This document contains miscellaneous trivia questions about people, places, movies, songs, books and more. It includes questions that can be answered by identifying people like Jayati Modi, Aishwarya Rajnikanth Dhanush, Bob Dylan, Irina Shayk; movies/shows like Just ID the man playing TT, Parathewala Galli; dishes/foods like Haleem, Tunday Kabab; books like Easy Exotic by Shakuntala Devi; concepts like Ouija boards, Bagatelle; and more. The document tests varied knowledge across many domains.

2. Who is her famous uncle?

4. • Jayati Modi, niece of Lalit Modi

5. • Audio 0: Only time: singer

6. Who is the director of this movie?

8. • Aishwarya Rajnikanth Dhanush

9. Name the food

11. • Pithe, from Bengal

12. Bollywood connection?

14. • Amir Khan’s Ghulam scene where he runs
towards the train was shot here

15. • Established in 2001 by husband and wife
Dheeraj and Reeta Gupta. First outlet was at
Malad. Now present in Bangalore, Aurangabad
and Gujarat as well. Which franchise?

18. Name the actor who played him in a
movie?

21. • The original presenter of this show that began
on April 12, 1972 was Hamid Sayani. After the
first four years, Hamid died and the show was
taken over by his brother. Who hosts in now?

24. • Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, he used
perform at the Ten O'Clock Scholar, a
coffeehouse a few blocks from University of
Minnestota campus. Here, inspired by X, he
got himself the name we know him by. Who?

26. • Bob Dylan

27. • In the Hindi heartland, this phrase is used by
gossiping housewives to describe in-laws’
place. It is explained as “in-laws’ house looks
attractive from outside, but is not so when
you stay there for some time”. Which phrase?

29. Sasural genda phool

30. • The format of the show was devised by David
Briggs, who, along with Steven Knight and
Mike Whitehill, devised a number of the
promotional games for Chris Tarrant's
breakfast show on Capital FM radio, such as
the bong game. The original working title for
the show was Cash Mountain. The original
British version, hosted by Tarrant, debuted on
the ITV network on September 4, 1998
• Which show?

33. Just ID the man playing TT

35. • Charlie Chaplin

36. • Stanley Victor "Stan" Collymore is a retired
English football player of mixed Afro-
Caribbean and English ancestry. He is
currently an English football pundit. He held
the British transfer record when he moved
from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool for
£8.5 million in 1995
• What movie did he “act” in?

39. • What “religious” thing connects these
movies? (not exhaustive)
– Vaah, life ho to aisi
– Ragini MMS
– Kaalo
– 1920
– London dreams

41. • The Hanuman Chalisa

42. • The ingredients are beef or lamb, wheat,
barley, lentils, spices and ghee and sprinkled
with lemon juice and/or spicy masala to adjust
flavor to the taste of the eater. Legend has it
that it took nearly a week to make a perfect
dish. Which dish?

44. • The Haleem

45. What?

47. • Smorgasbord

48. A successful model. Dates a footballer.
Name her and her boyfriend

50. • Irina Shayk, and Christiano Ronaldo

51. • Berkeshire Hathaway (Warrem Buffet’s firm)
and 3G together bought out which firm in
early 2013?

54. Not strictly entertainment. But then,
who is the author?

56. • Shakuntala Devi

57. • Connect the following movies (exhaustive list)
: be specific
– C-Kompany
– Fashion
– Om Shanti Om

59. • Karan Johar appeared as himself

60. Identify the American “actor”. Hint: he
is more well known in another field

62. • Ronald Reagan

63. Identify this former Indian athlete

66. • Jaddan Bai, mother of Nargis, was the first.
Sneha Khanwalkar is the latest. What field?

68. • Female music directors

69. This is an Arabic band “Guitara”. One
of their hit songs was copied by Pritam
into an Indian song, Name the song

71. • Ya Ali (Gangster)

72. • Audio 1 (Yeh Mera Deewanapan Hai)

73. Who are they?

76. • “Easy Exotic: A Model's Low Fat Recipes From
Around the World” won the "Best First Book"
award at the 1999 Gourmand World
Cookbook Awards. Who is the author?

79. This man started something in 2008
which changed the way satire is
presented in India. Name him and
what he started

81. • Rahul Roushan, started Faking News

82. • India's first woman brew-master X is the
author of the book “Ale & Arty: the story of
beer”. Her father is a former general manager
of united breweries. Who?
•

84. • Kiran Majumdar Shaw

85. Identify the Punjabi actor

87. • Yograj Singh, Yuvraj Singh’s father

88. This is a Rajasthani movie made on the
life of a 15th century king of Rajasthan
who was said to have possessed
magical powers. Name

91. Identify

93. • The Bombay Duck

94. • Audio 2: The product (song: Open Up)

95. • X the second largest film industry in the world
in terms of number of annual film
productions, placing it ahead of the United
States and behind the Indian film industry.
What is X / identify the country in which X is
located?

97. • Nollywood in Nigeria

98. Born Eilleen Regina Edwards, she is a 5
time Grammy winner. Name her

100. • Shania Twain

101. This is a variety of apple sold under
brand name “Pink Lady” because of
their color. What is their country of
origin?

103. • Australia

104. • In the US, Mexico and Canada, a franchised
restaurant chain named IHOP has restaurants
serving X at all hours of the day.
• Expand IHOP / What is X?

