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His father was a lecturer in mathematics and physics so that from the
beginning he was immersed in an academic atmosphere. Who? His father was a Patwari, a village agricultural taxation clerk in the
British Indian system of government. Whose? Raman established and endowed this institute which today is one of India’s
top research centres for Theoretical Sciences. When the Hindus invaded Java in the 2nd century AD the brought with them a
dance form that was immediately accepted and absorbed by the Javanese, name the
form? In the 20th century who popularized tap dancing in films? Which dance was called Kontra-Tanz by the Germans and became Europe’s
favorite dance in the late 17th century? Which wild and indecorous French dance of the 19th century imitates the
Spanish Fandango and is also known as Chahut? This dance is performed either as a solo or a group. Its original form
consisted of 2 rows of 6 dancers, some with blackened faces. Usually the participants wore clownish costumes with bells
around their legs and waved handkerchiefs. It is still danced in Spain and the British Isles, name the
dance? Negroes were prohibited from beating drums, blowing horns and the like, so
they danced to hand clapping and the accompaniment of a banjo. Name the danced the dance form that emerged from
their dancing? Which native dance of Japan has its origins in the ancient Shinto and
Buddhist festivals? This dance form evolved from the Dalang and the Topeng. It is the best known
form of Javanese dance drama. Performances can last for many hours or even days. Which dance is
this? This Balinese dance is a pantomime dance with the entire body in movement. It
is usually performed by 2 girls dressed in rich flowery garments and beautiful headdresses. A modernized
version is called Djoged. Name the dance? What was called the Queen of all dances during the
renaissance? Who was Shivaji’s legendary admiral under whom the Marath fleet were the
undisputed lords of the Arabian sea and after whom the headquarters of the Western Naval Command of India is
named? The Ali Marakkar family produced four admirals for the fleet of the Zamorin –
the 16th century Hindu ruler of the Malabar kingdom. One was particularly famous for his victories over the
superior Portuguese navy of Vasco da Gama. All four of them were given an honorary title, which has been adopted, by the
Indian Navy’s helicopter station in Mumbai. What title? What do we now know HMS Hermes as? The term ‘bootlegger’ means someone who carries out illicit trade in liquor.
The term has a maritime origin. What? The word Admiral comes from Arabic Amir-al-bahr meaning ? There is a rank higher than Admiral which is equivalent of an army Field
Marshall. No Indian has been endowed with this lifetime honour. What? The officers of which branch of the Indian Navy train at INS
Shivaji? The phrase ‘spinning a yarn’ has originated from
________________. The Indian Navy’s first major operation after independence resulted in 12
gallantry awards – 3 of them posthomous. What was the event? Before being re-christened as INS Delhi she fought in the Battle of River
Plate (WW2). A New Zealand crew manned her. Name? This title was introduced by the Dutch who wanted to compensate for the lack
of Admirals but didn’t have enough money to pay them on par. It was brought to England by William of Orange and
has since become a standard rank in Commonwealth navies. What? A famous piece of music was composed aboard the HMS Minden, a man-of-war
built in the Bombay Dockyard. What was it? What colour is a ‘red sea rig’? The Indian Navy’s elite Marine Commandos are trained in the highly restricted
Naval establishment called? The Indian Navy was instrumental in restoring democracy to this nation after
a 1987 coup. “To be secure at land, we must be supreme at sea.” Whose
words? What is the claim to fame of the HMS Foudroyant, which was built in the
Bombay Shipyard? The Maharaja of ______ was keen to send his subjects to support Britain’s WW2
effort by enlisting them in the army and navy. The drawback was that nobody in ______ had ever seen a ship and
could not conceive such a strange entity. Undaunted, the Maharaja ordered a stone ship to be built in _____
identical in all respects to the real thing. The ship was christened the HMIS ______? The nuclear submarine that India has leased from the erstwhile
USSR? This maritime fighter aircraft is capable of the amazing vertical take-off
and landing. What was begun on June 19, 1969 in a flat by six likeminded people in
Bombay? “I don’t know who you are or what you do, I’m gonna get you.” Who said to
whom? Who were the models for the campaign for safe sex initiated by Johnny
condoms, the adline being “Appearances can be deceptive. Use Johnny condoms”? What instrument was originally invented as a torture device to pull out
nails? What was the name of a 32 gun frigate wrecked in 1799 off the Dutch
coast? Salman Rushdie has a 20-year-old son named Zafar Rushdie. His middle name
please. Many objects in India are trademarked with the ISI stamp. What is trademarked
ISI No. 1? The Andhra Bank is the only bank in the country licensed to sell this food
product. The Chinese have ideograms to represent ideas. What does the one with two
women under the same roof represent? Ancient mariners used to take these birds along on long voyages as they
imitated many other bird songs. Name them. Which mammals often anoint themselves with a foamy saliva when stimulated by
a strange odour? These small fish always accompany sharks and ships. You see them in movies
often. Name them In July 1923, 23 people were killed in Rostov, Russia due to what
phenomenon? When a baby Kangaroo is born how does it get into the mother’s
pouch? What is the ‘Moho Project’? This mammal exudes a reddish sticky sweat that turns brownish on drying and
protects the skin from sunburns. This presidential candidate is in favor of a new greener, more progressive
political movement. The Green Party nominee has campaigned in more than 35 states so far, hammering home his
anti-corporate message and criticizing Al Gore for being too weak on the environment, among other issues.
