1. The headquarters of China Central Television (CCTV) is located in Beijing.
2. Georgia is both the name of a country and a state in the US. It is also a coffee brand owned by Coca Cola.
3. Sir Creek is a site of a long-standing border dispute between India and Pakistan that has large reserves of oil and gas.
2. 1 2
TRAVEL
ROUND 1
3 Travel
ROUND 2
4 5
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
6 ROUND 4
Fire
Rapid
7 8
ROUND 5
Surprise!
3. 1 Broadway theatre, commonly
called simply Broadway, refers to
theatrical performances presented in ROUND 1
one of the 40 large professional Travel
theaters with 500 seats or more ROUND 2
located in the Theatre District, New
Business
York. But what is Broadway Avenue in
ROUND 3 Travel &
New York?
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
4. 1
Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide
avenue in New York City, which runs the ROUND 1
full length of Manhattan and continues Travel
into the Bronx. ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
5. 2 If you ever travel to Scotland, you
will be surprised to find the number
of lochs along the coast. A loch is a ROUND 1
narrow inlet of water forming a long Travel
narrow lake. Similar feature can be ROUND 2
found if you go to Norway. What are
Business
these called in Norway?
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
6. 2
Fjords ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
7. 3 What is a demonym?
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
8. 3
A demonym, also referred to as ROUND 1
a gentilic, is a name for a resident of a Travel
locality and is derived from the name of ROUND 2
the particular locality. For example
Business
demonym for the city of San Francisco is
ROUND 3 Travel &
San Franciscan, for Mumbai, it is
Mumbaikar Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
9. 4 Connect and identify the city
(satellite image of the city is shown).
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
10. 4
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Istanbul
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
11. 5 Connect.
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
12. 5
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
Lake Baikal, Buddhas of Bamiyan ROUND 5
and Basilica of Bom Jesus Surprise!
All are UNESCO World Heritage
Sites
13. 6 The cataclysmic explosion was distinctly
heard as far away as Perth in Western
Australia, about 1,930 miles (3,110 km)
ROUND 1
away, and the island of Rodrigues near
Mauritius, about 3,000 miles (5,000 km) Travel
away. According to official records, 165 ROUND 2
villages and towns were destroyed and 132
seriously damaged, at least 36,417 (official Business
toll) people died, and many thousands were ROUND 3 Travel &
injured, mostly from the tsunamis that
Biz
followed the explosion. This event destroyed
two-thirds of the island. ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
What are we talking about?
ROUND 5
Surprise!
14. 6
The 1883 eruption of Krakatau, Sunda
Strait, between Java and Sumatra
ROUND 1
islands, Indonesia.
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
15. 7 At the end of the 20th
century, scientists, using satellite
images, discovered one of the biggest
ROUND 1
subglacial lakes of our planet. It is situated
close to the South Pole under 4km of ice. Travel
Because the ice acts as a gigantic insulator ROUND 2
and keeps the extreme cold of the surface
off, the natural heat of the earth is Business
sufficient to keep the water from freezing. ROUND 3 Travel &
At the surface of the ice cover is a Russian
Biz
base of the same name, where in 1983 the
coldest temperature ever measured on earth ROUND 4 Rapid
was registered (-89ºC). What’s the name of Fire
the lake?
ROUND 5
Hint: This name in Russian means East. Surprise!
16. 7
.
Vostok
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
17. 8 Today, there is a Turkish town called
Truva in the vicinity of the archaeological
site, but this town has grown up recently to
ROUND 1
service the tourist trade. This site was once
a city, legendary and factual located in what Travel
is now northwest Turkey. A large number of ROUND 2
tourists visit the site each year, mostly
coming from Istanbul by bus or by ferry via Business
Çanakkale, the nearest major town about 50 ROUND 3 Travel &
km to the north-east. The visitor sees a
Biz
highly commercialised site, with a large
wooden horse built as a playground for ROUND 4 Rapid
children, then shops and a museum. The Fire
archaeological site itself is, “a ruin of a
ruin”, because the site has been frequently ROUND 5
excavated. Surprise!
