Ashwin Balasubramaniam

• All Questions are written

• Apologies for the semi preparedness and absence the

quiz was rushed didn’t want to miss this one again.

• 3.86 km of +

• 180.25 km of +

• 42.2 km of = ?????

• To lay to rest various conspiracy theories regarding a

reversal of a decision made in Chandigarh on 30th March

2011, this company later published an official response

justifying the reversal. Company and Decision ( sorry

very vague )

• Her more well known nickname is the “Swiss Miss” but

she was also dubbed the _______ given the spate of the

injuries and bad luck befalling those whom she dated,

with only the golfer Sergio Garcia and ice hockey pro

Pavel Kubina having emerged unscathed. Who, and fill in

the blanks as well

• What word refers to a ship which is afloat but incapable

of going to sea. Also used to refer to incomplete ships or

old ones where internal

• What event is being depicted here

• 1. Ironman Triathlon

• 2. Hawk-Eye Innovations ,Sachin’s LBW against Ajmal

• 3. Matina Hingis ( Black Widow)

• 4. Hulk

• 5. St.Boniface felling Thor’s Oak

• Avengers

• In April 1976, H. Narasimhaiah, a physicist, and then vice

chancellor of Bangalore University, founded and chaired

a committee "to rationally and scientifically investigate ….

..". Narasimhaiah's committee was dissolved in August

1977. According to Erlendur Haraldsson, the formal

challenge from the committee came to a dead end

because of the negative attitude of the committee, and

perhaps because of all the fanfare surrounding it.

Narasimhaiah held the fact that he was ignored to be one

of several indications that his miracles were fraudulent.

As a result of this episode, a public debate raged for

several months …perhaps to this day. What was

Narasimhaiah trying to get to the bottom of …..?

• Identify this Chinese leader who has recently fallen out of

favour

• The owner of the sushi shop in Okinawa is named after a

real life historical samurai ( incidentally played by the

same actor Sony Chiba ). Give the name of this character

and how does he help “The Bride” get even with Bill

• Xbox : PlayStation : Nintendo Wii :: Kinect : Move :

_______?

• ( Analogy Not entirely right but what is the bundle of the

wiimote and portable joystick called ? )

• 6. Sai Baba’s “Miracles ”

• 7.Bo Xilai former head of the Chongqing branch of the

Party

• 8. Hattori Honzo makes her a new Katana

• 9. Wii Nunchuck

• Connect Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• This Term for a particular group gained prominence in

2006, and is described in the urban dictionary as “A

selection of overpublicised, vacuous anorexics …., easily

distinguished by their orange skin tone and high body

plastic index”

• The former posh spice is genrally referred to as the

“Queen of _____ ”?

• In South America _____ refers to the starch of the plant

and in India usually to the root. This is processed to get

what sabudana or javvarasi .

• Identify

• Which Billy Wilder movie starring Jack Lemmon and

Shirley Mclaine is this a poster of.

• 10. Wags (taking liberties with the spelling with this one)

• 11. Tapioca

• 12. Pablo Picasso

• 13. Irma La Douce

• Characters from TinTin (Non – Exhaustive)

• What does that number signify?

• ELO Rating.

• Where ?

• Rosa Parks Bus in Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn