3. 1.In 2011, in a UN security council meeting, when Mr
X read out from the text meant for his Portuguese
counterpart for around three minutes, when Hardeep
Singh Puri, India's envoy to the UN, realised the gaffe,
stopped MR X and gave him the right papers. Identify
Mr X who actually started his political career in Praja
socialist party.
Hardeep Singh PuriLuis Amado
4. 2.The planet has 27 known moons, of which 25
are named after characters from the works of
William Shakespeare and the rest from works
of Alexander Pope. Identify the planet.
5. 3.Lewis Pugh an ocean advocate, a maritime lawyer and a swimmer has
a habit of swimming in world’s vulnerable aquatic bodies to highlight
the importance of protecting them only in a costume consisting of
‘swimming - underwear’, a goggle and a swim-cap, all of a particular
brand. Recently his efforts have led to 24 nations signing a landmark
agreement to protect a vast area of Antarctica. Media has dubbed his
style of activism as __________ __________ .
6. 4.After completing his Masters in International Business at Brunel
University London, Ashutosh returned to Ahmedabad to start his own e-
commerce venture - Aajkiitem, a platform for lifestyle products and
consumer electronics. Priyank completed his MBA from IBS-Ahmedabad
and joined Ashutosh in starting this company in 2015. Name the
company whose advertisements features Actor Sunil Shetty.
Ashutosh
Priyank
Sunil Shetty
7. 5.David Scott met artist Paul Van Hoeydonck at a
dinner party and requested him to make a small
statuette which should be lightweight but sturdy,
capable of withstanding the temperature
extremes, could not be identifiably male or
female, nor of any identifiable ethnic group.
David kept it a top secret from everyone,
smuggled it ,placed it alongside a plaque when
he reached that place and photographed it.
Later on when David made the news public, a
fight broke open between him and Paul. Paul
accused David of cheating him and announced
plans to sell copies of the statue through a New
York art gallery.
In spite of efforts from David to stop it, Paul went
ahead with the plan, but only one copy sold.
Finally he withdrew that effort. Identify the name
of the original aluminium statuette and the only
place where you will find the original.
David Scott
Paul Van Hoeydonck
8. 6.The following are two twitter messages in
2016 from an user called
@illMindOfRobin (a user from Sweden)
“ A kid in Iraq …..
This messages led a Kurdistan TV channel to
claim that they have found the kid. (on the top
right)
Another message from the same user-
“it wasn't Iraq. duhok is where my parents were
born so I just made it up. every media says Iraq
without source referencing to me…..”
Identify the actual person (description would
do…name not needed) whom the boy on the
top right is falsely claiming to be?
9. 7.X is a piece of short fiction in Bengali by Mahasweta Devi, has been
adapted and produced as a play(of same name) in Hindi by Usha
Ganguli of the theatre group Rangakarmee. In 1993 a award winning
Hindi film ( of same name) was directed by Indian director Kalpana
Lajmi based on the story. The title (X) is a reference to a custom in
certain areas of Rajasthan where women of a lower caste are hired as
professional mourners upon the death of upper-caste males. Identify X
10. 8.Identify the place(that was in the news
in 2016), where an archaic Greek poet by
the name of Sappho was born, that
connects the three people featured below.
Stratis Valamios
Aimilia Kamvisi
Susan Sarandon
11. 9.Artist Stuart Semple, created
colours used for painting like
world’s 'pinkest' pink and
‘glitteriest glitter’, then banned X
and his representatives from
purchasing or using these
colours, to protest X, who
obtained exclusive rights to the
colour 'Vantablack‘ (blackest
black) to use in art.
But X did manage to buy ‘pinkest
pink’ and posted this not-so
honourable photo on Instagram
with the caption "Up yours
#pink".
Identify the world famous artist
X.
12. 10.In a rare instance of a leading
corporate chief criticising the
government's demonetisation move, Mr
X said both the idea and execution of
demonetisation is faulty, while Speaking
at the National Association of Software
and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
Leadership Forum in Mumbai recently.
