Howard Hughes testified before the Senate in 1947 about developing the Hercules aircraft, which was the largest ever built at the time. He described it as over five stories tall with a wingspan longer than a football field, and said that if the aircraft failed, he would leave the country as his reputation was tied up in its success. The film "The Aviator" was based on Hughes' development of this aircraft.

1. Round 2
Serious Shit!

2. 1.
Considered one of the greatest magicians who ever
lived, he was deeply attached to his mother. Her
death had a profound effect on him and he
famously explored the concept of afterlife by giving
his wife a codeword he would send from heaven if
he should die. His wife did indeed receive this word
through a seer. He is considered the inspiration for
the movie, “The Prestige”. Who?

3. Harry Houdini

4. 2.*
The Matrix movies borrow heavily from the
Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Matrix 3 ends
credits roll with a special 9 minute track with lyrics
for chorus lines from Brhadaranyaka Upanisad.
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Simona Peycheva and
Australian Penelope Blackmore used this track for
their ribbon routines at the 2004 Athens Olympic
Games.
Identify the song/track.

5. Navras

6. 3.
The maximum number of film fare awards has been
won by X who has won it a record eighteen times.
Born on November 7th, 1954, X is a much-admired
versatile Indian movie artist whose primary work is
based in the south Indian film industry. He/She has
mainly acted in commercialized films for most of
career. X has also bagged the National Film award
for best lead performance, three times and also
won a national award for the Best Child artist for
the movie Kalathoor Kannamma. He/She has also
been honoured with the fourth highest
recognitions given to Indian Nationals – the
Padmashri in the year 1990. Id X.

7. Kamal Hassan

8. 4.
Identify the organization/company with this
tagline.
“Non existence of evidence is not evidence of non
existence.”

9. S.E.T.I

10. 5.
Founded in July 2007 by Mark Pincus, Michael
Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew
Trader, and Steve Schoettler, Y takes it’s name from
Mark Pincus’s bulldog. It’s products are ubiquitous
with a popular social networking site and have
often been criticized for the apparent lack of
quality. The business model relies on direct credit
card payments and partner businesses. Several of
their products require “Energy”. This takes time to
replenish and can be purchased either via cash or
partner offers. Identify X and two of its products.
What?

11. Zynga

12. 6.
Which word is derived from Rath Yatra of Puri
which refers to an unstoppable force?

13. Juggernaut

14. 7.* X was born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov in West
London. Her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Miron was of
Russian origin, and her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina
Eva Matilda was English. X attended a Catholic girls'
school, St Bernard's High School for Girls, in Southend-
on-Sea, where she acted in school productions, and
subsequently a teaching college, the New College of
Speech and Drama in London At age eighteen, she
auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and was
accepted. By the time she was 20, she was Cleopatra in
the NYT production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Old
Vic, which led to her signing with the agent Al Parker. O
Lucky Man!, Caligula, Excalibur, 2010, The Long Good
Friday, White Nights and The Mosquito Coast were
some of her earlier films. She got an Oscar nomination
in 2006 as well as 2009, where she won one for best
actress in 2006. Who?

15. Helen Mirren

16. 8.* Connect

17. Andre Joel Talley and Tyra Banks’
tribute to Alexander Mcqueen.

18. 9.
This American footballer-X was named the
women's FIFA World Player of the Year the first
two times that award was given (in 2001 and
2002), and is listed as one of FIFA's 125 best living
players (as chosen by Pelé). Women‘s
Professional Soccer, a professional soccer league
that launched in 2009, features 's silhouette in its
logo and she can claim to have score the highest
no. of international goals- male or female. Who is
this famous football player?

19. Mia Hemm

20. 10.
This company is the World’s largest coal miner
and is majority owned by a government. It
functions as a holding company with 5
subsidiaries and is on the verge of going
public. Touted as one of the largest IPOs, the
few people who did not end up taking
advantage of this were company employees.
This was due to concerns over disinvestment.
Which company am I talking about?

21. Coal India

22. 11.*
Norman Pritchard (Trevor) starred in
Hollywood and Broadway. He was also, way
back in 1900, an Olympic silver medalist in
both, the 200 metres and the 200 metres
hurdles. What was special/peculiar about
these medals?

23. Considered as first official Indian
Medals in olympics, though he
represented The great Britain, but as
he was an Indian.

24. 12.
Mario: X :: Sherlock: Watson
Who is X?

25. Luigi

26. 13.
TRP: Season 1
21.2
Season 2
12.7
Season 3
5.3
What television series?

27. KBC

28. 14. Connect.

29. Iron Maiden
• First picture is taken
from “A Man In The Iron
Mask” by Alexandre
Dumas. This pic served
as an inspiration for
Iron Maiden’s name.
• The iron gear is known
as Iron Maiden Torture
Device.
• El Dorado.
Iron Maiden rolled out an
album named El
Dorado.

30. 15*. Who about what?
During a Senate hearing on August 6, 1947 in the
first of a series of appearances, X said:
“The Y was a monumental undertaking. It is the
largest aircraft ever built. It is over five stories tall
with a wingspan longer than a football field. That's
more than a city block. Now, I put the sweat of my
life into this thing. I have my reputation all rolled
up in it and I have stated several times that if it's a
failure I'll probably leave this country and never
come back. And I mean it.”

31. Howard Hughes about Hercules
aircraft.
“The Aviator” movie is based on this aircraft.