Charlie Chaplin won his only Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1940 for the movie The Great Dictator.

1. Happy Quizzing 

3.  X is a tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean, and a part of British
territory. It is about 1800 km from India. In the 1970s, the
United States established a military base here, leading to the
displacement of a large number of people. This expulsion is the
topic of the 2004 documentary Stealing A Nation, written and
directed by John Pilger. The US has often been accused of
running secret prisons in X. Recently, Wikileaks disclosed that
the UK was planning to set up a marine reserve here, to prevent
the natives from returning.
In common language, X is used to denote a small region of
dominance of an entity within a large area. Amar Singh of
Samajwadi Party famously remarked "Rae Bareilly and Amethi are
the X of the Congress in UP.“
Also X has been featured in Transformers as having a storage
facility for a segment of the All Spark and a training facility for
the Autobots.

7.  Connect –
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons
The Winds of Winter
P.S. – Not Exhaustive

8.  Bonus Question –
Name the continent having the Seven
Kingdoms in the series „A Song of Ice and
Fire‟?

9.  When he died in December 1980, flags in
Kentucky were flown at half mast for 4 days.
ID.

12.  It is a full fledged hacking tool designed to let
white hat hackers (the good „guys‟) test the
security level of a given computer network,
wired or wireless.

13.  These are used to arrange the start of a race
with the starting points in the outside lanes
progressively closer to the finish line so as to
neutralize the advantage of competing in the
shorter inside lanes.

15.  Y is the name of the PS (X) . It
encourages you to take (Y) of your own
home and make it easy to upload and share
your own (Y) . Y will not be sold in the
department stores or via X.se. It has been
distributed on selected X family events for the
X PS 2012 launch and is only available in
limited edition.

17.  Following the historic kidnapping of X‟s toddler
son ( The Crime of The Century) , the US
congress adopted the Federal Kidnapping Act
also famously known as the X law or Little X law
which was intended to let federal authorities step
in and pursue kidnappers once they had crossed
state lines with their victims.
 This event was portrayed in the 2011 biopic
J Edgar.
 X was the first pilot to make a Non Stop flight
between New York and Paris.

20.  The British Artist Gerald Holtom combined
the semaphores for N and D to create the
logo for British Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament which would later become the
peace sign.

21.  Indians have the maximum Individual
Olympic Medals in which sport?

22.  Bonus Question –
Name all the Medal winners from these two
sports.

25. But Victory comes at a Price

26.  Explain the 107% rule as used in Formula One
which was used from 1996 to 2002 and
reintroduced in the 2011 season.

27.  Any driver whose best qualifying lap exceeds
107% of the pole position time will not be
allowed to start, save for exceptional
circumstances accepted as such by the
stewards of the Event. Should there be more
than one driver accepted in this manner, their
order will be determined by the stewards.

28.  Polysiloxanes, are inorganic-organic
polymers used extensively as sealants in
building construction. What is their more
famous use?

29.  Silicones in Breast Implants

30.  Google doodle in remembrance of?

31.  Of the Morse
Code fame.

32. Another pictorial clue on next slide.

33. P.S. - Not everything is about cricket.

34.  Jeeves from the Wodehouse fame. He was
named after cricketer Percy Jeeves and the
man in the 2nd pic was off course PGW
himself.

35.  Rules of what? The list is not exhaustive.
Pic on next slide.

37.  Rules of the Internet is a list of protocols and
conventions, originally written to serve as a
guide for those who identified themselves
with the Internet group Anonymous.

38.  Part points for telling me who played them on
screen. Points only if both correct.

39.  Micky Ward and Dicky Edlund played by Mark
Wahlberg and Christian Bale in „The Fighter‟.

40.  From 1930s to late forties, a small group of friends met informally
on a weekly basis (at places like the one shown) to discuss each
other‟s unfinished works. As quoted by one of the members, "There
were no rules, officers, agendas, or formal elections”. They were
literary enthusiasts who praised the value of narrative in fiction, and
encouraged the writing of fantasy. Id the group.