Mr X also took a dig at the government's
'Make in India' campaign, saying that
depending on "government approval or
judicial process" will turn "Made in India
to Mad in India". After five years, we are
still waiting for permission to sell our
four-wheeler in the country.”
Identify Mr.X and the name of the four
wheeler (partially masked logo on the
right) he could not sell in India but
exports to 16 countries.
13. 11.The collaboration between Mr.X and Selznick is one of the oddest partnerships in
Hollywood history, the union of a overweight Englishman with a flair for striking detail
and a penchant for the perverse, and a dynamic movie mogul with a keen eye for
successful entertainment on the grand scale. It began in 1938, when producer David O.
Selznick agreed to bring X from England. In spite of their successful collaboration they
fell out with each other. Mr X as a way of taking revenge made the villain in one of his
movies ‘Y’ look very much like Selznick.
Identify Mr.X and the critically acclaimed movie ‘Y’ based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942
short story "It Had to Be Murder".
David O. Selznick
Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald (the
villain) in the movie
14. 12.Two men X and Y had a bet, on whose favourite team will win the finals of men’s ice
hockey in the 2010 winter Olympics. Each wagered a box of Molson beer, the oldest
beer company in Y’s country. X lost the bet and dutifully kept the promise. But in
addition to what X agreed, he also added a case of Yuengling beer which is
manufactured by the oldest brewery in his country. X lost again in the 2014 winter
Olympics bet with a different brand of beer.
Identify X and Y.
15. 13.Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol, a stolen 900-year-old statue of Nataraja was recently
returned by Australia to the Indian government on ethical grounds. The investigative
website ( and a book by the same name written by Jason Felch and Ralph
Frammolino) Chasing ___________ was the first to expose that the Shiva idol acquired
by the National Gallery of Art (Australia) was a stolen artwork from Southern India.
The investigation by the authors/bloggers started with investigation of source of a
particular statue (pictured below) found in Getty museum. Identify the statue (to be
filled in the blank) whose Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.
16. 14.Recently singer Wyclef Jean has been
“arrested” or detained in a case of
mistaken identity over a gas station
robbery in Los Angeles .On August 5,
2010, Wyclef Jean filed for candidacy for
the 2010 presidential election of a
country. But the Electoral Commission
ruled him as ineligible to stand for office,
as he had not met the constitutional
requirement to have been resident in that
country for five years. He also got into
controversy over findings of financial
fraud in his charitable activities to help
that country tide over the devastation
caused by 2010 earthquake. Name the
country for which this multiple Grammy
winning singer attempted to become a
president.
17. 15. Identify the science or technology (Tony
Ryan) that connects the poem(Simon Armitage) on
the left and the fashion project (Helen Storey)on the
right.
Simon Armitage
Tony Ryan
Helen Storey
18. 16.Chinese National Language Monitoring and Research Centre along with a
publishing house and the website of People’s Daily, conducts annual exercise of
selecting a Chinese word / phrase that best sums up the past year. A particular 2
word phrase was suggested by many internet users which was inspired by the clear
skies during a international event in Beijing in 2014, that later was used to refer
something beautiful, but ultimately fleeting.
Identify the two word phrase that was later censored across the internet by Chinese
authorities.
19. 17. X died in hospital on 30 March 1930, in Switzerland, leaving his wife, Bhanumati.
News of his death was suppressed by then British government in India. He had made
prepaid arrangements with the local government of Geneva and St Georges
cemetery to preserve his and his wife’s ashes at the cemetery for 100 years and to
send their urns to India whenever it became independent. Finally on 22 August 2003,
the urns of ashes of X and his wife were handed over to then Chief Minister of
Gujarat State. A memorial called Kranti Teerth has been built near Mandvi in 2010
which houses a replica of a building that originally existed in London, statues of X
and his wife and urns containing their ashes.
