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Question 1
In 1890 pharmacist Lunsford Richardson took over the retail
drug business of
his brother-in-law Dr. Joshua and began marketing “X” Family
Remedies. The
most popular remedy was Croup and Pneumonia Salve, which
was first
compounded in 1891 in Greensboro and rebranded as “Y” in
1912. The flu
epidemic of 1918 increased sales of “Y” from $900,000 to $2.9
million in just
one year. In 1985, the entire company was sold to Procter &
Gamble and P&G
has since marketed the product as “The only thing more
powerful than a“X” = Vicks and “Y” =

Question 2
Indians (like Sir Rabindrabath Tagore) had already
featured on
Google Doodles before this one but why was this Google
Doodle
unique among the other Indo-centric doodles?
This was the first Global Google Doodle that was Indian-
Centric.
Till then, all Indian-related Google Doodles were restricted
to
“www.google.co.in” pages. This was the first Indian Doodle

Question 3
It seemed to have originated at Golconda in the
state of
Andhra Pradesh in India. It has belonged to
various
Mughal, Persian and British rulers who fought
bitterly
over it at various points in history and seized it as
a
spoil of war time and again. It was finally seized by
the
East India Company. What am I talking about?
The Kohinoor
Diamond

Question 4
X was born in Pella & tutored by the Greek philosopher,
Aristotle. X father, Philip, was a king and had conquered
the Greek city states during his 27 year reign. Philip was
murdered in 336 B.C. by an assassin maybe hired by
his wife, Olympia. X was only 20 when he became king.
Identify the name “X”
“X”= Alexander the
great

Which sport is
this?
Question 5

Question 6
On 5th September, 1997, X probe was launched from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station. Its twin-spacecraft Y had
been
launched two weeks earlier. Even with two week lead Y
had, it
was X who reached Jupiter 1st on 5th march, 1979. On
February
17, 1998, X overtook the space probe Pioneer 10 to
become the
most distant man-made object in space.
Identify the name “X” and the name “Y”.
“X” = Voyager 1 and “Y” =
Voyager 2

Question 7
 Before Ron Howard was selected to direct this
film, there was strong competition from other
filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese, Mike
Nichols, George Clooney, Sam Mendes’, and
Bennett Miller.
 Tagline : 400 million people were waiting for the
truth.
 Dialogue : “You know the first and greatest sin
of the deception of television is that it simplifies;
it diminishes great, complex ideas, trenches of
time; whole careers become reduced to a single
snapshot.”Frost/Nixo
n

Question 8
X seedlings are little plants, purplish green in color with
what
look like green human children growing where the roots
would
be. The cry of the X is fatal to humans, so special care
must be
taken when growing them. Even as a baby, the X's howls
can
knock a person out for a couple of hours. The X’s root is a
powerful restorative, forming an essential part of most
antidotes, including one for Petrifaction.
Identify the plant “X”
“X” = Mandrake
(Mandragora)

Question 9
Arm and hammer
weathervane from
Washburn Shops was
never recovered and
had to be replaced.

Question 10
 X's first appearance in a video game was in 1981's
Donkey Kong.
 In the original Donkey Kong game, Donkey Kong was the
villain who kidnapped a damsel in distress.
 X, whose name was "Jumpman" back then, had to
rescue the damsel by jumping over barrels that Donkey
Kong would throw at him.
 Back then, not only did X have a different name, but a
different job as well. "Jumpman" was originally supposed
to be a carpenter.
 Also, X's signature cap and mustache were added in
because it made him easier to draw. The original Donkey
Kong didn't have very good graphics, and it was easier
for Jumpman to have a hat and a mustache than have
hair and a mouth.

Answer
 X = Mario.
 Created by Japanese video game designer
Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario serves as Nintendo's
mascot and the main protagonist of the Mario
series.
 He has appeared in over 200 video games since
his creation.
 Mario is depicted as a short, pudgy, Italian-
American plumber who lives in the Mushroom
Kingdom.

Question 11
 The American rock group Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club got its name from the name of
Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in the 1953
outlaw biker film The Wild One.
 Apparently, another Rock/Pop band took their
name from the other motorcycle club led by Lee
Marvin, after making a minor modification to the
spelling so that it sounded more like a musical
term.
 Which band? The BEATLES
The motorcycle club led by Lee
Marvin in the movie is called
The Beetles.

Question 12
 Whose flag is this ?
 What is the significance of the words on the flag and
the displaced stars ?
(the words translate to "Everything is in the hands of
God.“)

 The flag of Bikini Atoll, a member of the Marshall Islands.
 It resembles the US flag and was adopted in 1987.
 The flag is symbolic of the islanders' belief that a great
debt is still owed by the US to the people of Bikini
because in 1954 the US govt. detonated the Castle
Bravo H-bomb on the island, poisoning islanders and
others with nuclear fallout.
 The 23 white stars in the canton of the flag represent the
23 islands of Bikini Atoll.
 The three black stars in the upper right represent the
three islands that were disfigured in March 1954 during
15-megaton Bravo test.
 The two black stars in the lower right corner represent
where the Bikinians live now - Kili Island,425 miles to the
south of Bikini Atoll, and Ejit Island of Majuro Atoll.

