Q 1

Q.1

• It is a type of baseball pitch with an erratic and unpredictable trajectory. It is thrown such that the ball has minimum spin in flight. The lack of spin causes vortices to form over the stitched seams of the ball causing it to change direction mid flight. What is it called?

Answer

• Knuckleball

Q 2

• The technical name of this occurrence is perigee-syzygy while the more commonplace term X is said to have origins in modern astrology. The phenomenon may be associated with increased risk of events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, but the evidence of such a link is widely held to be unconvincing. The most recent occurrence was on August 10, 2014 while the next and closest X of 2014 will be on September 9. X?

Answer

• Supermoon

Q 3

• He started his career with a role playing the alien Mork on the hit TV show Happy Days and went on to become an academy award winning actor. He starred in acclaimed films like Good Morning, Vietnam, The Fisher King and Happy Feet to name a few. Who?

Answer

• Robin Williams

Q 4

• FITB / Funda?

• Artur Avila

• Manjul Bhargava

• Martin Hairer

• blank

Answer

• Fields medal

Q 5

• The "standing cup" was a large cup fashioned of precious metal. When she was launched, the presiding official took a sip of wine from the cup, and poured the rest on the deck or over the bow. Usually the cup was thrown overboard and belonged to the lucky retriever. As the launchings grew more frequent, economy dictated that the costly cup be caught in a net for reuse at other launchings. Late in 17th century Britain, the standing-cup ceremony was replaced by X, a practice followed to this day. X?

Answer

• Breaking a bottle across the bow of a ship during the ceremonial christening

Q 6

• This online photography community co-founded by Oleg Gutsol and Evgeny Tchebotarev was named after the size of photos considered good for web display in 2003, when it was started. Although the image size grew to 900 pixels in 2009, the previous name remained. The site currently has 2.5 million registered users and over 10 million monthly active users. It teamed up with Bing in August 2013 to showcase photos from its users as the background image on Bing's homepage. Name the site.

Answer

• 500px.com

Q 7

• It first appeared in the second season episode "The One With The Baby On The Bus". In "The One Where Eddie Moves In" a professional recording of the song is made for possible commercial release. In "The One With ______'s Ex-Partner" a character played by guest star Elizabeth Daily uses the song as a jingle for a cat litter commercial. What?

Answer

• Phoebe’s “Smelly Cat” song in F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Q 8

• What is blanked out?

Answer

• Russian Roulette

Q 10

• The US Navy Research vessel R/V _____ ____ is the first academic research vessel to be named for a female scientist and explorer. Its namesake was the first Female American and the third woman in space. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, the only person to participate on both. Who?

Answer

• Sally Ride

Q 11

• ______ is a matchmaking mobile app which connects with users' Facebook profiles to provide pictures and ages for other users to view. Using GPS technology, users can set a specific radius, and they will have the option to match with anyone that is within that distance. What app?

Answer

• Tinder

Q 12

• Epicondylitis is an inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle, especially of the humerus. Early experiments suggested that it was caused by the overuse of the muscle attached to the tendon. The common name is a misnomer because most people who get this disease don't play the sport this condition is named after. Common name?

Answer

• Tennis elbow

Q 13

• Cover art for which iconic piece of literature?

Answer

• Midnight’s Children

Q 14

• This photoblog started by Brandon Stanton in 2010 features candid street portraits and interviews taken in the city which has been called "the cultural and financial capital of the world", "The Five Boroughs", and "New Amsterdam" among other names. It has a large following on social media with over 8.8 million followers on facebook alone. Stanton has also released a bestselling book, based on the eponymous photo blog. What is it called?

Answer

• Humans of New York

Q 15

• *Blank* is a piece of high carbon or alloyed steel (named for its function) from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of chert or similar rock. The tinderbox, of which *Blank* formed a major component, was the most common method of lighting a fire from the Iron age onwards up to the invention of the friction match. *Blank*?

