17 Sep Quiz

A bicycling event is typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. While the ride was originally founded in 1992 with the idea of drawing attention to how unfriendly the New York city was to bicyclists, the leaderless structure of the movement makes it impossible to assign it any one specific goal. In fact, the purpose of it is not formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and traveling as a group through city or town streets maintaining all road rules. However, sometimes illegal activities like "corking" are indulged in. What is the name of this movement?

Critical Mass

Who or what is an "Inverted Jenny"?

This is the logo of Brussels Airlines. When the airlines was first launched in 2005, passengers complained and shunned it for a very peculiar reason. What was the reason?

In a trilogy, book no. 2 is named “Twenty Years After” and book no. 3 is named “The Viscount of Bragelonne”. What is book no. 1?

The three musketeers

He was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. After the death of his parents, he wandered around the world, visiting places like Los Angeles and Paris as an artist. Won a game with his friend Fabrizio, before embarking on a memorable trip. She was engaged to steel tycoon Nathan Caledon Hockley, giving up her dreams so that she and her mother could escape their financial troubles. She later escaped from Hockley and married a man named Calvert before settling down in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Where did “He” and “She” meet each other and have a brief fling?

The Titanic. We are talking about Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater

Stamps of the United Kingdom are unique in that they don't feature the name of the country. In 1951, a special commemorative issue included the name 'Britain'. It was the first and only recorded instance of the name of the country "appearing" on a stamp of the UK. What was commemorated?

In the late 60’s, sports coaches warned, “Kids imitate champions, but if they imitate ___X___ he will surely wipe out an entire generation of ____Y_______, because they will have broken necks.” Fill in the blanks.

Payton Jordan observed: "Kids imitate champions. But if they try to imitate Fosbury, he will wipe out an entire generation of high-jumpers because they will all have broken necks.

In 1969, El Salvador and Honduras went to war for four days. What was the immediate cause of the war?

In 1825, a young Northern Irish immigrant Alexander Turney Stewart arrived in New York and started a dry goods store. He shocked customers and competitors alike by introducing a new concept in retailing. What did he introduce?

Ad for which company?

Ad for which company?

What modern communications technology mimics the Polar Bear fur?

What was used to signal advance into battle in World War I for the East Surrey Regiment?

What is the funda and the associated controversy?

Juan Valdez and his donkey Conchita.

Name this figure?

Who all are eligible to participate in the “Miss Ink America Beauty Contest”?

At the age of 12, he went to stay with his maternal uncle in Clarksville, Missouri, USA to continue his education. He impressed the school coach with his archery skills and soon excelled in other sports as well. One evening, when he was on his way to class, he got the news that a ferocious panther had escaped from the zoo. He tracked the animal to a girls’ school and killed it with an arrow just as it was about to attack a girl. Thus began an enduring romance between the boy and the girl. Who met whom?

Phantom meets Diana Palmer

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What is the context of these pictures?

Which is the first software product from India (and sixth in the world) to be accorded the Windows Vista Logo certification?

The Vatican has commissioned an official Latin translation of a religious-themed book. The resultant Latin book is titled ‘Quomodo Invidiosulus Nomine Grinchus Christi Natalem Abrogaverit’. What is the original English title of the book?

Q 24 Highest denomination ever of currency note (100 million billion – i.e. 1020 ) published and put into circulation was by which country?

Q 24 Highest denomination ever of currency note (100 million billion – i.e. 1020 ) published and put into circulation was by which country?

“It was as if you had fired a fifteen-inch shell at a sheet of tissue paper and it had come back and hit you.” Who is talking about what?

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the smallest advertisement ever was of the size 100 micron X 100 micron placed on the knee-band of a bee in the year 2000. What was the product advertised?

Name this animal?

What fruit is not allowed to be carried in the Singapore Metro Railway?

What fruit is not allowed to be carried in the Singapore Metro Railway?

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Chacoan Peccary from Paraguay

Monoplacophora from Costa Rica

Mountain Pigmy Possum from Australia

Coelacanth from Indian Ocean

Gracilidris Ant - Paraguay

Laotian Rock Rat from Laos

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This is a scene from the First World Championships of the sport held in March 2007 at Weissensee, Austria. What sport?

Emblem of what?

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