1. Whom does the Agini tribe in Ivory Coast in Africa have as their tribal chief?
2. ‘Everything ripped apart in a New York minute...’ - What cult classic starts with this line and features a suicidal NYPD detective tracking a drug cartel dealing with narcotics named after Norse mythological legends?
3. The only son of a Scottish father and American mother, he grew up hating what his parents called him. Instead he decided to call himself after his family’s pet Siberian husky. Who?
4. Where would you see the following signs: Pork Illustrated, Burger Prince, Olde Knavery, Versarchery, Gap Queen, Farbucks Coffee, Baskin Robinhood and Saxon Fifth Avenue?
5. This football club’s founders had decided that the team would wear colors that “recalled the devil and invoked fear”. How do we know this football club today?
6. This band was a brainchild of Steve Harris, a member of pub rockers ‘Smiler’ formed in 1976. They named themselves after a medieval torture device and have been criticized to be Satanists due to their dark musical themes. Which band?
7. The first one was built by the Romans of wood, the second one was pulled down in 1831 on account of its poor safety record (immortalised in song), the third one was sold to Lake Havasu, Arizona in the 1970s and the fourth one still stands. What?
8. Chosen by investors, this basketball franchise’s name is said to reflect the area's rich harness racing history and the fast cars at America’s most famous auto race. Name the team?
9. "I like smoke and lightning
_____ _____ thunder
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah Darlin' gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space"
These words are from the song 'Born to be Wild' by Steppenwolf. It contributed a famous phrase which is extremely popular today. Which phrase (Fill in the blanks)?
10. He was briefly worldwide leader of the Stonecutters, is a subscriber of the Pie Times and belongs to the International Brotherhood of Piano Tuners, Pastry Chefs, and Nuclear Technicians. Who is he?
11. Complete the list below with two famous names and also tell us what they comprise.
Ben "The Tall Texan" Kirkpatrick, Bill Todd Carver, Camilla "Deaf Charlie" Hanks, Elza Lay, Tom "Peep" O'Day, Jim Lowe, Jesse Lesley, William "Bill" Cruzan, ____________ and __________ ?
12. Which term coined by Nima Namchu and Nitin Berry for a Reebok campaign in 1996-97 is now synonymous with Indian cricket?
13. Fill in the blank:
To,
The Boss,
Central News Agency
Dear Boss,
I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they won’t fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. How can they catch me now? I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games
Good luck.
Yours truly
________________
(Don't mind me giving the trade name.)
14. His last words were "Useless...useless." He was one of the most popular actors of his time and was a member of a prominent network of spies and smugglers known as the Knights of the Golden Circle. He wanted to immortalize himself in the annals of history as a martyr. But his deed, instead of earning him the hero's status he craved, made him one of the most hated men in America. Who?
15. Which Hollywood blockbuster, released some years back, had its dubbed Hindi version titled ‘Sherni No. 1’?
16. Which sport has four different color codes for the balls, ranging from yellow for hot conditions to blue for cold conditions?
17. In 1965, an unmarried New York City perfume salesman named Alan Stillman decided that the coolest way to meet the stewardesses in his neighbourhood would be to buy a broken down beer joint, jazz it up with Tiffany lamps and modern young waiters. Within a week, the police had to ring it with barricades to handle the nightly hordes of young singles. What did he establish?
18. 'Idiots price our devices'! This was one famous comment among the many that were seen on the Internet when this company launched a product nearly three years ago. Demand, however, seems to have soared now. Which product are we referring to?
19. Robert Kalina was born in Austria in 1955; he graduated from Vienna's School of Graphic Arts in 1975 and worked for the Austrian National Bank until 1998. He became famous after certain designs of his, created on a Power Macintosh PC using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Freehand software were selected ahead of 300 other competitors. What did he design?
20. His cricket career lasted from 1900 to 1907. In all he played 10 matches for MCC - 18 innings, 6 not-outs, 231 runs, highest score 43, average 19.25. He also took one wicket for 50 runs. Identify him.
21. This company was founded in 1947 as Rakhee Chemical Industry Ltd, later it changed its name to Lucky Goldstar and today it’s a known to the common consumer by another name. What?
22. Since the days of William the Conqueror, all English kings with the exception of Edwards V and VIII have been crowned at the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. How is this church better known?
23. Once, the industrialist Russy Modi was on a flight on his way back to India. He met a very interesting person and struck up a conversation with him. The person promised to teach Modi how to play the piano. When both of them got off at New Delhi airport, Modi was surprised to find that more people had come to receive his companion than to receive him. Who was Modi’s co-passenger?
24. He was as an unemployed salesman and inventor, struggling with odd jobs to support his family in the years following the great stock market crash of 1929. He spent his summers in Atlantic City, New Jersey, drawing the streets of Atlantic City with found pieces of material and bits of paints, wood etc. contributed by local merchants. Soon friends and family gathered to buy, rent and sell real estate. What did he create?
25. Which company’s ad campaign was launched by a famous line from the Bible, more specifically from Genesis, Chapter I, Verse 3?
26. "I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is only one other organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus." Whose words?
27. BMW’s headquarters’ building in Munich, Germany is very unique. It is shaped like a four piston engine. However it is one of few buildings in the world in terms of construction. Why?
28. What is defined by Merriam-Webster as "an imaginary substance or chemical preparation believed to have the power of transmuting baser metals into gold”?
29. This sports car company’s flagship model reminds us of an infamous disaster. Name the company and model.
30. This album features nine film and Indi-pop tracks. One of them though critically ridiculed has really caught the attention of the people and has gone on to become quite a rage in India. The track has music by Vishal-Shekhar and vocals by Sudesh Bhosle among others. Name the album.
31. Which organization has the motto, "Nation Shall Speak Peace unto Nation”?
32. A patent application is lying in the US Patent and Trademark Office for the title of "The World's Second Home". Who has applied for this title?
33. Which former Formula-1 team has returned this season as Red Bull Racing?
34. In 2004, Leroy Chiao became the first person to do something in space. What?
35. At 12, X earned $2000 from mail-order business trading stamps. By 16, he was selling subscriptions to the Houston Post making himself $18000 in a year in commission. His economics teacher at school knew nothing of this until she set the class the assignment of filling out their own tax returns. She thought X had put the decimal point in the wrong place. She was mortified when she discovered that he hadn't, and was actually earning more than she was. Identify X.
36. This term was first used in cricket in the early eighteenth century. It is an old English word and has a French origin, meaning 'not equal'. Which term?
37. The Persians weave the most exquisite carpets in the world, but why does each carpet have a deliberate flaw?
38. The line 'Make the most of your break' replaced one of the most durable and effective ad lines of a famous product. Give us the original famous ad line that was replaced after 57 years and the company?
39. She was named after a department store. Although she is generally considered African American, she is biracial, with a white English-born mother and a black American father. Who?
40. The first edition was published in 1955, commissioned by a brewery after a debate in a pub over the fastest species of game bird could not be settled with existing reference books. It was researched by Ross and Norris McWhirter, noted British athletes and journalists, who at the time ran a fact-finding agency in London. When the book became a surprise hit, many further editions were printed, eventually settling into a pattern of one revision each year, published in October to coincide with Christmas sales. Which book?
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