Who? What is hydroponics? In early 1968 an extraordinary event happened between Greenland and Iceland?
What and what effect did it have? Situated in Neumunster in northern Germany, Glass panels will constitute
three walls of it intended for the purpose of collecting solar energy, to provide inmates with natural heating
and hot water for 10 months of the year. Grass and foliage adorn the fourth wall. Enviros are particularly worried about new communication mega-towers that
will be constructed over the next three years for digital TV, some of which could reach the height of the Empire
State Building. Why? The U.S. Navy has given up its controversial plans to test what near the New
Jersey shore after enviros and federal regulators protested that the tests could harm whales and other
marine animals. Two months ago, a dozen whales beached themselves in the Bahamas one day after Navy tests.
This mystical bird has found a place in the mythology of many cultures and
civilizations. It is depicted in the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt and the mural paintings of ancient Greece. It is
mentioned in medieval texts for its magical and medicinal properties - from aiding vision to stimulating memory.
It features in classics of literature from the works of Aristophanes to the Mahabharata, to modern tales like that
of Haroun. H. Three countries plan to sign a historic agreement next month to create a
massive wildlife park that will protect elephants, leopards, rhinos, lions, and buffalo. Wildlife ministers from the
three nations will agree to remove the fences that divide their wildlands in order to create a reserve area of
about 38,000 square miles, three times the size of the Netherlands. Two of them are Mozambique and South Africa. The
third is _______. What does SPV stand for? The bones of a strange, odd-looking creature resembling a bird-like dinosaur
were unearthed in Africa's Gobi desert.. According to a report in 'Discover', a team of scientists working on
the project are of the opinion that it is 75 million years old and could probably be the latest entrant into the
family tree of birds. This strange looking creature with the body profile of a dinosaur but the featheres and
general appearance of a monstrous bird, has short, stubby upper arms instead of wings which culminate in sturdy,
single claws. Doctors in California have found that extract from this plant has proved an
effective killer of all infectious micro-organisms and drug-resistant bacteria in the laboratory. Allicin, an
organic compound, which is responsible for its pungent odour is a powerful anti-bacterial agent. In a remote, rather inaccessible region of north-east Tanzania, a country in
eastern Africa, lies a mountain range, very small even in comparison to our ghats, that has been and still
is, arousing worldwide environmental attention. It has proved to be the richest in biodiversity, not only in the
Arc chain, but in all of Africa. Indeed, in its floral and faunal diversity, it very nearly matches the
Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. This chemical has made a comeback after it was banned as a hazardous
insecticide in the United States. Biologists in Yale have recently found conifer needles and dead leaves in two remote
forests of New Hampshire that have been contaminated by traces of this chemical and its breakdown products. There is
extensive use of this chemical in India. What is the instrument used for measuring the pressure of
gases? Who played the role of Solitaire in a James Bond film? Name the
film. Which former US President later became Chief Justice of the US Supreme
Court? Which snake has the longest fangs? Who was the first US President to be awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize? What percentage of the solar energy received on the surface of the Earth is
reflected back into space? Which bird does the Bulu people of Cameroon know as the ‘leopard of the
air’? In 1869, which mammal did French naturalist, Pere Armand David in China,
first discover? Name the city in Madhya Pradesh where India’s first newsprint factory was set
up? Which Polish national dance name is French for "polish
dance"? Deriving from the Czech folk dance, the rejdovak, this dance is an early 19th
century Czech dance in moderate triple meter. A variant was played in 2/4 time, like a polka. Name the
dance? Which of these is a variant of the polish national dance
Mazurka? The premiere of Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake took place on January 15,
1895 on the stage of the Maryinsky (Mariinsky) Theatre. Where is this theater situated? She is often called "The Mother of modern Dance" she revolutionized dance. A
subject of continual controversy, she rebelled against the conventions of ballet by dancing barelegged and
barefoot, in filmy shifts. Can you name her? Which Spanish dance derived its name from 'pavo' (peacock) and in the 17th
century usually had the galliard as its jumping 'afterdance'? Which Spanish dance in quick triple time, originated in La Mancha, from where
it spread to other parts and the name means "continuation"? Which Latin-American dance of Dominican origin consists of a Jaseo
(introduction) and Jaleo (interludes)? Which dance of Italy derives its name from a spider, which infests the
