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The Prelims

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1:Somewherebackintimeisthenameofthethreeyearlongongoingworld

tourofthelegendarymetalbandIronMaiden,whichincludedBengaluruand

Mumbaias

well.

At

the

start

of

each

of

the

concert,

an

original

audio

piece

of

a

historic speechdeliveredbyXusedtobeplayed.Thisspeechalsofeatureson

theofficialtouralbumreleasedbytheband.

WhoisthispersonX?

Answer:

WinstonChurchill.Thefamousspeechis titledWellfighttheminFrance

2:

Thisgentlemanwasinnewstowardstheendofthelastyear.Identifyhim.

Answer:

AshokKapur,thechairmanofYesBankwhowaskilledin26/11terrorstrikeatThe

TajMahalHotel

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3:

Shownhereisthecoverpageofarecentlypublishedbook.Nametheauthor.

Answer

TarunTejpal

4:

IdentificationoftheartistbytheaudiotrackHeyBhagwan

Answer:

TheRaghuDixitProject

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5:

MysorePaints&VarnishesLimited startedbytheMaharajaofMysore,NalvadiKrishnarajaWodeyarintheyear1937,becameapublicsector

companywhenIndiagainedindependencein1947.Itisnowownedby

theGovernmentOfKarnataka.

Today,itisthesolelyauthorizedmanufacturerofX.

TheprocessinvolvedinthemanufacturingofXisacloselyguardedsecret

andis

based

on

achemical

formula

devised

by

the

National

Physics

LaboratoryofIndia.

IdentifyX

Answer

Indelibleor VotersInk,usedformarkingtodisallowrepeatedvoting.

6:

Dontknowthemannersofgoodsociety,eh?WellIguessIknowenoughto

turnyouinsideout,oldgalyousockdologizingoldmantrap

Whatfollowedtheselines?

Answer

Justafter

these

lines,

President

Abraham

Lincoln

was

assassinated

by

John

Wilkes

BoothduringtheenactmentoftheplayOurAmericanCousin

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7:

Ihave3prioritiesGod,familyand__________,andatworktheseget

reversed. Sosaidthefounderofthisfamouscompany.Eightmonthsafterhe

died,his

company

sold

its

50

billionth

product

and

dislodged

Sears

Roebuck

to

entertheDowJones30Index.

Namethecompany.

(Theblankintheabovementionedlinesisthesameasthenameofthe

company)

Answer

McDonalds

8:

If

365daysonaholiday:Goa

Godsown

country:

Kerala

TheveryheartofIndia:MadhyaPradesh

then,

TheKohinoorofIndia:??

Answer

AndhraPradesh

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9:

WhichIndianactressisassociatedwiththeliteraryseriesSwapnalokSociety?Answer

SuchitraKrishnamurthy.HerrecentlylaunchedbookTheSummerofCoolhappenstobethefirstintheabovementionedliteraryseries.

10:

ThefollowingisalistaschosenbyRichardSchickelandRichardCorlissforthe

TIMEmagazine.

1. FredAstaireandGingerRogersatRKOPictures(1930s),byIrvingBerlin,JeromeKern,ColePorterandtheGershwins

2. TheAdventuresofRobinHood(1938),byErichWolfgangKorngold3. CitizenKane(1941),byBernardHerrmann4. Laura(1944),byDavidRaksin5. OntheWaterfront(1954),byLeonardBernstein6. TheManwiththeGoldenArm(1955),byElmerBernstein7. JulesetJim(1962),byGeorgesDelerue8. TheGood,theBadandtheUgly(1966),byEnnioMorricone9. X(1992),byY10.SouthPark:Bigger,Longer&Uncut(1999),byMarcShaiman

Answer

X:Roja Y:A.R.Rehman

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13:

Theoriginallistof1997consistedofthefollowing

Whatwasthenamegiventothislist?

Answer

Navratanas.ThiswasthelistoftheelitePublicSectorUndertakingsinIndia.

