2. Question 1
In an article by Anusuya Basu in The Telegraph on 30th
of Nov,2019 , she told the story of three initiatives and
their founders.
The founders/group of founders include- a land loser
from Singur, two non-resident Indians (NRIs) and two
Shibpur BE College graduates.
What four words did she use as the title of the article ,
‘wondering about what these people are’ and
adding a letter to the last word of the first line of a
famous rhyme?
4. Question 2
A creation by American heavy metal band Motionless in White,
this song aims to highlight the hypocrisy of devout Christians and
hold a mirror up to all the self righteous, holier-than-thou people
and show them how they have a severe lack of understanding
of Jesus Christ’s preachings.
Give me the two word name of the song, punning on something
that is considered divine and perfect in Christianity.
6. Question 3
In the next slide , you will see a certain region of Eastern
France that lent its name to a breed of dog.
An IAS officer most well known for his election
reforms, in the peak of his career , got a nickname
because of his strict administration, which is a
wordplay on the name of the breed.
What was his nickname?
9. Question 4
In 2017, the Dallas Morning News in a column, apologized to a
fandom community for making in an error in the spelling of a
species in a pathbreaking film exactly 4 decades ago, with the
headline saying: "Sorry, we made a _____ _____".
Fill in with an delightful pun, by the newspaper highlighted that they
made an amateurish error.
11. Question 5
The mansion you will see in the next slide was auctioned in
Oct,2019.
Located at Texas , this building was built by architect
Richard Davis, for “Bo” Pilgrim , cofounder of the poultry
empire Pilgrim’s Pride , which used to be one of the
largest suppliers of poultry products in the World.
Give me the name of this mansion , changing a certain part
of the name of a building of ‘re(g)al importance’ in a
different continent with a ‘low sound’ that fits the context?
14. Question 6
A clothing line started by this Premier League
winning Austrian left back, this company derives its
name from the fact that the wearer of the clothes
should not care much about what other people's
opinions about their choice of garment.
What is the profane 3-word punny name of the clothing
line?
16. Question 7
In the next two slides you will see few photos from the
gallery of the official page of an event that was started by John
Conti in Louisville back in 2003 , inspired by eccentrically
decorated cow statues in Chicago.
Name the event , a play on another annual four-day
festival , first conceived and created by Perry Farrell , back
in 1991.
You will get to the name of the event by replacing a certain
part of the name of the festival by an activity these
creatures ( next slides) do when running fast.
20. Question 8
Recently, I came across this picture on Reddit of a cheap and subsidized version of an
object with a caption that is clearly a pun on a 16th century expression about
seasonal unhappiness.
Simple enough, give me the caption.
22. Question 9
Recently, during his tour of the British Isles, Australian comedian Adam Hills
recounts how he was afraid of being funny in front of a notoriously unruly crowd
during a show in a bar in a county town in Shropshire.
Describing his successful attempt at being able to control that crowd and make
them laugh, he gave a beautifully punny headline to his weekly blog.
Simply give the headline, a pun on the name of a 16th century work of
literature, a headline that can very well describe the Liverpool U-23 team's
recent excellent victory in the FA Cup.
24. Question 10
A recent Guardian article that talked about –
why grumpy animals rule the internet had a
title that was a pun on a phrase used for
describing a certain weather condition
when excessive precipitation takes place.
What was four word title of the article?
28. Question 12
In a certain Shibram Chakraborty short story ,
the protagonist , a young kid , got a nickname
when as an answer to the types of gender in
English language , he said- masculine , feminine ,
common and _________ ---- and realized this
‘gender’ is from a different subject - history.
What ‘great’ nickname did he get as an aftermath
of this incident?
33. Question 14
This Englishman, who started his career as a fast bowler, had to
change his role after an early injury. He produced his best
performance in a 2004 series against West Indies and gained a
nickname after a slogan erroneously printed in a set of mugs
ordered in the year 2000- his testimonial year.
However, as soon as the error got popular, 200 mugs were
produced and distributed among fans of Warwickshire, where the
photo of this guy (next slide) was there on the other side of the
mug.
Who is this cricketer?
What was the nickname, a seat of power, currently held by Felipe
VI?
