2. Q1.
This is a Swahili phrase that can be translated literally
as “There are no worries”. In 1980, the Kenyan band
Them Mushrooms released the Swahili song “Jambo
Bwana” (“Hello Mister”), which repeats the phrase in
its refrain. A few years later the German group Boney
M. covered the song.
The Play Station 3 game Afrika was renamed to this
in its Asian release. The phrase was made popular by
a Walt Disney animated movie.
8. Q3.
In an interview X said-
"The flush toilet may have been the most civilized
invention ever devised, but the Y is the next most
important"
Identify 'X' & 'Y'
X was inventor of Y
17. Q6.
What Is common to the following:
Dal Lake(Kashmir)
Gaube Lake (French Pyrenees)
Lake Chad (Chad)
Lake Nyassa (Malawi/Mozambique)
Lake Tahoe (Nevada/California)
Lake Hayq (Ethiopia)
19. Tautological names - all of
them essentially mean “lake”
(or rather “lake lake”).
20. Q7.
There are two primary contexts from which this 9
letter word may have arisen. One is that of the
courtier, and the other is that of the soldier. Either
way, the word may have come from the term for small
instruction-cards. Such things were given at different
times to people being presented at royal courts. They
were also given to soldiers billeted with ordinary
citizens in various parts of Europe. What word is this?
23. Q8.
'Sleepy John' is a Czech folk legend which tells the story of a useless
fellow who can do nothing but sleep. He happens to land in the king's
court due to magic, where the court is discussing the strange
disappearance of the Queen every night.
The Queen wears out a dozen pairs of shoes every night, yet no one
has ever been able to follow her. Sleepy John announces that he'll
follow her and find her secret. He uses his magic to track her down,
and discovers that she sneaks out of the palace every night to attend
a feast in Hell and ends up dancing with the devil till her dozen pairs
of shoes are worn out. John is rewarded with half the kingdom by the
King for tracking her exploits, and the Queen is swallowed by the
earth.
Where did most of us come across this story, in a slightly different
form?
26. Q9.
A recent $45 million deal has caused a great furore.
This deal is for product placement in an upcoming
movie. Fans say that this is proof that corporate
commerce has left nothing sacred and the franchise
shouldn’t tamper with a thing so closely associated
with it.
Explain.
28. The next Bond movie „Skyfall‟
will have Bond drinking
Heinekin instead of the
trademark martini.
29. Q10.
X is a well-known idiom in theatre which means “good
luck”. It is typically said to actors and musicians before
they go on stage to perform.
The expression reflects a theatrical superstition in
which wishing a person “good luck” is considered bad
luck.
Among professional dancers, the traditional saying is
not X, but “merde”, the French word for “shit”. Opera
singers use “Toi Toi Toi”, an idiom used to ward off a
spell or hex, often accompanied by knocking on wood,
and onomatopoeic, spitting.
32. Q11.
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.
35. Q12.
Robert Cade, Dana Shires, Harry James Free, and Alejandro de
Quesada were the medical researchers at the University of
Florida who created the original _____ in 1965. The Florida ******
football coach, Ray Graves, was frustrated with the performance of
his players during the hot summer football practices, and asked the
team doctor, one of Cade‟s associates, for his insight.
Cade and his research team came across the unique mix of
water, sodium, sugar, potassium, phosphate and lemon juice that is
now known as _____ in honor of the football team, the ******
The football team credited _____ with their first Orange Bowl win
over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1967, and the drink became
an instant phenomenon. The Yellow Jackets coach Bud Carson,
when asked why they lost, replied: "We didn‟t have _____. That
made the difference.”
What is the blank?
38. Q13.
Homo floriensis is a possible
species of extinct human found on
the island of Flores in Indonesia.
The first set of remains to be
found, LB1, has an estimated
height of 1.06m, and a brain
volume of 23 cu in.
What was the nickname given to
Homo floriensis.
41. Q14.
The X are annual awards created by Wendy Northcutt who holds a
degree in biology from Berkley.
The nominees for this award must meet five criteria:
1. Candidate must be dead or rendered sterile.
2. Candidate must have exhibited astoundingly stupid judgment.
3. Candidate must be the cause of one’s own demise.
4. Candidate must be capable of sound judgment.
5. The event must be verifiable.
Past winners include a man who jumped out of a plane to film
skydivers without a parachute on, a woman who crashed through
a window and fell to her death trying to demonstrate that the
window was unbreakable and a man who tried to fake his own
death to claim the insurance and actually ended up killing himself.
43. Darwin Awards
Named in honour of Charles Darwin, these commemorate
“those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves
from it.”
44. Q15.
Fictional Tweets.
Following are some fictional tweets which famous
historical figures may have tweeted had Twitter been
present in their time or had they been alive today.
Identify whose words these may have been.
