3.  A is shown to be stubborn, yet a shy and kind-hearted person. A
loves books and prefers to keep to herself. She is also a virgin in
the beginning of the series before meeting her boyfriend, who
calls himself as “__________ __________ of fucked up." Despite this,
she falls in love with him and finds herself in a complicated yet
passionate relationship with him.
 A describes herself as a "pale, brown-haired" young woman with
blue eyes "too big for her face." She is shown to be rather
insecure about being slim, pale, and scruffy. She classifies herself
as a "t-shirt and Converse shoes" type of girl.
 A has a small frame and a delicate profile, upturned nose, and
soft full lips. She has a nice body and is slender and petite, as her
boyfriend towers over her, and she can easily curl up into his lap.
Being immensely shy, she blushes pink easily which he finds
alluring.
Who is A? and fill in the blanks.

7. “During the Colonial period, tavern keepers
stored their spirits in casks. When the casks
got near empty, the dregs, or ____________,
would be mixed together into one barrel
and sold at a reduced price, poured from
the spigot, which was referred to as the
_______. Patrons wanting this cheaper
alcohol would come in asking for C.”
One of the many disputed origins of which
word?

9.  D was, according to ancient Greek and Roman sources,
a princess of Tyre and the founder and first Queen of
Carthage (in modern-day Tunisia). According to the
Aeneid of Virgil, she died for the love of Aeneas, when
he abandoned her.
 D is also the first name of singer Florian Cloud de
Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. She attained
international success with her debut album No Angel
that sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won
several awards, including the MTV Europe Music
Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New
Act and Best Album, and two Brit Awards for Best British
Female and Best Album. She has collaborated with A.R.
Rahman for a song in a Danny Boyle movie.
ID D.

11. This is the Great Seal of the State of New York. What is the one word motto,
meaning “Ever Upward” in Latin, and used extensively in a 2012 movie, that
has been blanked out?

13.  While it’s difficult to trace back
when and which manga was the
first to use the expression F, one of
the earliest online transcriptions of
the expression can be found in
the Sexy Losers web comic.
 According to the author, he was
inspired by a panel in Masahiko
Kikuni’s Heartbroken Angels comic
strip (picture right) to use the
expression to denote the sound of
something.
Which expression?

15. In 1992, a 21-year old Matthew Hayden
playing for Greenmount, shared a 200
run partnership with a 17-year old G
known and famous for a different sport
altogether. Both Hayden and G went on
to score centuries. This was G's maiden
first team ton after a previous best of 49.
Who is G?

17.  H is a large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York
City borough of Manhattan. Since the 1920s, H has been known as a
major African-American residential, cultural and business center.
Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after a
city in the Netherlands.
 Black residents began to arrive in masses in 1905, with numbers fed by
the Great Migration. In the 1920s and 1930s, it was the focus of the “H
Renaissance", an outpouring of artistic work in the American black
community. However, with job losses in the time of the Great
Depression and the deindustrialization of New York City after World War
II, rates of crime and poverty increased significantly.
 Since New York City's revival in the late 20th century, H has been
experiencing social and economic gentrification. However, H still suffers
from many social problems. Large portions of the population receive a
form of income support from the government.
ID H.

19.  “In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor,
_________ _________, is drawn into a harrowing
world centered on one of history's most enduring
and mysterious literary masterpieces : I. Against
this backdrop, _________ _________, battles a
chilling adversary and grapples with an
ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape
of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic
science. Drawing from the dark epic poem I,
_________ _________, races to find answers
and decide whom to trust, before the world is
irrevocably altered.”
Synopsis of which book? And the author?

21.  Founded by Lakshmi Potluri, Arun Chandra Mohan, Praveen
Sinha, Manu Jain & Mukul Bafana, J is a fashion and lifestyle
e-commerce portal, owned by Rocket Internet. It retails
apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, fragrances,
home accessories and other fashion and lifestyle products.
The site started operations in January, 2012.
 The company headquarters is in Gurgaon, Haryana. They
have a 1,00,000 square feet warehouse in Pataudi, Manesar.
 In December 2012, J held an Alexa Traffic ranking of 46 in
India. The cash-on-delivery payment model allows buyers to
see the product before making a purchase. Customers can
open the box and check the contents before accepting
delivery.
Which website?

23.  The product K was created by Rowntree's of
York, England, and is now produced worldwide
by ________, which acquired Rowntree's in
1988, except in the United States where it is
made under license by The Hershey Company.
When ________ took over this company, they
changed K's packing from foil and paper to
plastic. This did not go well with the customers.
It prompted several campaigns to change its
packing to the original foil and paper, which
the company eventually did.
ID K and the blank.

25.  According to Google, the most
searched “What is” queries in 2012 were :
 What is L?
 What is iCloud?
 What is 3G?
 What is Scientology?
So, um, what indeed is L?

29.  Aftermath is a 1994 short horror film written and
directed by Nacho Cerdà. The film is part of a
trilogy of short films, revolving about the
subjects of birth (The Awakening, 1990), death
(Aftermath, 1994) and rebirth (Genesis, 1998).
 The film begins with the dead body of a young
female, killed in a car crash, being brought to
a morgue. And the film ends with the dog of
the mortician feeding on the dead lady’s
heart.
 Whatever happens in between forms the main
theme of the movie.
What is the theme of the movie?