Identify X
20. 18. “I have seen almost all the countries of the world but I saw nowhere such a
beautiful harmony of the sky and the water than that I had the privilege to enjoy on
the shore of Balatonfured filling my soul with rapture.” This above quote by an Indian
has been used in the tourism promotion brochure of this country . After recuperation
in the hospital where he was admitted, he planted a linden tree in the premises
(plaque at the foot of the tree, featured below).Identify the Indian who made the
quote above in 1926 when he stayed here for treatment and the country.
21. 19. Eshwar, came up with the idea while doing his electrical and electronics
engineering at SRM University in Chennai. In 2011, by end of his first year in college,
he and his classmate Sudeep decided to build a prototype. But for lack of money, at
the college fest, they set up a food stall and sold vadapav & jal jeera. After having
sufficient money to build the prototype they approached a street- side shop near their
college and struck a deal with the owner to test the prototype. Finally they received a
funding from Indian Angel Network in their final year of engineering in 2013. The first
unit was sold to a restaurant at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. Identify the function of the
machine.
Eshwar
Prince Charles
Kate Middleton
22. 20. Kristen Visbal is an American sculptor living and working in Lewes,
Delaware. She specializes in lost-wax casting in bronze. Some of her
sculptures include The Goddess of the Sea, a mermaid with two
dolphins framed in water and Girl Chasing Butterflies. But she is known
for another work which happens to be her famous work of date.
Identify her most famous sculpture.
23. 21.“We see you as family,” “If I had my will, I would have recommended
that the all women Indian Formed Police Unit (FPU) would continue its
stay in the country for the time being. These were the words of the
incumbent woman president of this country at a farewell ceremony for
the Indian female peacekeepers. Identify the country in which the
Indian female peacekeepers were present from 2007 to 2016 that
inspired the local women to make up 17 per cent of the country’s
security sector, as compared to 6 per cent nine years ago before the
arrival of the all-female Indian contingent.
24. 22. The man who invented this
type of beer was a mathematician
named Michael Ash, who was
hired by a legendary brewery at
Ireland in 1951. The Irish
breweries in those days had a very
complicated & time consuming
way of serving draught beer. Ash,
to simplify the process, used X
that was present everywhere and
saw it as a obvious solution. The
beer unlike normal beers has
thick, creamy head made of very
small bubbles that appear to travel
downwards in the glass when
poured, all because of X.
Identify X and name this type of
beer which is now made by many
companies.
Michael Ash
25. 23. According to the romanticized
legend, Iwasaki as he watched over his
sick wife Suzu by candlelight (because
they couldn't afford electricity),
inspired by the patterns on the melted
wax dropping on the mat did
something afterwards.
"Suzu, it’s done.“ - Takizo Iwasaki said.
"Oh, I can’t tell which one is real…“ –
Suzu responded.
Takizo Iwasaki was a Japanese
businessman who is credited with the
invention of "shokuhin sampuru“.
Iwasaki was featured as a Google
Doodle on 12 September 2016.
Which invention is Takizo Iwasaki
credited with?
Takizo Iwasaki
27. 25. Joyojeet pal’s work focuses on social and technological issues related to the
role of information and communications technology like social media in developing
countries. This assistant professor at the University of Michigan researched and
produced the award-winning documentary, "For the Love of a Man“ (2015) based on
the fan following of South Indian film star Rajnikanth. Recently he came to limelight for
his research on a famous personality under the title ‘__________ and the Rebranding
of _____________’. Fill in the blanks.
Joyojeet pal
28.
29. 1.In 2011, in a UN security council meeting, when Mr
X read out from the text meant for his Portuguese
counterpart for around three minutes, when Hardeep
Singh Puri, India's envoy to the UN, realised the gaffe,
stopped MR X and gave him the right papers. Identify
Mr X who actually started his political career in Praja
socialist party.
Hardeep Singh PuriLuis Amado
31. 2.The planet has 27 known moons, of which 25
are named after characters from the works of
William Shakespeare and the rest from works
of Alexander Pope. Identify the planet.
