The document is a quiz containing 25 multiple choice questions on various topics including science, history, geography, sports and entertainment. Some of the questions and their answers provided are: - Question 1 asks about the scientific breakthrough of penicillin being discovered accidentally by Alexander Fleming growing on a petri dish. - Question 10 asks for the name of a nomadic group originating in Punjab, India called the Romani or Roma people. - Question 20 provides the answer that Zimbabwe has the most official languages in the world with 16.

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2. (1) What scientific breakthrough is
being talked about?
• Returning from holiday on September 3, 1928,
Fleming began to sort through petri dishes
containing colonies of Staphylococcus, bacteria
that cause boils, sore throats and abscesses. He
noticed something unusual on one dish. It was
dotted with colonies, save for one area where a
blob of mold was growing.

3. ⬜ Penicillin from Penicillium fungi

4. (2) Name it
• X is considered a holy river in India. It has been
mentioned in ancient texts like Manasamangal.
The famous merchant Chand Saudagar sailed
through this river.
• From fifteenth to seventeenth century A.D, it
was the main flow of the eminent Hoogly River.
• Now, it has almost dried up.

5. ⬜ Adi Ganga/ Tolly Nullah/ Tolly Canal

6. (3) Who am I talking about?
• X’s Album in 1995 was the first Indian
commercially hit IndiPop album which
established it as a discrete genre. It was a very
hit single and narrates the feelings of a female
protagonist who has rejected proposals from all
around the world but only wants a husband with
good heart, from India only.
• X won the Freddie Mercury Award for this song.

7. ⬜ Alisha Chinai

8. (4) Who is this person?
• Major newspapers had the same news : Veteran
person of Music Industry has claimed credit for the
success of pop diva Jennifer Lopez's 2011 track 'On
The Floor' saying that its tune is similar to one of his
songs.
• "Jennifer Lopez's new song 'On the Floor' that has a
Lambada-sampling and has become a huge hit is
identical to my song. The opening tune is the same,"
he told PTI.

9. ⬜ Bappi Lahiri

10. *(5) Traditional Middle Eastern Dish

11. ⬜ Falafel (Lebanese)

12. (6) Who am I talking about?
• Indian Government sent a baby elephant
to X, which was received amidst much
fanfare. The mayor of the city of
Cadaques, Spain declared a holiday to
welcome the elephant. X finally donated it
to Barcelona Zoo.

13. ⬜ Salvador Dali

14. (7) Who is X?
• In 2006, X was posthumously awarded
Light of Truth Award by Dalai Lama, for
awareness and understanding about
condition of Tibetan people. X’s widow
accepted it and stated ‘We never thought
that this story of friendship would have a
resonance more than 40 years later’

15. ⬜ Herge for Tintin

16. (8) What ‘legendary’ Serial is
being talked about?
• Starring Sourav Chakrabarti & Vinita
Chatterjee, the publicity for the serial the
producers were seeking would come in the
form of a tsunami of comments. It became
a popular name among people, without
even being watched.

17. For those people who missed this
easy one

18. (9) What is being talked about?
• It is mainly purple in appearance with
specks of yellow. Considered poisonous,
its name is thought to be based on what it
actually is or based upon. Rather when it’s
spelt backwards.
• Came into limelight again since a Dec 14
official launch of something in India

19. Ekans
Pokemon Go officially had India
release on 14 Dec

20. *(10) Give X
The X people originated in the Punjab region of
northern India as a nomadic people and entered
Europe between the eighth and tenth centuries
C.E. They were called X because Europeans
mistakenly believed they came from Egypt.
Significant population can be found in Brazil,
America and all over Europe.

21. Gypsy/Romani/Roma people

22. (11) What is being talked about?
⬜ The Scoville scale is a function of capsaicin
concentration.
⬜ The Scoville scale is however an empirical
measurement, dependant on the capsaicin
sensitivity of people.
⬜ The 1st position is held by something called the
‘Carolina Reaper’

23. Measure of pungency/hotness of chillies

24. (12) Identify X
• ‘Bhalo Achi Bhalo Theko’ is considered to
be a suicide note by Rudra Muhammad
Shahidullah, to his wife X . A film on X was
made in 2014.

25. ⬜ Taslima Nasreen
⬜ Churni Ganguly portrayed her in the 2014 film
Nirbashito.

26. (13) Give both A and B
• A’s popularity was greatly due to the soldiers of WW1 lauding
the its agility and remarkable behaviour during the war.
However, towards the end of the war and for a few years
after, especially leading up to WW2, there was a universal
rise in Anti-German sentiment. It was felt that the A’s present
name could hamper its popularity. So, A was renamed to B,
after a French-German border city. This was immediately
towards the end of the First World War.
• A/B can be seen in many households around the world.

27. ⬜ A – German Shepherd
⬜ B - Alsatian

28. (14)
• The wife of Jupiter and the roman equivalent of
Greek Goddess Hera, the naming of a particular
month in our calendar is after her.
• Give me the name of both Goddess and the
month.

29. ⬜ Juno and June

30. *(15) Present Day City/Erstwhile
Kingdom
• Considered to be last Islamic kingdom in
Iberian Peninsula, this city is famous for
the Moorish palace/fortress Alhambra.
This city also has a football club playing in
La Liga.

31. Granada

32. In the French version of the new Lego Batman
movie, which current French footballer will be
voicing Superman?
16

33. Antoine Griezmann

34. 17
There’s a wife-carrying competition held in
Finland each year. The prize is the wife’s
weight in X. What is X?

35. The wife’s weight in beer

36. 18
All the CSI TV series have theme songs of the
same British rock band. Which band?

37. The Who

38. 19
The first Maggi product introduced in India
was an absolute failure. It is still available in
other countries, and available here in another
form. What was it?

39. Maggi Soup Cubes

40. *20
With 16 official languages, which African
country has the most number of official
languages in the world?

41. Zimbabwe

42. 21
Born on 10th May 2000, what unique feat did
Destanee Aiava achieve in the Australian
Open 2017?

43. First player born in this millennium to play a Grand
Slam

44. 22
The longest (in terms of time, 16hr 20mins)
flight in the world is operated by X airline
company from Y to Auckland. Give me X and
Y.

45. X-Qatar Airways
Y- Doha

46. 23
The UNESCO has declared 2 historical
railway related sites in India as World
Heritage Sites. Which 2?

47. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Victoria Terminus/ CST

48. 24
This city in Madhya Pradesh is famous for its
sev. It is said that every shop in the city selling
it WILL have ALL 101 types of it. Which city?

49. Indore

50. *25
What is the name given to bonds issued
outside India but denominated in Indian
Rupees, rather than the local currency?
(Think about Indian stereotypes which
foreigners hold).

51. Masala Bonds