1. THE MAJOR GENERAL QUIZTHE QUIZZANTHROPIST (ABHISHEK MURALI)AND ADITYA SHELDON SARATHY

2. REGULATIONS Prelims 20 questions 5 Star Marked questions will play deciderin case of tie Specificity required for certain questions Quizmaster is SACHIN TENDULKAR AKAGOD Search Engines are banned from usage 3. 1)These are some of the random events which took place during different decades,1606 The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of Great Britain.1633 The formal inquest of Galileo Galilei by the Inquisition begins.1831 Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge inManchester, England cause it to collapse.1927 Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China membersexecuted in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.1945 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.1961 The Russian (Soviet) cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the firsthuman to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbitalflight, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1).2009 Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as theirofficial currency.What connects them , basically ? 4. APRIL12th (Todays Date) 5. 2) The font for one of Xs first logos in 1909 (much similarto the current font of the company), was borrowedfrom a C Harold Wills, a then associate of Xcompany , who had designed this font for hisbusiness card . In 1912 , ,the X logo was given acomplete makeover , as compared to the earliersimplistic design. In 1927 , the famous blue oval wasintroduced in the logo , setting a benchmark for thefuture X logos. X has often experimented withdifferent shapes going from ellipse to circle, andeven a diamond shape in 1957 . Finally in 2003 , Xreleased a new logo, which came to be known asthe " Centennial Blue Oval ". ID X . 6. 3)* X is a port in Yemen, near the Southern end of theRed Sea , though it has been of negligible use as aport since the late 1800s. Y is an island in Indonesia . XY together was the worlds first successfulcommercial blend of two coffees . It is commonlybelieved that roasters in the mid to late 1800srecognized that certain aspects of the X beanworked in harmony with the Y beans . ID XY ( NO PART POINTS) 7. X-MOCHA Y- JAVA 8. 4 ) WHAT EEZ X? X was used as a basis for creating a networked client-servergame in a Unix systems programming course at the KetteringUniversity in Michigan The first known mention of X dates back to the time of theChinese Han Dynasty, when it was called shoushilling. X became popular in Japan in the 18th century and wasknown as Jan-Ken-pon, or simply janken, where ken refers to afist in Japanese. Sam Kass and Karen Bryla invented an expansion of the classicX method , with a slight modification . The modified versionhas found mention in popular culture through a famous sitcom ID X . 9. ROCK , PAPER , SCISSORS 10. 5) ID XIn most of the countries, X is a recent observance derived from the holiday as ithas evolved in America. When it was adopted by other countries and cultures, itwas given different meanings, associated to different events (religious, historicalor legendary), and celebrated on a different date or dates. Some of them areshown below ,Norway - Second sunday of FebruaryHungary, Lithuania, Portugal - First Sunday in MayAustralia, Canada, Brazil , Germany, Italy, India, Switzerand-Second sundayof MayAlgeria, France - Last sunday of MayArgentina - third sunday of OctoberRussia - Last sunday of November 11. MOTHERS DAY 12. 6)* 13. OSAMA BIN LADEN 14. 7)ID THE SUPERHERO 15. TIRANGA 16. 8)X signs his paintings using the corruption of theword Au Fait meaning its done. The namewas suggested to him by Frank Dudley Wright.X replaced Gina Lollobrigida as the Guest ofHonour at the Carnival celebrations at Rio in1965 and is the lead singer of the band The 3quarks with Ralph Leighton laying the drumsand Tom Rutishauser playing the guitar.X? 17. RICHARD FEYNMAN 18. 9)* "I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoyingthe magnificent views, the adventure of alifetime has begun! This is a tweet of Mike Massimino on May 12,2009 Why is this so significant ? PUT FUNDA 19. FIRST TWEET FROMOUTER SPACE 20. 10) KONNEKT 21. PAAN SINGH TOMAR 22. 11) ID XFounder and Chairman of Vulcan Inc, which manages Xs business andphilanthropic effortsOwner of two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks of theNational Football League (NFL), and the Portland Trail Blazers of theNational Basketball Association (NBA) .X was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma in 1982, but his cancer wassuccessfully treated by several months of radiation therapyXs memoir titled "Idea Man : A memoir by the _____ of _______ ", wasreleased on april 19 , 2011X was Listed among the TIME 100 most influential people in the world,twice , in 2007 and 2008 .X owns a 416 feet yacht named Octopus , and as of 2011, it was the 12thlongest yacht owned by anyone in the world . 23. Paul Allen Co Founderof Microsoft 24. 12)Though there are several interpretations of this famousproverb, one of the more popular ones refer to"nomads who avoid taking on responsibilities orcultivating or advancing their own knowledge,experience or culture " . Another figurativeinterpretation is such that " a frequently replanted treeyields little fruit " .Now in pop culture, part of the proverb is alluded tovarious types/works in modern music , namely , a 1958Bobby Darin song titled "early in the morning", HankWilliamss 1952 hit Lost Highway , The Beatles in their1970 album "Let it Be" , and more recently Bruno Marsin his song, " Runaway Baby " .Proverb ? 25. ROLLING STONEGATHERS NO MOSS 26. 13) ID THESINGER 27. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan 28. 14)*XY was used in ancient Rome as a title for variousmother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele and inChristianity for the Virgin Mary. The term may also referto a song or hymn associated with a school . In Latin,XY means "Nourishing Mother" verbatim .Also, XY is a song performed by the Americanmusician and actor Alice Cooper on his "Schools Out "album in 1972.ID XY 29. ALMA MATER 30. 15) FUNDA / FITB 31. Samuel Jackson / JulesWinfield( Quote from PULP FICTION) 32. 16) For the trivia lovers Who was Time Magazines Man of the year in 1952 ? 33. QUEEN ELIZABETH the 2nd 34. 17)Who wrote the following lines and what was hereferring to ?"It is coming again next year, and I expect to go outwith it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my lifeif I dont go out with the ________. The Almighty hassaid, no doubt: Now here are these twounaccountable freaks; they came in together, theymust go out together."?(part points) 35. Mark Twain on Haleys Comet 36. 18) Print ad of ? 37. 19)* "Its a rite of passage in this new era. Some peoplewill feel sad about it and nostalgic about it. But wehave a better tool now. The Web site is continuouslyupdated, its much more expansive and it hasmultimedia. - Jorge Cauz , March 2012 What is being talked about here ? 38. Closure ofencyclopaediabrittanica 39. 20)Bloodstone is a 1988 American adventure comedymovie directed by Dwight Little and written by Greekdirector Nico Mastorakis starring Brett Stimely, X andAnna Nicholas. The movie was filmed in south India,the story revolving around a mythical ruby called theBloodstone. It is the only English film X has ever starredin.ID X 40. THALAIVAR RAJINI