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journalists of our time. Werner Heisenberg actually quoted this principle of Hinduism, when explaining
that the suggestions of Quantum theory weren''t all that far off from reality. The founder of QED, the incorrigable Richard P Feynman was a ''people''s
scientist''. The book, ''Surely you''re joking Mr Feynman?'' has a picture of him playing his favourite musical
instrument? What was it? Einstein's first wife, Eva, was trained at the Zurich Polytechnic in which
profession? What was Werner Heisenberg's favourite outdoor pastime, in pursuance of
which, he drew a lot of inspiration for his brilliant work. Who along with Bohr received the Nobel for their model of the atom
? Which item of women's clothing was introduced into quantum theory, though
knowing PAM Dirac, most people aren't sure how unintentional it was? Stunned by his own tremendous conclusions in the spring of 1900, he took a
long walk with his son and told him that he thought he had discovered something as important as Newton''s laws.
When his son asked him what he intended to do about it, the great man''s reply was I''m going to get my head
examined. Name this founding father of Quantum Theory? First Chinese scientist to be awarded the Nobel in Physics. Worked at the
IAS, Princeton with Einstein. Name Him. Common Alma Mater of Homi Bhabha and Jayant
Narlikar? Who is called the 'Grand Old Man' of Quantum Theory. Hint : Was part of a
recent tele-conference with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Neils Bohr was the first scientist from his country to receive the Nobel
Prize for Physics. Which country? This fictional computer was said to have been named after a real life company
by a one-letter displacement, though the author later denied this. Name the computer and the
company. This word, popularised by Sylvester Stallone in 'Rocky', has been part of
Philadelphia's street lingo for generations. It was accepted by the 1996 edition of The Official Scrabble
Players Dictionary as an officially acceptable word. Which word? In March 1994, an ad appeared in 'The Stage', a British periodical: R U 18-23
with the ability to sing/dance? R U streetwise, outgoing, ambitious and dedicated? What is the significance of
this ad? In the famous 'Battle of the Sexes' match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean
King, Riggs came to the court dressed as which famous historical character? He was originally a dancer at a Calcutta bar & went by the name Rana
Rayaz. His real name is Gauranga & after his first film, the only question Bombay producers asked him was if he could act
with his clothes on. Who? He first appeared in a story written by Robert L. May for a 1939 Montgomery
Ward promotional giveaway booklet. May's boss was worried that the character's most famous characteristic would
be associated with drunkenness, but gave way when he saw the drawings. When May wrote the story, he was deeply
indebted by his dying wife's medical bills. But because he was a store employee, he didn't have a share in the
licensing windfall that followed. Originally called Donder, the name was changed in a 1949 song recorded by
Gene Autry & written by May's brother- in-law. Name him. The following are some of the rules that employees of a certain organisation
were supposed to follow when it was established: a) Moustaches & beards are not permitted. b) Fingernails
should not extend more than one-fourth of an inch beyond the fingertip (for women only). c) A single earring, no more than
three-fourths of an inch in diameter, in each ear is acceptable (for women only). d) Medical verification
from the doctor is needed if a wig or an hairpiece is to be worn. Name the company. The French call it 'le petit mort' which means 'the little death'. The roots
of the word include a Greek word meaning to grow ripe and swell and the Sanskrit 'urja' meaning nourishment
and power. Name the word. This philosophy, started by a famous author has the dollar sign as a symbol
& the name of the principal text is 'For the New Intellectual'. Name the philosophy or the
author. What is rumoured to be almost certainly made up of the oils of lemon, orange,
lime, cassia and nutmeg? This phenomenon, though popularised in a phrase stressing its unlikeliness,
has happened quite a few times. Once on 27 August 1883, due to the Krakatoa explosion and another time on 26
September 1950 due to the vast Canadian forest fires. Name it. In 1996, Marvel Comics introduced a superhero called Northstar, who was a
part of Alpha Team, Marvel's first all- Canadian superteam. Another first was also achieved by him.
What? Promoted with a 10-minute feature film directed by John Landis, this album
was originally to be called 'Starlight'. It features guest performers like Eddie Van Halen, Paul
McCartney & a tongue-in-cheek voiceover on it's title track by horror movie actor Vincent Price. Name
it. This band was formed in Isla Vista, California in 1990. They played under
various names, including SWAT (Suburban White Alcoholic Trash). Their final name was inspired by an LA-based
glam-rock band called Pretty Boy Floyd for whom they had been scheduled to open. Name the band. This publication doesn't have an officially designated editor since its
fourth editor Lig Lury Jr left his office late one morning & never returned. His desk is still preserved with a
sign: Lig Lury Jr, Editor. Missing, presumed Fed. All the editors since then have worked under the title of acting editor.
