A monopod is a single pole used to support cameras and other precision instruments. It recently became very popular, with some calling it an 'X Stick'. Electric flyswatters were popular handheld devices in the late 1990s that used a high voltage circuit to kill insects. A US patent was awarded for this device.

1. Quiz Prelims
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2.  A monopod, also called a unipod, is a single
staff or pole used to help support cameras,
video cameras, binoculars, rifles or other
precision instruments in the field.
 Recently there was a huge demand for the
handheld monopod.
 People also started referencing the same as ‘X
Stick’.

4.  Recently Disney added this tribute at the end
of the movie ‘Aladdin’.

6.  Robert Cornelius (picture
on the right) was the first
known man to do
something. It became a
common practice in social
networking sites,
especially since the time
of Myspace.
 Last week, the American
Psychiatric Association
(APA) finally declared it as
a mental disorder.
 What?

8.  Malaysian Airlines flight that vanished from
the radar screens over the South China Sea
was coded as?

10.  Who or what is the ‘baby’ in this recent
newspaper headline: At 66, Mother India
gets ready for her 29th baby?

12.  Identify the multi-national company from
Korea? Came on India in 1995.

14.  These hand held devices became popular worldwide
in the late 1990s. A US Patent was awarded to
Taiwanese inventor Tsao-i-Shih in 1996 for this
device.
 The handle contains batteries and a charging
mechanism that generates high voltage. The circuit is
composed of an electronic oscillator, a step-up
transformer and a voltage multiplier, similar to the
circuit in an electroshock weapon or a stun gun, but
with much lower power.
 What device?

15.  Electric Flyswatter / The World Famous
Mosquito Bat .

16.  In the following
picture is an
advertisement of a
shampoo product by
Park Avenue.
 What is the unique
ingredient in this
product they are
advertising?

18.  Where would you find the following?
 1) The City,
 2) The Peninsula,
 3) Pacific Coast Highway,
 4) Sierra Nevada, and
 5) Napa Valley.

20.  Identify
all
three.

21.  Arvind Kejriwal
 Narendra Modi
 Rahul Gandhi

22.  It is a cold and sweet
beverage made by mixing
rose syrup with vermicelli
noodles, psyllium (ispaghol)
or basil (sabza/takmaria)
seeds, jelly pieces and
tapioca pearls along with
either milk, water or ice
cream.
 What Hindi phrase is
originated from this
beverage?

25.  Blue Eyes
 Lungi Dance
 Char bottle vodka
 Baby doll

26.  This book was written on the founders of
which famous start-up?

28.  http://24hoursofhappy.com/ is the website
for a song by an American singer-songwriter,
rapper, record
producer, musician, and fashion designer
Pharrell Williams .
Why is the website/song unique?

30. Identify the 'complan BOY and complan GIRL'...?(A very
old AD,probably featuring in Doordarshan)

31. Answer
SHAHID KAPOOR AND AYESHA TAKIA

34.  Whom did Barack Obama write this letter
to?

35. Life of Pi.

36. 14) What is being
assembled here?

37. Statue of Liberty

38.  Which famous photograph did Kolkata
Traffic Police use in an awareness
campaign about road crossing?

39. Abbey Road cover.(The
Beatles)

40.  Which product?

41. Goaogle Glass

42. Connect.

43. Devdas

44.  The use of this word/phrase X was first reported in
1919 by the British admiral Lord Fisher, in a letter
to then Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
 A small excerpt from the letter says,
“I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the
tapis – X! Shower it on the admiralty!”
 ID X.

45. First use of “OMG” for “Oh My
God!”

46. Which company’s is this???

47. Bajaj

48. Time Magazine Person of the Year:
1930- Mahatma Gandhi
1938- Adolf Hitler
1982- ??
2010- Mark Zuckerberg

49. The Computer

50.  ____ __ ___ ___ is a 2013 American comedy
film written and directed by Seth Rogen and
Evan Goldberg in their directorial debut,
starring an ensemble cast including Rogen,
James Franco, Jonah Hill as fictional versions
of themselves in the aftermath of a global
apocalypse.
 The film was released on June 12, 2013, and
was a critical and commercial success.
 Name the movie (4,2,3,3). Also, last question.