Answer

• Firesteel

Q 16

• The first of this kind was posted to the /b/random boardroom of 4chan in 2008. It was a simple 4-panel strip showing the author's anger about getting "splashback" while on the toilet. It was quickly reposted and modified, with other users creating new scenarios and characters including drawings of celebrities like Barrack Obama, Rowan Atkinson, Nicolas Cage and Neil De Grasse Tyson. What?

Answer

• Rage comics

Q 17

• “_____, ___ ___ __?" is a phrase used in CPR training courses where _____ is the name of the mannequin used for the training. As part of the training, trainees are taught to say "_____, ___ ___ __?" to the dummy in order to check that the patient is conscious and responsive. This phrase is however more famously known as a refrain of a song with a fast paced beat intertwined with lyrics about a woman (name is the same as that of the mannequin) who has been attacked in her apartment by a smarmy assailant. What phrase / song?

Answer

• Annie, are you OK?

• Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

Q 18

• Some popular Bollywood songs like Alvida (Life in a Metro) and Crazy kiya re (Dhoom 2) feature this instrument which looks like a sitar and sounds like an electric guitar. What is it called? Who is its creator who featured in the latest Taj tea commercial?

answer

• Zitar

• Niladri Kumar

Q 19

• The ____ ____ Riots were a series of riots in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, between Anglo American sailors and Marines stationed in the city, and Latino youths who were recognizable by the ____ ____s they favoured after which the riots are named. This costume / dress was a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. The amount of material and tailoring required made them luxury items. This extravagance was considered unpatriotic in wartime by many and was a factor in the riots. FITB

Answer

• Zoot suits

Q 20

• Connect:A British airborne mission in Italy in 1943A Kurt Vonnegut novelA percussion instrumentA style of comedyA Marvel Comics superhero created in the early nineties

Answer

• Slapstick

Q 21

• It started in New Zealand on July 4, 2014, with a fundraising page on behalf of the Cancer Society to help support patients and their families through one of the toughest challenges anyone will face, a cancer diagnosis.It was popularized in the United States when Massachusetts resident and former Boston College baseball player Pete Frates began posting about it on Twitter. The first recorded instance, for another fatal disorder, involved Jeanette Hane Senerchia of Pelham, New York on July 16, 2014. In the recent days, this has gone viral on social media and has led to a massive increase in donations as well as awareness for the cause. What?

Answer

• The Ice bucket challenge for Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease

Q 22

• Funda:Scary movieJohnny EnglishBoratMeet the SpartansSuperhero movieThe Starving Games30 Nights of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl with the Dragon TattooThe Hungover Games

Answer

• Spoofs / parodies

Q 23

• Oreopithecus is an extinct primate from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in today's Tuscany and Sardinia in Italy. Oreopithecus (from the Greek ὄρος, oros and πίθηκος, pithekos, meaning "hill-ape") existed 9 to 7 million years ago in the Tusco-Sardinian area when this territory was an isolated island in a chain of islands stretching from central Europe to northern Africa. It was nicknamed ______ _______ after a popular muppet on a kids' tvshow as a play on the scientific nomenclature. Nickname?

Answer

• Cookie Monster

Q 24

• A, B and C are the three essential pieces of a fishing tackle in angling. The use of the phrase 'to swallow something A, B and C' is an idiomatic expression to describe a situation where a person or group accepts wholesale and uncritically an idea or set of beliefs. A, B, C?

Answer

• Hook, Line and Sinker respectively

Q 25

• In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a 'X' is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, idea, setting, or object; while in photography it is any process by which there is loss in clarity towards the corners and sides of an image. What is this one word 'X', which originates from French for "little vine"?

Answer

• Vignette

Q 26

• The ______ ____ is the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument of the viol family in the modern symphony orchestra. It is also used in a range of genres, such as jazz, 1950s-style blues and rock and roll, rockabilly/psychobilly, traditional country music, bluegrass, tango and many types of folk music. What instrument?

Answer

• Double bass / Contra-bass