4. • 5 questions.
• Each question carries 5 marks.
• Full house ensure 5 bonus.
5.
6. Created by Delhi designers Shantanu and Nikhil, the
gold foil lines on the front of the MI shirt for 2010
IPL, symbolised something which conjoins the old
and the new part of the city — representing the mix
of experience in the team.
What is being referred to?
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Bandra-Worli Sealink
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9.
10. What does the marked portion of the logo
symbolically represent?
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11. The founders thought of the name and the logo
design while making their way to Sacramento for
registration of the company.
What acted as the inspiration for the logo?
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12. This tree, often
planted outside
the village near
crematoriums,
is usually
associated with
Yama.
Identify it.
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13. What does the red coloured part in the logo of this
well known tech-company signify?
(not referring to the alphabets)
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14. What influenced the selection of this animal as the
logo by the founder who loved to stargaze a lot?
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15.
16.
17. What does the marked portion of the logo
symbolically represent?
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One Hershey’s Kiss Chocolate
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19. The founders thought of the name and the logo
design while making their way to Sacramento for
registration of the company.
What acted as the inspiration for the logo?
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20. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Golden Gate Bridge
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21. This tree, often
planted outside
the village near
crematoriums,
is usually
associated with
Yama.
Identify it.
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22. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Banyan Tree
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23. What does the red coloured part in the logo of this
well known tech-company signify?
(not referring to the alphabets)
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24. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Outline of the map of Texas
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25. What influenced the selection of this animal as the
logo by the founder who loved to stargaze a lot?
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26. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Taurus, the zodiac sign
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29. • 13 questions
• Infinite Bounce + Pounce (5)
• Flat scoring of 10 points
• Half points, if any, is totally
QM’s discretion
30.
31. This print ad belongs to
an Indian biz-entity
which is also world’s
largest manufacturer of
a certain type of
products.
Which company?
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32.
33. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Nilkamal Plastics
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34.
35. From July 23, 2000, The New York Times Book
Review started to publish a separate bestseller list.
Whose monopoly in that hallowed list drove NYT
to take that decision?
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36.
37. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Harry Potter
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38. Why this particular issue of this iconic magazine
has become a ‘Collector’s Item’?
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39.
40. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Last issue with nude photos
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41. This head-honcho of JSW Group is said to be the
man behind the setting up of a high-profile
‘bhaichara’ in the latter part of 2015.
What did he, allegedly, arrange?
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42.
43. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Modi-Sharif Talks
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44. Originally started as a filler, this comic strip told
the story of a girl named Lilli who liked gossiping
and flirting with boys. This series became a huge
hit and eventually became the inspiration for an
endearing global brand.
What am I talking about?
(vis of the comic strip – next slide)
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45. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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46.
47. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Barbie
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48. Taking a cue from ‘Awardwapsi’, a similar
movement was started in 2015. More than 7 lakh
people have uninstalled a certain application from
their mobile phones and around 1 lakh have
downgraded it to one on a scale of five.
What was the issue?
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49.
50. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Appwapsi
Snapdeal faced the flak over the Aamir Khan intolerence
comment.
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51. Coming from the desert of Rajasthan, the
Sheherwalis were rich Jain merchants who once
financed companies in France, Belgium and other
Europian nations. Manikchand, a noted Sheherwali
once encouraged a person to leave Dhaka
and establish a city bearing his own name by the
banks of the Hooghly and he himself became the
Personal Banker of that person.
How do we better know Seth Manikchand?
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52.
53. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Jagat Seth
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54. Highly respected among his
peers, William Brodie was a
Scottish cabinet-maker,
President of the Trades
Guild and also an
Edinburgh councillor. Because
his job entailed fitting locks to
doors and cabinets, he was able
to carry out burglaries
undetected for many years,
partly for the thrill and partly to
fund his gambling.
How is he immortalised later?
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55.
56. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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57.
58. The new ATM System launched in the Changi
Airport, Singapore in 2015, is proving to be a big hit
to the commuters. Based on flight data and
strategically put cameras, the authority is handling
several operations in a smarter and a more efficient
way.
What is it all about?
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59.
60. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Automated Trolley Management System
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61.
62. New Hampshire teacher-cum-poet Edith Newlin
wrote a few lines in 1937. It was first seen and heard
in a modified avatar in 2008 and subsequently few
times later. Her daughters, Margaret Perry and
Ellen Chase, are now asking for royalty and
accordingly filed a suit.
Where have you heard those lines?
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63.
64. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Big Bang Theory
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65. For the launch of which century-old entity in a
premier city in Western-India, this particular
slogan was extensively used in November, 2015?
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66.
67. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Launch of The Hindu in Mumbai
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68. The director-duo Sheershak Anand and Shantanu
Ray Chhibber read an article on a spooky incident
about a jinxed phone no. that occurred in Nigeria.
Whoever owned that no. would die within 6 months
of possessing it.
What did they make after getting inspired from
the story?
(Clue – Will become outdated in near future)
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69.
70. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Neil Nitin Mukesh starrer 3G
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71. The hot-blast design is also known as ‘tubular’ due
to the metal tubes used in its construction.
The cold-blast design is similar to the hot-blast,
except that cold fresh air is drawn in from around
the top of the globe.
What apparatus, once very commonly found in the
Third World Countries, which gets its name from
the cylindrical wick protector and not because it was
used in ships during storms is being referred to?
