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Thursday, August 11, 2005

Hindu School Quiz

Hindhu School Quiz

My Alma-matter and one of the finest Quiz which myself and Yeda conducted ... but there was a slight lower turn-out than Shishya, this was especially due to the untimely hour (we were asked to conduct an intellectual simulating event at around 5:00 pm). When we started, there were requests to end the Quiz before 6 pm, but then we went on to almost 6:30 and the audience were still waiting for another round... so that was the final Icing in the CAKE.

General Round (2 Questions concerning the same event)

Audience Question (Starter)
1) a. Which Book starts with the following Lines, “It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
b. If Bloomsbury publications is in charge of Marketing and Distribution of HP and the Half Blood Prince in UK, Australia and Britian; Who is their Indian Counterpart?
Penguin Publications

2) a.This annual event was started as a publicity event for the newspaper L'Auto (presently known as the L'Equipe) by its editor and co-founder, Henri Desgrange alongwith jouranlist Géo Lefèvre to rival another event sponsored by a rival journal. The event proved a great success for the newspaper and circulation leapt from 25,000 before to 65,000 after it. The event continues even today and is organised by the Amaury Organisation (ASO), which is a part of the media group that owns l'Équipe. Which event is being talked about ?
Tour De' France.
b. Lance Amstrong created History when he won the Seventh Consecutive Tour-De-France Title by leading his runner up by a mere 23 Seconds. Now all I need to know is the number of stages in this Epic Cycling Event ?
21 Stages (from Fromentine to Corbiel Essones)

3)a. Mahabharata refers to the area as "Goparashtra" or "Govarashtra", which means a nation of cowherds. "Gopakapuri" or "Gapakapattana" were used in some ancient Sanskrit texts, and these names were also mentioned in other sacred Hindu texts such as the Harivansa and the Skanda. Also referred to as as "Gomanchala".Identify this tourist destination.
Goa
b. Which Indian Vehicle is being Marketed in the European Market as “Goa”, as according to it’s Vice President the Term Goa highlights and is currently thinking of having it’s Pakistan prescence felt ?
Mahindra’s Scorpio (They are also entering Pakistan’s Market with the same name)

4) a. Which famous Incident was being described in the Newspapers as , “The Pigeon Picked it’s 500” ?
Glenn McGrath picked up his 500th Test wicket by dismissing Marcus Trescothick with the first ball after tea on day one of the first Ashes Test at Lord's.
b. Related to the Ashes : For the first time an award which is named in honor of former England batsman Denis Compton and ex-Australia all-rounder Keith Miller, who played in 57 Ashes Tests.Compton scored 1,842 of his 5,807 Test runs in 28 games against the old enemy. Miller took 87 of his 170 Test wickets, including his best bowling figures of 7-60, and scored 1,511 of his 2,958 runs in his 29 Ashes appearances. Name the Award and also Who shall receive the award ? (Note: I am not referring to the name of the player)
The Player of the Series in the Ashes battle between England and Australia will win the Compton-Miller Medal.

5) a. Which recently released Album features Tracks such as “My Beautiful Woman”, “Siberia”, ”Weird World” and “Poster Girl” and Produced by Stalwarts such as Max Martin; Billy Mann (who worked with both Pink and Sting) John Shanks (Grammy award winner), Ashlee Simpson and Alanis Morisette among the rest.
BackStreet Boys “Never Gone”
Of course the remaining more popular Tracks include “Incomplete” and “Lose it all”

b. Talking about repeated successful Albums, this band definitely comes to everyone’s mind.
Having Members whose names are as Quixotic as their music, ie. Will-i-am, apl-de-ap and Taboo. Their First Album Debut was, “Behind the Front” and later had Kim Hill for their Next album, “Bridging the Gap” and of course their second last Album until now, “Elephunk” …
Enough History; Now name their latest Album?
Ans: Monkey Business, Black Eyed Peas