Name the publication. In comics, who is the French counterpart of
Mykingdomforanos? Who prepared this message and carried it with him for over a month: Our
landing in the Cherbourg-Havre area has failed to gain a satisfactory foothold & I have withdrawn the troops. My
decision to attack at this time & place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air & the
navy did all that bravery & devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine
alone. The lyrics come from 'Original Poems for Infant Minds' (1804) written by
English sisters Ann & Jane Taylor, but the tune comes from a 1765 French song. The tune is also shared by the
Alphabet Song & Baa Baa Black Sheep. What? In 1996, the British insurance firm Goodfellow, Rebecca, Ingrams and Pearson
offered insurance against 'Virgin Birth'. 300 women signed up and paid 3 pounds a week at the chance that they
would get a million pounds if something happened to them. What? Conceived by John Lack, a VP of Warner- Amex Satellite Entertainment, it was
introduced to the trade as 'The Biggest Advertising Merger in History' with a full-page ad in Billboard on
August 1, 1981. What? In 1981, Shigeru Miyamoto designed an electric hominid, which was named by
the American staff of his company after their landlord. Name it. Indian moneylenders in Cabanantuan City in Philippines were so thrilled, they
wrote off major debts. Real estate prices in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi skyrocketed. CPI(M) workers in West Bengal
called the whole thing a capitalist conspiracy. What? The oldest known version of the Bible, they were discovered by Mohammed
ad-Dibh when, while looking for his lost sheep, he threw some pebbles in a cave. They date back from the 1st century
A.D. & are written in Aramaic. They comprise fragments of every book of the Hebrew Bible except Esther, as well
as poetry, calendars and Biblical apocrypha. They were presumed to be hidden by the members of the ascetic
brotherhood called Essenes. What? February 3, 1959 was the day that the plane crash in which Richie Valens,
Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper died happened. This day came to be known by a phrase, later immortalised in a
song. Which phrase and which song? Name the movie for which, Jodie Foster won an Oscar. If I were to buy an item that cost me 57 forints, in which country would I
be? A well-known hard rock act did a cover of this very song a couple of years
ago. At the time, it raised eyebrows, because the song was very different from most of the band’s other stuff and
seemed an unusual choice for a cover. Name the band. In the world of films, what does CU signify? If I were to use the Holger Nielson method, what would I be
doing? What was the first Indian sponsored programme on
Doordarshan? There were two major reasons why the Iranian government banned rock n’ roll
in 1978. One was that dancing to rock and roll injured the hips. What was the other? Who invented the first electronic vacuum tube in 1904? A few years ago, Bruce Springsteen released a single The Ghost of Tom Joad.
Tom Joad is the protagonist of a very famous novel. Name this novel. episode. Name the group? Bipasha Basu was the lead model in one of Sonu Nigam''s pop song..."tu"...
Name the album? Which Indian Music Director has the rare distinction of being invited to
conduct the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra? This lyricist of yesteryears also played a guest appearance in the movie
Zanjeer ... Name him? ''An instrument of torture'' is held synonymous with the name of a popular
band... Name the band? This reknowned singer(also called the voice of America, at one time)died at
the age of 27 in his bath-tub. Who is he? Which international group popularised the kannada
"Vachana"? What is the real name of Apache Indian? Which band popularised the song "Stairway to Heaven"? Which International pop-star is said to use Indian Shlokas in songs, to
popularise them? Oaxoa, Soft White Underbelly, Cully Stout Beer. What did they finally
become? Who was nicknamed “The Wild man of Blues from the Black
Country”? Who played the lead role in, and directed the music for the film “Ballad in
Blue”? How do we better know “Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys”
better? In July 1995, he signed a deal for North America with Dreamworks records, a
subdivision of Dreamworks SKG, the company headed by Steven Speilberg, Dave Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Who? Which Cricket skipper changed his middle name to “Dylan” in respect to Bob
Dylan? Who supplied the voice of the Thomas the Tank Engine in the TV
Series? Connect Alladin Slade, Ziggy Stardust and Nathan Adler. This band was once nicknamed “knights in satan’s service”. Which
band? This band made a cameo in Michelangelo Antonioni’s “Blow up”, where they
walked in, destroyed the instruments, and left. Which band? Born Sarkasian la Pierre, she accumulated many hit singles in a career
spanning 4 decades. She won an Oscar for Best Actress in 1987. How is she better known? What is the French word for “gossip”? This band got it’s name from a folkloristic term in Funk and Wagnall’s New
Practical Standard Dictionary for “earth tethered spirits freed from their earthly ties by human
intervention”? The original cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club had a host of
personalities, of whom, two were painted out, one because he demanded money, and the other because of protests from fans.
