TDQD - The Daily Quizzing Dose

Post your answers in the comments section. 3000+ views in 15 days. Thank you. Question 1 The Fukuoka Prize is an award established by the city of Fukuoka and the Yokatopia Foundation to honor the outstanding work of individuals or organizations in preserving or creating Asian culture. There are three prize categories: Grand Prize, Academic Prize, and Arts and Culture Prize. Who was the first Indian to receive this award? Also, which Indian is the latest recipient of this award? Question 2 Abdominal thrusts is a first aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstructions (or choking) by foreign objects. Performing abdominal thrusts involves a rescuer standing behind a patient and using his or her hands to exert pressure on the bottom of the diaphragm. This compresses the lungs and exerts pressure on any object lodged in the trachea, hopefully expelling it. How do we popularly know abdominal thrusts? Question 3 Minimalist poster of which Indian film?

The Post 15 is published as the post of 27th May instead of 29th May. Apologies for inconvenience. Post your answers in the comments section. Question 1 Logo of which English professional football club? Question 2 While launching of his brand, X said "In the last 24 years if I wasn't in whites on the field, I was in blues. Blue happens to be my favourite colour as well. So I thought, I might as well take that off the field and share that with people who have supported me for so many years and give them the opportunity to wear something which is of my taste, what I like." Identify X and the brand. Question 3 Tren Articulado Ligero Goicoechea Oriol is a Spanish manufacturer of intercity, standard and high speed passenger trains. Alejandro Goicoechea and José Luis Oriol are the founders of the company. How do we popularly know this company?

Due to some issues, the yesterday's post got published as a post of May 26 instead of May 27. Apologies for inconvenience and view the post as of 27th May. Write your answers in the comments section below. Also, the answers will be posted after 12 hours. Question 1 This is a poster of which American drama film? Question 2 The HRD Ministry recently launched India's first and largest multilingual dictionary in the form of a mobile app called ___________. The app, currently featuring 35 multilingual dictionaries, lets users search for text of one language in other languages. The ministry has also launched the ___________ web portal that features 130 dictionaries, glossaries and terminology books in 22 languages. FITB. (The blanks are indicative of the length of word and both the blanks are the same) Question 3 "Reach for the Stars", alternately subtitled "Mars Edition" and "NASA Edition", is a song written, produced and recorded by w

Question 1 Samuel Augustus ________ was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His name is the source of the term "________" first cited in 1867, which means "independently minded." Various accounts of the origins of the term held that he came to be considered independently minded by his fellow ranchers because he refused to brand his cattle. In fact, his failure to brand his cattle had little to do with independent mindedness, but reflected his lack of interest in ranching. Unbranded cattle which were not part of the herd came to be labelled after his last name. FITB. (The blanks are indicative) Question 2 Master of None is an American comedy-drama television series, which was released on Netflix. The series was created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, and stars Ansari in the lead role of Dev, a 30-year-old actor who attempts to make his way through life in New York City. The show's title alludes to the fig

Question 1 Emergency was declared in Kaduna state of Nigeria after moths destroyed 80% of which agricultural produce? Also, this led to numerous Nigerians posting photographs across social media of a certain festival in Spain that takes place in August and involves 20,000 participants from all over the world engaging in an enormous fight with the agricultural produce which is the cause of emergency across the Kaduna state of Nigeria. Which festival and agricultural produce are we talking about here? Question 2 This is the conceptual design of which high speed transportation system? Question 3 The _____ Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a _____ with them, as described in the Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author. The commemoration was first held 25 May, 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on 11 May

The Post 11 i.e. yesterday's post got published as the post of 23rd May due to some technical glitches. Apologies for inconvenience caused. Read the Post 11 as the post of 25th May. Thank you. Question 1 This is a Google Doodle honoring which famous Russian chemist and inventor, celebrating his 182nd birthday. Question 2 This an Amul ad paying tribute to which famous cricket commentator? Question 3 This is a minimalist poster of which Bollywood movie? Question 4 X syndrome is a group of mental phenomena involving the presence of either religiously themed obsessive ideas, delusions or other psychosis-like experiences that are triggered by a visit to the city of X. It is not endemic to one single religion or denomination but has affected Jews, Christians and Muslims of many different backgrounds. What is X ?