6)a. History of Chennai : Andrew Cogan and Francis Day, two officers of the East India Company, recommended the area be developed as the future headquarters of the East India Trading Company in South India.Cogan and Day identified a large area where a plantain garden was flourishing under the stewardship of a Portuguese family for the company fort. The plantain garden and the surrounding area were occupied and cultivated by a Catholic, named Madarasan. In the negotiations with Madarasan to secure the lease for this place, Madarasan demanded that the place where they planned to build the factory town should be named after him (Madarasan Patanam).Thus the land where Fort St. George was built was called Madarasan and later Madaras and then Madras and currently Chennai. Now I want you to let me know the approximate week when the Founding day of Chennai is celebrated ?
Aug 22^nd – 28^th
b. This madras Based Company or rather Group has recently been awarded Distinguished Family Business Award, by International Management Organization. Though they may be Madras-headquartered one, they still considers its origins in the village of Chettinad, Pallathur, home and, whenever they gather there, they effortlessly slip into local tradition. But for all the family's conservativeness, they have also had a reputation for aggressive takeovers, the Parry takeover the best known of them. Name this Group which gave Parry Corner the Name ?
Muruggappa Group

7) a. This Lovely Music (If you could hear properly,ie) is said to have inspired the Ad Jingle for Idea Cellular. I need you to name the original composer of this piece (ie, the one in Kannada)
Illyaraja.
b. Released on April 14, 2005. With big names like Stephen Schwatz, Richard King(5 time Grammy winner for sound) performed by Budapest Symphony Orchestra and produced by Tamil Maiyam. The Proceeds of this album is supposed to be donated to the educational rehabilitation of Children orphaned or affected by Tsunami. What am I talking about ?
Thiruvasagam by Illayaraja

Round 2:
Indians (4 Clues and they have to Guess the Personality) [1 Individual per Team]

(1) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Clue 1: Born in 1956 in Papanasam, India, He studied with many renowned spiritual masters and became a scholar of Vedic Literature. By the age of seventeen, he obtained an Advanced Degree in Modern Physics.Who am I talking about?
Clue 2: Also a famous writer, whose articles across Tamil and English magazines have spawned amazing Fervor. His famous prophetic Words are, “We identify ourselves as somebody - I belong to this religion, this culture, this tradition, but we forget the basic identity that we are human beings. When that stands first and foremost, all other identities follow behind that. Then, I think that we can achive what we are really looking for.".. Quite Profound!!
Clue 3: Was awarded the Bharath Shiromani Award this April 20 by the Home Minister Shivraj patil, for his Intense Humanitarian Work. He holds the distinction of being the only non-Western member of the Council of the Divinity School at Yale University in the United States. He was also a guest speaker at the Millennium World Peace Summit during the 50th anniversary of the United Nations in New York. He is cofounder of the IAHV (International Association for Human Values), an international nonprofit organization in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Clue 4: He cognised the Sudarshan Kriya breathing technique. And then set up the Art of Living (AOL) organisation to spread the Sudarshan Kriya around the world..

(2) Milind Soman

Clue 1: He was born in Scotland and lived in England for seven years before moving to India. He is a Maharastrian Brahmin by birth , who began his career as an Electrical Engineer.
Clue 2: He was rejected by Graveria Suitings because they felt that he was to young to wear a suit!! His big break came, when he was offered a modeling assignment. He made his acting debut in an English tele-serial, “A Mouthful of Sky”. Then in a period drama 'Noorjahan'. He first Bollywood debut opposite the talented Tabu in Tarkieb.
Clue 3: Recently Starred in a critically acclaimed Japanese film by Nalin Pan, called “Valley of Flowers” (Japanese Title: Hana no Mati)
Clue 4: Recently in News for the Court Proceedings due to an advertisement Controversy, which involved himself posing with stringent clothing for a shoe brand called, “Tuff”.

(3) M.S.SwamiNathan

Clue 1: He has been acclaimed by TIME magazine as one of the twenty most influential Asians of the 20th century and one of the only three from India, the other two being Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. He has been described by the United Nations Environment Programme as "the Father of Economic Ecology"
Clue 2: Has a research Foundation under his Name in Chennai, whose motto is, “Aims to harness science and technology for environmentally sustainable and socially
equitable development” .
Clue 3: was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1971, the Albert Einstein World Science Award in 1986, and the first World Food Prize in 1987.
Clue 4: Recently (last month)Elected as the president of the “Pugwash Conference”( which is based on a Manifesto issued in 1955 by Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein) being the first from person from the third world to be given such a recognition.

(4) Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul,

Clue 1: born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. He is regarded as a Trinidadian-born British novelist of Hindu heritage and Indo-Trinidadian ethnicity.
Clue 2: His prominent support for Hindutva has also been controversial. He has been quoted describing the destruction of the Babri Mosque as a "creative passion", and the invasion of Babur in the 16th century as a "mortal wound".
Clue 3: His most recent book, “Magic Seeds”, did not stir any Controversies compared to his previous critically acclaimed and critized novels on Fiction and Travel Writing and essays.
Clue 4: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001, and also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

(5) Dhyan Chand

Clue1: When accosted by Hitler, he told him he was a sepoy in the Indian army, Hitler replied: "If you were a German, I would have made you at least a major-general.
Clue 2: They broke his Instrument in Holland to check for a magnet; the Japanese decided that it was completely magical or he used super-glue.
Clue 3: A Vienna sports club has a statue of his, depicting him with four arms holding four hockey sticks.
Clue 4: His quicksilver agility on the field as a centre-forward and captain of the Indian hockey team became legendary. It earned him the name 'hockey wizard'. He played a stellar role in its win in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. In the 1936 Berlin Games, Dhyan Chand was the captain and led India to victory over Germany in the final. Out of the 338 goals scored by the Indians in 37 matches in 1932, Dhyan Chand contributed an astounding 133. In short he gave India it’s 3 Gold Medals in Hockey.

(6) Kalki

Clue 1: Born on September 9, 1899 at Puttamangalam in the Thanjavur district in an orthodox, large Brahmin family , joined the National High School at Tiruchi, about 100 km away
Clue 2: When Mahatma Gandhi launched his Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921, thousands of students gave up their studies to participate in the movement. he was one among them. With the Secondary School Leaving Certificate examination just three months away, he left school and joined the Indian National Congress.
Clue 3: In 1941 he left Ananda Vikatan and rejoined the freedom struggle and courted arrest. On his release after three months he and Sadasivam started the weekly. He was its editor until his death on December 5, 1954.
Clue 4: His Psuedonym is based on a famous Avatar in Hindu Mythology and also a Tribute to his mentor, “Kalayana Sundaram Mudaliar”.

Round 3: was AMUL Hoardings...
Description: we had a few Amul Hoardings and the audience were asked to guess, which Event was it corresponding with.
you can get the complete list of hoarding from the following site :-
http://amul.com/hits.html

Round 4: Sports Round
Unfortunately Yeda has his share of the Questions, and they shall be uploaded as soon as possible.

Round 5: Fast Forward
Again, I can't put across these Questions as they are not being able to be displayed properly.

Round 6: Pot-Pourrie
Yeda, again has absconded with his set of Questions, and this round shall look incomplete without them.. so have post-poned updating this set of Questions too.

-ALPHA

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Friday, August 05, 2005

Shishya School - Chennai Quiz

One of my First ever School Quizzes, Amazing Rounds and Exotic Quizzers... Keeing in mind the general trend among School Students, i had compiled a list of almost easy but still with an Amazing Trivia insight ...

of course also refer to http://adquiz.blogspot.com for an amazing dosage of weekly Quizzes

Shishya School Quiz Finals (Rounds include: General Knowledge, 4 Clues, Pot Pourrie, SuperBrands, Rapid Fire)

Duration: 1 Hr

Winners: PSBB KK Nagar

General Knowledge (Organized as 2 Questions from each Latest Event)

(1)a. VH1… doesn’t the name just sound as manna from Heaven for the CAS Starved Chennai city? Now VH1 India is a collaboration between 2 Entertainment Giants, one of them is MTV and the other is _________ (VIACOM entertainment limited)

b. Titled, as “THE LONG WALK TO JUSTICE”, “WE DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY, WE WANT YOUR VOICE”, “MAKE POVERTY HISTORY” and other Strong hitting Punch Lines. Had more than 1,000 musicians, broadcasted across 182 television and 2,000 radio networks. Initially referred to as the LIVE AID 2, it’s name was changed to the Current appellation.. WHAT mammoth event are we talking about, and what does the current name of the event signify?
Ans: LIVE8 concerts, this was done to create awareness about Small-Pox, Debt relief, etc to the African nations, when the leaders of the TOP Rich nations are going to meet at the G8 summit held at Gleneagles.

