This document provides clues about famous people from the fields of cinema, cricket, and politics. It asks the reader to identify people based on descriptions of their careers, connections to other famous individuals, and family members. Some key details provided include references to famous Indian film directors Satyajit Ray and Akira Kurosawa, several Bollywood actresses and their connections to cricket, and the family members of some famous cricketers. The document then asks the reader to identify people A through J and provides short descriptions to aid in identifying them. It awards points for each correct identification.
3. • A said about B – “Not to have seen the cinema of B means existing in
the world without seeing the sun or the moon”. At least 4 family
members of B had played first class cricket, most famous of them
being his grand uncle C, often compared to WG Grace himself
• Actresses D and E in different movies had the first name of A.
Cricketer F’s daughter’s first name is also same as A
• D has a number of cricket connections, including acting in a movie G
loosely based on cricketer H. E, too has a few cricket connections of
her own. She dated I, who has managed a few cricketers and is
related to one. E’s alleged biological mother (who vehemently denies
this) was married to a cricketer J
• ID A to J. 2 points per identification. Bonus 5 for getting all right
5. • A – Akira Kurosawa
• B – Satyajit Ray
• C – Saradaranjan Ray
• D – Anushka Sharma (audience 1: name the Indian cricketer she
allegedly dated in 2012)
• E – Sonakshi Sinha
• F – Ravichandran Ashwin
• G – Patiala House
• H – Monty Panesar
• I – Bunty Sajdeh (audience 2: name his cricketer relative)
• J – Mohsin Khan (audience 3: name Sonakshi’s alleged biological
mother)
7. 1
• Kalpana Iyer-Simple Kapadia
• Mugdha Godse
• Kanika Kapoor-Mandana Karimi
The above people have all appeared in various versions of a particular
song. If Dev Anand appeared in the song opposite Iyer-Kapadia,
Randeep Hooda opposite Kapoor-Karimi, who appeared opposite
Godse? Which song?
10. 2
In 2005, roughly around the same time as Rahul Dravid became the
Indian captain replacing Saurav Ganguly, this organization A made him
their brand ambassador. He replaced another sportsperson B. This
created a minor controversy with A terminating deal with B over an e-
mail. However, in 2008-09, A went through tough times and dropped
Dravid as brand ambassador. Recently, A has hired an Olympic medalist
C as their brand ambassador. Identify A,B and C
12. • A – Bank of Baroda
• B – Koneru Humpy
• C – PV Sindhu
13. 3
This man has led a colorful life. He played FC cricket in 2 countries.
When he was called to play his last test, he was the only player in the
two squads who was not playing FC cricket anywhere. He incidentally
achieved his highest FC score in the last test. Twice- in his late 50s and
early 60s, he was charged with sexually abusing minors. This man holds
the record of highest FC runs without a century (only player with more
than 10,000 runs and no FC 100)
However, whenever we hear his name, whatever be the topic of
discussion, we remember it for a particular “kabab me haddi”
achievement of his. Who?
19. 5
• This person was the then managing editor of Hindustan Times. He
was passionate abut cricket, and HT sponsored the scoreboard at
Ferozeshah Kotla during his tenure. In June 1948, HT was in the
process of collaborating with Reuters for international news, for
which he had to be in London. At the same time, the Ashes was about
to begin, and news had spread that this would the last tour of
Bradman. The first test was to happen at Nottingham, and he could
not get a place to stay for the night. So he got his connections and
arranged to stay in a local jail (befittingly) for the night. Who was this
cricket crazy editor of the Hindustan Times?
25. 7
Joravar Singh Rajput runs this organization now, though the business
was started and made famous by his aunt. The organization came into
prominence in 2013 when, in a speech at FICCI, the then Gujarat CM
Shri Narendra Modi used the name of this organization as a prime
example of women led entrepreneurship. Till 2014 the organization
made only one product, but due to a huge influx of people from a
neighboring state, an additional product was introduced in 2015. Name
the organization and the additional product
28. 8
WatchDox is an app which was initially designed to work in Blackberry
phones, and after BB went down, was developed as an Android app.
