4. • This was a popular Indian cultural magazine show hosted by Renuka
Shahane and Siddharth Kak, which ran from 1993 to 2001. It was telecast
on Doordarshan and later moved to Star Plus on Sunday mornings. One of
the reasons of the show's popularity was the weekly quiz open for viewer
participation. At that time mobile phones and Internet were not so
prevalent in India and viewers would post their responses using the
15 paise postcard of India post. According to the Limca Book of
Records the show once received the highest ever documented response in
the history of Indian television - over 1.4 million letters in a single week.
The Indian postal department was forced to issue a different category of
postcards called "Competition Postcards" priced at 2 Rupees each for
participating in such contests. Which show?
10. • Interestingly no strict geographical criterion is
imposed in selecting the list, which currently
has 38 members. Although there is no agreed
definition, the contract for those not part of
this list indicates that one of the criteria for
being in this list is that members have atleast
500 seats (some with 499 seats have been
grandfathered in, provided they don’t fall
below 499). What list?
20. • During the World War One, large reserves of a
particular commodity accumulated in
Karnataka because the could not be exported
to Europe. On the advice of Sir M
Vishveshwarya, Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the
Maharaja of Mysore established a factory in
1916 to manufacture what brand of products?
(Hint: A popular Indian Sports personality won a 5 yr long
legal battle against this company earlier this year)
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23. • X is a very popular restaurant and hangout which
is a meeting point for journalists, artists, theatre
persons, students and foreigners. Known for a
British snack, it’s an institution that has a
reputation for serving the city’s intelligentsia.
Founded in 1940, it retains an old-world charm
with huge pillars and large fans. It is said that
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Nikita
Khrushchev, Queen Elizabeth II are some of the
dignitaries to have dined there. It has also won
MTV's award for the Most Stylish Place in
Bangalore. Id X.
30. • According to the puranas, it was first prepared
by the Ashvins, the devas of Ayurvedic
medicine. It is named after the rishi for whom
the medicine was made. The formula for it
was first seen in the Charaka Samhita. What
am I talking about?
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33. • Due to its never-ending experimentation with
odd ice cream flavors, what does Ben & Jerry’s
do with flavours that seem too odd for their
own good?
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36. • X was first set up in Peshawar in undivided
India in 1920 by a Hindu Punjabi Kundan Lal
Gujral. Gujral moved to Delhi following
the partition of India in 1947 and opened a
restaurant in Delhi. According to Gujral, he
invented the signature dishes of Indian
restaurants, tandoori chicken and butter
chicken.
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39. • This cocktail was allegedly named in the 1950s
for oil riggers stationed in the Middle East who
used their hardware tools to stir their drinks.
45. • K. S. Ranjitsinhji was an Indian prince and
Test cricketer who played for the English
cricket team. The first-class cricket
tournament in India, the Ranji Trophy, was
named in his honour.
46. • It uses technology developed in the military
for tank and jet fighter tracking. The
technology was founded by French scientist
Nicholas Bion, before being worked upon by
many companies in Paris and being bought
and adopted by the Australian Nine Network.
The technology was adapted for television by
BBG Sports, in conjunction with Sky Sports.
What is it?
52. This is a picture of the English Cricket team
back in 1900. Why is this picture have a
special significance?
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54. • The Great Britain cricket team who won gold
at the 1900 Olympic games in Paris. This
match was played between France and Great
Britain. The first and the last time Cricket was
an Olympic Sport. Hence, this was the only
cricket team in history to have an Olympic
Medal.
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59. • A tropical paradise in the truest sense of the word is. X
is an island nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of a
double chain of twenty-six atolls. X is over 99 percent
sea with less than one percent land. The emblem of
this nation is below.
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62. • The national flag of which country includes
the image of an AK-47 with a bayonet
attached to the barrel and is the only national
flag in the world to feature a modern rifle?
The capital of this nation is
Maputo, and roughly 45,000 people of Indian
descent reside here.
65. • The First volume of the book subtitled
Cosmographic Meditations on the Creation of
the World and the Image of Creation by
Gerard de Cramer of Flanders appeared in
1585. What was the single word title of this
series which was the first to be given such a
name?