(2) a. The U.S Grand Prix, held at Indianapolis Circuit was anything but Grand.. What started with full cavalry of Drivers, suddenly had a drop wherein 14 drivers across 7 Teams pulled out of the Race, allowing Shumacher to gain a Hollow Victory over 6 other drivers. This incident became branded as the Race that ended in a Farce.

Now, let’s come to your Question : This Entire Mess-up is attributed to a Tyre Company, Identify the Tyre Company, and give me the proper FUNDA ?

Ans: Michelien, the Final Corner of the IndianaPolis Track caused Crash for both of TOYOTA drivers Ralf Schumacher and Ricardo during intial test rides. According to the FIA rules neither could they change the Tires nor could they put chicane on this last corner.

b. Get me the position with which India’s Naraian Karthikkeyan finished in this Race ?

Ans: 4^th , and he earned his first F1 points (pretty Ironic)
The Order goes like this : Micheal Schumacher followed by Barrichello of Ferrari.
Then came Monteiro Followed by our own Narain both belonging to Jordon-Toyota. At last were the 2 Drivers of Minardi-Cosworth.

(3) a. Pretty Straight forward Question: Name Pakistan’s first Indigenous Car, with regards to Latest Trends?

Ans: REVO, short for Revolution manufactured by ADAM Motors.

b. Connect Q: If it is Meheran in Pakistan, what is it in India ?

Ans: Maruti 800

(4) a. For the E-Generation(E= Ekta kapur). Recently a famous producer and director, who owns the production company “Four Frames” joined the Board of Directors for RADAAN productions. Name him ?

Ans: priyadarshan

b. After the phenomenal Success of Chitti in Tamil, Radaan also forayed into the National Market by producing a Hindi Version of Chitti called, “Chotti Ma- Ek Anokha Bandan” Now you guys have to give me the name of the Television Channel that Broadcasted this Tear-Jerker?

Ans: Zee TV

(5)a. Audio : Tune of Oye Bubbly , Name the Music director ?

Ans: Sudesh Bhosle (Singer) Vishal Shekar (Music Director) Soumitra Kamik (Lyricist ) incidentally it is a Take off from , DEEP FOREST’s Tokyo Street.

b. Audio: Lajjawatiye Tune ? Incidentally the Singer and the Music director are one and the Same ..

Ans: Jassie Gift

(6)a. 8^th January 2005,the Momentous day ______ takes of from CAPE Canaveral, Florida in lieu of it’s 452 Million Km, 6 month Journey. Pretty recently it reached it’s destination causing an unprecented Hype and news. Name the Object which took off and it’s destination ?

Ans: US DEEP IMPACT Space Craft and the Destination was Temple 1.

b. When did it reach the destination and what is the significance ?

Ans: 4^th july 5:50 GMT, and Independence Day of America.

(7) Book’s and Authors:
a. Who’s latest book is “The Argumentative Indian – Writing on Indian History,Culture and identity” released on 2^nd July, 2005 which also includes an essay titled, “India:Large and Small” ?

Ans: Amartya Sen

b. collections of Essays, once again: Name Arundathi Roy’s Latest Book ?

Ans: An Ordinary Person’s Guide to the Empire. Co-written by Ashwin Desai

Connect ( 4 Clues)

(1)
a) Founded and Launched by Col. Gopinath, on 29/11/2003, based on Principals of SouthWest Airlines of US
b)      Ace Tennis Star Vijay AmritRaj is also in the Board of Directors of this company.
c)      Simplify, is my ad-Baseline.
d)      Very Recently R.K.Lakshman’s Common man became my Brand Ambassador
Ans: Air Deccan.
(Southwest Airlines (US).Founded in Dallas Texas on June 18, 1971 by Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines offered tickets that worked out to be cheaper than a car or coach ride. First pioneering the World’s First Low cost Airline.)

(2)
a) Connect Pure Design, Mario Garcia, Interstate, Chronicle.
b) G Subramania Aiyer, M Veeraraghavachar, T T Rangachariar, P V Rangachariar, D Kesava Rao, N Subbarao Pantulu
c) The national Press Building at 100, Mount Road where it all began.
d)It's crest(logo) which is in place right from September 20, 1878 depicts a lion and a unicorn. It's motto in Latin is "Dieu et mon Droit". In 1935, it changed its crest.
Ans: “The Hindu”
Mario Garcia’s who’s Design philosophy is “Pure Design” when called to re-design The Hindu used the fonts Interstate & Chronicle.Iyer, Raghavachar,etc were the Triplicane 6 who founded HINDU on Sep 20, 1878.
Their First building was Press Building at 100, Mount Road.

