2. 1
Doublethink, thought crime, Newspeak, Room
101, Tele screen, 2+ 2 = 5, and memory hole,
are the words that entered everyday use from
which book having the opening line “It was a
bright day in April, and the clocks were striking
thirteen…….”?
3.
4. 2. Who is the only person to win an
Olympic medal as well as Nobel Prize?
5.
6. 3
• X was born when Lord Brahma sang
sacred hymns over the halves of the egg shell
from which Garuda hatched. X is also known
as Arkasodara, meaning "brother of the sun".
X featured as a character in the Devil
Survivor video game. Solve for X.
14. 7
• Which Lithuanian born fictional character
nicknamed The Chesapeake Ripper, was
created by Thomas Harris as a Forensic
Psychiatrist and a serial killer?
18. 9
The victims of this disease misperceive the
passage of time. Malfunctioning of occipital
lobe causes patients to perceive objects
smaller or larger than they really are. Name
this rare disorder.
20. 10
One of the founders of this Company was the
first Finance Minister of Pakistan. This
company was set up as a steel trading
company in Ludhiyana in 1945. Identify this
Indian Multinational.
21.
22. 11
Which American sportsperson nicknamed
“Iron Horse” delivered his iconic speech
“Luckiest man on the face of the Earth……….”?
23.
24. 12
The earliest mention of this occurs in the
Kannada writing Vaddaradhane by Shivakoti
Acharya in 920 AD. Chavundaraya II, the
author of the earliest available Kannada
encyclopaedia, Lokopakara describes the
preparation of it in the systematic manner,
taking inspiration from the steaming process
in Indonesian cuisine. Which food item are we
talking about?
25.
26. 13. They are all different kinds of-------
• Butterfly
• Cool
• Eskimo
• Wood Pecker
• Spiderman
• French
28. 14
"Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the
multitude of counselors there is safety." This is
the motto of which organization?
29.
30. 15
When this state wrestling champion of Kerala
(1977-78) was due to go for the national
championship in Delhi, he was called for
auditioning in Navodaya Productions. He
decided to put an end to his professional
wrestling career and joined Malayalam film
industry. Who?
31.
32. 16
How do we commonly know the ‘Five wire
resisting technology’ patented by a Danish
Electronic Engineer Bent Stumpe for the
control room of CERN’s Super Proton
Synchotron accelerator?
34. 17
The CIA was obsessively trying to kill X in the
1960s. Shooting him with a machine gun fitted
T.V camera, putting thallium salts in his shoes
or cigars, using agents in his homeland to
spread rumors that the second coming of
Christ is imminent and that X is an anti Christ
are all some of the failed plots of CIA to kill X.
John F. Kennedy asked for suggestions from
Ian Fleming for innovative and James Bond
style methods to kill X. Solve for X
38. 19
These twin brothers are worshipped in the city
of Sparta as they were the sons of Ares (Greek
God of War) and Aphrodite (Greek Goddess of
Love, Beauty and Pleasure). Though they are
the personifications of terror in mythology,
scientists across the world are conducting
extensive study on them. Name these
brothers.
39.
40. 20
• Triplicane Six is a group consisting of four law
students and two teachers active in the
intellectual circle of Madras. What did they
start in 1878 to support the campaign for
T.Muthuswamy Iyer for a Judgeship @ Madras
High Court to counterbalance the Anglo Indian
Propaganda?
41.
42. 21
Saul, Gigi, TRU-D and Little Moe are in the
news recently.
Who/what are they?
44. 22
Which Norwegian expressionist painting based
on the volcanic eruption of Mount Krakatoa is
often referred as the icon of modern art, the
Mona Lisa of our time?
46. 23
What term connects Rolls Royce, a narcotic
drug MDMA, an existential philosophy, a
collection of Irwin Welsh novella, a music
album and a super villain in Marvel Comics
Universe?
47.
48. 24
Which Brazilian percussion instrument created
by Carlinhos Brown, consisting of a closed
plastic basket with a flat bottom filled with
small synthetic particle, is certified as the
official musical instrument of FIFA world cup
2014?
49.
50. 25
• Alexander the Great for Skopje (Macedonia)
• Nikos Kazanthzakis for Heraklion (Greece),
George Bush for Houston (USA),
• Simon Boliver for Maiquetia (Venezuela)
• John Lennon for Liverpool (England)
• -----------for New Delhi(India). FITB