36. Question 15
Around the time that supercouples were getting nicknames
like Brangelina, Bennifer and TomKat, The New York Times
came up with the ingenious quip about wanting a Harvard-
educated Oscar winning actress and a naval officer and
marine conservationist to date, so that they could call
them “__________”.
What was the apt name given to this unusual supercouple?
38. Question 16
Back in 2010, in an article of New Statesman
America , Tristan McConell wrote about
Mogadishu’s remaining beauty after being
shattered by frequent terror attacks.
What was the three word title of the article ,
which can be worked out by adding a single
letter to the first word of a phrase used for a
group of four countries , where the capitals of
the remaining three are – Asmara , Addis
Ababa and Djibouti?
40. Question 17
“And so the god ____ declared one day: "I shall send forth four muses to represent me
on planet earth and spread my philosophy through the vessel of music. I shall bring
together Shocka Khan, bassist from the planet Rock, Steve Russ, guitarist from planet 7,
Mike Westin, Drummer brought from the gods and Nate Hoffman guitarist from the
village of Riff! Together they will spread my message, my philosophy, my ____ and shall
aptly be named _____'_ ____. And upon their mission, they should not be confused
with big haired egomaniacs with flashy gym shorts who throw hail Mary
punches without the common cognitive wherewithal to follow with a block.
Also, they will be based out of Albany, NY.”
Simply give me the name of the band.
42. Question 18
According to Urban Dictionary , _____ __ ____ is-
A bar crawl style group drinking adventure in
which the group dresses in native american
garments and a group "leader" dresses as
Andrew Jackson in a military uniform. The leader
is charged with picking the route and stops along the
crawl and forcing the group to leave at random before
they have finished their fire water at each watering
hole.
FITB by changing the last word of an infamous
forced relocation from Southeastern US to the west
44. Question 19 A
A porn parody where the girl in
question is involved in a rather
exquisite gangbang with big, bad
African American men.
Give me the name of the porno, one
word added to a children's literary
work, this time with no
anthropomorphic antagonist.
45. Question 19 B
A porn parody about undead
women who have a nocturnal
fetish for oral sex, there was a
comment below this video
asking if it was a socio-political
parable on domestic racism
like the 1968 genre movie from
which it derives its name.
Simply, name the porno.
47. Question 20
Last year in late Oct, an article by Dale Berning Sawa
described how Britons fell in love with sweet potatoes. The
article discussed how the demand for sweet potatoes in UK
quadrupled over the last decade and why it’s a healthier
option than conventional potatoes.
What was the two word title of the article , where the first
word of a phrase , first used by announcer Chick Hearn to
describe a high-flying shot was replaced by the word used
for tubers with red flesh in the US?
49. Question 21
A meme which came out in 2015 ridiculing Donald
Trump's attempt to become president, the creator gave
the caption suggesting that people who make fun of the
Don's hair calling it a wig would have to face infernal
consequences.
What was the said caption?
51. Question 22
In mid 2019 , Narendra Modi released the All India Tiger
Estimation Report 2018 and it showed a growth in tiger
population by 33%.
The Indian PM aired his views on this achievement using
Bollywood references-
"The story that started with Ek Tha Tiger and then
continued with Tiger Zinda Hai, should not stop there. It
should be _______ ____ ______ ___.“
FITB by punning on the first word of a song featured in a
1969 romantic drama by Shakti Samanta, that gave a
‘deity’ her first Filmfare Best Actress Award.
53. Question 23 A
At this cafe, after the couple ordered carrots and peas, the waitress comes back with
talking birds and a few dangling objects.
So, simply give me the cafe they have gone for dinner.
55. Question 23 B
At that cafe, what food item did this lady order for which the cafe waiters turned on
videos of two police officers shagging each other?
57. Question 24
In an article titled--- ‘_____ _____ : meet the
bread heads making a better loaf’ , Wendell
Steavenson talked about a group of people who
are challenging the mostly bought supermarket
loaf by producing way more nutritious breads.
What two words fill the blank , a play on a
slogan originated during the Vietnam war
and was used as a symbol of passive
resistance?
59. Question 25
In 1979, when this musician was gaining notoriety, he decided to
go all out and come out with an even more offensive album, this
time taking a huge dig at the Arabs who had repeatedly banned his
music before.
