A very general quiz by Aayur Jammu-Da Dhaba Kaul

1. Welcome To Sardar Patel Quiz Club!
By
AAYUR KAUL

2. 1.X originated in Nazi Germany when it was deemed
illegal to import the American Y due to a trade embargo.
To dodge this, the head of Y's Germany division, decided
to create a new product for the local market, using only
ingredients available in Germany at the time, including
whey and pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers". The
name of X was the result of a brief brainstorming
session, in which he asked his team to "use their
imagination".
Identify X and Y.

3. X- Fanta
Y- Coca Cola

4. 2.What is common to Abraham
Lincoln, Lord Mountbatten, Jawaharlal
Nehru
and Giani Zail Singh ?

5. They are special types of hybrid roses
grown only in the gardens of
the Indian Parliament

6. 3. At 18 X felt pickles and curry powder were
not her future and left
home to go to the School of Architecture
and Planning where graduated
with honours. X did drawings for Rs.4 an
hour to earn pocket money
and lived in a hut in Squatters Colony to
save money and sold empty beer bottles
and cakes on the beaches of Goa.X has
also won Booker Prize award ?
Who is X?

7. Arundhati Roy

8. 4. Who coined the famous anti-drug
slogan "Say No to Drugs"?

9. Nancy Reagan

10. 5. X has received a total of 47 Oscar nominations
throughout his career, winning five. The only
person who has received more nominations is
Walt Disney. The director Y could be considered
a lucky charm for X, as three of his 5 Oscars
came for movies directed by Y. The last time X
won his award was the same year Y won his first
Oscar, and for the same movie too. Both X and
Y have been nominated for this year's Oscars as
well.
Identify both.

11. X- John Williams
Y- Steven Spielberg

12. 6. During WW1 a soldier X was sleeping in
his tent when he dreamt that it
was being bombed. He woke up and ran
outside just then a bomb fell on
his tent and everyone inside perished.X
married just a day before his Death.X
worked as a copywriter in his initial days
and is also famous for the slogan he
coined for Teddy Talcum powder.
Who was X?

13. Adolf Hitler

14. 7. The patent for the first metal racket in
Lawn Tennis was taken in
1963 by X.X was born in France. A
clothing brand is named after X.
Who is X?

15. Rene Lacoste

16. 8. In 1978 X was arrested for purse
snatching. Sent to Tyron school for
Boys. In 1988, X married Robin Givens
who divorced him after 10 months
saying he was a "manic depressive". X
was accused of man-handling a
parking attendant outside a LA night
club.
Identify X?

17. Mike Tyson

18. 9. Find the missing One?

19. Bill gates , Top billionares in the world
1)carlos slim hue and family 2) bill gates 3)
warren buffet 4) bernard arnault

20. 10. The description of which country's flag
is : "Green, white, red (vertical). In the
center is the nation's coat of arms,
showing a brown eagle perched on a
green prickly pear with a green snake
entwined in its beak, all surrounded by a
wreath of oak and laurel (green leaves
and red berries)?

21. Mexico

22. 11. X Studied Music at Trinity College.
His First Song was Banned due to dirty
lyrics but that didn’t stop X from making
Music and now he has a great name in
Punjabi music and is a Well known
Music Director And a Rapper. X recently
Released an album called Y on 11.11.11.
Identify X and Y?

23. X- Yo Yo Honey Singh
Y- International Villager

24. 12.The concept of 'X' first came about after the
actor 'Y' claimed that he knew everybody in
Hollywood or someone who's worked with
them. 'X' is based on small world phenomenon
and rests on the assumption that any
individual involved in the Hollywood can be
linked through his or her film roles to 'Y' within
six steps. The 'Z' of an actor or actress is the
number of degrees of separation he or she
has from 'Y', as defined by 'X'.
Identify X, Y and Z

25. X=Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon
Y=Kevin Bacon
Z=Bacon Number

26. 13. This place gets it's name from the
Arabic word for 'dust'?

27. Africa - Arabic for 'dust' is 'afar'

28. 14.X killed a prominent Indian Leader and
Minutes before his death, he had his will
testified in which he said, "My ashes
may be sunk in the holy Sindhu river,
when she will flow again freely under the
aegis of the flag of a unified Hindustan.
It hardly matters if it takes a couple of
generations for realising my wish.
Preserve the ashes till then." Who is X?

29. Nathu ram Godse

30. 15. Connect
Dennis Amiss
Desmond Haynes
Andy Flower

31. The only three players to have scored a
century on debut in one day
internationals.

32. 16. X considered Y a pinnacle of female
beauty and was smitten by her
braveness . In 1987 he sent emissaries
with a proposal of marriage , when
refused , he made the proposal public
through the local newspapers . But still
his feelings were not reciprocated .
Identify both X and Y .

