Steve Jobs

1. Prelims
21 questions

2. Who would have thought such a bookish-
looking fellow would grow up to be one of the
toughest, most badass captains in the history of
cricket. Next week, he'll complete a very special
ton and Test record that will in all probability
never be broken.

3. Greame Smith

4. Rank Title Worldwide gross Year Ref
1 Avatar $2,782,275,172 2009 [# 1]
2 Titanic $2,185,372,302 1997 [# 2]
3 The Avengers $1,511,757,910 2012 [# 3]
Harry Potter and the Deathly [# 4]
4 $1,328,111,219 2011
Hallows – Part 2
5 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,746,996 2011 [# 5]
6 __________________________ $1,119,929,521 2003 [# 6]
7 The Dark Knight Rises $1,081,041,287 2012 [# 7]
8 Skyfall $1,077,752,887 2012 [# 8]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead [# 9]
9 $1,066,179,725 2006
Man's Chest
10 Toy Story 3 $1,063,171,911 2010 [# 10]

5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of
the King

6. X and Y are companies that are the undoubtedly
among the most successful companies, if not
the best two, in their common field. Their
rivalry, extending over 70 years has been a
relatively friendly one, with X referring to Y as
the "Distinguished Competition". X is owned by
the Walt Disney Company, while Y is is owned by
Warner Bros. Identify X and Y.

7. DC & Marvel Comics

8. Connect

9. Amazon (parent company)
• Kindle Fire
• Junglee.com
• IMDB

10. Connect to a movie

11. Argo (Iran hostage situation)-
Americans were grateful for Canadian
efforts to rescue American diplomats
during the Iran hostage crisis

12. • Connect:
Atal Behari Vajpayee
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Nawaz Sharif
Anwar Sadat
Sir Isaac Newton
Dido
(list is inexhaustive-people keep joining the list
every year)

13. 25 december

14. ID the concept

15. twitter

16. ID:
Beautiful girl
Who will think about you
Dulla of the Bhatti clan will
Dulla's daughter got married
He gave one ser of sugar!
The girl is wearing a red suit!
But her shawl is torn!
Who will stitch her shawl?!
The uncle made choori!
The landlords looted it!
Landlords are beaten up!
Lots of simple-headed boys came!
One simpleton got left behind!
The soldier arrested him!
The soldier hit him with a brick!
(Cry or howl)!
Give us _____, long live your pair (to a married couple)!
Whether you cry, or bang your head later!

17. Lohri Song
• Sunder mundriye ho!
Tera kaun vicharaa ho!
Dullah Bhatti walla ho!
Dullhe di dhee vyayae ho!
Ser shakkar payee ho!
Kudi da laal pathaka ho!
Kudi da saalu paata ho!
Salu kaun samete!
Chacha gali dese!
Chache choori kutti! zamidara lutti!
Zamindaar sudhaye!
Bum Bum bhole aaye!
Ek bhola reh gaya!
Sipahee far ke lai gaya!
Sipahee ne mari itt!
Bhaanvey ro te bhaanvey pitt!
Sanoo de de Lohri, te teri jeeve jodi!
(Cry or howl!)

18. His first store was called ‘The People's Place’ with an
investment of US$150.
He would customize and sell jeans and bell bottoms
bought in New York City.
His first signature collection came in 1985. He has been
announced as the fashion consultant for American Idol
2012.
Do you know who
this famous designer is?

19. Tommy Hilfiger

20. ID the personality

21. Jawaharlal Nehru-Tryst with Destiny
speech

22. ID the famous magazine

23. Playboy’s first issue

24. X is an American romantic comedy-drama film
directed by David O. Russell, from a screenplay by
Russell, adapted from the novel of the same name
by Matthew Quick.
It received eight Academy Award nominations,
including Best Picture and Best Director for Russell,
in addition to achieving the rare feat of being
nominated in all four acting categories, the first
time since Reds in 1981, and also being nominated
for the Big Five, the first time since Million Dollar
Baby in 2004.
Identify X.

