2. RULES
APPLICABLE FOR ALL 3 ROUNDS
ALL QUESTIONS ARE OPEN TO ALL.
IN CASE OF A DIRECT: SCORING +10/0
IN CASE OF A INDIRECT OR PERSONAL CHAT TO
QM: SCORING +10/-5
PLEASE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL SCORES
IN CASE OF ANY DISCREPANCY, QM’S DECISION
WILL BE FINAL.
6. QUESTION-2
THE JIO LOGO SEEMS TO
REPRESENT THE PAST AND
FUTURE OF RELIANCE. WHAT'S
THE HIDDEN SYMBOLISM? THE
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION
ISN’T IN ONE WORD.
11. QUESTION 3
The most common theory of X’s origin is that it was
invented in the erstwhile mill-heartland of Central
Mumbai. Ashok Vaidya of Dadar is often credited with
starting the first X counter outside Dadar railway
station in 1966. One of the earliest kiosks selling X is
said to be Khidki X - located in Kalyan.
It was started in the late 1960s by the Vaze family, who
used to hand out these from a window (Khidki) of their
house facing the road.
What is X?
16. QUESTION 4
This American tennis player won 39 Grand Slam
titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in
mixed doubles. X also managed to convince the US
Open to become the first Grand Slam tournament
to give equal prize money to men and women. 1973
was also the year in which X would defeat Bobby
Riggs in the famed Battle of the Sexes match,
bringing even more attention to women’s tennis.
Who is X?
21. QUESTION 5
ON 1 0TH JANUARY, 2022, X COMPLETED I TS 1 00 YEARS'
OF EXI STENCE. X WAS SUGGESTED BY SI R PHEROZESHAH
MEHTA, SI R I BRAHI M RAHI MTULLA AND SI R VI THALDAS
THACKERSAY & WAS BUI LT BY THE SCOTTI SH ARCHI TECT
GEORGE WI TTET I N THE I NDO- SARACENI C STYLE.
X WAS USED AS A WAR HOSPI TAL DURI NG THE FI RST
WORLD WAR ( 1 91 4) AND ONCE AGAI N AS A MAJOR
HOSPI TAL DURI NG THE PANDEMI C ( I NFLUENZA) I N 1 91 8-
1 920 AND WAS NAMED AS LADY HARDI NGE WAR
HOSPI TAL, AT THE TI ME.
X WAS AWARDED THE 201 0 UNESCO ASI A – PACI FI C
HERI TAGE AWARD.
23. HINT
FOR MAHARASHTRA, THI S LANDMARK I S NOT ONLY A
MERE PLACE OF SHOW, BUT ALSO SERVES EDUCATI ONAL
PURPOSES, AND I T WI LL CONTI NUE TO FOR ALL THE
YEARS TO COME.
25. PRINCE OF WALES MUSEUM /
CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ
VASTU SANGRAHALAYA
(AFTER BEING RENAMED)
ANSWER
26. QUESTION 6
“Simulation and Simulacra '', a book written by Jean
Baudrillard, was used as a philosophical source for this
science fiction movie. The Neuromancer, written by
William Gibson is an cyberpunk novel which was taken
as an inspiration for this movie. This was initially going
to be released as a 600 pg comic until Warner Bros
took it up for production.
Can you name this film?
31. QUESTION 7
Cristiano Ronaldo prefers water over this
beverage. X lost 4 billion dollars in a day
when Ronaldo asked for water instead of X,
which did put a new spin on the ‘jal lijiye’
meme.
This beverage was the Olympics first sponsor
& the first soft drink to be consumed in space.
Present day, this drink has a cult following.
42. QUESTION 9
Cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov became the first
person to play a video game in space when he packed
a Game Boy and his personal copy of X (Nintendo,
1989) for his trip to the MIR Space Station in 1993. The
game left Earth on 1 July 1993 aboard the Soyuz TM-17
rocket and was played during Serebrov's off-time while
orbiting the planet. This video-game originated in the
same country where Aleksandr was from.
X is a popular video game even in modern times, and
one of the best-selling of all time. What is X?
46. ANSWER
TETRIS
FUN FACT :
ALEXEY PAJITNOV IS THE INVENTOR OF TETRIS.
TETRIS = TETRA + TENNIS
TETRA - BECAUSE THIS GAME CONSISTS OF 4
SQUARED BLOCKS.
AND TENNIS WAS PAJITNOV' S FAVORITE GAME.
47. QUESTION 10
This English compound word derived from Latin is
made up of two words which literally means,
“before” and “after.” The word itself means “absurd or
contrary to sense or reason.” Which word am I
talking about?