general quiz

1. On March 1953, his first story “Dileas” won the
first prize in a contest run by Glasgow Herald. He
wrote a book for children on “Lawrence of
Arabia” and also wrote a biography of Captain
James Cook. He was a torpedo operator aboard
the ship HMS Royalist. Who?

2. • Alistair McLean

3. X was a Major General in the Indian army, recipient of the
PVSM and VSM for peacetime service ,he trained a guerrilla
unit for the Bangladesh liberation war, he later turned a
rebel and joined Bhindranwale in his agitation. Analysts of
Operation Blue Star have held him responsible for strategic
troop placement inside the Golden Temple complex, which
led to a infantry only attack impossible and thus the army
had to resort to tanks which destroyed the Akal Takht badly.
Identify X.

4. • Maj Gen Shahbeg Singh

5. X is the sculpture shown above by Y who is also the hand behind
the sculpture named Z placed inside the Olympic Park in London.
Name X Y and Z.

6. • X - Cloud Gate Y -Anish Kapoor Z-Arcelor
Mittal Orbit

7. This is an epitaph on
the gravestone of a
famous voice actor
and comedian. It is
pretty obvious from
the picture, which
show he was
associated with.
Name the personality.

8. • Mel Blanc voice of Looney Tunes

9. X is an architectural marvel whose construction
started in 1882 and is still on, it is scheduled to be
completed by 2026, the translated momument name
is Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family.
This was desiged by Y whose style of architecture
includes usage of Gothic art and Modernism, he
passed away with less than a quarter of X being
completed. The X has been named as a UNESCO
world heritage site. Name X and Y.

10. • X- Sagrada Familia Y- Antoni Gaudi

11. Identify
what is this
or give
funda

12. • Voyager Interstellar golden record

13. Put funda:
X-Men - hotdog stand vendor
Spider-Man - saves a little girl
Spider-Man 2 - saves an innocent stranger
Fantastic Four - mailman
X-Men: The Last Stand - Jean Grey's neighbour
Spider-Man 3 - reading a news flash about Spider-Man
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - himself
Iron Man - person Tony Stark mistakenly identifies as
Hugh Hefner
The Incredible Hulk - person who dies after drinking
soft drink contaminated by Bruce Banner's blood

14. • Stan Lee cameos in marvel comic movies

15. Connect

16. • Connect is Jules Rimet Trophy
Pictures are
Jules Rimet, Godess Nike, pickels the dog
Victory trophy

17. X famously answered, “because it is there”
when asked why he wanted to climb mount
Everest. A graduate of Cambridge University.
Jeffery Archer has written a book on his
endeavor to be the first man to climb Everest, he
might have been successful but we shall never
know. Who are we talking about.

18. • X- George Mallory
Jeffery Archer book Paths Of Glory

19. Connect

20. • All these companies nirma barbie mercedes
and mySQL have been named after the
owners daughters