1. PICK YOUR POISON
Rules:
• Each team gets to pick a topic out of the given 6
topics. Questions don’t pass.
• Question open to all other teams on buzzer
• For direct question- +20/-0
• On the buzzer- +20/-10

2. CHOICES
1. Cities of India 2. Dhirubhai Ambani
3. Stephen Hawking 4.Kingfisher
5. Mobile phones 6. The Avataras of Lord Vishnu

3. CITIES 1
The name of the city X is sanskrit for 'in the
heart of the banyan tree’. This city was ruled by
the Gaekwads and is known for producing
strong Ranji trophy teams and good cricketers.
The Bank of Y( an anglicised version of X) was
started by a gaekwad ruler and is one of the
most successful indian banks of today. ID X.

5. X- Vadodara
Y-Baroda

6. CITIES 2
Earlier known as
kusumpur, pushpapur, azimabad and many
other names, this city got its present name
during the reign of Sher Shah Suri. The X
golf club will be named after abhinav
bindra in honor of his Olympics
achievements.
ID the city.

8. PATNA
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9. KINGFISHER 1
In contrast to other airlines, the safety
demonstrations in kingfisher airlines is shown in
a video featuring a model, who is also a
struggling bollywood actress, along with the
demonstrations from the regular airhostesses .
Which model?

11. Yana Gupta

12. KINGFISHER 2
Find the odd one out and explain why:
Premium, Draught, Ultra, Bohemia,
Blue, and Strong.

14. Bohemia
Kingfisher bohemia, unlike the others (which
are brands of beer), is a brand of wine. It is the
result of a partnership between Kingfisher and
The Company of Wine People (COWP)
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15. Stephen Hawking 1
How would you connect hawking to Isaac
Newton, Charles Babbage, Paul Dirac and 14
other distinguished scholars. One of the
stipulations for this distinction was that the
holder should not be active in the church which
was appealed against by Newton.

17. They have all been the Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics at
Cambridge university

18. Stephen Hawking 2
The electronic voice of Stephen
Hawking was used in a famous Pink
Floyd track.
Which song features him talking?

20. Keep Talking
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21. Dhirubhai Ambani 1
A product of Dhirubai Ambani’s textile industry
was named after his elder brother Ramaniklal
Ambani's son, X Ambani. Extensive marketing of
the brand “X" in the interiors of India made it a
household name.
ID X.

23. VIMAL

24. Dhirubhai Ambani 2
X of the company Y was, at one point in time, the
biggest competitor of Dhirubhai and Reliance
Industries. Around 1977–1979, X obtained the
permission to build a 60,000 tons per annum
Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) plant. Before the
letter of intent was converted into a licence, many
hurdles came in the way. In 1981, Nusli Wadia was
granted the license for the plant. This incident acted
as a catalyst between the two parties and the
competition took an ugly turn. X is the grandson of
Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
ID X and Y.

26. X-Nusli Wadia
Y-Bombay Dyeing
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27. Vishnu Avatars 1
To sustain which mountain did lord Vishnu
assume the kurma avatar?

29. Mandara

30. Vishnu Avatars 2
In his vamana avatar, he was offered three paces
of land by the all conquering king X. In his first
two paces he covered the earth and the
heavens, thus taking all of the king’s belongings.
Out of humility king X asked him to put the third
step on his head. ID king X.

32. King Bali
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33. Mobile Phones 1
The name of VODAFONE consists of three
elements which describe its basic repertoire of
services provided.
What are the three parts?

35. VOice- DAta-phone

36. Mobile Phones 2
VERTU is a global luxury brand of mobile phones
which are handmade with the finest of the
materials sourced globally. The keys are made from
Sapphire, the leather is sourced from Northern
Europe and the material is resistant to almost
anything you can think of. The most interesting
thing about VERTU is that its a fully owned division
of X and continues to remain profitable since
inception.
The tagline of VERTU is Experience Life, Beautifully
Arranged.
Lesser known division of which technology giant?

38. NOKIA
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