The first was Lou Gorcey. Who was the second? He signed a multi-million dollar deal for the soundtrack of the movie,
“Jonathan Livingstone Seagull”. His real name is Noah Kaminsky. How do we better know him? Which group’s name translates to “father” in Hebrew? This group got it’s name from a virulent bacteria that infested many cattle
in Europe. Which group? Who is the bass guitarist of the band Dog Star? Next to the Billboard Charts, what influences music buyers most in
America? What was Negro slang for a “witch doctor”? This band got it’s name from the name of the synthesizer that the lead singer
of the band owned. Which band? This Nirvana song was a tribute to two of their favourite groups. The name of
the song featured both the group names in it. Which song? Who is the lead singer of the rock group “Methods of
Mayhem”? Richard Bramon produced and released a version of George Orwell’s 1984. Who
starred in it? Which group took it’s name from a racehorse they saw listed on a racing
list? This group was initially named after their favourite basketball player,
“Mookie Blaylock”. How do we know them today? The lead singer of this band looked in a reference book at random and found a
folk tale about a troubled soul who is put to rest by a traveler. The spirit then helps the traveler with his own
quest. He named his band from this book. Which group? This group named themselves after a term in Ayn Rand’s “Fountainhead”. Which
group? Which group takes it’s name from the name of a flea market in Orlando,
Florida? In 1987, George Michael and this artist became the first artists to issue
picture disc CDs. Who? In 1997, this rapper and seven members of his entourage were arrested in
Stuttgart, Germany, during a scuffle with a boutique owner, who accused the musicians of walking out of his shop
wearing clothes they hadn't paid for causing major scandal in the country he hailed from. Who? The Beatles, then calling themselves the Quarrymen, were regular performers
at a club which Pete Best's mother owned. When the band had a dispute with their drummer, Pete sat in and in
August 1960 officially joined the band. Name the club? In 1957, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his cousin's daughter. The fact
that she was only 13 was bad enough. But the marriage took place five months before he was divorced from his second
wife. When the news became public, the scandal nearly ended Lewis's career. Her name? Hip-hopper Usher and R&B trio Destiny's Child were among the fashion
stand outs and style makers during the year 2000.Co-hosts Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers paid tribute last Saturday to
those celebrities who turned heads this year,where, Destiny's Child were awarded the Most Stylish Musicians of the
Year. Name the award? If Pete Best was called the fifth Beatle, who was known as the sixth Rolling
Stone for inspiring the group in its early days. He incidentally died from a heart attack in 1985.. He was 47.
Who? He was born on 12th December in 1943 in Buffalo, N.Y. He moved to
Philadelphia in the late 1960s where hebegan working with soul-jazz organ combos before launching his highly successful
recording career that lasted until his death of a heart attack after taping a network television program in New York
on Dec. 17, 1999. Who? In 1999, he was dropped from a defamation lawsuit filed against rapper Eminem
by his mother. She claimed her son defamed her in magazine interviews and on his show. Who? In 1970, "Joshua," This sheepish singer's first single, entered the charts.
It didn't do too well but she had other things going for her. Who? Mark Brownfield, 40, stole from him the lyrics to the 1982 hit single "Valley
Girl." He allegedly mailed a package of documents to the FBI's Santa Ana office on Oct. 30, in which he threatened
to kill this musician. Who is the musician? Who receives a loud “thanks” in Metallica’s early album sleeve-notes??
Name the only Black Metal band to have ‘Parental advisory explicit content’
written on their album jackets?? How was Kurt Cobain’s dead body identified?? Which Metallica song is about a war victim’s plight?? What is the name of Megadeth’s new record label?? What neck ornament does Dimebag Darrel of Pantera sport?? Which “Deep Purple” song has been covered by Metal Church??
What is the name of Kurt Cobain’s daughter?? On whose recommendation was the new Megadeth guitarist chosen??
What are Max Cavalera’s children’ names?? What is referred to as “blue sky research”? It is called “deuce” in English, “egalite” in French. What is it in
German? If you were engaged in an altercation with a friend and he gave you a “circum
orbital Haemotobo”, what would you have? What do psychologists define as “a disorder in which strongly felt ethical
and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longing often of a perverse
nature”? What contribution did a vague movie by name “Rooplekha” make to Indian
cinema? Who is also known by the title “Guardian of the Eastern
Dark”? His wife said of him “He is so frightened of the titles and degrees on
people’s visiting cards” and his card reads “senior shoe salesman”. Who? So sure were the distributors of the success of this film, that they split up
the film into 20 minute segments for a kids morning show. Which film? The Leonid showers were meteors formed due to the mass shed by which
comet? About which music group did the legendary Phil Spector remark “The only
difference between a pornographic movie and them is that the pornographic movie has better music”? What is the name of the giant spider who nearly eats Frodo in the secret
tunnels under the Ephel Duath (mountains of shadow)? Who rescues Faramir from the battlefield during the siege of Minas Tirith?
Who, in Lotr, is the first rider of the riddermark? Who is referred to in Lotr as being the oldest being in middle earth, being
‘old when the mountains were young’? Telcontar, the family title Aragorn takes in elvish when he becomes King,
translates to what in Westron/English? Bilbo Baggins gives his eleventyfirst birthday party on the day that he
disappears. How old is eleventyone anyway? In the dwarf tongue, what is Mirrormere, the lake in which Durin’s crown is
reflected, called? Mithrandir among the Elves, Thakrun among the Dwarves, Olorin in his youth in
the west, to the east he goes not. Who? Where were Isildur and his party ambushed by Orcs when returning to Arnor
with the one ring? Apocrypha. According to some, Lotr is based on WW2, Sauron is based on
Hitler, and who is based on Stalin? Joseph Mohr was told the day before Christmas that the church organ was
broken and would not be prepared in time for Christmas Eve. He was saddened by this and could not think of Christmas
without music, so he wanted to write a carol that could be sung by choir to guitar music. Name the
carol. Pope Julius I and other religious leaders decreed this with an announcement.