33. 3.Lewis Pugh an ocean advocate, a maritime lawyer and a swimmer has
a habit of swimming in world’s vulnerable aquatic bodies to highlight
the importance of protecting them only in a costume consisting of
‘swimming - underwear’, a goggle and a swim-cap, all of a particular
brand. Recently his efforts have led to 24 nations signing a landmark
agreement to protect a vast area of Antarctica. Media has dubbed his
style of activism as __________ __________ .
35. 4.After completing his Masters in International Business at Brunel
University London, Ashutosh returned to Ahmedabad to start his own e-
commerce venture - Aajkiitem, a platform for lifestyle products and
consumer electronics. Priyank completed his MBA from IBS-Ahmedabad
and joined Ashutosh in starting this company in 2015. Name the
company whose advertisements features Actor Sunil Shetty.
Ashutosh
Priyank
Sunil Shetty
37. 5.David Scott met artist Paul Van Hoeydonck at a
dinner party and requested him to make a small
statuette which should be lightweight but sturdy,
capable of withstanding the temperature
extremes, could not be identifiably male or
female, nor of any identifiable ethnic group.
David kept it a top secret from everyone,
smuggled it ,placed it alongside a plaque when
he reached that place and photographed it.
Later on when David made the news public, a
fight broke open between him and Paul. Paul
accused David of cheating him and announced
plans to sell copies of the statue through a New
York art gallery.
In spite of efforts from David to stop it, Paul went
ahead with the plan, but only one copy sold.
Finally he withdrew that effort. Identify the name
of the original aluminium statuette and the only
place where you will find the original.
David Scott
Paul Van Hoeydonck
39. 6.The following are two twitter messages in
2016 from an user called
@illMindOfRobin (a user from Sweden)
“ A kid in Iraq …..
This messages led a Kurdistan TV channel to
claim that they have found the kid. (on the top
right)
Another message from the same user-
“it wasn't Iraq. duhok is where my parents were
born so I just made it up. every media says Iraq
without source referencing to me…..”
Identify the actual person (description would
do…name not needed) whom the boy on the
top right is falsely claiming to be?
40. Murtaza Ahmadi, the five-year-old Afghan boy who became an online
sensation after pictures circulated on Facebook of him in an improvised
plastic bag Lionel Messi jersey
41. 7.X is a piece of short fiction in Bengali by Mahasweta Devi, has been
adapted and produced as a play(of same name) in Hindi by Usha
Ganguli of the theatre group Rangakarmee. In 1993 a award winning
Hindi film ( of same name) was directed by Indian director Kalpana
Lajmi based on the story. The title (X) is a reference to a custom in
certain areas of Rajasthan where women of a lower caste are hired as
professional mourners upon the death of upper-caste males. Identify X
42. According to a custom, in certain areas of Rajasthan, women are hired
as professional mourners after the death of a male relative. These
women are referred to as a ‘rudaali’ (roo-dah-lee), literally translated as
female weeper. They in turn publicly express the grief of family
members who are not permitted to display emotion due to social status.
43. 8.Identify the place(that was in the news
in 2016), where an archaic Greek poet by
the name of Sappho was born, that
connects the three people featured below.
Stratis Valamios
Aimilia Kamvisi
Susan Sarandon
44. LESBOS island of GREECE.
Two residents of the Greek island of Lesvos, and Hollywood actress
Susan Sarandon, were nominated for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. They
were chosen to represent the Greek islanders and foreign volunteers
who were offering a helping hand to the thousands of refugees landing
on Greek shores after escaping war.
45. 9.Artist Stuart Semple, created
colours used for painting like
world’s 'pinkest' pink and
‘glitteriest glitter’, then banned X
and his representatives from
purchasing or using these
colours, to protest X, who
obtained exclusive rights to the
colour 'Vantablack‘ (blackest
black) to use in art.
But X did manage to buy ‘pinkest
pink’ and posted this not-so
honourable photo on Instagram
with the caption "Up yours
#pink".
Identify the world famous artist
X.
