3. Q1 Which term (also known as the Shoahamongst a select community)comes from the Greek word for animal sacrifice offered to a god in which the whole animal is completely burnt? Ans:
4. Q2 In Plato's account, X was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. His account also states that X attempted to invade Athens, but was unsuccessful. Identify X. Ans:
5. Q3 Who are the following: Harry (born Hirsz), Albert (born Aaron), Sam (born Szmul), and Jack (born Itzhak) Wonskolaser? Ans:
8. Q6 What unique honor was granted to Jerry Alan West of the LA Lakers by the NBA? Ans:
9. Q7 ___________ is an area near Hyde Park in the Bayswater area of the London borough of the City of Westminster, and is the home of the head offices of the Premier League. ___________ is also a square near Jardine House in Central, Hong Kong. ___________ is also found in Delhi, having been designed by Robert Tor Russell and named after Prince Arthur, grandson of Queen Victoria. Ans:
10. Q8 Identify the guy on the left (FYI, the right one is Albert Einstein): Ans:
11. Q9 According to Carl Sagan in his book Comet, it was inspired by a comet approaching Earth closely enough that the jets of gas streaming from it, bent by the comet's rotation, became visible, leading to its adoption across many disparate cultures. Sagan reproduces an ancient Chinese manuscript (the Book of Silk from 168 BC) that shows comet tail varieties: most are variations on simple comet tails, but the last shows the comet nucleus with four bent arms extending from it. What did this 'inspire'? Ans:
13. Q11 Who was buried (as per his wishes) along with his guitar (a red Fender Stratocaster), a soccer ball, a marijuana bud, a ring given to him by the Prince AsfawWossenTaffari of Ethiopia, and a Bible? Ans:
14. Q12 Where will you find the following inscription? Ash nazgdurbatulûk, ash nazggimbatul,Ash nazgthrakatulûkaghburzum-ishikrimpatul. Ans:
15. Q13 In early 2009, NASA held an online poll to name the recently launched Node 3 of the International Space Station. Users were allowed to choose from among four provided names (Earthrise, Legacy, Serenity, and Venture), or to suggest their own. On the March 3, 2009, episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert instructed his viewers to suggest "Colbert" as the name for Node 3 in the online poll. On March 23, 2009, NASA announced that the overall vote winner was "Colbert", with 230,539 votes. The naming contest rules, however, stated that although the poll results would be taken into account, NASA had the ultimate discretion in choosing an appropriate name for the node. On April 14, 2009, astronaut Sunita Williams appeared on The Colbert Report, and announced the name of the node would be Tranquility. However, NASA decided to name a new device C.O.L.B.E.R.T. Surprisingly, Stephen Colbert was more than happy to accept this offer. The C.O.L.B.E.R.T. was ultimately installed in the Tranquility node in February 2010. What exactly is the C.O.L.B.E.R.T.? Ans:
17. Q15 What owes its now standardized and unusual length to the placement of the Royal Box in the Great White City Stadium of London, so that the royalty could have the best view of the finish? Ans:
20. Q18 During World War II OttorinoBarassi secretly transported X from a bank in Rome and hid it in a shoe-box under his bed to prevent the Nazis from taking it. On 20 March 1966 in England X was stolen during a public exhibition at Westminster Central Hall. X was found just seven days later wrapped in newspaper at the bottom of a suburban garden hedge in Upper Norwood, South London, by a dog named Pickles. On 19 December X was stolen again from Rio de Janeiro, its permanent home. X has never been recovered. Identify X. Ans:
23. The 41st second of the 23rd minute of the 4th hour on 26th April or the 116th day, when the Earth has travelled two radians of its orbit since January 1st.