What? Every year since 1947 the people in Oslo have given a Christmas tree to the
city of Westminster.Why? In 1834, Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert introduced this tradition to
Windsor Castle and thus to England.What? The Puritans in America tried to make this festival the most important annual
festival instead of Christmas.Which? Which saint introduced Christmas Carols to formal church
services? 26 December was traditionally known as St Stephen's Day, but is more commonly
known as Boxing Day.Why? There is a story that, around 1600, two children were playing with lenses in
a shop in Middleburg. What resulted, according to the story, from the game? Born with the body of a mastiff, looks of a lamb, teeth of a bunny rabbit and
is one of those mutations that happen when God plays dice. Who or what are we talking
about? Back in 1890, Johnson & Johnson put together the first of its kind in
response to a plea from railroad workers who needed treatment on the scene as they toiled to lay tracks across America.
What? In February 1935, the superpolyamide formed from hexamethylene diamine and
adipic acid was made by Du Pont. How do we know this compound better? It was believed that the devil was present at all important occasions during
the medieval period. What practice arose from this? His first voyage, in 1607, was intended to find a quick way to China by way
of the North Pole, but resulted instead in the establishment of the Spitzbergen whale fisheries. In 1608, in
the service of the Dutch East India Company, he sailed 150 miles past the city of New York, but returned back. In
1610, he explored the site that is now known by his name and was frozen in it. Who? “There was neither non-exist nor exist. There was neither the realm of space
nor the sky beyond”. Opening lines of what? This person wrote about himself thus: “Principal virtues – keeps his nails
clean. Principal faults – that he has no family, is bad tempered and has a poor digestion. One and only wish – not
to be buried alive. Greatest sin – that he does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life – none”.
Who? They began to appear in quantities in the 1860s. “I hate those redbreasts,”
cried Punch in 1869. In 1877, The Times magazine declared them a great social evil, and it was following
difficulties with them in 1879 that the London Post Office in 1880 cried out “Post Early”. What are we talking
about? In Asterix comics, Unhygienix buys a plot of land from Obelix. How do we
supposedly know this land today? Tagore named the son of his secretary who later went on to become as great as
Tagore predicted. Who was the boy? At the age of eighteen she left the parental home in Skopje and joined the
Sisters of Loreto for her training in ? Who took over leadership of the Missionaries of charity after Mother Teresa’s
death in 1997? Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore,
a leader of the ______? Mother Teresa’s father, who was of _______descent was a
farmer. Shantiniketan is today known as? The Missionaries of Charity was recognized as an order by the Vatican in
____? Tagore was knighted by the British two years after he won the Nobel. Which
years? One of Tagore’s most famous English poems was also the title for a
blockbuster Hollywood film. Which one? Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje in what is now _______
on August 27, 1910. Upon which mountain did Noah's ark come to rest after the
flood? Who according to the bible is the oldest mentioned man? (Clue: Deepak chopra
has named one of the chapters in his book Agelen Body Timeless mind after him as '__________'
Factor). Who settled in the land of North East of Eden? The line East of Eden takes
its origin from the bible. Name the city founded by Adam's son Cain and named after his
son. Who in the bible, is the first musician and also the inventor of the harp and
the flute? Who married Keturab, who bore him several children whose names are Zimran,
Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuab. At which famous was Jacob renamed Israel? At God's command, which land did Abraham leave for, to sacrifice his son
Issac? Who among the descendents of Noah went on to become the first of the biblical
kings? Which high profile biblical personality is believed to be the author of the
book 'Genesis'. What literary work inspired the nicknames used by Scully and her father?