41.  Famous members included :-
J. R. R. Tolkien
C. S. Lewis
Charles Williams
Owen Barfield

42.  A famous song by a very famous band 'X'
features a chorus sung (or rather chanted) by
a large number of people who were fans of
'Y', attending a stadium where Y 'performed'.
The song sung by the chorus is called 'Z' ,
which is the anthem of 'Y„.

43.  X – Pink Floyd
 Y – Liverpool FC
 Z – You‟ll Never Walk Alone.

62.  Bonus Question –
Name the director of this movie?

70.  Give me the first name of Tiger Woods.

72.  Give me the first name of Magic Johnson.

74.  Give me the first name of Babe Ruth.

76.  Which famous American Gangster was nick
named „Scarface‟?

78.  We all know him as Eminem but what is his
real name?

79.  Only Marshall Mathers would do too.

80.  Which famous European footballer is
nicknamed „El Nino‟?

82. Or kill yourself

83. Print Ads Scandals
Literature India
Business Entertainment
Sports Mixed Bag
Auto Mythology
Next

88.  Full Points also
for Funda.

89. Back

90.  It is a major television broadcasting network
in the United states. It broadcasts some of
the very famous like How I Met Your Mother,
Two and A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory
and Rules of Engagement. Its logo is as
shown.

92.  This two companies were listed together on
the same day in 1970s over one decade the
price of one company was more than double
of others ...so one analyst noted "This is
proof that stock markets prefer memory over
mammary". Which two companies?

94.  Started circa 1820 by surveyors marking on
the stones lead to emergence of widely used
term in modern management. Which term?

95. Back

96.  Identify the medal and why is it given? And it
commemorates whom?

97.  Pierre de Coubertin medal - medal given by
the International Olympic Committee to those
athletes who demonstrate the spirit of
sportsmanship in Olympic events.

98.  To which Game/Sport is the terms Foil, Epee
and Sabre associated with?

101.  The only Indian sportsman to win The Arjuna
Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the
Drohnacharya Award.
The other medal is the Padma Shri.
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102.  The name blanked out in the first pic was the
main protagonist on whom the movie in the
second pic was based. Who?

105.  Theodore Roosevelt
 Woodrow Wilson
 Jimmy Carter
 Barack Obama

106.  Setup for which Drinking game?

107. Back

109.  Map showing countries driving on the right in
red and on the left in blue.

112.  X is an American global aerospace, defence,
security, and advanced technology company.
Two of the most famous aircrafts developed
by it are the C-130 Hercules and the F-22
Raptor. Its logo looks like -

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114.  Those Legs!! Whose and where?

115.  At the 2012 Academy Awards.

116.  John Lennon wrote the first line of this song one night in
1967 in response to his wife “going on and on about
something. I kept hearing these words over and over, went
downstairs and it turned into some sort of cosmic song.”
Forty years later, NASA decided to beam it across the
universe on 4th February, 2008, which incidentally
coincided with 50th anniversary of NASA. The music was
digitalised and beamed through NASA‟s deep space
communications network on a 431-light-year journey to
the North Star, Polaris, where it is scheduled to arrive in
2439. The song has an Indian connection since it was
created at the time the Beatles were learning
Transcendental Meditation from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,
which explains the salutation Jai Guru Dev, Om in the
chorus of the song.

118.  X is a film created with the apparent intention
of piggy-backing on the publicity of a major film
with a similar title or theme and are often made
with a low budget. Often these films are created
to be released direct-to-video at the same time
as the mainstream film reaches theaters or video
outlets.
 It is possible to use properties of this sort to
intentionally deceive consumers into mistakenly
purchasing the derivative title.
Examples on next slide

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121.  In Ramayana, we know that Rama was
married to Sita and Lakshmana to Urmila.
Who was Bharata married to and what was the
name of Shatrugna's wife?

122.  Mandavi and Shrutakeerti

123.  Which Indian Mythological character is
depicted in this MF Hussain painting?

125.  Where/what was the prison located/called
where the Titans were help as captive after
they were defeated by the Olympians?

126. Back

127.  Who was the first Indian woman to recieve the
Sahitya Akademi Award for her work
„Sunehray‟?

129.  Oliver Barrett IV, a Harvard student and the
scion of a wealthy upper class family falls in
love with Jennifer Cavalleri, a music student
of ordinary background. Which celebrated
novel of our times? Also name the author.

