2. • The word is from Latin where it means
‘society’ which explains why it has several
meanings other than just being a kind of
synonym for ‘University.’ One of its alternative
uses (as a body of persons) gets highlighted
every four years during the election of the US
President. Which word?
4. • In 1963, Svetlana met and fell in love with
Brijesh Singh. Though she referred to him as
her husband, it is unlikely that they actually
married. When Brijesh Singh died in
1966, Svetlana who was permitted to take his
ashes back to India, adopted Indian mysticism
and decided to request asylum at the US
embassy in New Delhi. The incident was a
cause celebre and Svetlana continued to be in
the news for two more decades. Who was
Svetlana?
10. • These single-celled primitive versions of true
bacteria have no cell nucleus or any other
membrane-bound organelles within their cells.
They seem to thrive in extreme environments,
notably near undersea thermal hot spots that
eject sulfurous compounds on which many of
them feed. One researcher found a couple of
species in a man's belly-button. Previously
classified as Bacteria, they are now classified as a
separate domain. Name?
16. • This is the cover of Mark Haddon's Whitbread
Prize-winning murder mystery, The Curious
Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. What is
the inspiration for the title?
17. • answer : From the Sherlock Holmes short
story “Silver Blaze” by Arthur Conan Doyle.
["Is there any point to which you would wish
to draw my attention?" "To the curious
incident of the dog in the night-time." "The
dog did nothing in the night-time." "That was
the curious incident," remarked Sherlock
Holmes
18. • Who did the first Prime Minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion often call as “the only man
in the cabinet”?
22. • In 1984, Disney Pictures fired this film director
for wasting company resources as his short
film was "too scary" for children. Eighteen
years later, the same director made a feature
length, 3D stop-motion version of the same
story for Disney with the same name. Name
movie and the Director
24. • Which astrophycist (with a PhD) and rock-
legend is currently the chancellor the
Liverpool John Moores University(it has some
24000 students) in the UK?
28. • US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer announced
in 2005 that he had raised his stake in an
entity called “the world’s biggest sporting
franchise,” to over 98%. The move made the
LSE listed entity a privately owned one. Which
entity?
32. • Which Hollywood legend (whose peak was in
the 1930's and 40's though she continued
acting till the 1970's) claimed she was born in
Tasmania, although her birth certificate
showed that she was an Anglo-India was born
in Mumbai?
34. • Which Egyptian ruler of the 14th century BC
attempted by royal edict to abandon Egypt's
polytheism, replace the existing priesthood
and convert the Kingdom into the worship of a
single Sun God Aten? (a move that was
reversed after his death)
36. • Rwenzori Mountains on the border of Uganda
and the DRC are permanently snow-capped
and are home to the largest glacier in
Africa, despite being only a few miles north of
the equator. What are these Mountains also
called as?
42. • During the Mark Chapman trial for the killing
of John Lennon, conspiracy theorists claimed
that Mark was a 'X', an assassin who has been
brainwashed and programmed to kill on a
post-hypnotic command. X is the name of a
1959 novel that has been made twice into
film, once in the 1960's and again (less
successfully) in 2004. what is X?
44. • Which astronomer proved the existence of
separate galaxies and discovered that the
Universe is expanding (this in turn led to the
Big Bang theory)?
46. • Chris Brasher, winner of 3000m steeplechase
gold at the 1956 Olympics and one-time
5000m world record holder along with Chris
Chataway were the pacers when Roger
Bannister first broke the 4 minute mile barrier.
Chris Basher has another important
contribution to sport. which one?
56. • Which Indian gharana, named for a region in
Rajasthan and considered an offshoot of the
Gwalior gharana gained prominence after Pt.
Jasraj's popularity in the post-independence
period?
62. • She was the inspiration for a hit 1940's
musical and she also lends her name to
complimentary tickets in general. Name the
1940's musical and explain why
complimentary tickets are named for her.
63. • Answer : Annie Oakley after whom the
musical ' Annie get your gun' is named
64. • A person from where interrupted Samuel
Taylor Coleridge's opium induced train of
thought, causing him to leave the poem
"Kubla Khan" unfinished?
66. • It is a synonym for a 'pirate' or a 'buccaneer,'
though it is seldom used in that sense
anymore. Today it is mainly used as a verb
meaning a long-winded and rambling speech
primarily intended to delay or scuttle the
passing of a bill in Parliament. Which word?
