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66 year old Johanna Sigurdardottir , Iceland
2. What is the cost being incurred on the maintenance of WIKIPEDIA in 2009?
$ 6 Million
3. Name the first Omani Lady Taxi driver?
Ms Asya Saif
4. Which person has won the highest number of Oscars ?
Walt Disney 26 (20 in his life time and 6 posthumously)
5. Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar. ?
Bhanu Athaiya
(She won the award for the Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi , 1982)
6. Burj Dubai recently became the tallest man made structure. Which structure & building did it overtake to be the tallest . ?
Burj Dubai will officially take over as tallest bldg from Taipei 101 once it opens offically
7. How did Bombay get its name ?
In Portuguese Bom Baia means Good Day
8. What is SHELFWARE ?
A software so useless it remains on the shelf
9. Which president of the US prohibited international aid from going to any organization that provided abortion related services or even advice?
Ronald Regan in 1984
(overturned by Clinton, reinstated by George Bush and now over turned again by B O)
10. Who first coined the word PRIVATISATION ?
Peter Drucker
11. Which Congolese warlord was recently tried by the International Criminal Court for training child soldiers?
Thomas Lubango
12. What are BLIND ADS ?
Recruitment ads that don’t have the name of the employer
13 The name Leigh Teabing in Da Vinci code is a code for something or some one. What or who ?
Composite anagram/ name of Richard Leigh and M Baigent who were co authors of the book Holy Blood Holy Grail which first published the theory that was made famous in the Da Vinci code
14. What is this! And why is it in the news
A Portuguese water dog
US First Lady Michelle Obama wants to find a rescued dog as a pet for her daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, who were famously promised a puppy by their father, Barack Obama
15 . “For Hire” is a unique book of experiences on the wheel written by a cabbie. Name this now famous cabbie.
Asif Hussain Shah , Pakistani Taxi driver ;
S.1 What is SKYSCOPE ??
Sky TV’s Skyscope technology was initially developed for missile tracking & now tracks cricket balls in a field & its trajectories. Like Snick-O-meter , Hawk-eye-system, Embedded microchip. First time this tech. Was trialled by Intl. Football Ass board in 2005
S.2 Who hit the most Sixers in a One day match inning ??
Xavier Marshall
12 sixes for West Indies v Canada King City on 22 Aug 2008
S.3 After which legendary goalkeeper is the newly instituted trophy for the Best Goalkeeper in the world cup tournament named ?
Lev Yashin
S.4 Identify this famous personality?
Joseph Sepp Blatter, FIFA President
S.5. Which Italian defender , known as the “Butcher of Turin” was responsible for marking Maradona in the 1982 world cup ?
Claudio Gentile
S.6 Name the controversial autobiography recently released by Adam Gilchrist?
TRUE COLOURS; My Life
B.1 “Imagining India ; ideas for the new century” is a recent bestseller ; Name the author ??
Nandan Nilekani
B.2 Which trading house was started in 1894 as collaboration between Tata sons & Volkart Brothers ?
Voltas
B.3 Barbie Doll was named after whom ??
Barbara Millicent Roberts , 1959
B.4 Novo launched the world’s first 3D web cam CALLED what ?
MINORU
B.5 What are Hyannisport, Winding lane, York, Lincoln avenue??
Bed collection brands from Tommy Hilfiger
B.6 Walter Chrysler took over an ailing motor company and reorganized into the famous Chrysler Corporation. Name the firm.??
Maxwell Motor Co
B.7 Sashi Chimala sold his IT start up Indigo Technologies and started a now well known but completely unrelated business. Name his new venture.??
Qwicky’s Coffee
B.8 A United States Postmaster General , Samuel Osgood , also became the first head of which famous company in the 19th century .??
First National City Bank of New York
CITIBANK
B.9 Which co. has published this ad which is splashed recently??
No. in Paints – JOTUN PAINTS
B.10 “YOURS IS HERE” is a Tagline of which famous IT co?
DELL
B.11 In 1998, which Indian businessman bought over The Marin Scope, The Twin City Times & 3 other newspapers based in San Francisco ?
Vijay Mallya
C1 Connect …. TASI & BASI ??
Stock exchange Index’s of Saudi Arabia & Bahrain
C.2 Connect……….
BHANUSINGHA , BOZ, PREMCHAND , Mary Westmacott
ALIAS NAMES THEY CHOSE TO WRITE NOVELS
TAGORE,CHARLES DICKENS & DHANPATRAI SRIVASTAV , Agatha Christie
C.3 Connect………
What do the shipping co NYK , Kirin Beer and the famous Japanese warplane Zero have in common?
Mitsubishi. (NYK and Kirin are group companies, and Zero was made by them during WW II)
C.4 Cold Stone ice cream is the hottest new ice cream chain. Fabulous flavors available now at the Qurum City Center. The helping come in 3 interesting sizes. Name all 3?
Like it ( 5 oz.)
Love it ( 8 oz.)
Gotta Have it ( 12 oz.)
C.5 What is special about these People ?
Jo King
Barry Cade
Carrie Oakey
Tim Burr
It sounds like a bad joke, but a study has revealed that there really are unfortunate people with those names in the UK.
Jo King (joking)
Barry Cade (barricade)
Carrie Oakey (karaoke)
Tim Burr (timber)
Justin Case (just in case)
Barb Dwyer (barbed wire)
Stan Still (stand still)
Terry Bull (terrible)
Anna Sasin. ( an assassin)
