GENERAL QUIZ

17-01-2010
PRELIMINARIES
Q-1. ACCORDING TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM IT IS A
MONOGRAM FRAMED BY INTERLACING OF THE LETTERS
OF TWO AUSPICIOUS WORDS- THE HINDU SANSKRIT
TERM IS KNOWN TO BE IN USE FROM 1871, CONSIDERED
AUSPICIOUS BY INDIANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS-
PART OF THE LOGO OF THE FINNISH AIR FORCE
SINCE-1918- IT HOWEVER WILL ALWAYS HAVE ITS
SHARE OF INFAMY DUE TO A DIABOLICAL ASSOCIATION
IN THE 20TH CENTURY. -- IDENTIFY.
ANS-1 -- SWASTIK SYMBOL / SWASTIKA.
Q-2. - IT OCCUPIES ALMOST 70% OF THE AREA OF A
FORMER SOVIET CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLIC.
THIS DESERT IS CROSSED BY THE LARGEST
IRRIGATION CANAL OF THE WORLD – WITH A
LENGTH OF 1375 KM. THE TRANS- CASPIAN
RAILWAY CROSSES IT. ALSO KNOWN AS THE
DESERT OF BLACK SAND. – IDENTIFY.
ANS- 2 -- THE “ KARA-KUM “ DESERT.
Q-3- THIS WORD HAS ITS ORIGIN IN FRENCH- MEANING TO CALL
ATTENTION TO OR EXPRESS SATISFACTION OR TO SUGGEST/
ANNOUNCE AN APPEARANCE AS IF BY MAGIC.
--- THE GOOD WORD PLEASE.
ANS -3 - VOILA
ANS- 4. – DURING WORLD WAR-II.- THE GERMAN ARMY WAS
KNOWN AS – THE WEHRMACT-- THE GERMAN AIRFORCE
WAS KNOWN AS THE LUFTWAFFE. WHAT WAS THE
GERMAN NAVY KNOWN AS ?
ANS -4 -- THE KRIEGSMARINE.
Q5- IF LIVERPOOL F.C. IS BASED AT ANFIELD.- WHERE IS
EVERTON BASED ?
ANS-5 GOODISON PARK.
Q-6 CONNECT

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ANS-6 - THE CONNECTION IS WHITE. - WHITE WINE- JIM
JEFFRIES- THE GREAT WHITE HOPE AGAINST JACK
JACKSON- BOXING- GEOFF BOYCOTT + SACHIN
TENDULKAR- YORKSHIRE- WHITE ROSE. – AMUL-
WHITE REVOLUTION IN INDIA.
Q-7. CONNECT.

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ANS-7- THE CONNECTION IS WOLVES. – KEVIN COSTNER – DANCING
WITH THE WOLVES. -- BILLY WRIGHT- THE LEGENDARY
CAPTAIN OF WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS – THE WOLVES-
- OPERATION VALKERIYE- THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
TOOK PLACE – IN HITLER’S EASTERN PRUSSIAN
HEADQUARTERS- KNOWN AS WOLFSHANZCHE- OR THE
WOLVE’S LAIR- THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP-
TOGETHER WITH BRUNO APITZ- WE GET THE GREAT NOVEL-
THE NAKED AMONG THE WOLVES.
Q-8 -- CONNECT.
ANS-8 - THE CONNECTION IS 1969. KANU SANYAL – FORMATION OF
THE C.P.I. ( M.L.) – 0N 1ST MAY -1969. - ALLAHABAD BANK –
ONE OF THE FOREMOST OF THE 14 BANKS TO BE
NATIONALISED IN JULY 1969. – NEIL ARMSTRONG – FIRST
MAN ON THE MOON – JULY- 1969. – JIMMI HENDRIXX- THE
LEGEND- SETTING ALIVE – WOODSTOCK- 1969.
Q-9 CONNECT.
ANS-9 – THE FOUR VICTIMS OF ROD LAVER – ON HIS WAY TO
HIS SECOND GRAND SLAM.
Q-10 – CONNECT.

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ANS-10 – THE CONNECTION IS CHOWRINGHEE.-- SHAHJAHAN
HOTEL WITH UTTAM KUMAR AS SATA BOSE IN
SHANKAR’S NOVEL CHOWRINGHEE-- GEOFFREY
KENDAL AS A W.W.-II VETERAN IN 36 CHOWRINGHEE
LANE -- CHOWRINGHEE ROAD IS NOW KNOWN AS
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ROAD.