25. 21st December, 1:13 p.m.: The 355th day of the year (20th December in leap years), celebrated at 1:13 p.m.Fill in the blank and name the event. Ans:
27. Q22 They are fictional megastructures (radii: 8000 km) and superweapons in the eponymous series. They are referred to as "Installations" by their AI monitors, as Sacred Rings by the Covenant, and are collectively referred to as "the Array" by their creators, the Forerunners, who built the rings to contain and study the Flood, an infectious alien parasite. The rings also act together as a weapon of last resort; when fired, the rings kill any sentient life capable of falling prey to the Flood, starving the parasite of its food. What? Ans:
32. Q27 Section ____ of the Indian Penal Code deals with the cases of cheating and awards punishment of fine and/or jail upto 7 years. The same Section of the Penal Codes of both India and Pakistan cover such activity. Ans:
35. Q30 The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England, fought between supporters of two rival branches of the Royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York (the "red" and the "white" rose, respectively). They are generally accepted to have been fought in several spasmodic episodes between 1455 and 1485, although there was related fighting both before and after this period. Though the war ended a long time ago, it has given rise to a famous rivalry between two English clubs also called the "roses rivalry". Name the clubs. Ans:
39. Ans 4: Kurt Cobain. The sign refers to the Cobain led Nirvana’s song Come As You Are.
40. Ans 5: Delorean Motor Company. The car is the modified DMC-12(the only model produced by the company) used by Dr. Emmet ‘Doc’ Brown and Marty McFly as a time machine.
41. Ans 6: He is the model used for the silhouette of a basketball player in the NBA logo.
42. Ans 7: Connaught Place (named after Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn)
43. Ans 8: Charlie Chaplin (sans trademark Hitler moustache).
44. Ans 9: Swastika. Hypothetical depiction of a comet with gas jets seen down and along its axis of rotation. Part of the Han Dynasty silk comet atlas. A swastika is clearly seen at the left.
45. Ans 10: Kashmir (from L to R: Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Pashmina goats that give the Cashmere wool, Led Zeppelin wrote the song Kashmir.
46. Ans 11: Bob Marley; Marley, arguably the world’s best known Rastafarian, was given the ring by the Prince (later Emperor AmhaSelassie) Wossen, whom Rastafarians believe is God incarnate.
47. Ans 12: On the One Ring (from The Lord of the Rings). Translated, it reads: One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
48. Ans 13: Treadmill. C.O.L.B.E.R.T. stands for Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill.
49. Ans 14: Alto. Clockwise from left: Xerox Alto computer, Maruti Alto, Alto saxophone).
50. Ans 15: Marathon. In the 1908 London Summer Olympics, a special path was made so that the distance to the stadium remained 26 miles. The finishing line was left unchanged, but in order that the spectators, including Queen Alexandra, could have the best view of the final yards, the direction of running was changed to "right-hand inside" (i.e. clockwise). This meant the distance in the stadium was shortened to 385 yards, and the total distance became 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km).
54. Ans 19: Namesakes and founders of car companies. Clockwise from left: Henry Ford, Kiichiro Toyoda, Soichiro Honda and Charles Rolls & Henry Royce.
55. Ans 20: Pi Day (14th March). In American notation 14th March is written as 3/14 or 3.14.
56. Ans 21: Wimbledon. Clockwise from left: Rudyard Kipling (lines from his poem If are found at the entrance of Wimbledon), Rolex (only Rolex digital watch at Wimbledon), Ralph Lauren and Slazenger.
57. Ans 22: Halo, from the video game series of the same name.
58. Ans 23: Bono (or Paul Hewson), U2 frontman. He was chosen along with Bill and Melinda Gates as the Good Samaritans for Time Magazine’s Person(s) of the Year 2005):
59. Ans 24: Glenn McGrath (Man of the Series of the Cricket World Cup)
60. Ans 25: Shakespeare (Clockwise from left : VishalBhardwaj known for his Bollywood Shakespeare adaptations, Anne Hathaway – the same name as Shakespeare’s wife, Stratford-upon-Avon – birthplace of the Bard, reconstruction of Globe Theatre – where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.
61. Ans 26: Coca-Cola. Clockwise from left: the coca plant, the kola nut, Santa Claus – whose red and white attire was popularised by Coca-Cola ads, John Permberton – inventor of Coca-Cola.
62. Ans 27: 420. The term 420 as a trickster or cheat is also used in Myanmar.
63. Ans 28: Queen (the band). Clockwise from left: Helen Mirren clutching her Oscar statuette she won for her performance as Elizabeth II in The Queen, Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff and thermometer give Freddie Mercury, Bohemia refers to Queen’s famous operatic Bohemian Rhapsody.
64. Ans 29: X-Men. Clockwise from left: the mammal wolverine, cyclops, a storm, nightcrawler worm, angel.
