2. 1.
If Study of Life translates to Biology in
Greek, what does it translate to in
Latin?
3. 2.
Which 1993 Bollywood movie, which
famously gave us the weight of a certain
part of the human anatomy in its
dialogue, came back into the limelight
recently, because of a certain ―naming‖
ceremony by the national media ?
5. 4.
A map of
the
places
visited by
someone
between
1332 to
1346.
Who ?
6. 5.*
___________ is a minor character from
the Hindu epic of Mahabharata. The son
of Pandava prince Arjuna (one of the
main heroes of the Mahabharata) and
the Naga princess Ulupi, he is the
central god of the cult of Kuttantavar—
which is also the name commonly given
to him in that cult—and plays a major
role in the cult of Draupadi
He is also a patron god of well-known
transgender communities called Ali(most
commonly known as Hijra in South Asia)
7. 6.
―X‖ is one of the most common characters
of Hindi Cinema
The age of ―X‖ is generally in the mid-fifties
―X‖ generally refers to the heroine as
―bitiya‖
―X‖ is generally a widower
―X‖ is generally seen hanging around
wearing a dhoti and a white shirt, or a kurta
with a small towel draped over his shoulder
8. 7.
The term ― Magnum Opus‖ means ―great
work‖. Thus, opus means work.
The plural of ―Magnum‖ is ―Magna‖ (e.g.
Magna Carta)
Question is, what is the plural form of
―Opus‖ ?
9. 8.
It has four kinds based upon the Hindu
caste system and vedas
Brahman - Urdhapundra
Kshatriya - Ardhachandra
Vaishya – Tripundra
Shudra - Partal
Different Hindu traditions might use
different materials and shapes for the
above purpose
10. 9.
This term originated with France‘s
opposition to the US war against Iraq,
because of which several American
restaurants renamed the French Fries
on their menu as _______
With declining support of the Iraq war,
the term soon became irrelevant.
12. 11.
This product was developed in
Philadelphia and a special skill was
taught to the salespersons to sell this
product.
The main constituents giving it the
characteristic flavor are ethyl
methylphenylglycidate, isoamyl acetate
and fruit extracts.
A person named Susan Williams holds
the Guinness World Record for
something related to this skill.
13. 12.
This now familiar lovable figure first made
appearance in way back in 1946, when
Bobby Kooka as Commercial Director of the
company and Umesh Rao, an artist with
J.Walter Thompson Ltd., Mumbai, together
created the X.
He has completed 56 years and become one
of the most recognizable mascot the world
over. His antics, his expressions, his puns
have allowed the company to promote its
services with a unique and unmatched sense
of subtle humour. He has won numerous
national and international awards for the firm
for humour and originality in publicity.
14. 13.
His 1987 album was also the first
digitally recorded album to be
released in India
A biography titled the same as the
above album was released in 2012. It
consisted of 40 hours of interviews
with him
His combination album (with another
artist of his genre) is HMV‘s largest
selling combination album of all time
15. 14.
This very famous game/puzzle also
featured in Eric Frank Russell‘s story
‗Now Inhale‘ in which a prisoner is asked
to play a game until it is won or lost with
execution being followed immediately
Taking reference from a legend, where
Buddhist monks play this game until the
end of the world, the hero chooses to
play this game until the rescue team
arrives (which could take more than an
year)
16. 15 * On whose Tombstone will you find these lines ?
They were originally written by Lovecraft to describe
Cthulhu.
17. 16
.
According to a story, the king of Mahilaropya
had three sons. He wanted them to learn the
scriptures in a very short time, which was a
problem, since it would take atleast 12 years to
learn even the basic elements of the scriptures.
So, the teacher came up with an innovative idea
to solve the problem. What resulted ?
19. 18.
This airline started on 6 November 1920
is preferred by the character played by
Dustin Hoffman in ‗Rain Man‘ with him
saying it had never suffered an air crash
In it‘s history of relatively few
accidents(with no loss of jet liners), the
last fatal accident has happened in 1951
This airline also surfaced in a sex
discrimination controversy in 2005 after it
revealed its policy of not seating adult
male passengers adjacent to
unaccompanied children
20. 19.
This Spanish surrealist
painter was known for
his bizarre images and
the influence of
Renaissance painters in
his work
He is also known for
employing symbolism,
for example, melting
watches in the displayed
painting suggest
Einstein‘s theory of
relativity
21. 20*
This is a kind of projective psychological
test in which subjects are given cards
containing inkblots and their perceptions
about them are recorded and analyzed to
reveal hidden personality characteristics
It was named after Hermann ____, who
himself never intended the inkblots to be
used as a general personality test, but
developed them as a tool for the
diagnosis of schizophrenia
22. 21.
After enacting in this movie most of
the crew of the film had to be
rehabilitated. In 1989 the director
established an organization called the
__________, to rehabilitate the crew.
Most of them were eventually helped.
The Trust is still in existence, and now
lends support to street children in
Mumbai, Delhi and Bhubaneshwar.
23. 22.
Centuries ago, Arabia did not have schools
for formal education. Students went to
masters who taught them. Upon completion
of their study, they received certification of
education. A graduate then acted as a
master having his own students.
This chain of masters was known as ―X‖.
(Clue: Yash Chopra)
(2nd Independent Clue: Malayalam pop)
24. 23.
Which
commonly
used English
term originally
comes from
this ―New
Yorker‖ comic
joke panel ?
25. 24.
This Hairstyle was
popularized by Audrey
Hepburn in Roman Holiday.
The name of this haircut
comes from the famous
mythical creatures, often
featured in fantasy literature,
including the Harry Potter
series.
Name the hairstyle
26. 25*
Lego recreation
of an incident,
that was
depicted on a
certain album
cover as well.
Name the
album , or the
band
27. 26.
He once worked for a Lithuanian-Jewish
immigrant family, the Karnofskys, who had a junk
hauling business and gave him odd jobs. They
took him in and treated him as almost a family
member, knowing he lived without a father, and
would feed and nurture him. . He later wrote a
memoir of his relationship with the Karnofskys
titled, ―X+ the Jewish Family in New
Orleans, La., the Year of 1907”
For this reason, he also wore a Star of David
pendant for the rest of his life
28. 27
.
Given on the following slide, is a list
of a group of Englishmen, who arrived
in Bombay in 1928.
eno eman si gnissim.
Fill it.
29. ―X‖ (chairman)
Clement Attlee
Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount
Burnham
Edward Cadogan
Vernon Hartshorn
George Lane-Fox
Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona
and Mount Royal
30. 28.
They are a group of
people having pastoral
lifestyle and are
inhabitants of inner
Sahara region of Africa.
The peculiar
characteristic being that
the men in these groups
traditionally wear a veil
while the female don‘t.
31. 29*
― Tijuana Bibles‖ were a type of 8-paged comic
books which were immensely popular in the
United States between 1920s to the 1960s. They
were named so because it was commonly though
that they were made in Tijuana, Mexico, and
smuggled across the border.
So, what did they contain ?
32. 30.*
X is a 1953 movie set in Kenya and is a
lavish remake of the classic film Red
Dust(1932). It launched the movie career of
Grace Kelly, one of the most famous
Hollywood beauties. She won a Golden
Globe for best supporting actress for X.
The name X was in turn a modification of Y,
one of the most famous nightclubs in
Hollywood during the 40s and 50s. Frequent
visitors included Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable,
Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, Elizabeth
Taylor and Jayne Mansfield. Y closed in
1958.
Identify X and Y.
36. 2.
Which 1993 Bollywood movie, which
famously gave us the weight of a certain
part of the human anatomy in its
dialogue, came back into the limelight
recently, because of a certain ―naming‖
ceremony by the national media ?
42. 5.*
___________ is a minor character from
the Hindu epic of Mahabharata. The son
of Pandava prince Arjuna (one of the
main heroes of the Mahabharata) and
the Naga princess Ulupi, he is the
central god of the cult of Kuttantavar—
which is also the name commonly given
to him in that cult—and plays a major
role in the cult of Draupadi
He is also a patron god of well-known
transgender communities called Ali(most
commonly known as Hijra in South Asia)
44. 6.
―X‖ is one of the most common characters
of Hindi Cinema
The age of ―X‖ is generally in the mid-fifties
―X‖ generally refers to the heroine as
―bitiya‖
―X‖ is generally a widower
―X‖ is generally seen hanging around
wearing a dhoti and a white shirt, or a kurta
with a small towel draped over his shoulder
46. 7.
The term ― Magnum Opus‖ means ―great
work/effort‖. Thus, opus means work.
The plural of ―Magnum‖ is ―Magna‖ (e.g.
Magna Carta)
Question is, what is the plural form of
―Opus‖?
48. 8.
It has four kinds based upon the Hindu
caste system and vedas
Brahman - Urdhapundra
Kshatriya - Ardhachandra
Vaishya – Tripundra
Shudra - Partal
Different Hindu traditions might use
different materials and shapes for the
above purpose
50. 9.
This term originated with France‘s
opposition to the US war against
Iraq, because of which several
American restaurants renamed the
French Fries on their menu as
_______
With declining support of the Iraq
war, the term soon became irrelevant.
54. 11.
This product was developed in
Philadelphia and a special skill was
taught to the salespersons to sell this
product.
The main constituents giving it the
characteristic flavor are ethyl
methylphenylglycidate, isoamyl acetate
and fruit extracts.
A person named Susan Williams holds
the Guinness World Record for
something related to this skill.
56. 12.
This now familiar lovable figure first made
appearance in way back in 1946, when
Bobby Kooka as Commercial Director of the
company and Umesh Rao, an artist with
J.Walter Thompson Ltd., Mumbai, together
created the X.
He has completed 56 years and become one
of the most recognizable mascot the world
over. His antics, his expressions, his puns
have allowed the company to promote its
services with a unique and unmatched sense
of subtle humour. He has won numerous
national and international awards for the firm
for humour and originality in publicity.
58. 13.