Hi everyone! A fresh set of questions. Question 1 This is a Google Doodle celebrating birthday of which Japanese American political activist? Question 2 Which Indian film will be reportedly the first Indian film to be dubbed and released in Malay, a language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand? Question 3 This is an excerpt from which book? Question 4 Popular suggestions for this are Naankhatai, Nougut, Nutella, Nolen Gur, Namak Pare, New York Cheesecake, Nut Brittle, etc. About what am I talking here? Also, a sweet from Kerala is a part of the above list. Which sweet?

Today's set. Happy quizzing! Question 1 The X Blue is a is a 14.62-carat vivid blue diamond that in May 2016 became the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction. The diamond was named after its previous owner Philip X. The X Blue is the largest fancy vivid blue diamond classified by the Gemological Institute of America ever sold at auction; it sold at Christie's in Geneva in May 2016 for USD 50.6 million. Also, X is the last name of a famous American theoretical physicist who is also known as "the father of the atomic bomb". Identify X. The following image is of the diamond. Hope so it helps. Question 2 This Amul ad honoring which Indian athlete and what first did she achieve? Question 3 Ek Albela is a biopic based on the life of an Indian actor and film director, who is best known for his social film Albela. Actor Mangesh Desai will be essaying the role of which famous actor in the film? Also, this film marks the debut of which famous actress in Ma

Post your answers in the comments section below. Question 1 This an Amul ad paying tribute to whom? Question 2 Belgium's Mourad Laachraoui recently qualified for Rio 2016 Olympics in Taekwondo (54 kg category). His brother was in news two months before for something. Why was his brother in news? Question 3 These are the instructions to a particular event which happened in 1969. It is a three page document, which was recently auctioned at $175,000. So with which particular event these instructions are associated with? Question 4 Minimalist poster of which Bollywood movie? Thank you!

Due to some technical glitches, couldn't post answers to yesterday's questions , so posting them with this post. I apologize for inconvenience caused, if any. Answers to yesterday's questions 1) Amrita Sher-Gil and the painting is "Three Girls" 2) As Good as It Gets 3) Ab Tak Chhappan 4) He is holding flag of Leicester City F.C. He hails from Leicester his triumph and Leicester's win in  EPL are popularly known as "Leicester Double". 5) EgyptAir The activity I started with 5 days before has received overwhelming response. More than 1000 views in 5 days. Thank you all! Post your answers in the comments section below. Question 1 These are the sneakers which were recently released by Nike. They are inspired from what? Question 2 To which literary subgenre do the following books belong? Herland, A Few Things I Know About Whileaway, Women on the Edge of the Time. (Non-exhaustive list) Question 3 Due to X's desire to become a sc

Write the answers in comments section Question 1 This is a Google Doodle honoring which eminent Indian painter on her 103rd birth anniversary? Also, name of the painting in the doodle. Question 2 The following poster is of which American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Greg Kinnear. Nicholson and Hunt won an Academy Award for best actor and actress respectively for this movie, thus making it the most recent film to win both lead acting awards. Which movie? Question 3 This is a minimalist poster of which Indian film? Question 4 The person in the following image is Mark Selby, winner of 2016 World Snooker Championship. In his hand he is holding a flag of which club? The photo was clicked on 2nd May, 2016. Also, why is he holding the flag of that particular club? Question 5 This is the logo of which company, very much in news recently? Thank you all for the response. Keep visiting daily and Happy Quizzing

Post your answers in the comments section below Question 1 Jimmy Zhingchack is a one-shot comic book written by Saurav Mohapatra. It was originally published by Virgin Comics in 2008 in collaboration with UTV Spotboy. The title character of the comic book parodies which famous Bollywood actor? Question 2 What may be blanked out in this Amul ad? Question 3 A very popular Russian story is that it was X who came up with the 40% standard strength of Y in 1894, after having been appointed Director of the Bureau of Weights and Measures with the assignment to formulate new state standards for the production of Y. This story has, for instance, been used in marketing claims by the Russian Standard Y brand that, "In 1894, X, the greatest scientist in all Russia, received the decree to set the Imperial quality standard for Russian Y and the 'Russian Standard' was born", or that the Y is "compliant with the highest quality of Russian Y approved by the royal gov

