Posting a set of random trivia:
30) When demon Shurpanakha proposed Lord Rama to marry her, Lakshman slit off her nose at this place. The name of this town is derived from this incidence. Which town?
-Nasik
1) What is the name of the most famous inventor of Duckberg whose inventions are often a cause of trouble for Uncle Scrooge or Donald who have bought the invention?
-Gyro Gearloose
2) It is well known that Tagore composed the lyrics of the National anthem. Name the unsung hero of the freedom struggle, who composed the tune of Jana Gana Mana?
-Ram singh Thakur
3) What permanent feature at railway stations in India was founded by the first publishers of Rudyard Kipling in 1877?
-Wheeler, founded by A.H. Wheeler
4) Name the Indian co-discoverer of the Raman scattering effect, who was awarded posthumous Padma Bhushan in 1954.
-K. S. Krishnan
5) What ubiquitous feature on Indian roads was founded by Bindeshwar Pathak in 1969 in Patna?
-Sulabh International, feature is Sulabh shouchalaya.
6) From a piece of brass wire about eight inches long, coiled at the center and shielded at one end, Walter Hunt made the first ______ ___. He took out a patent on his invention, sold the rights to it for 400 dollars, paid his friend back and had 385 dollars to spare and then he watched his latest brainstorm go on to become a million dollar money earner for someone else.
-Safety Pin
7) One of the meanings in the OED for this term is “A fit of mental confusion or excitement”
Some governmental organizations across world have reached the conclusion that this term is offensive to people with epilepsy and have suggested the alternative: "thought-showers". Which term?
-Brainstorming
8) Which former president of the USA is credited with providing one of the many proofs of the Pythagoras theorem?
-James Garfield
9) What connects Bollywood actresses Suchitra Sen, Aishwarya Rai and Mahee Gill?
-They have played ‘Paro’ in different variants of Devadas.
10) Folklore has it that this legendry princess was so delicate to weigh only as much as a flower, hence got named _______, which is a combination of two word meaning Nine and Coin weighing 4 grams, implying metaphorically that the princess weighs only 36 grams?
-Nautanki (Nau = 9, tank = coin)
11)
· 1998 – Berlin
· 2002 – Beijing
· 2006 – Madrid
· 2010 – Hyderabad
· 2014 (Scheduled) – Seoul.
Which international event?
-International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM)
12) Who wrote a letter to this effect?
“Dear Mr. Osama bin Laden allow me to introduce myself. I am _____ _______, the World chess Champion. First of all you should know that I share your hatred of the murderous bandit state of "Israel" and its chief backer the Jew-controlled U.S.A. also know [sic] as the "Jewnited States" or "Israel West." We also have something else in common: We are both fugitives from the U.S. "justice" system.”
-Bobby Fischer
13) This company was started in Zlin in erstwhile Czechoslovakia by Thomas J. ____, a Czech entrepreneur, often called "Henry Ford of Eastern Europe”. Which company?
-Bata
14) In August 2006, it was reported that Disney was set to buy a stake in this magazine. In 2007, it was acquired by technology company Geodesic Information Systems. Which magazine?
-Chandamama
15) Which name of Arjuna, meaning Ambidextrous is also the name of a famous Indian fashion designer?
-Sabyasaachi
16) What phrase connects: Udaipur, Alleppy, Basra(Iraq), Mallaca (Malasia)and Bangkok?
-Venice of the East
17) Which regular spice used in cooking is also known by the names ‘Devil’s dung’, ‘Stinking gum’, ‘Assant’ and ‘Food of god’.
-Asafetida
18) Which is the second largest intergovernmental organization (first being the U.N.), with 188 member countries, headquartered in Lyons, France?
-Interpol
19) Which lake is supposed to have been created when petals of lotus flowers fell on earth when lord Brahma slew demon Vajranabha with his weapon, the lotus flower?
-Pushkar lake
20) Which small group of islands in Oceania, is named after the man, portrayed in the Bible as having great wisdom, wealth and power and the builder of the first temple in Jerusalem?
-Solomon Island
21) What is common to these: Cartwheel, Cigar, Magellanic, Pinwheel, Sunflower, Tadpole, Whirlpool.
-Names of galaxies.
22) By what unique name was Idea Cellular known before being re-christened to its present name?
-BATATA (Conglomerate of Birla, AT&T and Tata)
23) What was launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)?
-Federation Cup (Women’s equivalent of Davis cup).
24) What was liberated by the National Movement Liberation Organization (NMLO) and Azad Gomantak Dal, was served by K.G. Badlani as a first administrator and is bound partially in the North by the Darotha river?
-Dadra and Nagar Haveli
25) What is the Latin word for such junction, where three roads meet?
-Trivia
26) The name of a popular tourist place in North India, in Chinese, literally means – “Pile of Dead bodies”?
-Rohatang
27) The name of which North Indian river is literally, a misnomer of the name of Ved Vyasa?
-Beas
28) The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest sport award in India. On which day is this award awarded every year?
- National Sports Day. 29th August. Birthday of Dhyan Chand.
29) Only two national capitals are named after names of US presidents. One is obviously Washington DC, which is the other?
-Monrovia, capital of Liberia
30) When demon Shurpanakha proposed Lord Rama to marry her, Lakshman slit off her nose at this place. The name of this town is derived from this incidence. Which town?
