We are uploading the questions that were asked as prelims at Quizzical, part of "Intaglio:, the annual B-School fest at IIM Calcutta. We are also attaching a short review. The questions from the finals would be out up next week.

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, 4^th 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 17^th 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

The quiz was a typical Joy Bhattacharya one with loads of humor and tributes to Rakhi Sawant, Sherlyn Chopra, SRK and Mulayam Singh Yadav. The winning team was "Byapok Byatha", Kolkata winners of KQA Megawhiz and the runner-up was Octette, again the Kolkata runner-up of the same.