1) This famous personality comments on a common bird hus: “ All my life I have ainted crows. Singly, in pairs, threesomes, whole murders of them. Even as a child I had been fascinated by them. They are smart, lively and have a strong survival instinct. The common crow is really an uncommon bird.” Who?
Ans: R.K.Laxman
2) Before the Ranji Trophy the only organized cricket tournament was the Bombay Pentangular. Four of the teams were the Europeans, the Parsees, the Hindus and the Mohammedans. Which was the fifth team?
Ans: The Rest
3) Based on a bamboo exercise toy that the founders of the company. Wham O saw on a trip to Australia, this toy notched worldwide sales of more than 100 million within 6 months of its launch in 1958. The Japanese banned its use in public because of impropriety. Which toy?
Ans: Hula Hoop
4) Born as Sudhamani on September 27th 1953 to Sughandan and Damayanthi. Poor fishermen in rural Kollam, she had only primary education. Currently runs her international empire with a swanky office in the coastal village of Vallikav in Kollam district. Who?
Ans: Mata Amritanandamayi
5) Was recruited to perform as a backup singer for Michael Jackson on his Bad tour, where she was forced to change her name to Shirley, and asked not to make eye contact with MJ except when onstage. In 1999, also made her acting debut as ill-fated drifter Laurie Bloom in the suspense drama The Minus Man. Who?
Ans: Sheryl Crow
6) Gandhian activist Chandi Prasad Bhatt organized a protest in 1973 involving people in his native village Gopeshwar. A year later the protests had spread to Reni, Dungari-Paitoli and other villages in the Alaknanda Valley. What generic name was given to the protests?
Ans: Chipko
7) He came up with his most famous invention while covalescing in a military hospital around 1941. When asked what he felt about his name becoming an almost household name on account of the invention, he said “I wish I had invented the lawn-mower”. Who?
Ans: Anton Kalashnikov
1. Easy one to begin with - Tom & Jerry cartoons - one can see Jerry accompanied by a grey mouse, with a big mouth and a great appetite, normally in diapers. What is the name of this mouse? (Clue: he is known by two names, giving one name will be ok)
TUFFY, NIBBLES ARE THE TWO NAMES FOR THE SAME MOUSE.
2. The "black box" that houses an airplane's voice recorder is not Black in color. What color is it actually?
ORANGE
3. Lets move over to Mahatma Gandhi – When the Great Man was in school, a school inspector visited his class. The inspector asked the whole class to spell out one word. All the students could spell it right except our dear old Bapu. What specific word was that?
KETTLE!
4. Fiction/ Literature - Which 19th century fictional character lived at No.7,Savile Row in the Burlington garden of London? (Clue: he holds a world record for his travel; this makes it a sitter)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS’ HERO – PHILEAS FOGG
5. God’s own country trivia - Name the Goddess of Speech in Kerala. (Clue: name of a famous newspaper)
MANORAMA (MALAYALA MANORAMA)
6. Easily the easiest: One of the 12 apostles of Jesus refused to believe that Jesus would
be resurrected until he could see the proof of it with his own eyes. What English expression have we derived from this?
THOMAS OR DOUBTING THOMAS
7. Which world famous actor acted in 39 films in a single year, which is a world record? (Clue: think comedy)
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
8. Which world famous musician’s last words were, "Friends applaud, the comedy is over."? (Clue: think classical symphony, think this great soul)
LUDVIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Which world famous city was made the First Capital of the United States of America on Sept 13, 12 years after the country gained independence?
NEW YORK CITY
His real name was Maheshdas, no doubt he was a Hindu. He wrote under the pen name "Brahma" and a collection of his poems is preserved in Bharatpur Musuem. Who? (Clue: world famous person, but not as a writer. Another clue: think back a few hundred years. Clue 3 will make it very easy – City of Agra)
BIRBAL
1. To symbolise the intent and spirit of Space Flight
Awareness. NASA gives a special award which represents the astronauts'
own award for outstanding performance contributing to flight safety
or mission success, it is always presented by an astronaut.
Receiving this award is a very special honor, since less than 1 percent of
the space program workforce receive it annually. The award
consists of a sterling silver ________ lapel pin that was flown on a
Space Shuttle mission plus a certificate and commendation letter
signed by the presenting astronaut. Fill in! or whats the award
called?
Ans: Silver Snoopy Award
2.The Village of X gets its name from the Mi'KMaq word
meaning deep water. The Mi'KMaq were early inhabitants of the lands
on both sides of X harbour where they gathered food from the land
and sea. Acadians lived here in the early eighteenth century until the
1755 expulsion by the British. Many families can trace their roots to
the Irish, Scottish, English and United Empire Loyalists. Gaelic
and English street signs remind us of our Scottish heritage.Till
1954.X was just another town, it owes its present glory to one of its
native sons,Cyrus Eaton. Incidently X is the only place on
earth to be awarded a Nobel prize.
Ans: Pugwash from the word Pagweak
3. After destroying a number of vessels, he picked up
Professor Pierre Arronax, his assistant Conseil, and harpooner Ned
Land, taken from the `Abraham Lincoln', a science ship which had been
hunting him. Eventually, he was somehow contacted by Campion Bond
and asked to help the British Government. Who?
Ans: Captain Nemo
4."I am by birth a Genevese; and my family is one of
the most distinguished of that republic. My ancestors had been
for many years counselors and syndics; and my father had filled
several public situations with honour and reputation."
Identify the book of which these are the opening
lines.
Ans: Frankenstein
5. Winston Churchill was asked whom he would most like to
meet in the other world.He immediately replied-"............"!
Fill up .
Ans:Oscar Wilde
1.WHO WROTE THE FOLLOWING BOOKS( ALL WERE POLITICIANS) a. The Cardinal's Mistress ********************MUSSOLINI b The World Crisis *********************CHURCHILL c profiles in courage ******************JFKENNEDY 2 On May 29, 1953 these words were uttered by a beekeeperturned--------- " I and ---------(his partner) had 'knocked thebastard off'. fill in the blank or name the event.
***** HILLARYSPEAKING ON TENZING AND THE CONQUEST OF MT EVEREST
3 out of the 6 people in the world who were granted honarary membership of USA only 2 were given it when alive. one waschurchill . the other a lady. who?
MOTHER THERESA?
4 during World War II, she began work in a factory sprayingairplanE parts with fire retardant. A young army photographer,scouted local factories taking photos for a magazine article aboutwomen contributing to the war effort. He immediately saw herpotential as a model and she was soon signed by The Blue Bookmodelling agency. who are we talking about?
marylin monroe
5. we have a host of chemical elements named after countries. for a change can you name a country named after an element? ARGENTINA (but Abid also tells us cyprus, after copper)
6. I wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott.but i am know as the queen of --------
this is agatha christie but answer is QUEEN OF CRIME
