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Quiz Master : Ganesh Shankar

The difficulty level of the quiz is a bit high .

The questions are all from different subjects.

I have tried to include more of picture related quizzes as they are my personal interest.

I have tried to come up with new questions but some questions may be inspired by previous questions available on web.

• Identify the personality

Clue : He was a civil engineer and studied economics and Business Administration before he went on to be considered as his nation’s icon.

Answer

Q 2. ________ , a famous Hollywood actor refused to feature in the game based on his famous movie series because he thought that the game was too violent.

Clue : The movie series is actually based on a series of books written by a famous American author who was a US Marine before becoming an author

Identify the actor and the movie series.

Extra marks for the game name and author name.

AnswerGame Name : Bourne Conspiracy

Author : Robert Ludlum

Q 3. Identify the person and his most significant contribution to the European football leagues.

He is a Belgian footballer and has played for  RFC Liège in the Belgian First Division in Belgium.

Answer

Jean – Marc Bosman , The Bosman Ruling The Bosman ruling meant that players could move to a

new club at the end of their contract without their old club receiving a fee. Players can now agree a pre-contract with another club for a free transfer if the players' contract with their existing club has six months or less remaining.

Q 4. “ Lacedaemon (Lakedaímōn) was a prominent city-state in ancient _______, situated on the banks of the Eurotas River in Laconia, in south-eastern Peloponnese It emerged as a political entity around the 10th century BC, when the invading Dorians subjugated the local, non-Dorian population. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient _______.” – Wikipedia

What is Lacedaemon more commonly known as ?Fill the blank

Answer

Blank - Greece

Q 5. Identify the name of the game.

AnswerCat’s Cradle also known as Jack in the Pulpit in

some regions of US.

Q 6. Connect

AnswerThe connect is September 11.

1. 1906 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.

2. 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund whose logo is Panda. (Kung fu Panda was just for confusing you!)

3. 2001 - Osama Bin Laden – was the hand behind the september 11 attacks on USA

4. 1893 – First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held where Swami Vivekananda gave his iconic speech.

Q 7. _____________is an idiom created by Jon Hein that was used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in quality, which is usually a particular scene, episode, or aspect of a show in which the writers use some type of "gimmick" in an attempt to keep viewers' interest.

Subsequently the usage of the term has subsequently broadened beyond television, indicating the moment when a brand, design, or creative effort's evolution declines.

Hint :

Jumping the shark -  Its name is taken from a scene from a fifth season episode of the sit-com Happy Days when the character Fonzie jumps over a shark while on water-skis

Answer

Q 8. Put Funda  Hint : Infamous incident in American professional wrestling that

happened on January 4, 1999 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia 

Answer The Finger poke of Doom.

Hogan poked Nash with his finger, causing Nash to fall down and Hogan won. Led to unification of the two rival groups and ultimately fall of WCW company itself.

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