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Quiz Questions

QUESTION 1: More than a century ago, the British planted a lot of trees in a very long line (more
than a thousand km) in a roughly north-south bearing across India. What was the purpose of this project?
ANSWER 1


QUESTION 2: This crown was made for and worn by only one king. It was worn only once during a
historic event that witnessed an attendance of thousands of people, most of them royalty. Name the crown and the event.


QUESTION 3: Derive a common Indian connection between the following numbers: 74, 107 & 51826


QUESTION 4: This Nobel Laureate is/was not Indian nor of Indian origin, but received the Nobel
Prize for work done in India. Who?


QUESTION 5: She was born in Hyderabad. She left for Bombay at some point in her life and joined a
record company. There she helped form the artistes management division. She managed famous Indian pop stars, among them someone whose footsteps she followed (but did not reach where the pop star reached. The pop star become a pop star after she reached where she reached). In 1997 she became the third Indian to do something. Who is being talking about?


QUESTION 6: Name the person who introduced caricature to Indian journalism.


QUESTION 7: This company is the oldest in its sector. It was actually started outside India. Name it.
ANSWER 7


QUESTION 8: Connect Bimal Jalan, C. Narayana Reddy, Dara Singh, Rukmini Devi Arundale,
Pandurang Vaman Kane and Salim Ali.


QUESTION 9: Identify the Bollywood personality who lost his/her father to World War 2.
ANSWER 9


QUESTION 10: Which South American beverage, if launched with its current name, has the
potential to hurt the sensibilities of Hindus?
ANSWER 10


QUESTION 11: This prominent Indian person wrote a short biography for an article in Time
of one of our Prime ministers. He is not a journalist by profession. Name him.
ANSWER 11


QUESTION 12: The name of this 99 year old product roughly translates as 'enlightenment of the
soul'. What product?
ANSWER 12


QUESTION 13: Identify this person: related to a former chief minister of an Indian state, former
correspondent of a major US TV network, best selling author, TV producer. Has written mainly about Western perceptions of Indian culture.


QUESTION 14: What animal did the Aryans bring to the Indian subcontinent?


QUESTION 15: What (somewhat dubious) record, shared by only two other players, does a player
from the Tripura cricket team hold in first class cricket?


QUESTION 16: This brand is from pre independence India. Its marketing campaign was launched
by Lintas. This was probably the first ever campaign targetted exclusively at Indians. The brand had a very strong name till the 90s. What brand is being talked about.


QUESTION 17: One of the objectives of this organisation X (which was created by a more famous
organisation Y) is to make India an attractive place to do business in. Name X and Y.
ANSWER 17


QUESTION 18: A number of beings belonging to class A were given punishment B for act C. The
punishment of all except one (D) of the class was very short, courtesy of E. Name A,B,C,D and E.
ANSWER 18


QUESTION 19: Derive a connection between Puneet Issar & Brad Pitt.


QUESTION 20: Which historical Indian flag has a food item on it, and what's the story behind it?
ANSWER 20


QUESTION 21: It is said that every immigrant to this ancient city became rich within a few days of
arriving in the city. What city, and how?
ANSWER 21


QUESTION 22: What do Amitabh Bachchan and Anne Bancroft have in common?


QUESTION 23: What is being talked about?
ANSWER 23


QUESTION 24: Name the place where Indian currency is printed.


QUESTION 25: An award was designed by a person. The first such award was given to the
person's relative. Name another person from the same state who won the award.
ANSWER 25