47. 10.In a rare instance of a leading
corporate chief criticising the
government's demonetisation move, Mr
X said both the idea and execution of
demonetisation is faulty, while Speaking
at the National Association of Software
and Services Companies (NASSCOM)
Leadership Forum in Mumbai recently.
Mr X also took a dig at the government's
'Make in India' campaign, saying that
depending on "government approval or
judicial process" will turn "Made in India
to Mad in India". After five years, we are
still waiting for permission to sell our
four-wheeler in the country.”
Identify Mr.X and the name of the four
wheeler (partially masked logo on the
right) he could not sell in India but
exports to 16 countries.
49. 11.The collaboration between Mr.X and Selznick is one of the oddest partnerships in
Hollywood history, the union of a overweight Englishman with a flair for striking detail
and a penchant for the perverse, and a dynamic movie mogul with a keen eye for
successful entertainment on the grand scale. It began in 1938, when producer David O.
Selznick agreed to bring X from England. In spite of their successful collaboration they
fell out with each other. Mr X as a way of taking revenge made the villain in one of his
movies ‘Y’ look very much like Selznick.
Identify Mr.X and the critically acclaimed movie ‘Y’ based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942
short story "It Had to Be Murder".
David O. Selznick
Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald (the
villain) in the movie
51. 12.Two men X and Y had a bet, on whose favourite team will win the finals of men’s ice
hockey in the 2010 winter Olympics. Each wagered a box of Molson beer, the oldest
beer company in Y’s country. X lost the bet and dutifully kept the promise. But in
addition to what X agreed, he also added a case of Yuengling beer which is
manufactured by the oldest brewery in his country. X lost again in the 2014 winter
Olympics bet with a different brand of beer.
Identify X and Y.
52. X- Barack Obama ( President of USA)
Y – Stephen Harper (Prime Minister of
Canada)
53. 13.Sripuranthan Natarajan Idol, a stolen 900-year-old statue of Nataraja was recently
returned by Australia to the Indian government on ethical grounds. The investigative
website ( and a book by the same name written by Jason Felch and Ralph
Frammolino) Chasing ___________ was the first to expose that the Shiva idol acquired
by the National Gallery of Art (Australia) was a stolen artwork from Southern India.
The investigation by the authors/bloggers started with investigation of source of a
particular statue (pictured below) found in Getty museum. Identify the statue (to be
filled in the blank) whose Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus.
54.
55. 14.Recently singer Wyclef Jean has been
“arrested” or detained in a case of
mistaken identity over a gas station
robbery in Los Angeles .On August 5,
2010, Wyclef Jean filed for candidacy for
the 2010 presidential election of a
country. But the Electoral Commission
ruled him as ineligible to stand for office,
as he had not met the constitutional
requirement to have been resident in that
country for five years. He also got into
controversy over findings of financial
fraud in his charitable activities to help
that country tide over the devastation
caused by 2010 earthquake. Name the
country for which this multiple Grammy
winning singer attempted to become a
president.
57. 15. Identify the science or technology (Tony
Ryan) that connects the poem(Simon Armitage) on
the left and the fashion project (Helen Storey)on the
right.
Simon Armitage
Tony Ryan
Helen Storey
59. 16.Chinese National Language Monitoring and Research Centre along with a
publishing house and the website of People’s Daily, conducts annual exercise of
selecting a Chinese word / phrase that best sums up the past year. A particular 2
word phrase was suggested by many internet users which was inspired by the clear
skies during a international event in Beijing in 2014, that later was used to refer
something beautiful, but ultimately fleeting.
Identify the two word phrase that was later censored across the internet by Chinese
authorities.
61. 17. X died in hospital on 30 March 1930, in Switzerland, leaving his wife, Bhanumati.
News of his death was suppressed by then British government in India. He had made
prepaid arrangements with the local government of Geneva and St Georges
cemetery to preserve his and his wife’s ashes at the cemetery for 100 years and to
send their urns to India whenever it became independent. Finally on 22 August 2003,
the urns of ashes of X and his wife were handed over to then Chief Minister of
Gujarat State. A memorial called Kranti Teerth has been built near Mandvi in 2010
which houses a replica of a building that originally existed in London, statues of X
and his wife and urns containing their ashes.
