The document summarizes the answers to trivia questions about various topics. Some of the questions answered include: - The Swedish word added to the dictionary referring to an outlandishly talented action is "slangbrott". - The IT company that took out ads urging people not to use its name as a verb is Microsoft. - The young actor who plays Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman is Jesse Eisenberg. - The classical South Indian painting style known for vibrant colors and gold foils is Tanjore painting. - The Indian airline that began operations in January 2015 with flights from Delhi is Vistara. - The production house named after a German word meaning

1. The Quiz
The Answers
S Manoj Karthick

2.  Sweden has added the verb X to their national
dictionary. The Swedish Language Council has
approved the term since it has been increasingly used
in conversation by Swedes referring to an outlandishly
talented action. The word was originally coined on Les
Guignols, a popular satirical puppet show - from
French station Canal Plus, whose characters were in
awe of the outlandishly talented action.
 What verb?

4.  How has Vishal Malhotra, a model from Delhi become
an over-night sensation and one of the most
recognisable face in the past few weeks ? Put funda.

6.  In 2010,a legendary IT company was concerned it
might lose its trademark, and in desperation, took out
a full page ad in newspapers, urging people to "Please
use our brand name only to identify our products, and
not as a verb or noun.
 Which company?
 Poster on Next Slide.

11.  Who is the Official Sponsor of the West Indies Cricket
Team for the CWC 2015 ?

13.  Which young actor plays the role of the Supervillian
Lex Luthor in the upcoming movie “Batman V
Superman: Dawn of Justice “ starring Ben Affleck as
Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman directed by
Zack Snyder. ?
 The first look poster was in the news recently.

17. Minimalist Poster for
which awesome movie ???

19.  X worked with Hot Wheels Design to create the
‘Spin King’, a limited edition car. The toy car was
part of their new ‘Designed by’ series and is the
first car designed by an Australian.
 In 2009 he ventured into the men’s underwear
category with the successful launch of Spinners in
Australia.

21.  What’s the gadget the guy is using ?
 It’s produced by Microsoft. From the world of VR.

23.  Critics suggested that her vocals were more developed and intriguing
than her songwriting, a sentiment with which she agreed. She has
stated: "I taught myself how to sing by listening to Ella Fitzgerald for
acrobatics and scales, Etta James for passion and Roberta Flack for
control. Her first album is of the soul genre, with lyrics describing
heartbreak and relationship. Her success occurred simultaneously with
several other soul singers, with the press dubbing her a new Amy
Winehouse. Her career was boosted by a Saturday Night Live
appearance in late 2008. At the 51st Annual Grammy Awards, She
received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance. She is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot
100 to have three simultaneous top 10 singles as a lead artist, and the
first female artist to simultaneously have two albums in the top five of
the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot
100. Her most famous track is featured in the James Bond movie
“Skyfall” for which she won an Oscar award.

25.  X was founded by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp in
2009 and the app was released the following June.
 It develops, markets and operates a mobile-app-
based transportation network also called X. The X app
allows consumers to submit a trip request, which is
routed to crowd-sourced taxi drivers. As of March 26,
2015, the service was available in 55 countries and more
than 200 cities worldwide. The app was recently
banned in India due to an incident in Delhi.

27.  Madurai celebrated its first Rainbow Festival and the
birth centenary of X with a program for high school
students focusing on various aspects in science and
gender diversity. It was organized by Srishti, the first Y
of Madurai, at Mahatma Montessori School. It was
inaugurated by the German rock band Panik through
video conferencing, it was attended by 600 students.
 Identify X and Y.

29.  _______ is a classical South Indian painting style, which
draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way
back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas under the
suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art—
chiefly, classical dance and music—as well as literature,
both in Telugu and Tamil and painting of chiefly Hindu
religious subjects in temples.
 They are characterised by rich, flat and vivid colors, simple
iconic composition, glittering gold foils overlaid on delicate
but extensive gesso work and inlay of glass beads and
pieces or very rarely precious and semi-precious gems.

31.  The X Store is an online store started in December, 2013. It
includes products like T- shirts; stationary material, masks,
kurtas and pen-drives etc. According to Live Mint, there are
plans to launch physical stores in major cities and that the
first brick and mortar store would be in Delhi or
Ahmedabad.
 The online store is from Take India Beyond Merchandising
Pvt. Ltd. which describes itself as a "merchandising brand
that goes beyond mere profits and tries to predict the
future of India". Interestingly, this comes in the wake of X-
inspired video games and mobile phone series that were
also launched in 2013.
 X???

33. An episode of American Dad featured a reality TV star as a pink fluffy alien
(Shown Above) who later transforms into her original self. Which Celeb ?
Hint : Think Silicone!

35.  India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a proposed particle
physics research project to primarily study atmospheric
neutrinos in a 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) deep cave under Ino Peak
near _______. This project is notable in that it is anticipated to
provide a precise measurement of neutrino mixing parameters.
The project is a multi-institute collaboration and one of the
biggest experimental particle physics projects undertaken
in India. The project is expected to be completed in 2015 at an
estimated cost of 1,500 crores .
 When completed, the INO will house the world's most massive
magnet, four times larger than the 12,500-tonne magnet in the
Compact Muon Solenoid detector at CERN in Geneva,
Switzerland.
 FITB.

37.  It is an Indian airline based in New Delhi with a hub at
the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The carrier
commenced operations on 9 January 2015 and operates
164 flights per week with 6 Airbus A320 aircrafts. The
Full service carrier was announced in 2013 and was
established as a joint venture between Tata
Sons and Singapore Airlines. It is the first carrier to
offer premium economy seats on domestic flights in
India.
 Which airline are we talking about ?

39.  This actor has the habit of shooting short films
starring his family members. One fine day, he and his
music director friend along with his family were seeing
the film, “Inglorious Basterds”. They were planning to
start a production house, and after getting inspired by
the film named their company after a German word.
Their production “Kaaka Muttai” recently won the
Best Children’s film and Best Child Actors awards at
the 62nd National Film Awards.
 Name the production house. Part points if you guess
the actor right.

41.  This is the Intro song from a popular American crime
drama series where the protagonists are in search of a
serial killer for 17 long years.
 ID the series.
 The series is based on an Anthology format.
 It was sensation on the web and praised by viewers and
critics alike.
 Artist: The Handsome Family.
 Album: Singing Bones.

46.  This Taiwanese electronic company X changed its
name to Y because ,the name Y meant the company
would appear be listed earlier also appear sooner in
the stock boards as the names of companies appear in
lexicographic order.
 Identify the company X.

48. The term Z was coined in 1996 by a Cult of the Dead
Cow member known as "Omega". Due to the variety of
meanings of its root words, it is sometimes ambiguous
and there exists significant disagreement over the
kinds of activities and purposes it encompasses. It is a
portmanteau of X and Y and refers to the subversive
use of computers and computer networks to promote a
political agenda.
Identify Z.

50.  X You Should Know
 X You Missed in History Class .
 TechX
 BrainX
 X From the B-Side
 High Speed X
 X Mom Never Told
 X of Genius
 The Coolest X on the Planet
 X They Don't Want You To Know
 X From the Science Lab
ID X and put funda.