1.In the film Contagion, Kate Winslet writes down some numbers on a board.

These are known as Basic Reproduction Numbers - R Nought.

What does this number signify?
What happens if it is less than 1 and what happens if it's greater than 1?
Eg. Ebola has it close to 2.

Ans:Nu
mber of
people
who will
be
infected
by one
case ,
on the

average . In an initially uninfected population .

2.Senzo Meyiwa South Africa's star goalkeeper and captain was shot and killed. In his twitter account,
in his profile pic, he is seen holding a jersey which he had swapped with X and has the tag X is No.1.
Who is X?

Ans:Iker Casillas

3.He was an alchemist, a member of the royal society of London, a rosicrucian and he signed some of
his most secretive science papers with a pseudonym "jeova sanctus unus"!
In addition because the sixteen letters in the pseudonym could be rearranged to spell his name in Latin,
making it a perfect pseudonym.
Who?
Ans:Issac Newton

4.The Hanx writer app on the iPad tries to recreate the experience of a typewriter-including the typeface,
the sounds, the whizz scroll effect of the new line etc
The creator/producer of this app lent 3 typewriters from his personal collection to the developers who
worked on this project.
Who is the creator of this app?

Ans:Tom Hanks

5.The biggest meat eating dinosaur to run on its hind legs was not the 6 ton T Rex; it wasnt even the 8
ton, 47 feet long Gigantosaurus, it was in fact which other dinosaur, believed to weigh up to 8 tons and
measure 55 feet in length?

Ans:

6.Identify the logo and founder?

Ans:Good weave by nobel laureate Kailash satyarthi

7.Where would you find the equivalent of Noah's Ark in Hindu mythology? Who plays the role of Noah in

the Hindu equivalent?

Ans: Satyavrata was the answer I have and it appears that Shraddhadeva is another name for him. Manu is too generic
an answer to accept.

8.Coverdale wrote an article on Cricinfo about Mitchell Marsh's 87 against Pakistan, a rare bright spot in an
otherwise wretched tour for the Australians, and used a refrain (with suitable modification) from a popular 2004
song to title his piece.
What was its title?

Ans:Ninety-nine problems...but Mitch ain't one.

9.One of the more curious items in Ireland's long list of incidences of violence is something termed as

the 'Playboy Riots'. What were the rioters rioting against?

Ans:play that offended moral sentiments.The play in question is 'Playboy of the Western World',
9.Connect: Oregan, Washington, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico.

Ans:States in the US where euthanasia/assisted suicide is legal.

10.The visual sequence in the initial credits of the film Kathi is inspired by which popular phenomenon?
Ans:True Detective.
11.Federer remarking about his interview with whom, the interviewer being a former top level juniors

tennis player in the American Midwest?

'The thing that struck me is that I only spent 20min with him in the ATP office at Wimbledon, and he was
able to produce such a comprehensive piece.'
Ans:David Foster Wallace.

12.X was a letter written by Y to Tarak Nath Das in 14 December 1908. The letter was written in

response to two letters sent by Das, seeking support from Y, for India's independence from British
colonial rule. The letter was published in the Indian newspaper Free Hindustan. The letter caused young
Mohandas Gandhi to write to Y to ask for advice and for permission to reprint the letter X in Gandhi's
own South African newspaper, Indian Opinion, in 1909. Mohandas Gandhi was stationed in South
Africa at the time and just beginning his lifelong activist career. He then translated X himself, from the
original English copy sent to India, into his native Gujarati.
ID X and Y.

Ans:A Letter to a Hindu by Leo Tolstoy.

13.X are intricate paintings which portray Lord Krishna. They exist in the holy town of Nathdwara in the
Rajasthan state of India. Lord Krishna is shown in different moods, body postures, and attire more
commonly found on a cloth or paper. It is a very ancient form of art passed on from generation to
generation and it has a very devotional theme towards Lord Krishna. The purpose of X, other than its
artistic appeal, is to narrate tales of Krishna to the illiterate. X is a sub-style of Nathdwara paintings.
ID X.
Ans:Pichchwai.
14.On 11 June 1939, the St Johns Wood station on the Metropolitan line was renamed to what? The
station closed down in November 1939, and never opened post-war as by that time St. John's Wood
had another station serving it on the Bakerloo/Jubilee line.
Ans;Lords
15.The Hades Flower is an endangered species in New Zealand. How has another endangered species
been roped in to help save the Hades Flower? Put 20 mark essay-type answer.
Ans: kakapos. they must be great hunting/eating pests that eat the flower?
16.inspired from a post. id the book. what are they collectively called?

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
Ans:Animal farm. Seven commandments.
17.MCC took on Board President's XI between Jan 3rd and Jan 5th 1964 in Bangalore. On Jan 3rd, Friday, the

state government declared a holiday. This event was cited when demanding for what landmark ritual?

Ans:HMT workers were demanding a holiday for Kannad Rajyotsav on November 1st. If state government can declare a
holiday for a game of cricket,

18.Long before Toscanini or Furtwngler, Bernstein or Dudamel, there was Pherekydes of Patrae,

known in ancient Greece as the Giver of Rhythm. The first reported use of a baton in a performance
dates back to 709 BC, during which the leader, "Pherekydes of Patrae, giver of rhythm" had,"...stationed
himself in the centre and had placed himself on a high seat, waving a golden staff, and the players on
the flute and cythara were...placed in a circle around him...now when Pherekydes with his golden staff
gave the signal, all the art-experienced men began in one and the same time...". Which art is being
referred here?
Ans:
19.X written by established classical composers are often given the form-name berceuse, which is

French for X. The most famous X is the one by Johannes Brahms ("Wiegenlied", 1868). X is usually in
triple metre or 6/8 time, giving it a "characteristic swinging or rocking motion,". There are many theories
behind the origin of the term X but one popular belief is that X comes from the words Lilith abi which
means Lilith, go away..
ID X.
Ans:lullaby
20.X were formed in 1485 by the new king Henry VII, the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty. X,popularly known

as the Beefeaters, are ceremonial guardians of the Tower of London. In principle they are responsible for looking
after any prisoners in the Tower and safeguarding the British crown jewels. The Tudor rose, a heraldic badge of
the dynasty, is part of the badge of X to this day.
ID X.

Ans:Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London.

21.Which was the first amino acid to be isolated? It was done by two French chemists Louis Nicolas

Vauquelin and Pierre Jean Robiquet from a particular vegetable which features in the name.
Ans:Aspargine

22.What is/are the source of pollutants in a vog?

Ans:Volcanic eruptions.
23.

Geronimo-Operation that killed Laden.