Identify X
63. 18. “I have seen almost all the countries of the world but I saw nowhere such a
beautiful harmony of the sky and the water than that I had the privilege to enjoy on
the shore of Balatonfured filling my soul with rapture.” This above quote by an Indian
has been used in the tourism promotion brochure of this country . After recuperation
in the hospital where he was admitted, he planted a linden tree in the premises
(plaque at the foot of the tree, featured below).Identify the Indian who made the
quote above in 1926 when he stayed here for treatment and the country.
65. 19. Eshwar, came up with the idea while doing his electrical and electronics
engineering at SRM University in Chennai. In 2011, by end of his first year in college,
he and his classmate Sudeep decided to build a prototype. But for lack of money, at
the college fest, they set up a food stall and sold vadapav & jal jeera. After having
sufficient money to build the prototype they approached a street- side shop near their
college and struck a deal with the owner to test the prototype. Finally they received a
funding from Indian Angel Network in their final year of engineering in 2013. The first
unit was sold to a restaurant at Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. Identify the function of the
machine.
Eshwar
Prince Charles
Kate Middleton
67. 20. Kristen Visbal is an American sculptor living and working in Lewes,
Delaware. She specializes in lost-wax casting in bronze. Some of her
sculptures include The Goddess of the Sea, a mermaid with two
dolphins framed in water and Girl Chasing Butterflies. But she is known
for another work which happens to be her famous work of date.
Identify her most famous sculpture.
69. 21.“We see you as family,” “If I had my will, I would have recommended
that the all women Indian Formed Police Unit (FPU) would continue its
stay in the country for the time being. These were the words of the
incumbent woman president of this country at a farewell ceremony for
the Indian female peacekeepers. Identify the country in which the
Indian female peacekeepers were present from 2007 to 2016 that
inspired the local women to make up 17 per cent of the country’s
security sector, as compared to 6 per cent nine years ago before the
arrival of the all-female Indian contingent.
71. 22. The man who invented this
type of beer was a mathematician
named Michael Ash, who was
hired by a legendary brewery at
Ireland in 1951. The Irish
breweries in those days had a very
complicated & time consuming
way of serving draught beer. Ash,
to simplify the process, used X
that was present everywhere and
saw it as a obvious solution. The
beer unlike normal beers has
thick, creamy head made of very
small bubbles that appear to travel
downwards in the glass when
poured, all because of X.
Identify X and name this type of
beer which is now made by many
companies.
Michael Ash
73. 23. According to the romanticized
legend, Iwasaki as he watched over his
sick wife Suzu by candlelight (because
they couldn't afford electricity),
inspired by the patterns on the melted
wax dropping on the mat did
something afterwards.
"Suzu, it’s done.“ - Takizo Iwasaki said.
"Oh, I can’t tell which one is real…“ –
Suzu responded.
Takizo Iwasaki was a Japanese
businessman who is credited with the
invention of "shokuhin sampuru“.
Iwasaki was featured as a Google
Doodle on 12 September 2016.
Which invention is Takizo Iwasaki
credited with?
Takizo Iwasaki
74. FAKE FOOD – to be used as
display pieces in restaurants.
76. Kishok Gugan asked for Rahul Gandhi’s jacket;
Shilpi Tewari asked for Narendra Modi’s stole.
Both party workers were granted their wish by
the respective leaders.
77. 25. Joyojeet pal’s work focuses on social and technological issues related to the
role of information and communications technology like social media in developing
countries. This assistant professor at the University of Michigan researched and
produced the award-winning documentary, "For the Love of a Man“ (2015) based on
the fan following of South Indian film star Rajnikanth. Recently he came to limelight for
his research on a famous personality under the title ‘__________ and the Rebranding
of _____________’. Fill in the blanks.
Joyojeet pal
