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Q.1: who is this world famous man?

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Q.who is this famous man?

Ans: che Guevera

Q.what did he do in cricket for the 1st time?

Ans: He is Graham Yallop; who was the 1st cricketer to wear a helmet.

Photo Find

1.who is he? Ans:GV Mavalankar, 1st speaker of Lok Sabha.

2.His name is Dipak Mohoni. which term he had coind? Ans: Sensex
3.Name this video game.

Ans: EverQuest

4.Identify the palace.

Ans: Ujjayanta Palace

Photo Find

1.what is it??
Ans: Spinig Jenny

2.what is her contribution to the world of science?

Ans: she is dolly Parton. the 1st cloned sheep "Dolly" is named after her.

Q.Name this company !!!

Q.Name this company from the logo

Answers: Indian Place

1. McLeodganj, Sir David McLeod, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. It was McLeod who suggested that Lord Dalhousie be honoured with the Dalhousie town in his name

2. Gwalior. Suraj Sen founded Gwalior and named it after the hermit saint Gwalipa

3. Kalan means big and Khurd means small. Historically, this happened when towns or villages were either divided for administrative purpose or as population outgrew, a new set of people moved to an adjacent area and formed newer settlement

4. Nanded after Nandi Tat (banks) of the river Godavari. Nandi, the bull is the mount or vehicle of Lord Shiva,

5. Jabalpur. According to the first theory, the trading community in Jabalpur had links with the Middle East and the name came from Jabal meaning hills. As per the second one, the name has been taken from the saint Jabali,

6. Palampur.,

7. Hyderabad.

8. Dehradun.,
9. Halflong

NEW SET--Indian Plzce

1. Dalhousie was named after Lord Dalhousie, by a Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. Incidentally the same Lieutenant Governor also has a town in Kangra valley in his name. Name the town.

2. Which town is named after a hermit who cured a Rajput Chieftain, Suraj Sen from a deadly disease?
3. Many towns and villages in North India have the same name with a differentiating suffix — Kalan and Khurd. For example Kosi Kalan and Kosi Khurd in UP. What is the origin of the two terms?

4. Which town in Western India is believed to be named after the vehicle of Lord Shiva?

5. There are two theories on the origin of name of a town surrounded by hills. One school suggests it comes from the Arabic word for hills. The other says its named after an ancient saint. Name this town in central India.

6. Which tea town takes its name from a local term meaning ‘lots of water’?

7. Which city was called Bhagyanagar after Bhagamathi, a Hindu girl who married the Sultan?

8. Which town is named after the settlement of Ram Rai, Guru of Udasi Sikhs?

9. Which hill station in Assam means ‘white ants hillock’ in the tribal Jaintia language?


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Freedom Fighter: Udham Singh
Actress: Gisseli Monteiro

Q.Identify this freedom fighter.

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Q.Identify this bollywood actress.

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who is this famous assamese person??

Television series & more......

TV Series
1. The coffee shop in the popular TV series Friends has inspired a real life coffee chain with outlets across Asia, America, Australia, Africa and Europe. Name the coffee shop.

2. Kelly Clarkson was the first and Ruben Studdard was the second what?

3. Which series is called Gran Hermano in Argentina and Spain, Loft Story in Canada and HaAh HaGadol in Israel. What is it called in India?

4. Desperate Housewives is set in a quiet neighbourhood of Wisteria Lane in a fictional town in the Eagle State. Name the town.

5. Michael Scofield deliberately gets into a jail to rescue his brother who has framed plot of which fast paced TV series?

6. Sarah Michelle Gellar played the eponymous role in all the 144 episodes of which TV series?7. How did the TV serial drama West Wing gets its name?

8. Which television character is a palaeontologist at the New York Museum of Prehistoric History?

9. ‘No soup for you’, ‘Not that there’s anything wrong with that’, ‘Master of your domain’ are all popular catch phrases coined and first heard on a popular American TV series. Which one?

10. Candace Bushnell has authored several novels including Lipstick Jungle, Four Blondes, Trading Up. Name her most famous book which has been turned into an even more famous TV series.
Anything Goes
1. After the death of Jesse Owens in 1980, a city named a street in his honour. Which city?

