Weekly Quiz #9 - 19/09/19 - Saishyam Srikanth (With Answers)

WEEKLY QUIZ #9
19/09/19
Saishyam Srikanth
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1
This politician’s work inspired the designs of the livery of the Duronto
Express trains in 2009. The inspiration was taken from one of her
paintings. She painted the painting shown in the image and her
collection of paintings has sold for over 9 crores. Identify this Indian
Politician.
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Mamata Banerjee
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2
This a recent ad by which company, referencing the camera design on
the new iPhone 11 Pro?
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3
Recently, authorities in a city in Germany decided to levy a tax of 19%
on something while labelling it a non-essential good.
This led to some people coming up with the idea of selling the product
through a different method thus reducing the tax by almost 7%.
What product was this that was termed non-essential and what
method did they employ to circumvent the tax. The product was also in
the news in India for similar reasons.
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Tampons
They decided to pack 50 tampons inside books and sell them since
books are only taxed at 7%.
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4
Who released this ad in the UK recently? The ad compares their
approach to something with the approach of their rivals. What is being
referred to in this ad?
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Brexit
Conservative Party
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5
Recently, Heinz came up with a new design for their bottle of ketchup
that is shown in the images. What is the reason for the label being
placed at this kind of an angle?
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5
When the label is held right side up, the ketchup bottle is aligned at an
optimal angle and this eases the flow of ketchup through the bottle.
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6
Recently, after another around of members joining this organization,
the president of the organization announced that only 8 countries in
the world had a higher populations than the members of this
organization.
Identify this organization that is said to have added close to 7 crore
members recently.
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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7
The emblem of this country carries the lines “Janani Janmabhoomischa,
swargaadapi gariyasi” meaning Mother and motherland are greater
than heaven.
Who is said to have said these lines and on which country’s national
emblem would one find these lines?
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8
This idea of the _________ ________ was first proposed in the year
1999 by the two heads of state of the respective countries. Yet, this
idea has still not come to fruition and discussions are still on to finalize
the plans and execute them before the 550th anniversary of someone.
Either tell me who’s 550th anniversary is this or FITB with the name of a
project which will be located in Asia.
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Kartarpur Corridor
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Two establishments in Bengaluru are named after the 12th king of the
Mysore kingdom, _________ Narasaraja Wodeyar who ruled from the
year 1638 – 1659.
If one of these establishments helps people who work in the film
industry, what is the other establishment that is not too far from here?
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Kanteerava Stadium
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Recently, after 22 years of competing, this 10-year-old won the
championship competition of the Alola league thus gaining the title of
_______ ______ in the process.
Who achieved this feat or alternatively, give me the context to what I
am talking about.
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Ash Ketchum earning the title of Pokémon Master
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This English word is said to have derived from the from and Indian
word during the colonial era. It dates to 1762 and is derived from the
Hindi word ______ for an oil bath which itself derived from the Sanskrit
root chapayati which means to press, knead, soothe.
Identify this word that is still very commonly used today.
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12
The search for what term on google showed the following trends over
the past 7 days. The spike in the graph is probably because of a very
recent government announcement.
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13
This is the first look of an upcoming biopic. Whose role is Vidya Balan
set to play in this film?
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Shakuntala Devi
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14
Identify either of two men in this image from the early 1980s.
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Dr. M G Ramachandran
Muhammad Ali
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15
This an iconic image from the early 2000s where former White House
Chief of Staff, Andrew Card is said to be informing president George
Bush about something while he was making an appearance at an
elementary school in Florida. What news was he breaking to the then
president?
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9/11 - The news of the planes crashing into the World Trade Centre.
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