33. Veerappan and Phoolan Devi

34. 17. Budhi Kunderan was a unique
cricketer. He made his test debut before
his first class debut.He justified his
selection , however, by scoring a double
century on his Ranji debut when he did
make it. Apart from these he enjoys a
very peculiar achievement. What?

35. Only wicket keeper to open batting and
bowling

36. 18.Which Newspaper was started by
Subramanya Aiyer and the Triplicane
Six with a rupee and six paisa?

37. The Hindu

38. 19. In the United States, ballparks (where
baseball games are held) are designed
in such a way that the batters don't have
to face the afternoon sun shining into
their eyes. This meant that for left-
handed pitchers, their throwing hand
would be on the _____ side of the body
while throwing.
What famous sporting term did this give
birth too?

39. Southpaw

40. 20. What is common to the following
books? Satanic Verses, Show
Business, Starry Nights?

41. The leading characters are based on
Amitabh Bachhan.

42. 21. Warner Communications and American
Express paid the Manhatan design
company $1000 to design what logo?

43. MTV

44. 22. Which is the official advertising agency
of the government of India?

45. DAVP - Directorate of Audio Visual
Publicity

46. 23.She was born in 1861, the same year
as Motilal Nehru and Rabindranath
Tagore. She separated from her
husband because he did not support her
joining politics. A tireless crusader, she
was on of the first Indian women
journalists and addressed the seventh
International Socialist Congress in
Stuttgart. Who are we discussing?

47. Madam Bhikaji Cama

48. 24. If the Oscar Awards are given away by
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, what awards are given away
by the The Hollywood Foreign Press
Association?

49. Golden Globe Awards

50. 25. In computer jargon, what does GIGO
mean?

51. Garbage In, Garbage Out .

52. 26.Where would you visit to see a Masai
warrior?

53. Africa.

54. 27. Identify this Indian City(known as city
of temples)?

55. Jammu Tawi

56. 28.In 1961, which two countries merged to
form a short-lived state called the United
Arab Republic?

57. Egypt and Syria.

58. 29.Identify

59. Bangladesh premier league.

60. 30.Which Indian businessman is the
grandson of the Father of Pakistan?

61. Nusli Wadia.

62. 31. In the Mahabharata which character
was given the name "DEVAVRATA" at
birth?

63. Bheeshma

64. 32. Named after its founder in 1891, it
started off as a company manufacturing
light bulbs. Now it is one of the biggest
corporate entities in the world. Can you
name this "ELECTRONICS
BEHEMOTH"?

65. Phillips.

66. 33. Why do Mercedes Benz have the three
pointed star as their logo?

67. They manufacture vehicles that move on
air, water and land

68. 34. Expansion of Star as in Star TV
Network?

69. SATELLITE TELEVISION ASIAN
REGION.

70. 35. What is expansion of ICICI?

71. INDUSTRIAL CREDIT &
INVESTMENTS CORPORATION of
INDIA.

72. 36. The 1984-85 season, 2nd ODI
between India and Pakistan at Sialkot-
India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match
abandoned. Why?

73. THAT MATCH WAS ABANDONED
AFTER PEOPLE HEARD THE NEWS
OF Mrs. INDIRA GANDHI BEING
KILLED.

74. 37. How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
better known?

75. Mother Teresa.

76. 38. Why was James Bond Associated with
the Number 007?

77. BECAUSE 007 IS THE ISD CODE FOR
RUSSIA (OR THE USSR, AS IT WAS
KNOWN DURING THE COLD WAR).

78. 39. Which is the only country that is
surrounded from all sides by only one
country (other than Vatican)?

79. LESOTHO- SURROUNDED FROM
ALL SIDES BY SOUTH AFRICA.

80. 40.Which is the only sport which is not
allowed to play left handed?

81. Polo

82. 41.The Arabic words, " ilm al - jebr wa''l -
muq - abalah" literally mean, " reuniting
what is broken", and were originally
applied to bone-setting, even as late as
the 17th century. The Italians took them
and formed something.What?

83. Algebra

84. 42.Created by Jim Davis. Owned by Jon
Arbuckle. His unlucky day is Monday the
13th. His designer scratching post is
Gucci made. Who?

85. Garfield

86. 43.On a visit to London X forgot his
briefcase containing a work of his and
the translation in an underground
railway carriage. X contacted the railway
authorities and recovered it the next day.
The work went on to win the Nobel
Prize. Who was the author?

87. Rabindranath Tagore.

88. 44.Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf which
translates to 'My Struggle'. Who wrote a
book entitled Our Struggle many years
later?