2. Which late world figure’s ancestral home was Althorp house in Northamptonshire?

3. Martial art legend and actor Bruce Lee had died during shooting of a movie. Which movie?

4. Which trading house was started in 1894 as a joint venture between Tata Sons and Volkart Brothers?

5. The umpires offer “this” to the batsmen at the crease which when accepted, the play for the day comes to a close. What is “this”?

6. Galapagos Islands known for its unique wildlife is part of which country?

7. He was the captain of Johan Cruyff’s dream team that won Barcelona’s first European Cup in 1992. He was the captain of the Spanish football team that won the gold medal in the Barcelona Olympics in the same year. In 2009, he has spellbound the football pundits by his magic touch. Can you name him?

8. What is Yellow Cake?
ANSWERS

TV Series
1. Central Perk. The base line of the Coffee Chain is ‘Where friends meet’
2. American Idol
3. Big Boss. All versions of Big Brother
4. Fairview
5. Prison Break
6. She played the role of Buffy Summers in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7. West Wing is set in West Wing of the White House, which house the Oval office and offices of other senior presidential staff. West Wing TV series captures the life and times of fictional US President Josiah Bartlet
8. Ross Geller of Friends
9. Seinfeld
10. Sex and the city
Anything Goes
1. Berlin
2. Diana, Princess of Wales
3. King of Death
4. Voltas
5. Light
6. Ecuador
7. Pep Guardiola, the current manager of FC Barcelona8. Uranium Oxide

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Q. Identify this assamese person.

Q1: What is Australian woman cricketer Belinda Clarke’s record in ODI ?
Ans: One & only player to score a double hundred in ODI.
Q2:When Sahid Afridi broke the record of Sanath Jayasurya of the fastest
century in ODI , who delivered the 37th record making ball?
Ans: Sanath Jayasurya himself.
Q3:In the world of Hockey ,who are known as “ Charlie’s Angels”?
Ans:The Australian woman’s Hockey team coached by Rick Chalesworth.
Q4: Which grand Slam tennis winner was nicknamed “ Little Mo”?
Ans: Maureen Connoly
Q5:Which English football club has a dinosaur mascot called “
Gunnersaurus”?
Ans: Arsenal
Q6:What is a “ Chicane” in Formula-1?
Ans:A sharp S bend that reduces speed by forcing drivers to drive through in
a single line.
Q7: What was founded as the Imperial Cricket in 1909 by representatives
from England, Australia and South Africa?
Ans: ICC

WORLD QUIZ LEAGUE

1. Famously mentioned in a 1982 song by The Clash, what name is given to the walled citadel of many North African cities and towns, specifically the one in Algiers?

2. Mensa’s second president, who is the only architect to have a family of molecules named after him?

3. Along with the Philippines, which is the only predominantly Roman Catholic country in Asia?

4. According to Islamic tradition, the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was revealed to Muhammad by which archangel?

5. What replaces white wine to transform the cocktail Kir into a Kir Royal?

6. Traditionally, if a Jewish man earned his living as a “Mohel”, what “sacred” act would he be performing as part of his work?

7. She has modelled for Victoria’s Secret; what is the Czech supermodel Karolina Kurková lacking that almost all of the rest of us have?

8. Receiving a flurry of Academy Award nominations in 2009, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is based on a short story by which acclaimed author?

9. In 1994, who founded the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation to videotape and preserve testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses?

10. Which island nation’s name derives from the Spanish for “Ancient and Bearded”?

11. What is the northernmost capital of all the world’s independent nations?

12. The name of which battle, fought in 490 BC between the Persian army of Darius I and the Greek army lead by Miltiades, became a word in most languages of the world?

13. Which Dutch company, established in 1602, was regarded as the first multinational company in the world and was the first company to issue stock?

14. Which is the only predominantly Muslim city to have been the host of an Olympic Games?

15. Faster than trot but slower than the gallop, what do we call the three-beat gait of a horse, with speed varying between 16-27 km/h?