25. Silver Linings Playbook

26. Minimal poster for what??

28. Although the actual reason for this strange remains a
mystery, some people claim it is because the
pineapple is a symbol of hospitality. Others say that
it is because pineapple were a symbol of status and
wealth in late 19 century. A spokesperson for the X
museum offered the explanation that it could date
bask to the tradition where Captains in British Navy
coming back from sea put pineapple on the
gateposts of their home. However, none of the
explanations have anything to do with X itself. What
is X?

29. WIMBLEDON

31. Andrew Flintoff

32. Google Doodle for??

33. India’s Republic Day

34. X’s original story is established in ‘Vengeance of
X’. X was born in the fictional Carribbean
republic of Santa Prisca in a prison called Pena
Dura. In prison he read as many books he could
, learnt to fight, and to speak
Portuguese, Spanish, English and Latin. He
committed his first murder at the age of 8. IGN
lists him at #34 in comic book villains of all time.
He was much in news a few months back.
Id X.

35. Bane

36. • A = Alpha
• B = Bravo
• C = Charlie
• D = Delta
• E = Echo
• .
• .
• .
• K = ?????

37. Kilo

38. X is a society, registered under the Tamil Nadu
Societies Registration Act. The logo of X is
derived from the emblem of the Order of the
Star of India, India's highest order of
chivalry during the British Raj and also its Coat
of Arms.
Id X.

39. BCCI

40. Connect

41. Devdas (paro)

42. Id the tv series which later inspired a
famous movie series.

43. Mission Impossible

44. Finals
7 rounds

45. ID
Round 1

46. Her first novel, ‘Stillborn’, a medical thriller, was
published by Penguin Books. In 2008, she anchored a
television show called Uncommon Ground for NDTV, in
which created a rare dialogue between top leaders of the
corporate and social sectors in India. Penguin Books India
has released a book based on the show. She is the
Founder-Chairperson, ARGHYAM and Pratham Books.
Identify her and her famous husband, whom she met at a
quizzing event at IIT (not mentioning which one).
Hint: Both she and her husband are have been invited to
speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013.

47. Rohini Nilekani

48. Her father was born in Tibet and raised in
Delhi, while her mother was from a small town
in Himachal Pradesh. Her previous employers
include a bakery and a tax and retirement firm.
She claims that she does her best to maintain
her links to Sikh traditions, but also says that
she would be unlikely to abandon her career
path due to religion.
In 2011, she gained over 8000 followers on
Twitter in just two days owing to a particular
incident.
Who?

49. Sunny Leone

50. Train number 17303/4, an Express of the
Indian Railways, plies between Yeshwantpur
(Bangalore) and Mysore in Karnataka. This
comes under the SouthWestern Railway.
In 2011, this train was given a more
endearing name, something fitting to that
particular section of the country. Perhaps a
tiger or M.K.Gandhi will one day board the
express.
What name?

51. Malgudi Train

52. One of X's most famous quotes like this:
"When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If
you become a soldier, you'll be a general. If you
become a monk, you'll be the pope.' Instead I
became a painter and wound up as _____"
More of X's paintings have been sold than those
of any other artist. His paintings occupy several
places in lists of the most expensive paintings in
the world.
Among other things, X is the co-creator of
collages. Identify X.

53. Pablo Picaso

54. Audience Round :
ID the personality
“Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never
forget rule No.1”

55. Warren Buffet

56. Bussiness
Round 2

57. Victor Gruen designed the first of these in 1956,
impelled by his hatred of cars and his hatred of
American suburbs. The structure that he put up
at Edina in Minneapolis was envisioned as an
air-conditioned centre where community would
be possible. This structure is still in use. What
did Gruen thus create?

58. Shopping Mall

59. Ad for what

60. Apsara Eraser
The painting was made with the help
of eraser

61. Originally, the mark was referred to as ‘the strip’
but was later changed to its present name to
describe the fibers used. The logo and name
were originally in white, overlapping with each
other. In the early 1980s they alternated
between name and logo in white with name
above and a red box above logo. They no longer
carry the name, just the logo. What?