Now it offers a whole range of features, some as complicated as editing
excel files and presentations. However , what was the primary purpose
for which Watchdox was built?
31. 9
At 6 feet 7 inches and weighing 240 pounds, Praveen Kumar Sobti is an
imposing figure who dominated the athletic scene of Indian during the
60s and 70s. His events were harmer throw and discus throw and he
was essentially India's top man in hammer, reaching out to distances
hitherto never imagined. His 65.66 metres record in hammer, achieved
in the domestic circuit before Mexico Olympics of 1968, stood in
solitary splendour for nearly two decades. He contested 2014 LS
elections on a AAP ticket but later joined BJP.
How do we better know Praveen Kumar Sobti?
34. 10. This is a scene from
Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Raag
Desh where Col. GS Dhillon
meets his mother during
the INA trials. Amit Sadh is
playing Col. Dhillon. Who is
playing his mother?
38. 11
Who could have foreseen that a YouTube performer, who spent two
years in almost complete anonymity jostling for attention among the
gems that litter the hallways of cringepop, would suddenly amass such
a dedicated audience that merely objecting to the lyrics of his song, for
its suggestions of sexual violence and celebration of misogyny, would
result in death and rape threats for a reporter?
Huffington Post recently published this article. Who and what is it
about?
41. 12
This person, holds two Dan black belts in Taekwondo and represented
India in the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong. In
2008, 7Seas Technologies launched a 3D mobile game The Alien Killer
with this person as the lead character. Who?
47. Bengal Warriors in the Pro Kabaddi League. This is of course Kishore
Biyani, of the Future Group. Akshay Kumar
48. 14
A description of the picture is found in
Abul Fazal’s accounts – the picture is
that of a king riding a horse –
Ashvapati. The other types were –
Senapati, Gajapati, Dhanpati, Dalpati,
Navapati, Surapati, Asrapati, Vanapati,
Ahipati etc. They were made of various
materials including ivory, tortoise shell
etc. Some of them have motifs of
Ramayana and Mahabharata, among
others. What?
52. 15
She is Meera Munda, wife of former
CM of Jharkhand Arjun Munda. She
used to play a sport in her youth,
but poverty ensured she never
made it big. As a result, she started
an academy in that sport to help
the poor but talented sportsmen.
Who is the most well known
product of the academy?
56. 16
This person held the Miss India crown for 3 years for a particular
reason. She won a gold medal in the All India Pistol Shooting
Championship in 1988. She also represented Delhi at National level in
badminton. However, a lot of us know her for playing one of the most
iconic leading ladies on Doordarshan. Who and how do we know her?
58. Shikha Swaroop as
Chandrakanta. The reason she
held the Miss India title for 3
years because between 1988
(when she won it) and 1990
(when Femina became the
official sponsor), the event was
not held
59. 17
In Late 1992, the families, both of whom had IAS officers working in the
South Block, had planned a simple marriage event without fanfare. But
PV Narsimha Rao, the then Prime Minister found out about it and gate-
crashed the wedding. He even scolded his two prized secretaries for
not inviting him. The bride was Anupama. Who was the groom?
62. 18
Bal Thackeray was fired from this organization because of his attacks on
southern Indian immigration into Bombay. When RK Laxman was asked
not to make fun at communists, Laxman left the organization and
joined The Times of India. The organization was established in 1930
by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. Which
organization?
65. “The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of
the un-fittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated.
In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million
stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank
you.
I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is,
ladies and gentleman, that X -- for lack of a better word -- is Y”
ID X and Y.
19
68. 20
X was in India "to assist as a technical expert" at the US embassy in
New Delhi in the late 2000s. He spent six days taking courses in ethical
hacking and programming at Koenig Solutions, a professional institute
located six miles from the US embassy. Later, when in hiding, he
proclaimed this stint helped him making friends with Indian journalists
and power brokerss. A character based on X helped RAW eliminate
David Headley in S. Hussain Zaidi’s book “Mumbai Avengers” (which
was made into “Phantom”). Who is X?
