MasterMinds 2013: Prelims and Answers

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ANSWERS

QUESTIONONE

ANSWERONE

QUESTIONTWO

• The staple food of which animal is eucalyptus leaves, and nothing else?

ANSWERTWO

QUESTIONTHREE

• The word “VODAFONE” is the combination of which three words?

+ 2 for all three ; +1 for two

ANSWERTHREE

• VOICE -- DATA -- PHONE

QUESTIONFOUR

• The current title sponsor for IPL is Pepsi. Which other company competed with Pepsi but narrowly missed out?

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ANSWERFOUR

QUESTIONFIVE

ANSWERONE

QUESTIONSIX

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WHAT?

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ANSWERSIX

QUESTIONSEVEN

Which company has trademarked the term “ frappuccino” ?

ANSWERSEVEN

QUESTIONEIGHT

Better known as?

ANSWEREIGHT

QUESTIONNINE

Which common vegetable is 91% water?

ANSWERONE

QUESTIONTEN

Which country was originally called “New Holland”?

ANSWERTEN

QUESTIONELEVEN

Collaboration between NDTV and?

ASNWERELEVEN

KINGFISHER

QUESTIONTWELVE

ANSWERTWELVE

QUESTIONTHIRTEEN

Which 90’s boy band reunited this week at the MTV Video Music Awards after 11 years?

ANSWERTHIRTEEN

QUESTIONFOURTEENThe year is 1862. The only known photograph of?

ANSWERFOURTEEN

Bahadur Shah Zafar. The last Mughal emperor.

QUESTIONFIFTEEN

This is Bob Saget, famous for his role of Danny Tanner on Full House.

Which iconic TV role did he take up on September 19,2005?

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ANSWERFIFTEEN

FUTURE TED from How I Met Your Mother*

QUESTIONSIXTEEN

Origin of which meme?*

ANSWERSIXTEEN

Y U NO? *

QUESTIONSEVENTEEN

Free with what?

ANSWERSEVENTEEN

QUESTIONEIGHTEEN

Which Sanskrit word meaning ‘celestial announcement’ was coined in 1935, in the rented house of Professor Dr M V Gopalaswamy?

ANSWEREIGHTEEN

Akashvani

QUESTIONNINETEEN

ANSWERNINETEEN

Zumi/Zoomi

QUESTIONTWENTY

Which tree is also called Peacock Flower and Flame of the Forest?

ANSWERTWENTY

GULMOHAR

QUESTIONTWENTYONE

Mamata Banerjee during her Jangalmahal visit

in July 2013 said:“Shorir ta bhalo nei. Kalkei ekta _______ kheyechi”.

Fill the blank with a brand name.

ANSWERTWENTYONE

Crocin

QUESTIONTWENTYTWO

Best known for which 2012 film?

ANSWERTWENTYTWO

BANE

QUESTIONTWENTYTHREE

The country?

ANSWERTWENTYTHREE

ZIMBABWE

QUESTIONTWENTYFOUR

ANSWERTWENTYFOUR

QUESTIONTWENTYFIVE

In 2013, whose broadcast to Earth comprised the following languages:

Chinese, Portuguese, English, Esperanto and Star Trek's Klingon?

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STAY PUT!!

May the best teams qualify!