62. Swoosh

63. In June 2011, X adopted a remote
village(Shiv Nagar, UP) in India and enabled
clean drinking water facilities by installing
manual pumps. Residents renamed the
village name in the name of firm. Name X

64. SNAPDEAL
snapdeal.com NAGAR

65. Audience Round:

66. Four parent companies of Audi:
Horch, Wanderer, Audi and DKW.

67. Cricket
Round 3

68. 25th of June, the day India won 1983
World Cup is also memorable for what
other occasion??

69. India played its first test match on June
25th,1932

71. Duckworth-Lewis Method

72. The former Indian Skipper and leg spinner is
floating his own stat-up venture that will
focus on providing sports education and
training in mainstream schools across the
country. Name the start –up. Name is inspired
by his 10 wicket haul against Pakistan.

73. Tenvic

74. Created by Marcus Codrington, and considered to
be the most radical change that has happened to
this ‘product’ since 1771, this can be found in the
market in the price range of 49 USD – 400 USD Out
of the two variants available “Cor3” and “M MI3”
the second one is more revolutionary. This
underwent several tests in Imperial College of
Biomechanical Engineering for three months and
the specialists found nothing wrong with it. They’ve
been called “a half-brick on a stick” by a very
eminent personality associated with that field.
What are we talking about?

75. Moongose Bat
Stuart Law, the former Australian Test player ,
called it "a half-brick on a stick.
The design is unusual in that the blade is 33%
shorter than a conventional bat and the handle
is 43% longer.

76. Audience Round:
Logo of??

77. Women’s Cricket World Cup 2012

78. Literature
Round 4

79. Rene Descartes is said to be the first to use this.
Arabic sounds were difficult to pronounce in the
European countries and is said to be the reason
why it is used ubiquitously now.
The word for "thing" or "object" in Arabic - which
was the principal language of sciences during the
Islamic civilization - is "shei" which was translated
into Green and shortened to X, and is considered by
some to be the reason for using X.
The Greek word Xenos which could mean stranger
or foreigner is also said to be the origins of X.
What is X?

80. Ans is X
As they say, sometimes the answer is
in the question.

81. Natalie McDonald was a Canadian girl
suffering from a terminal illness , leukaemia .
A friend of her mother's wrote to ___X___ to
ask her to write to Natalie. But before
___X_____ could respond Natalie passed
away . After her death, the creator decided
to honour the girl by a mention in Y.
X and Y please?

82. X-J.K.Rowling
Y-Goblet of Fire

83. This management cliché is derived from a term
used in military strategy for a general who takes
his men into the attack. It was also used as the
title of cricketer Mike Gatting’s autobiography.
What four-word term?

84. Leading from the front

85. They occur as a series on the River Aar in Bern
canton. Tourists visit this place by climbing the
path to the top and then crossing a bridge and
following a trail down the hill which leads to the
actual ledge. The actual place is marked by a
plaque written in English, German and French
which explains the event that occurred there.
What happened here on 4 May 1891?

86. This is the Reichenbach Falls where
Sherlock Holmes fought Moriarty

87. Audience Round:
Connect
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 5
• 20

88. Chetan Bhagat

89. Movies
Round 5

90. The End of the Affair is a novel by British writer
Graham Greene, published in 1951. The novelist
whose works explore the ambivalent moral and
political issues of the modern world, loosely based
the book on his affair with Lady Catherine
Walston, and is set during and just after World War
II.
The book recently gained attention in
India, because of something many speculate is
loosely based on the novel. What?

91. Jab tak hai jaan

92. X was a 1979 seven-part drama spy miniseries for
the BBC. It is the television adaption of the 1974
novel of the same name by Y.
Starring Alec Guinness in the lead role, the main
credits feature a matryoshka doll progressively
revealing a doll looking more irate than the
previous, with the final doll being faceless, an
allusion to Winston Churchill's describing Russia as
"A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."
The miniseries was remade into a film in 2011, and
earned Z his first Oscar nomination, before which
he was widely described as "the best actor not to
have been nominated for an Oscar." Give X, Y and Z

93. X - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
Y - John Le Carre

94. The working title of this film before it went on the
floors was actually ‘The Outsider’, for almost two
years. The script was in English and every time
there was any untoward incident on the sets, the
lead actor would say ‘just trust me’. When Abbas
started translating the dialogues, there was a line
that kept coming up in place of ‘just trust me’.
When the title was finalised to be _____________,
Karan Johar said that _____________was a horrible
title while the lead actor said bahut kharab title hai.
However the gamble paid off and every one agreed
that _______________was the apt title after the
title song was recorded.
Fill in the blank.