Which recurring character in the X-files is widely reviled by fans and known
by the honorific ‘ratboy’? What board game was Mulder playing with his sister when she was abducted by
aliens? What is the name of the liver eating mutant who comes out out of hibernation
every 30 years to eat five human livers, and is finally killed in the underground mechanism of an escalator
while chasing agent Mulder? Agent Mulder acquired a degree from Oxford university before joining the
F.B.I academy, Quantico. What in? Agent Mulder’s apartment number is inspired by a science fiction classic in
which the number is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. What? What name did Scully give to the dog she acquired shortly before it was eaten
by a very large crocodile (a variant of the loch-ness monster in Midwest America)? What is agent Mulder’s computer log-on? Which mysterious, nameless character does Canadian actor William B.Davis play
throughout the series? At the beginning of the episode ‘Anansazi’, the navajo words ‘EL ’ AANIGOO ’
AHOOT E,’ appear on screen. What does this translate as? Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. Who was the other famous literary
personage to have died on the very same day? It is doubtful that these two ever met one another. Judith and Susanna were intimately connected to Shakespeare. Who were
they? In which play do we get the song “Who is Sylvia?” Soon after starting his career as an actor, Shakespeare was hired by one of
the foremost theatre groups of the time. What was it called? In The Tempest, what is the name of Prospero’s island. Who in one of Shakespeare’s plays, described the Earl of Gloucester as the
“foul fiend Flibbertigibbet”? Having received the patronage of King James I, what was the company
renamed? In Antony and Cleopatra, what was the basket said to contain besides the asp
that killed Cleopatra? We all know that hosting Shakespeare’s plays the Globe theatre grew to great
prominence. Yet there was another theatre, also staging his plays, which did equally well, but never gained the
same reputation. Name it. “There is a tide in the affairs of women, Which, taken at the flood,
leads…God knows where.” This is Byron’s parody of Shakespeare. In which play do the original lines
occur? Where is it said – “It is a woman’s business to get married as soon as
possible, and a man’s to keep unmarried as long as he can. I’m sorry there are so many MCP statements out here…but that’s male writing
for you. So here is another – “Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humour in the woman”. By whom is
it? Just before she died, she asked, “What is the answer?” When no answer came,
she laughed and said, “In that case, what is the question?” Then she died. – Who? Who used to say to her dog, “Play Hemingway. Be
fierce.”? Sometimes writers get all sad, and turn inward, to flay themselves. So says
who - “I am not interested in heroism and success. I am only interested in failure.” Whose dying words were, “I’ve had 18 straight whiskies…I think that’s the
record”? A modern dramatist explained that – “Life is very nice, but it lacks form.
It’s the aim of art to give it some.” Who is he? “Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you
think is particularly fine, strike it out.” Beware all ye hacks, and answer who? This guy always considered himself a great artist and gifted writer. However,
he only wrote one enduring book. He was also the epitome of chauvinism. And he also strongly believed that “a
woman should be petite, blond and stupid.” This maritime fighter aircraft is capable of the amazing vertical take-off
and landing. There is a rank higher than Admiral which is equivalent of an army Field
Marshall. No Indian has been endowed with this lifetime honour. What? Where is the Indian Navy’s premier training command
located? This title was introduced by the Dutch who wanted to compensate for the lack
of Admirals but didn’t have enough money to pay them on par. It was brought to England by William of Orange and
has since become a standard rank in Commonwealth navies. What? The USA presented Pakistan with a lethal Tench class submarine to use in the
1971 war in the hope of sinking the Vikrant. However, the sub was sunk just hours after the formal declaration of
war albeit by complete accident and the Indian Navy was able to confirm the kill only after the war had finished.
Name the sub? What is the claim to fame of the HMS Foudroyant, which was built in the
Bombay Shipyard? The Indian Navy was instrumental in restoring democracy to this nation after
a 1987 coup. Who was Shivaji’s legendary admiral under whom the Marath fleet were the
undisputed lords of the Arabian sea and after whom the headquarters of the Western Naval Command of India is
named? It used to be the dreaded war cry of the terrible Vikings. It is now used as
a distant nautical hail? The word Admiral comes from Arabic Amir-al-bahr meaning ? The phrase ‘spinning a yarn’ has originated from
________________. The ship that became one of the most visible symbols of Independent India.
She was the Indian Navy’s first cruiser and her new avatar was commissioned in 1997. Name the ship. Before being re-christened as INS Delhi she fought in the Battle of River
Plate (WW2). A New Zealand crew manned her. Name? What do we now know HMS Hermes as? A famous piece of music was composed aboard the HMS Minden, a man-of-war
built in the Bombay Dockyard. What was it? He could well have saved himself but went down with his ship. He would have
got a Param Vir Chakra but for the fact that the navy did not want to encourage the ‘romantic – tragic’
tradition of the Captain going down with the ship and thus lose highly trained officers. Name this Maha Vir Chakra
(posthomous) awardee who was the commanding officer of the ill-fated INS Khukri. It all began when Nusserwanji ________ established the Bombay Dockyard in
1735. He is considered the founder of the ‘first family of Indian shipbuilding.’ Which
family? The Indian Navy’s first major operation after independence resulted in 12
gallantry awards – 3 of them posthomous. What was the event? “To be secure at land, we must be supreme at sea.” Whose
words? The term ‘bootlegger’ means someone who carries out illicit trade in liquor.
