Quiz Prelims

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'May the Lord of the Oceans be Auspicious Unto Us'. Whose motto is it ?

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'May the Lord of the Oceans

be Auspicious Unto Us'.

Whose motto is it ?

How many tea spoons are there in 1 table spoon?

It is described as the "world's thinnestnotebook”.What ?

Identify the gentleman relaxing at “Bugle Rock”?

How do we better know Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia?

Sam Hormusji Framji Bahadur Jamshedji

A place in Bangalore is named after

Who’s the inspiration?

A B

Identify A & B

Which company’s tagline is “ Look sharp ! Feel sharp ! Be sharp ! ” ?

This novel led to a major event in history. What?

1. Real Madrid 3 - 0 Valencia 2. AC Milan 0 - 0 Juventus (3 - 2) pen 3. ___________ Vs _________ Fill in the blanks.

What does this picture depict?

Who is the current CEO of Yahoo! Inc. ?

JUST Identify

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Tracks 1,2,3 are all common in some perspective. What?

He has won the National Film Award for three films. He has worked in projects like Saagara Sangamam,Nayagan,Sadma, Hey Ram and Cheeni Kum etc. He is a gold medalist from Trinity College of Music in classical guitar. Name him.

Funda?

Renkoji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan. It is the purported location of the ashes of ,Over the years, several Indian officials have visited Renkoji to pay their respects to Jawaharlal Nehru was the first dignitary to visit the site followed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Indira Gandhi & Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

X

Identify X

Identify the playback singer.

Listen….

What is the funda?

Who?

What is its significance?

What connects them?

Translated into English as the "place of [the] skull“, the site where crucificaxion of Jesus Christ took place. Name the site (or mountain).

X is a quintet which combines elements of traditional Indian music with elements of jazz. The band consists of English guitarist John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain, U.Srinivas, Shankar Mahadevan and V. Selvaganesh who are all of Indian descent. The band's name is derived from John Mclaughlin's acoustic Indian fusion band Shakti which was active in the 1970s.Identify X?

This animal is known as Pyrenean Ibex….why has it been causing much jubilation in the scientific circles lately??

What is this gentleman doing?

The story of the word ______ goes that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the Language within twenty-four hours. He then went out and hired a bunch of street urchins to write the word _____, which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning--since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test--and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. What word?

Who is being spoofed?

1.Indian Navy2.33.MacBook Air4.D.V.G5.Akshaye Kumar6.Manekshaw7.Sachin Tendulkar8.The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe : Prince Caspian9.Gillette10.American Civil War11.Chelsea Vs Manchester United12.Partition of India13.Carol Bartz14.Blade Runner : Oscar Pistorius15.OST for Spiderman 1,2,3 respectively16.Illeyaraaja17.Barack Obama18.Subhash Chandra Bose19.Glen Mc Grath20.Yesudas21.Doomsday Clock22.William Hannah & Joseph Barbera23.Built from the ruins of the Twin Towers24.All have a Tennis Grand slam Stadium named after them25.Golgotha or Calvary26.Remember Shakti27.Animal to become unextinct due to cloning28.Alexander cutting the Gordian Knot29.Quiz30.Sanjaya Malakar