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RulesA total of 20 questions15-20 are starred questionsIn case we are still tied, sudden death will be employedNO NEGATIVES, so feel free to take a shot at anything No animals were harmed in the making of this quiz QUIZMASTER PLAYS GOD

Let us play1.After the Valentines Day this year, National Awakening Stage started a hate campaign against X using Twitter hashtags like #XHumiliatedHistoryOfBangladesh. The reason for the protests were because of Xs incorrect references to the Bangladesh Liberation War. This has led X to become the worst rated movie ever in IMDb.Identify X

2.Tarangini Mitra loved to pirouette. To dance by spinning on one foot came naturally to her. On one of her school functions, her talent was spotted by a certain Mr. Padmasee, a reputed ad film maker who approached her mother and said We just want her to do the spin, like she does so gracefully. The small twist would be counterbalanced by a jingle. She does the move, packs her bags, gets the cheque and leaves. Think of it, shes going to be the first ________.

3.Which incident has been depicted here?

4.The general ideas on the creation of the seal for this organisation were as follows:the seal should emphasize the Governmental status, but not too closely; it should have something Indian in the design; it should be simple, artistic and heraldically correct; and the design should be such that it could be used without substantial alteration for letter heading, etc. For this purpose, various seals were examined and sketch of Tiger and Palm Tree, was found most suitable.Identify the organization.

5.The inspector pointed his cane at me and said, You, young man, are an intelligent, honest, vivacious fellow in this crowd of thugs and idiots. In any jungle, what is the rarest of animals- the creature that comes only once in a generation?I thought about it and said __________Thats what you are in this jungle.This is an excerpt from a book. FITB. 6.The name X means "lion city", derived from thePersian/Urdu words for lion.According toJohn Everett-Heath, the author ofOxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, X was named to honour theCaliphAli Ibn Abi Talib, who was also known as Y because of his lion-like valour in battles.One popular theory suggests that Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of the city, named it "Bhaganagar" or "Bhgnagar" afterBhagmati, a localnautch(dancing) girl with whom he had fallen in love.She converted toIslamand adopted the titleY Mahal. The city was renamed Xin her honour. According to another source, the city was named after Y, the son of Quli Qutb Shah.Andrew Petersen, a scholar of Islamic architecture, says the city was originally calledBaghnagar.7.X was a noted Indian con man known for having repeatedly sold theTaj Mahal, theRed Fort, and the Rashtrapati Bhavanand also theParliamentalong with its 545 sitting members. He is also said to have cheated theTatas, theBirlasand alsoDhirubhai Ambani taking from them huge money in cash, posing as social worker or needy person. X was wanted in more than 100 cases and he was wanted by 8 states police and was sentenced to 113 years in prison. However, he made daring escapes from different jails eight times in his life, the last of them on a wheelchair.Id X.

8.In the early days, most of the trucks in India were manufactured by the TATA Group. During these times, Tata Oil Mills Ltd. Co (TOMCO) came up with a new brand of detergent called X. And in order to market their detergent they used the motor medium very effectively by painting X. This brand had a symbol in the shape of a lotus flower. This carried on for a few years and as times went by X became a part of the initial paint itself by the lorry drivers and is still being used by people without knowing its glorious history. This is one of the various theories about a common sight nowadays. What am I talking about?

9.This food item was originally made by the Ashwini Kumar Twins (who were medical advisers toDevasduringVedictimes), for a sage near Dhosi HillnearNarnaul. Hence, the food item is named after the sage. The first historically documented formula for it appears inCharakaSamhita, the ancient Ayurvedic treatise.What food item is this?

10.

11.Mahesh Chandra Mehta, a famous lawyer, filed a case before the Supreme Court of India in 1984 to shut down the Mathura Refinery, owned by Indian Oil corporation. This case went on for 15 years and in 1999, the Supreme Court instead, ordered the closure of 53 Iron foundries and 107 other factories near Delhi leading to the unemployment of around 300,000 people. This led to protests and other cases being filed. Finally, the Supreme Court ordered these industries to use compressed natural gas instead of coal and coke. This case however attracted the attention of the world press and the industries drew criticism from the likes of Bill Clinton and others. Give funda.12.The idea hit the Jamshedpur-born Tamilian V.S.S. Mani in 1988, when he was working with the Yellow Pages in New Delhi. It just happened over a casual discussion with a friend. Unlike in the western countries, Indians always bank on friends or relatives or neighbours for some information on a daily basis. It just flashed across my mind, why not start a service that caters to this need? I quit Yellow pages and moved to Mumbai to start the venture, says V.S.S. Mani, the brain behind X.The venture did not click immediately, as people were not ready for his idea, and considered it to be ahead of time. Low on capital, he tried various ventures like Y and even launched a wedding planner, in tie-up with a leading newspaper, to supplement his income. X & Y.13.What was incorporated for the first time in this phone?

