TUAUTQ 2.0

Was the last version of TUAUTQ tough ??

You kidding me ??

Presenting TUAUTQ 2.0..... keeping the spirit alive ...



Question 1

A" was the screen name of the star who was born "B" Khan. Another actress – let’s call her "C" adopted "B" as the screen name. Identify A, B and C (optional).


#Bollywood actress Mumtaz of 1960's-70's was born Nagma Khan. The actress Nagma who acted in Bollywood, Tamil and Telugu films before acting in Bhojpuri films recently was born Nandita. So A, B, C are Mumtaz, Nagma and Nandita





Question 2:

Link a para-banking enterprise, a brewer, a textile manufacturer, and a textile and snacks conglomerate... [clue - its all in the air...]

Sahara India Pariwar owns Air Sahara, United Breweries Limited owns Kingfisher Airlines and Go Air is owned by the Wadia Group who own Brittania. The Textile group is Paramount which owns Paramount Airways

Question 3

Who are all those who are allowed to travel by the Indian Railways from any place in India to any other, in the class of their choice, without possessing a valid ticket or pass. (This question is from the Railway Recruitment Board Interview)

Children below 5 years... all they require is a legitimate guardian

Question 4

X was created in the UK in the 19th century, but today it is more popular in India than in the UK. X provided essential services during The Blitz of London in 1940. Early advertisements for X relied on the sailor's fear of stormy weather at sea. What is X?

Lifebuoy...just read the clue at the end...cheez !!

Question 5

Connect the DCM Shriram group with Animal Rights Activism in India

Maneka Gandhi.... She is an animal rights activist and also posed for ads for DCM towelling !!

Question 6

Connect Lord Krishna with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh....

Paanchajanya, the conch of Krishna, and the mouthpiece of RSS.


Question 7

What connects Deepak Chopra and Palash Sen with Somerset Maugam and Arthur Conan Doyle?

They are all Doctors (medical type !!) who are famous in another profession...

Question 8

She was born out of love of a mother in the software industry, and a father who managed the electricity supply for the region. For her own safety, she does not live with her parents. Who is she? [Hint - The matrix has you...]

Sati..The small girl Neo meets in the tube station !! You gotta be fanatics people...mere fan-giri does not help at all...!!

Question 9

Name the librarian in Hogwarts, the fictional school of magic in J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series

Madame Pince..The 'fanatic' thingy goes for this too...and for Asterix and Tinitin and Hollywood and Bollywood and so on and so forth :)

Answers to TUAUTQ

1 :The grammar of Sanskrit was described by Pānini. The grammar of Algol was described by John Backus. It turns out that the method Backus used to describe ALGOL was essentially the same as that used by Panini to describe Sanskrit. As a result, this method is sometimes refered to Panini-Backus Form (also known as BNF)

2 : 1st cell phone call

3 : Akshayapatra , the mythological pot of rice used by the pandavas and an NGO funded by ISKON

4 : Nakula and Sahadeva..

superfecundation : Fertilization of two or more ova released during the same menstrual cycle by sperm from separate acts of coitus (especially by different males)

5 : Rajiv Gandhi for Bombay to Goa

6 : Bangalore torpedo is a new torpedo developed by the DRDO..
"Bangalored" means outsourced...

So the connect is Bangalore :)

7 : Hamsa Vinsati is 20 tales told by a swan
SukhaSaptati is a set of 70 erotic tales told to us by a parrot

so ans is 70

8 : Bush's dog was named INDIA !! outrageous, isn't it ??

9 : The Hindu..Because the first page of the Hindu used to be Classifieds !!

10 : DMK

TUAUTQ - The Ungoogleable And Unbelievably Tough Quiz...

The name may be really sketchy....but believe me..the questions are nowhere near the "sketchy" category..

Try Wiki...Try Google..Try Ram..Try anything..

Muh..ha ha ha ha ...Thats my sadistic laughter thingy..
On to the quiz now...

Answers to Tri-via #002

1. Newton Heath FC alias Manchester United cracked by muthu and anand
2. Industrial Light and Magic -check out their profile to know why they're a big deal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Light_%26_Magic cracked by anand alone
3. Foreign recipients of Nishaan-e-Pakistan

Question 1

CONNECT Sanskrit and ALGOL



Question 2

Jyothi Basu was the first to do this in 1995. WHAT??(citation needed)



Question 3

Connect a source of nourishment for the Pandavas with a source of nourishment for 4,00,000 school children....


Question 4

Give an example of superfecundation from Indian mythology !


Question 5

Amitabh Bachchan was selected as a hero in this Bollywood comedy movie only after another person (who went on to become famous in his own right later on) did not accept it. This was one of the first hits of Amitabh. Which film and who is the person?



Question 6

Connect projectiles with outsourcing



Question 7

Swan : 20
Parrot : ? (connect : Sanskrit literature)



Question 8

In the beginning of 2001, there was some protest in India over a non-issue. Some politicians named a donkey 'America' and took out a procession, and also named a dog 'George Bush'. What was the issue?



Question 9

On January 31, 1948, all Indian newspapers carried the news of Mahatma Gandhi's death on the front page, except one. Which one and why ?



Question 10

We know there are any number of political entities in India who claim a role in the Freedom Struggle. However there is a current political entity whose background involves active support of the British Rule. Name the political entity.

Tri-via #002

After the hiatus...

This time your comments/answers are moderated they wont be visible until they're approved.. So now everyone's gotta chance to rack their brains...


Answers for #001:

1. Lakshadweepa
2. Mel Blanc
3. Slumdog millionaire

here's the next set:

1. Just before having to be shut down for good, Y received a sizeable investment from J. H. Davies, the managing director of a brewery company. Legend goes that Harry Stafford, Y's captain, was showing off his prized St. Bernard dog at a club fund-raiser, when Davies approached him to buy the dog. Stafford declined, but was able to persuade Davies to invest in Y and become club chairman. It was decided at one of the early board meetings that Y required a change of name to reflect the fresh start they had been afforded. ________ Central and _______ Celtic were among the names suggested, before Louis Rocca, a young immigrant from Italy, said "Gentlemen, why don't we call ourselves X?"

Identify X and Y :)





2. Identify the company from its original logo shown here.











3. Connect :

Dwight Eisenhower ,Richard Nixon,His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan,Morarji Desai,Dilip Kumar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ,King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Hu Jintao