Set of 16 questions, conducted by me .

1. QM:DeepJyotiDeka(7896339153)

2. Eid mubarak to everyone !

3. 1
 Advertising executive Alex F. Osborn began developing
methods for creative problem solving in 1939. He was
frustrated by employees’ inability to develop creative
ideas individually for ad campaigns. In response, he
began hosting group-thinking sessions and discovered a
significant improvement in the quality and quantity of
ideas produced by employees. Osborn outlined the
method in his 1953 book 'Applied Imagination'.
 What common English word originates from this
incident?

4. 2
 The Takbīr or Tekbir is the Arabic term for the
phrase X. the phrase literally means "God is
greater". It is usually translated "God is [the]
Greatest," or "God is Great".It is a
common Islamic Arabic expression. It is used in
various contexts by Muslims: in formal prayer, in the
call for prayer , in an informal expression of faith,
in times of distress, to express celebration or victory,
and to express resolute determination or defiance.
 Give me the phrase we always use to hear.

5. 3. Who are their Indian counterpart?

6. 4
 On Einstein's 72nd birthday on March 14,
1951, UPI photographer Arthur Sasse was trying to
persuade him to smile for the camera, but having
smiled for photographers many times that day,
Einstein did something unusual. This photograph
became one of the most popular ever taken of
Einstein.
 What am I talking about?

7. 5
 The English word X may have derived from Chinese
Pidgin English, a pidgin in which Y meant "quickly".
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
earliest published use of the word is in the 1699
book Voyages and descriptions by William Dampier.
 The Chinese term for X is kuaizi . The first character
is a semantic-phonetic compound with a phonetic
part meaning "quick" and a semantic part meaning
"bamboo“.
 Which word ?

8. 6
 X is a vehement prohibition of an action based on the
belief that such behavior is either too sacred or too
accursed for ordinary individuals to undertake, under threat
of supernatural punishment. Such prohibitions are present in
virtually all societies.The word has been somewhat
expanded in the social sciences to include strong prohibitions
relating to any area of human activity or custom that is
sacred or forbidden based on moral judgment and religious
beliefs. "Breaking a X" is usually considered objectionable
by society in general, not merely a subset of a culture.
 The term X comes from the Tongan tapu for prohibited",
"disallowed", "forbidden.
 Which word ?

9. 7
 X, in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was one
of Arjuna's wives. While Arjuna was in Manipur, the
widow Naga princess became infatuated with him.
She caused him to be abducted after he had been
intoxicated with potent concoctions and had him
conveyed to her realm in the netherworld. There, X
induced an unwilling Arjuna to take her for a wife.
She was the mother of Iravan.
 Name her.

10. 8
Which famous book
gets its title from
the story of this
king ?
The picture may
give you a hint.

11. 9
 He is the world’s richest person. Name him ( of
course fictional)

12. 10
 It is the largest land-dwelling species of the
family Mustelidae (weasels). It is a stocky and muscular
carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than
other mustelids. It has a reputation for ferocity and
strength out of proportion to its size, with the
documented ability to kill prey many times larger than
itself. The animal's name in Old Swedish, fjellfräs,
meaning "mountain cat“. Name this animal, currently in
the news for some entertainment reason.
 Pic: in the next slide.

14. 11
 Abid Nabi, Surendra Singh and
Abdul Qayoom were the only
three players from a particular
state to be picked up for the
National squad. Who is the latest
addition to this list?

15. 12
 His father Collin and brother Mathew also played First
class cricket for his country. An excelled hockey
player, in the Under-19 World Cup in 2004 he was the
pick of his country’s batsmen with 157 runs at 31.40, as
well as five wickets, and was expected to be called up
at the time of the players' strike in April 2004, but his
father Collin, a former first-class player and national
hockey coach, refused to release him and insisted his
son should concentrate more on his studies.
 Name this cricketer.

16. 13. Connect

17. 14
 This No consists of 10 characters. First five characters
are letters, next 4 numerals, last character letter.
 The first three letters are sequence of alphabets from
AAA to zzz.
 The fourth character informs about the type of holder.
 The fifth character of the NO is the first character.
 The last character is an alphabetic check digit.
 What am I talking about?

18. 15
 X began as a project at Tencent Guangzhou
Research and Project center in October 2010.The
original name of X "Weixin", was devised by Ma
Huateng, Tencent CEO.
 In May 2011, X had 4-5 million users, and by the
end of 2011, it had 50 million users. X had more
than 100 million users by March 2012.
 In April 2012, Weixin re-branded as X for the
international market.
 What is X?

19. 16
In July 2012, whom
did The Independent said
"India's most revered
Olympian is a gallant
loser“?