Indian Geography.
What city on the east coast of India was known as Madras until changing its name in 1996?
Chennai.
Which great invention allows people to look through a wall?
A window :)
Which freezes faster, hot water or cold water?
Hot water.
Bonus 150 points if you know the name for this phenomenon.
In "Sholay", what was the name of Basanti's horse?
Dhano.
In honour of the roaring ICC World Cup, who was the first person to take a hat-trick wicket?
Chetan Sharma
Bonus: Who is the man with 2 hat-tricks under his belt? Who score the most recent one? (50 points each)
Which city in India is nicknamed “the Pink City” as well as “the Paris of India” given its many tourist attractions?
Jaipur.
What is the term for a large tropical storm with winds exceeding 74 miles per hour?
Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Which Bollywood movie got a nomination in the Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2002?
Lagaan.
What was Mac's first web browser?
Samba
Which of the following Indian states has the largest number of Cotton Textile Mills?
Maharashtra.
How many units of something are in a “baker’s dozen”?
13
In software engineering, what does KDD stands for?
Knowledge discovery in databases.
Who produced the film 'Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani'?
Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla.
Bonus: What was the name of their production?
India recently signed a ‘Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement’ in which country?
Austria
Which 4 states host the shores of the Bay of Bengal?
West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra pradesh and Tamilnadu.
What is the full form of CPR?
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
For the gamblers and poker enthusiasts: what math concept allows people to win bank at blackjack, bacarrat, and roulette?
Fibonacci Sequence.
The film, 'Mughal-e-Azam' ('The Empire of the Mughals') is also legendary. Who starred as Emperor Akbar in this film?
Prithviraj Kapoor
What Korean conglomerate was also the main contractor that built Dubai's Burj Khalifa?
Hint: think technology.
Samsung.
Which one of the following countries has the longest International boundary with India?
Bangladesh.
Which state is Lake Geneva in?
Liquid
Exception: Wisconsin
What is the mathematical name for a pound sign (#)?
Octothorpe.
This actor started his career as a child artist in 'Mera Naam Joker' in 1970 and did his first mature role in 'Bobby' in 1973. Who is he?
Rishi Kapoor
Toto, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by tribal Toto people, is written in which script?
Bengali