Quiz of 17.04.
02
By Zubin Majumdar and Soumen
Dry Rounds
By Soumen
1. CONNECT BLUE,ROSE,HANGERFORD STREET,PIJUSH KANTI SARKAR.
A:PICASSO
2. INDIA WON THE 1975 HOCKEY WORLD CUP BUT THEY ACCEPTED IT UNDER
PROTEST.WHY?
A:DURING THAT CUP,IN THE MAPS,KASHMIR WAS NOT SHOWN AS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF INDIA
3. WHOSE AUTOBIOGRAPHY WAS "A FLIGHT TO PARLIAMENT"?
A:RAJESH PILOT
4. WHAT R THE MASCOTS OF 2004 GREEECE OLYMPICS?
A:APOLLO & PHEOBS(TWO ROMAN GODS)
5. 4 WHICH FORMULA 1 TEAM DID NARAYAN KARTIKEYAN MADE A TEST DRIVE IN
JUNE 2001?
A:JAGUAR
6. THIS PRODUCT,WHEN FIRST MARKETED ,WAS SOLD AS "HINDUSTAN LAND
MASTER"?
A:AMBSSADOR
7. CONNECT MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTTA,ALFRED HITCHCOCK,BE COLLEGE?
A:REBECCA
8. WHICH ACCURACY CRAZY MATHEMATICIAN ONCE WROTE TO POET LORD
ALFRED TENNYSON,CORRECTING HIS LINE, "EVERY MOMENT DIES A MAN
EVERY MOMENT 11/16 IS BORN"?
A:CHARLES BABBAGE
9. IN FOOTBALL,WHO R DRACULLA?
A:GOALKEEPERS WITH MORBID FEAR OF CROSSES
10. APART FROM JOHNY WEISSMOOLER,THE ONLY OLYMPIAN TO ACT IN MORE
THAN 1 TARZAN MOVIE IS..........?
A:HERMAN BRIX
11. IN 1965 ,LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI FORMED TWO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
BODY.WHAT WERE THEY?
A:CBI & BSF
12. WHICH LATIN PHRASE MEANS "INTELLIGENT ANIMAL"?
A:HOMOSAPIENS
13. IN 1966,IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MAUREEN CLEAVEJOHN LENNON SAID,"WE R
NOW MORE POPULAR THAN ......................." THAT RAISED A HUGE PROTEST IN
US?
A:JESUS CHRIST
14. WHEN KESTO MUKHERJEE DIED,ON HIS FUNERAL DAY,WHOLE MUMBAI PID
RESPECT IN AN EXTRA-ORDINARY WAY.WHAT?
A:IT WAS A DRY DAY
15. EXCEPT "PATHER PNCHALI",WHICH IS THE SINGLE OTHER SATYAJIT-MOVIE
BASED ON A BIBHUTIBHUSHAN BANDOPADHYAY NOVEL?
A:ASANI SANKET
16. IN ANCIENT CHINA ,WHEN COFFIN WAS FINALLY CLOSED,THE PEOPLE AROUND
THE COFFIN WERE ASKED TO TAKE 3/4 STEPS BACK.WHY?
A:SO THAT THE SHADOW DOES NOT GET CONFINED INSIDE THE COFFIN
17. ODD-1 OUT------------OPERATION Z,PERATION VIJAY,OPERATION
BUTTER,OPERATION ICEBERG?
A:OPERATION BUTTER---IT WAS THE OPERATION THT TOOK BLAK
BRAHMCHARI'S BODY OUT
18. IN AN INTERVIEW,SPIELBERG ADMITTTED THAT THE IDEA OF "E.T." WAS
BORROWED FROM A SATYAJIT RAY SHORT STORY.WHAT?
A:BANKUBABUR BONDHU
19. WHICH HINDI FILMSTAR ONCE HAD A FOOTBALL TEAM IN 50'S CALLED
"BOBBAY DYNAMO'S"?
A:PRAN
20. WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT GAJAGAMINI SERIES OF HUSSAIN?
A:SIGNED AS MAQBUL FIDA INSTEAD OF MF HUASSAIN
21. WHAT IS THE GREEK UNIT OF MEASUREMENT 4 DISTANCE COVERED IN 600
YARDS?
A:STADIUM
22. WHAT IS THE CHESS POSITION CALLED WHEN THE PLAYER CANNOT MOVE ANY
PLCE WITHOUT PLACING THE KING IN 'CHECK' POSITION?
A:STALEMATE
23. IN FORMULA 1 CKT,WHO R UNDERTAKERS?
A:A DRIVER WHO OFTEN MAKES A DANGEROUS OVERTAKINGMANOUVER THAT
MAY CAUSE IN A FATAL ACCIDENT
24. WHO DEFINED A GENUS AS "GENIUS IS 99% PRSPIRATION AND 1%
INSPIRATION"?
A:THOMAS A EDISSON
25. THE OFFICIAL ENVELOPE 4 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CONTAIN A PICTURE OF
A FEMALE PERSONALITY.WHOM?
A:AUGASTA ADA BYRON
26. WHICH ORGANISATION'S HEAD HAS BEEN CALLED AS'SUPERIOR GENERAL'?
A:MISSIONARY'S OF CHARITY
27. JOHN LENNON'S LST LIVE CONCERT ,HLD AT MADDISON QUARE GARDEN IN
1974,WAS AS A GUEST.WHO WAS THE MAIN PEFORMER
A:ELTON JOHN
28. IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC,WHAT IS PMPO?
A:PICK MUSIC POWER OUTPUT
