The document discusses the origins of various sports and games. It mentions that a precursor to badminton was played in ancient Greece and 16th century Japan. The modern version originated in India in the late 19th century when British officers stationed there played a similar local game known as "poona". It also mentions "pooppanthu vilayattam", an early version of the game played in the 1850s in Tamil Nadu, India using wool and cardboard balls.

1. The Prelims

2. "...Don't know all that Sir, but I'm voting for that man...!", Someone who usually just observes all the hypocrisy and stupidity in India, said this while pointing to Nehru's statue. Who? * 1.

3. R.K. Laxman’s Common Man to Pandit Nehru (even as he doesn't recognize him ), in the only cartoon that the common man utters a sentence.

4. The first _______ ____ was started on 13th March, 1995 by Madan Kataria in Mumbai, India. It began with just 5 people, but soon the concept rapidly spread worldwide and as of 2009 there are more than 6000 _______ ____. They are based on the assumption that there is no difference between fake and real ________, and that the benefits are thus identical. 2.

5. Laughter Club

6. Fill in the Blanks Yuvraj Singh - ? Herchelle Gibbs - ? Ravi Shastri - ? Sir Garfield Sobers - ? 3 2.5 points for each

7. Yuvraj Singh - Stuart Broad Herchelle Gibbs - Dan van Bunge Ravi Shastri - Tilak Raj Sir Garfield Sobers - Malcom Nash 6 sixes

8. Bollywood-Hindi film industry Dallywood- ? Kaliwood- ? Tollywood- ? Kollywood- ? Pollywood- ? 4. 2 points each

9. Dallywood - Bangladesh Kaliwood - Nepal Tollywood - Andhra Pradesh Kollywood - Tamil Nadu Pollywood - Punjab

10. Just Connect 5.

11. Caster Semenya Santhi Soundarajan Both failed Gender Tests

12. X has been played since ancient times; an early form of the sport was played in ancient Greece. In Japan, the related game Hanetsuki was played as early as the 16th century. The modern form of X however can be traced to India, where British military officers stationed there in the late 19th century became interested in a similar local game which was known to them as Poona (derived from Pune, an Indian garrison town). Another early version of the game was recorded in the 1850s in the southern Indian city of Tanjore, called ’ pooppanthu vilayattam ’ in which balls made of wool and cardboard were used. Identify X. 6.

13. Badminton

14. Yuvraj Singh Aishwarya Rai MS Dhoni Namitha Shriya Saran Harbhajan Singh Sania Mirza Asin Bipasha Basu Shahid Kapoor Connect 7.

15. The top 10 in McAfee’s “List of Dangerous Celebrities” on the internet, in India, for 2009. By searching for them, one has a high risk of getting a virus, spyware etc

16. In the 1984-85 season, India and Pakistan were playing the 2nd ODI of the series at Sialkot. India were at a fairly strong position with the score being at 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. At this point the match was suddenly abandoned. Why? 8.

17. Assassination of Indira Gandhi

18. 9- At the turn of the twentieth century, X wanted to build Y in India. X went to Pittsburgh and asked geologist Charles Page Perin to help him find the site to build his dream—India's first Y . Prospectors, took nearly three years in a painstaking search across vast stretches of inhospitable terrain to find a suitable location. One day, almost by accident they came across a village called Sakchi, on the densely forested stretches of the Chhota Nagpur plateau, near the confluence of the Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers. It seemed to be the ideal choice and the place was selected. While building this beautiful city, X had said ... "Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas for football, hockey and parks; earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches." What the city looks like today is a testament to X 's visionary plans. Z is the only city in India without a municipality.

19. X=Jamshedji tata Y=steel plant Z=Tatanagar/jamshedpur

22. 11 This term was first used in speech in 1873. It was first used in print in 1876, in Putnam's Magazine. One of the earliest books to use the word was The Home and Farm Manual, written by Jonathan Periam in 1883. In that work, Periam used the term several times to denote an ill-bred and ignorant, but ostentatious, man from the city. The term is generally used to denote an individual, typically male, particularly somebody well dressed or who has never lived outside a big city.

23. Dude

24. 12. Occasion?

26. 13. Significance of the check?

28. 14. Whose seal?

30. 15. What has this inspired?

31. Bliss Wallpaper

33. Trampolining

38. 19. What is the significance of this image?

43. Paul is Dead! Abbey Road or Beatles will NOT do.

44. 22. What does this picture represent?

46. 23. This iconic picture of soldier James Blake Miller was entitled “The ________ marine”

48. 24. What is this?

50. 25. Whose corpse?

56. 28. Be a good sport and tell us what connects.

57. Buzkashi

58. * 29. What is the boy up to?

59. Kathakali eye exercises. Only Kathakali will also do

60. 30. Connect