Heinrich Schliemann was a gifted archaeologist who was fascinated by Homer's Iliad as a child. This fuelled his passion for discovery. In 1870, he discovered the ancient city of Troy in Hisarlik, Turkey, which was what he had been searching for based on clues from the Iliad. The Aztecs drank an "elixir" that was actually chocolate. Montezuma II consumed over 2 gallons of it daily and it was thought to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties. The Spanish brought chocolate back to Europe. Corinne Diacre is the first female coach of the French football club Clermont.

2. • 20 Questions

3. #1
Left: Chitpore Road Middle: Bowbazar Right: Sanskrit College
Name one more entity (name/number etc.) which will complete
this exhaustive list.

5. Answer: 86/1 College Street, Kolkata-700073
(Current address of Presidency University)

6. #2
HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN was an adventurer,
speaker of 15 languages, highly gifted
archaeologist. When he was 8, his father told
him the story of X. This fuelled his hunger for
discovery so much that he took up a job just to
boost his expedition later. Finally in 1870, he
discovered what he was looking for, in
Hisarlik, Turkey.
Name ‘X’ (obviously a book) and what he found.

8. ANSWER: He discovered the site of the ancient city
of TROY… and (now obvious), the book ‘X’ is
Homer’s Iliad.

9. Left: Takahe Middle: Chacoan Peccary Right: Monito delmonte
#3
CONNECT
and
FUNDAFY
Left: Majorcan midwife toad Right: Gracildris

11. Answer
• They belong to the Lazarus taxon. In
simple terms, they were thought to be long
extinct, but were rediscovered.
• Why Lazarus?
• Lazarus was a biblical prophet, who was
resurrected by Jesus.

12. #4
• Montezuma II , the last Aztec emperor of
Mexico served a fermented drink to his
guests in gold goblets. The secret of this
“elixir” was supposed to be given to the
Aztecs by their god Quetzalcoatl. It was
supposed to have medicinal properties and
was a strong aphrodisiac as well. The
Spaniards brought the secret of this “elixir”
back to Europe.
• What is this elixir known as today?

14. Answer
• Chocolate
• The word comes from the Aztec term
for the “elixir”, XOCHOLATL.
• Legend has it that, Montezuma II used
to consume more than two gallons of
this stuff everyday… :P

15. • 1st:Cotton (UK), Paper (USA)
• 2nd: Paper (UK), Calico (USA)
• 3rd: Leather
• 4th: Fruit/Flowers (UK), Linen (USA)
• 5th:Wood
• 6th: Sugar, Sweets, Iron
• 7th:Wool, Copper
• 8th: Bronze
• 9th: Pottery, Willow
• 10th: Tin, aluminium
• 20th: China
Non-exhaustive.
What are these?
#5

17. Answer
• Traditional gifts given on
anniversaries in the UK and the USA.

18. #6
• The samurai in feudal Japan always
carried two swords; a katana and a
wakizashi.
• The katana was used to fight duels or in
battles, wars etc.
What was the smaller wakizashi used for?
Hint: Think samurai culture.

20. Answer
• To commit hara-kiri or seppuku (ritual
suicide).

21.  Name her, as well
as the French
football club
managed by her.
#7

23. Answer- Corinne Diacre, Clermont

24. #8
 'Happy Days Are Here Again' is a song copyrighted in 1929
by Milton Ager (music) and Jack Yellen (lyrics) and
published by EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc./Advanced Music
Corp.
 The song featured in the 1930 film Chasing Rainbows.
 However, it is perhaps best remembered for being the
campaign song for Franklin Delano Roosevelt's successful
1932 presidential campaign.
 Interestingly, a slightly modified, vernacular counterpart
of the original slogan, gained national prominence in the
summer of 2014.
Identify the electoral campaign slogan.

26. Answer- Acche Din AaneWaale Hai

27. #9
Identify both.

29. Answer- Digvijay Singh and Amrita Rai

30. Description of the phrase ‘X’ -
-A third party devises a cunning strategy for a
corporate takeover and therefore, poses as a
white knight to gain trust of the bidder, but
then turns around and joins with unfriendly
bidders.
-This phrase gets its name from a character
from one of the goriest plays of Shakespeare,
duly befitting the above situation.
‘X’?
#10

32. Answer: Lady Macbeth Strategy

33. #11
First identified in the early 1900s,
‘X’ was not given the same
attention as it gets now. More and
more people are suffering with this
disorder, which is caused largely by
stress, bad eating habits and
injury. Like any illness, ‘X’ varies in
its severity, which can be
exacerbated by bad lifestyle
choices. Doctors have discovered
that this disorder has the opposite
affliction as Alzheimer and a
variety of other forms of dementia,
in that arduous mental exertion of
those with ‘X’ can actually
accelerate memory loss. Some
sufferers have turned to memory
improvement tips in a bid to help
alleviate their frustration.
Identify ‘X’.