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72.
73. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Hurricane Lamps
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74. Jaconet, named after the most important landmark
of an Indian city, is a lightweight cotton cloth with
a smooth and slightly stiff finish. It is mostly used
for women’s clothes, also to cover the
butter in kegs and in the same way as gauze for
dressings; it appears both white, dyed and printed.
In which city did it originate?
(vis – next slide)
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76.
77. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Puri
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78. On 3 March 1856, a civil engineer named George
Alfred DePenning of Calcutta, had invented a
device which he named - “An Efficient Punkah-
Pulling Machine”.
What is so special about this matter?
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79.
80. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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1st Indian Patent
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81.
82. • 5 questions.
• Each question carries 5 marks.
• Full house ensure 5 bonus.
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Raghuram Rajan
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112.
113. In a role-reversal of sorts, this Hyundai Accent,
bought by Swami Chakrapani Maharaj of Akhil
Bharat Hindu Mahasabha at an auction under the
SFEMA, is going to be turned into an ambulance.
Whom did the car originally belong to?
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114.
115. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Dawood Ibrahim
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116. Pomodoro Technique, a time management
method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late
1980s, uses a timer to break down work into
intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length,
separated by short breaks. The method is based on
the idea that frequent breaks can improve mental
agility. Cirillo named this technique after one of
this timer clocks (vis).
What does Pomodoro mean?
(vis of a prototype – next slide)
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117. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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118.
119. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Tomato
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120. Where can you see
the most popular
depiction of the
Joshua Reynolds
painting titled
Infant Hercules
Strangling the
Serpents?
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121.
122. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Woodward’s Gripe Water logo
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123. The first proper episode of this tv-show contained
numerous mathematical references (including a
joke about calculus), while the infamous
‘Treehouse of Horror VI’ episode presented
around five minutes of mathematics ever broadcast
to a mass audience. Moreover, it has even offered
viewers an obscure joke about Fermat’s last
theorem.
Identify the most mathematically sophisticated tv
show in the history of primetime broadcasting.
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124.
125. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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The Simpsons
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126. In a first, Sequoia Capital invested in Ankur Jain-
founded craft beer brand Bira 91.
What is the funda behind the no. in the brand
name?
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127.
128. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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India’s ISD Code
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129. Marty Puranik, CEO of cloud computing firm
Atlantic.net, was looking at new cars. Working with
a sales rep, he found a car of his liking and paid a
$4,000 deposit. On the evening of January 7, the
day before delivery, he was informed that X was
using the car as his personal vehicle to test a new
version of autopilot. He revealed all these facts in a
recently published article titled - How X Stole My
Car.
Who is X?
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130.
131. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Elon Musk
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132.
133. “Even had I thought of trying to get my boys to do
this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced
into any of this and neither were hurt (for very long
anyway)” – said Howard Davies-Carr, father of the
two protagonists.
What did his boys do?
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134.
135. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Charlie bit my finger
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136.
137. In the layout map of city
of Chandigarh, Le
Corbusior was instructed to
eliminate a certain factor.
He duly obliged and
prepared it accordingly.
According to him, what
was the funda behind the
numbering of the sectors
in the top two rows?
(bigger vis – next slide)
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138. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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139.
140. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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When Chandigarh was designed, Le Corbusier
was told to leave out Sector 13 for superstitious
reasons. Grudgingly, he did so, but numbered
the sectors in the first two rows so that opposite
sectors’ numbers add up to 13. For example,
Sector 1 is opposite Sector 12, Sector 2 is
opposite Sector 11 and so on.
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141. In 2014, the govt. has decided to observe the birth
anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on October
31 as ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ ( National Unity Day)
every year.
60 years ago on this very occasion on 31st October,
what major decision was taken by the govt. which
ultimately became an iconic one in the days to
come?
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142.
143. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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AMUL was launched
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144. The pic. shows Adolf Hitler laying the cornerstone
of a car factory.
Identify the gentleman (marked inside the circle)
standing behind Hitler.
(bigger vis – next slide)
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146.
147. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Ferdinand Porsche
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148. Taking over from Hamish, Rufus is currently
employed to patrol their 42-acre area throughout
the year, with daily visits during a particular
fortnight in every year. Much sought after figure,
he has also been employed to perform similar
duties at Westminster Abbey, various noted
hospitals, airfields and landfill sites.
Who is Rufus?
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149.
150. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Rufus the Hawk
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151. Once described as ‘the most beautiful woman in
the world’, Google has dedicated this doodle to
this lady, on the occasion of her 101st birthday.
Identify this lady who has both
tech & biz connection.
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152.
153. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Hedy Lamarr
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154. Chief Belief Officer (CBO) is a designation
created by the Future Group just to draw attention
to the value of ‘belief’ in business.
Who has served as the CBO of the Future Group
apart from being a bestselling author, a tv-show
host and a regular columnist for Mid Day?
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155.
156. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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Devdutt Pattanaik
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157. In 2000, an online bank has been opened by an
eccentric genius along with Ron Roy, one of
his partners in the online company UltraStar.
Depositors in that bank got ATM cards, cheques
and other banking paraphernalia emblazoned with
his name and image — as well as a year of internet
service.
Who started that bank?
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158.
159. A quiz by Somnath Chanda
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David Bowie (Bowiebanc.com)
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