This is the earliest system of medicine known to mankind
What is Ayurveda?
100
Founded in 1945 this global body aims to secure international friendship and co-operation in the pursuit of human rights, democracy and world peace
What is the UNO?
100
In ‘P.K’ there is a scene where an old Sikh man asks PK for money at a shopping complex. The same location has been used for this shot in this recent super hit movie by the same director/actor
What is 'Chaar lakh walla watch scene in 3 Idiots'
100
The man considered unanimously to be the greatest cricketer who ever played the game
Who is Don Bradman?
100
Reykjavik
What is the capital of Iceland
200
At a time when many cultures comprised of nomadic forest dwellers this civilization & culture was established over 5000 years ago
What is Harappa (Mohenjadaro)
200
The invention of this helped increase the life expectancy of mankind and is credited to Edward Jenner and later on to Louis Pasteur
What are Vaccines?
200
‘Politics really isn’t my area of expertise’ & ‘I don’t speak German’ says he when he is being interviewed for a very important post in the 2014 movie based during WWII
Who is Allan Turing/Benedict Cumberbatch
200
This great NFL quarterback (who retired in 2010) had 297 uninterrupted starts (Eli Manning is a distant 2nd with 161 uninterrupted starts)and played most of his career with the Green Bay Packers
Who is Brett Favre?
200
Belgrade
What is the capital of Serbia?
300
Claimed (though disputed – some say it is Damascus) to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, this also happens to be the constituency of India’s current Prime Minister
What is Varanasi?
300
It is generally believed that this was born in ancient Athens in 508 BC and is accepted as a political system that spreads power among the people
What is Democracy?
300
‘3 Idiots’, ‘Hello’ & ‘2 States’ are 3 Hindi language movies based on Chetan Bhagat’s novels. This is the 4th
What is 'Kai Po Che'?
300
This black man became a mythical figure when he won 4 gold medals (all world records) at the 1936 Berlin Olympics right under Hitler’s nose – 100m, 200m, Long jump & 4x100m relay, all inside 70 minutes
Who is Jesse Owens?
300
Bucharest
What is the capital of Romania?
400
The birth of Algebra, Trigonometry and this 3rd important branch of mathematics happened in India
What is Calculus?
400
This is believed to have ushered in the Industrial age in the 1800s, whereby goods and food (as well as people) could be moved to where they were required the most
What is a Railroad?
400
Divergent, Abnegation, Dauntless & Amity are 4 of the factions in the movie/novel ‘Divergent’. This is the 5th
What is Erudite?
400
This US sportsperson has won 22 medals in the Olympic games, of which 18 are gold, the highest ever by any sportsperson
Who is Michael Phelps?
400
Kiev
What is the capital of Ukraine?
500
This was the world’s first established university in 700BC
What is Takshila?
500
The human race was always nomadic till they learnt to do this
What is 'Agriculture/Learning to cultivate crops?'
500
Starting with ‘Batman Begins’, director Christopher Nolan has signed this actor for every movie including the Dark Knight series, Prestige, Inception & Interstellar
Who is Michael Caine?
500
For many decades doctors and the greatest athletes believed this could not be achieved by any human, though it eventually was by Sir.Roger Bannister on May 6, 1954