Tourism day quiz finals

1. TOURISM & HOSPITALITY QUIZ STAGE FINALE

2. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   III BA ENGLISH Quiz Club of PSGCAS SUDEEP S QM of the Day

3. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.  

5. ROUND 1

7.  This round consists of 8 questions. It is a written round  Ques starts from India , travels across the world, returns to India.  All the questions are open to the floor  Time limit for each question - 30 seconds.  Each teams will be given 8 Tickets for each country  If you know the answer,it has to be written in the respective ticket within the time limit.  Once the time is over, each ticket has to be FOLDED  The sheets once folded cannot be unfolded or rectified.  No negatives if not aanswered.  + 10 for each correct answer. -10 for wrong answer  Any violation of the rules will lead to penalties  QM 's decision is final

8.  This round consists of 8 questions.  Ques starts from India , travels across the world, returns to India.  The questions are open to the floor  The teams can pounce within 15 seconds.  +10 / -10 for each pounce.  They should write thier answer only in the paper provided.  A team can pounce only once for a question.  The rest of the teams are strictly instructed to maintain silence until the team answers their direct question  Any violation of the rules will lead to immediate disqualification.  QM 's decision is final

9. INDIA Once Indira Gandhi asked X, "Upar se Bharat kaisa dikhta hai aapko?" (What does India look like from up there?), to which X replies in Hindi, “I can say without any hesitation, saare jahaan se achha" ?

11. With the official records stating November 3th, 1954 as his date of birth and April 9, 2015 as the date of Shinjuku residency, X has visited Shinjuku thrice and was made as the official tourism ambassador of Shinjuku in 2015. Who is X JAPAN

13. RUSSIA Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev showcased their X skills in zero- gravity at the International Space Station (ISS). Because of the zero gravity conditions the cosmonauts were able to showcase skills that professionals on earth would envy. A video was also shot using RT360 panoramic cameras and released by the Russian space agency. Identify the activity demonstrated by the cosmonauts.

14. INDIA

15. UK Opened in 1906 The Livraria Lello bookstore in Porto is one of the world's oldest bookstores, frequently ranked as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, and is a top place to visit in Portugal. • X lived in the city for 2 years when this person was working as a teacher here. X was a loyal customer at this book store. • It is said that this bookstore inspired X to start the project Y and the aesthetics of this bookstore can be seen throughout X’s project Y. Find X & Y

16. UK

17. ITALY Borgo Finocchieto, Tuscan Villa , Italy A famous couple tied the knot in an elegant wedding ceremony a few years back, at Borgo Finocchieto, an 800- year-old village-turned-villa that was renovated and turned into a boutique property in 2017. Who ?

18. FRANCE Since 2019, Le Jule Verne's cuisine has been led by chef Frédéric Anton, who succeeded Louis Grondard (1983), Alain Reix (1992) and Alain Ducasse (2007). All these chefs were awarded a Michelin Guide star in the restaurant.Louis Vaudable, who used to be the owner of Le Jules Verne, now owns Maxim's in the 8th arrondissement.On July 13, 2017, Le Jules Vernes received the French and American presidential couples (Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron; Melania and Donald Trump) for a dinner.After restoration works that lasted several months, the restaurant was reopened on July 20, 2019. Where exactly is LeJule Verne located?

22. USA To the Struggle Against World Terrorism (also known as the Tear of Grief and the Tear Drop Memorial) is a 10–story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial of _________. The monument was dedicated on September 11, 2006, in a ceremony attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. It was listed as one of the world's ugliest statues by Foreign Policy magazine, while The New Yorker said that it looked like "a giant tea biscuit" from a distance. What ?

24. INDIA Something was temporarily kept in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh for 6 months in 1631 until it moved to a popular place in India. What ?

25. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Answers coming up !

27. INDIA Once Indira Gandhi asked X, "Upar se Bharat kaisa dikhta hai aapko?" (What does India look like from up there?), to which X replies in Hindi, “I can say without any hesitation, saare jahaan se achha" ?

28. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Rakesh Sharma

30. With the official records stating November 3th, 1954 as his date of birth and April 9, 2015 as the date of Shinjuku residency, X has visited Shinjuku thrice and was made as the official tourism ambassador of Shinjuku in 2015. Who is X JAPAN

31. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Godzilla

33. RUSSIA Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Artemyev showcased their X skills in zero- gravity at the International Space Station (ISS). Because of the zero gravity conditions the cosmonauts were able to showcase skills that professionals on earth would envy. A video was also shot using RT360 panoramic cameras and released by the Russian space agency. Identify the activity demonstrated by the cosmonauts.

34. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Football

35. INDIA

36. UK Opened in 1906 The Livraria Lello bookstore in Porto is one of the world's oldest bookstores, frequently ranked as one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, and is a top place to visit in Portugal. • X lived in the city for 2 years when this person was working as a teacher here. X was a loyal customer at this book store. • It is said that this bookstore inspired X to start the project Y and the aesthetics of this bookstore can be seen throughout X’s project Y. Find X & Y

37. UK

38. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   JK Rowling & Harry Potter

40. FRANCE Since 2019, Le Jule Verne's cuisine has been led by chef Frédéric Anton, who succeeded Louis Grondard (1983), Alain Reix (1992) and Alain Ducasse (2007). All these chefs were awarded a Michelin Guide star in the restaurant.Louis Vaudable, who used to be the owner of Le Jules Verne, now owns Maxim's in the 8th arrondissement.On July 13, 2017, Le Jules Vernes received the French and American presidential couples (Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron; Melania and Donald Trump) for a dinner.After restoration works that lasted several months, the restaurant was reopened on July 20, 2019. Where exactly is LeJule Verne located?

41. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Eiffel Tower

44. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Virat Kholi Anushka Sharma

46. USA To the Struggle Against World Terrorism (also known as the Tear of Grief and the Tear Drop Memorial) is a 10–story sculpture by Zurab Tsereteli that was given to the United States as an official gift from the Russian government as a memorial of _________. The monument was dedicated on September 11, 2006, in a ceremony attended by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. It was listed as one of the world's ugliest statues by Foreign Policy magazine, while The New Yorker said that it looked like "a giant tea biscuit" from a distance. What ?

47. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Twin Tower Attack

49. INDIA Something was temporarily kept in Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh for 6 months in 1631 until it moved to a popular place in India. What ?

50. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Tomb of Mumtaj

51. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Time for SCORES !

52. ROUND 2

53.  This round consists of 8 Questions.  All the questions are open to the floor.  This is a pounce round. The teams are allowed to pounce within 15 seconds after the question is read out.  A team can pounce only once for a question.  The points will be split up accordingly and the maximum point a team can score is 60. Likewise Negatives will be split up accordingly.  No teams are allowed to shout the answer.  Any violation of the rules will lead to immediate disqualification.  QM 's decision is final.

54. 1 2 3 4 5 6 60 30 20 15 12 10

56. Burma, Cuba, North Korea, Pakisthan chose 1 Chicago, China, Newzealand chose 4 Singapore chose 5 Brazil chose 27 United States chose 50 What exactly ? 1

58. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Stars on their flags

60. There are different themes on which museums are based upon. Those on art, science, history, wars etc. are some of the most visited throughout the world. However, few museums present in Cambodia, USA, Armenia, Ukraine and Rwanda are on a different and a very purging theme. A visit to these museums will make one shudder but are an important part of world history. Such museums too, are visited by many tourists. On which theme are these museums based? 2

62. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Genocide Museums

64. X was jointly created by Keith Shepherd, Natalia Luckyanova and artist Kiril Tchango. It was released on August 4, 2011. 60 percent of all players are female, for instance, and X is most popular in China, which accounts for 36 percent of all downloads.Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt played X to chill out before races, and when the team at Imangi found that out, they contacted his people and arranged to have him added to X as a playable character. Id - X 3

66. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Temple Run

68. One can ﬁnd the Virgin Tree at Hindu College, Delhi which has been a synonym of romance, love and unique puja that takes place on a certain day of the year. This day marks the puja of Damdami Mata, which is daft misnomer for a diﬀerent actress selected by the hostel students every year. For instance, it was Disha Patani in 2017, the most searched actress of the previous year. No one can pinpoint when the tradition of worshipping Damdami Mata at the Virgin Tree in Hindu College started, but it has existed since the 70s. For the puja, the auspicious tree is decorated with posters of Damdami Mai and another bizarre thing, but has lately been advocated and championed as a favourable gesture among the youth. • Give the day of the celebration and the bizarre ritual. 4

70. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Valentines Day

72. ___ valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. On the afternoon of July 10, 1913, the United States Weather Bureau recorded a high temperature of 137 °F (56.9 °C) at Furnace Creek in which stands as the highest ambient air temperature ever recorded on the surface of the earth. 5

75. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Death Valley

77. The Malaysian nationals Ken, a dentist, and Kelwan, a businessman learnt about the X museum through internet and came to India on a five-day tour. They met Mr. Santosh Rai and got to know the rules to be followed in the X and wanted to spend two days in X, for which they spent `500 per day. This is what they said about their two day experience, “It is our first visit to India. We wanted to know how a person spends his time in a X.” It is a unique tourism initiative of government of Telangana. Identify X . 6

79. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Jails

81. Several major artists and innovators of the 20th century served as volunteer ambulance drivers during World War. At 16, X was too young to enlist, so he volunteered for the Red Cross as an ambulance driver. During the later part of his life, feeling that there was a lack of entertainment during the world war time,he came up with an idea of establishing something, when he was visiting Griffith Park in Los Angeles with his daughters Diane and Sharon that came successful in 1955. He instilled a lasting relationship with the Red Cross and today his Company still donates millions to Red Cross relief efforts. 7

83. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Walt Disney

85. When a person declared Rovaniemi as his hometown, he told how his home at Ear Mountain (Korvatunturi) was revealed at the beginning of the last century and how this closely guarded secret spread the world and in order to maintain secrecy he shifted to Rovaniemi in Finland. WHO ? 8

87. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Santa Claus

89. ROUND 3

90.  This is a challenge round consists of 7 continents  Priority will be given to each team on the order of the score to choose an opponent team and challenge a continent.  If the targeted team gets the right answer they will get 30 points.  If they gets it wrong,no negatives and the Question will pass to the challenge given team. +20 if they get it right  No negatives in this round. Feel free to guess.  The remaining 1 continent will be open to all for 30 points.  The rest of the teams are strictly instructed to maintain silence when the team answers.  Any violation of the rules will lead to immediate disqualification.  QM 's decision is final.

91. NORTH AMERICA EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA AFRICA ANTARTICA ASIA

93. NORTH AMERICA “ I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best Of Blessings On This House And All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof. " This photograph by Photographer Michael Geissinger is of someone' s blessing, which is engraved in the mantel in the State Dining Room of which famous building ?

95. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   White House,USA

97. SOUTH AMERICA The Largest Herd of Hippopotamus, outside Africa is found in the South American Country of Colombia.There are about 90-120 of these animals situated around an Abandoned Estate. Their presence is turning out to be a threat to the local Flora and Fauna, as they are not indigenous and cause major destruction in an environment, where they were not naturally habituated. Over the years, calls have been made to shift or kill them to protect the local areas.How did these Hippopotamus end up in Colombia ?

99. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Pablo Escobar owned them

101. AFRICA Xs were in fact, one of the most popular souvenirs for wealthy European tourists returning from Egypt. After a ban was passed on the export of these antiquities (Sometimes for purposes as varied as for use as railway fuel and in the papermaking industry in the US), people began smuggling out parts of these antiques in their luggage. The parts of X were preferred as they could easily be concealed in ones luggage. Identify X

103. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Egyptian Mummies

105. EUROPE Introduced in 1920 X are now synonymous with London and are one of the most instagrammed ‘things’ in the city. But in recent years these have deteriorated to a poor state because of lack of care and the fact that they are used rarely. • Emily runs a volunteer group that cleans, renovate or put these ‘things’ to a diﬀerent use like a bookstore, mobile repair shop etc. She says, “If you think about all the conversations these _____ have overheard, declarations of love, cries of emergency, or the whispers of espionage, these _____ have heard them all. And I think its sad to see them now in this state” • What ‘thing’?

107. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Telephone Booths

109. ASIA The picture in the next slide were two 6th-century monumental statues carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan.On orders from Taliban founder Mullah Omar, the statues were destroyed in March 2001,after the Taliban government declared that they were idols.International and local opinion strongly condemned the destruction of them.What were inside ?

110. ASIA

112. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Buddhas of Bamyan

114. AUSTRALIA The _______ effect, named after a famous reality show from Australia has helped to create a boom in the food industry across Australia. The popularity of this show has led to an increase in restaurants which serve mostly Thai, Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese cuisines. People from all over the country travel to different cities just to attend different food trails which cover restaurants of these cuisines. It has also resulted steady economic growth in immigrants who run such restaurants. Fill in the blank.

116. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Masterchef Effect

118. ANTARTIC A Mount Erebus, the second-highest in Antarctica is the southernmost _______ on Earth. Located on Ross Island, this icebound ____ has some unique features such as ice fumaroles and twisted ice statues that form around gases that seep from vents.The second ____ is on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. Once home to a thriving whaling station and later a scientific station, it was abandoned later. FITB.

120. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Active Volcanoes

122. ROUND 4

123.  This round consists of 8 questions.  This is a BUZZER round.  Only the fastest finger (one who buzz first) gets the chance to answer.  The buzzer will be open only once for a question.  The Team can quote a point after pressing the buzzer  ( 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 )  Plus or Minus Points based on the Quoting.  QM will not continue reading the question if the buzzer is pressed in the middle.  The rest of the teams are strictly instructed to maintain silence when the team answers.  Any violation of the rules will lead to immediate disqualification.  QM 's decision is final.

125. The subject of the dispute is disputed – who was better, who gets the prize… who knows. The race should’ve taken 120,225 kilometres to complete. While the favourite had a vehicle to complete the race, the challenger had none and was gifted one, which has since remained with him.The latter used what some would call sleight (and most others tact, or simply love and wisdom) in interpreting the challenge in order to win. What race are we talking about? Between whom? 1

127. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Ganesha & Karthikeya Going around the world thrice

129. This important but never completed journey involves wearing plain slippers, carrying a palm leaf, an umbrella, a walking aid and a holy book. What are we talking about? Why is it never completed ? 2

131. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   The Kasi Yatra

133. World over in different tribal cultures, even today people don’t like to be photographed. The earlier western explorers found this behaviour very perplexing and though it to be the result of ignorance about technology. What belief led to these behaviours on the part of tribals ? 3

135. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Photographing will steal their souls.

137. A young journalist from Maine, Michael Paterniti was hired to drive an eighty-four-year-old pathologist named Thomas Harvey across America. This journey was the basis of the critically acclaimed travelogue - Driving Mr. Albert‘ . What was they carrying with them, packed in a Tupperware bowl in the trunk of the Buick Skylark they were travelling in.What ? 4

139. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Albert Einstein 's Brain

141. What myth are we talking about here? “The unglamorous truth is that it is only visible from low orbit under a specific set of weather and lighting conditions. And many other structures that are less spectacular from an earthly vantage point— desert roads, for example—appear more prominent from an orbital perspective. Misinformation about it's visibility dates back decades. It started with A 1932 Ripley's Believe It or Not! cartoon claim. The belief persisted into the Space Age. Since Neil Armstrong returned from the moon in 1969, he has been repeatedly asked whether he could see it. His answer was relayed in a recent NASA Johnson Space Center oral history: He saw continents, lakes and splotches of white on blue. 5

143. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Great Wall of China visible from space.

145. Certain stretches in Bengaluru were notorious for this. When Benedict Jebakumar a Tamilian from Tuticorin used to travel on his two wheeler in Bengaluru, he also faced similar problem that inspired him to do something to save others from this. Every day he used to ride his cycle to do something for one hour on these roads before going to his office. He did this for 5 years until he was working in Bengaluru. He also documented his work on social media and ended up collecting 75 kg of something as a result of his work and conducted a exhibition on it. Because of his social work he was affectionately called as “namma ------man by Bengaloreians. What did he do? 6

147. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   Collected nails from the road using magnet stick 2 NAIL MAN

150. These three Indians were selected from the initial 202,586 applicants to a list of 100 in an international contest . Identify the controversial futuristic project for which they were selected. Taranjeet Singh Bhatia Ritika Singh Shradha Prasad 7

152. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   One way trip to Mars

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156. General Instructions :  The stage finale consists of 4 rounds.  Funny answers will be appreciated,though they won't fetch any points.  Malpractice/Misbehavior of a participant during the finals is a sufficient condition for immediate disqualification  Audience are requested to maintain silence.  Further rules will be discussed prior of each round.   Winners will be announced based on complete grading at the end of all four rounds .  Ultimately, Quizmaster's decision is final and binding.   8th WONDER of the World

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