95. Main hoon na

96. X on Y - “Of my friend, I can say only this, of all
the souls I have encountered in my travels, his
was the most Human….”
Id X, Y.

97. X- James T Kirk Y- Spock

98. Audience Round:
Which one is missing?
• Mother India
• Lagaan
• ??

99. Salaam Bombay
All made it to the final nominations
of Oscars

100. Connecticut
Round 6
Rules:
4 Connect Questions
Infinite Pounce
Pounce(30 seconds)
+15,-5
Direct/Pass
+10, 0
NOT Infinite Bounce–
The next questions directly goes to the team
sitting next to you.

101. Connect

102. Only animated movies to be
nominated for best picture in Oscars

103. CONNECT

104. Walter Isaacson
Wrote Biographies of
Henry Kissinger,
Benjamin Franklin,
Albert Einstein and
Steve Jobs.

105. Connect

106. Tin Tin characters
1.Hadock fish
2.Snowy
3.Thomson & Thomson
4.Calculas

107. Connect
• Memphis
• Millennium
• Whistler
• Longhorn
• Blackcomb
(non-exhaustive list)

108. Codenames of Microsoft OS
• Memphis-98
• Millennium-Me
• Whistler-XP
• Longhorn-Vista
• Blackcomb-7

109. Audience Round:
Connect

110. Diageo

111. Mixology
Round 7

112. Abdul Rashid Kardar pioneered a frowned upon
practice in Bollywood. Recent photos by a Time
Magazine photographer show that he was very
much involved in this practice. What is this
practice popularly known as ?

113. CASTING COUCH

114. What is he famous for

115. He is Alberto Kodra, the famous photographer
who took the picture of famous leader CHE
GUEVARA, called Guerrillero Heroico (Heroic
Guerrilla).

116. Scientist Thomas Parnell of the University of
Queensland is performing an experiment to
demonstrate the viscosity of pitch(tar) called as the
‘Pitch Drop Experiment’. What is so special about this
experiment?

117. Guinness book of world record of
Longest running experiment

118. In Germany (X) it is often made in the shape of a
house in reference to a fairy tale. In other parts
of Europe the most popular shape is a
humanoid, which also feature in another famous
fairy tale. In today's world it would be identified
with the iteration of a technological product.
What is X ?

119. Ginger Bread
The harder German-style gingerbread is often used to
build gingerbread houses similar to the "witch's house"
encountered by Hansel and Gretel.
In England, gingerbread a type of biscuit made with
ginger. It commonly takes the form of a gingerbread
man.

120. What is this the flag of?

121. The flag of Mars is a tricolour used by the Mars Society and The
Planetary Society to represent the planet Mars. . The flag is designed to
portray the “future history” of Mars. The red bar, which lies closest to
the mast, symbolizes Mars as it is today. The green and blue symbolize
stages in the possible terraforming of Mars, should humanity ever have
the will and the ability to undertake such a task, the ethics of
terraforming remaining a matter of debate.

122. It is Highest Selling Product of its kind
in India as well as in Pakistan sold
under the name of MEHRAN. What is
the name of this product recently
relaunched in India under another
name.

123. Maruti 800

124. Newsweek went
out with a vintage
photo of its old
midtown New York
HQ as its cover
page. What was
special about this
issue ?

125. Newsweek
Last Print Issue(31 Dec 2012)

126. Recently in
news. What
was the
controversy
related to
this picture

127. Ibrahim Nasir International Airport(Maldives).
Maldives Government terminated the GMR-
MAHB contract.

128. Thank You
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