REQUIZITE 2014

SHERLOCK HOLMES

I)PRELIMS :25 questions in total .One point for each correct answer .No negative marking .5 star marked questions , deciders in

case of tie.A total of 6 teams to go on StageReservations :- 1.First year team 2.All Girls Team

LET’S BEGIN ……

1.* This is one of the most controversial SELFIES taken recently, criticized due to the occasion at which it was taken. What occasion was it ??

NELSON MANDELA’S FUNERAL

2. Who’s logo was designed by Atul Pande and consists of the Sun and a fingerprint. The opening lines of its theme song are:-

Bhor hui jeevan meinShuru nai udaan

Mili hume pehchaanKhule naye ab dwaar

Aadhar Card

3.Whose Coat of Arms ??

POPE FRANCIS

4.We are talking about one of the most sought after day of the year. In the Indian state of West Bengal, it almost coincides with Saraswati Puja and is celebrated by offering prayers to the goddess of learning specially by urban youth. This day also finds a mention in Shakespeare’s play HAMLET.

Which day it is ??

Valentines Day

5. AD for what ??

6."Travails of Chachi" is a non-fiction book set in New Delhi and UP, and is authored by Louise Khurshid, wife of Union Minister Salman Khurshid. The book was unveiled at the 2014 Jaipur Literature Festival in January 2014.The book was launched by the socially ubiquitous Suhel Seth, after the original guest was unable to come. Who was this guest?

Shashi Tharoor, whose wife Sunanda Pushkar died a couple of days before this event, amidst scandal.

7. Just for fun is the tagline of which image based social media website.

8.Identify this fictional criminal mastermind who is most popularly recognised as the "NAPOLEON OF CRIME” and has been played on-screen by Andrew Scott , Jared Harris etc.

Professor James Moriarty

9.The ‘X’ is a car manufactured by Hindustan Motors. It has been in production since 1958 and is based on the Morris Oxford III model, first made by the Morris Motors Ltd. at Cowley, Oxford in the United Kingdom. Sale of ‘X’ had been banned since April 1, 2011, a year after BS IV norms were rolled out in11 Indian cities.

It comes in models such as Nova, Grand, Encore, Classic & Avigo.

Ambassador

10.Identify the singer .

Alia Bhatt

*11.AMUL ATTRIBUTION of what ??

Wendy Doniger THE HINDUS

12. X is named after Madam Green who used to practice Horse-Riding here in 1940's.This is the only one of its kind in India where students Gallery is available. X has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world. What is X ???

Green Park Stadium

13.The format of the show ‘X’ is mixed, with ‘Y’ acting out skits on stage with supporting characters, while also interacting with members in the audience and the guest . The show is similar in context to the British show The Kumars at No. 42. ‘X’ started his career from Punjabi channel mh1 with 'hasde hasounde raho' but was second runner up. GIVE ME THE NAME OF THE SHOW .

*14.Arunabh Kumar, an IIT Kharagpur alumni, founded this group after quitting a US Air force Job. He was the assistant director of Om Shanti Om. After a few years of working in the industry, he moved to a more open, informal and unconventional form of media. This form has gained huge popularity in very less time.

What is being talked about ??

The Viral Fever (Q-tyapa )

15. Who has been blanked out ???

Rubik’s 360, a spherical version of Rubik’s cube

17.Its name is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the Spanish for “my house” and the colloquial word for what it primarily deals with. It was originally created by a company named Lifescape. After its acquisition in 2004 by another company, it was offered as a freeware. What?

Picasa

*18.The flag is designed to portray the "future history" of ‘X’. The red bar, which lies closest to the mast, symbolizes ‘X’ as it is today. The green and blue symbolize stages in the possible transformations in the future . There is no government presently existing in ‘X’ hence there are no official documents confirming the same , nonetheless the flag is used hugely by organizations all over the world.

Mars

*19. IDENTIFY THE SPEAKER .

Satya Nadella addresses Microsoft employees.mp4

20.‘X’ had applied for the position ‘Y’ , once shortly after graduation and the next time in a few years .He was rejected the first time citing his young age to be a factor ,but the second rejection came primarily due to the fact of his character deviation . The year after he left , the position has been marred by multiple switches and changes where no suitor lasted more than a year . Some speculate the position to be jinxed, while others just blame it on the unworthy candidates .Give me X && Y.

X: VOLDEMORTY: DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS

21.What has been blacked out ?

22.PUT FUNDAE

Wayne Rooney Signs $104 Million Contract With Manchester United

23.“ I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools. My three friends have shifted to Peshawar, Lahore and Rawalpindi with their families after this edict. ” Who’s words ???

*24. SIMPSON SPOOF OF WHAT ??

*25. PUT FUNDAE or give me the happening that made this tweet quite ironic in relation to a recent event .

FACEBOOK ACQUISITION OF WHATSAPP