Question 13
 The term X derives from the Persian word Hashshashin
,a militant Ishmaelite Persian sect, active in the Northern
parts of Iran from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries.
This mystic secret society killed members of the Abbasid
and Seljuq élite for political and religious reasons.
 It is believed that the Hashshashin were under the
influence of opium and hashish during their killings or
during their indoctrination, and that the word X derives
from a word meaning the influence of the drugs.
 The earliest known literary use of the term X is in The
Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
X - Assassin /
Assassination

Question 14
 The key concept for this appeared in 1895 when
Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was
inspired by the Eiffel Tower.
 It also appears in the 1979 Arthur C. Clarke novel
The Fountains of Paradise ; in the 1982 Robert A.
Heinlein's novel Friday ; in Kim Stanley Robinson's
1993 novel Red Mars.
 What is this commonly called?
 And what is the concept?

 Space Elevator
 Also referred to as beanstalks, space bridges,
space lifts, space ladders, skyhooks, orbital
towers, or orbital elevators.
 Space Elevator is a proposed non-rocket
space launch structure designed to transport
material from Earth's surface into space.
 It involves travelling along a fixed structure
instead of using rocket powered space launch,
most often a cable that reaches from the surface
of the Earth on or near the equator to
geostationary orbit (GSO) and a counterweight
outside of the geostationary orbit.
 This structure is held in tension between Earth
and the counterweight like a guitar string held

Question 15
Id the two flags and what unique distinction do
the flags have ?
Flags of Switzerland and Vatican City.
These two are the only square sovereign-
state flags!

Question 16
 In the 19th-century,in an attempt to explain peculiarities
in Mercury's orbit. French mathematician Urbain Jean
Joseph Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result
of a planet X between Mercury and the Sun.
 In 1915,when Einstein successfully explained the
apparent anomaly in Mercury's orbit, most astronomers
abandoned the search for X.
 However some still believed that an intra-Mercurial
planetoid between 130 and 800 kms in diameter was
orbiting the Sun at a distance of about 0.1 astronomical
unit.
 Today, the search continues for these so-called X
asteroids, which are thought to exist in the region where
X was once sought.
 What was the name given to this hypothetical planet?

 Vulcan
 If they do exist, the vulcanoids could easily evade
detection because they would be very small and drowned
out by the bright glare of the nearby Sun.
 Due to their proximity to the Sun, searches from the
ground can only be carried out during twilight or solar
eclipses.
 Any vulcanoids must be between about 100 meters (330
ft) and 60 kilometers (37 mi) in diameter and are probably
located in nearly circular orbits near the outer edge of the
gravitationally stable zone.

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17
These words have their
etymological roots in
Sanskrit.

Question 18
 This movie was released in 1988, starring the
hero who invented a new kind of highball, trying
to do for bartenders what he'd done for fighter
pilots in his previous movie in 1986. Although this
movie was a box-office success, it was
nominated for two Razzies and even managed to
win one!
 Just name the movie!
Cocktail

Question 19
 Connect:
 A high school football coach, a bank teller, a
person who owns messenger service, a stock
broker, a painter, a salesman, an architect (Mr.
Davis), a garage owner, a watch Maker, an
advertising executive and two others whose
professions are not known.
 Hint: Nominated in 2 categories of Best
Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing of
Adapted Screenplay. Itost out in all its categories
to ”The Bridge on the River Kwai”
12 Angry Men

Question 20
Perhaps this scene was one of the most important scene in
this
1987 sci-fi flick of an elite team on a mission to rescue
hostages
from a guerrilla group in Central America. The film was
successful enough to generate a sequel in 1990 and two
crossover films with the Alien franchise in 2004 and 2007.
Identify the movie.
Predator.
This scene was when Arnold was accidentally
covered with mud, and the Predator could not
detect him as his body heat was shielded with

Question 21
 Dialogue: “Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome
to day 255,642 aboard the Axiom. As always, the weather
is a balmy 72 degrees and sunny, and, uh… Oh, I see
the ship’s log is showing that today is the 700th
anniversary of our five year cruise. Well, I’m sure our
forefathers would be proud to know that 700 years later
we’d be… doing the exact same thing they were doing.
So, be sure next mealtime to ask for your free sep-tua-
centennial cupcake in a cup. Wow, look at that”
 The film contains numerous references to Apple
computers
 Tagline: ”In Space, No One Can Hear You Clean”
 Identify this fun-filled movie.
Wall-E

Question 22
 The first film in India to be given a UA certificate
on account of violence and not sexual content.
 The mobile phone number imprinted on the
hero’s body shown in the movie turned out to be
a real phone number used by a woman in
Bangalore. After the movie was released she got
lots of calls and texts.
 2000:2005:2008
Ghajini
2000 was the year Memento was released.
2005 was the year of release of the Tamil
version and 2008 was the Hindi-remake
released.

Question 23
 Clue 1 (Tagline): Somewhere in the Universe, there
must be something better than man!
 Clue 2 (Last lines): “Oh my God. I’m back. I’m home. All
the time, it was… We finally really did it. You Maniacs!
You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
 Clue 3: This film marks only the second time that a
make-up artist received an Academy Award. William
Tuttle achieved the same feat in 1964 for “7 Faces of Dr.
Lao”. A make-up category was introduced by the
Academy in 1981.
Planet of the
Apes

Question 24
Which square do you think the ball is
in?

Question 25
X won the Padma Bhushan in 1980. X was the
Sheriff of Mumbai in 1994. X have appeared in a
guest role in a Hindi movie “Maalamal”. X son’s
name was my tribute to 3 of X’s favorite cricketers
ML Jaisimha, Rohan Kanhai and Gundappa
Vishwanath. Besides X have written 3 books -
Idols, Runs n' Ruins and One Day Wonders. X was
Chairman of the ICC cricket committee before X
was forced to quit since X did not give up X job of
commentator and newspaper columnist.
Sunil Gavaskar

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