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14:

Identifythelogo.

Answer

ObamaBidenElectionCampaign

15:

Identify.

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Answer

VikasSwarup

16:

Identificationofthetelevisioncommercial.

Answer:

IndianPremierLeague

17:

Identificationofanaudiopiece.

Answer

IntromusicoftheteleserialSurbhi onDoordarshan

18:

Identificationofanadvertisementcampaignfromtelevisioncommercial.

Answer

LeadIndiaCampaign

19:

LaunchedbytheIndianSpaceResearchOrganization,thistechnologyisbeing

remarked

as

Indias

answer

to

Google

Earth.

Namethetechnology.

Answer

Bhuvan

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20:VideoClipofRageAgainsttheMachinesperformancewasshownwherebyone

ofthebandmembersburnstheUSnationalflagtowardstheend.Namethe

iconicmusic

festival

of

which

this

performance

was

apart.

Answer

WoodstockFestival

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The Finals

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round 1Alright.but w.h.a.t ?

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Question

Identifythemagazine

Answer

TheEconomist

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Question

Priortothelate1970s,theentiremultistory"steppyramid/mausoleum"

structureatthetopofthebuildingwasneonilluminated,changingcolors

basedonbarometricpressuretoprovideaweatherforecastthatcouldbe

seenformanymiles.Thebeaconisblueforprecipitationandredforfair

weather.

Subsequently,however,theweatherforecastingrolehasbeenlimitedto

theweatherbeaconatthepinnacleofthepyramid.Althoughtheterraced

sidesareonceagainilluminatedatnight,theentirepyramidstructureno

longerchangescolorwiththeweather(thepinnaclebeaconstillhasthat

function).

Since2001,theopeningofPNCParkacrosstheAlleghenyRiver,fanshave

noticedthatafterPittsburghPirateshomeruns,the"beam"lightflashes

incelebration.Recentlyitwasrevealedthattheafternoonandevening

receptionistatthelobbydeskwastheoneresponsibleforthisfan

favorite,followingthegamesonhercabinetradio.Theslogan"Flashthe

beam,Regina thatone'soutofhere!"hasgainedpopularityamong

Piratesfans

recently

OnJune17th,1974,TheWeatherUndergroundOrganizationplantedabombin

thelobbytoprotestcompany'sactionsinAngola,Vietnam,andelsewhere.

ThisbuildingislocatedatPittsburghandistheheadquarterofaniconic

internationalcompany.Namethebuilding.

Answer

GulfTowers,theheadquartersofGulfOil.

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Question

ThefirstkilloccurredonOctober16,1972,whenPalestinianAbdelWael

Zwaiterwasshot12timesinhisapartmentbuildinginRome.

ThesecondtargetoftheasDr.MahmoudHamshari,whowasthePLO

representativeinFrance.Usinganagentposingasajournalist,hewas

lured fromhisapartmentinParistoallowademolitionteamtoenterand

installabombunderneathadesktelephone.

OnthenightofJanuary24,1973,HusseinAlBashir,theFatah

representativeinCyprus,turnedoffthelightsinhisOlympicHotelroom

in

Nicosia.

Moments

later,

a

bomb

planted

under

his

bed

by

the

Mossad

wasremotelydetonated,killinghimanddestroyingtheroom.

OnJuly21,1973,inwhatwouldbecomeknownastheLillehammeraffair,

ateamofagentskilledAhmedBouchiki,aMoroccanwaiter,afteran

informantmistakenlyidentifiedBouchikiasSalameh

At3:35p.m.onJanuary22,1979,asSalamehandfourbodyguardsdrove

downthestreetinaChevroletstationwagon,theexplosivesinthe

Volkswagenwere

detonated

from

the

apartment

with

aradio

device,

killingeveryoneinthevehicle.

Thisisaninexhaustivelistoftheeventsthatwerethepartofawellknown

militaryoperaton.Nametheoperation.

