29. 1
1. Neville Cardus described him as “the
Midsummer night's dream of cricket”
2. A critical biography of his is written by
Mario Rodrigues titled ‘Batting for the
Empire’
3. He became Chancellor of the Indian
Chamber of Princes and represented
India at the League of Nations after the
First World War
31. 2
1. As a youth, he was briefly associated with
communism, socialism, the Indian National
Army and the RSS and started the Jeevan
Jagruti Andolan in 1962
2. His books include Glimpses of a Golden
Childhood, Notes of a Madman, and
Books I Have Loved.
3. His disclipes wanted to gift him 365
Rolls-Royce cars (one for each day), but
he managed to have only 93 in his lifetime!
33. 3
1. She holds a degree in law and also in
education. She’s been a teacher at Delhi’s
Inderpuri J J Colony
2. She entered the Lok Sabha by winning
the Bijnor constituency in 1989
3. The Taj Corridor Case where she is an
accused is being investigated by the CBI
35. 4
1. He formed both, the first public lending library
in America and first fire department in
Pennsylvania
2. In 1733, he began to publish the famous
Poor Richard's Almanack under the
pseudonym Richard Saunders
3. He invented the lightning rod and bifocals
37. 5 He was born as Sampooran Singh Kalra in
1.
Dina, Jhelum District of West Punjab, which is
in Pakistan today
2. He started his film career with S D
Burman in the 1963 Bimal Roy classic
‘Bandini’ with the song ‘Mora Gora Ang
Layle’
3. He is best known for his adapation of
the Hollywood classic Sound of Music
into Parichay and the televised serial on
DD Mirza Ghalib played by Naseeruddin
Shah
39. 6 Magazine named him one of the 100 most
1.Time
influential people of the 20th century, while an
Alberto Korda photograph of him was declared "the
most famous photograph in the world”
2. He remains a beloved national hero to many
in Cuba, where his image adorns the 3 $
Cuban Peso and school children begin each
morning by pledging “We will be like ____”
3. Notes taken during his trip in South America
was titled The Motorcycle Diaries, which later
became a New York Times best-seller
60. Amount paid to a prostitute to shut up
after what Jeffery Archer had allegedly paid Monica
Coghlan to keep quite during the Daily Star expose
61. 4
Which shrine in India is believed to
have the relic of Prophet Mohammed’s
hair or ‘mo-e-Muqaddas’? It is housed
in a edifice built by Shah Jehan.
69. Indian Politics
1. In 1974, which future Chief Minister was nominated in
the Filmfare Award’s Best Story category for Bidaai?
2. Which member of the Opposition when asked to face the
truth said “I can’t. I am facing the Treasury Benches”?
3. What record did Ramchandra Veerappa create by
winning the 2004 Bidar (Karnataka) Lok Sabha seat?
4. On June 12, 1975, which judge of the Allahbad High
Court set aside Indira Gandhi’s election from Rae Bareily
LS constituency?
5. In which unlikely environs was the Janata Party formed?
6. What is the significance of Vasant Velingkar an MLA
from Marcaim in Goa’s political history?
70. Bollywood
1. Who penned the lyrics for the English part of Lagaan’s
O Re Chori?
2. Who while writing for the Illustrated weekly of India,
wrote a story in Hindi titled ‘Kashmakash’ which went on
to be a cult film, albeit, with a different name?
3. Who was the first ever recipient of the Dadasaheb
Phalke Award?
4. What significance do songs from Naseer Hussain’s 3
films –Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan (Pyar Ka Mausam), Yadon
Ki Baarat and Kya Hua Tera Waada (Hum Kisi Se Kum
Nahin) hold in the plot of the 3 films?
5. Which actress started her career in Sultanat followed
72. Xitth Kodi
1. In Konkani tiatro, who is Manuel Aguiar better known as
2. How does the dish Chicken Cafreal get its name?
3. Identify this temple practise
4. Which Konkani writer won
the Sahitya Academy award
for Vokal Paunni?
5. In 1943, which Goan was
assigned the duties as India’s
war correspondent in Burma?
74. Not Cricket II
1. What did NBA star Fredrick Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor
change his name to in 1971?
2. Who acted in the film Escape to Victory as Corporal Luis
Fernadez?
3. Who coached Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles
and recently Maria Sharapova?
4. In which sport did Nana Saheb, the rebel leader of 1857
Mutiny, excel?
5. Who sang the ‘Badal Pe Paon Hain’ song in the hockey
famed Chak De India?
6. The Kamala Gupta Trophy is given to the runners-up of
which sporting event?
75. World Events & Festivals
1. Which festival started in Munich, in 1810 as a
commemoration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig
and Princess Therese?
2. What was created as part of the merger agreement
between the National Football League (NFL) and its
competitive rival, the American Football League (AFL) in
1920?
3. Which festival occurs every 12 years and rotates among
four locations- Allahbad, Haridwar, Ujjain & Nasik?
4. Which film festival began in Salt Lake City in 1978 as the
Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more
filmmakers to Utah?
5. What international event was held in Goa under the
guidance of Indira Gandhi in November 1983?
76. Musically Yours
1. Who composed the music for Rahul Bose’s
directorial debut film ‘Everybody says I’m fine’?
2. Which singing maestro ran away from his home
in Gadag, Karnataka as a eleven year old in
search of a guru to learn classical music?
3. Which accounting firm tabulates the votes for the
Grammy Awards?
