1) The origins of _____ date back at least to Roman times, to a game called paganica and reached Britain by 400AD (although the Chinese claim to have invented it by 2500 BC) It developed towards its modern form in Scotland where the first written reference comes in a decree which was actually released to encourage the royal sport of archery. It ran "futeball and ______ be utterly cryit doune and not usit." Its name is thought to have been derived from Dutch word for "club" or from an Old Scots word meaning "cuff" or "strike hard.
2) X was the elder son of Shantanu and Satyavati. He ascended the throne of Hastinapura, and was very successful which angered a Gandharva king of the same name. They fought an even matched duel before X was slain and Vichitravirya ascended the throne.
In another episode, Arjuna’s wanderings took him to ancient Manipur where he meets princess Y, the daughter of the king of Manipur and falls in love. According to the matrimonial customs of Manipur, the children born of Y were the heirs and were not allowed to be taken away. Arjuna agreed to this stipulation and finally wed the princess. X and Y?
3) To make the kiswah, you need 670 kilograms of pure silk. This quantity is turned into
47 panels of cloth, each of a length of 14 metres. Other requirements include 120 kgs
gold and about 50 kgs silver for lettering. The kiswah measures 658 square metres and
costs about 17 million in the local currency. What is the kiswah?
4) At Beijing 2008, in the Rhythmic Gymnastics group event for women, the Israel didn’t
win any medal. The team comprising of Olena Dvornichenko, Katerina Pisetsky, Maria
Savenkov, Rahel Vigdozchik & Veronika Vitenberg finished 6th, but got much media
attention in India. Why?
5) What connects Velcro, the number 43, Shrub and King George?
6) The Separation of Light and Darkness, The Creation of the Sun and the Moon and the
firmaments, the creation of Adam and Eve, the Fall, Noah’s Sacrifice and the
Drunkenness of Noah are sequences at which famous location?
7) A monarch commissioned thirty such structures, 26 years into his reign, to serve as
objects of contemplation. They were all carved out of Chunar sandstone, obtained from
quarries near Varanasi. Each consisted of a Persepolitan bell topped by an abacus and a
finial—an arrangement supported by a monolithic shaft. What?
8) Establishments founded by Pandit Gayaprasad Shivcharan (1872), Kanhaiyalal
Durgaprasad Dikshit (1875) and Pandit Babu Ram Devi Dayal (1888) still survive of the
original nine establishments that gave this location in Delhi its name. These three outfits
continue to draw tourists. Which location?
9) The Maoists in Nepal recently announced their intention to put to end a 200-year-old
tradition because of its colonial origins and also because it seemed to compromise
loyalty to the nation. This caused a furore in Central Nepal, the poorest region of the
country. What tradition?
10) Its aerodynamic behavior was consciously replicated in the design of the atmospheric reentry mechanics of Spaceship One. One part of its name is synonymous with round trip transport services, and the other variously meaning a valve or tap controlling flow in plumbing, the hammer of a firearm or an upward tilt. The verb form of the word means to move or be moved rapidly back and forth. What?
