This document contains 13 trivia questions about various topics like history, movies, music, and more. It provides the questions along with their answers in a multiple choice or short response format. Some of the highlights include: 1) The first instance of 'Mankading' occurring in a test match between India and Australia in 1947. 2) Symbols used on currency notes in India to help visually impaired people identify denominations. 3) Director Richard Franklin including a cameo of Alfred Hitchcock, who had died, in the movie Psycho 2 through the use of his silhouetted figure. 4) The connection between certain cities in India and symbols placed beneath their names, relating to different

1. NOV DEEPAVALI SPECIAL
11 wala

2. 1.In 1947, India Toured Australia. Something unique happened for the first time in India vs
Aus XI, which happened in 2nd test again (Sydney test)? This got wide coverage in Australian
Press. What? (the below is the score board – which has some clues)

3. 2.Whats the significance of these or what is
??
1000 Rs – Diamond
500 Rs – Circle
100 Rs – Triangle
50 Rs – Rectangle
20 Rs – Square
10 Rs - ???

4. 3.which/who is the most depicted character
on Film and TV?

5. 4.Origin of which 3 word phrase
In a bullfight when the matador is about to make the kill
It also means – the moment at which one’s character, courage, skill etc
is put to an extreme test

6. 5. In the movie Baap re Baap, in the song “Piya
Piya Piya” Asha Bhosle sang out of turn.Lata
wanted to redo the song. Kishore spotted a
solution. What did he do?

7. 6. Cooperative Style, a teenage rock band from
Kazan, Russia, are unique and first of a kind? What

8. 7. Who sketched this

9. 8.What is the connection?
• Delhi – have a dot
• Mumbai – have a diamond
• Hyderabad – have a star
• Kolkata – Nothing beneath the year

10. 9. Rama accompanied Vishwamitra for helping him complete
his Yajnas. Sage Vishwamitra says these lines in the Bala
Kaanda section of Ramayana to wake up Prince Rama who is
sleeping in a hermitage at the confluence of the rivers Ganga
and Sarayu
Vishwamitra, said “Oh Rama, the great son of Kausalya,
Twilight is approaching in the East.
Wake up, oh courageous man, its time to perform the daily
divine rituals”
Whats the Funda? Or what was happening for the first time?
How do we know this better?

11. 10. What was valued as “half the daily expense of
the whole world” in 1500s by Babur? This is in
news recently

12. 11. Psycho 2 was released in 1983 and Hitchcock
died in 1980. How did Director Richard Franklin
incorporate a Hitchcock Cameo

13. 12. Why is Special executive for counter
intelligence, terroism, revenge and extortion in
news?

14. 13. What has 10 characters in below way
1st 3 characters could be between AAA-ZZZ
4th character is the Status (individual, company, Govt etc)
5th character is the surname(individual) or name of the entity
6th to 9th are numbers between 0001 to 9999
Last -The last digit is an alphabetic check digit which is generated by
applying a formula to the preceding nine letters and numbers

15. ANSWERS

16. 1 : MANKEDED FOR FIRST TIME (Running out a
non-striker when he leaves the crease before
bowler balls)

17. 2. Symbols for visually impaired people to
identify note. 10 Rs has no symbol

18. 3. Dracula (for Humans it is Sherlock Holmes)

19. 4. Moment of Truth

20. 5. Kishore was the hero of the movie, so he
covered the Herione Mouth in the place where
Asha sang out of turn
http://myswar.com/song_details/baap-re-baap-1955-piya-piya-piya-mera-
jiya-pukare-6

21. 6. Band to use Iphone and ipads as musical
instruments

22. 7. James Cameron

23. 8. 4 mints (coins) in India.

24. 9. First lines of Sri Venkateshawara
Suprabhatham
This song is played/recited to wake up Sri Venkateshwara

25. 10. Kohinoor Diamond

26. 11. Hitchcock’s Famous Silhoutte

27. 12. Full form of SPECTRE – latest Bond movie

28. 13. PAN Card 10 digital numbers

29. HAPPY DIWALI 