Infinite Rebound

1.Nelson Wang first arrived at Mumbai in 1974.

During his tenure as the cook at the Cricket Club of India , a customer asked him to create a new dish, different from what was available on the menu. He started by taking the basic ingredients of an Indian dish, namely chopped garlic, ginger, and green chillies, but instead substituted garam masala with a completely different ingredient to lead to the inception of this ridiculously famous dish, the X.

Id X

A. Chicken Manchurian

2. Id. this member of USA’s President's

Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

A. Jhumpa Lahiri

3.The American Rock Band X got named from an old English nursery rhyme which had to do with predicting the future from the numbers of birds seen. Originally the rhyme was about magpies, but as people came over to America, Y’s were used instead. In one of their biggest hits, one of the versions of the rhyme goes “One for sorrow, two for joy, three for girls, four for boys, five forsilver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.“ Id X.

A. Counting Crows

The song referred to was ‘A Murder of One’.

4.

In medieval jousting contests, knights would be given a ribbon or a cloth from the women they loved as a good luck charm, and they would tie this around their arm before starting the joust.

This resulted in the rise of which popular phrase?

A. Wearing your heart on your sleeve.

5.

This book is a collection of short stories, which including the authors fascination with safe-cracking, fondness for topless bars, and ventures into art and samba music. Some stories do cover more serious material, including the Manhattan Project and the science education system in Brazil.The title derives from a woman's response at Princeton University when, after she asked the newly-arrived author if he wanted cream or lemon in his tea, he absentmindedly requested both.Which book do I talk of?

A. ‘Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!’

6.

• The drink named X refers to the US X-Stratofortress long-range bomber. This bomber was used in the Vietnam War for the release of incendiary bombs, which likely inspired it.

• The drink became a North London favourite in late 2009 when Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner changed his shirt number from 26 to __, earning himself the nickname “X" in the process.

• Id X.

A. B-52.

7. Id. advertiser

A. WonderBra

‘There is a better way to climb the corporate ladder. Women can develop boobs instead of brains. They need not read Economist. ’

8.

• The origin of the use of X is disputed. • It is possible that it derives from the French

expression for "the egg" • Xis also said to derive from l'heure "the hour" in

French. • A third possibility comes from the Dutch

expression iets voor lof doen, which means to do something for praise, implying no monetary stakes.

• What is X?

A. The use of ‘Love’ in Tennis Scoring.

9. Ad campaign for?

A. Change from WWF to WWE.

10.

• ______ , the vegetal motif from India, is often shaped like a droplet or kidney bean. It arrived in Britain via Scotland in the 1800’s, where the print would be given its Anglo name from the town itself. This print was then predominantly adopted into the design of woolen shawls.

• It was further publicized by The Beatles and Mick Jagger by sporting the print in the late 1960’s.

• What am I talking of?

A. Paisley.

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• This was instrument of surrender was signed on May 7, 1945, by Gen. Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army stating Germany’s final surrender and marking the End of World War II.

12.

• The plot of the world famous 1954 book, ____ __ ___ _____ has inspired Iron Maiden to compose a song of the same name, in 1995. One of the songs from U2’s debut album borrows the title from the chapters of the book called ‘Shadows and Tall trees’.

• This book has also inspired the initial plot devices and themes for the popular TV series ‘Lost’.

• Id the book.

A. Lord of the flies. By William Golding.

13.

• In a book by Pliny the Elder called NaturalisHistoria, regarding the discovery of a recipe for an antidote to a poison, a remedy for toxins in your blood was said to be a mixture of dried walnuts, figs and rue leaves ground together, with the addition of X. This ingredient apparently made it easier to swallow the remedy, giving rise to a modern phrase. What?

A. With a Pinch of Salt

14. Id. Advertiser.

A. AT&T

15.

• Which term in the English language was coined from the fact that cheap novels were once printed on low grade paper?

A. Pulp Fiction

16.

Give funda behind this sign at UC,

Berkeley.

A. ‘Reserved for Nobel Laureates’

17.• The X was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group

in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy professor.

• The group became known for an anonymous leaflet campaign, lasting from 1942 to 1943, that called for active opposition to dictator Adolf Hitler's regime.

• Today, the members of the X are honoured in Germany amongst its greatest heroes, since they opposed the Third Reich in the face of death.

• Coldplay’s to be released Concept Album is said to be inspired by X.

• Id. X

A. The White Rose Movement

18.

• Sales of this product went drastically up when Tom Cruise adorned them in the movie ‘Top Gun’.

• What product did he wear?

A. Ray Ban Sunglasses

19. Connect

A. Inspiration for ‘Betty Boop’

20. Kishore Kumar’s advert for?

A. Brylcreem

21.

• While working with DJ Keemer, now Oglivyand Mather, he came up with the original design of Will’s Navy Cut Cigarette Pack in the 1950’s.

• He later went on to be one of the pioneers of Indian Cinema.

• Whom am I talking of?

A. Satyajit Ray

22.

• During Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s visit to India, they met Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam while he was serving his Presidential tenure. In this visit, Dr. Kalam suggested some inputs to the Google founders.

• This led to the addition of a new feature in Google.

• What feature am I talking about?

A. Feature to type in Major Languages on Google

Dr. A.P.J Kalam mentioned that Google doesn’t allow him to type in Tamil.

23. Connect

• Lime Mojito

• Cocoa Mocha

• Peach Schnapps

• Watermelon Sorbet

A. New Polo flavors designed by Wendell Rodricks.

24. Who is the owner of is this production house ?

A. Oprah Winfrey.

25. Id. Logo.

A. Bloomsbury Books

26.

A. Homage to Steven Spielberg

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