14.This song has served an inspiration to which famous Indian song?

*15.engagedino.com is a user engagement website which enables agencies to create brand engagement experiences by creating interactive elements that can be embedded in the brands website to market the product.The website went viral recently in a completely different context as it redirected the user to a page which prompted the user to ask question to X.Any question asked by the user would receive an answer from a set off answers which gets repeated periodically.X?*16.Teashades were typical glasses popularised by Americans in 1960s counter culture movement.Teashades was also used to describe glasses worn to hide the effects of marijuana (conjunctival injection) or bloodshot eyes or the effects of opiates such as heroin.Now out of fashion and hard to find how did they surge to popularity?*17. Connect

*18.X is an initiative of the Indian government and the 18 East Asia Summit (EAS) countries.

During his trip to Brunei in October 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had inked agreements with seven EAS countries Australia, Cambodia, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Laos and Myanmar that have pledged their commitment to the project.

China has committed $1 million for the project and a MOU on this was signed during Manmohan Singh's visit to Beijing in November 2013. Singapore has pledged $5-6 million and Australia about $1 million Australian dollars. It was then started under the leadership of Amartya Sen.*19.Satindar Mohan Bhagat is a physics professor at the University of Maryland and the director of Association for Indias Development Inc., USA.He is credited with conceiving this idea of an entity, which was implemented by an Ngo called the 5th Pillar. Which instrument did he introduced to stop corruption in all sectors?*20.

Who is the manufacturer?Answers Follow1.After the Valentines Day this year, National Awakening Stage started a hate campaign against X using Twitter hashtags like #XHumiliatedHistoryOfBangladesh. The reason for the protests were because of Xs incorrect references to the Bangladesh Liberation War. This has led X to become the worst rated movie ever in IMDb.Identify X

2.Tarangini Mitra loved to pirouette. To dance by spinning on one foot came naturally to her. On one of her school functions, her talent was spotted by a certain Mr. Padmasee, a reputed ad film maker who approached her mother and said We just want her to do the spin, like she does so gracefully. The small twist would be counterbalanced by a jingle. She does the move, packs her bags, gets the cheque and leaves. Think of it, shes going to be the first ________.

Nirma Girl

3.Which incident has been depicted here?

4.The general ideas on the creation of the seal for this organisation were as follows:the seal should emphasize the Governmental status, but not too closely; it should have something Indian in the design; it should be simple, artistic and heraldically correct; and the design should be such that it could be used without substantial alteration for letter heading, etc. For this purpose, various seals were examined and sketch of Tiger and Palm Tree, was found most suitable.Identify the organization.

5.The inspector pointed his cane at me and said, You, young man, are an intelligent, honest, vivacious fellow in this crowd of thugs and idiots. In any jungle, what is the rarest of animals- the creature that comes only once in a generation?I thought about it and said __________Thats what you are in this jungle.This is an excerpt from a book. FITB.

6.The name X means "lion city", derived from thePersian/Urdu words for lion.According toJohn Everett-Heath, the author ofOxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, X was named to honour theCaliphAli Ibn Abi Talib, who was also known as Y because of his lion-like valour in battles.One popular theory suggests that Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of the city, named it "Bhaganagar" or "Bhgnagar" afterBhagmati, a localnautch(dancing) girl with whom he had fallen in love.She converted toIslamand adopted the titleY Mahal. The city was renamed Xin her honour. According to another source, the city was named after Y, the son of Quli Qutb Shah.Andrew Petersen, a scholar of Islamic architecture, says the city was originally calledBaghnagar.