Question 1 This is a minimalist poster of which American television series?(In place of white box there was a symbol which would have given away the answer,so blanked out) Question 2 This is the list of the awards received by an author. Hankook Ilbo Excellent Writer's Award, Korean Fiction Award, Ministry of Culture and Tourism Today's Young Artist Award-Literature Section, Yi Sang Literary Award Grand Prize, Dong-ni Literary Award, Manhae Literary Award, Hwang Sun-won Literary Award. Also, she recently won an international award for her book. Which award, book and writer? Question 3 A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to specific geographical location or origin (i.e. a town, region, or country). Which is the only manufactured product from Goa, India to get a GI tag? Question 4 Identify the person and the actor who is portraying him on screen?

Answers to yesterday's questions: 1)Bal Gangadhar Tilak, also known as Lokmanya Tilak 2)Indian medalists at Paralympics 3)Midnight's Children by Salman Rushide 4)Jane Jacobs 5)Saint Thiruvalluvar Question 1 This is a Google Doodle honoring which famous Indian theosophist, dancer, choreographer and an activist for animal rights and welfare. Question 2 WikiProject _________ Awards is a project dedicated to helping people develop the creation and use of Barnstars and other awards within the _________ community. These awards are part of Kindness Campaign and are used to help promote Civility and WikiLove. FITB. (The blanks are indicative of the size of the word and the blank and the blanked out portion from the following image are the same) Question 3 Minimalist poster of which popular American drama series? Question 4 This Amul ad is about which movie? Write the answers in comments section. Thank you!

Huge response! Around 200 views in 12 hours. Thank you everyone. So here comes my post of the day. Answers to be written in comments section. Question 1 "The Arctic Home in the Vedas" is a book written in 1903, by a very famous Indian freedom fighter. In it, he argued that the Vedas could only have been composed in the Arctics, and the Aryan bards brought them south after the onset of the last ice age. He proposed a new way to determine the exact time of the Vedas. He tried to calculate the time of Vedas by using the position of different Nakshatras. After that, he wrote a book named "The Orion". Who was this famous Indian freedom fighter? Question 2 Connect: Murlikant Petkar, Bhimrao Kesarkar, Joginder Singh Bedi, Devendra Jhajharia, Rajinder Singh Rahelu, Girisha Nagarajegowda. (Exhaustive list) Question 3 In 1993, in order to mark the 25th anniversary of Booker Prize, it was decided to choose a "Booker of Bookers Prize". Again in 2008, to

Starting with a set of easy questions, something now in news. Question 1 X was a left handed batsman and occasional medium pace bowler. He was the second Indian batsman, after Y, to score a hundred on Test debut. X died at the age of 87 on 16 May 2016 at his Ahmedabad home after suffering from lung cancer. He was India's oldest former Test cricketer at time of his death. Id X. Question 2 Id this person and name of the book in his hand. Question 3 K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra was a 1959 case where Kawas Manekshaw Nanavati, a Naval Commander, was tried for the murder of Prem Ahuja, his wife's lover. The incident received unprecedented media coverage and inspired several books and movies. Nanavati, accused under section 302, was initially declared not guilty by a jury under Section 302 but the verdict was dismissed by the Bombay High Court and the case was retried as a bench trial.. The case was the last to be heard as a jury trial in India, as the gov

Hey folks, And finally I started with my first blog, as they say better late then never. Hope so you like it! What can you find here? A daily dose of questions from various fields like Sports, Entertainment, History, Geography, Business, Literature, Art etc. (I would rather say general, but mainly the questions will be related to these fields. ). P.S. The answers will be displayed with the subsequent posts. Also, googling is evil. Hope so you like it. Give me a feedback after you visit it.