16. It had never won a gold medal in it is Olympic history until… Which country won not one but two gold, on consecutive days, in the tennis at the Athens Olympics in 2004?

17. Which specific animal is known for performing a ‘waggle dance’ or a ‘round dance’ to indicate the distance and direction of food?

18. The castle of Dürnstein near Vienna, held which famous prisoner from December 1192 to early 1193?

19. He announced his retirement in April 2009. During his career he won 10 world titles in six different weight classes, and an Olympic title. Which boxer is a co-owner of the MLS soccer Houston Dynamo through his company Golden Boy Promotions?

20. Which historic leader was the founder of the Persian Empire’s Achaemenid dynasty and is remembered for his lasting legacy to the Jewish religion through his Edict of Restoration?

ANSWERS

1. Casbah

2. Richard Buckminster Fuller (molecules being Fullerenes or Buckyballs)

3. East Timor

4. Jibril

5. Champagne

6. Circumcision

7. Belly button or navel

8. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

9. Steven Spielberg

10. Antigua and Barbuda

11. Reykjavik, Iceland

12. Marathon

13. Dutch East India Company

14. Sarajevo

15. Canter

16. Chile

17. Bees

18. Richard Lionheart

19. Oscar de La Hoya

20. Cyrus the great

Fundamental

Theory of Relatives

1. Shirley McLaine is known for her roles in movies such as Madame Sousatzka and Terms of Endearment. Her brother is known for pathbreaking roles such as Bonnie and Clyde. Name him.

2. Vijeta Pandit of Love Story fame has three famous siblings. The most well known is Sulakshana Pandit. Name her brothers.

3. Arun Shourie and Deepak Shourie have a famous media personality sister. Name her.

4. Advertising personalities Piyush and Prasoon Pandey have a sister in the entertainment world. Name her.

5. Judy Garland is most remembered for her roles in The Wizard of Oz. Name her famous daughter

.6. Pandit Jasraj married Madhura, the daughter of legendary filmmaker V. Shantaram. They have two children — the daughter is Durga Jasraj. Name their music director son

.7. Emilio Estevez is an actor and director known for films such as The Mighty Duck, Maximum Overdrive. Name his actor father known who stars in the TV series West Wing.

8. John Bradson assumed the surname of Bradson to avoid being identified with his famous father. Name his father.
Anything Goes

1. This novel had its origins as a series of tales that were published in The National Era (1851-52) and later was published in the form of a book. This novel went on to become the first to sell a million copies. Which one? (Dipankar Koushik, Guwahati)

2. Which castle bought by Queen Victoria in 1852 from James Farquharson, is now summer retreat of the British Royal family? (Shovan Karmakar, Kolkata)

3. Fidelio was which composer’s only opera? (Rajib Roy, Burdwan)

4. How do we know the Vishnu Industries and Chemical Corporation? (Parvinder Bhatia, Jamshedpur)

5. This film was banned in many states of the US. It was financed by the mafia and it was believed that they sent bagmen to every theatre showing the film to collect their take. The main actress herself later denounced the film claiming that while filming, “There was a gun to my head”. Name the film. (U. Narasimha Murthy, Secunderabad)

6. Who is the only person in the history of United States to occupy the White House without having been elected by the people as either Vice President or President? (Sushil Kr. Poddar, Kolkata)

7. For winning his third Champion’s League and reaching the 1994 World Cup Final, he became the first defender to win World Soccer magazine’s annual ‘World player of the Year’ in 1994. He spent his entire career in only club. In that time, he was a winning member of seven Italian Series A championships, five UEFA Champions League Cups, five UEFA Super Cups and one FIFA World Club Cup. Identify this legend. (Srabanti Ghoshal, Kalyani)
ANSWERS

Theory of Relatives1. Warren Beatty2. Jatin-Lalit. Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit3. Nalini Singh4. Ila Arun5. Liza Minnelli6. Martin Sheen (real name Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez). His brother is Charlie Sheen (real name Carlos Irwin Estévez)7. Don Bradman
Anything Goes1. Uncle’s Tom Cabin by H.B. Stowe2. Balmoral Castle3. Beethoven4. VICCO Industries5. Deep Throat6. Gerald Ford. He took charge from Watergate tainted Nixon who was forced to resign7. Paolo Maldini of Italy and A.C. Milan


Game, Set, Match

1. In Golf, the year 1986 is remembered for the Norman Slam because of something unique achieved by Greg Norman in that year. It is actually called _____ Slam. Fill in the blank and why it is so called?