The term has a maritime origin. What? What colour is a ‘red sea rig’? The Ali Marakkar family produced four admirals for the fleet of the Zamorin –
the 16th century Hindu ruler of the Malabar kingdom. One was particularly famous for his victories over the
superior Portuguese navy of Vasco da Gama. All four of them were given an honorary title, which has been adopted, by the
Indian Navy’s helicopter station in Mumbai. What title? The Maharaja of ______ was keen to send his subjects to support Britain’s WW2
effort by enlisting them in the army and navy. The drawback was that nobody in ______ had ever seen a ship and
could not conceive such a strange entity. Undaunted, the Maharaja ordered a stone ship to be built in _____
identical in all respects to the real thing. The ship was christened the HMIS ______? Which was the Indian Navy’s only casualty in the 1971 war? The nuclear submarine that India has leased from the erstwhile
USSR? Since the 18th century there has always been a survey ship called _______ in
the service of the Indian government. The Indian Navy’s elite Marine Commandos are trained in the highly restricted
Naval establishment called? Which of these is NOT a ship of the Indian Navy? The officers of which branch of the Indian Navy train at INS
Shivaji? The legendary moonlit raid on Karachi Harbour by the Indian Navy’s missile
boats on December 04 1971 is celebrated annually as? What was founded by Frenchman Hugo de Payens in 1118 to protect pilgrims to
the Holy Land? Despite depleting forest cover on the fairly long stretch of Karnataka, from
Mysore through Hunsur onto Coorg, up the Ghats and down the Konkan, there is still an _______________that could be
any visitor''s delight ! Fill the blank. Hazel Scott, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne were tested. Who got the
role? What happened as a result of Tituba, a native West Indian, teaching palmistry
to a bunch of kids? What went from being a shallow section of a stream where sheep were ridden of
their wool to fair haired? According to statisticians, the odds against this event happening is 42952 -
1? Jacob wanted to go against God's wishes. Gabriel, the arch angel wrestled
with him for a whole night at Peneal. As a result, he got a name which meant one who fought with God. What is the
name? Which term was first used in 1871 to collectively refer to New Year, Good
Friday, May Day, Spring, Late summer, and Christmas day? A lotus pond in the village of Mangalpur in West Bengal; a point of light
appears as a reflection in the water, grows bigger and bigger until the pond is lit up. The chorus of frogs,
crickets and jackals grows in volume and is joined by a humming sound... what is this? Which singer got her name from a song in the Lerner-Loewe Musical, Paint your
Wagon? California in his golf bag thus avoiding a very stringent French law against
importing vegetables. By doing this, he also introduced the fruit to France. Who? This person took Eddie Murphy to court and was paid 19% of Eddie Murphy''s
salary for writing the script of the movie Coming to America which Eddie claimed was his. Who? She was Queen Consort of William IV, daughter of Duke of Saxe Coburg
Menningen and married William in 1818. Died childless. Who? What gets its name from a type of rough calico cloth made in a district in
Bombay in the 17th century? This sportsman''s mother was an actress. She named her son and daughter after
characters in her favourite Shakespeare play, the Tempest. Who was the sportsman? Created by Bert Sachse at the Esplanade Hotel, made of flour, vinegar,
vanilla added to a Meringue mixture. What? Scholar, Address: 24, Flyaway Road, Land Lady: Mrs. Piggot.
Who? A reading of Freedom at Midnight by Suraj Sanim was the inspiration. A
tombstone has been built in Lahore in memory of this martyr. Thousands of Pakistanis visit this monument and pay
homage. Who is this martyr? Susanowo's sister, the sun Goddess, came out of her cave, and brightened the
earth. Eight million earth deities shouted in delight. What happened as a result? Lincoln said about him ''Only he could have managed such a coup, wringing
such a remarkable defeat from the jaws of victory, during the siege of Petersburg, he filled the earth with
explosives and ignited it. After the explosion, he ordered his men to take refuge in the crater only to be shot
down by confederates.'' Who was he? Richard Aldington, the poet, novelist and critic reviewed a Dadaist book
containing a poem that in its entirety went:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. What was his review? (The Times refused to
print it) Completed by Inigo Jones in 1643, it took its name from the family name of
Thomas, who was the King's sergeant at that time. What? What is Greek for speaking fair? Arthur Ashe dedicated his victory in the US open to a person who coached him.
She corrected his serve two weeks before the Open, which enhanced his performance. To whom did he dedicate his
victory? His first science fiction novel ''To Venus in 5 seconds failed''. He went on
to do something else... what was his name? He defended the Whig governments handling of the war of Spanish succession
and supported the Hanoverian succession in his essays which he contributed to Richard Steele's, The Tatler. Also
became member of parliament and held minor government posts. Who? It broke into two when it was being raised for enshrinement in 1774, made of
limestone, it is 3 miles long and 0.75 miles wide, and has an elevation of 1396 feet. What? In the 16th century, it was a conical screw of paper into which a grocer may
weigh out goods. In the 17th century, it came to mean a carriage for a printing machine. In the 19th century, it
came to mean an unseaworthy vessel which could sink anytime. What word? This marching song was written for the Valley Forge Military academy and is
still sung at the last parade:''Hide not thy tears on this last day, your sorrow has no shame; to march no more
midst lines of grey, no longer play the game. Name the poet.. Raised as Marcel Troyon, a drudge and scullion in Troyon's, a disreputable
parisian hotel, Michael Lanyard learned to steal and cheat at an early age. By the age of 15, he developed a long,
lanky, boorish look as a result of the hard life. His face was pallid, mouth sullen, and his hot black eyes were
sunken in his face, learning the principles of successful cracksmanship from Bourke. What was his alter
ego? What instigated Paul Delaroche to quip, “From today, paintings are
dead”? What did Oliver Pollack create to be first used by the US on April 1,
1778? An illegitimate son of a nobleman, he craved for the royal recognition he
could never get from the upper classes. Trained as a chemist and a mineralogist, his achievements include analysis of
Zinc ores, one of which is, ZnCo3 is named after him. Who? This person was almost exchanged at birth with a Koli fisherman’s family.