southern region? Which dance was called Rutscher and Hupjer in Germany where it became
fashionable after 1825? Crimes punishable by death included bigamy, cowardice in the face of the
enemy, kidnapping, adultery, theft, perjury and malfeasance in public office. Curiously enough, murder was not
included in the code. This strict code also records the first use of the term “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a
tooth.” What is it? After his cremation, his widow and sister Artemisia mixed his ashes with
water. After drinking him up in a highly ritualized performance, she erected a splendid memorial tomb for him at
Helicarnassus in Asia Minor, which was one of the wonders on the Ancient world. Tell me his name? What Shakespearan character’s finals lines are these: “Thus with a kiss I
die” With what invention is Francisco Romero generally credited? Legend has it that he died when an eagle carrying a tortoise flew high into
the air and accidentally dropped it on his head. Who is he? George Westinghouse was an inventor and contemporary of Edison. His name has
passed into the English language. What does “to be westinghoused” mean? What was the name of the plane in which Buddy Holly died at the age of
22? And, ending on a humorous note (gallows humour, that is.) Whose words were
these, about the executioner’s axe: “’ Tis a sharp cure, but a sure one for all ills.” Whose last words are these: "I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's
the record. After 39 years this is all I've done." In 1968, he founded the Shield Society, a private army dedicated to the
revival of Bushido, the samurai code of honour. A brilliant playwright and novelist, he committed seppuku, or suicide
by ritual disembowelment, after his failure to realize his heroic ideals. Who? Which brand advertises with the line "Entertainment for Men"?
"And you will expect an airline that’s going around since 1365 to be the
world''s best". Whose adline? Roy Plunkett perfected a slippery polymer called Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene.
What name did he patent it under? Orthosulphobenzimide was one of the first artificial food substitutes. It was
banned in 1977 after studies revealed its carcinogenic properties. The trade name for the substance now
survives as a word.Which substance? Daisuke Inoue invented something which revolutionised the music industry.
What was this invention? Which company is based on the pillars of computer communication and
compatibility? Wells Fargo uses these to sell postage stamps.In Spain, they are used in
theatres, concert halls, and Railway and Airway terminals to sell tickets. Las Vegas uses them in large-scale gambling
operations. What? The insect "Ranikira" is marketed exclusively in Chattisgarh under what
name? All of us have heard of the Tamagotchi craze that spread across Asia in 1996.
Which Japanese company marketed this virtual pet? What advertising first is associated with Cinzano wines? The fermented molasses left over from the sugar-refining process is used in
the manufacture of which spirit? What is added to gin to make pink gin? A popular Yorkshire liqueur flavoured with herbs is named after the Bronte
sisters. On which spirit is it based? What do the letters VSOP on a bottle of brandy stand for? Cognac can be made only in a specific area of France. Where can brandy be
made? Between 1740 and 1970 British sailors received a daily ration of grog. What
is grog? Which drink has been known as 'Dutch courage' and 'Mother's
ruin'? Where did the American whiskey ''Bourbon'' get its name? In which country is Geneva gin made? What is the meaning of the Dutch word 'brandewijn' from which we take the
word brandy? What is the basic difference between jam and marmalade? The Mai Tai cocktail was created in 1945 by Victor Bergeron (Trader Vic). It
got its name when he served it to two Tahitian friends who exclaimed "Maitai roa ae!" What does it
mean? Which is the most widely eaten fish in the world? What is traditionally made from the root of the blue agave
cactus? In 1847, Hanson Gregory, a 15 year old baker's apprentice knocked the soggy
parts off a fried confectionery, thus creating what? You can tell a _______ by just reading it. Famous tagline. Which
brand? Laws forbidding the sale of sodas on Sunday prompted William Garwood to
invent what in Evanston, Illinois in 1875? On discovering something in 1668, a blind priest exclaimed: Oh, come quickly.
I am drinking the stars. What was he drinking? Who introduced noodles to Italy after a trip to China? The Jerusalem artichoke What is the essential difference between apple juice and apple
cider? Natural vanilla flavouring comes from In 1853 in Saratoga Springs a chef George Crum retaliated to a patron.s
complaint that his French fries were too thick. How? In the Middle East, what is called the poor man.s food? The hamburger, invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen is called so
because What new fad did the brand Wonder Bread introduce in 1930? In the New Testament, St. John the Baptist survives on what foods while in
the desert? Shoot a Waco was the original name of what product The first product to have a UPC bar code on its packaging was a food product.