35. Answer: Lethologica

36. -This internationally known symbol was originally
designed in 1958 for the British nuclear
disarmament movement by Gerald Holtom.
-The symbol is a combination of the semaphore
signals for the letters "N" and "D," standing for
"nuclear disarmament". In semaphore the letter
"N" is formed by a person holding two flags in an
inverted "V," and the letter "D" is formed by
holding one flag pointed straight up and the
other pointed straight down.
- Identify.
#12

38. Answer: Peace Sign

39. #13
• This scandal made Post
reporters Carl Bernstein and
Bob Woodward famous. Their
months of dogged reporting
won their newspaper, The
Washington Post a coveted
Pulitzer Prize for public service,
and won the journalists a book
contract.
• Robert Redford and Dustin
Hoffman portrayed the
reporters in the 1975 film
version of their best-selling "All
the President's Men" - a movie
that inspired an entire
generation of reporters.
Name it.

41. Answer: Watergate

42. #14
Which species of whale is ‘Moby-Dick’, in the 1851
novel of the same name by Herman Melville ?

44. Answer: Sperm Whale

45. #15
Identify the person
depicted in the picture.
He is considered to be one
of the Britain’s greatest
colonisers for his shrewd
tactics and intellect.
Hint: A country in the same
continent on which he is
standing was once named
after him.

47. Answer: Cecil Rhodes; Rhodesia, now
Zimbabwe.

48. In Greek mythology, _________ was a loyal
friend and adviser to Odysseus, king of
Ithaca. He helped raise Odysseus' son,
Telemachus, while Odysseus was away
fighting the Trojan War. He became
Telemachus' teacher, coach, counselor and
protector, building a relationship based on
affection and trust.
FITB.
#16

50. Answer: Mentor

51. 4 May 1699 – 13 April 1702: _______
20 June 1702 – 3 June 1706: Brobdingnag
5 August 1706 – 16 April 1710: Laputa,
Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib,
and Japan
7 September 1710 – 5 December 1715:
Country of Houyhnhnms
FITB.
#17

53. Answer: Liliput

54. Since 22 January 1506, the ‘X’ is the oldest active military unit
presently in existence.
Recruits to the guards must be Catholic, single males with Swiss
citizenship who have completed basic training with the Swiss
military and can obtain certificates of good conduct. Recruits must
have a professional degree or high school diploma and must be
between 19 and 30 years of age and at least 174 cm (5 ft 8.5 in) tall.
Commandant Jules Repond (1910–1921) created the current
uniforms in 1914. While both Michelangelo and a painting by
Raphael are often cited as inspiration for the ‘X’ uniform.
‘X’?
#18

56. Answer: Pontifical Swiss Guard

57. After retiring from the army, ‘X’ worked as a land agent for Lord Erne (John Crichton,
3rd Earl Erne), a landowner in the Lough Mask area of County Mayo in Ireland.
In 1880, as part of its campaign for the Three Fs (Fair rent, Fixity of tenure and Free
sale), the Irish Land League under Charles Stewart Parnell and Michael Davitt
withdrew the local labour required to harvest the crops on Lord Erne's estate and
began a campaign of isolation against ‘X’ in the local community. This campaign
included the refusal of shops in nearby Ballinrobe to serve him, and the withdrawal of
laundry services. According to ‘X’, the boy who carried his mail was threatened with
violence if he continued.
The campaign against him became a cause célèbre in the British press after he wrote a
letter to The Times; newspapers sent correspondents to the West of Ireland to
highlight what they viewed as the victimization of a servant of a peer of the realm by
Irish nationalists.
‘X’ whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland gave the English language the
verb: to ________.
FITB.
#19

59. Answer: Boycott, after Charles Cunningham Boycott

60. Excerpts from Lufthansa Group's official website—
“..... A total of eight aircrafts in the Lufthansa fleet will
swap their well-known lettering for the new _________
logo. It will be the first time that Lufthansa has
changed for a certain time period its name on the
fuselage of some its aircrafts since commencing
operations almost 60 years ago .....”
FITB.
#20

62. Answer- Fanhansa

63. Audience
Which recent event is being hinted at--

65. Answer- Suspected Russian involvement
in the MH-17 disaster.

66. Audience
• Originally used to indicate a female spirit (a fairy, in some
cases) in Irish mythology, which is usually perceived as an
omen of death and a messenger from the underworld, this
term was selected as the title of an American action-drama
series (2013, 2014) starring Anthony Starr, Lili
Simmons and Ben Cross.
• Interestingly, the name of one of the sports cars from the
Grand Theft Auto series is derived from this term.
What am I talking about?

68. Answer- Banshee

69. Audience
The current squad of Bayern Munich has two players with the
same nickname- the Magic Dwarf. One of them is Philipp
Lahm, the other is _____________.
FITB.

71. Answer- Xherdan Shaqiri