Fatefully, he was reunited with his mother when the resident doctor cracked the case of the missing mole on the
bottom. He recalls the incident and muses on the possibilities of fishing in Mahim if not for the doctor.
Who? “My debts amount to 3,000, 300 to the Jews, 800 to Mrs B of Nottingham, to
the coachmaker and the other tradesmen a 1,000 more and these must be increased before they are lessened,” to his
lawyers he wrote on April 26, 1809. “The whole of my wishes are summed up in… either of my own or borrowed of
others, 3,000 pounds…. Allow me to depart from this cursed country and I promise to turn Mussalman rather than
return to it.” Whose words? Masaru Ibuka, after graduating in engineering, failed the entry examination
for lifetime employment at Toshiba, and decided to start his own small business. He was fortunate to find a
partner who had a flair for finance and salesmanship. What did they launch? He created the first universe (different from the present world) and his
personal scribe is Weneg. His eternal enemy is represented by a giant serpent. He is always represented with Uraeus
the asp who spits flame and destroys god’s enemies. Who? The Teary Folliculties disease is quite prevalent among the youth of this
generation. If you were suffering from it, what would be the cause of this disease? In the United States, currently a small stock of this exists at only one
location – at the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Some additional stocks are
available in Great Britain, Russia and China. Stocks of what? An author, as a sign of gratitude to the nurse who had cared for his
firstborn child, gave a script and asked her to sell it when she was in need of money. Years later, when the nurse was
really in want of money, she sold it and lived in comfort for the rest of her life. The manuscript was the first part
of a famous work of this author. Name the book. This tree was supposedly brought to India from Sri Lanka by Hanuman when he
was carrying messages from Sita. White, Green, Catskill, Allegheny, Blue Ridge and Black are all parts of
which mountain range? What do the Dead Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Salton sink in California have
in common? What is the mathematical series that can be found in many forms in
nature? In the US the disposal of what is considered secondary only to that of
nuclear waste? Which reptiles have the loudest voices? Which range of mountains separates France from Spain?
Why does the weight of the earth increase by 100,000 lbs each
year? What is the art of training and cutting plants into ornamental shapes
called? What bird was associated with the goddess Athena? Har Gobind Khorana received his PhD in Chemistry from
________? Har Gobind Khorana was born in the (now) Pakistani town
of? Under Chandra’s editorship this then stalling magazine became and continues
to be a world-class publication. Which? Since at that time a scientific career did not appear to present the best
possibilities, C.V. Raman joined the ______. Which of these publications was founded by C.V.Raman? Har Gobind Khorana was married in 1952 to Esther Elizabeth Sibler, who is of
______origin.
Name the author of the award winning ''In Einstein''s Kitchen'', whose
husband is one of the great science
Mary Gribbin
Maya
The Bongos
Civil Engineering
Mountaineering
Sommerfeld
brassiere
Max Planck
Chen Ning Yang
University of Bombay
Roger Penrose
Denmark
HAL from '2001: A Space Odyssey' by Arthur C Clarke.
The company was IBM
Yo
It led to the formation of the Spice Girls.
Henry the
Eight
Mithun Chakraborty
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Walt
Disney Co.
Orgasm
Objective Epistemology (or Objectivism, as it is
commonly known) by Ayn Rand
7x, the secret ingredient in Coca
Cola
A blue moon,
He was the first gay comic superhero
'Thriller' by Michael Jackson
Ugly
Kid Joe
'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
by Douglas Adams
Vitalstatistix, the village chief in
Asterix
General Eisenhower, before the D-Day invasion in
world War Two
Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star
Impregnation by God or a
lesser avatar
MTV.
The slogan of which company ironically was : Today something we do will
touch your life?
Union Carbide
Mario, from Super Mario Bros, the
computer game by Nintendo
Sushmita Sen winning the Miss Universe
contest
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The day the music died
from American Pie by Don McLean
With reference to drug terminology, what is skag?
Ans:
Heroin
Ans: The
Accused
Ans: Hungary
Ans: Rage Against the Machine
Ans: Close-up
Ans: Giving someone artificial respiration
Ans: Hum Log
Ans: Public
dancing is against the tenets of Islam
Ans: John
A. Fleming
Ans: The Grapes of Wrath
Pam Anderson was the lead model for a rock-group''s song. This group also
starred in Pam''s series ''VIP''in one
Ans: LIT
Ans: Kismat
Ans: Illayaraja
Ans: Gulshan Bawra
Ans: Iron Maiden
Ans: Jim Morrison
Ans: Beatles
Ans: Steven kapoor
Ans: Led
Zeppelin
Ans: Madonna
Ans: Blue Oyster Cult
Ans: Robert Plant
Ans: Ray Charles
Ans: Rolling Stones
Ans: George Michael
Ans: Bob Willis
Ans: Ringo Starr
Ans:
David Bowie’s alter-egos
Ans: KISS
Ans: The Yardbirds
At the age of 14, he formed the band “Echoes” after listening to the
album “A Hard Day’s Night”. Who?