89. Saddam Hussein

90. 45.Whose last words were, I shall hear in
heaven?

91. Beethoven

92. 46.Who is this person? B.Tech.,Chemical
Engineering ,Osmania University; MBA-
IIM Ahmedabad; Member of the
Rohinton Baria award winning Osmania
Univ. team; Biographer for Mohammed
Azharuddin; Worked for sometime at the
Clarion ad agency; researcher for Sunil
Gavaskar presents on Doordarshan.
Now a scribe in his own right?

93. Harsha Bhogle

94. 47.One of the famous poems describing
the Trojan War was Homer's Iliad . The
word Iliad comes from the Greek
Ilium.What does Ilium mean ?

95. Troy

96. 48.Connect
U Thant
Trygve Lie
Kurt Waldheim

97. All are past UN General Secretary.

98. 49. Which Other Country Shares
Independence Day With India?

99. South korea

100. 50. The Permananent Sectrait of SAARC
is located at?

101. Kathmandu

102. 51. He is unmarried. He has lived in a small room
attached to the Sant Yadavbaba temple in
Ralegan Siddhi since 1975. On 16 April
2011, he declared his bank balance of
INR67,183 (US$1,500) and INR1,500 (US$30)
as money in hand.He owns 0.07 hectares of
family land in Ralegan Siddhi, which is being
used by his brothers. Two other pieces of land
donated to him by the Indian Army and by a
villager have been donated by him for village
use. His only income is a pension he receives
from the Indian Army. Name him.

103. Shri Anna Hazzare

104. 52. Apple landed itself in trouble by
adopting the name iPhone because the
brand-name iPhone has already been
used by the company X since 2000.
Later Apple won the lawsuit arguing that
they branded their new phone as “Apple
iPhone” and not “iPhone”. Identify X.

105. Cisco

106. 53. Connect
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso,
Rabindranath Tagore
Thomas Edison
Alexander Graham Bell
Tom Cruise
Richard Branson
Walt Disney
Winston Churchill
Agatha Christie
John Lennon
Muhammad Ali
Abhishek Bachchan.

107. Dyslexic

108. 54. Fill in the Space

109. Vendetta

110. 55.Connect
Rahul dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Mathew Hayden
Tilakratne Dilshan

111. Leading run getter in past ICC world cups.

112. 56. Identify the flag?

113. Libya

114. 57. Connect to an event.

115. image 1:fall.
image 2:Hertha BSC logo, a fottball club
from berlin.
image 3:rahul dravid aka The Wall.
So, fall of the berlin wall.

116. 58. Connect

117. The connect is homers ODDYSEY.
Sean bean played odysseus in movie
troy. Telemachus is the son of Odyssues
and penelope, Dr cox's nickname on
scrubs is Ulysses the latin name for
odysseus, and o brother where art thou
is the coens interpretation of homer's
oddysey.

118. 59. Identify the Google Doodle?

119. Discovery of X-Rays.

120. 60. Connect

121. Ji sung park and divide symbol are link to
Linkin park's song new divide,
hasbro made transformers.
the ball thing is a still from movie eagle eye
in which shia labeof acted(he was also the
actor in transformers)
and bumble bee links to the "BUMBLE
BEE" in transformers and the camaro
symbol beacuse "BUMBLE BEE" was a
camaro.
So, the connect is TRANSFORMERS.

122. 61.Connect

123. ALL of them were included in the first
Decision ever made by 3rd Umpire
using TV Cameras as Run Out. Jhonty
Rhodes the fielder, Sachin Tendulkar the
Batsman who got Run out based on the
decision of Cyril Mitchley- first Third
Umpire in a match along with Karl
Liebenberg.

124. 62.Identify?

125. Salman Rushdie

126. 63.Connect

127. Its Dhyan Chand, hitler was impressed
by his play, austrians built a statue in his
honour, goal was the name of his
autobigraphy, and photo of the moon, or
Chand as it is caled in hindi!

128. 64.Connect

129. No Man's Land, Amélie, Son of the
Bride, Elling are four movies and
Lagaan was the fifth movie nominated
for the best film in Academy Awards, No
man’s land won !

130. 65.Connect

131. Newton was an ancestor
Steve jobs bought Pixar which was the animation division
of Industrial Light and Magic, George lucas's responsible
for the visual effects on Star Wars
Steve Jobs was the Biggest Individual shareholder of Walt
DIsney Corporation
He was of syrian descent (national flag of syria),
He was a budhist (statue of buddha) ,
He had appointed the next CEO as Tim cook (alistair
cook, michael crichtons next)
So,the connect is Steve jobs

132. 67.Connect

133. Hero’s of Bodyguard in different
languages

134. Thank You For Coming and Hope you
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