1. Quiz-12- THE MEGA QUIZ

2. Before starting Reliance, which
textile company did Dhuraibai
Ambani start?

3. Which Indian city is called
‘Mayanagari’.

4. Which is the largest copper
producing country in the world?

5. Which Indian politician has written
a quiz book on animals and another
on origin of Hindu names?

6. If a friend offers you akoori
(scrambled eggs on toast) which
community would he belong to?

7. Which state has the largest number
of Lok Sabha seats?

8. Imagine you are travelling to New
Delhi by road. With respect to
which landmark are distances to
capital measured (i.e., if the
milestone read 0 kilometers from
New Delhi, where would you be?)

9. What mode of transport was
discontinued in Chennai in 1953?

10. Who is the only Chief Minister to
have spent more then 4 terms in
office?

11. If an army officer has 3 stars on his
car plate, what is his rank?

12. In which state of India would you
celebrate a festival 3 times a year?
(or)
What is the festival’s name?

13. Which well known car brand (also
seen on Indian roads) has it’s
headquarters in Turin, Italy?

14. Name the mode of transport that
San Francisco and Kolkata have in
common?

15. Who was issued India’s first pilot’s
license in 1929 and flew the first
commercial flight in 1931 from
Karachi to Mumbai?

16. Which comic book hero’s name is
(real) Peter Parker

17. On what rather special day is
Superman’s birthday?

18. What is a lacy edged fluffy pancake
(rice) cooked in cast iron kadai and
an excellent accompiant to stew,
fish and meat curry?

19. Edam is a type of ________
(Related to food)

20. Which is the most widely cultivated
fruit?

21. Americans call this dish as edible
oatmeal. What do we call it?

22. In a Bengali Household when are
ananda narus eaten?

23. Which country is considered the
birth place of pizza?

24. If Mumbai is known for halwa and
Tirupathi for it’s laddu then what is
Kolkata known for?

25. Which popular snack of buns and
meat is named after a city in
Germany?

26. On a visit to London he forgot his
brief case in an underground
railway carriage. It contained an
English translation of his work. He
contacted the railway authorities
and got it back in the Lost property
Office the next day. He won the
Nobel Prize for Literature the next
year. Who are we referring to?

27. Which film star has the maximum
books written about him?

28. Which film had the largest extras?
(Hint: It was made in 1982)

29. When he played the role of a tramp
what did Charlie Chaplin carry?

30. If not in your geometry book where
would you find radius and ulna?

31. Give one word for a code inserted
into a computer program to spread
and corrupt the stored information.

32. Which Indian cricketer once said ‘ I
always wanted to be a bus driver, I
wonder what got me into cricket.’

33. At 1992 Barcelona Olympic
Games why were coconut shells
imported by Spain from India?

34. Chindirapet in north Chennai is
referred as country’s capital in
which sport?

35. If Lord Shiva’s abode is Kailash
who stays at Vaikunta?

36. Who invented Sanskrit and
Devanagari script according to
Hindu mythology?

37. In Puri of what wood is the image of
Jagannath made?

38. Which European country is
enclosed within the capital of
another country?

39. At which famous landmark would
you find Lake Ontario and Lake
Eric?

40. To which city would your uncle be
flying if his baggage had the label
‘CCU’?

41. If you were travelling past the
Bastasia Loop which hill station
would you be going towards?

42. In which country would you shop
with Escudos?

43. King Khalid International Airport
serves which city?

44. What is common between Arjuna,
Miramar, Calangute and Baga?

45. Which is the southern most capital
city in the world?

46. (a) I was originally named Mortimer
but my creator thought it was
serious and gave me my
present name.
(b) My first movie was
Steamboat Willie was made in
1928.

47. (a) Born in Lumbini, my parents are
Suddhodana and Maya.
(b) My first sermon at Sarnath
was about the Four Noble
Truths and the Eightfold Path
which formed the basis of the
religion I formed.

48. Which Indian politician was the first
to address the United Nations in
Hindi?

49. Which was the old capital of
Orissa?

50. Rajiv Bhatia is the original name of
which Indian actor?

51. Name the song playing and movie.