The in-house quiz on trivia from across genres conducted by Aditi Anna Kuriakose (Young India Fellow, 2014-15).

1. Trivial Pursuit
Prelims

2. 1. Print Ad for which brand?
So simple, yet so deceiving.

3. 2. Gobble,
gobble.
✤ In 2008, Turkey’s 3rd largest town
planned to sue Warner Bros. for
using the town’s name without
prior permission. According to
Hussain Kalkan, the mayor of this
town – “There is only one X in this
world. The American producer
used the name without informing
us.” The town in Turkey takes it’s
name from a unit of weight in
Turkish and is way older than the
character of the same name who
debuted in 1939. Identify X and
hence name this famous
character.

4. 3. Work it out.
✤ X is a famous ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise that enumerates and
describes in detail the basic laws and rules governing a certain
subject. Although X is the most famous, it is not an isolated work,
but part of a much larger body of works which are essentially
religious in nature.
✤ X can essentially be read in 7 parts, and the author of the treatise
says each these seven parts is an abridgement of longer works by
seven of different individuals. There are in all 36 chapters, and it was
composed sometime between the 400 BC and 200 BC.
✤ What was X?

5. 4. Rudrangshu sir will
be proud.
✤ Which company invented the term ‘ civil servant’ ?

6. 5. Quite a jolly fellow,
actually.
✤ The internet and the world both love this guy.
✤ He was lauded by Caitlin Moran in The Times for having a voice “like
a jaguar hiding in a cello”.
✤ Also, he once described his name like this:
✤ “It sounds like a fart in a bath, doesn't it? What a fluffy old name. I
can never say it on a Monday morning. When I became an actor,
Mum wasn't keen on me keeping it.”
✤ Who is he?

7. 6.

________ is a certain type of poetry that is
characterized by the juxtaposition of two images or
ideas and a word between them. Rabindranath
Tagore was famous for composing ______ in
Bengali. The International _______ Festival was
held in Bangalore in 2008

8. 7.
✤ Pink Floyd’s new album “The Endless
River” has broken the record for the most
pre-ordered album on UK Amazon’s
history. Who held the record previously?
Clue: The band/artist has sold out at Madison
Square Garden

9. 8. Utterly…
✤ A certain company’s advert line was
“Mumbai Indian becomes Delhi
Daredevil”. Which company was it and
what did it refer to?

10. 9.
✤ What is the significance of the old Nokia
SMS ringtone of 'bip bip bip beep beep
bip bip bip'?

11. 10.
✤ When he was in 3rd grade (8 years old), he contracted
Rheumatic fever, an disease of the nervous system that
causes involuntary movements (tics). The disease also
lead to blotchy skin and this caused him to be a sort of
hypochondriac, as a kid. It also led him to develop a fear
of hospitals and medical doctors. During this period, and
most of his life, he regularly consumed something
manufactured by a certain company 'for lunch' which has
become synonymous with him.
Who and What am I referring to?

12. 11.
✤ Guggelimo Marconi missed it as he had some paperwork to
do. William Hershey missed it due to personal reasons. JP
Morgan missed it because he wanted to spend some more
time in a French resort. They all missed something in the
early 1900s. Had they not missed this thing, their
business and for that matter of fact, the course of their lives
would have been completely different.
What did they miss?

13. 12.
✤ What is James Bond's favorite
beverage, and how does he like it
served?

14. 13.
✤ This famous American actor, filmmaker,
comedian, musician, and playwright was
involved in a controversial sex abuse
scandal. He has won more than 2
Oscars.

15. 14.
✤ Storm Petrels are seabirds in the family
Hydrobatidae named after St. Peter.
Why so?

16. 15.
✤ “Heaven has no rage like love to
hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a
woman scorned.” Who said this?

17. 16.
✤ A famous movie based on a sport is
slotted to open as a musical on Broadway
and West End by May 2015. This was the
first ever Western made film to air on tv in
North Korea.
✤ The actress in this movie recently went
topless to protest against photoshopping
images.

18. 17.Guess Who
✤ Famous children’s author. Wrote under
male and female pen names. One name
was Theo LeSieg. Birthday is celebrated
as National Read Across America Day. A
movie based on this author’s book was
produced by Blue Sky Studios and
released by 20th Century Fox.

19. 18. Who about what?
✤ “The apple on the cover of represents "forbidden fruit." I used
the scripture from Genesis because I loved the phrase "the fruit
of the knowledge of good and evil. A working knowledge of
what good is, and what evil is. The nice thing about the apple is
it has so many symbolic roots. You've got the apple in Snow
White, one bite and you're frozen forever in a state of not-quite-
death... Then you have Paris and the golden apple in Greek
mythology—look how much trouble thatstarted. Apples are
quite the versatile fruit. In the end, I love the beautiful simplicity
of the picture. To me it says: choice.”

20. ✤ *Crack kills, wear a belt.

21. Batman is a town in Turkey.
Nanananananana...Batman!

22. The Kamasutra
Not the brand, the book(s)

23. The East India Company
Pay attention in class.

24. Benedict Cumberbatch
So name your kid Bandicoot Crackerjack, Bonaparte Crimpysnitch or Brocolli Cumbercooch.

25. Haiku

26. One Direction
Everyone’s favorite boy band

27. Amul’s tagline when Sachin
became an MP of RS

28. Morse code for SMS!

29. Andy Warhol and his soup cans!
Prof. Anunay should be proud!

30. They missed the Titanic!

31. Martini, shaken not stirred.

32. Woody Allen

33. Because sometimes they appear
to walk on water!

34. William Congreve in The
Mourning Bride (1697)
And not Shakespeare.

35. Bend it like Beckham
(And the actress is Kiera Knightley)

36. Dr. Seuss
The other pen name was Rosetta Stone

37. Stephanie Meyer about the
Twilight cover.