Sports
How many points do you play to in an official TT?
11
This Indian Prime Minister, as a teenager, provided his services to the country during the 1965 Indo-Pak War by assisting the soldiers at the railway station during their journey. He is an avid poetry writer and the book “Sakshibhav” is a collection of some of his works. He has travelled about 3 lakh kms across India in 8 months during his massive election campaign and is often mocked to have travelled a lot of places since.
Who is this interesting person?
Narendra Modi
Number of bits used in IPv6
128 bits
What is the name of Thor’s hammer? (Bonus: From what material is it made?)
Mjolnir (Uru, an Asgardian metal)
Bill Me Later was renamed as?
PayPal Credit
Who is the only sportsman to represent his nation in both chess and cricket?
Yuzvendra Chahal
Born in 1948 in a small town in Karnataka, this person was the youngest ever Chief Minister of his/her state. He/She did not have a portfolio and drew ₹1 as salary. There are many controversies associated with this person, till date, even after the death of this person. Who is it?
J.Jayalalitha
Which computer program converts assembly language to Machine language?
Assembler
This famous Bollywood movie won almost 8 Academy awards. An interesting fact about this movie is that it was almost released straight to DVD, and was the first picture to be mostly shot on digital. Identify the movie.
Slumdog Millionarie
Which year did PP have its IPO?
2002. Price of 1 share was $13
Which player scored the fastest hat-trick in the English Premier League(Soccer)?
Sadio Mane (2 minutes 56 seconds for Southampton vs Aston Villa in 2015)
The name of this place is inspired from the Malay language and is home to one of the most isolated human populations in the world - Sentinelese. The animal in the below picture is the state animal and is called a “gentle sea cow”. It also the focal point for Indian engagement with regional navies in Southeast Asia. What is this place?
Andhaman and Nicobar Islands
Computer hard disk was first invented by which company?
IBM in 1956
Directed by Karan Johar, this movie is still loved by many fans around the world. The plot follows a typical Karan Johar movie and the movie has won close to 11 awards in various platforms. A famous dialogue from the movie – “Rahul is a Cheater, he is a cheater, CHEATER!” Identify the movie name.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
John J. Donahoe - Chairman of PP Board
Who is the person in this picture? - Pic 1
Finn Balor
Smiling Buddha was the assigned code name of India's first successful nuclear bomb test on 18 May 1974. This bomb was detonated in an army base located at which state?
Rajasthan
Who is the person in this picture? - Pic 3
Tim Berners Lee – Founder of WWW
This famous movie series was and is the inspiration and entertainment to many kids/adults. As a sequel to this movie, a Broadway play was put up to explain the future of this story. This magical story revolves around 3 young kids who figure they way around the world, just like us. Name the movie series and the play.
Harry Potter;
Harry Potter and the cursed child.
What incentive did PP give to customers when it first started?
$20 for anyone who signed up and $20 if you referred someone. This lead to 100,000 customers in a month. The amount was later reduced to $10 and $5
Who is the person in this picture? - Pic 2
David Boon
This Indian Chief Minister is the one who has the least amount of personal possessions. He/She became a CM at the age of 49 and was profoundly praised for donating his/her salary as CM to the party’s development and took an amount of 5000-10000 monthly as a monthly allowance. Who is this noteworthy person? And which state was the person a CM to?
Manik Sarkar; Tripura
Which is the first web browser invented in 1990?
Nexus – initially known as WorldWideWeb
This TV series/ Hollywood movie star almost blew up his audition for this famous show “X”, but he eventually got the part making him a likable actor among the show’s fans. He and his wife recently gave a block buster hit, which has a tag line – “If they hear you, they hunt you”.
What is this TV show “X” and name of the actor?
Bonus points – Identify the block buster hit.
The Office, John Krasinski;
The Quiet Place
Identify the person - Pic 5
Chad Hurley – One of the initial employees of PP, he went on to be the co founder of YouTube , thereby entering the famed “PayPal Mafia”. Notably, Chad was involved in designing the PayPal logo in its early days.