ROUND 1WW II

1. During the world war 2, the British did something very significant to a famous Indian monument. What did they do and why?

A. They covered the dome of the Taj Mahal with the scaffold to obscure it from the aerial view of Japanese Bombers

2. Identify the people

What is the context of this picture?

Hint :

A: Mussolini and HitlerHitler was wounded in Operation Valkyrie, here greeting Mussolini

3. Who were known as the BIG 3 during the WW-II• A:

Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt

4. Identify the relation that Shahrukh Khan has with Azad Hind Fauz• A:

His mother was adopted by Capt. Shah Nawaz Khan

5. What was initially the second target for atomic bombing in WW II• A:

Kokura

6. Identify this weapon and the person who it belonged. There was a Famous movie based on this person.

A: Zaytsev Rifle. Enemy At The Gates

7. “Now I am become Death, The Destroyer Of Worlds”. A famous quote from The Bhagavad Gita. Used by whom and in what context during the war?

A: Robert J. Oppenheimer, after seeing the successful testing of the atomic bomb.

8. Straight Flush, Necessary Evil, Bockscar, Enola Gay. What are these?

A: They are the names of aircrafts used during the atomic bombings

ROUND 2MIXED

1. What is being referred to? Detailed answer.

A: Perfume ball. It is a bowling tactic where the ball goes so close by to the batsman’s face, he can actually smell the ball as it passes.

2. Ray Manzarek. Identify the band and the primary role of this person in the band.

A: The Doors. Keyboardist.

3. What was the relationship of Genghis Khan to a famous Indian royal family?

A: He was related to Babur’s mother.

4. Who is the fastest footballer on the planet?

A: Arjen Robben(37 kmph during a sprint). Achieved the feat during the 2014 World Cup.

5. Unusually, Google’s homepage on 6 December 2013 featured an extra name and website link. Whose name?

A: Nelson Mandela (He passed away the previous day).

6. What is the name of the world’s seventh largest diamond? It is famous for its yellow colour and is related to an Indian Royal Family.

A: The De Beers diamond, centre-piece of the crown necklace of Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

7. What is Scroogled?

A: An ad campaign launched by Microsoft to ridicule Google.

8. Which brand were they all related to- Pele, Eusebio, Maradona, Kenny Dalglish, Sergio Aguero?

A: PUMA

9. Identify the company.

A: Canon

10. MOUNT EVEREST, KANCHENJUNGA, MAKALU, LHOTSE, NANGA PARBAT, MOUNT GODWIN AUSTIN, ANNAPURNA. Spot the odd one out.

A: MOUNT Godwin Austin or K2. It is the only mountain in the top 10 tallest list which is not in the Himalayan Range. It is in the Karakoram Range.

ROUND 3RANDOM AGAIN

1. Which best-selling reclusive author (1919-2010) wrote ‘The Ocean Full Of Bowling Balls’, leaked online in 2013, previously only available via supervised library study?

Hint: A book by the author had the unique distinction of being banned as well as being prescribed as a school text book at different times.

Mark David Chapman, who shot Beatles legend John Lenon gave this book to the police as an explanation for his deed.

A: J.D Salinger (The Catcher In The Rye)

2. Identify the place and the significance of the structure.

A: Din-e-ilahi at Fatehpur Sikri. Signifies the convergence of the four major religions of the time.

3. Identify the legendary author who died holding a flower in his hand. His last words were to his wife- “You are beautiful.”

Hint: British author.

A: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

4. Who got the longest standing ovation in the history of the Oscars?

A: Charlie Chaplin(1972,12 minutes in the Oscar gala)

5. “Please do not allow the ______ to remain a footnote in history. Please teach this in your schools.”- An extract from whose Oscar acceptance speech and for what? Also fill in the blank.

Hint: Pfefferberg (A-3317)

6. “ Make Them Laugh, Make Them Cry, Make Them Wait” was a personal maxim of which famous author?

A: Charles Dickens

7. Thomas Alva Edison discredited only one of his supposed inventions. What was it and why did he discredit it?

A: Electric Chair.

8. K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 Indian court case where Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja. Why was this case considered a turning point in Judicial system?

A: It was the last jury case in India

ROUND 4CONNECT THE DOTS

1. Name the ‘War’ that claimed more than 16,000 American lives in a single year?

2. Name the game that was banned in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1950. The sport was believed to be harmful to the eyes.

3. The peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich, or peanut butter and banana sandwich, sometimes referred to as an ‘ ‘ sandwich

4. Who were the executive producers of Band of Brothers(TV Miniseries)

5. Identify the ‘movement’ whose logo is this

Theme: Forrest Gump

Name this monk who was known as the founder of the modern science of genetics.

A: Gregor Mendel

Name this English scientist, who invented electrolysis among other things.

A: Michael Faraday

“Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.” A quote by which famous American author and humorist?

A: Mark Twain

Name this Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the fields of number theory, infinite series. Born in 1887.

A: Srinivas Ramanujan

A: None of this men had proper formal education

Name this famous atomic scientist.

Identify the painter.

Identify this Greek philosopher.

Identify this guitarist. Considered as one of the greatest ever.

Marie CurieDa VinciAristotleJimi Hendrix

A: All of these famous people are left-handed.