General Quiz

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General Quiz
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Question 1

• Quote "All I can say is that it is imaginary and
  not found on any map( although, the University
  of Chicago Press has published a literary atlas
  with the map of India indicating the location of
  ____). Who about which fictional place?

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Answer 1

• RK Narayanan on Malgudi

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Question 2

• He is known in France as Prof. Tryphon Tournesol.
  A literal translation of his French name would
  mean Tryphonius Sunflower'. How do we know him?

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Answer 2

• Prof. Cuthbert Calculus ( from Tintin)

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Question 3

• Who founded Wilshire Associates, a leading
  provider of investment management, in 1972?
  (Clue He used his amassed riches to be the first
  of a particular kind)

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Answer 3

• Dennis Tito (first space tourist)

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Question 4

• The full name of this organization is ' Ha
  _______, le Modiyn ve le Tafkidim Mayuhadim '.
  And have 'By way of deception, thou shalt win
  war' as their motto. Fill in the Blanks?

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Answer 4

• Mossad

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Question 5

• What is being described below ?
• ________ describes the number of pairs in the
  rabbit population after a certain number of weeks
  if it is assumed that
• - in the first month there is just one newly-born
  pair,
• - new-born pairs become fertile from their second
  month on
• - each month every fertile pair begets a new
  pair, and
• - the rabbits never die

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Answer 5

• Fibonacci Sequence

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Question 6

• The face of the main character of the film was
  modeled after Albert Einstein, Carl Sandberg and
  a pup dog. Michael Jackson recorded the theme
  song "Someone in the dark", though it was not
  used, it features in the storybook version of the
  film. When the cassette was released in the US,
  it was made of green plastic. Identify the movie.

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Answer 6

• Extra terrestrial (E.T)

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Question 7

• Identify the team.
• ___ 116 def Angola 48 ___ 103 def Croatia 70
  ___ 111 def Germany 68 ___ 127 def Brazil 83
  ___ 122 def Spain 81 ___ 115 def Puerto Rico 77
  ___ 127 def Lithuania 76 ___ 117 def Croatia 85.

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Answer 7

• US Basketball Dream Team at '92 Barcelona Olympics

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Question 8

• How do we know these lines?
• "Have you thought upon Lat, Uzza the other, the
  third, Manat? These are the high flying cranes
  truly their intercession is accepted with
  approval."

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Answer 8

• The Satanic Verses

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Question 9

• Which multinational chain is named after a
  character in Herman Melville's Moby Dick'?

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Answer 9

• Starbucks

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Question 10

• How is Rear Admiral Sir Miles Messervy and Major
  Boothroyd better known in literature and film?

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Answer 10

• M and Q from James bond (Q is short for
  Quartermaster)

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Question 11

• In which Post Soviet Republic does the KGB still
  operate under the same name and a near identical
  insignia?

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Answer 11

• Belarus

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Question 12

• When his town became over-patriotic and took the
  name "Liberty-Ville", this famous Indian
  immigrant quickly caught on. He renamed his kids
  Lincoln, Freedom, Condoleezza, Coke, Pepsi,
  Manifest Destiny, Apple Pie, and Superman!! Name
  him.

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Answer 12

• Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

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Question 13

• They have won a record 29 Spanish League titles,
  including 7 in a row and 10 in a row sequences.
  They have also won 22 Spanish Cup titles . In
  Europe they have won 8 European Championships
  titles. Which team?

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Answer 13

• Real Madrid-Teka, Real Madrid's basketball team.

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Question 14

• What is the Catalan word for "new field"?

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Answer 14

• Nou Camp, Barcelona's stadium

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Question 15

• It's original title was to be "Stag Party," but
  an unrelated outdoor magazine, Stag, informed
  that they would legally protect their trademark
  if he were to launch it with that name. What am I
  talking about?

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Answer 15

• Playboy

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Question 16

• The story of the word ______ goes that in 1791 a
  Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet
  that he could introduce a word into the Language
  within twenty-four hours. He then went out and
  hired a bunch of street urchins to write the word
  _____, which was a nonsense word, on walls around
  the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was
  common currency and had acquired a meaning--since
  no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it
  was some sort of test--and Daly had some extra
  cash in his pocket. What word?

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Answer 16

• Quiz

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Question 17

• In Hollywood, how do we know the four brothers
  Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack?

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Answer 17

• The Warner Brothers

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Question 18

• In an episode of Star Trek Next Generation named
  Descent , Data is seen playing poker with
  holographic depictions of Sir Isaac Newton, and
  Albert Einstein and X . X portrayed his own
  hologram for this episode. He is the only person
  in any Star Trek series to play himself. Who ?

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Answer 18

• Stephen Hawking

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Question 19

• After whom is Portuguese footballer, Christiano
  Ronaldo named?

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Answer 19

• Ronald Reagan

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Question 20

• This place is Asias largest wholesale market.
  Built by a king for his daughter to ship all that
  she wanted to, this market place derives its name
  from the canals filled with water that sparkled
  like silver in the moonlight. What place is this?

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Answer 20

• Chandni Chowk