What is the name of the city ?
18. 8
Troy
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
19. BUSINESS
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
20. 1 Which is the largest service
industry in India, with a contribution
of 6.23% to the national GDP and ROUND 1
8.78% of the total employment in Travel
India? ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
21. 1
Tourism ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
22. 2 As of 2008, A was the world’s third
largest media conglomerate. It was
formed after a larger entity B of the ROUND 1
same name was split into two, the Travel
other part being renamed CBS ROUND 2
Corporation. What is ironic, is that B
Business
began its life as CBS Films Ltd., a
ROUND 3 Travel &
division of the CBS Corparation and
had reached the stage it had reached Biz
by buying out its parent company. ROUND 4 Rapid
Identify A (and therefore Fire
B, obviously). ROUND 5
Surprise!
23. 2
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
24. 3 What, in business terminology, is
Pac-Man defence?
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
25. 3
When a company buys out a company
that has bid to take it over. ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
26. 4 Which city houses the first and
largest technology park in
India, launched in 1990, and currently ROUND 1
with 450,000 square metres of built- Travel
up space home to over 180 ROUND 2
companies, employing more than
Business
25,000 professionals?
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
28. 5 In January 2009, facing severe
financial crises pertaining to
liquidity, this retail chain shut down a ROUND 1
large number of outlets across India. Travel
Shortly thereafter, the overextended ROUND 2
chain imploded and all stores across
Business
the country were shut down, most
ROUND 3 Travel &
likely never to open again. In March
2010, Mr. Azim Premji, who invested Biz
in this company through his ROUND 4 Rapid
investment vehicle said that it was a Fire
retail equivalent of Satyam - India's ROUND 5
largest corporate fraud. Which
Surprise!
company are we talking about?
29. 5
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
30. 6 Where are you most likely to find
these together?
ROUND 1
Racehorse, Top Hat, Iron, Racing Car, Travel
Boot, Battleship ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
31. 6
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
32. 7 In 1964, this famous company
based in Dallas began development of
the first laser guidance system ROUND 1
for precision-guided munitions (PGM) Travel
leading to the Paveway series ROUND 2
of laser-guided bombs (LGB)s. The
Business
first LGB was the BOLT-117. As the
ROUND 3 Travel &
defense industry consolidated, it sold
its defense business to Raytheon in Biz
1997 for $2.95 billion. Which company ROUND 4 Rapid
are we talking about? Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
33. 7
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
34. 8 Which company introduced India’s
first and only 100% CFC, HCFC and
HFC free refrigerators? ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
35. 8
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
36. TRAVEL &
ROUND 1
BIZ Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
37. 1 Which building is this and
where is it located?
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
38. 1
The headquarters of China Central
Television (CCTV), Beijing (one of ROUND 1
the projects completed in the run Travel
up to the Beijing Olympic Games of ROUND 2
2008) Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
39. 2 Which country shares its name
with a state in the US?
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
Hint ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
40. 2
Georgia (It is also the name of a
coffee brand by the Coca Cola ROUND 1
Company.) Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
41. 3 Which Indian airline recently had
its license cancelled by the DGCA
since its aircraft were grounded due ROUND 1
to non-payment of lease dues to GE Travel
Commercial Aviation Services? ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
42. 3
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
43. 4 Identify this feature and name the
country where you will find it.
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
44. 4
Suez Canal, Egypt ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
45. 5 A long standing border
dispute, name this site (between the
red and the green lines) which has ROUND 1
large reserves of oil and gas and will
Travel
have a huge bearing on the energy
ROUND 2
potential of both the nations.