71. 21
An IIT Kanpur – IIM Ahmedabad graduate and Eisenhower Fellow Prem
Das Rai is the first IIT-IIM graduate to be a Lok Sabha MP. He is the lone
MP from his party. Name the party he represents and the state he
belongs to
74. This person operated a boutique, the “Psychedelhi”, at the Oberoi
Hotel with Martand Singh in the 1960s. The clientele included the
Beatles and it ended up supplying clothes to London outlets like Mr.
Fish and Annacat. It also led to an association with Diana Vreeland,
then editor of Vogue. However, we know him as one of the longest
serving person in a particular position in a different field. Who?
22
81. 24
In the match where Chris Gayle scored 175 (66 balls) and RCB scored
263 in 20 over in IPL 2014, there was one bowler from the opposition
team who conceded less than 6 runs an over. Name the bowler and the
opposition team
84. 25
There are 4 chapters in the book – in each of the chapters the
protagonists solve a case. The mysterious cases of the bride-abducting
Were-Yeti of Ramgarhpur, the ghost of AK Hangal, the rescue of the
Indian Women`s Hockey team from a `not-a-terrorist` attack and aid of
forgotten stars from DD (like Salma Sultana). Adhiraj Singh and Harsho
Mohan Chattoraj are the authors. Name the book
87. 26. This former British politician was a
Member of Parliament from 1970 to
1992, representing the constituencies
of Epping (1970–74) and Chingford
(1974–92). He is remembered for a
reason which among other occasions,
come to the fore in certain cricket
matches. Name him?
92. 2,3,4 and 6 strokes under par in Golf – Eagle, Albatross, Condor and
Phoenix
93. 28
X has constructed advanced fighter-jets, mind control devices, a
weather control device, a teleportation device, robots, clones, a
working Transporter device from Star Trek, time machines, a Multiverse
Transporter, a shrinking pod as well as an assortment of guns including
lasers, rocket launchers, and crossbows. Wizard magazine rated X, who
has matricidal tendencies to be the 95th greatest villain of all time.
Who is X?
96. 29. Charles Gardner Radbourn was an American professional baseball
pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. In the
photograph below, he is seen doing something which is the first
documented appearance of the same. What?
100. 30
“In the Assassins’ Creed Universe Apple of Eden #2 was a Piece of
Eden, an item of ancient and technologically advanced equipment
created by the First Civilization to control humankind. In the 20th
century, Apple #2 fell into the hands of X, who used it to control
minds of the people around him. So an assassin Y was readied to
eliminate him and retrieve it”. This is the story of an upcoming
graphic novel in the Assassins’ Creed series. Who are X and Y
103. 31
Filmed entirely on location in Kabul, Afghanistan, X tells the coming of
age story of two best friends – a street urchin and a blacksmith’s son -
who dream of a better life. Rafi, whose family has long worked in
blacksmith trade, bridles under his father's insistence that he follow in his
footsteps.
His best friend Ahmad, a penniless orphan, survives by begging for coins
in exchange for a puff of incense from his makeshift censer-a tin can
swung from a piece of wire. Seeking to escape their destinies, the two
friends dream of becoming champion horsemen. Name the movie, a two
word name. One of the words is a popular sport played in those regions
106. 32
On the occasion of 25 years of this movie, New Beverly Cinema
screened this movie this year on April 2012. The next day, a movie that
was almost a scene-by-scene copy of the movie was shown in the same
theater. Give me either the movie and its copy, or the person who owns
New Beverly Cinema
110. 33
According to Hindu tradition, a tyrannical Muslim ruler named
Mirkhshah from Thatta ordered that local Hindus convert to Islam
within 24 hours. Local Hindus, fearful of this edict, prayed at the banks
of the Indus River, where they then saw a vision of the Hindu
deity Varuna who informed the worshippers that he would re-incarnate
himself as an infant to be born in Nasirpur in order to deliver them
from their hardships. Give me either the incarnation of his “vahana”
113. 34. Anik Datta is a Bengali movie director
(shown in the picture) who has directed
movies like “Bhooter Bhobishyot” (remade into
Hindi as “Gang of Ghosts”) and “Meghnad
Bodh Rahasya”. His grandfather Narendra
Chandra Datta, however, was a well known
personality in another field and who helped
start a major financial institution of India.
