FINALS ROUND 1

There was once a Nawab in Lucknow who really loved to have kababs, but as age caught up with him, he lost his teeth and was unable to enjoy the kababs. 

He apparently setup a contest that whoever created the softest and most succulent kababs would enjoy royal patronage henceforth. 

The secret recipe was created by Haji Murad Ali, who had only one hand so he had to mince the meat before making it into a paddy unlike other kebabs. The recipe also included 160 spices which gave the distinctive taste to the kebab.

1. What is the name of this dish, which is dying out due to lack of beef?

TUNDAY KABAB

Amancio Ortega opened the first X store in 1975 in downtown A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Ortega initially named the store Zorba after the classic film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, they rearranged the letters molded for the sign to X. It is believed the extra 'a' came from an additional set of letters that had been made for the company.

Mr Ortega was the world’s richest man for a brief period of time primarily because of sales of X.

2. What world famous fashion brand store?

ZARA

3. Whose 95th birthday campaign?

NELSON MANDELA

The criterion for the awards states, "In the spirit of X, the X Awards commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. The winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species' chances of long-term survival.

The latest award was for this – “Mr. Bull, 32, plugged his charger into an extension cord and rested the charger on his chest while using the phone in the bath tub. He received severe burns on his chest, arm, and hand when the charger touched the water in his West London home, which mattered little as he was already dead from heart failure.”

4. Name these awards.

The Darwin Awards

The Kiss of Life – How a superhero and my son Defeated Cancer , is a book by a famous actor in Bollywood where he pens down the journey of his 6- year old son battling cancer and coming out victorious.

The chapters alternate between the present - the hospital wards, chemo and the shivers - and the past, where he battles his own doubts of being an actor, the ups and downs in his career, the media branding him as a ________, the typecasting and so on.

5.Whose autobiographical account?

Emraan Hashmi

6. The first pictorial illustration of whom?

Santa Claus

The 49-year-old- Glenn Jacobs, has announced his Republican candidacy for Knox County in 2018, which is located east of the city of Nashville, and it will not be his first venture into business outside of the wrestling ring either.

He currently runs an insurance company named Jacobs Insurance Associates, and previously confirmed that he would wait until the outcome of 2016 presidential election before committing to his own campaign.

7. How do we better know him?

KANE

An unclaimed peak in Himachal.A satellite for earth observation and disaster

risk reduction. A Higher Education and Skill Education

Guarantee Scheme in Delhi.Aurangzeb Road in Delhi.An uninhabited island off Odisha. DRDO's Missile Complex. Assam Innovation Centre.

8. A non exclusive list of what?

Things named after Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

It all started in 1612, when Raja X  took over Mysore, then under the Vijayanagara Empire, after dethroning the ailing Tirumalaraja. 

After the change of guard, Tirumalaraja's wife Alamelamma took all the royal ornaments and escaped to Talakadu, an area in the vicinity. According to historians, Alamelamma was upset about what she considered was her husband's unceremonious ouster from the ruler's chair.

She cursed the X and committed suicide by jumping into the Cauvery river.

The curse seems to be still strong because the latest scion was also adopted as the king and Queen could not conceive a male child.

9. Which royal family is being talked about?

The Wadiyars/ Wodeyars of Mysore

Life has taken Mr Singh to many places, he’s worked with Airlines to indulge his passion for travel ( British Airways / KLM), run a restaurant to indulge his passion for food and after running a successful business as the CEO of a multinational, retired from it to be able to indulge his passion for freedom.

Mr Sharma ‘retired’ from the apparel trade in 2003 when he gave up his job as the Head of Marketing(Asia) of a multinational organisation and went off to climb a mountain in Africa. He has played, worked, traveled, rafted, and climbed his way across over 60 countries in 5 continents and is always looking to share new adventures at home, work, and in the fridge.

10. What is the name of their hit TV show/book?

Highway on my plate

The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals is a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck. It consists of articles about 50 highly regarded animated short films made in North America and other notable cartoons, which are ranked according to a poll of 1,000 people working in the animation industry.

One particular Director is featured 10 times in the list.

11. Which director?

Chuck Jones of Tom & Jerry fame.

End of Round one.