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
46. 5
Sir Creek
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
47. 6 This takeover marked the end of
the oldest independent airline in the
world. Which airline took over which ROUND 1
and which one of the two held this Travel
position? ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
48. 6
Air France took over KLM. KLM was
the oldest airline. ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
49. 7 The address of this building is in
Lower Manhattan, New York. What
does it house? ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
50. 7
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
51. 8 Link:
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
52. 8
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Chrysler Building, Chrysler Fire
Logo, Fiat. Chrysler announced a ROUND 5
partnership with FIAT after filing Surprise!
for Bankruptcy in 2009.
53. RAPID FIIRE
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
54. RAPID FIIRE 1. Which Indian company formed a joint
venture with the Hershey Company of
North America (famous for their
chocolates)?
2. Connect Shine.com, Fever104 ROUND 1
Fm, Mint, Desimartini.com.
Travel
3. Which is the only country in the world
ROUND 2
whose English name starts with the
letter O? Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
4. If you were facing the main office of
ArcelorMittal, which country would you Biz
be in?
ROUND 4 Rapid
5. Which famous tourist destination is Fire
home to the volcano Mount Etna?
ROUND 5
6. Who owns the Indian Cricket League? Surprise!
7. The largest city in Morocco is also the
name of an Oscar winning movie and has
a famous port. Which city?
55. RAPID FIIRE 1. Which Indian company formed a joint
venture with the Hershey Company of
North America (famous for their
chocolates)? Godrej
2. Connect Shine.com, Fever104 Fm, Mint, ROUND 1
Desimartini.com. HT Media Ltd,
Travel
Hindustan Times
3. Which is the only country in the world ROUND 2
whose English name starts with the
Business
letter O? Oman
4. If you were facing the main office of ROUND 3 Travel &
ArcelorMittal, which country would you
be in? Luxembourg Biz
5. Which famous tourist destination is ROUND 4 Rapid
home to the volcano Mount Etna? Sicily
6. Who owns the Indian Cricket League? Fire
Subhash Chandra (Zee) ROUND 5
7. The largest city in Morocco is also the
name of an Oscar winning movie and has Surprise!
a famous port. Which city? Casablanca
56. RAPID FIIRE 1. What is Rabindra Setu more commonly
known as?
2. What U.S. state was named for Queen
Elizabeth I? ROUND 1
Travel
3. Connect the Indian Hotels
Company, Westside, Voltas, and Ginger. ROUND 2
Business
4. The second in line to the throne of the
head of state of Gibraltar is… ? ROUND 3 Travel &
5. Which small island, near the northeast Biz
coast of the United States, which now ROUND 4 Rapid
houses among the costliest real estate
was once bought for a paltry sum of Fire
twenty four dollars? ROUND 5
6. What do we know baazee.com as now? Surprise!
7. Which two companies bring the Mobile
Store chain of stores?
57. RAPID FIIRE 1.
2.
What is Rabindra Setu more commonly
known as? Howrah Bridge
What U.S. state was named for Queen
Elizabeth I? Virginia
3. Connect the Indian Hotels ROUND 1
Company, Westside, Voltas, and Ginger.
Travel
Tata
4. The second in line to the throne of the ROUND 2
head of state of Gibraltar is… ? Prince
Business
William
5. Which small island, near the northeast ROUND 3 Travel &
coast of the United States, which now
houses among the costliest real estate Biz
was once bought for a paltry sum of ROUND 4 Rapid
twenty four dollars? Manhattan
6. What do we know baazee.com as now? Fire
Ebay India ROUND 5
7. Which two companies bring the Mobile
Store chain of stores? Virgin and Essar Surprise!
58. RAPID FIIRE 1. If you were born in St. Petersburg in 1903,
educated in Petrograd, worked in
Leningrad, and died in 1992 in the same city
that you were educated in, where did you
die?
ROUND 1
2. Connect TV Channel Zing, DNA Newspaper,
Travel
Asian Sky Shop, Water Kingdom.
ROUND 2
3. What is the official name of the country
which was earlier called Formosa? Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
4. The English translation of which South
American country’s capital’s name is good Biz
air? ROUND 4 Rapid
5. Which company has built the Bandra-Worli Fire
Sea Link?