Which? A Napoli baker designed the first pizza in the shape of the Italian flag
using tomato, cheese and parsley. He dedicated it to the visiting King Philip.s wife, thus naming the first ever
pizza. The name? In an open competition to select a name for this brand, a name was chosen
which loosely translated from Latin as Strength of Man. Which brand? What.s the name of the dimpled cheese traditionally shown in cartoon
strips/films? What range of products are Messrs. Mahashiyan di hatti famous
for? Name the Japanese fish considered a delicacy, which if not cleaned carefully
can prove fatal. Which product gets its name from a Roman soldier who was a great wrestler
during the Ancient Olympic Games? The Ladakhi gur-gur chai gets its name because What.s the name of the McDonald.s clown? After his tomato crop failed, a certain gentleman dabbled in something else.
It gave rise to a product which takes its name from an American Indian word that means 'a place with fertile and
humid soil'. Which brand? Why is the drink Punch called so? How has the element with atomic number 77 contributed to the field of
communications during recent times? What term did a writer Dan Hoffler coin in the Electronics Magazine in
1972? What standard was adopted with the introduction of the IBM-360 in 1964?
In 1981, Scott Fahlman at Carnegie Mellon university devised a scheme for
encoding and conveying one’s feelings as small text glyphs. What did he invent? He was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. In 1963 he joined Fairchild. His
book ‘Only the Paranoid Survive'' was a best seller. Who? This word entered English from Old French and medieval Latin, ultimately it
comes from the name of a 9th century Arab mathematician Mohammed Ibn Musa Al-Khuwarizmi who introduced the Indian
decimal system and use of the zero in Arab mathematics. Which word? All genuine Microsoft articles carry a watermark. Whose picture forms the
watermark? What is referred to as the ‘Kalevala’ of the Internet? In the world of computers, what is called ‘Wetware’? Lotus –123 was a much used software. Why was it called “123”?
M.M. Hasham was invited by Jinnah to join the cabinet, but he refused and
remained in India set up Western India Products which manufactured vegetable and hydrogenated oil. Some of these
brands like Dalda are still well known. How do we know this company now? Ans:WIPRO. - WIPRO - Western India Products. The unpopular version of this is the 'Dvorak', but what is the well-known
version? Ans:THE QWERTY KEYBOARD. - THE QWERTY KEYBOARD. The Plymouth Brethren a fundamentalist Christian sect in the 80 created a
stir in London Public schools by advocating their unusual principle that children were being corrupted by the
hand tool of the Devil. What was the tool? Ans:The Computer. - The Computer. I don't know who you are or where you are from, but I am gonna get you. Who
said this to whom? Ans:Deep Thought (the chess playing comp) to Kasparov.. - Deep Thought (the
chess playing comp) to Kasparov.. Hewlett-Packard released a new programming language as an alternative to Sun
Microsystems's Java. What have they named it? Ans:Chai. - Chai, coz Java is named after a brand of coffee. The inventor's wife considered the name plain stupid" because acronym took
longer to pronounce than the expansion for it. What are we talking about? Ans:www - world wide web. - Tim Berners Lee''s wife said this because www
takes longer to say than World wide web. Tim Berners Lee conceptualized the www. . Which term did William Gibson coin in his sci-fi novel .Necromancer"? Ans:Cyberspace. - Cyberspace. Herman Hollerith, the inventor of the Punched Card, merged his company with
two others to form The Calculating, Tabulating and Recording Company (CTR Co.) What is this company known as
today? Ans:IBM. - International Business Machines. What term was introduced in 1983 by American electrical engineer Fred Cohen
to describe a self-replicating program? Ans:VIRUS. - VIRUS. Oh come now, Muses and go to the craggy sacred place Upon the far seen twin
peaked Parnassus What is the significance of this inscription? Ans:Oracle. - Oracle at Delphi ...which also gives its name to the
company. This is fantastic but has to be asked. It's believed, to further education,
the British started something at a place. But the locals could not pronounce it, which led to the place being
called what it is today. What? According to Jim Corbett, he liked Basmati rice because it reminded him
of Though most of the hill stations have been founded by the British, which is
the only hill-station in India to be set up during the Raj by the Americans? Where were the bored British officers who invented the game of snooker,
stationed? What historical event was codenamed Operation Sesame? During the 19th century, British soldiers in India noticed that their white
service uniforms got dirty by mud. This gave rise to what. Which architect had once described Indian architecture as an
oxymoron? The lady-in-waiting to the wife of the Governor General of Goa was once
caught having an affair with the Gov- General. She was stripped naked and thrown off a cliff bound by rope. Ever
since she's become a part of local folklore. Her name? What did the British call Rajpath in Delhi until it was changed to its
present name after independence? In the days of the Raj, who was known as Carpet Sahib? Who after having read Ian Fleming novels went on to write a critique titled
''The James Bond Dossier'' and a novel ''Colon Sun'' under the pseudonym Robert Markham? A dry martini, 3 measures of Gordon''s, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina
Lillet. Shake it well until it''s ice cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. This is the cocktail
concoted by Bond. What''s the name given by 007 to it. The residence where Ian Fleming spent the rest of his life and wrote his
novels after serving the British Foreign office, incidently bore the name of which Bond movie. Name the only novel for children written by Ian Fleming. Ian Fleming was presented a Gun engraved upon it the words ''For special