Which financial institution?
117. 35
"See? Doesn't this feel right?"
"Joe I'm not leaving my wife for you."
"You said we'd be together forev-"
"8 years. I said 8 years.“
As per a lady named Ashley, this is the favorite of her father. What is it
all about?
120. 36
X is a vehicular combat racing video game being developed by Pixel
Dash Studios and EQ Games as a ”spiritual successor” to the Y series
of vehicular combat racing video games. An in-progress version is
available through Steam Early Access, with final release for Microsoft
Windows, OS X, and Linux on October 4th, 2017. Console versions of X
planned for 2018. X and Y? (want exact names, and both names)
123. 37. Developed by a South Korean
company called Dot, this is priced at
roughly USD320. The device
connects to a smartphone via
Bluetooth and can receive any text
from any app or service. It comes
with four cells of six tiny moving
components and is inspired by
Apple’s minimalist feature. What is
it?
126. 38
The conglomerate sells absolutely everything: Its two million wholly
owned subsidiaries include “every conceivable field,” from yogurt to
aerospace. It changes the world by covering it with garbage—then
ships all humans to a space station where their bone density decreases
almost as quickly as their body fat increases.
What has the conglomerate left to “clean up”, all except one of which
stops functioning?
129. 39
X is the internetworking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as
"connected devices" and "smart devices"), buildings, and other items—
embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network
connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data. In
2013 the Global Standards Initiative on X defined it as "the
infrastructure of the information society.“. X allows objects to be sensed
and/or controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure. X is
considered one of the hottest fields in global technology right now, and
is rapidly growing in India, with celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar
investing in companies associated with X. What is X?
136. 41
On 9 April 2013, Real Madrid were forced to wear sponsor-free jerseys
while playing against Galatasaray in Istanbul in the UEFA Champions
League. When Rangers FC played French
sides Auxerre and Strasbourg in the 1996–97 Champions League and
the UEFA Cup, respectively, Rangers players wore the logo of Center
Parcs instead of McEwan's Lager. Give reasons for both
138. Betting is illegal in Turkey. One of Real Madrid’s sponsors in 2013 was
bwin.com, which is an online betting website. In France, alcohol cannot
be advertised directly, but only via surrogate marketing (similar to
India). Both Center Parcs and McEwan's Lager were subsidiaries
of Scottish & Newcastle
Audience: Which club refused a alcohol company sponsorship when 2
of its major city based rivals went for the same? Why did it do so?
139. 42
The literal translation of this network is “new trunk line”. However, the
popular name stuck because of a nickname given to the network in the
1930s. The network started just in time for a major sporting event. The
initial designs of the network were made by 3people who used to
design fighter planes during WWII. What am I talking about?
141. The Japanese Bullet Train network Shinkansen. The sporting event was
Tokyo Olympics, 1964
142. 43
Arnab Ray is a CSE graduate from Jadavpur University Department of
Engineering, has bene a professor and researcher at various
universities in the USA and an author of such books like The Mine, May
I Hebb Your Attention Pliss and The Mahabharata Murders. However, in
the late 2000s to early 2010s, he wrote (he still write, less frequently) a
very popular blog under a pseudonym. What was his pseudonym and
what was the name of the blog?
145. 44
This organization was planning to have its IPO, which was predicted to
be the largest in terms of value at 2 Trillion USD. However,
macroeconomic factors and the volatility in price of the product it does
business in might see a differing in its IPO till 2020. Controlled by the
royal family of the country in which it is headquartered, it is the most
valuable company in the world by Market Capitalization as well as the
company with the largest carbon footprint as per WWE. After a major
cyber attack by a group of hackers owing allegation to an enemy
country, this company uses Linux systems for all it operations and it
planning to enter the Indian market. Which organization?
148. 45
The first recorded use of the word appears in 1884.A popular folk
etymology of the word claims that it originated among Russian troops
who occupied Paris following the Napoleonic Wars, a theory that has
later been debunked. The usage of the “word” likely developed out of
the basement kitchens of Parisian apartments where tenants paid for
both room and board. Landlords could supplement their income by
opening their kitchen to the paying public. Menus were built around
foods that were simple, could be prepared in quantity and would keep
over time. Wine and coffee were also served. What is the good word?
