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Rules

Top 2 or 3 teams qualify

Written round

+10/0 by default

+20/-5 if confident enough to take the risk

2 questions each per topic

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He was an employee of the Tromar Corporation

According to others near him, he also sang the Zandu Balm and Nirma jingles

He later claimed: “Sachin and Azhar offered to touch my feet”

Who was he?

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Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai

Sui Northern Gas PipelinesConnect

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A famous Cartoon by Abu Abraham. Identify the subject and why he is being lampooned.

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Video Clip description

Film: Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s “Chupke Chupke”

Asrani is on the phone with Dharmendra, who has just informed him of his engagement. During the

conversation, the line gets disconnected. Annoyed, Asrani says: “yeh telephone-waale bhi I tell you. Inhe sudhaarne ka ek hii tariikaa hai

- ____”

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This film was initially titled "Shirin“, after Shirin Mohammed Ali

Her 'husband’ issued a newspaper ad claiming he was indeed married to her

Some films dedicated to Shirin Mohammed Ali:

“Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan”

“Ghulam”

“Dushman”

Question: What was the film “Shirin” later retitled as?

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AnswersF1: Shiv Kumar Thind, who was famously assaulted by Inzamam at Toronto in 1997

F2: Mohammad Nissar (the bowler on top; the Indian and Pakistani first-class champions play for a trophy bearing his name – these are the three winners so far)

F3: President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed for meekly signing into effect several ordinances during the Emergency

F4: The infamous act “MISA” (the film was made during the Emergency, thus the Asrani reference; Laloo’s first daughter is named after the act)

F5: the autobiographical “Zakhm” by Mahesh Bhatt; Shirin Ali is his mother

F6: “The Rahejas” the (in)famous Bombay builders; these are the name analogues for the characters in “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” (Vidhu Vinod Chopra & Sudhir Mishra; Shobha De)

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