services'', for his meritorius role during operation Golden Eye, to defend Gibraltar, by this famous man who
founded OSS the precursor to the CIA. Who is he? Name Bond''s American buddy who''s an agent in the C.I.A and has assissted
Bond in several of his adventures. James Bond encounters his 1st of exotic Villians Lechiffre at which card
game. Name the book written by Ian Fleming which clearly illustrates the difference
between the imaginary world of Bond and the real world of spies. Which other novelist also wrote a Bond Critique titled ''The Bond
affair''? James Bond makes his literary debut in which Ian Fleming
novel. Which comic strip character became the mascot of one of the Apollo
missions? Which part of the human body is the most
radiation-sensitive? In Hollywood, who was dubbed ''Mr Sex-in-Specs'' after his movie
''Alfie''? The Chorion Biobsy Test and the Chorion Villus Sampling Test are both tests
to determine something. What? On 13th March 1781, Sir William Herschel discovered a planet he wanted to
call ''Georgium Sidus'' after King George the 3rd. What was it ultimately named? People suffereing from this particular ailment tend to have a particular
odour in their breath which is called ''acetone breath'' and is mistakenly attributed to drinking alcohol. Name
it. Name the first movie in India to get an ''A'' rating from the censor
board. Which historical character has been portrayed on screen the most number of
times? Described by DH Lawrence as "the dirtiest, most indecent, most obscure thing
ever written", it was the first book to be banned by the Hicklin Test (for obscenity in literature). Name
it. He gifted his wife a book called ''Never Marry a Cricketer'' and wrote
inside, "Happy reading but no believing." She later said, "My believing or not was totally irrelevant since the book
was given to me only after we were married." Name him. Imre Ngamy became president in 1956 and introduced sweeping reforms in this
predominantly Communist country. He even withdrew his country from the Warsaw pact. However, on the 4th of June,
1956, the USSR sent in troops which entered the capital city and supressed the anti-communist revolution. Name
the country. Which cricketer tried his hand at writing a novel called ''Bonaventure of a
Flashing Blade''? During WW1, who or what were Tabloids, Pups and Camels? What unique distinction among British PMs is held by Sir Spencer
Percival? Name the first ancient civilisation to divide the sky into regions and
various groups of stars into constellations, naming them after gods or
objects. ''Tables'' and ''Tric-Trac'' are common names for which very famous
game? What type of a boxing match is categorised as
''catchweight''? In Feb 1945, Joseph Goebbels used this phrase to describe what would happen
if the Germans surrendered to the rapidly approaching Russian army. It was popularised by Churchill in a speech
10 months after the end of WW2. What phrase? Name the Shakespearian play in which the heroine is named
''Hero''. This thriller writer claims to have written his first book to "take my mind
off the shock of getting married at the age of 43". Name him. Which ubiquitous instrument always starts in the key of
b-flat? This famous person was the maternal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm. Name
her. The stock price for General Public Utilities Corporation fell by 40% on the
28th of March, 1979. What trigerred off this fall? The first Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he shocked
the world when he took off his shoes and thumped them on his desk at the UN. Name him. Which Indian author claimed that "Any rubbish I write gets published and
people laugh at it"? Name the only head of state in the world to have been a citizen of both USA
and the USSR. Ehrich Weiss appeared in movies like ''The Grim Game'', ''The Man from
Beyond'' and ''Terror Island''. How do we better know him? Name the most famous person ever(past or present) to speak a dialect of
Northern Syria called Aramaic. ''Aatish-e-Chinar'' was the autobiography of which famous Indian political
leader? He is known variously as Daniel El Travieso, Villie Vallation and Henkie het
Huisgevaor. How do we better know him? The automobile's license plate number is PUN12, give me the owner's name or
the group, who own it? How do we better know Peter Parker? What happened during the trial of a gangster called Danny Cee by District
Attorney Harvey Dent? Jughead is to Hot dog, Sabrina is to Salem, Betty is to
...? William Gaines was the publisher of a vast comic book empire, the most famous
of which being Tales From The Crypt which is more famous for launching which magazine? They masterminded their own recapture when they had broken out of jail.After
their release they were employed by a small town big shot amputee. Together with them he avenged his family against
the local gangster. One of them died, the other went back to his carriage driving girlfriend. Their
names? Who is the president of South Africa? A foolish villager in Bihar, the protagonist in many folk tales, the most
famous one involving a stomach ache, diaorrhea and a wiry Brahmin and another where he jumps inside a well upon
being asked the price of his calf for the umpteenth time, who? He was hanged for a short period of time, taken down while still breathing
and had his bowels turned inside out and burned. His head was then struck off his body and divided into four
parts, the punishment was known as 'hanged drowned and quartered'. His dismembered body parts were then sent to various
parts - Berwich, London, Aberdeen and Perth. Wolfgang Wodarg of the Social Democratic Party has coined this term very much
in vogue and in the news especially with respect to India? Whats the name of BB mai’s debut album? Who is the youngest member of Hanson? 98 degrees have how many albums? What is Boyzone''s Stephen Gately’s full name? Westlife do a version of a previous famouse song, What is
it? The band Code Red consists of how many members ? Which member of the Pop band 5ive used to date pop Queen
Bille? Who sings lead in 911? One member of N’SYNC and a member of the B.S.B are born on the same day.
