Adityavat

The General Quiz

Take a sensible guess and GO WITH THE GUT!

Question 1
Connect all these to something very
famous

Question 2

X- Identify the heroine.

Y- the significance of the movie.

Question 3
S02E13 of this Series (X) featured a disaster inspired by the 1986
Cerritos mid-air collision, in which two planes crashed into each other
due to an error in traffic control. Coincidentally, the man who was
directing one of the planes on air traffic control had the same name (Y)
as the lead of the Show, although the creators of the episode were
unaware of this fact until after the episode aired.
Identify X and Y

Question 4
This reads: "Pyes * * * of
Salisbury * * * good and chepe *
* * if it please any man spirituel
or temporel to bye." ....The ad
offered printed "Pyes," or clerical
rules, telling how the clergy at
Salisbury dealt with the changing
date of Easter. What is the
significance of this?

Question 5
This statue is a tribute to which great person. By the way it is situated
on a hillock overlooking Jhansi

Question 6
X, celebrated the world over, is officially made from the extract of Black
Pine, "Millers Pine", and something named for a small town near
Macon, France? It is said to have been first documented in a paper to
the Royal Society in 1662.
What is X?

Question 7
They have all played
someone iconic on
screen. Identify who.

Question 8
Its use was first reported in Africa (Egypt) at about the 4th AD. The
primitive of this was made up of salt, pepper, mint leaves and iris
flower. During the Roman times they contained urine and were widely
used in Europe. In early America, they consisted of burnt bread. Now
they mainly contain abrasives, fluoride, and detergents.
What is being talked about?

Question 9
Connect this to a movie

Question 10
Ad for what?

Question 11
Mehran Nassiri was hospitalized in 2006 for unknown ailments. It
transpired that he had been living, quasi-legally, in France since 1988,
when his papers were stolen at Charles de Gaulle airport. What famous
film was said to be inspired by his life, although it was not officially
acknowledged as such?

Question 12
Newsweek went out with a vintage
photo of its old midtown New York
HQ as its cover page.
What was special about this issue ?

Question 13
This is the first logo of which extremely well known company.
By the way, this logo is on the top of a box of noodles- their
first product.

Question 14
Connect

Question 15
This is a double headed eagle motif of
the Byzantine empire.
Interpretation- one head looks
eastward and the other is looking
westward.

Identify the two locations these heads

are intended to be looking

Question 16
We use the phrase Winning _____ _____, to denote a delightfully
merciless win. However, this term actually referred to the experienced
jockeys who crossed the finish line without holding the reigns of the
horse.
Fill in the blanks.

Question 17
You would find this signboard at
the entrance gate of which
organised unit?

Question 18
During the late 1950s, the Planning Commission was entrusted to solve
an acute problem in India due to the large number of PSUs that were
being established as part of its first industrial policy. The Commission
called on Mr. George Robbins of the University of California to solve
this problem who gave certain recommendations which later lead to
the foundation of _______________?

Question 19
Madhya Pradesh Prefessional Examinations Board translates to X in
Hindi. The following logo is strikingly sililar to the Quiz Federation of
India (although accidental). Name X

Question 20
In 1988, at Pusan, some 450 kms from Seoul, in very rough seas, two
Singapore sailors were thrown into rough water. They were unable to
mend their boat as they were injured. Seeing this, another sailor
Lawrence Lemieux sailed to rescue them.
Cases like these seldom get such mention in sports.
How do we know Lemieux along with others including Luz Long, Tana
Umaga, etc.?

Question 21
Which Indian state uses this as their official logo?

Question 22
Puerto Rico has been widely discussed as a potential 51st state of the
USA.
Republican preseidential candidate Newt Gingrich called for the entry
of another region (X) as the 51st state into the US. He said, I think the
number is 13000- we have 13,000 americans living there, they can
petition to become a state.
Where is this X ?

Question 23
Something great being demonstrated.
Identify
X- the person
Y- the invention

Question 24
The are only 3 persons who have been awarded Hero of the Soviet
Union and Ashok Chakra.
Yuri Vasilyevich Malshev, Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov and_______.
Identify who

Question 25
Connect

Question 26
In botany, this 5-letter word is applied to fleshy fruit produced from a
single flower and containing one ovary.
Examples include brinjal, banana and tomato.
Name the term

Question 27
A marketing campaign by which famous company ?

Question 28
Indentations such as X are actually muscle deformities resulting from
variations in the structure of zygomaticus major muscles, due to the
presence of a double zygomaticus major. There is evidence that it is
genetically inherited.
What is this muscle deformity X?

(P.S- it actually looks cute though :P)

Question 29
This RK laxman cartoon makes reference to something important
in 1989 Indian electoral history. What happened

Question 30
His opponents include King Ghidorah, King Kong, Biollante, Mothra,
Megalon, The smog Monster, Gigantis and The Thing. He has survived
all these and in 2015 celebrated his 60th year.

Who is it?