quizventure-2015 the think-tank quiz

TH!INKTANK 2015

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RULES…

► There will be 15 questions .

► Question 8-12 are *ed questions used for tiebreaking.

► All the best!!!

► Quizmaster’s decision is final and binding.

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1What’s happening here?


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2Who are these persons and what was their claim to

fame?


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What is happening here?


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• X’s history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton, led him to create a soda that could be sold at soda fountains. He created a flavored syrup, took it to his neighborhood pharmacy, where it was mixed with CARBONATED water and deemed “excellent” by those who sampled it. Dr. Pemberton’s partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, is credited with naming the beverage “X” as well as designing the trademarked, distinct script, still used today.


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• If a Quora post is to be believed , the identity of the picture was a 4 years 3 months old Neeru Deshpandey from Nagpur.

• However Mayank Shah , group product manager put all the folklore to rest and said that ; it was an illustration of Everest back in the 60’s.

• It is one of the largest selling products in the world . If the number equivalent to its annual sales is kept from end to end,192 is the number of times one can go around the world . Identify the Product.


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6On which country’s national day?


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• TIME magazine ran a cover sometime in March 2013 with the title written as “Man , Superman , Gunman” , along with a photo of a individual . Which Individual?

Identify…


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8*

Identify Him….


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• Published in 1998,The Polyster Prince, an unauthorised biography by Hamish MacDonald , was never sold in India as the book was about a famous busines family in India . They threatened legal action .Nevertheless it continues to be a popular book around the world . This book is about X.Who?


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• In late 1949, as India prepared to transform itself from a dominion, where the British monarch was head of state, to a full fledged republic, Nehru and Patel had a major disagreement as to who should be the first president of independent India. Much to Nehru‟s annoyance, Patel ensured that his close friend Rajendra Prasad became the new head of state, even though Nehru had already promised the presidency to somebody else. Who?


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• This word entered the English language during the Irish Land War, derived from the name of an unpopular land agent who, upon attempting to evict eleven tenants from the land, faced social ostracism being shunned by everyone in the locality. The word has come to mean an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organisation, or country as an expression of protest. Which word?


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Who?


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13

This is an image taken at the French alpine resort of Meribel. What has been shown here?


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14Author?


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• When the Hollywood Walk of Fame project was being conceptualised, it was realized there were many more people who were leaders in their fields who would never earn a star on Hollywood Boulevard. It was decided that this situation should be rectified with the creation of an award given by the music industry similar to the Oscars and the Emmys. Initially, the working title for the award was the Eddie, to honour the inventor of the phonograph, Thomas Edison. But eventually the name of Emile Berliner‟s invention was chosen. Which award?


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