The Indrayani Express Quiz Round 6 A General Quiz

1. The Indrayani Express Quiz
Round 6
Research and QM: Aditya Kendki

2. Question 1
His first name is Austin. He
was chosen in Australia’s
substitute fielders list in the
recently concluded Sydney
Test Match vs India. He is
19 and was also a part of
the Australia U-19 Squad at
the 2018 World Cup.
Identify his famous father.

3. Steve Waugh

4. Question 2
This event from September 2014
was called the Bendgate when all
Apple rivals were having fun at
the expense of the shortcoming
in their build quality. LG France
was not behind and their team
tweeted this to enjoy their share
of laughter. But they made a faux
pas which backfired big time.
What was it?

5. The LG Employee Tweeted from an IPhone

6. Question 3
This is the common basilisk,
a species of lizard endemic
to Central America and
South America, where it is
found near rivers and
streams in rainforests.
However, it’s more popular
as the _ _ _ _ _ Lizard for it’s
ability to skim over water
without sinking, which
makes it appear to be
walking over it. FITB with the
5 lettered word.

7. Jesus Lizard

8. Question 4
When the MSRTC
Mumbai-Pune
Shivneri bus reaches
Aundh in Pune,it halts
here. Put funda
behind the name.

9. Pune and Bremen used to be sister cities

10. Question 5
Identify the Argentinian Polo Player who did not used to be a polo
player in his prime age

11. Gabriel Batistuta

12. Question 6
What’s the meaning of the term “Muzzle Awareness”?

13. The awareness of where your weapon is
pointing

14. Question 7
This is Vivian Fernandes. His stage name is _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) and he is the real-
life inspiration behind _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (5,3).

15. DIVINE/GULLY BOY

16. Question 8
This is Charles _ _ _ _ _ (5). He was a
Virginia planter, politician, and
American revolutionary who headed
an irregular court in Virginia to punish
Loyalist supporters of the British
during the American Revolutionary
War. His surname gave rise to a term
which has been in the news in India
these past few years due to the
spread of rumours and fake news via
Whatsapp and other social media.
What’s his surname?

17. Lynch/Lynching

18. Question 9
We all know that 14th November is Children’s Day
in India. But it’s interesting to note that it has
been declared as X day in the state Y since 2017.
This was decided when a court ruling awarded
state Y the GI tag for X. They had won against
state Z which claimed that X had actually
originated in their state. Identify X, Y, Z

19. X – Rosogulla
Y – West Bengal
Z – Odisha

20. Question 10
Identify the advertiser and the subject of the Ad

21. Kurl-On and Malala

22. Question 11
From which song
has this tune been
plagiarized.
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=m
Su5cz2GFts

23. Last Christmas – George Michael

24. Question 12
This is Solibur Rehman, a 50+
year old Assamese citizen who
has requested his State
Government permission to
perform a 380-Ft rappelling
maneuver. What’s the special
purpose and venue of his
proposed adventure?

25. To rescue his 19 year old miner son trapped in the
risky and illegal Meghalayan coal mine

26. Question 13
This is the sister diamond of Kohinoor
which was once plundered by the
Persian Nader Shah from the Mughal
treasury in India. It’s currently owned by
the Central Bank of Iran, Tehran. While
the Koh-i-Noor means the Mountain of
Light, this one is called as the Sea of
Light. Like Kohinoor, what’s its Persian
name?

27. Daria-i-Noor

28. Question 14
The New Horizons is NASA’s
interplanetary space probe
launched in 2006. The spacecraft
was launched in 2006 with a
primary mission to perform a flyby
study of X. By now, it has already
achieved its objective.
Interestingly, it carried with it the
ashes of Y, the discoverer of X,
paying him a fitting tribute.
Identify X and Y.

29. Pluto/ Clyde Tombaugh

30. Question 15
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8-6) dressing
is an American salad dressing and condiment
based on mayonnaise and can include olive
oil, lemon juice, orange juice, paprika,
Worcestershire sauce, mustard, vinegar,
cream, chili sauce, tomato purée, ketchup or
Tabasco sauce. You must have surely had it
with/in your food in some QSR/Fast Food
joint. It derives its name from the _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8-6) region, an archipelago
of 1,864 islands[1] that straddles the
Canada–US border in the Saint Lawrence
River as it emerges from the northeast
corner of Lake Ontario.

31. Thousand Island

32. THANK YOU