2. QUESTION 1
• The United States Marine Training is an intensive 12 week workout detailed below.
Whats the last and final test on week 11 known as ?
• Week 1 : Receiving
• Week 2 : In the Barracks
• Week 3 : Bayonet Assault Course
• Week 4 : Pugil Sticks (Close quarter combat)
• Week 5 : MCMAP
• Week 6 : Rappelling
• Week 7 : Grass Week (Rifle Training)
• Week 8 : Firing Week
• Week 9 : Confidence Course
• Week 10 : Day Movement
• Week 11 : …………………??? (A continuous 54 hour challenge)
• Week 12 : Emblem Ceremony
3. QUESTION 2
• Is that your Ride ?
The
S.No The Ride
Rider
a. K.I.T.T
b. Mystery Machine
c. Hamsa
d. De Lorean DMC-12 with a flux capacitor
e. A Porsche Spyder named “Little Bastard”
f. Hero
g. Chetak
h. Millennium Falcon
5. QUESTION 4
• Identify this eccentric business tycoon wanted in Belize for
questioning and recently arrested in Guatemala and deported
to United States
7. QUESTION 6
• Logo of which
Hockey India League
team and also who
are the owners ?
8. QUESTION 7
• OPEC was made of 12 members, but from 2003 to
2004 their membership was increased ? How and Why
?
9. QUESTION 8
• What was the only thing Dritharastra has seen in his
entire life ?
10. QUESTION 9
• X’s work “De Architectura” is a series of ten books and the only surviving
major book on architecture from classical antiquity. In Book 3 pertaining to
the design of temples he writes
“ …In truth they are as necessary to the beauty of a building as to that of a well
formed human figure, which nature has so fashioned, that in the face, from the
chin to the top of the forehead, or to the roots of the hair, is a tenth part of the
height of the whole body. From the chin to the crown of the head is an eighth
part of the whole height, and from the nape of the neck to the crown of the head
the same………..……….The navel is naturally placed in the centre of the human
body, and, if in a man lying with his face upward, and his hands and feet extended,
from his navel as the centre, a circle be described, it will touch his fingers and toes.
….. For measuring from the feet to the crown of the head, and then across the
arms fully extended, we find the latter measure equal to the former; so that lines at
right angles to each other, enclosing the figure, will form a square.”
Name him or how has the previous passage been encoded famously ?
12. QUESTION 11
• How do we better know a gentleman by the name of
Count Orlando Mazzotta holding an Italian passport
while travelling in Europe ?
13. QUESTION 12
• Identify this famous “hunter” from his safari to Africa, where a
staggering 11,400 animals were either killed or trapped. Ironically
his lasting popular legacy comes from an animal he refused to kill.
15. QUESTION 14
• The Video is about how to make Steak Tartare. What
is its significance ?
16. QUESTION 15
• This is a rendering of the proposed Zhuhai – Hong Kong Bridge.
What is the specific purpose of this design? (sidenote : this was not
the winning design)
17. QUESTION 16
• In the town of Saveh, currently in Iran, Marco Polo during his journey
claims to have seen the tombs of Melichior, Casper and Balthasar with
their bodies still entire, with hair and beard remaining. How do we
collectively know them as ?
18. QUESTION 17
• Where are you likely to find these living root bridges made out of roots of
trees ?
19. QUESTION 18
• In Biological sciences what is the opposite of extinct
i.e. the word used to refer to a species/taxa that is
surviving or still alive?
25. QUESTION 24
• A oft quoted apocryphal tale is “this” originated from the name United
States (more specifically US) and morphed into its present form. But a
more likely tale is that it originated from this impressa of the Holy Roman
Emperor Charles V, which was then was featured on the Spanish “Pieces
of eight”
33. QUESTION 2
• Is that your Ride ?
The
S.No The Ride
Rider
a. K.I.T.T
b. Mystery Machine
c. Hamsa
d. De Lorean DMC-12 with a flux capacitor
e. A Porsche Spyder named “Little Bastard”
f. Hero
g. Chetak
h. Millennium Falcon
34. ANSWER
S.No The Ride The Rider
a. K.I.T.T Michael Knight
b. Mystery Machine Scooby Doo Gang
c. Hamsa Saraswati / Bramha
d. De Lorean DMC-12 with a flux capacitor Doc Emmet Brown
e. A Porsche Spyder named “Little Bastard” James Dean
f. Hero Phantom
g. Chetak Rana Pratap
h. Millennium Falcon Hans Solo
37. QUESTION 4
• Identify this eccentric business tycoon wanted in Belize for
questioning and recently arrested in Guatemala and deported
to United States
43. QUESTION 7
• OPEC was made of 12 members, but from
2003 to 2004 their membership was increased ?
How and Why ?
44. ANSWER
• Iraq was occupied by the CPA (Coalition Provisional
Authority) whose main member was the USA. So US
was also considered a de facto member for the period
45. QUESTION 8
• What was the only thing Dritharastra has seen in his
entire life ?
47. QUESTION 9
• X’s work “De Architectura” is a series of ten books and the only surviving
major book on architecture from classical antiquity. In Book 3 pertaining to
the design of temples he writes
“ …In truth they are as necessary to the beauty of a building as to that of a well
formed human figure, which nature has so fashioned, that in the face, from the
chin to the top of the forehead, or to the roots of the hair, is a tenth part of the
height of the whole body. From the chin to the crown of the head is an eighth
part of the whole height, and from the nape of the neck to the crown of the head
the same………..……….The navel is naturally placed in the centre of the human
body, and, if in a man lying with his face upward, and his hands and feet extended,
from his navel as the centre, a circle be described, it will touch his fingers and toes.
….. For measuring from the feet to the crown of the head, and then across the
arms fully extended, we find the latter measure equal to the former; so that lines at
right angles to each other, enclosing the figure, will form a square.”
Name him or how has the previous passage been encoded famously ?
53. QUESTION 12
• Identify this famous “hunter” from his safari to Africa, where a
staggering 11,400 animals were either killed or trapped. Ironically
his lasting popular legacy comes from an animal he refused to kill.
59. QUESTION 15
• This is a rendering of the proposed Zhuhai – Hong Kong Bridge.
What is the specific purpose of this design? (sidenote : this was not
the winning design)
60. ANSWER
• This is to ensure a smooth transition from a left hand
drive (Hong Kong) to right hand drive (China) and
vice versa.
61. QUESTION 16
• In the town of Saveh, currently in Iran, Marco Polo
during his journey claims to have seen the tombs of
Melichior, Casper and Balthasar with their bodies still
entire, with hair and beard remaining. How do we
collectively know them as ?
65. QUESTION 18
• In Biological sciences what is the opposite of extinct
i.e. the word used to refer to a species/taxa that is
surviving or still alive?
77. QUESTION 24
• A oft quoted apocryphal tale is “this” originated from the name United
States (more specifically US) and morphed into its present form. But a
more likely tale is that it originated from this impressa of the Holy Roman
Emperor Charles V, which was then was featured on the Spanish “Pieces
of eight”