PRELIMS…

20 questions in all.

Answer within a word or a sentence.

Questions 3,5,8,11,14,16,19 are starred to resolve ties.

No negatives

ALL THE BEST !

1. Tribute to ??

2. What was created by Royal Charter in 1600, replaced by the British Crown in 1858 & dissolved by an Act of Parliament in 1874?

# 3. Eugene Cernan : The Last Man on _____

4. Parodies of ??????

* 5. After whom was the Islamabad International Airport in Pakistan renamed in June 2008?

6. The official title says,

"Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo.“

Who/What ?

7. This bird is known as Maldhok in vernacular tongue. Spread across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, this bird is now threatened by incessant loss of habitat.

Name this bird, which Salim Ali had proposed to be the national bird of India.

*8. Until the 1980’s, X & its neighboring areas remained the least developed in Seoul but now it is the most affluent, dynamic & influential area there. It houses the World Taekwondo HQ & its subway stations were used as the filming locations in the Bourne legacy. But the reason for its recent popularity us something else.

Give X .

9. Which brand ?

10. Xocolactophobia is the fear for ??

#11. National Geographic _____ _____:

50 True Stories of the Fed Up, Feathered,and Furious"

was a book released in 2012 as a tie-in with National Geographic magazine and a popular video game franchise. Fill in the blanks.

12. What’s it called ?

13. What geographical feature connects Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary,Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine?

#14. We know animals/birds being depicted in the flags of nations.

But which country has a mythological flying creature featured in its flag ?

15. When Potti Sriramulu undertook a fast-unto-death for the creation of a separate Andhra state, which city did he demand be made the capital of the Andhra state?

#16. The father’s name was Otto, mother Edith and elder sister was Margot.

But the family came to the world’s attention through the 4th person.

Who are we talking about ?

17. Memorial for which disaster ?

18. It’s a fact that Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, never called his mother or wife. Why so ?

# 19. “Going into the stadium for the final, I was quite relaxed but when I saw my rivals, tension mounted. And with each minute it increased. I drew lane five with the South African Malcolm Spence to my left and the German Manfred Kinder on my right. I was going strong till about 250 meters. But then I slowed down a bit. I thought the pace was very fast and I would fizzle out in the end if I continued at that speed. At that point I even looked back or maybe it was just a side-glance. But that fraction of a second decided my fate. One by one they all caught up with me…”

Who ?

20. Ad for ??

THAT’S IT !