(3)
a) Produced films such as “Chura Liya Hai Tumne” and “ Na Tum Jano na Hum”; remember they are not conventional Production Companies we are talking about .
b) Founded by Kishore Biyani,a commerce graduate with a post-graduate diploma in marketing. He first launched Manz Wear Pvt. Ltd. its first jeans brand, 'Bare.' On September 20, 1991, Manz Wear Pvt. Ltd., went public and on September 25, 1992, it changed its name to it’s current name.
c) Recently unveiled a Customer Loyalty Program called, “The Kid’s Bank”. Partnered with a leading NGO called, Concern India Foundation, wherein all jeans collected during their Exchange offer would be donated to the lesser privileged.
d) In June 2004, they opened it’s first Central Mall, called “Bangalore Central” with the Tagline, “Shop, eat and celebrate”.

Ans: Pantaloons

(4)

a) The Music of One of the Songs from this Film is apparently partly inspired from an 1956 MGR-Banumati starrer, “Alibaba & 40 Thieves” and the original song being, “ChinnanChiru Chitte”
b) First Indian Movie to be brought over by Paramount Pictures to be dubbed in French.
c) The Tag-line goes as “He who comes from hell is not afraid of hot ashes”
d) The Story however is supposedly taken from Sidney Sheldon’s “Tell me your Dreams”
Ans: Anniyan
The Song Andakkaka is taken from the old MGR starrer, “Alibaba and 40 thieves”.

(5)

a) Middle name of this software genius is ‘Benedict’
b) Patricia and daniela are his two lovely daughters. His two obsessions are drinking Guinness beer and shooting pistols, but not mixing them together. He also enjoys driving his Mercedes SLK 32 AMG, apparently has a life unlike other Software professionals.
c) His website is titled, “WWW-illiterate”.
d) Is currently working at Transmeta Corporation and is often Associated with the Brand Image of a Penguin.
Ans : Linus Torvalds

(6)

Connect the following adlines with an Indian Corporation.
a) because Bridgette Bardot isn't the only french must see.
b) discover the rarest treasure - yourself
c)monday - french leave weekend - make a french friend
d)why do more men turn up with a french beard on mondays ?
Ans: PONDICHERY TOURISM.

Shishya School Pot-pourrie

Singara Chennai

(1) German Warship "Emden" bombed Madras during the First World War, but not much damage was done. There is a plaque at the place where the bombs fell. Where is the plaque located?

Ans: It is at the High Court, more specifically, it is on the wall of the high court campus, and the plaque can be seen if one comes from NSC Bose road and goes towards Anderson Street.

(2) Most of you know that what is now called as TTK Road was earlier called Mowbray's Road. And if I ask you why, you will guess that one Mr. Mowbray lived there and you would be right too.
So, what is present now at the location of Mr. Mowbray's house on Mowbray's Road?

Ans: Madras Club.

(3) After what institution is the College Road in Chennai named After as “College Road”?

Ans: College of Fort St. George. Established in 1812, long before the Museum or the WCC

(4) Chindadripet in Chennai is known as the World capital for this particular Game, What ?

Ans: carom Board.

Cities & Countries

(1) Sugar Bowl of the World

Ans: Cuba

(2) Description of a City :-

“Where the blowing winds from the seven peaks of Anatolian Olympos merge into each other...
Where Amazon's cooled their bodies in the waves that break apart from the Black Sea and roll mightily against the shore ...
Where love is symbolized in the Tower of Leandros ... “

One of it’s earlier historical names was Byzantine or Constantinople.

Ans: Istanbul

(3) Which City connects the Following :

a. Titanic the ship

b. Rubber Tyres

c. Milk of Magnesia

d. NRI Lord of British empire and of hotel business

The first three connects the city with one of their milestone events in their respective history of evolution. The city is of course the centre of operation of the NRI Baron..

