19 Oct, 2014

Preliminary Round - Questions

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Rules• 25 questions

• No negatives

• Tiebreakers• Last 6 questions• Sudden Death system

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He later said of this 2011

meeting:

“I'm glad I got to meet him, we had tea in the terrace[…]. I remember the meeting clearly.”

Who is this, who also claims

to be a ‘cricketer at heart’?

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32 sites in India are World Heritage Sites.

Of these, 7 are natural.

One of them is the easternmost Heritage Site from India.

Which one?

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From a July 2014 exhibition by the artist Claire Phillips. Who is the

person in the painting?

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LEGO version of what? 5

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For reasons of ‘luck’, this entity’s logo was changed in 2012.

Some of the changes:

Background colour: black to purple

A new helmet style as the earlier one seemed to have a skull

under the helmet

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The former CAG of India, Vinod Rai, recently published a book

called “Not Just An ____”.

What word completes this?

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The shortest version of this piece of clothing ends just above the

knees while the longest ends at the ankles. It was made for

soldiers in World War I and this is reflected in the name of this

item of clothing. What?

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Nissan launched an electric car in 2010, which it wants to be

leading, environmentally friendly, affordable and for families.

The name of the car is aptly green. What four-letter name?

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This Chinese phrase refers to “hiding your strength from others".

It became famous around the world in 2000 thanks to a multiple-

Oscar winning film. Which phrase?

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In the US, some companies have single-letter ticker symbols on

stock exchanges. For instance, “H” is Hyatt.

Which company is “K”?

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This is the national flag of which country?12

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Sun Microsystem’s HQ used to be in Menlo Park, California. Which

tech company now resides in that same office since 2011?

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What is this yoga pose

called?

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This professional role originated in shipping, where the person with this

designation was responsible for managing money on a ship. Such a role is

also played on airlines.

What is this role?

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What from the world of mythology is this design inspired by?16

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Though Mohammad Rafi was considered the voice of Shammi

Kapoor, a not so well known dance master called Prayag Raj once

gave playback to him.

For which song?

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"Coma" was Robin Cook's first bestseller. It was made into a film

in 1978. The director of this film was also a famous doctor-

turned-author, in turn best known for a book about "terrible

lizards". Who was this?

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In 1968, the car company Buick wanted to use this song

for an advertisement, replacing the word 'baby' by

'Buick'. All this ended when the lead singer threatened

to break a Buick car in public if they did so. Which

1966 song?

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Original meaning of term associated with a type of software in

personal computers: "someone or something that runs“

(It’s not someone who says bad words!)

What?

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Tiebreaker Questions begin

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Some years ago, the cricketer Adam Gilchrist suggested that India

and Australia play a match on a fixed day each year to promote

their relationship with each other.

What day and why?

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This Hindi film actor has played several film roles as a Parsi. He

says he is perhaps an honorary Zoroastrian, with the last name of

Dinshaw.

Which actor?

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This is the private jet of a sportsperson which has his personal logo painted on the tail (not

shown!). Which sportsperson?

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This commonplace word was the surprise choice for the “2013

Word of the Year” by the American Dialect Society.

That’s because the Society says it “is now being used in new ways

to introduce a noun, adjective, or other part of speech” and to

shorten sentences.

Which word?

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Founded by Jaison Lewis and Sriram Sharma, this group claims to

get its name from a Ramsay brothers film.

Which group?

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Preliminary Round Ends

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