Yeh Saal/This Year
Gaana/Songs
US vs US
Kaun sa Philum/Movies
Kuch bhi/Whatever
100

Name the heavy metal band which played in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony (July 26th'2024)?

GOJIRA, a leading French heavy metal band.

100

Name any one singer? These are their real names.
1) Reginald Kenneth Dwight 

2) Faroukh Bulsara

3) Calvin Broadus 

4) Hirdesh Singh 

1) Elton John 

2) Freddie Mercury 

3) Snoop Dogg 

4) Yo Yo Honey Singh 

100

Where did the Swamy's eat out yesterday?
(Swamy's can't play this round)

 Matadora at The Hilton Boston-Woburn.

100

Which actress passed away yesterday at the age of 89?

Maggie Smith

100

Name 2 of 4 rivers which originate from Mt. Kailash

No one has successfully climbed Mt Kailash yet.

Brahmaputra

Indus

Karnali

Sutlej

200

Which so called permanent COKE flavor was discontinued recently after being in the market for just 6 months.


200

Name the cat?

Benjamin Button

200

Who are getting their backyard spruced up for over $2.25M?

Mrs. & Mr. Biswas

200

Name the movie: Diwali scene

Name the movie: which festive song kicks off the end credits of both Die Hard and Die Hard 2 


Taare Zameen Par

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Let it snow, let it snow - Vaughn Monroe 

200

What country has the most number of lakes in the world? 

300

Name the Taliban dignitary who signed the "United States–Taliban deal or the Doha Accord" in 2020?

"ABDUL" Ghani Baradar



300

Name the sitcoms for the following lyrics:

"Smelly cat, smelly cat; what are they feeding you?"

"Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty, Little Ball of Fur."

Friends 

&

Big Bang Theory

300

How much does the US Forever postage stamp cost?


73 cents

300

Name ALL the characters from the BBT?

Bernadette, Howard, Amy, Sheldon, Leonard, Penny, Raj

300

Who and why is Satoshi Nakamoto famous?

Satoshi Nakamoto is the name used by the presumed pseudonymous person or persons who developed Bitcoin, authored the Bitcoin white paper, and created and deployed Bitcoin's original reference implementation.

As part of the implementation, Nakamoto also devised the first blockchain database. 

Nakamoto was active in the development of bitcoin until December 2010.

400

Who has the highest number of Instagram followers in the world this year?

@cristianoCristiano Ronaldo 624M  Portugal

@leomessiLionel Messi 501M  Argentina 

@Selena Gomez 430M 

@Virat Kohli 264M

400

Translate this to English:

Finnish:Laulu 

French:Chanson 

German:Lied

Lebanese:Giniyye

SONG

400

Name the States in US which have the top 10 highest moutains.

Alaska. All are in Alaska with one shared between US-CAN.

400

Not exactly a blooper, but find the odd thing in one of the song scenes?

https://youtu.be/yDv0WSgXJVg?feature=shared&t=25

The poster fonts are reversed/mirrored, the reel clip was reversed (by mistake??)

https://youtu.be/yDv0WSgXJVg?feature=shared&t=46

400

What is the National Bird of Mauritius?

The national animal of Mauritius is the Dodo, a flightless bird that became extinct in the 17th century 

500

5 seconds to solve using the calculator or phone.

Time starts now....

452 – 12  = ?

2024


2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³

500

From a hindi movie (sorry Shankar) can you sing the song/lyrics whose English translation is?

Who are you?
where have you been?
I moved heaven and earth and not find you

but you arrive today
So suddenly
and give meaning to my life with your love

500

When was Andover incorporated?
When was Phillips Academy founded?
(15 years margin to each question)


1646 (margin of error:1631 - 1661)

1770 (margin of error: 1755 - 1785)

500

Name the movie which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this year but failed to make it to the Oscar's best international feature category.
Who directed it?

Payal Kapadia’s "All We Imagine as Light" did not make the cut.

Kiran Rao’s "Laapataa Ladies" has been chosen as India’s official submission.

500

48 states are subdivided into counties in US? There are two states which do not have counties.
And they are....?

Boroughs in Alaska and Parishes in Louisiana.