2. He once alleged that nepotism among officials prevented him from getting his due chance in the international arena. He appealed to the Maharaja of Patiala. Fortunately the Maharaja loved sports and helped him. Who was this sportsman?

3. She had participated in the Olympics for Switzerland but without any success. Her last Olympics as a contestant was the 2004 Athens Olympic. She has co-authored a book along with Heinz Reinkemeier and Mark Eckhardt. Apart from all these, what is her claim to fame?

4. This athlete secured two gold and two silver medal in the World Railway meet at Olomog, in Czech Republic and was adjudged as the ‘Best Railway Athlete’. It was the first time in the history of Indian Railways that an Indian athlete achieved this honour. Name the person?

5. Connect — Joe Frazier ’71, Ken Norton ’73, Leon Spinks ’78, Larry Holmes’ 80, Trevor Berbick ’81.

6. This guy got into a number of accidents in his career, but survived all of them. Ironically he died in a car crash 11 years after he retired. Who is he?

7. He was a multiple gold medal winning Olympian. Regarded as the pioneer of surfing, he was also associated with beach volleyball. Who is he?

8. In 1961, Bob Bishop, hunting for talent in Belfast, chanced on a 15-year-old who had just been rejected by local club Glentoran FC for being “too small and light”. Captivated by his skill, Bishop hurriedly sent a telegram to the manager of the club he was working for saying, “I think I’ve found you a genius”. Who was that ‘genius’?

9. He was the first American to win the Tour de France. A few months later his brother-in-law accidentally shot him while hunting. He became the first cyclist to be named Sports Illustrated magazine’s “Sportsman of the Year”. Who is he?

10. One had to be of a passably good standard to play for St. Stephen’s. But I was still without question the 10th, and sometimes the 11th most valuable player on my side. The real stars included Arun Lal and Kirti Azad, both of whom later played for India; and Praveen Oberoi and Rajinder Amarnath, both had captained Indian Schoolboys before coming to college. My claim to fame is in a completely different field. Who am I?

11. Two forms of the game, Association and Golf, have rules that are agreed internationally and are played in many countries around the world. More unusual variations of the game include Mondo, Extreme, and Bicycle. Unlike most sports, men and women compete and are ranked together in this sport. Which sport?

12. This gentleman is the most famous sportsman in his family. His father was a boxer and was nicknamed “The Fighting Barber of Hanley”. His son played Davis cup tennis in 1971 for England and became the Wimbledon Boy’s Champion in 1962. Who is this gentleman?

13. He represented the Gwalior Army in hockey along with Roop Singh, was the billiards champion of Madhya Pradesh and also a polo player. He is the only Indian to have figured in Wally Hammond’s ‘Dream World XI’ alongside the likes of Bradmen. Who is he?

14. He played for Portsmouth and later went on to make a career with Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur. The last match he played for England was the 6-3 thrashing they got at the hands of Hungary in 1953. But his career graph turned upside after he retired. Who is he?

15. He is the only Asian sportsman in his field ever to be named among the 10 best captains in the world by the English FA in 1953. During his 19 years club career, he reportedly earned only Rs19. Who is he?
ANSWERS

1. Saturday Slam. A Saturday Slam is achieved when a player is in the lead at the end of Saturday at all the four majors. Greg Norman did it in 19862. K D Jadhav3. Gabriela Buhlmann, coach of Abhinav Bindra4. P.T. Usha5. They are the only boxers to have defeated Md. Ali in his professional career6. Guiseppe (Nino) Farina7. Duke Kahanamoku8. George Best9. Greg Lemond10. Ramchandra Guha11. Crocquet12. Sir Stanley Mathews13. B.B. Nimbalkar14. Sir Alf Ramsay15. Sailen Manna