Newspaper quiz by AP

AP’s AP-ic Round!

1. POUNCE and BOUNCE round.

2. POUNCE open for 10 seconds. Write down answers.

3. +20 on correct Pounce & -10 for wrong Pounce.

4. Referring to the Newspaper for this round is banned by the Government of India.

5. Brace yourselves.

1.

• __________ is a specially created organic animate given life by Doctor Bedlam. Bedlam also implanted explosives in his chest that blew him up when Captain Marvel called out Shazam.

• This made Captain Marvel believe he blew up ___________ and he swore to never become Captain Marvel again. This is what Darkseid had planned from the beginning during his operation: Humiliation during the Legends crisis.

Fill in the blank to get the brand.

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ANSWER: Macroman!

2.

_________ consonants:

(Phonetics & Phonology)

Thatare“articulated with considerable muscular tension of the speech organs or with a great deal of breath pressure.

Eg: P and f. (Phantom and fan)

FITB to get a brand chain.

4tis

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ANSWER: Fortis

3.Fill in the blank.

• Due to its strategic importance, there was a Battle of _______ in 1509 between Portugal and the Sultan of Gujarat, Mahmud Begada. In 1513, the Portuguese tried to establish an outpost there, but negotiations were unsuccessful.

• In 1535 Bahadur Shah, the Sultan of Gujarat, concluded a defensive alliance with the Portuguese against the Mughal emperor Humayun, and allowed the Portuguese to construct the ______Fort. However, the Portuguese killed Shah later, and it remained with them till 1961.

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ANSWER: Diu.

4. What is “it”?

“It” was composed by freelance music directors Rohan Utpat and Vinayak Salvi.

Vikas Dubey wrote the lyrics.

From Chandigarh, Alamgir Khan has lent his Sufi voice to “it”.

Suresh triveni has directed 3 of them, while Ninad Chavan directed the other one.

“It” has been a smash hit across India given its theme.

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ANSWER: Mauka Mauka ads.

5. FITB.

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ANSWER: Income Tax.

6. What am I talking about?

• This was released in 1995, composed by Biddu.

• The singer (and actor), plays a character who is from a far off land called ‘Qashab’ and has toured Australia, America, Malaysia, Japan, Russia etc. but could not discover her suitable guy to fall for.

• As expectedly, she narrates the traits of her suitable guy, who later turns out to be Milind Soman.

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ANSWER: Made In India/ Make in India

A Songbird found in Europe A gay pub in Londonfamous for drag cabaret A mountain located in New Hampshire, United States

• It is a trend to put on __________ by the English judges while writing death sentences.

• In what form can we see ________ in the main newspaper provided?

7. Fill in the blank.

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ANSWER: Black Caps (New Zealand Cricket Team)

8. Connect.

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ANSWER: Cancer Survivors.

9. Connect them.

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ANSWER: IIM Ahmedabad.

10.

In 2012, _________ expressed an interest in representing Great Britain (as opposed to Ireland) in a sport at 2016 Olympic Games.

In January 2013, ______ was considering the options of playing for Britain or Ireland or not playing at all “because I may upset too many people”.

He declared on 18 June 2014 that he would play for Ireland, if he qualifies.

Who?

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ANSWER: Rory McIlroy (World No.1 Golfer)

11.

• Bal Thackeray discovered ______ : "Thackeray wanted some experts to interact with Uddhav to broaden his horizons. So, he entrusted the task to_______, who was managing Saraswat Bank.

• _______, a Chartered Accountant, was considered as one of 3 the future leaders of India by Asiaweek in 1996.

• Which current newsmaker?

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Answer: Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister.

12. Which cricketer?

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Answer: Jhulan Goswami, Former India captain.

13. What significance?

In the story of the Minotaur and theLabyrinth in Greek Mythology,Ariadne is the name of the king’sdaughter, who was deeply in lovewith Theseus, who had volunteered toslay the Minotaur.

She gave him a ball of thread beforehe entered the maze, to trace himself.

This same maze is of strikingsignificance in the world ofentertainment.

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Answer: Inception Maze Scene.

14. FITB.

• Federal-Mogul Corporation is a global manufacturer and supplier of powertrain components and vehicle safety products.

• It sells and distributes products under more than 20 brands in the global vehicle aftermarket, including ANCO wiper blades; _______, Glyco and Payen engine products.

• _______ is also the name of a sportsperson.

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Answer: Goetze

15. Who comes next?

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Answer: V K Singh