151. 46. These are “graves” of 2 “people”
situated at Binjaur village
near Anupgarh city of Sri
Gangannagar district of Rajasthan state
of India. Hundreds of people visit here for
a fair in month of June. Before the Kargil
war people from Pakistan, Afghanistan
Uzbekistan, Iran and Azerbaijan could visit
the place as well. Who are the “2 people”?
155. 47
The concept was started in 2011 by a plastic surgeon in Canada to
celebrate October 13 as X . The aim is to raise awareness about a
particular disease and encouraging potential patients to go for tests.
People who don’t want to participate are encouraged to use a purple
alternative. However, a lot of activists have also slammed the concept
saying it sexualizes a serious and killer disease. What is X?
157. No Bra Day, to raise awareness about breast cancer
158. 48. This person is a
background dancer in
Bollywood movies. His
name is Bulbul. Here he is
shown appearing in the 2
versions of the same song
which released 37 years
apart. Which song?
161. Laila o Laila (Zeenat Aman, Qurbani and Sunney Leone, Raees)
162. 49
National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune was established
in 1969 by X as an autonomous "think-tank" for the Indian banking
system. It is intended to further the government's objective of
developing the banking industry in India, making the industry more
cost-effective, and thus better equipped to aid national development.
The institute focuses on helping managers in the field make their
organizations competitive both domestically and internationally.
The NIBM is governed by a board, chaired by Y, and it includes
representatives from the various member banks and educational
institutes. What are X and Y?
165. 50
Amitava Jana, who, along with elder brother Animesh, now runs the
New Howrah ______ started by their father in 1973. The price of their
company’s main manufactured product has never crept up above Rs.
10 in the last 45 years and has become synonymous with middle class
households and tea stalls in West Bengal. What is the product?
168. 51
Chhedi’s is a food stall just outside the main gate of IIT Kharagpur. In it’s
50 year history, the food stall has downed it’s shutters on only one day,
ignoring all kinds of bandhs, festivals and other holidays
Mohinder Amarnath’s second ODI as captain and Vengsarkar’s “first
ODI 100 that didn’t happen”
Joginder Shelly was a former pilot who, post retirement from service,
acted in and produced B Grade horror-comedy movies. One of his
movies, “Adamkhor” was inspired by a Ed Wood movie, “Plan 9 from
Outer Space”
Never liked by Agatha Christie’s daughter, this person nevertheless
played Poirot 6 times in movies
What connects the 4 facts stated above?
170. Indira Gandhi’s death
Chhedi’s remained closed only on one day in its history – 31 October
1984
An India Pakistan match was called off with Vengsarkar on 94 not out
The “adamkhor” in Joginder’s movie refers to the assassins. Joginder
was Indira Gandhi’s personal pilot
Peter Ustinov, who played Poirot in 6 movies, was supposed to
interview Indira Gandhi on 31 October 1984. He was one of the
witnesses to the assassination
171. 52
Only 3 Indian batsmen have scored a ODI 100 at Wankhede Ground in
Mumbai – Mohd Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. Sachin
Tendulkar scored his only ODI 100 at Wankhede on December 14,
1996. This ODI was the only ODI played by the two teams in a ODI
“series” following a 3 Test series. Why was it only a one ODI “series”?
This was the last instance why the “one ODI” happened
173. It was a benefit match, almost played as an afterthought. Mohinder
Amarnath was the “beneficiary”. The last international “benefit match”
in India
174. 53
Who or what connects these names– Radium Snow Cream, Godrej
Vegetable Oil Soap, Bournvita, Kuntaleen Hair Oil, Jalajoga Restaurant,
Shri Ghrita, Dwarkin & Son Harmoniums, Napier Paint Works,
Bholanath Dutt & Sons Ltd.?