7.X was a noted Indian con man known for having repeatedly sold theTaj Mahal, theRed Fort, and the Rashtrapati Bhavanand also theParliamentalong with its 545 sitting members. He is also said to have cheated theTatas, theBirlasand alsoDhirubhai Ambani taking from them huge money in cash, posing as social worker or needy person. X was wanted in more than 100 cases and he was wanted by 8 states police and was sentenced to 113 years in prison. However, he made daring escapes from different jails eight times in his life, the last of them on a wheelchair.Id X.

Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava aka Natwarlal

8.In the early days, most of the trucks in India were manufactured by the TATA Group. During these times, Tata Oil Mills Ltd. Co (TOMCO) came up with a new brand of detergent called X. And in order to market their detergent they used the motor medium very effectively by painting X. This brand had a symbol in the shape of a lotus flower. This carried on for a few years and as times went by X became a part of the initial paint itself by the lorry drivers and is still being used by people without knowing its glorious history. This is one of the various theories about a common sight nowadays. What am I talking about?

9.This food item was originally made by the Ashwini Kumar Twins (who were medical advisers toDevasduringVedictimes), for a sage near Dhosi HillnearNarnaul. Hence, the food item is named after the sage. The first historically documented formula for it appears inCharakaSamhita, the ancient Ayurvedic treatise.What food item is this?

10.

11.Mahesh Chandra Mehta, a famous lawyer, filed a case before the Supreme Court of India in 1984 to shut down the Mathura Refinery, owned by Indian Oil corporation. This case went on for 15 years and in 1999, the Supreme Court instead, ordered the closure of 53 Iron foundries and 107 other factories near Delhi leading to the unemployment of around 300, 000 people. This led to protests and other cases being filed. Finally, the Supreme Court ordered these industries to use compressed natural gas instead of coal and coke. This case however attracted the attention of the world press and the industries drew criticism from the likes of Bill Clinton and others. Give funda.Degradation of Taj Mahal

12.The idea hit the Jamshedpur-born Tamilian V.S.S. Mani in 1988, when he was working with the Yellow Pages in New Delhi. It just happened over a casual discussion with a friend. Unlike in the western countries, Indians always bank on friends or relatives or neighbours for some information on a daily basis. It just flashed across my mind, why not start a service that caters to this need? I quit Yellow pages and moved to Mumbai to start the venture, says V.S.S. Mani, the brain behind X.The venture did not click immediately, as people were not ready for his idea, and considered it to be ahead of time. Low on capital, he tried various ventures like Y and even launched a wedding planner, in tie-up with a leading newspaper, to supplement his income. X & Y.

13.What was incorporated for the first time in this phone?

Rupee symbol was introduced for the first time

14.This song has served an inspiration to which famous Indian song?

Jab koi baat bigad jaye

*15.engagedino.com is a user engagement website which enables agencies to create brand engagement experiences by creating interactive elements that can be embedded in the brands website to market the product.The website went viral recently in a completely different context as it redirected the user to a page which prompted the user to ask question to X.Any question asked by the user would receive an answer from a set off answers which gets repeated periodically.X?

Whatever question the user types, answers that come out are we need to open up the system, we need to empower the women, to answer that question you need to know who Rahul Gandhi is etc.*16.Teashades were typical glasses popularised by Americans in 1960s counter culture movement.Teashades was also used to describe glasses worn to hide the effects of marijuana (conjunctival injection) or bloodshot eyes or the effects of opiates such as heroin.Now out of fashion and hard to find how did they surge to popularity?Gandhis Glasses

*17. Connect

All designed by Satyajit Ray*18.X is an initiative of the Indian government and the 18 East Asia Summit (EAS) countries.

During his trip to Brunei in October 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had inked agreements with seven EAS countries Australia, Cambodia, Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, Laos and Myanmar that have pledged their commitment to the project.

China has committed $1 million for the project and a MOU on this was signed during Manmohan Singh's visit to Beijing in November 2013. Singapore has pledged $5-6 million and Australia about $1 million Australian dollars. It was then started under the leadership of Amartya Sen.

*19.Satindar Mohan Bhagat is a physics professor at the University of Maryland and the director of Association for Indias Development Inc., USA.He is credited with conceiving this idea of an entity, which was implemented by an Ngo called the 5th Pillar. Which instrument did he introduced to stop corruption in all sectors?

*20.

Who is the manufacturer?

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