3. Rules
1. First and foremost, no copying. We want
your answers, not your friends’.
2. There will be 25 questions in total. A few of
them will be starred. Starred questions will
be considered in the case of a tie.
3. There will be no negative marking. Feel free
to attempt every question
4. Finally, the Quizmasters decision will be
final.
4. Tips
1. Even if u don’t know or aren’t sure , please make
your guesses
2. Always think out of the box. Like if u get a word
, say , Indira Gandhi, think about everything with that
name , the airport , ignou , operation blue etc. and
not just the person.
3. See the quiz as an opportunity to display your
knowledge and as a source of it.
4. Good luck!
5. 1)Which was the first Princely state to
join Independent India willingly. Give
me the princely state or the state so
formed including this princely state.
Hint: (Keep it as simple as you can)
7. 2)X was in honour of the Burning Man
Festival of 1998. This acquired popularity
with every notable festival in the history
of mankind, the famous ones
being, Charlie Chaplin’s
birthday, Mother’s day, Freddy Mercury’s
birthday, Anniversary of Star Trek, etc.
Recent ones have even included
animations. Identify X.
11. 4)*X is an insulting term often used
by blacks to derogate other blacks as
"Black on the outside, white on the
inside".
The term X is more famous to us
because of another thing by the same
name. Id X.
13. 5)‘X’ is a vegetable stew or chowder based on
a broth made with tamarind and pigeon peas, and is
very popular in the cooking of southern regions
of India, especially in Tamil
Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Each state in South India prepares it with a typical
variation, adapted to its taste and environment. The
origins of this dish are uncertain, although legend has
that it originated in the kitchen of Thanjavur
Marathas ruler Shahuji, during the 18th century from the
South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Identify ‘X’?
17. 7)*X was born to Stefano and Paola Maino in Contrada Màini
("Maini quarter/district"), at Lusiana, a little village 30 km from
Vicenza in Veneto, Italy, where families with the family name
"Màino" have been living for many generations.
She spent her adolescence in Orbassano, a town near
Turin, being raised in a traditional Roman Catholic family and
attending a Catholic school. Her father, a building mason, died
in 1983.Her mother and two sisters still live around Orbassano.
In 1964, she went to study English at the Bell Educational
Trust's language school in the city of Cambridge.
She was working in a Greek restaurant (the Varsity Restaurant)
as a waitress to make end meet when she met a person, which
changed her life dramatically.
Id X, who is now doing something else which doesn't have any
connection with what is given in the above data on her. Id X.
21. 9)*Officially X is supposed to be made out of khadi cloth
of silk or cotton. The official sizes of X are specified by
law, and the largest size is 6.3 by 4.2 metres.The official
cost of X ranges Rs.25 to Rs.7500.
The Khadi used for making X is from Dharwad and
Bagalkot, two hand loom producing districts in Karnataka.
Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha has the
official right for making X. But however permission for
setting up more manufacturing units is given by the
BIS, which is the official quality tester of X. X has been
assigned the BIS standard 1.
Id X
25. 11)*This person was once offered the
Presidency of Israel. His final words died with
him as the nurse standing besides him didn’t
know German. He was invited as a professor in
an Indian University (The Kerala university to be
exact). He taught in a University in the
Netherlands. He was once a citizen of
Switzerland as well as Austria. He died as a US
citizen.
Id him
29. 13)Given below is the logo of a newly formed
political party by Aravind Kejriwal. Mr.Kejriwal
was an ally with a more popular person, X who
withdrew his support when Mr.Kejriwal
decided to form a political party.
Id the popular social figure.
53. 25)X was born on August 18, 1993. He was raised by his single
mother, Sally. When X was a baby, his father, Poseidon (Greek
god of seas), left to protect him and his mother.
Though he offered Sally a life under the sea in his palace, she
insisted on staying above ground. However, Poseidon visited
him when he was in his cradle, which X described as a "golden
glow" and his father's warm smile and a hand on his head.
Strange things often happened around X.For example, in
preschool, one of the preschool teachers put him down for a
nap, not realizing a snake was in the bed. Percy eventually
strangled it to death with his bare hands.
X is the protagonist in two series by Rick Riordan.
Id the second seies