What was the name of the album, a play on the name of a KC and
the Sunshine Band dance number- which asked people to engage in
rapid movement of their posterior to the beat?
61. Question 26
Back in 2015 , a reddit user posted- “ CBC airs a
show called ‘Little Mosque on the Prairie’ ,
whose title was a play on the show-’ Little House
on the Prairie’ “ and asked for his own version of
another show , which will be a show about five
muslim friends running a small business in the
city of brotherly love and their wacky hijinks.
What did he suggest as the name of the show ,
punning on the third word of the original
name?
63. Question 27
In S21E03 of The Simpsons, Springfield is taken over by an MMA
craze and even though she is disgusted at the violence and gore,
Marge participates and eventually defeats the event’s creator,
Chett Englebrit in a fight, where she represented all the married
women in the city who wanted to put an end to the sport.
Simply give me the name of the episode, a pun on the name given
to a slew of Caucasian boxers who rednecks had faith would
end a certain reign.
65. Question 28
In the next slide , you will see the poster of a 2015 TV
movie , presented by Zee Bangla Cinema. It revolves
around- how three friends , trying their luck in making
films , become parts of a series of hilarious incidents.
The 3 word name of the movie can be worked out by
slightly changing the first two words of a 1967
Bengali movie , where an octogenarian dreams of
going back to youthful days.
Name the movie.
70. Question 30
In the next slide, you will see bust of the current British PM, made of
butter.
FITB with 6 words, punning on the first line of a song from the
1987 movie Imaandaar.
In the original song , the answer to the first line was- It hides the
pain you gave
73. Question 31
“Building on the theories of Einstein and his contemporaries, today’s physicists investigate
the unique properties of sub-atomic particles, aiming to deepen our knowledge of the
universe, and to usher in a new technological revolution. With applications in fields
including computer science, pharmacology, clean energy, and many more, ______
science holds tremendous potential for innovative disruption.”
The above is the description of a podcast about how these scientists find their
consolation in a particular field of physics.
Give me the name of the podcast, a wordplay on the name of a film in a long-
running franchise released in the last decade.
75. Question 32
Walter Kohn, a theoretical physicist and theoretical chemist,
won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Chemistry along with John Pople
for their contribution to the understandings of the electronic
properties of materials. Kohn played the leading role in the
development of _______ functional theory which made
determining electronic _______ simpler.
If the blank can be filled using a physical quantity, what three
word title did the Springer use for a paper on this subject,
punning on the last word of an iconic speech from this part
of the world?
77. Question 33
A satirical comedy that gets less funny as it goes along- on the backdrop of a sick family
patriarch with dysfunctional owners fighting about one thing: Who’s next in line?
Give me the name of the critically acclaimed show.
The Guardian came out with an article highlighting how people have taken to the show
because of how it is casually masterful, absolutely hilarious – and has anarchy in its DNA.
Give me the 4 word title of the article- a pun on a common phrase denoting how the
show was a new innovative arrival amidst the old stale shows on HBO.
79. Question 34
A review on ‘Are Soft Drinks Healthy’ , told that
soft drinks contain chemicals like phosphoric acid ,
ethylene glycol etc which can act as slow-poisons.
The pH of these drinks are so strongly acidic that
they can dissolve our teeth and bones.
What was the three word (5 ,3 , 7) title of the
review , punning on a famous tagline , keeping in
mind the fact that we are making grave mistakes
by excessive consumption of soft drinks?
81. Question 35
___________ _________ is a twelve step
program for people identifying themselves as-
powerless over compulsive tasks or activities
as well as those who are suffering from
unmanageable procrastination.
Name this program , a play on an international
non-profit organization, founded in Ohio back in
1935 by two dipsomaniacs who should not be
named.
83. Question 36
The following artworks are from a exhibition titled How the West
was Pun by an American artist called Hanksy. Simply, give me the
punny names of the artworks in each case.
84. Question 36 A
This one punning on the
name of the actor here
because of how he is seen
emulating.
85. Question 36 B
This one punning on the name of
the comedian, given how he is
depicted here as an animal that
lives in the wild but is
descended from
domesticated specimens.
86. Question 36 C
Showing the rivalry between this
actor and androids & robots, this
one is a pun on a group of angry
young gentlemen.
