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Page 1: MasterMinds 2013: Prelims and Answers

ANSWERS

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QUESTIONONE

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ANSWERONE

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QUESTIONTWO

• The staple food of which animal is eucalyptus leaves, and nothing else?

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ANSWERTWO

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QUESTIONTHREE

• The word “VODAFONE” is the combination of which three words?

+ 2 for all three ; +1 for two

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ANSWERTHREE

• VOICE -- DATA -- PHONE

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QUESTIONFOUR

• The current title sponsor for IPL is Pepsi. Which other company competed with Pepsi but narrowly missed out?

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ANSWERFOUR

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QUESTIONFIVE

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ANSWERONE

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QUESTIONSIX

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WHAT?

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ANSWERSIX

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QUESTIONSEVEN

Which company has trademarked the term “ frappuccino” ?

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ANSWERSEVEN

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QUESTIONEIGHT

Better known as?

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ANSWEREIGHT

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QUESTIONNINE

Which common vegetable is 91% water?

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ANSWERONE

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QUESTIONTEN

Which country was originally called “New Holland”?

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ANSWERTEN

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QUESTIONELEVEN

Collaboration between NDTV and?

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ASNWERELEVEN

KINGFISHER

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QUESTIONTWELVE

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ANSWERTWELVE

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QUESTIONTHIRTEEN

Which 90’s boy band reunited this week at the MTV Video Music Awards after 11 years?

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ANSWERTHIRTEEN

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QUESTIONFOURTEENThe year is 1862. The only known photograph of?

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ANSWERFOURTEEN

Bahadur Shah Zafar. The last Mughal emperor.

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QUESTIONFIFTEEN

This is Bob Saget, famous for his role of Danny Tanner on Full House.

Which iconic TV role did he take up on September 19,2005?

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ANSWERFIFTEEN

FUTURE TED from How I Met Your Mother*

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QUESTIONSIXTEEN

Origin of which meme?*

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ANSWERSIXTEEN

Y U NO? *

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QUESTIONSEVENTEEN

Free with what?

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ANSWERSEVENTEEN

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QUESTIONEIGHTEEN

Which Sanskrit word meaning ‘celestial announcement’ was coined in 1935, in the rented house of Professor Dr M V Gopalaswamy?

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ANSWEREIGHTEEN

Akashvani

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QUESTIONNINETEEN

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ANSWERNINETEEN

Zumi/Zoomi

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QUESTIONTWENTY

Which tree is also called Peacock Flower and Flame of the Forest?

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ANSWERTWENTY

GULMOHAR

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QUESTIONTWENTYONE

Mamata Banerjee during her Jangalmahal visit

in July 2013 said:“Shorir ta bhalo nei. Kalkei ekta _______ kheyechi”.

Fill the blank with a brand name.

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ANSWERTWENTYONE

Crocin

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QUESTIONTWENTYTWO

Best known for which 2012 film?

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ANSWERTWENTYTWO

BANE

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QUESTIONTWENTYTHREE

The country?

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ANSWERTWENTYTHREE

ZIMBABWE

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QUESTIONTWENTYFOUR

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ANSWERTWENTYFOUR

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QUESTIONTWENTYFIVE

In 2013, whose broadcast to Earth comprised the following languages:

Chinese, Portuguese, English, Esperanto and Star Trek's Klingon?

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ANSWERTWENTYFIVE

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