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1) If called Sudha in Bihar, Avin in Tamil Nadu, and Milma in Kerala. How do we better know it? Ans: Amul Milk
2) Who follow the 29 principles of Jambeshwarji? Ans – The Bishnois (20-Bish, 9-Noi)
3) If Holmes stalking ground mostly in London then from where does Inspector Rebus operate? – Edinburgh ( by Ian Rankin)
4) Manic, Mogul, Fearless are characters of which game? – Mafia Wars on Facebook
5) Name the phone introduced by HTC & Google. Ans - Nexus 1
6) This 1959 novel by Richard Thomas Condon supposed to be the original conspiracy theory novel which was later made into a film in 1962 and 2004. Which Novel? Ans- Manchurian Candidate
7) In Rio de Janeiro – name the statue on Corcovado Mountains overlooking the city. Ans- Christ the Redeemer
8) Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto adopted a Czech sounding name when we wanted to be an author. What name did he choose? Ans – Pablo Neruda
9) Clarissa Laurd, Marianne Riggins, Elizabeth West are the first 3. Who is the 4th? – Wives of Salman Rushdie, 4th of which is Padma Lakhsmi
10) In which movie did Dharmendra say for the first time his legendary dialogue “ kutte main tera khoon pee jaunga” ? Ans - Yadon Ki Baraat
11) Pirates, Penguins, Steelers are sports teams based out in which city? Ans - Pittsburgh city
12) “No it wasn’t the airplanes. It was the beauty that killed the beast” – Last line of which novel / film? Ans - King Kong
13) “My Battle with Alzheimers” is a serial column by which writer/novelist/fantasy writer? Terry Pratchett, 59
14) Garry Player, Johnny Cash, Hugh Brenner are the golf players who were paid tributes in which Hollywood film of 1997? Ans - Men in Black
15) Michael Malone wrote a book called “ Infinite Loop” about an organization. Name the organization. Ans - Apple
16) Big hit of 2009, by Ranjan Rao, Ogilvy and Mather and Prakash Verma, Nirvana Films. What? Ans -Zoo Zoo ads
17) In the book “Superfreakonomics” in the subtitles, the last two words –"Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy X. What is X? Life Insurance
18) On which list do Aston Kutcher, Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres form the top 3? Ans – followers on Twitter
19) Bernie Taupin collaborated with which famous singer musician? Ans - Elton John
20) When Roger Bannister ran the famous sub-4 minute race, the announcement of his record was made by whom? Ans - The stadium announcer for the race was Norris McWhirter, who went on to publish and edit the Guinness Book of Records.
21) In “Kath and Kim” he was Prakash, in Office, he was Sadiq, in Bones he was Hamid. However, in 2009, what catapulted him to fame?– Ans –Chatur of 3 Idiots. The person is Omi Vaidya
22) Recently there was a viral campaigning on Facebook in which women stated colors as their status messages. What was the campaign all about? Ans - Breast cancerawareness campaign
23) Statue of Liberty is supposed to be married to a statue in Barcelona. Who? Ans - Christopher Columbus
24) In Indian Film History which game are the characters of Mir and Mirza associated with? Ans – Chess. They are the 2 “Shatranj ke Khiladis”
25) On 17th May 2009, who, along with his son Charles Anthony was killed? Ans – Prabhakaran of LTTE
26) Who or what was killed by the Beamish Boy? Ans – Jabberwock of Jabberwocky
27) Matt Busby while watching Salford Rigby Club, liked their attitude and was inspired enough to imbibe a two-word epithet into his own team. What epithet? Ans – Red Devils. Salford were originally called “The Red Devils”
28) Post the Champions League T20 bash, quite a few teams have started to take their domestic T20 leagues seriously. South Australia who hasn’t done well in the last season, hired two overseas recruits for this season to quality for the C’ships trophy. Who are they? Ans – Shahid Afridi and Kieron Pollard
29) Sukumar Sen was the first person to hold which constitutional post in India? Ans – He was the first Chief Election Officer
30) Whose New Year resolution was to have a bigger butt (sorry, but a Joy Bhattacharya special question) ? Ans – Sherlyn Chopra
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