4. ANSWER
The lady is IROM CHANU SHARMILA
also known as the "Iron Lady of Manipur" or "Mengoubi" is a civil rights
activist, political activist, and poet from the Indian state of Manipur
She has been on a hunger strike for 500 weeks in protest against the army
atrocities and human rights violations in the North East
29. QUESTION 1
Name this gentleman who discovered something that changed medical
science and saved millions of lives and didn’t even claim the patent for his
discovery. On being asked why not. This was his reply.
“There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”
34. ANSWER
Hedy Lamarr
An actress and an inventor
Her work on “frequency hopping
system” to control the radio signals.
This along with her work on “spread
spectrum” laid the foundation for
present age technologies such WiFi,
Bluetooth, GPS and other wireless
technology
35. QUESTION 4
Identify this great inventor.
Said to the greatest mind ever born
on the earth.
He has numerous inventions to his
name, X-ray, induction motor, AC
current, radar technology, remote
controls and ball lightening to name
a few
42. QUESTION 1
Mariam-uz-Zamani Begum, also known as Heer Kunwari, Hira
Kunwari and Harka Bai
How is she better known to us in popular culture?
43. ANSWER
Jodha Bai
Which is actually a MISNOMER because historian didn’t really find anyone
by that name from that age
The name itself starting getting used in the 19th century and later on made
famous by movies, media and popular culture
48. QUESTION 4
What does the dotted route refer too and who is responsible for this route?
49. ANSWER
Grand Trunk Road
It runs from Chittagong, Bangladesh west to Howrah, West Bengal in India,
running across Northern India into Lahore in Pakistan, further up to Kabul
in Afghanistan.
It was built by Sher Shah Suri, although certain portion of the road did exist
before his time
72. QUESTION 3
Recently these two guys fought in a boxing match named “The Fight of the
Century”, or the ”Battle for Greatness”. Who are the two guys we are
talking about.
74. QUESTION 4
This is a list of sorts. Number 1 on the list on the left hand side, number 2 is
the middle and the third is a question mark. Who is missing from the list
and what is this list for?
1. 2. 3.
76. QUESTION 5
This picture is of Larisa Latynina, Russian gymnast.
She held a certain Olympic record for 48 years and was broken in 2012 by a
certain individual.
Name the individual.
78. QUESTION 6
Some of the accomplishments of this man are :
Shortlisted for junior national hockey squad and junior national football
squad
Captain his national junior rugby team
Holds six national school swimming records
A member of junior Davis Cup team
Fastest 100m time in junior athletics
National badminton U-19 champion
But we know him for his feats in completely different sport.
Name his highly talented and successful individual
98. QUESTION 2
Created by Finnish game development company Roxio entertainment in
2009, it was one of the highest download games of that year
Because of its huge successful, numerous spin off this came out and as of
now, it is most downloaded freemium game series of all time.
Now, you can find theme parks, puppet shows and even movies with
reference to this game.
Which iconic game am I talking about
106. QUESTION 6
As the legend goes, Lord Krishna was reposing under the tree with his feet
crossed.
A hunter named Jara, from far afar saw the feet moving and thought it was
a deer and so he pulled the arrow.
After seeing that it was Lord Krishna, the hunter cried and pleaded guilty
but the Lord smiled and forgave him.
Krishna said he knew about it and it was his plan all along.
Who was this hunter in his previous life?
107. ANSWER
The hunter was none other Bali or Vaali himself reincarnated as the hunter.
Lord Rama had killed Bali while hiding on tree and it was his way to make
things right in the next.
117. ANSWER
C N R Rao
Bharat Ratna and numerous other
achievements and awards
118. QUESTION
Named “Kingdom Tower”, if completed as planned, this tower
will reach unprecedented heights, becoming the tallest
building in the world, as well as the first structure to reach the
one-kilometer-high mark
In which city and country is this tower being build
120. QUESTION
Øresund Bridge bridge across the Øresund strait between
X and Y.
The bridge runs nearly 8 km from the X to the artificial
island of Peberholm in the middle of the strait.
The crossing Is completed by the 4 km Drogden Tunnel
from Peberholm to Y.
Name X and Y.
121. ANSWER
X is Denmark and Y is Sweden.
The bridge actually connects Copenhagen, Denmark to Malmo, Sweden
122. QUESTION
This lake has one of the highest salinity in the world of 33.7% which is 9-10
times higher than the salinity oceans.
It is pre historic lake dating bake to 2 to 3.7 million years.
It is 427 metres below sea level making it the lake with lowest altitude.
Name this lake.