a
dunk by jersey no 32 is a special term in Basketball being
derived from the cry (in French) of a circus acrobat about
to leap.  It was first used in the 1950s by the San Francisco
49ers of the NFL. However, this term gained widespread
use in this sport with Al Tucker and his brother Gerald at
Oklahoma Baptist University  sometimes being credited
with  the first use  mid-1960s. Id the term.
A12

Alley- oop
Q13
He is the son of Forsythe II.. He has a dog much
mistaken for a snack
His younger sister's called Jellybean...
He was seen first in December 1941 and stands at 6'1"
and weighs 140 lbs..
He's famously identified by his half closed eyes and
“S" sweatshirt and has the Morse code for “A”; a dot and
a dash, on his hat.
Id the character from the above informations.
A13
Q14
In the soon to be released fantasy, The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Tony
Waits is played by X. To incorporate for a
certain event, X’s role, i.e. Tony is
transformed by computer generated
imagery and is portrayed by 3 brilliant
actors viz. Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and
Colin Farrell. Who is X and what is the
event?
A14 X = Heath Ledger
& the event is his pre matured death
 Someone’s directorial debut . Id
Q15 the movie & the director?
 Dhobi Ghat & Kiran Rao
A15
 Q16
The character has
been immortalized
as the mascot of a
indoor sport. Name
the character & the
sport.
A16
Rich Uncle Pennybags & Monopoly