2. The first round happens to be a Mixed Bag
questionnaire.
Total of 20 Questions
Each carries +20 for a correct answer
A negative 10 for a wrong answer
3. On which website would you encounter this error
message?
4.
5.
6. Currently kept at the
entrance of the Madame
Tussaud’s Wax Museum at
London, whose statue is
this?
7.
8. What is unique about Anarchy, a new scent from Axe,
launched in January 2012?
9.
10. In 1995, this particular gentleman received the
national award for best coverage of science and
technology in mass media from National Council
for Science & Technology Communication
(NCSTC) under the Department of Science and
Technology.
Name this person, who recently passed away,
without whose works have been used by most of
us today.
11.
12. Since its inception, Oprah Winfrey has appeared
alone on the cover of each issue of ‘O: The Oprah
Magazine’.
The first shared cover was her April 2009 issue. With
whom did she share this cover?
13.
14. “__X__ __Y__ __Z__ is now a true British national
dish, not only because it is the most popular, but
because it is a perfect illustration of the way
Britain absorbs and adapts external influences. XY
is an Indian dish. The Z was added to satisfy the
desire of British people to have their meat served
in gravy.”
This is an excerpt from a speech delivered by
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook in 2001,
which came to be known as the XYZ speech.
What is XYZ?
15.
16. Often called India's Warren Buffet, he currently among India’s 50
richest individuals with a net worth of over Rs. 4000 crore.
He is also the chairman of Aptech Ltd. and the Hungama Digital media
Entertainment group.
ID this ‘Pied Piper of Indian Bourses’, who also has a “fake” blog and
Twitter account dedicated to him.
25. The Flipper Bridge
In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest
of China, they drive on the right
26. Q12
Born as Vijayalakshmi into a poor family in Eluru (in
Andhra Pradesh), she left school after the fourth
standard, determined to become a film star. Moving
in with her aunt in Madras (then the centre of the
South Indian film industry), she soon found a
sponsor who renamed her to avoid confusion with
the then reigning ‘cabaret dancer’ of the same name.
After garnering much notice and acclaim with her
first major role, in the Tamil movie Vandi
Chakkaram (The Wheel), in 1979, she added a prefix
after her character's name in the movie. She died in
1996, in what many believe to be a suicide caused by
her financial difficulties. Who?
28. Q13. It’s usually said that the human tongue
can detect only four basic tastes: sweet, sour,
bitter and salty, and that all tastes are
combinations of these. In recent years some
researchers have added a fifth taste, umami,
to the other four, though western food
scientists are divided about whether it really
exists or not.
What ingredient is usually used to provide
the umami?
Hint: Chinese Cuisine
33. In The Godfather, Vito Corleone was portrayed by
Marlon Brando. He was portrayed as a younger man in
The Godfather Part II by Robert De Niro. Both
performances won Academy Awards. Brando and De
Niro remain the only two actors to each win Oscars for
playing the same character.
34.
35.
36.
37. In T9, words that arise with the same numbers are called
textonyms.
Sorry for bad English :P
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45. The second round happens to be a Buzzer round.
Total of 6 Questions
Each carries +20 for a correct answer
A negative 10 for a wrong answer
No negative for pass questions
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59. The second round includes questions to identify logos
of different brands.
Total of 20 Questions
Each carries +20 for a correct answer
A negative 10 for a wrong answer
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84. •8 Questions for Each team
•60 seconds
•+10 for a correct one
•-5 for a wrong one
•You can pass an answer without a
negative marking
85.
86. Check out our new Online Quizzing Community on
Facebook
www.facebook.com/GreyKounts