RULES

• Format- 6 teams qualify from the prelims for the stage

rounds.

• Write down the answers on the sheets provided.

• Star marked questions are meant to be tie-breakers. Keep

an eye out for them.

• No negative marking.

• Use of cell phones, tablets is strictly prohibited.

• Accept the decision of the quizmasters as final and

binding. It’s good for your health.

Q. 1*

• Identify the 2 cricketers.

A. 1*

• Jonty Rhodes, Inzamam ul Haq

Q. 2

• Give funda

A. 2

• Raghuram Rajan cutting Repo Rate in January, 2015

Q. 3

• Ayrton Senna died in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix

when his car crashed at the Tamburello corner.

• The previous day, a rookie driver also lost his life during

qualifying when his car crashed at the Villenueve corner.

• Identify this driver.

A. 3

• Roland Ratzenberg

Q. 4

• Who is the richest man in India, according to latest

reports?

A. 4

• Dilip Shanghvi (Net Worth- $22B, according to Forbes)

• Mukesh Amabani (Net Worth- $19.7B, according to

Forbes)

Q. 5

• On April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which X was leading 6–4, 4–3, Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed X with a boning knife between her shoulder blades, to a depth of 1.5 cm (0.59 inches). She was quickly rushed to a hospital. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks to heal, she did not return to competitive tennis for more than two years.

• Many say that if it weren’t for the stabbing, X would have been the greates female tennis player of all time.

• Identify X.

A. 5

• Monica Seles

Q. 6

• X began with Madurai's first bus service in 1911 and

founded Y, a company that consolidated its presence in

the transportation business with a large fleet of trucks and

buses under the name of Southern Roadways Limited.

• When he died in 1955 his sons took the company ahead

with several forays in the automobile sector, including

finance, insurance, manufacture of two-wheelers, tyres

and components. The group has managed to run 33

companies that account for a combined turnover of nearly

$3 billion.

• Identify X and Y.

A. 6

• X= T.V. Sundaram Iyengar

• Y= TVS

Q. 7*

• Before Adidas there was

1. ECAS (Ente Centrale Approvvigionamento Sportivi),

Rome

2. Allen, Paris

3. Superball

4. Kost Sport, Basel

5. Sydsvenska Läder och Remfabriken, Ängelholm (aka

"Remmen" or "Sydläder")

6. Senor Custodio Zamora H., San Miguel, Chile

7. Slazenger

• Give funda.

A. 7*

• Manufacturers of the Official FIFA World Cup Ball.

Q. 8

• The picture shown below shows a very significant event

responsible for industrial growth. Name the person

responsible for this event.

A. 8*

• Andrew Carnegie

• Procession of elephants on the Keystone bridge.

Q. 9

• Who was the 1st Indian to have won an individual medal at

the Olympics?

A. 9

• Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

• 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Bronze Medal in Wrestling.

Q. 10

• In 1891, X became an engineer with the Edison

Illuminating Company. After his promotion to Chief

Engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to

devote attention to his personal experiments on gasoline

engines.

• Identify X.

A. 10

• X= Henry Ford

Q. 11

• Sanjeevani, Gaminee, Amaras and Punjabi are different

variations of which game?

A. 11

• Kabaddi

Q. 12

• X was born in 1975 and grew up in Chennai India. He was

raised by his grandparents.

• He completed his bachelor’s degree in Electrical

engineering from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna

University Chennai, M.S. in computer engineering from

Wayne State University, Michigan and MBA from Booth

School of Business, University of Chicago.

• After completing his education X worked as a

management consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers

(PwC) in the US and Booz Allen Hamilton India.

• Identify X.

A. 12

• X= Dhiraj C. Rajaram of MuSigma

Q. 13*

• One of the theories behind X is-

• “X because, I don't think there is a particular reason, but

it's beautiful, and is important, X. And in Italy, X is a name

you give to someone for respect, it's very important, The

Doctor... important.“

• Identify X and the person being talked about.

A. 13*

• X= The Doctor (Valentino Rossi)

Q. 14

• Privateer Holdings is a private equity firm that strategically

invests in this product.

• Privateer Holdings is headquartered in Seattle,

Washington and is the first firm in the United States to

focus entirely on this product.

• In 2012 it acquired leafly.com.

• Identify the product being talked about here.

A. 14

• Marijuana

Q. 15

• In 1976, X became the most famous gymnast in the world

when she became the first woman to score a perfect 10 at

the Olympic Games.

• Identify X.

A. 15

• Nadia Comaneci

Q. 16

• NXP Semiconductor recently merged with another

semiconductor giant.

• Identify this company.

A. 16

• Freescale Semiconductor

Q. 17

• X differs from the similar sport of volleyball in its use of a

rattan ball and only allowing players to use their feet,

knee, chest and head to touch the ball.

• It is a popular sport in Southeast Asia.

• Identify X.

A. 17

• Sepak takraw

Q. 18

• Connect (not-exhaustive)

1. The Flintstones

2. Yogi Bear

3. The Jetsons

4. Scooby-Doo

5. The Smurfs.

A. 18

• Hanna-Barbera

Q. 19

• In January 2004, X was found guilty of ball tampering

during an ODI with Zimbabwe. Match referee Clive Lloyd

adjudged the application of an energy sweet to the ball as

a deliberate offence, although X himself denied this was

his intent. Lloyd emphasized that television footage

caught X putting a lozenge on the ball during the

Zimbabwean innings on Tuesday night at the Gabba.

According to the ICC's Code of Conduct, players are not

allowed to apply substances to the ball other than sweat

and saliva. X was fined half of his match fee.

• Identify X.

A. 19

• X= Rahul Dravid

Q. 20

• In 1966, on the news of his father's death, the then 21-

year-old X returned home from Stanford University, where

he was studying engineering, to take charge of Y.

• The company, dealt in hydrogenated oil manufacturing but

X later diversified the company to bakery fats, ethnic

ingredient based toiletries, hair care soaps, baby

toiletries, lighting products, and hydraulic cylinders.

• Identify X and Y.

A. 20

• X= Azim Premji

• Y= Wipro