176. All brands / products / companies endorsed by Rabindranath Tagore
177. 54
A Padmashri, Padmabhushan and Nehru Blitz Award winner, his company
was recognized by the Government of India as the country's second
largest silk exporter and was thus awarded in 1974. In 1977, Jyoti Basu,
requested him to join and campaign for the CPIM in return for a high-
profile government post. Being strongly anti-communist, he refused and
instead filed his papers as an independent candidate against Basu. With
the CPI(M) victory, Basu vindictively attacked his business and steadily
undermined its functioning, till it was forced to shut down permanently.
and he was forced into bankruptcy. Who is this unfortunate person, the
first Indian to achieve a particular sporting feat?
179. Mihir Sen, the first Indian man to swim the English Channel
Audience: Where did he complete his B.A. LLB from?
180. 55
If you search “Amin Lakhani” on google till this Tuesday, the first few
results showed the head of Mindshare, an advertising firm and the
deputy CEO of Lakson group, a Pakistan based conglomerate. However,
that has changed a bit due to the exploits of a left hander in Australia.
Who is the Amin Lakhani who is now the top in google search results
and who is the left handed Australian?
182. Mitchell Starc took a hattrick in each innings of a FC match
Amin Lakhani, a former left arm spinner from Pakistan, was the last
person to do so
183. 56. This 6248 square feet
mansion in Staten island
has been up for sale since
2014. Almost everyone
who comes to buy the
house, invariably makes
one statement to the
agents due to something
which happened here in
the early 1970s. What
happened in the early
1970s? What is the
statement?
186. Godfather was shot here. “I will make you an offer you cannot refuse”
187. 57
Phrase ____ ____ means Envy of the moon. So when the singer says
Mere ____ ____, he means his lover is so beautiful that it can even
make the moon jealous. Contrary to popular opinion, the phrase has
nothing to do with a body part. What is the phrase?
190. 58. This tree, in the
Karmala Taluka of Solapur
district of Maharashtra,
broke down in January
this year under the
weight of people who sit
on its branches to take
selfies. Why was this tree
in the middle of nowhere,
so popular?
193. This was the tree shown in the Marathi movie Sairat where the
protagonists Archi and Parshya used to sit upon during their courtship
days
194. 59. The logo shown in the
photograph is that of a sports
medicine and technology company.
Two women entrepreneurs – one of
them a Mumbai based doctor and
the other the CEO of a trust that
runs a school in Haryana own nearly
80% of this company. Who the two
entrepreneurs?
199. Habibgunj station near Bhopal, India’s first privately developed station
to be developed by Bhopal based Bansal group
200. 61
Abhishek Narain is the Director of Data & Analytics at GE Digital
Satadru Bagchi Global Marketing Manager, Panadol at GSK Consumer
Healthcare, Singapore
Jishnu Dasgupta is the Bass Guitarist at Swarathma, a Bangalore based
Indian Folk Fusion band
What did they together create in 2005/06, which has become a
internet cult over the years? Incidentally, Bagchi’s career followed a
path exactly similar to the protagonist of their creation
209. 64
Sandeep Kaur was a former
nurse in the US whose life
story inspired the Kangana
Ranaut movie “Simran”.
What nickname was given to
her because of the unique
way she operated?
212. Long Visual Connect
Points marked on each slide
Please don’t shout the answer, just write it and call me
Applies to audience too
One chance per slide
222. All schemes launched by Modi Government
• AMRIT: Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment
• GARV: Grameen Vidyutikaran
• SHAKTI: Scheme to Harness and Allocate Koyla Transparently in India
• Udaan scheme: Aims to provide skills training and enhance the
employability of unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir
• ROAD: Responsibility, Ownership, Accountability, Discipline—for
improving the work culture among bureaucrats
• HRIDAY: Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana
• UDAY: Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojna
• DISHA: Digital Saksharta Abhiyan
223. All schemes launched by Modi Government
• SWIFT: Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade
• PRASAD: Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation
Drive
• MUDRA Bank: Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank
• UJALA: Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All
• MANAS: Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills
• BHIM: Bharat Interface for Money
• Kayakalp: An award to promote cleanliness, hygiene and infection
control practices in public health facilities
• NIDHI: National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations