TDQD - The Daily Quizzing Dose

Question 1 Which actor's autobiography is titled "Khullam Khulla"? The title is borrowed from the song "Khullam Khulla Pyar Karenge Hum Dono" from the actor's 1975 film "Khel Khel Mein". 

Question 1 Designed by Ashwani Kumar Upadhyaya and Emil Jacob, this is a miniature form of a tram that requires only a five meter wide road for installation, thus making it a suitable mode of public transport near residential areas. What is it called?

Question 1 The Keysi Fighting Method or Keysi is a self-defense technique developed in Spain in the 1950s. It is a method "created to act and react while defending yourself". Its training is based on the study and cultivation of natural instincts.  It became popular after release of which film in 2008?

Question 1 Which famous actress has written the following novels? Postcards from the Edge Surrender the Pink Delusions of Grandma The Best Awful There Is

Question 1 This is the world's first hospital train, which was started on 16 July 1991. It was developed by Impact India Foundation, in collaboration with the Indian Railways and Health Ministry. It was started to provide on-the-spot diagnostic, medical and advanced surgical treatment for preventive and curative interventions for disabled adults and children for outreach into inaccessible rural areas where medical services are not available and the services are offered using the Indian Railway Network. Which train?

Question 1 The name of which terrorist group, which is a branch of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), means "Western" or "non-Islamic" education is a sin ? The group is mainly active in Nigeria.

Question 1 X's sarcophagus was buried in the Gur-E-Amir Mausoleum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The sarcophagus of X was inscribed with the words “When I rise from the dead, the world shall tremble.” But Soviet Soviet anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov went ahead and exhumed the body of X. However, there was also a curse laid in the form of an inscription inside the casket of X's sarcophagus “Whomsoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I.” And just three days after the casket was opened, Hitler started his invasion of Soviet Union. Id X, who was back in news recently.

Question 1 Between the Assassinations is a book by Aravind Adiga, The Man Booker Winner in 2008. The book is a collection of short stories. The title of the book refers to an approximate seven year period between the assassinations of which two famous persons?

Question 1 In January 1937, Spanish government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. At the time, Picasso was living in Paris. He had last visited Spain in 1934. His initial sketches for the project depicted his perennial theme of the artist's studio. However, immediately upon hearing reports of the 26 April bombing of a certain village in northern Spain, the poet Juan Larrea visited Picasso and urged him to make the bombing his subject. After reading George Steer's eyewitness account of the bombing, Picasso abandoned his initial project and started sketching a series of preliminary drawings for his painting. This resulted in which painting by Picasso?

Question 1 This is a seven lettered word meaning "marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream" is chosen by Merriam-Webster as its 2016 word of year. The publishing company said that this was the word "people came back over and over again in response to several events". The company also added that the searches of the word surged after US elections, bombings in Brussels and Bastille Day truck attack in Nice. Which word?

Question 1 What is this poster about. Also, give me the blanked out part from the poster.

Question 1 The blanked out part in the meme is the name of an American novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939. The book won Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Which book, which was even adapted into movie in 1940, starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford.

Question 1 Which recently released film's opening scene was shot at Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, Los Angeles. Image of the interchange below.

Question 1 Born Saloth Sar, he was a Cambodian revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge, a group following the ideals of Communist Party of Kampuchea. Later he also served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. How do we popularly know the person, whose name would resemble to something which is very common in Maharashtrian kitchens?

Question 1 He was an Indian jurist who was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to 1966. Also, he was the only South Asian person appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the WWII. Among all the judges of the tribunal, he was the only one who submitted a judgment which insisted all defendants were not guilty. The Yasukuni Shrine and the Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine have monuments specially dedicated to this person. Who are we talking about here, who will be portrayed by Irrfan Khan in upcoming miniseries "The Tokyo Trial".

Question 1 This is an image messaging and multimedia mobile app created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown. Initially, it was named "Picaboo", however now it is known as?

Question 1 Which fictional character, created by Helen Fielding and portrayed onscreen by Renée Zellweger has been named in the 2016 Woman's Hour Power List released by BBC Radio Four (a list comprising of the women who have had the biggest impact on women's lives over the past 70 years), alongside Margaret Thatcher, Barbara Castle, Helen Brook, Germaine Greer, Jayaben Desai and Beyoncé.

Question 1 This is a form of government with corrupt rulers that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political power. Typically, this system involves the embezzlement of funds at the expense of the wider population. The word comes from Greek language. Id this 11 lettered word.

Question 1 This is a tweet by US President elect Donald Trump. As a result of this tweet, the market value of a certain aerospace company, which happens to be the manufacturer of the F-35 aircraft, dropped by 3 billion dollars. Which aerospace company are we talking about here?

Question 1 A certain Urdu word meaning "red rose" has stormed into the news recently. Why? 

Question 1 This is a 2011 Iranian drama film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi. The film focuses on an Iranian middle-class couple who separate and the conflicts that arise when the husband hires a lower-class caregiver for his elderly father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, becoming the first Iranian film to win the award. Which film?

Question 1 Black rights activist Viola Desmond, who was jailed for defiantly sitting in the "whites only" section of a film house, will be the first woman from which country to be featured on the country's $10 bill, as declared by the country's Finance Mnister Bill Morneau and Stephen Poloz. Id country.

Question 1 This is about a "Rate My Professor" page for a certain fictional character. It calls this character a Paleontology Professor, featuring a "chilli" in hotness section. Some of the reviews include, "Tell him you love him and... you'll get an A", "He gave me four zeroes for missing assignments I didn't show up for but WE WERE ON A BREAK". Which fictional character, who has a Ph. D. from Columbia University?

Question 1 In 1974, while digging a well in the city of Xi'an, a man discovered something which was the first of its kind then. Since then, more than 8000 have been discovered and they are said to be one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of all time. What are we talking about here?

Question 1 While Sachin Khedekar played the role of this freedom fighter in a 2004 film directed by Shyam Benegal, actor Raj Kummar Rao will be playing the role of this freedom fighter in an upcoming web series produced by Ekta Kapoor, which will reportedly present the untold story of his life. Which freedom fighter are we talking about here? 

Question 1 He was the central figure in the Komagata Maru incident of 1914. A historical film titled "Lions of the Sea" is based on this incident and Irrfan Khan will be portraying him in the film. Who is the person we are talking about here?

Question 1 Naam Shabana is an upcoming Hindi film starring Taapsee Pannu, Elli Avram, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher. It also has Akshay Kumar making special appearance. It is a prequel to which 2015 Hindi film?

Question 1 I'm Not There is a 2007 film starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw. In the film, these six actors depict different facets of the public persona of which popular American singer and songwriter?

Question 1 The literal meaning of this word is "the fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange". This word was invented by ancient Greeks and was named by dictionary.com as Word of the Year for 2016. Which word?

Question 1 The following image is an artist's rendition of which hypothetical space phenomenon, which is also called as Einstein - Rosen bridge. Give me a popular term by which we know the phenomenon.

Question 1 How do we popularly know Bollywood singer Angarag Mahanta, son of popular Assamese singer Khagen Mahanta?