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19.8.09

The Utterly Butterly Amul Ad Quiz

Q1)














Ans.: On compulsory sterilisation introduced during Indira Gandhi regime














Q2)














Ans.: Amul congratulates the success of the first test-tube baby














Q3)















Ans.: Kramer Vs Kramer















Q4)














Ans.: Margaret Thatcher elected as a first woman Prime Minister of England















Q5)















Ans.: A comment on famous movie `Godfather'.














Q6)


















Ans.: CIA accuses Shri Morarji Desai of corruption
















Q7)
















Ans.: Cloud seeding experiment to get rains.
















Q8)















Ans.: Issue on national unity.
















Q9)















Ans.: The IPKF efforts to bring peace in Sri Lanka.















Q10)

















Ans.: The approval of the Panchayat Raj bill by the government.
















Q11)














Ans.: Jumma Chumma de de.... A chartbuster from the Hindi film "HUM"














Q12)

















Ans.: Romance casts its spell, as the rich, spoilt brat girl falls for a poor reporter in the box-office hit comedy, DIL HAI KE MAANTA NAHI.


















Q13)

















Ans.: Tribute to director Satyajit Ray.

















Q14)














Ans.: On the gaining popularity of the soap "The Bold and Beautiful" on Star TV.















Q15)

















Ans.: During civil riots in Bombay.
















Q16)











Ans.: Amitabh Bachchan on doing the Aby Baby song.











Q17)










Ans.: When Yanni played at the Taj













Q18)










Ans.: On Hong Kong becoming a part of China.











Q19)











Ans.: When Arundati Roy won the Booker Prize.












Q20)










Ans.: VDIS Scheme by the Income Tax Department.













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11.8.09

India Quiz

Q1) This movie won an Oscar. I need the Indian connection to this movie.




























Ans.: Best Boy by Ira Wohl, won the 1979 Oscar for Best Documentary.The Oscar Award for this movie was awarded by Persis Khambatta, making her the first Indian citizen to present an Oscar.


Q2) If He is the first male to do something, Who is the first female?




























Ans.: Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha. Meira Kumar became the first female speaker of the Lok Sabha on May 30, 2009.


Q3) He was the lucky man, who got the chance to do something first,which is historical.
(hint: He has worked along with Kamal Hasan and Rajnikanth, this hint is only to make it easier to search if you do not know him.)




























Ans.: At 5.30 AM, on the morning of August 15, 1947, Poornam Vishwanathan announced to the country that it had attained freedom from the British on the AIR News. "India is a free country," was his first sentence.


Q4) This Indian cricketer was on a car which met an accident. Luckily he survived, but the son of a reknowned singer died in the accident. Identufy this cricketer and the singer.






























Ans.: Sairaj Bahutule. Jagjit Singh's son, Vivek Singh died in the fatal accident.


Q5) Connect.













Ans.: Leander Paes and the Munich Massacre. Leander's parents (his father, Vece Paes was a former Indian hockey midfielder, and representing the Indian team in the 1972 Munich Olympics, and his mother Jennifer Paes is a former basketball player from India who captained the Indian national basketball team in 1982 and participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics) were part of the official games squad The games were closed for 4 days because of this incident and his parents having nothing to do ,well conceived him. Leander was born on June 17, 1973 and the Games were held between August 26 to September 11, 1972. This was told by Paes in an interview to prorogram Harsha Online.


Q6) This inspired a super hit Hindi song. Name the song.





Ans.: Yeh Dil Na Hota Bechara, Jewel Thief.






SD Burman and RD Burman were driving home one night after seeing “The Bridge on the River Kwai” when SD Burman started tapping out the tune on the car’s dashboard, improvising on Colonel Bogie’s March, which turned into this song.




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Q7) A simple Sporting Connection to end with. Explain.


























Ans.: Hilsa vs Prawn aka East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan.
Traditionally East Bengal Fans celebrate their Win by eating Hilsa Fish and Mohun Bagan Fans celebrate win by eating Prawns.




Happy Independence Day & Enjoy

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