ROUND 5
6. Which sports league is the highest earning Surprise!
league in the world?
7. In which city is Marco Polo airport?
59. RAPID FIIRE 1. If you were born in St. Petersburg in
1903, educated in Petrograd, worked in
Leningrad, and died in 1992 in the same city
that you were educated in, where did you
die? St. Petersburg ROUND 1
2. Connect TV Channel Zing, DNA
Travel
Newspaper, Asian Sky Shop, Water Kingdom.
Essel Group, Subhash Chandra, Zee ROUND 2
3. What is the official name of the country
Business
which was earlier called Formosa? Republic
of China ROUND 3 Travel &
4. The English translation of which South
American country’s capital’s name is good Biz
air? Argentina ROUND 4 Rapid
5. Which company has built the Bandra-Worli
Sea Link? HCC Fire
6. Which sports league is the highest earning ROUND 5
league in the world? NBA
7. In which city is Marco Polo airport? Venice Surprise!
60. RAPID FIIRE 1. What is the largest country (by area) in the
world that borders only one other country?
2. In which hemisphere would you find the Sea
of Vietnam? ROUND 1
Travel
3. Connect
Lumiere, Showbiz, Arabia, MetroNation and ROUND 2
Hindu.
Business
4. Which South American country’s name ROUND 3 Travel &
translates to Little Venice?
Biz
5. Which company bought chocolate giant ROUND 4 Rapid
Cadbury to become the world’s second
largest food company? Fire
ROUND 5
6. The former name of this city in India gave a
fabric its name. How do we know this city Surprise!
now?
7. What is the full form of DLF?
61. RAPID FIIRE 1. What is the largest country (by area) in the
world that borders only one other country?
Canada
2. In which hemisphere would you find the Sea
of Vietnam? None ROUND 1
3. Connect
Travel
Lumiere, Showbiz, Arabia, MetroNation and
Hindu. NDTV ROUND 2
4. Which South American country’s name
Business
translates to Little Venice? Venezuela
5. Which company bought chocolate giant ROUND 3 Travel &
Cadbury to become the world’s second
largest food company? Kraft Foods Biz
6. The former name of this city in India gave a ROUND 4 Rapid
fabric its name. How do we know this city
now? Kozhikode Fire
7. What is the full form of DLF? Delhi Leasing ROUND 5
and Finance
Surprise!
62. LOGOS
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
63. 1 Identify the 8 logos.
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
64. 1 Identify the 8 logos.
Wikipedia ROUND 1
Travel
Himalaya ROUND 2
Orkut Business
Audi ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
Reliance ROUND 4 Rapid
Ebay Fire
Volkswag ROUND 5
en Surprise!
Emirates
65. 2 Identify the 8 logos.
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
66. 2 Identify the 8 logos.
ICICI Bank ROUND 1
Travel
Delhi ROUND 2
Daredevils Business
ESPN ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
NTPC ROUND 4 Rapid
Tropicana Fire
Incredible ROUND 5
India Surprise!
Fedora
67. 3 Identify the 8 logos.
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
68. 3 Identify the 8 logos.
Yahoo ROUND 1
Travel
Reliance ADAG ROUND 2
Rolls Royce Business
Intel ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
Colgate ROUND 4 Rapid
HCL Fire
L&T ROUND 5
Idea Cellular Surprise!
69. 4 Identify the 8 logos.
ROUND 1
Travel
ROUND 2
Business
ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
ROUND 4 Rapid
Fire
ROUND 5
Surprise!
70. 4 Identify the 8 logos.
Wills Lifestyle ROUND 1
Travel
Big Bazaar ROUND 2
HP Business
UB Group ROUND 3 Travel &
Biz
Microsoft ROUND 4 Rapid
ITC Fire
Adobe ROUND 5
Dabur Surprise!