32.  Anthem : “The O Spangled Banner”
 Capital : Emerald City
 Govt. : Monarchy
 Population : 5,00,000
 Currency : None
Which country?

34.  Soon after the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s death, there
was a tour organized for the press to visit the inside of his palace.
After the visit, Spike.com created a list called “The Eight
Creepiest Things Found in Muammar Gaddafi’s Palace”. It’s
contents were :
8. Lots of Gold Guns.
7. Pet Lions.
6. A Massive Poster of P.
5. His Own Neverland-style Amusement Park.
4. Gay Porn.
3. A Mermaid Couch With His Daughter's Face.
2. An Underground Lair.
1. A Scrapbook of Pictures of Former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice.
What is P?

37.  The first part of Q’s name, combines her parents' first names, while
her mother has stated that the second part means "fairy" in Swahili.
 Q, at age five, had to lie about her age to audition for her very first
acting job, the starring role in ___ _____ _______ ______ ____,
because the minimum age to be considered was six. She eventually
beat out some 4,000 contenders for the role. The director told 'The
Daily Beast' that when he auditioned Q, he immediately realized he
had discovered what he was looking for, and changed the script to
accommodate her strong-willed personality. Her reading ability,
loud scream and the skill of burping on command impressed the
director and won her the part. The film premiered at Sundance Film
Festival to rave reviews, winning the Grand Jury Prize.
 She has signed on to star in Steve McQueen's upcoming film 12
Years a Slave alongside Michael Fassbender, Benedict
Cumberbatch, and Brad Pitt. In February 2013, Q was cast as the
title character in a new film version of Annie.
Who is Q? And fill in the blanks.

39.  R was a Swiss psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. R was born
in Zürich and spent his childhood and youth
in Schaffhausen, in northern Switzerland. He became known
to his high school friends as Klecks, or “Inkblot” since, like
many other young people in his native country, he enjoyed
Klecksography, the making of fanciful inkblot “pictures”.
Unlike his classmates, however, R would go on to make
inkblots his life's work by designing a psychological test,
called R test, in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are
recorded and then analyzed using psychological
interpretation, complex algorithms, or both. Some
psychologists use this test to examine a person's personality
characteristics and emotional functioning. It has been
employed to detect underlying thought disorder, especially
in cases where patients are reluctant to describe their
thinking processes openly.
ID R.

42.  S, a physician and oncologist in the US,
wrote this book as a response to the
demand of a patient, “I’m willing to go
on fighting, but I need to know what it is
that I’m battling.”
 “And the Band Played On” by Randy
Shilts and “The Making of the Atomic
Bomb” by Richard Rhodes were his other
two inspirations.
Who is S and what book did he write?

44. ID this now cult 1990 TV show, that ran
for two seasons, from this opening
sequence score and the minimalist
poster.

46. Who is the fourth person who will make this list exhaustive?

48.  V is a word in Punjabi used to describe a
person who is free, jobless and is just roaming
around. The word is mostly used in lighter sense,
as in, it's not exactly a replacement for
“unemployed”.
 Recently used in a Bollywood song, some of
whose lyrics roughly translate in English as :
“We are free, all are free, come (with us),
be free.”
“They call us jobless, but how does it
matter to us?”
Which word?

50.  Which institution that came into
existence on August 5, 2000, has the
motto “In pursuit of knowledge and
excellence.”?

52.  X was a professional American football league, founded
by ___________ ___________, that failed to find an
audience and ceased operation after its debut season in
2001.
 The X was originally conceived to build on the success of
the NFL and professional wrestling. It combined the scoring
system of the NFL with the stunts of professional wrestling. It
was hyped as "real" football without penalties for
roughness and with fewer rules in general. The loud games
featured players and coaches with microphones and
cameras in the huddle and in the locker rooms. Stadiums
featured trash-talking public address announcers and
scantily-clad cheerleaders. Instead of a pre-game coin
toss, officials put the ball on the ground and let a player
from each team scramble for it to determine who
received the kickoff option.
ID X and the founder.

54.  Y, a two-word term, refers to the institution of radical,
revolutionary change. This usage dates from the time of
the French Revolution. After the official abolition of the
French monarchy on 21 September 1792, the National
Convention instituted the new French Revolutionary
Calendar. It declared the day after abolition, 22
September, as 1 Vendémiaire – to be the first day
of the Republic and the beginning of Y.
 Frank Miller adopted this term for his DC Comics comic-
book story arc Batman : Y (Batman #404–407), retelling
the Batman origin story in the “Post-Crisis” DC Universe.
This comic established the expression DC later used in
other comic books.
Which term?

56.  Z is a Colombian dance fitness program created by
dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez during
the 1990s.
 Z involves dance and aerobic elements. Z's choreography
incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue,
mambo, martial arts, Bollywood and belly dance moves.
Squats and lunges are also included. Approximately 14
million people take weekly Z classes in over 1,40, 000
locations across more than 150 countries.
 Jennifer Lopez, Jackie Chan, Eva LaRue, Jennifer Love
Hewitt, Natalie Portman, Emma Watson, Victoria
Beckham, Halle Berry, Toni Braxton, Nicky Hilton and
Wyclef Jean are known to take Z classes as part of their
workout routines.
ID Z.