Answer:

OperationWrath

of

God

launced

by

Israel

Government

and

Mossad

against

the

BlackSeptemberGangthatwasinvolvedinkillingofIsraeliathletesattheMunich

Olympics,1972.

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Question

XwasanAmericanpoliticianandthefirstopenlygaymantobeelectedto

publicofficeinCalifornia,asamemberoftheSanFranciscoBoardOf

Supervisors.Concernedabouthisrisingpopularityandasatargetof

assassinationhesaid"Ifabulletshouldentermybrain,letthatbulletdestroy

everycloseddoor".HewaslaterassassinatedbyDanWhite.

WhoisthisX?

Answer

Harvey

Milk

Question

ThefollowingKarnatakatemples;Udupi,

Subramanya,Kumbas,Kodeshwara,SankaranarayanaandGokamaare

collectivelyknownastheMukhtiSthalas.Theyarealsoknownas_________

Kshetrasbecause

it

is

believed

that

they

were

built

on

the

land

reclaimed

from

seabysomeone.

Fillintheblankornamethissomeone

Answer

Parshuram

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Question

Dr.BindeshwarPathakdevelopedtheaboveshownecofriendlytechnologythat

helpimprovetheenvironmentandleadtoeconomyinwateruse,thus,

conservingwater.

Whichtechnologyisbeingtalkedabout?

Answer

SulabhToilets

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Question

Themovie'stitlereferstothetotalnumberoffilmsthedirectorhadpreviously

directed.Theseincludedsixfeatures,twoshortsegments,andacollaboration

withanotherdirector,AlbertoLattuada.Thelatterproductionaccountedfora

"half"film.ItwontwoAcademyAwardsforBestForeignLanguageFilmand

BestCostumeDesignin1963.Acknowledged asahighlyinfluentialclassic,it

wasranked3rdbestfilmofalltimeina2002polloffilmdirectorsconductedby

the

British

Film

Institute.

Namethefilm.

Answer

8 (Eightandahalf),directedbyFedrecioFelini

Question

HeispresentlyanassociatedprofessorofjournalismattheNewYorkUniversity

andhaswrittentheoriginalscreenplayforMerchant IvorysproductionThe

GoddessandMissionKashmir.Nametheperson.

Answer

SuketuMehta

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round 2link sync

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Image1:PrintadvertisementofLuxsoapin1919

Image2:MarilynMonroe,thebrandambassadorofLux

Image3:PaulNewman,thefirstmalebrandambassadorofLux.

Image4:LogoofUnilever,thecompanyohwhoseLuxisaproduct.

Connect/Identifythelink

(AnaudioofthesongBandey)

Answer

NarmadaBachaoAndolan

TheGodofSmallThings,authoredbyArundhatiRoywhoisanactivemember

ofthemovement.TheRightLivelihoodAward wasawardedtoMedha

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Patkar,thefaceofNarmadaBachaoAndolan.ThesongBandeywassungby

RahulRamofIndianOcean.RahulisalsoamemberofNarmadaBachao

Andolan.


Aspartofthecentenaryyearcelebrationsofitsfounder,_________

institutedthis

award.

The

Award

aims

to

celebrate

excellence

in

journalism,

recognizecourageandcommitmentandshowcaseoutstandingcontributions

andindividualseveryyear.

Answer

TheIndianExpressGroup

ThefirstimageisofRamnathGoenka,thefounderofIndianExpress

Group.IndianExpresswasstartedbyanAyurvedicdoctorandCongressParty

memberVaradarajuluNaiduin1932atChennai(thenMadras)publishedby

hisTamilNadupress.Butsoonunderfinancialdifficultieshesolditto

S.Sadanand,founderoftheTheFreePressJournal,anationalnewsagency.

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ThelinesmentionedinthequestionareaboutRamnathGoenkaMemorial

award.


Answer

ThesongSweetHomeAlabamabyLynyrdSkynyrd.

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ThemoviesTheGirlNextDoor andTheTexasChainsawMassacrehave

thesongintheirsoundtrack.ThepictureofbuildingisthatofWatergate

Complex.TheWaterGateScandalfindsamentioninthesong.TheAmerican

stateshownisAlabama.ThepersonshownisJimmyCarter,whosepresidential

campaignwas

supported

by

the

band

Lynyrd

Skynyrd

,including

fundraising

andanappearanceattheGatorBowlbenefitconcert.

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round 3Seek and destroy

(Theround

was

arapid

fire

one.

Teams

were

asked

to

choose

the

topic

of

their

interestsfromthefollowinglist:IndianPremierLeague,IndiaatOscars,

Meltdown200809,BrandTalk,Entertainment,IndianGeneral

Elections200809.Eachteamwasgivenatimeofoneminutetoanswerfour

questions,askedinarapidfashion.)

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IndianPremierLeague

Question1:

ThiscompanyownsthefranchiseofoneoftheteamsinIPLthroughits

subsidiaryRatipriyaTrading.

Whichteam?

Answer

MumbaiIndians

Question2:

Afterthesuccessofthefirstseason,ithasbeenreportedthatnewfranchises

willjointheIPLin201011.Outoftheconfirmedfranchisessofar,oneis

Ahemdabad.

Nametheother.

Answer

Kanpur

Question3:

WhichIPLteamisthisgentlemanassociatedwith?

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Answer

DelhiDaredevils.ThepictureisofG.M.Rao,thechairmanofGMRInfrastructure

thatownsDelhiDaredevilsteam.

Question4:

ForwhatachievementwasthepurplecapawardedinIPL2008season?

Answer

Thehighestwickettaker.

IndiaatOscars

Question1:

WhichfilmwontheAcademyAwardfortheBestForeignFilm whenLagaan

was

nominated

under

the

same

category

?

Answer

NoMansLand.

Question2:

Identify.

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Answer

MiraNair

Question3:

BornintobrothelswontheAcademyAwardforBestDocumentary in2004.Thedocumentary issetupintheredlightareasofwhich Indiancity?

Answer

Kolkatta

Question4:

VanithaRangarajuRamananwonanAcademyAwardin2002underthe

technicalcategoryofLightningDirector.

Whichfilmdidshewinitfor?

Answer

Shrek

IndianGeneralElections2009

Question1:

WhichrenownedpersonalityisinnewsforcontestingagainstBJPsprime

ministerial candidateL.K.Advani fromtheGandhinagarLokSabhaseat?

Answer

MallikaSarabhai

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Question2:

Whyisheinnewsthesedays?

Answer

ThephotographisofthefamouspoetAshokChakradhar.Ashokhaspenneddown

themodifiedlyricsofthesongJaiHoforCongresselectioncampaign.

Question3:

Inaveryrecentevent,Xhasgothimselfintotroubleforallegedlydisrespecting

theIndiannationalanthem.

XhappenstobeIndianNationalCongresscandidatefortheTrivandrumLok

Sabhaconstituency.

WhoisX?

Answer

ShashiTharoor

Question4:

WithwhomwouldyouassociateFrankSimoesTagandUtopia?

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Answer

BhartiyaJantaParty.Theseadagencieshavebeenropedinbythepartyforits

electioncampaign.

Meltdown200809

Question1:

ThisIndianAmericanhasservedastheInterimU.S.AssistantSecretaryofthe

TreasuryforFinancialStabilityin2008after the USgovernments$7billion

bailout

package

in

2008.

Who?

Answer

NeelKashkari

Question

2:

OnSeptember25,2008,whichalsohappenedtobeits119th

anniversaryday,it

wasplacedintothereceivershipoftheFederalDepositInsuranceCorporation

(FDIC).ThedaymarkedthelargestbankfailureinAmericanhistory.

Whichfinancialinstitutionisbeingtalkedabout?

Answer

WashingtonMutual

Inc.

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Question3:

NomuraHoldingInc.announcedthatitwillretainthe2000+employeesofXs

officeatPowai,MumbaiafterXsuffereddownfall.

