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1. ABOVE & BEYOND –
The ABOVE Quiz 2010
Welcome to the FINALS
Quizmaster: Venkatesh S
(Venky)

2. Write Choice
• 10 questions
• Write down all your answers
• 5 pts per question or part
• 10 point bonus if you get all right

3. 1
What is
this?

4. Where will 2
you find this
on the
internet /
what is it
called?

5. What is shown on this $5 note and 1 cent 3
coin?

6. Name 4
the band

7. Identify the film
7. 5

8. Which 6
company?

9. An actress portraying an actress. Name both 7

10. Who? 8

11. What‟s blanked 9
out?

12. Who? 10

14. Answers
Whose
1.Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel with the ICC 2011 WC
house?
2. Failed Whale on Twitter
3. Lincoln Memorial
4. Indian Ocean
5. Yaadon ki Baarat featuring Aamir Khan
6. NVIDIA
7. Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn
8. Lord Mountbatten
9.Symbian OS
10.David Beckham

15. Clockwise
9 questions on Infinite
Bounce
+10 for direct and pass

16. 1
• When we now think of the Afghan city of _____, we
equate it with the Taliban. But its original name was
Gandhara, and it was a part of the ancient Buddhist
civilization with its capital city in _____.
• Swat, Peshawar and the Kabul Valley were all included
in this thriving, peaceful community that had
absorbed Mediterranean culture brought to the
subcontinent by Alexander, and before him, by Greek
mercenaries and traders.
• Fill in the two blanks

18. Kandahar
Taxila

19. 2
Father's Name: Shri S.K. Andimuthu
Date of Birth: 1963-05-10
Birth Place: Velur, Tamil Nadu
Education:
Government Arts College, Trichy,
Government Law College, Madurai and
Government Law College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu
Who is this?

21. • A Raja

22. 3
The Indian Rebellion of 1857, known to the
British as the "Great Mutiny", but to Indians as
the "First War of Independence", resulted in
widespread devastation in India and a shake-up
in the British administration.
What was the direct result in the „corporate
world‟ of this rebellion?

24. India was taken over directly by the
Crown (British Queen) and the East
India Company lost its powers.

25. 4
• Why did this house become vacant recently?

27. This is where Aung San Suu Kyi, the
Myanmar leader was imprisoned and she
was finally released recently

28. 5
Where?
What does it
represent?
Who is the sculptor?
Which company
commissioned it?

30. MG Road in Bangalore
DNA Double Helix
Sculpted by Yusuf Arakkal
Commissioned by Biocon

31. 6
What‟s the story?

33. The phrase “Zandu Balm” is apparently a
favorite of Madhur Bhandarkar’s and he
uses this to address or call people.
Lalit Pandit who wrote the song was paying
tribute to him.
Emami owns Zandu Balm

34. 7
In 1984, why was this a famous answer by a high-
flying achiever?

36. In a famous conversation, Rakesh
Sharma was asked by the then Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi how India looked
from space, to which he replied, Saare
Jahan Se Achcha, Hindustan hamara

37. 8
From 1896 the construction was started and it was
completed in 1906 with 698 cells. It was constructed
with seven wings, spreading out like a seven-petal
flower. In its centre it had a tower with a turret.
Connected to this were the three storey high seven
wings with 698 cells. This is why it is called the
_______ _____.
What?

39. Cellular Jail in Andaman

40. 9
Who on what?

42. Mark Zuckerberg, on The Social Network

43. Anti-
Clockwise
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44. 1
• One of the ways in which a batsman can be given out
(has never happened in international cricket)
• One of Homer‟s Greek epics
• A puzzle - the creating of these is called
cruciverbalism among its practitioners, who are
referred to as cruciverbalists
• An achievement of significance
• What is the lateral connection to all these?

46. Book Stores!
Time Out, Odyssey, Crossword, Landmark

47. 2
• A countdown clock from Feb 2010.
Where and for what??

49. • Winter Olympics, Vancouver, 2010

50. 3
• X denotes renunciation or disinterestedness. Our
leaders must be indifferent to material gains and
dedicate themselves to their work.
• The Y in the centre is light, the path of truth to guide
our conduct.
• The Z shows our relation to (the) soil, our relation to
the plant life here, on which all other life depends.
• The “AC” denotes Truth or virtue… it also denotes
motion and represents the dynamism of a peaceful
change
Who, in 1947, about what?

52. S Radhakrishnan, India’s first VP about
the National Flag (Orange, White, Green
and the Ashoka Chakra)

53. 4
• So I did that which I thought was most dignified. As I advanced
slowly toward him I noticed he was pale, looked wearied, had a
gray beard, wore a bluish cap with a faded gold band round it, had
on a red-sleeved waistcoat and a pair of gray tweed trousers. I
would have run to him, only I was a coward in the presence of
such a mob, - would have embraced him, only, he being an
Englishman, I did not know how he would receive me; so I did
what cowardice and false pride suggested was the best thing, -
walked deliberately to him, took off my hat, and said,
“_ _________ _ ________”? Who, about what?

55. Henry Morton Stanley’s famous words,
“Dr Livingstone, I presume?”

56. 5
Connect – think telecom

58. Blackberry models – Storm, Pearl, Torch
and Curve

59. 6
“In 1981, a young woman wrote him a letter, which
informed the singer that he was the father of one of
her twins. She continued to send more letters, which
stated that she loved him and wanted to be with him.
She wrote of how happy they would be if they raised
the child together. She pondered how he could ignore
his own flesh and blood. The letters disturbed him to
the extent that he suffered nightmares”
Who is he? And this story is given as the basis of
what?

61. Michael Jackson
The song, “Billie Jean”

62. 7
Who, among what?

64. Omi Vaidya, on the role of Chatur

65. 8
Video of Aishwariya Rai dancing from the film Umrao
Jaan
What connects the video to the cities of Lucknow,
Banaras and Jaipur?

67. Kathak – its three main schools /
gharanas are in these three cities

68. 9
(Audio of an actor speaking at a college function)
Connect

70. Kamal Hassan, Mamooty and Amitabh
Bachchan – people who have won National
Award for Best Actor 3 time

71. Relatively
Speaking
8 visuals
All written
+10 for each; +15 if you
are among 1 or 2 teams
to get it

72. 1
ID her husband

73. 2
ID her dad or
mom

74. 3
ID her
brother

75. 4
ID his wife

76. 5
ID his
grandson

77. 6
ID her father

78. 7
ID his son

79. 8
ID her
grandfather

81. Answers
Whose
1. Mani Ratnam
house?
2. Bill & Hilary Clinton
3. Abhishek Bachchan
4. Indira Gandhi
5. Neil Nitin Mukesh
6. M Karunanidhi
7. Stuart Broad
8. Mahatma Gandhi

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