Ans: Well the answer is Ireland's BELFAST. This is the city where Titanic was built, J B Dunlop did his bits on pneumatic rubber tyres and Milk of Magnesia was formulated by Sir James Murray. This is the place of operation of LORD DILJEET RANA.

(4) The name of this city is derived from Goddess of power known as Shri Chandika.

Nehru famously proclaimed this city to be "unfettered by the traditions of the past, a symbol of the nation's faith in the future."

Le Corbusier was responsible for the overall master plan of the city, and the design of some of the major public buidings.

One of the unusual features are the gardens with a different fetish.

Ans: Chandigarh. Rock Gardens from Nek Chand.

Comics

(1) Which Book has chapters such as “Machiavellian Methods”, ‘Pretending to work” and “Engineers, Scientists, Programmers and other odd people”?

Ans: The Dilbert Principle.

(2) Madrake the magician’s Home is located here ?

Ans: Xanadu

(3) Give me Superman’s original name, the one he had even before landing on earth as a baby ?

Ans: Kal-El

(4) Name the Creators of Asterix and Obelix ?

Ans: Goscinny, Uderzo

Extra: (1) Name the Indian Fakir, who helps Asterix in “Asterix and the Magic Carpet” ?

Ans: Whatz-his-name

I.T

(1) David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 mins to code a chunk of program called the "Three Fingered Salute" in 1981.... Millions use it today in case of desperation... What are we talking about....

Ans: The combination of Ctrl+Alt+Del keys that causes the system to

Restart.

(2) If you are in Infinite Bay loop Area, where are you in ?

Ans: Apple’s Head-Quarters in Sillicon Valley.

(3) A word origin question: William Gibson, in his famous novel Necromancer, coined a word that has become very popular. What word?
Ans: Cyberspace

(4) Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Paul Allen first designed a program that could analyze traffic counts by machine so that counties could get govt funding for road projects. Name their First Product ?

Ans: TRAF-O-DATA

Extra: (1) Where would you find characters called "Inky" "Pinky" "Blinky" and "Clyde" ?
A. In the game Pacman

Page 3

(1) After a very famous Celebrity Divorce, who said, “I can finally wear High heels” ?

Ans: Nicole Kidman.

(2) Won the Miss Chinese-American Paegent in 1991. Got the 2^nd Prize in the Asian equivalent of “American Idol”. Appeared for the 73^rd Annual Academy Award for the Theme song – “A Love Before Time” for Crouching tiger Hidden Dragon”, and is now titled as the next best thing in India after TATA Young, name this very talented Female ?

Ans: COCO Lee

(3) India’s First “Indian Idol” … Name him

Ans: Abijit Sawant, of the Aapka Abhijit Sawant fame.

(4) Recently his wife, Simone deserted him and has applied for Divorce on the grounds of Extra-marital affair. Name this Cricketing Super-star who’s glory days have become just another dot in the Horizon .

Ans: Shane Warne.

Indians

(1) A british Writer, born in Trinidad. His parents descended from North India. Emerging from a Family working in Sugar-cane plantation he went on to prove that his Pen is mightier than any sword by winning the Nobel prize for literature and also a Booker. Not to be outdone, he was also knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. His outstanding novel based on his Father’s life is titled, “A House for Mr.Biswas” Name the person ?

Ans: V.S.Naipaul.

(2) After correctly spelling “appoggiatura”, a type of musical note. This Indian Kiddo went on to win the 78^th Annual Spelling Bee Contest, name him ?

Ans: Anurag Kashyap.

(3) Though he lost his seat at the Lok Sabha from South Delhi in 1999, under a brilliant political Manoever he took up residence at the then C.M of Orrisa’s place to contest and win the Rajya Sabha Ticket from there. Which honest and Upright politician are we talking about ?

Ans: Manmohan Singh.

(4)Born in 1956 in Papanasam, India,. By the age of seventeen, he obtained an Advanced Degree in Modern Physics, and was also a well renowed Scholar of the Vedic Literature.Founder of the Art of Living and International Association of Human values across 146 countries in the globe. Whom are we talking about ?

Ans: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

(I have left out a few Rounds on Super Brands and Rapid Fire … unfortunately, they are not been able to be displayedin proper Format …)
Shall Put them across when Time permits..

- Alpha

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