TDQD - The Daily Quizzing Dose

Question 1 What is wrong in the map posted with the tweet by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar.

Question 1 'Shunyota' is a Bengali film about how the common people reacted to this thing which happened on 8th November 2016 in India. The regional Film Certification office has stalled the release of this film as it deals with a sensitive issue. So, on what is this film based?

Question 1 This symbol was designed by British artist Gerald Holtom in 1958 to represent Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). The symbol was developed by combining the semaphoric shapes (these are used to send messages by holding two flags or poles in certain positions to form an alphabetic code) for letters 'N' and 'D'. Which symbol?

Question 1 Radhakishan Damani, who is the promoter of Avenue Supermarts Ltd, runs hypermarket and supermarkets under which brand? The brand is one of the largest and the most profitable daily household needs retailer in India and had a very successful IPO recently.

Question 1 Which prize, awarded each year by Government of Norway to outstanding mathematicians and named after a certain Norwegian mathematician Niels.

Question 1 Hungary government has accused brewer Heineken about promoting something through the logo of its brand, a claim which has been refuted by Heineken. So, what according to the Hungarian officials is Heineken trying to promote from its logo?

Question 1 Minimalist poster of which 2014 film?

Question 1 Omsin was a Thai sea turtle who died recently from blood poisoning. The turtle had underwent an operation and around 1000 coins were removed from its stomach. The turtle was kept in a tank and people threw coins in the tank, which according to them, would bring them 'good luck'. So, what does Omsin literally translates to, something which we would generally associate with our childhood?

Question 1 This is an 11 lettered Swedish word which literally means a type of Scandinavian meal which is served buffet-style with multiple hot and cold dishes of various foods on a table. The word comes from combination of two Swedish words, the first of which is a Swedish word for sandwich whereas the second is a Swedish word for table. In English language, the word is generally used as a metaphor to indicate any diverse group, synonymous with a vast array of possible choices. Which word?

Question 1 X was an American socialite and an amateur soprano who was known and mocked for her flamboyant performance costumes and poor singing ability. According to historian Stephen Pile she is "the world's worst opera singer". He further notes that, "No one, before or since, has succeeded in liberating themselves quite so completely from the shackles of musical notation (as her)." Id X, who was brought back into spotlight by a famous Hollywood actress.

Question 1 These awards are said to be the oldest in the Bollywood film industry and were called Clare Awards when they were first introduced in 1954, after film critic Clare Mendonca. In the first year, they were awarded only in five categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Music Director and the recipients were Do Bigha Zameen, Bimal Roy, Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari and Naushad Ali, respectively. Which awards?

Question 1 Recently, Roger Federer, Tommy Haas, Grigor Dimitrov and Grammy winning musician David Foster appeared in a video posted by Roger Federer on Twitter. In the video, the players were seen singing "Hard to Say I’m Sorry" by the American rock band Chicago, with Foster accompanying them on piano. Federer captioned the video as "No seriously, we're actually starting a boyband: The one handed #_____________". FITB.

Question 1 This is a comic strip named "Over the Hedge" written and drawn by Michael Fry and T Lewis. In this strip, what are they are attempting to ridicule OR FITB.

Question 1 Connect these four words to a series of classic works created in 1943. Speech, Worship, Want and Fear

Question 1 This is a snap from the recently released movie named "Trolls". The painting is reportedly inspired from which other famous painting?

Question 1 Fill in the blanked out part, which happens to be one of the most interesting names given to a submarine.

Question 1 Whose (black box) attempt to troll whom (red box)?

Question 1 A Russian company has recently launched its own range of perfumes called "Threat de Toilette". The company claims that the perfume "smells like fear" to serve as a reminder that the users need to protect themselves from online threats. Which company?

Question 1 This is a snap from The Indian Express, dated 12th March, 2017. What is the blanked out part, which happens to be one of the riskiest fielding positions in cricket. FITB.

Question 1 This is a webcomic by _____ Andersen. Andersen initially published the webcomic on Tumblr in 2011, however, after receiving an overwhelming response she released it on various services such as Facebook, Instagram and Line Webtoon. This webcomic follows Andersen's experiences as a Millennial (people born from 1980s to the mid-1990s & early 2000s) and focuses on themes such as adulthood and maturity. Which webcomic?

Question 1 This was posted by FOX Sports Australia on their Facebook page, with the caption “Recent events have prompted a return of our ______ of The Week award. Kids, ask your grandparents. The rest of you know the drill”. The blanked out part is the last name of a famous F1 driver who had snatched the pole position from his teammate Mark Webber (an Australian) in the last lap of qualifying at the 2013 United States Grand Prix. FITB.

Question 1 Virender Sehwag's birthday wishes to which player?

Question 1 Angels Flight is a landmark narrow gauge funicular railway in the Bunker Hill district of Downtown LA, California since 1901. It has two funicular cars, namely Sinai and Olivet, running in opposite directions on a shared cable. The railway service has been suspended since 2013. However, the railway was restarted for a single day in 2016, especially for two individuals. The purpose for which these two individuals used this railway renewed the interest in the railway, due to which it is now being restarted in late 2017. Who used this railway for a single day in 2016 OR why did they use this railway?

Question 1 On IMDb, what are the movies rated as if they are feminist friendly, or are written, directed by women or feature women in significant role?

Question 1 This Mizoram based club was formed in 1984. This club first entered the top division of I League in season 2015-16, by winning 2015 I-League 2nd Division. However, they managed to finish on 8th position among 9 teams in league in 2015-16 season. They have had a dream run in 2016-17 season and are currently 2nd, a run which has been compared to Leicester City FC's run in 2015-16 season. Which club?

Question 1 In which innovative way did Virat Kohli sledge Matt Renshaw in the 2nd India versus Australia test match of the ongoing Border - Gavaskar trophy, by reminding him of an incident which happened with Renshaw during the first test of the series.

Question 1 What is the blanked out part, which is a dwelling used by nomads in Central Asia and can be seen on the flag of Kyrgyzstan.

Question 1 "Triangle Below Canal Street" is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is more accurately a trapezoid and is bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and either Chambers or Vesey Streets. It is home to one of the most popular film fests, which was founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff. How do we popularly know this neighborhood?

Question 1 Feud is an upcoming American anthology television series. The first season of this series will center on the backstage battle between which two famous actresses during the production of their 1962 film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?". The two actresses will be portrayed by Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon.

Question 1 This is from a satirical website "www.hillarybeattrump.org". What is the blanked out part?

Question 1 This is a Lego mini figure honoring which NASA physicist and mathematician, who was portrayed recently in the movie "Hidden Figures" by Taraji P Henson.