11. 6 teams are qualified
CRACK present
10 marks
Please keep the spirit and enjoy
12.
Henry Lumsden,Lieutenant with the British army in
India,discovered this fabric 100% cotton tawny-
colored fabric with the plant extact derived from the
tea leaves.
Name the fabric.
1.
27.
This service was first announced on March 31‟ 2004.
People heard about it on 1st April and believed it to
be an APRIL FOOL JOKE- as the company launching
it was famous for its April Fool Jokes. They soon
discovered that this service was not a joke and is
now one of the most popular means of
communication. What?
6.
33.
This popular health drink was first launched in
Australia over 60 years ago,and named after the
Roman athlete,a champion at the ancient Pythian
games.
Name it.
8.
36.
Only time that the Ashok Chakra has been awarded
to foreigners was on April 11 1984 when Yuri
Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov were honoured.
Who was the 3rd awardee along with them?
9.
39.
After the murder of captain of a ship “Heartsease”
by Eskimos in 1612, a practice was born, which is
followed even almost all over.
What practice are we talking about?
10.
48.
In 1946,this football player was watching a practice
session of the Bengal Nagpur Railway hockey team
in Kharagpur.
Finding themselves short of player, the
captain, Dickie Carr, who had represnted India at the
1936 Berlin Olympics, thrust a stick in his hands. He
went on to be a part of the Indian gold medel
winning hockey team at the 1948 London Olympics.
Identify.
13.
54.
The Deccan Gymkhana of Pune drafted the first rules
and regulations of this game in 1914. In 1919, the
elliptical field dimensions were standardised.
However, the field shape was changed to rectangular
in 1935.
National championship started in 1959. Ekalavya
Award and Rani Laxmibai Award are given to te
„Man and woman of the Tournament‟.
Which sport?
15.
60.
This cliched phrase was first used to describe
Rudolph Valentino
Mae West used the phrase to describe Cary Grant in
the movie “She Done Him Wrong”(1933).
The popularity of the phrase was cemented by a
movie starring Ceaser Romero in 1941.
What phrase?
17.
63.
In 1986, when nominated to Rajya Sabha whose first
and only speech was regarding the abolition of
school bags,on account of them being a burden for
the children?
18.
66.
She was neither the “mother” nor the beautiful
bloom. She came and had cost a deadly effect in a
wide area. She lasts for few minutes. Who was she?
19.
72.
Ustaad Akbar ali khan was then working for the
Hindu ballad troupe. Once he was practising the
raaga what was earlier not so much familiar to the
world. Udayshankar heard it and became a lover of
the tune. He immediately took the decision to use it
as the background score in “Kalpana”..
What is the raaga?(Pandit Ravishankar was also an
expert in this raaga)
21.
75.
He was an engineer and a salesman but had a very
strong affinity towards the subject of maths. But due
to his family‟s financial condition couldn‟t study
further… His son whom we all know was one of
the pioneer in the field of physics.
Who is the person in question?
22.
84.
X and Y are well known cartoon characters. Y was
introduced in the series by the creator as a result to
counteract X‟s implausible heroism with dry and
sarcastic remarks. Y‟s 1st name is Archibald…..
Which 2 comic characters am I taking about??
25.