Who? Who of the following are Back street boys members? Who''s the first ever title singer of a Bond movie to have appeared on
screen? Who wrote the screenplay of Octopussy? If Sony pictures wins it''s on going tussle with MGM–UA over the rights of
filming James Bond, who will be donning the role of Bond? Name the last of the bond movie to use an Ian Fleming
title. Jazz luminary Louis Armstrong sang for which Bond movie. In the movie ''Gold Finger'', when Bond presses a button to enter
Goldfinger''s chamber, music, which is the sound track of a movie emanates. Name the movie. Ian Fleming makes his only appearance in which Bond movie. Name the first rock group to perform a Bond theme. Who wrote the script for the Bond movie ''''Live and let
die''''? The famous Bond theme which made it''s debut in the movie ''Dr. No'', was
composed by which musician. What''s the name of the operation launched by Goldfinger to rob Fort Knox of
all it''s gold? What''s the motto of the Bond''s arch enemy SMERSH – the Russian counter
espionage organisation. What were Vijay Amritraj''s last words before he dies in the movie
''Octopussy''. Name the novelist who wrote the screenplay for Casino Royale, the mightiest
of all the Bond spoofs. What''s the name of the last Bond novel written by Ian
Fleming? What was Bond''''s handgun in his first movie Dr. No before he shifted to his
standard issue the Walther ppk. What''s the name of the fictitious company James Bond used as a cover on his
assignment, before it was changed in the last novel by Fleming. What's the family motto of James Bond? James Bond has married only one person, who was killed moments after the
wedding by Bond''s arch enemy Blofield. Who is she? This person was known as the secret eyes of queen Elizabeth. During his
correspondence with the queen he used to sign his letters as '007', signifying sign to have inspired Bond's code 007.
Interestingly the above person invented the fortune tellers crystal ball. Who is he? James Bond encounters his 1st of exotic Villians Lechiffre at which card
game. Ian Fleming was presented a Gun engraved upon it the words ''For special
services'', for his meritorius role during operation Golden Eye, to defend Gibraltar, by this famous man who
founded OSS the precursor to the CIA. Who is he? Name Bond''s American buddy who''s an agent in the C.I.A and has assissted
Bond in several of his adventures. A dry martini, 3 measures of Gordon''s, one of Vodka, half a measure of Kina
Lillet. Shake it well until it''s ice cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. This is the cocktail
concoted by Bond. What''s the name given by 007 to it. Name the book written by Ian Fleming which clearly illustrates the difference
between the imaginary world of Bond and the real world of spies. Who after having read Ian Fleming novels went on to write a critique titled
''The James Bond Dossier'' and a novel ''Colon Sun'' under the pseudonym Robert Markham? The residence where Ian Fleming spent the rest of his life and wrote his
novels after serving the British Foreign office, incidently bore the name of which Bond movie. Name the only novel for children written by Ian Fleming. Which other novelist also wrote a Bond Critique titled ''The Bond
affair''? James Bond makes his literary debut in which Ian Fleming
novel. According to Calvin’s amazing imagination, what is the only thing, apart from
Tyrannosaurs that Chasmosaurs need to fear? If girls are made of ‘Sugar and spice, and everything nice..’, and boys are
made of ‘Snips and snails, and puppy dogs’ tails…’, what, according to Hobbes, are tigers made
of? According to Tracer Bullet, he (Tracer Bullet) has eight slugs in him. As he
says, ‘One’s lead, and ___________’. Fill ‘em up. What is Calvin’s favourite cereal? According to Hobbes, where did Calvin come from? What is the name of Calvin’s explorer alter-ego, who hacks through dense
jungles and swamps? What is Calvin’s favourite book? When Calvin enters the traffic-safety poster making contest, what is his
slogan? What does Calvin sell on the sidewalk at 1$ per head? When Calvin makes a copy of only his ‘good’ side, using a modified version of
his Duplicator, his duplicate has a bad thought and disintegrates. Why, according to Calvin? Who is the main Shareholder in Ferrari? Who was the first person to drive a Ferrari racing car? The Ferrari Logo is ______________. Where is the Ferrari test circuit? What is the approx. value of the Ferrari F1 team? [In
millions] What type of engine did Ferrari use in their first racing
car? Where is the main Ferrari outlet situated? What is the colour of the F-1 Ferrari car? What is the current model of Ferrari''s F-1 car? What is the full name of Ferrari? The name of this country means ‘land of flames'' called so because of natural
gas fires, which the ancient Persians worshipped as a manifestation of Ahura Mazda. What?
Founded by an Icelandic pioneer Eirikr Raudi, became the first country to
leave the EEC (European Economic Community) in 1985 (as a consequence, the EEC lost half its territory). Its
capital, Godthaab, has the highest rate of Veneral disease in the world, mostly thanks to traditional sexual
practices. Tourists have to be taken into the interiors by helicopter. What? One of Europe’s smallest countries, its major export is decorative postage
stamps, its army had actually gained one man when they came back from the tyrolean wars in 1866.
What? The original ‘banana’ republic, the largest exporter of bananas in the world,
with a government run for two decades by the united fruit company. Fought a brief war with a neighboring
country in 1969, over a world cup football match. What? Bernardo O'Higgins led the liberation movement of this country. The country
takes its name from its peculiar oblong shape. What? The inhabitants of this particular, newly independent country consider
Tamerlane (Timur the lame) to be their national hero. What? World's only officially atheist country (since 1967), and before recent
reforms, singing was not allowed in bars, and there were no private cars. What? Probably the only Asian nation to defeat the British army in three successive
wars, 1842, 1879 and 1921. Ruled by a tribal confederacy, which gave way to a monarchy in 1926, which gave way to
a communist government in 1978, which gave way to a unique group, which now rules most of the country, in
1996. What? Africa’s oldest independent republic and the only African country never to be
ruled by a foreign power, created in 1847 by freed slaves returning from America. What? The church of a particular country considers Pontius Pilate to be a saint.
Which one?
As of the fall of 1970 Khorana has been Alfred P. Sloan Professor of
Biology and Chemistry at ?
M.I.T
C.V. Raman
Har Gobind Khorana
RRI, Bangalore
Chaya-nataka
Fred
Astaire
Square dance
Can can
Morisco
Tap dancing
Sarugaku
Wayang
Legong
Bassa danza
Kanhoji Angre
Kunjali
INS Vikrant
Smugglers would hide
valuables in their huge sea boots when raided by the Naval watchkeepers
Ruler
of the sea
Admiral of the Fleet
Naval Engineers
Sailors who would take old ropes apart to make
yarn
The Liberation of Goa
HMS Achilles
Commodore
The Star Spangled Banner
Blue
INS Abhimanyu
The Maldives
Pandit Nehru
The oldest wooden ship afloat today
Patiala
INS Chakra
Sea Harrier
“There is no God and Mohammed is the Prophet of God.” Where would you
find this line inscribed?
Ans: Saudi Arabian flag
Ans: Shiv Sena
Ans: Deep Blue to Kasparov
Ans: Charles and Diana
Ans: Screwdriver
Ans: H.M.S Lutine
Ans: Haroun
Ans: National flag
Ans: Laddoos at Tirupati
Ans: Trouble
Ans: Starling
Ans: Hedgehogs
Ans: Pilot
Ans: Giant Hailstones
Ans: The mother licks a wet strip in her fur and the baby
crawls along it
Ans: Drilling down to the molten
magna beneath the Earth’s crust
Ans: Hippopotamus
Ans: Ralph Nader
Ans: Soil less gardening
Ans: An ice bridge was formed
Ans: The world's
first eco-friendly pyramid
Ans: Birds collide and get killed
Ans: Sonar
Ans: Hoopoe
Ans: Zimbabwe
Ans: Solar Photovoltaic lantern
Ans: Mononykus
Ans:
Fresh garlic
Ans: The Usambara mountains
Ans: DDT
What was the cause of the ‘Yusho’ disease that occurred in Japan in 1968
from a leak in a canning factory?
Ans: PCB
Ans: Manometer
Ans: Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die
Ans: William Howard Taft
Ans: Gaboon Viper
Ans: Theodore Roosevelt
Ans: About 80 Percent
Ans: Long tailed Hawk
Ans: Giant Panda
Ans: Nepanagar
Ans: Polonaise
Ans: Redowa
Ans: Oberek
Ans: St.
