Friday, 23 November 2012

Cleanliness is Close to Godliness

During World War One, large reserves of a particular commodity accumulated in Karnataka because they could not be exported to Europe. On the advice of Sir M Visweshwariah, Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the Maharajah of Mysore established a factory in 1916 to manufacture what brand of products?



Answer (highlight to read) : Mysore Sandal Soap

Top 10

What are these points famously known as?





Answer (highlight to read) : Ten Commandments

Put+Funda

X is a musical performance that has little to do with the film in which it appears, but is presented to showcase beautiful dancing women in revealing clothes.
The term is commonly used to describe a catchy, upbeat, often sexually provocative dance sequence for a song in a movie.
 X?




Answer (highlight to read) : 'X' - Item Song 

He's Dead Jim

X, in the movie, has reality warping powers which have cartoon physics-style abilities, such as superpowers mimetism, shapeshifting powers including elasticity, self transmutation, duplication, biological manipulation and size-shifting
 In the animated series, X is portrayed as invincible. Being almost completely impervious to attacks from his foes. The only exception to this is when he gets sick with a cold.
 X?



Answer (highlight to read) : The Mask

Aee Veerapan

Hindi : Bollywood 
Bengali : Tollywood 
Telugu : Tollywood 
Tamil : Kollywood
Kannada : X
What it is?



Answer (highlight to read) : Sandalwood

Where????????????????

Id The Place:-






Answer (highlight to read) : Chail , Himachal Pradesh .The Highest Cricket Ground in the World 

Put Funda

Collado Mediano is a town located in the Guadarrama mountains, 48 km north-west from Madrid. Which famous person lives here?



Answer (highlight to read) : Viswanathan Anand

Question of The Day

An ancestor of this dynasty, while in his fort, witnessed a Muslim butcher driving a cattle herd for the purpose of slaughter. Being a devout Hindu, he opened a small side door to the stronghold for the cattle. Thereby, allowing the cows to escape their impending doom. Future generations took a great deal of pride in their roots that strongly displayed their predecessor’s religious fervour, and named the dynasty after the word for cow & door. 

Also Name  the most famous person in entertainment from this dynasty who changed his named altogether.



Answer (highlight to read) :  Gae'kwad and its most famous descendant is Sivaji Rao Gae'kwad AKA Rajinikanth

Long Long Ago

Rooplekha was an Indian movie released in 1962.
The director of the movie was "Mohammed Hussain". 
Mahipal was the lead actor of the movie. 
This movie was the first Indian movie to have a certain feature which is extremely common in Indian film making these days. What?



Answer (highlight to read) : Flashbacks

The Man Who Knew Too Much

According to Atal Behari Vajpayee, he’s the most famous “Uncle” in India after Chacha Nehru.





Answer (highlight to read) : Uncle Pai AKA Anand Pai

TISCO To DISCO

This legendary steel gets its name from the Tamil word urukku, or the Kannada/Telugu word ukku, meaning steel. Aus Hajr, an Arab poet, wrote in admiration in AD 540 that “It has a water whose wavy streaks are glistening. It is like a pond over whose surface the wind is gliding. The smith has worked out in a grain as if it were the trail of small black ants that had trekked over it while it was still soft.
Name this most famous product of medieval Indian metallurgy.




Answer (highlight to read) : Wootz Steel used by Tipu Sultan

782474317884

Name: Ranjana Sonawane
Age: 40 years
Address: Tembhli village, Nandurbar district,
 Maharashtra
Education: Class IV (illiterate)
Marital status: Married, 3 children
Husband’s name: Sadashiv
Children: 3 (Umesh (11 years); Hitesh (5 years); Mangesh (toddler)
Profession: Daily wage agricultural laborer 
Income: Rs. 50 per day
House: kuchha
Claim to fame: ?



Answer (highlight to read) : First Unique Identification Number Card Holder in India

Wake Up

The popular Indian lore says that on pilgrimage to Mecca in the 16th century, Baba Budan, a revered Muslim holy man from India, discovered for himself the wonders of X. In his zeal to share what he’d found with his fellows at home, he smuggled seven _________________out of the Yemeni port of Y, wrapped around his belly. On his return home, he settled himself on the slopes of the Chandragiri Hills in present day Karnataka.



Answer (highlight to read) : 'X'- Coffee and 'Y'- Mocha