Ans: Billy Joel
Ans: Cher
Ans: Jazz
Ans: Grateful Dead
Ans: Gandhi
Ans: Neil
Diamond
Ans:
ABBA
Ans: Anthrax
Ans: Keanu
Reeves
Ans: Beavis and Butthead
Ans: Hoochie Coochie
Man
Ans: Prodigy
Ans: Aero Zeppelin
Ans: Pamela Anderson
Ans: David Bowie
Ans: Faith no More
Ans: Pearl Jam
Ans: Jerry Garcia – Grateful Dead
Ans: Collective Soul
Ans: Backstreet Boys
Ans: Micheal Jackson
Ans:
Coolio
Ans: The Casbah
Ans: Myra
Ellen
Ans: Annual Golden Hanger Awards
Ans: Ian Stewart
Ans: Grover Washington Jr.
Ans:
Howard Stern
Ans: Dolly Parton
Ans: Moon Zappa
Ans: Carlsberg beer
Ans: Cradle Of Filth
Ans:
Fingerprints
Ans:
One
Ans:
Sanctuary Records
Ans:
A Razor Blade
Ans: Highway Star
Ans: Frances
Bean
Ans: Jimmy DeGrasso
Ans: Zyon and
Igor
Money spent
uselessly on unwanted scientific projects
Einstien
Black eye
Love
First flashback
Phantom
Bata
Star Wars
Temple-Tuttle
Spice
Girls
Shelob
Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth
Theoden
Tom Bombadil
Strider
111 years
Kheled Zaram
Gandalf
Gladden fields
Saruman
Silent Night
That Jesus was born on 25th
As a mark gratitude for Britain's help to
Norway in the 1939-1945 war.
The practise of decorating Christmas trees
Thanksgiving Day
St Francis of Assisi
The day the christmas presents were
opened
Telescope
Ronaldo
First-aid kits
Nylon
The toast
Hudson
Rig Veda
Alfred Nobel
Christmas cards
Stonehenge
Amartya Sen
Dublin
Sister Nirmala
Brahmo Samaj
Albanian
Vishwabharati University
1950
1913, 1915
Sleeping with the Enemy
Yugoslavia
Ararat
Methuselah
Cain
Enoch
Jubal
Abraham
Peniel
Moriah
Nimrod
Moses
Moby dick (Ahab and Starbuck)
Agent Alex Krycek
Stratego
Eugene Tooms
Psychology
42
Queequeg
Trustno1
The cigarette smoking man
The truth is out there
Miguel de
Cervantes
Daughters
Two Gentlemen
of Verona
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
It has no
name
Edgar (King Lear)
King’s Men
Figs
Blackfriars
Julius Caesar
Who stated – “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for
money.”?
Dr. Johnson
G.B. Shaw’s Man and Superman
Oscar Wilde
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein
Samuel
Beckett
Dylan Thomas
Jean Anouilh
Dr. Johnson
Adolf Hitler
Sea Harrier
Admiral of the Fleet
Kochi (Cochin)
Commodore
PNS Ghazi
The oldest wooden ship afloat today
The Maldives
Kanhoji Angre
Ahoy
Ruler
of the sea
Sailors who would take old ropes apart to make
yarn
INS
Delhi
HMS Achilles
INS Vikrant
The Star Spangled Banner
Capt M N Mulla
Wadia
The Liberation of Goa
Pandit Nehru
Smugglers would hide
valuables in their huge sea boots when raided by the Naval watchkeepers
Blue
Kunjali
Patiala
INS
Khukri
INS Chakra
Investigator
INS Abhimanyu
INS
Calcutta
Naval Engineers
Navy Day
Knight's Templars
The Emerald Route
Dooley Wilson
The Salem witch hunt
Sherlock Holmes' name
A hole in one in golf
Israel
Bank holidays
A script for ''The
Alien'' by Satyajit Ray
Mariah Carey
He had seven avocado trees in the garden of his villa at Ferret. He
brought back half a dozen shrubs from
Somerset
Maugham
Art
Buchwald
Adelaide
Dungarees
Sebastian
Coe
Pavlova
Hector Alenbick
Shaeed E Mohabbat Boota Singh
Mythological
reason for Japan having so many earthquakes
Ambrose Burnside
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Lincoln's Inn
Euphemison
Hazel Wightman
Frederick Jane
Joseph Addison
Rock
of Gibralter
Coffin
J.D. Salinger
The Lone Wolf
Invention of digital cameras
Dollar sign
Smithson
Sunil Gavaskar
Byron
Sony
Ra
Tight jeans
Small pox virus
Jungle Book
Mango
Appalachian
Below sea level
Fibonacci numbers
Tube lights
Alligators
Cantabrian Mountains
Cosmic Dust
Topiary
Owl
University of Liverpool
Raipur
The International Journal of Astrophysics
Indian Finance Department
Indian
Journal of Physics
Swiss
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