Petersburg
Ans: Isadora Duncan
Ans: Pavan
Ans: Sequidilla
Ans: Merengue
Ans: Tarantella
Ans: Galop
Ans: The code of Hammurabi
Ans:
Mausolus
Ans: Romeo
Ans:
The red cape used by bullfighters
Ans: Aeschylus
Ans: To die on the
electric chair
Ans: The American Pie
Ans: Sir Walter
Raleigh
Ans: Dylan Thomas
Ans: Yukio
Mishima
Ans: PlayBoy
Ans: Saudia
Ans: Teflon
Ans: Saccharine
Ans: Karaoke
Ans: 3com
Ans: ATMs
Ans: Jiagra, India''s answer to Viagra
Ans: Bandai
Ans:
First product to be advertised using Neon lit lamps
Ans: Rum
Ans: Angostura
bitters
Ans: Brandy
Ans:
Very Special Old Pale
Ans: Anywhere in the world
Ans: A mixture of rum and water
Ans: Gin
Ans:
It was first made in Bourbon County, Kentucky
Ans: Holland
Ans: Burnt wine
Ans:
Both
Ans: Out of this world
Ans:
Salmon
Ans: Tequila
Ans: The first ring donuts
Ans: Sunkist oranges
Ans: Ice-cream sundae
Ans: Champagne
Ans:
Marco Polo
Ans: Is part of the sunflower family
Ans: Apple juice is pasteurised and cider is not
Ans: Orchids
Ans: He invented Potato chips
Ans:
Figs
Ans: It was invented in Hamburg
Ans:
Sliced bread
Ans: Locusts and honey
Ans: Dr
Pepper
Ans: Wrigley's
Ans: Margharita
Ans: Hovis Bread
Ans: Gouda
Ans: Masala
Ans: Fugu
Ans: Milon
Ans: The tea is
churned in pipes and makes a gur-gur sound
Ans: Ronald
Ans: Tabasco
Ans: Traditionally has 5
(paanch) ingredients
Ans: Iridium
Ans: Silicon Valley
Ans: 8 Bits = 1 byte
Ans: Emoticons
Ans: Andy Grove
Ans: Algorithm
Ans: Lady Ada Lovelace
Ans:
Linux
Ans: The
Human Brain
Ans: It was as easy to learn as 123
Ans: Rai Bareilly (from Library)
Ans: The musky smell exuded by mating tigers
Ans: Kodaikanal
Ans: Ooty
Ans: The
moving of the National Capital from Calcutta to Delhi
Ans: Khaki wear
Ans: Edwin Lutyens
Ans: Donna Paula
Ans: King's Way
Ans: Jim
Corbett
Kingsley Amis
Vesper
Golden
eye
Chitty
chitty Bang Bang
William Donovan
Felix Leiter
Baccarat
Operation Rudolf Hers
Umberto Eco
Casiono Royale
Casper
Blood
Michael Caine
Sex of a foetus
Uranus
Diabetes
Nagina
Napoleon
Ulysses
Sunil Gavaskar
Hungary
Gary Sobers
RFC
single-seater planes
Only one to be assassinated
Babylonian
Backgammon
Fought between boxers from different weight
categories
Iron curtain
Much Ado about Nothing
Ian Fleming
Telephone
Queen Victoria
The Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Khrushchev
Khushwant Singh
Golda Meir
Harry Houdini
Jesus Christ
Sheikh Abdullah
Dennis the Menace
Macho & Banjo
spiderman
Harvey became Two Face
Caramel
MAD
Veeru and Jai
Thabo Mbeki
Gonu Jha
Willam Wallace
Biocolonialism
Sooner or later
Zachary Hanson
3
Stephen Patric
David Gaitely
More than words
4
Richard
Lee
Nick and Joey
Nick and
Brian
Sheena Easton
George McDonald
Liam Nesson
Living Daylights
On her
Majesty''s secret service
Close encounters of
the third kind
From
Russia with Love
The wings
Roald Dahl
Monty Norman
Operation Grand Slam
Death to spies
Game, set, match
Joseph Heller
Man with the Golden Gun
Beretta
Universal exports
The world is not
enough
Teresa Draco
John
Dee
Baccarat
William Donovan
Felix Leiter
Vesper
Operation Rudolf Hers
Kingsley Amis
Golden
eye
Chitty
chitty Bang Bang
Umberto Eco
Casiono Royale
Tyrannosaurs in F-14s
‘Dragonflies and katydids, but mostly chewed-up little
kids.’
‘….the rest are Bourbon.’
Chocolate Frosted Sugar
Bombs
The flea
market
Safari Al
Hamster Huey and the Gooey
Kablooie
‘Be careful, or be roadkill.’
A swift
kick in the butt
His
Ethicator machine had a built in moral compromise spectral release
Phantasmatron
Fiat
Giuseppe
Farina
The prancing horse
Fiorano
1000 pounds
In line 4’s
Italy
Scarlet
F-320
Scuderia Ferrari
Azerbaijan
Greenland
Liechtenstein
Honduras
Chile
Uzbekistan
Albania
Afghanistan
Liberia
Ethiopia
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