105. Name the drink (hint: look at the color
combination)

108. • Connect
– A song written by John Lennon, and released on
Apple Records in February 1970 in both the UK
and US
– An Indian band formed by Ehsaan Noorani, Loy
Mendonsa and Farhad Wadia. According to them,
they do "versions, not remixes"

110. • Instant Karma

111. • A chance meeting with writer, Wali
Mohammad Wali, at a shop in Lahore, led to X
winning his first role in Yamla Jat (1940).
Directed by Moti B. Gidwan, the film featured
Noor Jehan and Durga Khote.
• ID X (hint: think awards this year)

114. Simply name the Hindi version of this
Malayalam classic

117. Identify the taller man

119. • Kareem Abdul Jabbar, basketball star in “Game
of Death”

120. • Audio 3: Hausla Buland – surrogate marketing
for?

121. It’s a Somalian delicacy prepared
during Eid, known as Xalwo. Whats is
South Asian counterpart known as?

123. • Halwa

124. • X is a soft drink that was created in Peru in
1935, by British immigrant José Robinson
Lindley using lemon verbena. The Coca-Cola
Company owns the X trademark everywhere
but in Peru. What is X?

125. Simply identify the “legendary” TV
personality

127. • Gordon Ramsey

128. Connect

130. • Map of Wasseypur, Perpendicular and
Tangent, characters in GoW-2

131. • In the British Royal Navy, what are these
– Monday: Our ships at sea.
– Tuesday: Our men.
– Wednesday: Ourselves
– Thursday: A bloody war or a sickly season
– Friday: A willing foe and sea room
– Saturday: Sweethearts and wives
– Sunday: Absent friends

133. • Raising toasts

134. • X is the only actor who became a chapter in
the lesson for CBSE syllabus (chapter titled:
“from Y to superstar” which comes under the
category Dignity of Work. Who is X?

137. • Where do we find them as “guests”?
– Astrophysicist George Smoot
– Theoretical physicist Brain Greene
– Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
– Stephen Hawking
– NASA astronau Micheal J Massimino

140. His first name is a tribute to whom?

142. • His first name is Apu, a tribute to Satyajit Ray

143. • The original was as Australian movie of the
silent era – “Our Hospitality”. It was later
made into Maryada Ramanam in Tamil. In
2010, it was made into a Bengali movie
“Phande Poriya Boga Kaande Re”. In 2012, it
was made into what Hindi movie?

146. • Author of this poem?
– “Momaa ka purse jaise hospital ki pyaari si koi nurse
Purse mein rakha tissue paper karta hai paseene ka ilaaj
Aur lipstick ho jaise bhookhe honton ka anaaj
Momaa ke purse ka hai makhmali sa sparsh
Momaa ka purse, Momaa ka purse”

149. • Invetnted by Fernand Petiot, its is said to be
"the world's most complex cocktail.“ What?

151. • Bloody Mary

152. • X was launched on April 1, 2002. It was
previously owned by the United Arab Emirates
based Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, who was once
a permanent fixture at India-Pakistan cricket
matches at Sharjah. What is X?

154. • Ten (Taj Entertainment Network) Sports

155. Which TV show (be specific) made the
actress famous?

157. • MTV Roadies Season 6 / Iss Jungle se mujhe
bachao

158. Just name the person who sang the
song in the movie
• Quadate Aqui
• Quedate aqui
En mis brazos
Quedate aqui
Para mi,
Y no me digas que me amas
No me digas que me adoras
Dime solo que te quedas
Una vida junto a mi
Llevame por alli
Llevame en tus anzias a un lagar
Donde ya no tenga que jurar
Donde ya no tenga que mentir
Donde solo exista para ti.
• Y no me preguntes si te quiero
Que no te preocupe lo que pienso
Que yo soy completamente tuya a mi manera
Pero a cuando quiero ser tu sueño
Yo no me conformo con tus besos
Quiero darte todo lo que siento y mas que eso

161. Name the 2 male characters (not
actors)

163. • Sam D Silva (Vijay Anand) and Gopi (Saurabh
Shukla) - Tehkikaat

164. Name the other 2 who were part of
this ad

167. ID

169. • Crazy Frog

170. Name this plant used as a medicinal
plant, food as well as an aphrodisiac

172. • Gingko Biloba

173. • The secret recipe of X was created by Haji
Murad Ali, who apparently had only one hand.
What is X?

175. • Tunday kabab

176. • The cast of this movie is as follows
– Anuj Saxena as Maulik
– Neha Pawar as Naina Kaur
– Vijayant Kohli as Saluja
– Mohinder Gujral
– Himanshu Thakkar
– Yuvraj Haral
– Prabhakar Srinet
• The movie is named after one of the most famous
streets in the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi, India

178. • Parathewala Galli

179. • The name of this comes from combining the
French and German words for “yes”. Its used
for ”entertainment of a different sort”, and
associated usually with the paranormal.
What?

181. • Ouija board, used for planchette

182. A variant of X using fixed metal pins eventually
led to the development of pinball. X is also
laterally related to miniature golf. X is named
after the place in the picture below. What is X?

184. • Bagatelle (from Chateau of Bagatelle)

185. • “The new law of evolution in corporate America
seems to be survival of the un-fittest. Well, in my
book you either do it right or you get eliminated.
• In the last seven deals that I've been involved
with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who
have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars.
Thank you.
• I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a
liberator of them!
• The point is, ladies and gentleman, that X -- for
lack of a better word -- is Y”
• ID X and Y.

188. • Connect the following characters
– Zayed Khan in “Mission Istanbul”
– Praveen Dabas in Monsoon Wedding
– Praveen Dabas in Khosla Ka Ghosla
– Abhay Deol in Shanghai
• Also, how is Abhay Deol’s character slightly
different from the other three

190. • IIT-ians
• Abhay’s character from IIT-M, rest from IIT-D

191. • Audio 4: Amay ektu jayga dao: singer

192. This is a 15th Century Aztec diagram of
what?

194. • A mother teaching her daughter to make
Tortillas

195. Who is the “actress”?

198. Thanks for coming