2015 jan quiz round 3 who's who
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January 2015 Quiz
Who’s who…
QM: Hemant Mainkar
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Who’s who…• 10 questions regarding achievers / famous
personalities
• 10 points for correct answer for direct question
• 5 points for passed question
• No negative marks
• Sequence of passing: clockwise
• Direct question will be addressed to the person next to whoever answered the previous one
• If nobody answers, direct question will be addressed to the next person in sequence
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Who’s who…Question 1
• Identify this person who achieved a unique distinction recently
• Manjul Bhargava, Mathematics prof at Princeton who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014
• First Indian origin person to achieve this distinction
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Who’s who…Question 2
• Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson recently completed an awe-inspiring feat, closely followed across the world by enthusiasts and news media
• What?
• First free climb of Dawn wall at El Capitan rock formation (Yosemite), which took them 19 days!
• They used ropes only to protect them from falling and scaled the 900 metre rock face
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Who’s who…Question 3
• This image is taken from a comic book series that was launched in 2011. Name the comic book series or its unlikely hero.
• “Superputin” featuring Vladimir Putin as the hero
• Medvedev is also featured in it as his sidekick!
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Who’s who…Question 4
• The photograph above features Shazia Ramzan & Kainat Riaz
• What is their claim to fame?
• Classmates of Malala Yousufzai, who were also shot along with her
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Who’s who…Question 5
• Identify this iconic actress who plays the witch in this latest Disney fantasy
• Meryl Streep, one of the all-time greats of Hollywood (triple Oscar winner)
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Who’s who…Question 6
• The image above shows a portion of the cover page of Spanish author Javier Moro’s recent book “El sari rojo” which caused quite a stir in India
• Whom is this book about?
• Sonia Gandhi – It’s called “The Red Sari” in English which is her dramatized biography. The Congress party objected to it and wanted to have it banned
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Who’s who…Question 7• This batsman holds two contradictory records –
highest number of ducks in a series (4 in 2007 World Cup), and highest number of test innings without a duck (78)
• Whom are we talking about?
• A B De Villiers, who recently smashed the records for fastest 50 (16 balls) & fastest century (31 balls) in ODI’s against West Indies
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Who’s who…Question 8• This legendary Hollywood star has been active for over
fifty years now, and still remains busy
• Although he was an iconic actor famous for his action movies, he never won an Oscar for acting
• He later took up direction, and has won multiple Oscars for Best Director
• He was also the Mayor of Carmel-by-the-sea, California for a brief period
• Whom are we talking about?
• Clint Eastwood, who’s recently in the news for “American Sniper”
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Who’s who…Question 9• Although he does not own the place, this celebrity has been
residing at Flat 3b, 3 Hans Crescent, London SW1X 0LS in the area of Knightsbridge (London)
• He is far more famous than the owner of this place, and has been forced to live there since 2012 due to peculiar circumstances
• Whom are we talking about?
• Julian Assange, who has been stuck at the embassy of Ecuador in London, in order to avoid extradition to Sweden
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Who’s who…Question 10• Ironically, whose famous last words were “Don't
worry, they usually don't swim backwards.”?
• Steve Irwin, the “crocodile hunter”, who was trying to approach a stingray fish from behind during the filming of a documentary