130.  Love Story by Erich Segal. The mother of all
romance stories!

131.  X won his only Oscar for Best Screen-writer in
1948 for the movie shown. For the next two
decades, he wrote for many TV shows, such
as I Dream of Jeannie starring Barbara Eden.
After his death, Tilly Bagshawe wrote a sequel
to one of his works.

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134.  Kristen Stewart was cheating with director
Rupert Sanders over boyfriend Robert
Pattinson. Rupert‟ directorial debut featured
Kristen Stewart in the lead role in which
movie based on a very famous fairy tale.
Points only for exact name!!

136.  Having concluded that X was dangerous due
to communist infiltration, the FBI shifted to
attempting to discredit X through revelations
regarding his private life. The FBI distributed
reports regarding such affairs. The Bureau
also sent anonymous letters to X threatening
to reveal information if he did not cease his
civil rights work. One such letter was sent to
X just before he received the Nobel Peace
Prize. X interpreted this as encouragement for
him to commit suicide. ID X.

138.  This was the scandal that caused Richard
Nixon to become the only US president in
history to resign from office. Which Scandal?
Full points even if explained properly.

139.  Not explaining it here, just Wiki it up.
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140.  Name the only Indian president who won
unopposed?

142.  Set up by Article 148 of the Indian
Constitution this organization has recently
been in the news a lot over the news recently.
Its top post is held by Vinod Rai. Identify it
from this stamp issued in its honour in 2010.

144.  If Emperor Akbar‟s court had the “Nav
Ratna‟s”.
 In whose court would you have found the
“Ashta Pradhan‟s”?

145. Back

147.  6 questions
 +10/0. Each question open to all.
 Theme ->
+30/-15 for Q1 and Q2
+20/-10 for Q3 and Q4
+10/-5 for Q5 and Q6

148.  X was a military dictator and the third
president of Uganda.
 His rule was characterized by Gross Human
rights abuse, political repression, ethnic
persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism,
corruption, and gross economic
mismanagement.
 X fled to exile in Libya and Saudi Arabia after
the demise of his regime, where he lived until
his death on 16 August, 2003.

150.  X was the longest serving Prime Minister of
the United Kingdom in the 20th Century.
 X implemented Conservative policies that
have come to be known synonymously with
X‟s name.
 One of X‟s famous quotes is – „You know, if
you just set out to be liked, you would be
prepared to compromise on anything,
wouldn‟t you, at any time? And you would
achieve nothing.‟

152.  X was an American actress who still holds the
records for maximum Academy Awards for
Best Actress at 4.
 She was romantically involved with
entrepreneur Howard Hughes from 1936 to
1938.
 During the low days of her career, she was
labeled as „Box Office Poison‟.

154.  X was an American politician who became the
first openly Gay man to be elected to a public
office in 1977.
 X served 11 months in office and was responsible
for passing a stringent gay rights ordinance for
the city.
 X was assassinated in 1978. Despite his short
career, he became became an icon in San
Francisco and a martyr in the gay community.
 In 2002, X was called "the most famous and most
significantly open „LGBT‟ official ever elected in
the United States“.

156.  X was the Duke of York.
 X was the last emperor of India.
 X was not expected to inherit the throne and
spent his early life in the shadow of his elder
brother, Edward.
 X had a stammer which lasted for many years.

158.  X never won the Nobel Peace Prize despite of
being nominated 5 times between 1937 and
1948.
 It was stated by the Nobel Committee about
X, „X could do without the Nobel Peace prize,
whether the Nobel committee can do without
X is the question‟.
 On his death, it was famously quoted –
„Friends and comrades, the light has gone out
of our lives‟.

160.  Portrayal of these Personalities got the Artist an „Academy
Award‟.
Idi Amin – Forest Whitaker – Best Actor – The Last King of
Scotland
Margaret Thatcher – Meryl Streep – Best Actress – The Iron Lady
Katharine Hepburn – Cate Blanchett – Best Supporting Actress –
The Aviator
Harvey Milk – Sean Penn – Best Actor - Milk
King George VI – Colin Firth – Best Actor – The King‟s Speech
Gandhi – Ben Kingsley – Best Actor - Gandhi
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