TDQD - The Daily Quizzing Dose

Question 1 In this book, the protagonist Winston Smith begins a rebellious practice by starting to keep diary from April 4. In order to commemorate the first day of Winston’s rebellion and keeping in view the current happenings in USA, the art house theaters across USA will screen the movie adaptation of this famous book, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton on April 4, 2017. Which book?  

Question 1 Recently, when a high school student asked Iceland’s President Gudni Johannesson what he thought of this food item, he replied that he hated it and would ban it if he could. However, this statement was of Johannesson caused quite a stir on social media and he later rescinded this statement, saying that he wouldn't ban it. Later, Justin Trudeau tweeted in the support of this food item in Pikotaro style, saying that "he stands behind this delicious Southwestern Ontario creation". Which food item are we talking about here?   

Question 1 Which Australian city was briefly named as "Batmania", after John Batman, who claimed to have founded the city in 1835.

Question 1 In which city have these posters emerged and what do you mean by "Oui On Peut", written on top of poster.

Question 1 This is a statue installed by a street artist named Plastic Jesus at Hollywood Boulevard at Los Angeles, California. Whose statue?

Question 1 Fill in the white blanked out part and red blanked out part.

Question 1 This is a tribute from which famous artist to which famous Indian? .

Question 1 Connect them to a popular American TV series of 1982: Lorne Greene, Georg Stanford Brown, Robert Goulet, William Shatner, Florence Henderson and William Conrad

Question 1 This is a lightweight bulletproof shield inspired from which Japanese form of paper art?

Question 1 Priya Ajaniya, Meet Saparia, Sambhav Jain, Satyabrata Panda, Devarsh Tiwari & Apurva Jataan are the students of IIT Roorkee. Why were they in news recently? 

Question 1 Which German comedy-drama film, directed by Maren Ade, is nominated in the category of Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Also, the American remake of this film will mark the comeback of which famous actor, who was last seen in 2010 film How Do You Know.

Question 1 Id this famous tabla player from Benaras gharana and his latest claim to fame.

Question 1 Kim Jong-nam (who was assassinated recently) was the eldest son of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-il. For few years, he was considered to be the heir apparent to his father and the next leader of North Korea. But after a much-publicized botched attempt to enter Japan using a fake passport and visit a certain theme park in Tokyo (an action which can be conceived quite childish) in May 2001, he was thought to have fallen out of favor with his father. Which famous theme park in Tokyo he wanted to visit?

Question 1 Recently, while performing their song "We the People" during Grammy 2017, an American hip-hop group along with rapper Busta Rhymes called Donald Trump "_____ ______", referring to one of the herbicides and defoliants used by US military as part of its herbicidal warfare program named Operation Ranch Hand undertaken during the Vietnam War. FITB and blanks are indicative of the size of the words.

Question 1 This tweet by British luxury fashion house Burberry was controversial as they posted the photo of X instead of Dev Patel. Id X and in which recent movie you would have seen X?

Question 1 Two species of a certain genus of ferns are named G. germanotta and G. monstraparva in the honor of a certain artist. The name monstraparva is alluded to the artist's fans, who are known as "little monsters" since their symbol is the outstretched "monster claw" hand and the name germanotta is alluded to the family of the artist as she was born as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Which famous artist?

Question 1 Recently, a famous Indian politician and MP from Thiruvananthapuram posted this on Facebook. Mentioning a part of his post, which is quite relevant "And the winner, with only 30 letters: “How quickly daft jumping zebras vex!” Sentences don’t have to make much sense; just have to be short!”. Id this famous Indian politician and what was he attempting to do ?

Question 1 This is a clouded leopard called "Kheleo". It was recently unveiled as the official mascot of a certain tournament. Which tournament's official mascot is this?

Question 1 Which company has filed a legal challenge against car maker Tesla alleging that the old logo of Tesla's upcoming Model 3 resembles to that of the company's logo. Given below is the image of the old logo of Tesla's Model 3.

Question 1 This is a burger topped with an edible 24 carat gold leaf on brioche bun. It is set to debut at the annual "Eat the World DXB" event in Dubai in February 2017. Its name is a play on one of the tallest skyscrapers in Dubai. What is the name of this costly burger?

Question 1 Recently, this piece of Cheetos was sold on eBay for $99,900. Why did it fetch so high prize OR what is so special about this?

Question 1 Connect: Yasser Arafat, Arthur Henderson, Ernest O. Lawrence, Rabindranath Tagore. Also, tell me latest one to join the list.

Question 1 These satirical Royal Navy recruitment posters have appeared across London. These spoof posters have been installed by a "subverting organisation" known as Special Patrol Group and were designed by British artist Darren Cullen. The posters claim that “The crew of our nuclear submarines are on a suicide mission," and "To launch their missiles means death is certain, not just for them, but for the millions of innocent people those bombs will obliterate, and for the rest of us too.” The posters have been conceived as a protest against what?

Question 1 Connect: Cotah Ramaswami, M. J. Gopalan and Yuzvendra Chahal

Question 1 "The _______ Prize for the Popularization of Science" is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to common people. It was created in 1952, from a donation by Biju Patnaik, Founder President of the _______ Foundation Trust in India. Some of the famous recipients of this prize are Bertrand Russell, Louis de Broglie, Yash Pal, etc. FITB with the name of an early kingdom in central East India.

Question 1 The Union Budget of 1973-74 is referred to as "_____ ______" as there was a deficit of 550 crore INR. While presenting the budget, the then Finance Minister Yashwantrao Chavan said that "a deficit of this order was inescapable due to the difficult situation caused by drought and resultant shortfall in food grains". FITB.

Question 1 A Pakistani startup has developed this sleeve named CricFlex for what purpose?

Question 1 Miroslava Vavrincová (also known as Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Slovakia born former professional tennis player, who also represented Switzerland in 2002 Hopman Cup. She has a career-high singles ranking of 76 and a doubles ranking of 215. A recurring foot injury forced her to retire from competitive tennis in 2002. How do we popularly know Miroslava Vavrincová?