Namethe

company

X.

Answer

LehmanBrothers

Question4:

Identifythe

logo.

Answer

BankofAmerica

Entertainment

Question1:

WhichclassicalendswiththelinesThisisthestartingofabeautifulfriendship?

Answer

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Casablanca

Question2:

WrittenbyManoharShyamJoshi,thissoaphadcharacters namedBasesarRam,Lallu,BhagwantiandDadajitonamesome.Whichsoap?

Answer

HumlogQuestion3:

Namethismusicaladaptedfromanequallyacclaimedbook.

Answer

ThePhantomoftheOpera

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Question4:

WhichIndianfilmhaditsinspirationdrawnfromthisKoreanfilm?

Answer

Zinda.TheKoreanfilmisOldBoy.

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BrandTalk

Question1:

Whoseprintadvertisement?

Answer

AdobePhotoshop

Question2:

ThisinstitutionropedinOgilvyandMatherunderProjectArrowtoprovidea

totalrevampofitsbrandimagebydesigninganewlogoandnewuniformsto

keepupwithitsnewimage.

Whichinstitution?

Answer

IndianPostal

Services.

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Question3:

NamethenewbrandambassadorofTanishq

Answer

AsinThottumkal

Question4:

Identifythisbusinssidentitywhichwasinnewsoverthepastfewdays.

Answer

SubhikshaRetail

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round 4threeking out..

(Theroundcomprisedof4questions,opentoalltheteams.Eachquestion

consistedof

3clues

given

to

all

the

teams

one

after

the

other.The

team

coming

upwiththecorrectanswerwiththefirstclueitselfwasawarded15points.The

teamthattooktwocluestoanswerthequestionwasawarded10pointand5

pointswereawardedtotheteamthatusedupallthethreeclues.Anegative10

wasawardedforanincorrectanswer.)

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Question

Clue1)AnexcerptfromtheIndiaTodaymagazine

TheyformarockbandcalledtheParasites,leadanocturnalexistenceinaclaustrophobicMumbaiflat,andjaminagodownbeforethequestforcashtofundademotapeleadstomurder.Clue2) AdfilmmakerPrahladKakkarsays,"It'sthewayhalftheworldis.Ifthecensorsbansit,it'sgoingtobethebiggestIndianundergroundcultfilm."Clue3)ThefilmislooselybasedontheJoshiAbhaynkarmurderscommittedin

Punein1976.

Answer

Paanch.ThefilmdirectedbyAnuragKashyapthatwasoutrightlyrejectedbythe

censorboardin2001.

Question

Clue1)

ThelogoofaniconicIndianproductthatwaslaunchedin1929inKolkataby

GourmohanDutta,aBengalimerchant.

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Clue2)On15August1947,newspapersofCalcuttahadtheadvertisementof

freedistributionofthisproductatcertainstoresinthecity.

Clue3)ItisacombinationoftheantisepticBoricacid,theastringentand

sunscreenZinc

Oxide,

and

the

emollient

Lanolin

Answer

Borolineantisepticcream.

Question

1) ThespouseofthisIndianisthefaceofthefamousLondonbasedfashionline

Aftershock.

2) OneoftheveryearlierscreenappearancesofthispersonwasinanIndianTV

filmInWhichAnnieGivesItThoseOnesalongwithArundhatiRoy.

3) ThispersoncoownsaproductionhousewithAzizMirza.

Answer

ShahrukhKhan

Question

1) BorntoRamRati&PrabhuDasasChandawatiDevi,sheworkedasateacher

inDelhi,whilepreparingforCivilServicesEntranceExamination.

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2) Contestedin1984electionsfromKarianaLokSabhaconstituency,fromBijnor

in1985&Haridwarin1989.

3) Her2007electioncampaignsloganbeingHaathinahin,Ganeshhai,BrahmaVishnuMaheshhai

Answer

Mayawati.

Winners

AnirudhBishnoiandVivekSinha (55points)

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