His 1987 album was also the first
digitally recorded album to be
released in India
A biography titled the same as the
above album was released in 2012. It
consisted of 40 hours of interviews
with him
His combination album (with another
artist of his genre) is HMV‘s largest
selling combination album of all time
60. 14.
This very famous game/puzzle also
featured in Eric Frank Russell‘s story
‗Now Inhale‘ in which a prisoner is asked
to play a game until it is won or lost with
execution being followed immediately
Taking reference from a legend, where
Buddhist monks play this game until the
end of the world, the hero chooses to
play this game until the rescue team
arrives (which could take more than an
year)
61. The Tower of Hanoi
The prisoner asked for the tower with
64 disks
62. 15 * On whose Tombstone will you find these lines ?
They were originally written by Lovecraft to describe
Cthulhu.
64. 16
.
According to a story, the king of Mahilaropya
had three sons. He wanted them to learn the
scriptures in a very short time, which was a
problem, since it would take atleast 12 years to
learn even the basic elements of the scriptures.
So, the teacher came up with an innovative idea
to solve the problem. What resulted ?
65. The Panchatantra.
The Teacher was Vishnu Sharma
68. 18.
This airline started on 6 November 1920
is preferred by the character played by
Dustin Hoffman in ‗Rain Man‘ with him
saying it had never suffered an air crash
In it‘s history of relatively few
accidents(with no loss of jet liners), the
last fatal accident has happened in 1951
This airline also surfaced in a sex
discrimination controversy in 2005 after it
revealed its policy of not seating adult
male passengers adjacent to
unaccompanied children
70. 19.
This Spanish surrealist
painter was known for
his bizarre images and
the influence of
Renaissance painters in
his work
He is also known for
employing
symbolism, for
example, melting
watches in the displayed
painting suggest
Einstein‘s theory of
relativity
71. Salvador Dali
The painting shown is ‗The
Persistence of Memory‘ the best
known of all his artworks
72. 20*
This is a kind of projective psychological
test in which subjects are given cards
containing inkblots and their perceptions
about them are recorded and analyzed to
reveal hidden personality characteristics
It was named after Hermann ____, who
himself never intended the inkblots to be
used as a general personality test, but
developed them as a tool for the
diagnosis of schizophrenia
74. 21
After enacting in this movie most of
the crew of the film had to be
rehabilitated. In 1989 the director
established an organization called the
__________, to rehabilitate the crew.
Most of them were eventually helped.
The Trust is still in existence, and now
lends support to street children in
Mumbai, Delhi and Bhubaneshwar.
76. 22
Centuries ago, Arabia did not have schools
for formal education. Students went to
masters who taught them. Upon completion
of their study, they received certification of
education. A graduate then acted as a
master having his own students.
This chain of masters was known as ―X‖.
(Clue: Yash Chopra)
(2nd Independent Clue: Malayalam pop)
77.
78. 23
Which
commonly
used English
term originally
comes from
this ―New
Yorker‖ comic
joke panel ?
80. 24.
This Hairstyle was
popularized by Audrey
Hepburn in Roman Holiday.
The name of this haircut
comes from the famous
mythical creatures, often
featured in fantasy literature,
including the Harry Potter
series.
Name the hairstyle
84. 26
He once worked for a Lithuanian-Jewish
immigrant family, the Karnofskys, who had a junk
hauling business and gave him odd jobs. They
took him in and treated him as almost a family
member, knowing he lived without a father, and
would feed and nurture him. . He later wrote a
memoir of his relationship with the Karnofskys
titled, ―X+ the Jewish Family in New
Orleans, La., the Year of 1907”
For this reason, he also wore a Star of David
pendant for the rest of his life
86. 27
.
Given on the following slide, is a list
of a group of Englishmen, who arrived
in Bombay in 1928.
eno eman si gnissim.
Fill it.
87. ―X‖ (chairman)
Clement Attlee
Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount
Burnham
Edward Cadogan
Vernon Hartshorn
George Lane-Fox
Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona
and Mount Royal
89. 28.
They are a group of
people having pastoral
lifestyle and are
inhabitants of inner
Sahara region of Africa.
The peculiar
characteristic being that
the men in these groups
traditionally wear a veil
while the female don‘t.
90. Tuareg or Twareg, also called the Blue
People
Inhabitants of Sahara region of Africa
91. 29*
― Tijuana Bibles‖ were a type of 8-paged comic
books which were immensely popular in the
United States between 1920s to the 1960s. They
were named so because it was commonly though
that they were made in Tijuana, Mexico, and
smuggled across the border.
So, what did they contain ?
92. Pornographic representations of popular
comic characters.
93. 30*
X is a 1953 movie set in Kenya and is a
lavish remake of the classic film Red
Dust(1932). It launched the movie career of
Grace Kelly, one of the most famous
Hollywood beauties. She won a Golden
Globe for best supporting actress for X.
The name X was in turn a modification of
Y, one of the most famous nightclubs in
Hollywood during the 40s and 50s. Frequent
visitors included Frank Sinatra, Clark
Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie
Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor and Jayne
Mansfield. Y closed in 1958.
Identify X and Y.
